Radio Parts Wish List – A New Service Available Now

Many of us have a radio(s) awaiting that one or more ‘unobtanium’ parts so that work on it can be completed.  These are not the regular ‘service’ type parts (capacitors, resistors, common tubes), but parts that may be unique to that particular model (or manufacturer) or are ‘rare, eg. knobs, push-buttons, pointer, dial/dial glass, escutcheon, special/rare tube, or other electrical or mechanical part(s), ie. a ‘radio parts wish list’.  On the other hand, many of us also have a stock of old radios/radio parts that we keep ‘just in case’ we may need a part from them one day, ie. a ‘radio boneyard’.  So, why not try to marry the two?  A form of this idea was recently brought to the CVRS attention by the Northwest Vintage Radio Society in Portland, Oregon, US, and we thought we would start up a special forum to provide a similar service on our website.  This service is not limited to CVRS members as we feel the biggest benefit would be realized by it being available to all.

This ‘Parts Wish List’ forum is visible directly from the Home Page so it can be quickly scanned, posts replied to, or new posts added with minimal effort and number of ‘clicks’.  Recognizing that posts can become ‘stale’ and/or ‘buried’ by newer posts, though still needing sufficient exposure time to be seen and acted upon, we plan on a six month window, after which the posts will be removed from the list.

We hope this new service can help resurrect a few more vintage radios from languishing on the ‘to do’ list!