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Will be updated continually. Please let me know if any are dead.
Radio and Electronics
The 1960s Radio Shop Business run by a friend of mine concentrating on stuff that I don't do: big valve radios, radiograms and Seventies audio. He also sells kits to build military styled valve radios.
Richard's Radios Eclectic site covering all aspects of vintage radio.
Vintage Valve Technology Fair New vintage radio event held at Haydock Racecourse, despite the name you'll still find interesting transistor stuff.
Harry's Homebrew Pages Award winning ham radio homebrew site.
German Wumpus radio pages Amazing German vintage radio site full of pictures of valves, vintage semiconductors and crystal set info.
The Potters Wheel Circuits and Manuals from Alan and Alanna G0RIT. Specialists in vintage military kit.
Radiocraft. Steve Ostler's renowned vintage radio site.
Crystalradio.org.uk ...the art and science of passive radio.
Light Straw ATE Nostalgic guided tour around a virtual GPO Strowger automatic telephone exchange - and you get to find out why it's called Light Straw!
Frank's Electron Tube Data Pages All you ever wanted to know about the private lives of valves - vast database with individual data sheets in PDF format - so you'll need Acrobat Reader.
Vintage Radio Repairs and Restorations
Paul Stenning's very attractive well laid-out site with loads of info. One of the first Internet vintage radio sites. Must see, and don't forget to check out his famous data CD ROMs. The new home for 405 Alive, the site dedicated to old 405-line television technology, programmes and nostalgia.
Seti@Home The ultimate DX project. Join the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by downloading the free screensaver which crunches data from the Arecibo Radio Observatory. You could be the first to discover ET!
Radio Tube Supply Need a valve? Roy Golden should be able to supply. Very fast delivery from the USA.
Radio Days Andrew Emmerson's pages covering old radio programmes.Specialists in difficult-to-get hold of batteries.
Rob Grant's Telephone Pages Forget the pathetic cheeps and chirrups of modern phones. This site has loads of old fashioned tones, sounds of clicking relays and clattering selectors, VF signalling tones and a spiffing collection of GPO operator announcements in plummy voices enunciating only the best Received English dont'cha know? All in .wav format for you to download and enjoy.
Phone Trips A veritable cornucopia of tones, beeps, squeaks, panel clickings, director pulsing and tandem-stacking, with full narrative by a veteran US phone phreaker. Relive the tricks you could play on the old analogue telephone systems. Ahh, those were the days;-)
Tube Shop Internet retail site of UK valve specialists PM Components, now sole European agent for Svetlana valves.
The Vintage Radio Emporium. Site covering general vintage stuff with the emphasis on crystal sets.
Old Time Supplies
Vintage radio books, ephemera and more.
Peter's Vintage Radio Daze Yes it's another Peter. One of the first internet vintage wireless sites.
Mike's Electric Stuff. Do you like funny-shaped glowing glass tubes, weird valves wearing mesh condoms, and objects that look as though they've escaped from a Heironymous Bosch nightmare? Plenty here.
Roberts-Radios Interesting vintage radio site including details of how to build replica batteries. Not connected to Roberts Radios Ltd.
Vintage Radios UK Malcom F. Bennett's site covering valves and valve radios. He buys, sells and repairs anything containing valves.
Alan Lord's Vintage Radio Collection Large site covering vintage radio, test equipment, DIY projects and general electronics.
Spread Spectrum Secrets Plenty of info on RF design and links to other RF sites.
Clive Mitchell's Dubious Site Things to do at home - if you dare.
Adrian's British Battery Tube Portable Pages Interesting site covering the other of my radio loves - old British valve portables.
Lorne's Vintage Wireless Homepage Advice on repairing valve radios, useful safety tips, galleries and crystal sets.
The Vintage Wireless Database Huge amount of data covering radios and valves. Too much to describe so go have a look.
Xtal Set Society
Premier US site covering crystal sets, crystal sets and also crystal sets. Excellent newsletter available to UK. They also have airspaced tuning gangs and other rare parts specially made at a reasonable cost. Anything to do with zero running cost radio technology. Nothing whatsoever to do with Digital Audio Broadcasting.
Valve and Tube Supplies Large mail order valve dealer situated in Isle of Wight.
Vintage Radio World Tony Thompson's site covering all aspects of domestic valve radio, also his VRW publishing company.
Nostalgic Radios of the Fifties and Sixties German language site with galleries displaying valve and transistor radios, car radios, record players and tape recorders. All from the best years of the 20th century. No language problems, there are plenty of pics.
BVWS Home Page.
Emil's Vintage Technology Pages
A World of Wireless
DH4PY's Military Radio Collection. German radio collector's HUGE military radio site. Loads of details and pics. In English and German.
M31 Galaxy of Transistor radios Very large American gallery site covering mostly pocket trannies.
The Radio Attic Large American site covering vintage radio, features, and sales.
Wuggy's Links Huge list of radio and electronics links
Antique Radios the antique radio collector's resource.
WD4NKA's home page. Full of valve stuff and home of Tubecad valve schematic CAD.
Meldrum's pages
The SMD codebook Vast database of surface mounted device codes by R.P. Blackwell, G4PMK
JustRadios - Capacitors and Schematics for Tube Radios. Specialise in high voltage film and electrolytic capacitors for tube radios. Also carry Antique Radio Schematics and service information.
Antique Radio Grille Cloth US speaker grille cloth specialist. Will supply to UK. Plenty of pics, and samples available.
Mike's Radio Page
Ian Poole's Radio & Electronics site
Find and compare Portable Radios on abcaz - the easiest, the quickest and the best way to buy online.The best decade ever: The Swinging Sixties!
Sixties City Huge site covering music, fashions TV programs, transport and everything else Sixties. Includes full Sixties pop chart listings.
The legendary Ace Cafe in London - now reopened. Relive Sixties bikes and Rock'n'Roll.
Backdate - Music and History of the Sixties and Seventies
Whiligig TV Programme intros, interludes, theme tunes and much more from British television during the 1950s
TV & Radio Bits Eight decades of radio and TV schedules and Radio Times covers.
TV Cream Looking back through the years at the best (and worst) of TV and radio programming. Weekly newsletters free via email.
Earthstation 1 TV Themes. You gotta check these out! Multilingual American site that's got some of the best 50', 60s and 70s British and US TV theme tunes ever to be mangled by a knackered ECL82. They also sell old time radio, TV and historical AV compilations.
Telly Tunes Huge directory of TV and radio themes, jingles and adverts available across the Net.TV Ark TV nostalgia from Granada and ABC North
Wild Swimming River & Lake Swimming Association Formed to study, support and nurture the fascinating and, thanks to the "Health and Safety" Gestapo, endangered human subspecies Homo sapiens aquaticus - the wild swimmer.
Sea surface temperatures. Satellite thermograph of global sea temperatures. Handy if like me you're into sea bathing.
Irish Sea Surface Temperatures Graphical presentation of Irish sea temperature data. If you intend to swim in the Irish Sea, this will let you to find the warmest water.
National Tidal& Sea Level Facility Online tidal information for coasts and ports around the UK. Based in the world-famous Bidston Observatory in Wirral.
Marine Conservation Society Organisation dedicated to the welfare of both finned and two-legged marine life. Publishers of the Good Beach Guide.
Hatchmere Lake Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) now supporting a colony of H.sap.aquaticus.
Recommended bathing places in Scotland Someone and somewhere with a SENSIBLE attitude towards swimming outdoors.
Nantwich Brine Pool Situated in South Cheshire, a brilliant lido-style outdoor natural brine pool first opened in the 1930s, and it's heated! Open from April until September, it's well worth a visit.Seaside History The British seaside in its heyday.
Lidos Lidos in the UK
Oliver Merrington's comprehensive list of lidos and outdoor pools - that need our support!!
Liverpool Swimming Club Organisers of the annual cross-Mersey charity swim.
Dan Earthquake Open-water swimmer, weightlifter, fitness guru and hospital radio presenter.
Biking Powerful vested motoring interests want motorcycles banned from British roads and spare no expense to buy up useless academics, Whitehall mandarins and other so-called "advisers" to ensure legislators are kept deliberately misinformed about motorcycling. If you ride a bike and want to protect your lifestyle, stand up to the evil corporate empire behind the car and its handmaiden: the UK Department of Transport, then consider joining and supporting
Motorcycle Action Group and the British Motorcyclist's Federation
GSXR-online Growing site covering Gixxers.
Roadpeace Are you sick of killer drivers getting away with quite literally, murder? These people want to put a stop to it, and deserve our support.Motorcarnage The frightening consequencess of unfettered car-worship.
Weston Motorcycles Warren and Gaynor will be delighted to post bike clothing, parts and accessories to you wherever you are. Also repairs and servicing.
Bikersweb Online UK bike magazine.
Womans' International Motorcycle association Not recommended for male chauvinists.
Sportbike Rider Picture Website Large site devoted to crotch rocket pics.
Bikepics Probably the world's largest motorcycle picture site. Rider's bikes, crashes, burnouts, movies, just about everything. Gigabytes of stuff.
Used Motorcycle Guide Does exactly what it says on the label.
Ordnance Survey Get-a-Map Can't find your mate's new house or that obscure rally site? Just enter the place name, postcode or grid ref. and our friends at the OS will kindly give you a very useful map to read, print and enjoy - free, gratis and for nowt.
Bad Driving New site where you can name and shame the jerk who nearly had you off your bike.
Report Road Rage Worthwhile site supported by RAC Foundation dedicated to reducing road rage.
Sportbike World
Jarmo's Suzuki pages
General Science
Possibly the Web's largest amateur science site. Bill Beatty's science site, weird science, Tesla coils and plenty more.
The Darwin Awards To use their description: commemorating those who benefit the gene pool by removing themselves from it. Very black coffin humour - you have been warned! Best visited after the 9pm watershed.
Physics Demonstrations by Julius C. Sprott
Online physics practical textbook. Don't bend it backwards and make sure it's returned in good condition at the end of term. Damage will be charged for.
The IgNobel Science Awards for research and projects that should have been humanely put down at birth. Check out the 2001 awards for underpants with a replaceable carbon filter to deodorise "exhaust emissions". Honest!!
Cockeyed Science Research and dissertations into how much water various tampons will hold , printer cartridge filling, and how much CO2 there is in a bottle of Coke, amongst other delights.
Miscellaneous The Boat Exchange - FREE Classified Boat Ads - Free Photos - Free Hyperlinks
">Bullnet/Bull Electrical. Electronic surplus, shopping mall, auctions, vacation rentals. Add E-commerce to your site.
Klingon Language Institute Want to learn to talk and write in fluent Klingon? Here's the place to do it.
Swappers and Collectors pages Buy, sell, swap
Pylon Number Collectors Well, someone had to! For lovers of fizzing, crackling power pylons everywhere.
Glass Insulators Collecting glass of a different kind. Like valves but without any innards.
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets For your convenience.
Collector's Resource General collectors' resources including vintage radio.
Apollo Duck UK section of international marine marketing site. Recommended
The Weekly Gripe Get it off your chest here.
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