Hi Friend! Thanks for showing up. This is my second homemade radio page. The first is my homemade crystal set page. I got so excited about this homebrew project, I decided to make some tube sets too.

I would like to tell you a little about my background. My interest in radio goes back to around 1955 when I was 5 years old. My dad used to repair radios before I was around. Luckily he got into something that actually paid real money. Luckily too, he kept all the old radio stuff. I started soldering and fiddling before I was 10 years old. My dad had earned his Amateur Radio license, and I tagged along. I learned a lot.

For the next 25 years, I put together many projects, tube and semiconductor. I earned my Novice ham ticket in 1965. This only accelerated the building. I was a nerd before it was popular. I just sat in my cellar and played with my Weller as someone once said.

I built quite a few crystal radios, but never any regenerative radios. These pages will describe the regen sets that I am working on. I do these pages in near real-time. If I am waiting for parts to come on or the shellac to dry, I pop into the computer room and type a few lines of code.

73, Dave - N2DS

Tube Radio Links

Groups and Forums

Join the Yahoo REGENRX Group
Radioboard forum. Join the fun!
Antique Radios, a very large forum.

Museums and Radio Displays

Antique Wireless Museum This is where I get some of my ideas!
Radio Museum from France
Spark Museum Lots of fine radios. Take a look.
Antique Radios
Gary, WD4NKA's Tube projects site.
Midcenturyradios.com Look at these beautiful homemade radios! (no schematics)

Tube Data Sites

Franks Electron Tube Website from Holland.
Vacuum Tube Database

Plans and Projects

Jogi's tube radio site in german. Lots of pictures too.
radiosammlung.de, also in german. Rado collection and some nice homemade projects too.
JA9MAT has some nice projects.
Bob's Data with various electronic projects.
Radio Constructor Articles
Radio Constructor Magazine
Fun With Tubes. Check out all the projects and advice here. It's great.
Glowbugs
Some homemade portable tube radios from Japan.
Oldradiobuilder.com A new site with some nice projects shown.
Jeff Duntermann's 12 volt space charged tube resource.
Exray's 1920's radio reproductions.
Tom Kipgen's homemade radios. A must see!
Tom Nickel's great looking projects. A real blast to the past.
Darrin's homemade tube and xtal sets.

Old Radio Circuit Information

(Dead Link)Lots of good regenerative and reflex tube radio info here!
(I made improvements on this fine work and put it up on my site)
Boat Anchor Manual Archive Free radio manual downloads. Wonderful site!
Mirror site for the above BAMC site.
OZ6GH - Lots of old radio info
AB0CW Homemade tube radios
Beitman's Schematics, free to download.
Nostalgia Air Lots of circuits of old sets.

Schematic Drawing

Tubepad This is how I now draw the schematics (#8 and later).

Design Aids

Megaconverter

Places to buy parts

1N34A.COM Buy your litz and other crystal radio parts here!

Play Things Of Past Lots of old radio parts.
Midnightscience  The Xtal Set Society
Radio Tube Supply in Ohio. Lots of tubes, great service and prices too!
Leeds Radio A great old firm that got it's start in the 1920's.

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