Essex Radio and Television Service

04/25/2022

New England Vintage Electronics Club event coming up, May 21, 2022:

03/04/2022

New England's largest vintage audio, electronics and antique radio show is this Sunday, March 6th at the Marriott Courtyard, 2200 Southward Drive in Nashua from 8:00AM - 1:00PM.

There will be dozens of tables offering antique radios, transistor radios, tubes, vintage audio, video and an extensive range of other electronics. Vinyl records, early gaming, computers and more.

See attached flyer and go to https://www.nevec.org/swapmeetinfo.htm for more information.

https://www.nevec.org/swapmeetinfo.htm

New England Radio Club radio swap meets for vintage and Antique radio and television collectors.

12/13/2021

There hasn't been one of these in the shop for a while - a Crosley Model 51 from about 1924 - almost 100 years old. It picks up WBZ on just a small piece of wire for an antenna, and would get much more with a better antenna. These ran on batteries when they were new - 5 volts, 22 volts and 45 volts, which I've recreated with a few modern batteries. I don't think CVS or Costco would have the correct batteries in stock.

It really sounds surprisingly good considering how little is in there - a few coils and capacitors, just two tubes.

10/06/2021

An unusual repair, just in time for Halloween

10/01/2021

The make believe TV shop on the set of Salem's Lot in Ipswich, MA, my Motorola sign on full display. Didn't get to peek in to see how they are using the rest of my items (test equipment, soldering iron, picture tube box, etc.) and the road is closed now for a week during filming.

09/29/2021

There is a new version of the movie Salem's Lot being filmed in Ipswich MA next week. They are building a pretend TV shop for one of the scenes, and came by to rent a few things to go into the set. They got a few pieces of test equipment, a soldering iron, a picture tube box, and a couple of signs.

08/30/2021

50 year old Toshiba transistor radio brought back to life

07/27/2021

Stay tuned for more details on our next Vintage Electronics Flea Market at the Brookline Event Center in Brookline, NH. Mark your calendars!

03/21/2020

Dual turntables now part of our repertoire, this is a Dual 1019 completely torn down, cleaned and re lubricated. Also completed a 1015, almost identical mechanism.

02/19/2020

Very nice looking Zenith radio in for repair today. Cost $110 in 1942 (about $1800 in today's money) Love these old timers.

01/31/2020

New England Vintage Electronics Expo is coming up March 1, 2020 at the Courtyard Marriot, Nashua NH. Here are some pictures from last year: