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Please bookmark our web address and our e-mail link. New revision 2010. Site additions include SEARCH TIPS to help find your make and model of vintage radio and RADIO SERIALS describing some of the vintage radio serials of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, plus added images. Also take a look at 'biblio' for an enlarged section on Practical Wireless. Looking for B103 or B136 battery scans? Click on 'PROJECTS', at the top of which page are links to a set of scans. _____________________ SITE
GUIDE IN BRIEF When the 'earth' image is at the top left of a page, as it is here, it indicates that page is a 'header' and may lead to several other pages. To return quickly to the start page, click on the earth image. Because this is a big site, most of the buttons on the left navigation panel are intro pages which lead to other pages of related information, theory, practical hints, book sales, reading suggestions, web links, quiz pages, history, personalities, restoration... and more. IMPORTANT: Don't neglect the links where given or you will miss much. Think of the main pages as corridors leading to other rooms in a meandering maze and you won't go far wrong! Example? If you click on 'personalities' you will find links to 4 extra pages. Click on 'Restoration' and there's links to at least 14 more pages. Just like Topsy, the site has grown and grown over the years and now has well over 100 pages of material. Please bookmark the site for return visits - there's far too much to take in at one reading. _____________________ Personal background Qualified in Radio, TV and colour TV servicing, I worked in the rental TV trade and educational television programme production before training as a Design and Technology teacher, after which I taught technology in all its forms for many years before retirement in the summer of 2001. In between times, I gained a degree and ran my own retail TV, video and Hi-Fi shop and servicing business. I've had articles
published in 'TELEVISION', 'RADIO BYGONES', 'EVERYDAY PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS' and other magazines and my book,
'Design & Technology:
Electronic Products for GCSE', is published by First & Best Ltd. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO E-MAIL YOUR ENQUIRY (see foot of this page), BUT... please read the FAQ page first: your question may already be answered! Enjoy the website and thanks for visiting. TONY THOMPSON BSc., Cert.Ed., CGLI, RTEB. ___________________ Service information and free advice
Click on 'SEARCH TIPS' for a guide to receiver identification Click on 'CIRCUIT ORDER' for a handy print-out form. TAKE CARE, WORK SAFELY. PLEASE READ THE 'SAFETY' PAGE The extensive range of circuit data available by post covers valve and early transistor equipment and includes radio, TV, car radio, record players, radiograms and tape recorders. If you can't find the set you want in the lists, it may be possible to help or suggest an alternative source. VRW cannot supply components and valves but see the Links and Sources for people who do, or E-mail for advice. ______________________
All ebook offers will be sent in 'pdf (Acrobat) format and can be accessed and printed using Acrobat reader, a free download. For further details, click on 'eBOOK OFFER' in the left navigation panel. The book Vintage Radios (Crowood Collector's series) is available from this site, and the CD-ROM 'The COMPLETE GUIDE to Vintage Radios' is also available from this site. Please click on 'BOOK ORDER' in the left panel for more information. Vintage books (old valve radio) - see under the BIBLIO button on the left and this will take you to a selection of pages, the ones of your choice provided by clicking the appropriate button. Don't forget that we also offer a vast archive of radio circuit data, all available at a very low cost. TV data, too! There's no need to work 'blind'. To contact Vintage Radio World by email: tony'at'vintageradioworld.co.uk (replace the 'at' with '@') I'm sure you'll find something of interest here. Many thanks for calling. Remember - regular updates. This update January 2010. Please call again! |
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The data is priced as low as possible and the costs only reflect the work
entailed in preparation. Advice is
always
free, so there’s no need
to work 'blind'. Although I will always try to help in the best way I can, I
cannot accept responsibility for the result of any action carried out as a
result of my suggestions. After all, I can't be beside you when you are working
on a radio. Safety must always be a prime consideration, as valve equipment
usually has potentially lethal voltage levels and current availability. 
Please
note that the earlier books 'Vintage Radios - Collecting, Servicing,
Restoring' and 'Restoring Valve Radios' are now out of print but because
of popular demand they are now available to purchase by email at £9
each (pay by
Paypal, see order form for the pdfs). These are downloads, sent via your
email (broadband is preferable) and readable/printable by Acrobat
Reader. For further details of this useful offer, click on 'eBook offer'
in the left navigation.