Boatanchors Amateur Radio

Old radio and transmitter enthusiasts' web pages about their hobby of collecting and operating all kinds of older radio equipment using tubes, and/or building their own equipment. Arranged into dozens of sub-categories that help in locating information etc.

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• Vintage Radio Resources - Information and resources for the collecting restoring and repairing of vintage radios, valve or transistor. Includes a photo gallery.
  
• Vintage Radios - Purveyor and collector of antique/vintage radios, valves and service data. Includes model service information, resources, classified ads, and links.
  
• WW2 Radio & Radar Discussion Board - Place radio and radar related questions here - it must also be WWII electronics related.
  
• HappySurfer's - Includes Glowbugs and Florida Boatanchors mailing lists, pirate radio, listings of shortwave radio links, crystal suppliers, and nets for boatanchor trading and discussions, pricing guide, and online store.
  
• VE3CSK/VE3NH - A personal collection of boatanchors and links to the past.
  
• Electronic Schematics - Provides a variety of electronic schematics, photos and plans.
  
• Vintage Radio and Electronics - A growing resource for Valve and early Transistor Portable Radios. Resources and historical links. Includes a section devoted to the radio constructor with old circuits and original articles.
  
• Micamold XTR-1 - WA9WFA's site about this unusual transmitter.
  
• RX3ANF Boatanchors in Russia - American WW2 radios in Russia. Also, a few Russian radios, and two homebrew rigs.
  
• Morrow Radio - K1YP presents information and pictures about the Morrow Radio Company's transmitters and receivers.
  
• Makers of Boat Anchors - List and description, includes: B and W, Central Electronics, Collins, E. F. Johnson, Gonset, Hallicrafters, Hammarlund, Heath, National, Drake.
  
• Vintage Rigs - Large photo gallery of amateur equipment and vintage radios.
  
• Technical Materiel Corp. TMC Vintage Radio GPR-90 - Unofficial home of the GPR-90, and other TMC equipment. Large quantity of TMC literature.
  
• Technical Materiel Corp Vintage Radio - Dedicated to the equipment from TMC, including the GPR-90 GSB-1 GPT-750
  
• The PYE Museum - G8EPR's site about the radios made by Pye Company in England.
  
• RA17 - Discussion of the various valve types which may be used in the Racal RA17/117 HF receivers.
  
• RCA AR88LF Receiver - Specifications, photos and history of this rugged WW2 era receiver.
  
• The Sounds of a Spark Transmitter - Telegraphy and telephony sounds from "Adventures in CyberSound."
  
• Boatanchors Amateur Radio Web Ring - Find out about operating, restoring, building, buying and selling old tube radio equipment.
  
• The RCA AR88 Receiver - G3GIQ presents technical details on the circuitry in this old RCA receiver.
  
• N9BOR's Multi-Elmac Museum - Multi-Elmac information, pictures, modifications and restoration tips. List of published articles on Multi-Elmac gear. Old advertisements for Multi-Elmac radios.
  
• Gootee Systems - Personal collection of antique radios and electronics, vacuum tube equipment repair advice, resistor decade box plans.
  
• Sommerkamp Radio - Information site and a meeting point for Sommerkamp users, fans and collectors.
  
• The Kenwood TS-830 Survival Guide - A printable manual-like guide containing a lot of information about the famous TS-830 HF transceiver made by Trio/Kenwood in the 1980s: hints, mods, repairs, procedures, comments. Available in PDF or MSWord2000 format.
  
• Geloso - The history of Geloso, an Italian radio company. Includes schematics of many products.
  
• Breting Radio Company - Old shortwave receivers made in Los Angeles, with photographs and data.
  
• Clegg 22'er - Pictures of the 2m FM transceiver. Clegg made other 22ers that look very different.
  
• Yaesu FT-101 - NW2M's Yaesu FT-101 HF Transceiver Site. All about the FT-101 series. These rigs with a tube driver and finals are considered classics by many.
  
• Very Early Yaesu Musen - Details and very early history of Yaesu Musen amateur radio equipment in Australia. Includes pictures, old ads and descriptions.
  
• Boatanchor FAQ - Answers questions about vintage tube-type ham radio and communications equipment.
  
  

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