10/06/2026
One of my apprentices 😉😉😉😉😊😊😊👍
The Vintage Radio Repair Shop
I specialise in the restoration and repair of vintage valve radios from 1930 to the early 1960's. I didn't think that one out in the beginning.
Over the past couple of years this work has evolved into conversions to internet/DAB/FM and Bluetooth as AM broadcasts have declined. This page is about my work repairing, restoring and, when wanted, converting old valve wireless sets to receive modern DAB, FM broadcasts and even Internet Streaming. I established Dab Hand Radio as a one man 'hobby business' in 2010 when I retired due to ill healt
10/06/2026
Is it me or has the workshop shrunk again?
10/06/2026
And on Bench two we have a venerable Ekco A23
10/06/2026
Just arrived in the workshop a very tired little Philips for fettling. 😊😊
06/06/2026
Eclectic Blues with Dave Francis June 26 Two hours of cool Eclectic Blues from Dave Francis who now has another grandson.. Welcome Buster! WE have a predominately worldwide flavour our to today's show with artists from the UK, Brazil, South Africa, Norway and, of course, the USA!
05/06/2026
Finished the Ekco and here it is listening to BBC6Music on DAB through it's original speaker.
Polished up well and done new grille cloth.
04/06/2026
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Eclectic Blues with Dave Francis June 26 Two hours of cool Eclectic Blues from Dave Francis who now has another grandson.. Welcome Buster! WE have a predominately worldwide flavour our to today's show with artists from the UK, Brazil, South Africa, Norway and, of course, the USA!
04/06/2026
The dangerous Ekco is being DAB'ed and it's original lethalities isolated. I can use the original speaker in the conversion so not all will be lost... Case has scrubbed up nicely with a combination of special wood toned felt tip pens and stain. New grille cloth ordered...
A pity in some ways that the original AM radio wasn't a cost effective restoration but this is the situation when I work on customer's radios. If I had infinite time it could have been revived but.... Maybe one day?
03/06/2026
Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Peter Diedrichsen, Mahender Kumar, Joseph Quagraine, Jan Hauge Hansen, Jesús Beltrá, Bill Hull, Tony Ipr, Huoltomies Mika, Dontronics Wrexham, Stephen Hall, Jesus Fco Calderón González, Rajashekar Raja, Steven Harding, Muralidharan, Rick Tome, Γιάννης Θεοδώρου, Jose Allen, Bertrand Beuf, Michael Clack, David Mark Wills, Tony Mitchell, Paul Thomas
Drop a comment to welcome them to our community, fans
03/06/2026
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There will be a few older listeners still using Long Wave in the Yorkshire Dales.
The BBC has announced that its Long Wave service on 198kHz, currently transmitting BBC Radio 4, will close on 27 June 2026 at 1am BST.
The Long Wave transmitters at Droitwich in Worcestershire, Westerglen near Stirling, and Burghead overlooking the Moray Firth, will be closed that day.
The company that owns and operates the LW broadcast equipment has confirmed that the system is reaching the end of its life. As LW is an older broadcasting technology, recent years have seen a decline in listener numbers, with the majority now opting for FM and DAB digital platforms.
Given these factors, investing in upgrading the LW equipment is not considered a cost-effective solution for licence fee-funded services.
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