When it comes to electronics, manufacturers strive to incorporate more modern elements into their products — casings become more lightweight, components become more streamlined, and designs become ...

Jarret Brown, 41, purchased his very first vintage radio at a flea market when he was about 20 years old. It was a little white RCA Victor for which he paid no more than $2. Today, it lives in his ...

In contrast to most modern builds we see on Hackaday, vintage radios are fairly simple – mainly turret-board builds with a transformer, resistors, capacitors, coil and tubes. The main issues in any ...

Nowadays we take for granted the ability to just turn on our car radio when we want news, music, or entertainment while traveling about. Such convenience was not always the case. Prior to the 1930s, ...

Jim Sargent, president of the Vintage Radio and Phonograph Society with a few antique items, including a 1904 Columbia Standard phonograph. At left is a O'neil table model loudspeaker, and in rear is ...

Last month we looked at contributions to the art made by amateur operators, in particular advancements in Amplitude Modulation, or AM, and how it came to give radio its voice. This month, we will look ...