 I’ve been collecting radios for more than
50
years. I didn't have much time to restore them during my career. However
when I retired 15 years ago I decided it was time to bring my
collection back into service. I first became interested in electronics and in particular radios when I was in high school and built my first superheterodyne. I spent the first 7 years of my naval career as an electronics technician at a time when vacuum tubes were the state of the art. Later the navy sent me to military college were I studied engineering before being sent back to sea as a naval officer. Unfortunately
this meant there were no more opportunities for hands-on electronics
work. I then spent 30 years working as a systems engineer and project
manager for the navy where I was relegated to the world of design and
management. Following my naval career I spent 15 years in public service
administration before retiring to my personal workshop. I've been restoring radios, almost full time, for the past 15 years and have been known to spend several hundred hours on a single restoration.
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