Vintage and Antique Radios for Sale and Restoration
Find resources for buying, selling, repairing, and restoring antique radios, boatanchors, and vintage ham radio equipment.
Many ham radio operators enjoy collecting and restoring antique radios, often called boatanchors, from the early days of radio communication. These vintage transceivers and receivers represent a significant part of amateur radio history, from spark gap transmitters to the classic tube-era equipment that defined the hobby for decades. Preserving these old stations involves careful restoration, sourcing original parts, and understanding the unique circuits of a bygone era.
This category offers resources for hams looking to buy, sell, or repair vintage gear. Operators can find shops specializing in restored antique radios, including iconic brands like Heathkit, Drake, and Collins. There are also suppliers for hard-to-find components, such as reproduction dials, knobs, and specific vacuum tubes, essential for bringing these old radios back to life. Some sites also provide manuals and technical information for military radios and other historical equipment.
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A.R.C. The National Publication For Buyers And Sellers Of Old Radios And Related Items--Published Monthly -
Find your old radios here. Old Radios and Collectible Radios For Sale -
Devoted to all sorts of military radios and their hardware, as well as other interesting military items, and military vehicles. Army Radio Sales website contains a wealth of free information on military radios and military vehicles, as well as on-line manuals, your very interesting articles, thousands of pictures, as well as a fully automated free classifieds advertising section to advertise your needs. -
STC, AWA, Valve Radio, Airzone, Kriesler, Mullard, Western Electric, dating Australian radios -
Buy old manuals, military radios, kits, receivers online shop -
Stocks some NOS Heathkit parts -
Your world-wide source for Heathkit, Drake, Collins and Dentron amplifier parts & upgrade kits -
Vintage and reproduction electronic parts specialist - antique radio dials and knobs, 1940-1970 era phonograph cartridges, needles, idler wheels. -
Specialise in the restoration and sale of vintage valve and transistor radios made from 1930 through to 1975 -
Since 1998, Radio Age has offered for sale antique radios from the Golden Age of radio -
Antique Radios for Sale, Old Radios Repaired, Reproduction Parts and CD's -
Here you will find all kinds of information, PCB layouts, hints and kinks and case histories of some of the most popular Heathkit ham gear. -
Restored vintage amateur radio, shortwave & other electronics from the vacuum tube era! Specialists in restored Ham Radio boatanchors -
ESA1 features a state-of-the-art workshop capable of performing repairs, calibrations, and restorations on antique radios, jukeboxes, and gramophones. We return your vintage equipment to you in the best and most original condition possible. ESA1 is based in Italy.