Dave's Homemade Radios Links Page

Dave's Homemade Radios Links

Hi friends, As you know, linking sites is important. This is how you got to my site, and when you are done with my site, you can go to the next perhaps using a link found here. As owner of this website, it is my decision what links will appear here. The main rule is, the link has to go to a site that will benefit my visitor.

Link requests: I do add radio related links when requested to do so. I will not link sites that have poop up ads or other annoyances. For less than $100 a year, you can buy space on a web farm. There may be other reasons that I won't link to a requested site, but overall, I am pretty friendly. You should be willing to link to me on your site, if requested. Because you link to me, that does not obligate me to link to you, unless I agree in advance. I add only text links.

Linking to me: My main radio page is http://www.schmarder.com/radios. Schmarder.com is a non-commercial web site. Nothing is sold here. I would be honored if you link to me. You may link to any page that I offer. Let me know where you linked so I may enjoy your pages too. I offer banners for external links. They are at the bottom of this page, or please take something you see here and make it into a banner.

All these links are offered without any warranties or guarantees. I have found these sites to be useful. Your milage will vary.

Happy surfing - Dave - N2DS

Radio Links

Great links for beginners to start!

Owen Pool's Crystal Set Site with contest pages, links and much information.
Skywaves pages

Radio Plans and Projects

Schmarder.com this site.
Gollum's Crystal Receiver World This site is what got me going in all this.
Boydhouse - crystalradio.net Tons of great crystal set info on this site.
Glowbugs Projects that can be built.
Jogi's tube radio site in german. Lots of pictures too.
radiosammlung.de, also in german. Radio collection and some nice homemade projects too.
JA9MAT has some nice projects.
Bob's Data with various electronic projects.
Radio Constructor Articles Direct from the UK
Radio Constructor More articles from Radio Constructor Magazine
Fun With Tubes. Check out all the projects and advice here. It's great.
Syl's books and lots of other data for download.

Historical and Museums

Antique Wireless Museum, and nearly in my backyard!
Museum of Radio and Technology
Radio Museum Rottenburg Crystal sets in Germany
Wumpus Old Radio World Crystal set information and history.
Radio Museum from France
Spark Museum Lots of fine radios. Take a look.
Radio Fossil A look into the past.

Old Radio Circuit Information

Regenerative and Refles Receivers, with basic old time descriptions.
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.
Download Schematics For Free! Bogen Amplifier Schematics.
Nostalgia Air Lots of circuits of old sets.

Tube Data Sites

Franks Electron Tube Website from Holland.
Vacuum Tube Database

Contests

Crystal sets from down under Nice sets.
Crystal Set building contest. Some really cool sets.
crystalradio.us Home of the Elmer crystal radio DX and 1AD contests.
RadioContest A summer contest for all homemade radios.

Kits and Ready Made Crystal Sets

Peebles Originals 50's style kits. Great!
1N34A occasionally has a set for sale.
XSS Crystal Radio Society offers kits.
Vectronics Crystal sets and other receiver kits.
Crystal Radio Supply Gary has lots of good stuff!

Friends Pages

Peebles Originals Mike has a good site, and one heck of a nice guy too.
Gary's MainpageWD4NKA has a lot to show you.
Jim's Crystal radio page. Jim offers a high performance crystal set kit in his Hobbydyne series.
Dick Kleijer's Crystal radio site from Holland. Check it out.
Wayne Thelen's high performance crystal set.
UX-45 Some amazing homemade portable tube radios from Japan.
Oldradiobuilder.com Mike builds them old and right!
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.

Clubs and Forums

The Radioboard forum. Join the fun!
Midnightscience The Xtal Set Society forum.
Antique Radios, a very large forum.
REGENRX Regen Receivers Yahoo Group
Antique Radios, a very large forum.

Software, Calculators, Databases, Engineering

Guest technical articles on my website.
Ben Tongue explains how these things work.
FCC AM Station Database
Radio Locator
AM-LOG Lists of stations in alphabetical order
Tubepad This is how I now draw the schematics (#8 and later).
Scott's crystal set site, and headphone information.
Galena information.
Galena information.
Flat coil inductance calculator
Variometer Calculator
Propagation info
Clear channel station list (50kw stations, not the company)
Formula for calculating spider coils
Station list with antenna patterns
RECNET radio station database
Waggy's piezo headphone technical page.
Waggy's online Tuggle Tuner calculator.
Crystal Radio Engineering a web book by Kenneth Kuhn
Schematic Symbols Library (check the bottom of my construction practices page for more info.)
Megaconverter Convert anything to anything else (except for apples to oranges).
The Datasheet Archive Search engine for electronic component datasheets.

Radio Collection and Restoration

Radiomuseum.org Catalogue for Boatanchors with more than 16,000 printable schematics.
Antique Radios with forum, and lots of information.

Commercial Sites that I have purchase from and can recommend.

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

Brass Binding Posts adds a lot of class to your projects!
Crystal Radio Society with parts and newsletters.
MWS Wire Litz wire available here. Great service too!
Play Things Of Past Lots of old radio parts.
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.
Geoff's Crystal Radio Parts, all made in the UK.

Other Cool pages found on the web.

Radio Animation Building a radio!
Philip Miller Tate crystal radio songs! Cool.
K4ADL ham radio cartoons A real piece of work.
Crystal Radio demo video.