Radio-Collector.com now a SECURE website

Radio-collector.com, a Secure Website
Radio-collector.com, a Secure Website

We have just completed the purchase and installation of an SSL certificate for the Club website. This ensures that we are providing a safe and secure web experience for all visitors. You can now see a green padlock on the address bar showing you that we are the real IARCHS website and not something else.

On another note, we are still looking for more pictures of Iowa made radios to add to our encyclopedia.  If you have some we would love to add them to the site, use our contact page to let us know what you have, and we will give you instructions as to where to send them.  As always, have a great radio day.

IARCHS 2017 Auction Success

2017 IARCHS Radio Auction Cedar RapidsWe had another great auction this year with over 550 individual lots sold. The weather might have been dreary outside, but as this auction was inside the nice building at the west side of Hawkeye downs it was nice and cozy.  If you were there, see you again next year, if you weren’t, hope to see you next year. Great fun for all and just watching the Amazing Wears auction team in play is a show in its self.

DON’T FORGET BECOME AN IARCHS MEMBER! STILL FREE, just click on the Join IARCHS (free) menu selection. It’s located on every page.

Don’t FORGET, AUCTION April 29!!!

A Reminder, sort out those radios that need a new home. Free up that display cabinet for some new acquisitions.  Send those pictures in for advance advertising to get the best price for your best radios (advanced advertising ends on April 24th). As of today, the auction is 5 days away. If you are traveling from a distance, get those hotel reservations now.  Hope to see you and your radios there.

the IARCHS folks.

Happy 2017 From the IARCHS President

Greetings and welcome to both a new year and a new era for your club. (Current president Dave Perkins)

Presumably if you’re reading this you’re aware that we’ve now transitioned to doing more, including the newsletter, via our improved web site (kudos and thanks to David Fitkin for all of the work done on it). Doug, our long time newsletter editor (many thanks to him for doing that time consuming job too) has been posting notices of the change in the last few newsletters, but I’ve still had some indications that, for whatever reason, a few members do not realize that they no long will get either a direct email or, for those very few still getting one, a mailed hard copy of the newsletter. If you happen to hear from or know of a member that feels he or she has been dropped by the club, please direct them to the website.

2016 was a year that was much discussed for many reasons, For me, even though I’m now retired (and happy be be able to say so), it was a year filled with a lot of work on things other than our mutual hobby. I spent much of it through the fall (and way more money than I like to dwell on) working on my home and property with the objective of freeing up more time to pursue my hobbies. After dealing with some minor health issues and making my way through the holidays, I’m happy to report that a project I set aside a couple years ago, a 1955 Harmon-Kardon D1100 has made it’s way back to the front of my electronics work bench. I have aspirations of making this part of an all analog, 1955 Harmon-Kardon D1100hopefully all vacuum tube, audio system. But first I’ve got to get to the bottom of a problem with the FM section. As of this writing everything else works fine, AM & phono input (to be tied to a 78 RPM Zenith Cobra changer in my ‘new’ system), and line input all work fine. but the FM is as quiet as a morgue ….. I’ve exhausted the options I have troubleshooting it with a meter, ‘scope and regular RF signal generator (AM modulation only) that I have. I can tell that the FM local oscillator is tracking, but there I got stopped ……….. darn it! I need an FM signal generator – something I’ve never added to my test bench since 99% of the radios in my collection are AM / Shortwave only. Being a long time hobbyist of many interests (radios, general vintage electronics and cars, plus occasionally trying to avoid drowning while Scuba diving) I invoked one of the universal rules of hobbyists the world over: Never pass up a ‘good’ opportunity to buy a new tool. ……. So as soon as my new FM signal generator gets here, I’ll get back to it and hopefully be able to report back to you all next time.

In the meantime, it’s not too early to begin thinking about our next auction. Here again, we’re ‘thinking different’ this year and are shifting out advertising focus from print media (that, according to the informal poll I took at last year’s auction, isn’t working too well) to on-line promotion including on the various Facebook pages dedicated or related to antique radios. This is another way in which you all can help. If ever and how ever you engage in discussion of your antique radio hobby on line, please put the word and and be sure to mention that, unlike the past several years, the auction will be the last Saturday in April rather than the in early May due to a schedule conflict our auctioneer has.

Thanks to all for your continued participation, keep up the good work and please make use of the expanded capabilities of the club website.

’till next time

Dave Perkins

NEW Date for the 2017 IARCHS Auction

2017 IARCHS Radio Auction Cedar Rapids

This years auction was moved up a week from our usual date. it will now be:

Saturday April 29, 2017 Hayracks at 9:30am, Auction at 10:00am
Auction Building at Hawkeye Downs, 4400 6th Street SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Keep informed, register today and get those important information updates in your email box.  Plus registration gets you access to the current newsletter and the members forum as well.

November 5 IARCHS Meeting

Iowa Antique Radio Club & Historical Society

The next Iowa Antique Radio Club & Historical Society meeting is coming up in just one WEEK.  Check your dates and see if you can make it, we would love to see you there.

 Fall IARCHS Meeting; Nov 5th 2016

Tom Zenisek
1610 Litchfield Dr.
Hiawatha, IA 52233
(319) 362-1541
tomjonzee@aol.com

10AM Business meeting, repair session to follow. Let Tom know if you are coming.

Need Iowa Manufactured Radio Pictures

KMA-Shenandoah-Super-Six-Radio-Console
Shenandoah Super Six Radio Console, located at the Shenandoah IA historical museum, home of Radio Station KMA.

We would like to illuminate our encyclopedia of Iowa radio manufacturers with pictures for all the different radio brands. If you have one of these radios and would like to help, please send us a nice picture to add to this website. Make sure you include the Model name and year of manufacture so we can include it in the description. We will identify you as the picture source on the site as well unless you specify otherwise. If you know of any other Iowa manufacturers that we don’t already have shown please let us know so we can add them.

Use our contact page to request an email address to send the pictures to. We had an email address here but it got spammed.

Free Membership Drive

Iowa Antique Radio Club & Historical Society

IARCHS-black-logoIf you like old radios, and specially if you are an Iowan, or live in one of our border states (Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, or Wisconsin), we would like you to consider joining our Radio Club. We support Iowa manufactured radios with website information, and best of all try to connect collectors from everywhere. Membership is free, and the member experience is priceless. Consider joining today.