Some Very Oldies

This is Philmore VC-1000 crystal radio that my dad bought me in the early 1960s.

This is Philco portable was given to me with a few other radios. Although I haven't tried to make it work, it's a nice looking piece with a tambour door to cover the dial.

This is GE radio from the late-1930s that was given to me with two other radios. I refinished it and it looks pretty nice though the radio does not work. It appears it had a fire at some point and restoration would be a major endeavor. The orhinal dial was destroyed in the fire so I made this reproduction.

This is RCA 86T radio from the 1930s was given to me with two other radios. It could use a restoration

This is just the cabinet for a Knight radio from the early 1930s. This was given to me with two other radios. I refinished it and it looks pretty nice these days even though it lacks its innards.

This Coronado was sold to me by a teacher who was retiring and didn't want to move it from his classroom back to his home. It works fine.

I bought this beautiful Zenith from a couple who were downsizing into retirement. They had it worked on at some point and the only thing it needed was a new power cord. The dial is a marvel and the sound is very rich.

This Stromberg Carlson console belonged to my wife's parents and dates to the late-1940s or early-1950s. It has AM and FM, although the FM no longer works because the FCC changed its frequencies. The unit also has a turntable with a 33/78 cartridge.

This Truetone was given to me by my sister who found it in a Salvation Army store in Minnesota. It work fine.

This beautiful Philco was given to me by one of my wife's clients, knowing that I liked radios, and they wanted it to have a good home. It sounds as good as it looks.

I had been looking for an old RCA 45 RPM record player when I stumbled upon this deluxe model 4-Y-511 from 1954 that also has an AM radio. The bakelite case is in mint condition. The unit plays well but could stand a recap and the ceramic cartridge needs a replacement.

I wasn't sure whether to include this one but it is a radio, athough just a transmitter. I did a dumpster dive to save this guy and although I have never turned it on, it looks cool amongst my other radio gear.

Radios from a More Modern Era

I bought this Century Sound radio around 1970 when I ws interested in listening to local police calls. It did that just fine and also plays AM/FM. I even have the instructions and schematic for it.

This Sankyo_STR-100 was my kitchen and shop radio in th 1980s. Also seen on my Magnetic Recording page.

This Sears All-in_One system has a pretty good AM/FM sections. I talk about this unit in greater detail on my Magnetic Recording page.

My Sansui QRX-7500 AM/FM quadraphonic receiver. This was the center of my hi-fi system from when I bought in the mid-1970s when I was in Gernmany to the mid-1990s. It was put into retirement when it had an issue or two but is now ready for restoration as I would like it, again, to be the center on my system.

This Onkyo TX-NR575 AM/FM/Everything receiver is holding down the operation of my hi-fi system these days. While it does more things than I need, it does sound pretty good although I would rather have knobs than a remote.

I puchased this Realistic AM/FM tuner back in the early 1970s and hooked it up to a bare amp board I that I bought at Olsons. This unit works great. At one point I had a milliamp meter connected to it that functioned at a tuning meter. I may have to set that up again. This is my workshop radio these days.

A GE Superradio. I bought this to do some DXing as it has an excellent AM tuner it it. In my basement I even picked ip WMAQ out of Chicago.

This little clock radio was picked up at some point for our guest room but has now been replaced by a Sony CFD-V17 boom box type.

Sony CFD-V17, AM/FM/Cassette/CD. In a guest room.

Sony CFD-V30, AM/FM/Cassette/CD. I use this in my photographic darkroom.

Sony CFS204, resides in my workshop these days.

One of the guys who worked for me abandoned this one on a construction site when the job was over and I never sqw him again. Eventually it ended up in my collection. It's a pretty nice little AM/FM Panasonic.

I bought this General Electric radio for some reason in the early-1980s when I needed/wanted an portable AM radio to have around construction sites, probably to listen to talk radio. It still works just fine. A little Deoxit cleaned up the volume control.

This Panasonic receiver was added through marriage and after some time in a guest room is now my garage radio. It has some nice speakers and fills that area with a nice sound.

A classic under-counter AM/FM/CD unit. It still sounds good but the LED displayed has faded to black. The CD player never really worked correctly.

A basic clock radio with AM/FM.

My MP3 player. It does have FM radio.

Car Radios

Car radios count, don't they? This is a Sony EXR-20 AM/FM/Cassette.

This is a Pioneer KP-500.

This is a Pioneer KE-4242, currently not installed in anything.

This is a Pioneer KE-something.

This is the AM/FM/CD in a Suburban.

Other Radios

This is a crystal radio I designed and built in about 2010. I was going for style rather than function but it works just the same.