Handmade radios from vintage parts

James from Retrothing sez, "Tom Kipgen makes radios using vintage parts and hand-wound coils. Absolutely stunning stuff."

Tom Kipgen's Designer Radios Site

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nixiebunny

They’re very nice to look at, and the prices are quite reasonable for one-off radios of this build quality.
http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith

Thats great. I love real working retro machinery, not fancy cases with digital stuff inside.
pjcamp

Soooo. . . is that a beagle reflected in the tubes?
http://twitter.com/NeilSanderson Neil Sanderson

Nice gear, but sad that there is so little worth listening to on the radio these days.
- http://www.zhrodague.net/ Drew from Zhrodague
  
  Amateur radio is still alive and kick’n. I’m hoping to upgrade to my (US) General-class license soon, and talk to folks on more popular bands than my Technician license will allow. Anyone DIYing morse keyers?
  - Ito Kagehisa
    
    Unfortunately I just gave away a large box of them, or I’d send you a couple. Sorry!
    - oasisob1
      
      Not sure if sarcasm…
      - Ito Kagehisa
        
        Not! I gave away all my morse keys (including a very fast sideways job) to the seaman’s center and to a local school. Except one type specimen that I will probably hack into a computer mouse.
      - oasisob1
        
        See, now that’s actually cool!
  - http://ae4rv.com/ royaltrux
    
    I earned my first DXCC last year, mostly using CW (Morse).
http://twitter.com/tadasyoyolt Tadas Jelinek

Relevant: Hand Made Vacuum Tubes by Claude Paillard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzyXMEpq4qw
- oasisob1
  
  I’ve watched that video more often than normal people would. Can’t quite get over the Mr. Rogers music, but it’s beautiful work.
Rico_sosa

Cool idea… absolutely ugly radios.