The Latest… CHRS was approached by the pending new owners of KVTO for a tour of the CHRS museum facility and a meeting with us. As a result of that meeting, held February 28th, we can report that the pending new owners of KVTO are very supportive of CHRS’ intention to purchase the KRE [...]
New Electrical Transcription Disc download available (5/27/12)
Our next download is now available at the Electrical Transcription Disc Project. It is a show that is an improvement over the encoding in current circulation, so we hope it will be a nice addition to your collections. You’ll find it at this link, or just click on the “History” portion of the blue ribbon [...]
First Electrical Transcription Disc download now available
Our first download is now available at the Electrical Transcription Disc Project! It is a show that doesn’t appear to be available in an encoded format, so we hope it will be a nice addition to your collections. You’ll find it at this link, or just click on the “History” portion of the blue ribbon [...]
CHRS NEWS YOU CAN USE
VOLUNTEER DAY at KRE – Saturday, May 12th, 9 AM. Come on by. It’s Fun! De FOREST BOOK and BAY AREA RADIO BOOKS Available – Be sure to pick up your copies of Mike Adams’ new book, “Lee De Forest: King of Radio, TV and Film”, for $25 and John Schneider’s and CHRS’ new book, [...]
Elecrical transcription disc project is up!
The electrical transcription disc project, cataloguing and encoding the CHRS collection of 16″ recordings is now up. Please visit the project page to learn more.
THE SOCIETY OF WIRELESS PIONEERS MERGES INTO CHRS
April 2, 2012, Berkeley, CA. The California Historical Radio Society (“CHRS” — by Steve Kushman, its President) and the Society of Wireless Pioneers, (SOWP), are pleased to announce the merger of the Society of Wireless Pioneers into CHRS. The Society will become a program of CHRS, as is the Bay Area Radio Museum. The primary [...]
CHRS Hi-Fi Clinic & Special Presentation
Extra Volunteer Day at KRE – 9 AM, this Saturday…Then next Saturday, April 7th 9 AM… It’s Radio Activity Day At KRE – Featuring for the first time our Hi-Fi Clinic & A Special Presentation. We will again host our increasingly popular Radio Repair Clinic in the Russ Dillberg Repair Shop. This time we will have [...]
A Tester Every Restorer Should Own
by Thomas Bonomo, K6AD — Lowly Heathkit. “Gets no respect,” as Rodney Dangerfield might say. But I’m about to tell you about a piece of Heathkit gear every vintage radio restorer should own: the IT-28 Capacitor Checker. Sure, I know what you’re probably thinking. The trouble-free nature and accuracy of modern test equipment is just [...]
“Secret Weapon” Radio Chassis Cleaning
by Thomas Bonomo, K6AD — I’d like to share with you my “secret weapon” for radio chassis cleaning. The dirtier the chassis, the better. Like many restorers, I’m not a fan of the “dishwasher method”, so I used to clean chassis the hard way: rubbing with a rag, a Q-Tip, or a soft brush dampened [...]
CHRS in Citrus Heights Saturday – 3/3/12
Vintage Radio Swap Meet this Saturday, March 3rd, 9 AM. Load up the car with radios and come up to Citrus Heights, CA (North Sacramento) – for the CHRS Sacramento Chapter Vintage Radio Swap Meet, at the Sylvan Oaks Library on the Corner of Auburn Blvd. and Van Maren. The address for you GPS fans [...]
