LINKS TO USEFUL SITES & INFO

(Always Under Construction)

 Topics of Interest

• Radio Comes to Rural America - a brief writeup from the book 50 years of Rural Electrification in America

• Communications provided by amateur radio operators in emergencies

• Radio Spectrum Archive - captures radio broadcasts marking historic moments in time using Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology

• SWLing.com - for those who enjoy listening to shortwave radios

• Historian David Whisnant's blog on Amateur Radio in the 1920s
  and beyond (with a focus on Asheville).  Note:  You can subscribe to this blog, and share on Facebook or Twitter.

• Vacuum tube database - enter the tube number to obtain detailed information on that tube (applications, pinouts etc.)

Amateur Radio Clubs etc. (please send us your info to add yours)

• ARRL Search Page to find a radio club in your area

• Heathkit Vitrual Museum - info on each ham radio kit made

• Lafayette Radio - its sixty year history (ham and CB gear)

• Brunswick Shores NC Amateur Radio Club

• Forsyth Amateur Radio Club (Winston-Salem, NC)

• Greensboro Amateur Radio Association (Greensboro, NC)

• Gaston County NC Amateur Radio Society

• Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville TN

• Lenoir Amateur Radio Club (Lenoir, NC)

• Orange County Radio Amateurs (NC)

• Pamlico Amateur Radio Society (Pamlico County, NC)

• Richmond County Amateur Radio Club (Rockingham, NC)

• Tri-County Amateur Radio Club (Randolph, Davidson, and Guilford Counties in NC)

• Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society

Vintage Radio

• Voice of American Museum - Gray History of Wireless Collection (phenomenal!)

• Interesting online collection of vintage print advertisements for radios and TVs

• All about the telegraph and deciphering Morse Code

• Learn Morse Code online - the Long Island CW Club

• DYI intro article (part one) on how to bring an antique radio back to life

•   Part Two of article on bringing an antique radio back to life

• How to use the incredible Antique Radios web site

• Fascinating research on Appalachians and the golden age of radio

• The excitement of early radio

• Old Time Radio Downloads - a huge free collection of vintage radio programs

• Video bio of Edwin Armstrong - inventor of regen, superhet and FM radio circuitry

• 1941 video by RCA on how vacuum tubes work and how they are made

• The Roaring Twenties Antique Radio Museum - an amazing collection!

• The Classic Radio Gallery - another extensive collection of vintage radios

• Roaring Twenties Superhets - awesome collection of early superheterodyne gear

• Antique Radio Forum - roaring twenties superhet forum (Q & A)

• Another huge private collection of restored antique radios

• A private collector's detailed restoration notes on dozens of antique radios.

• Tuned Radio Frequency (TRF) radios - an introduction (see page 4)

• Extensive directory of parts suppliers, manuals, schematics etc.

• Telecommunications Timeline - how we've communicated since 6 BC

• New York's interesting history of radio and TV broadcasting

• The Perham Collection - early radio developments in Silicon Valley CA

• American Radio History - PDFs of radio mags from the 1920s forward

• Museum of Radio and Technology (West Virginia)

• Radio News - a particularly interesting 1920s radio monthly periodical

• Safely powering up an old radio for testing (without destroying it!)

• Restoring a vintage superhet radio parts one & two (Nuts & Volts Mag.)

• Bakelite vs. Catalin - telling which is which

• Choosing the right speaker to use with a 1920s radio

• Antique Radio Classified list of clubs and museums

• Antique Wireless Association HQ (Rochester, NY)

• Atwater Kent radios - values of parts used 1924 - 1932

• User manual for a 1920s TRF radio (Stromberg Carlson 1-A)

• Acme Radio's interesting 1920s pamphlet on preventing audio distortion

• Montgomery Ward 1922 catalog of radios and radio parts

• The National Capital Radio and Television Museum

• Southeastern Antique Radio Society (Atlanta GA area)

• Carolinas Chapter Antique Wireless Assn (Charlotte NC area)

• Nostalgia Air - huge collection of vintage radio schematics

• Boat Anchor Manual Archive - manuals for vintage ham and other radios

• Ryder Service Manual archive - trouble shooting manuals 1930 - 1952

• Radio Daze - vintage radio restoration parts

• Old Radio Parts - another useful source for restoration parts

• Renovated Radios - offers many unique radio restoration parts

• Radio Belts - sells replacement drive belts for vintage radio tuning mechanisms

• Source for square copper jewelry wire similar to 1920s radio buss wire

• Radio Attic - site for buying and selling vintage radios

• Golden Radio Repair - vintage radio repair (free estimates)

• Retro Radio Repair - great source for repro plastic dial covers

• Radio Museum - online museum of vintage radios (photos, schematics)

• Antique Radios - useful forum for getting expert advice from others

• Crystal radios - an explanation of how they work

• Gorgeous handmade reproduction crystal radios - Geoff Roberts (UK)

  • Fascinating interview with Geoff Roberts from SWLing.com

• Make your own crystal radio - more than 75 projects with plans

• 1922 Montgomery Ward catalog of radios and radio components

• Interesting 1920's User Manual for Stromberg Carlson radio

• Shipping a vintage radio - how to pack to avoid damage in transit

Science Museums in Asheville

• Asheville Museum of Science (downtown Asheville)