The Vintage Radio Repair Shop

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

h (arthritic knees!) after working over 30 years in Special Education and laterley within the world of juvenile crime working with young offenders in the Greater Manchester area. Once I couldn't run fast enough to catch the little rascals it was time to throw in the towel! The name was changed in 2020 to The Vintage Radio Repair Shop as I was getting too many requests to repair DAB radios.. As a life long radio enthusiast and Radio Ham I thought I'd turn my hobby into something more challenging. Since starting up my work has become much sought after and I have a very health, although frustrating for customers, waiting list. Most commissions have at least a six month time scale and some have taken over a year to complete! If you are thinking of a project then get in touch soon to get a place on the build list. My radios have been sent all over the world, are always guaranteed and, touch wood (!) have rarely gone tech and have been much loved by their owners. Often I restore and/or convert old valve sets which have great sentimental value to the customer so, as always, I treat each bespoke job I do with the utmost care and only produce work of the very highest quality... Hence the waiting list!

10/06/2026

One of my apprentices 😉😉😉😉😊😊😊👍

Is it me or has the workshop shrunk again?
10/06/2026

Is it me or has the workshop shrunk again?

And on Bench two we have a venerable Ekco A23
10/06/2026

And on Bench two we have a venerable Ekco A23

Just arrived in the workshop a very tired little Philips for fettling. 😊😊
10/06/2026

Just arrived in the workshop a very tired little Philips for fettling. 😊😊

06/06/2026

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.

The dangerous Ekco is being DAB'ed and it's original lethalities isolated. I can use the original speaker in the convers...
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

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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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