Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Irish, who writes:
Good afternoon Mr. Witherspoon,
Just wanted to follow up on a contact for fixing several shortwave radios from the primarily the 70s and 80s, preferably someone located in the DC Metropolitan area, Virginia or North Carolina. These would include the Zenith R-7000-2 and General Electric World Monitor P4990A. Is this something that you could post on your blog? If possible, please let me know either way.
Thank you,
Mark Irish
Great question, Mark! It’s difficult to find radio repair technicians these days.
I have a couple of suggestions, but perhaps the SWLing Post community can comment with even more options!
You might check with Vlado at HamRadio.repair. He has worked on some vintage solid state radios in the past–he’s located near Asheville, North Carolina.
Also, you might reach out to the National Capital Radio & TV Museum in Bowie, MD. They offer classes in radio repair and I imagine they would be the best source to find a technician in the DC Metro area.
Post readers: Please comment if you know of other resources for Mark!
For vacuum tube based consumer radios 1930s-1970s you can try: [email protected]
Thanks very much for reaching our. Do you know if this entity repairs shortwave transit type radios as well and where they are located? Thanks, Mark
Vlado is your guy. He did a great job on my 1970’s Panasonic Rf-2200 !
Thanks very much for responding I have contacted him. He does fix the Grundigs, but says he no longer repair the Zeniths, such as the R-7000, which is in the photograph or GE World Monitor. So if you have any other recommendations, please let me know. Thank you again, Mark
Ask your question on the Antique Radio Forum (https://antiqueradios.com/forums/index.php). The members are a very knowledgable group and may be able to direct you to a repair person locally. Good Luck!
Thanks very much for responding. I will look into this.
One good bet is to read over the eham reviews on repair facilities and try contacting them. I need SMT work done to a Kenwood TM-D710A, with the corroded TOKO IF Filters and was able to find a repair facility to do that. https://swling.com/blog/2022/04/mark-seeks-a-vintage-radio-repair-technician-in-the-dc-metro-area/ Hope this helps, and good luck.
I can vouch for Vlado in NC. He did a fantastic job restoring my RF-2200.