On Saturday, September 20, 2025, the Asheville Radio Museum held its fifth annual Radio Flea Market and Open House—and I attended with camera in hand.
As a proud member and volunteer at the museum, it’s always a treat to see the community come together around radios of every shape and size. The flea market is completely free for both attendees and vendors, and the turnout this year was fantastic. I enjoyed catching up with friends and meeting some new faces—including a number of readers from both the SWLing Post and QRPer.com!
While this sale often highlights antique and vintage radios, it’s by no means limited to them. You’ll find modern gear mixed in as well, as you’ll see in the photo gallery below.
I didn’t take photos of the museum itself during this visit, but I plan to share a full tour in the near future. In the meantime, if you’re in western North Carolina, the Asheville Radio Museum is open most Saturdays and is located on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. [Click here for directions.]
Flea Market Photo Gallery
(Click each image to enlarge.)
The Hammarlund Receiver brings back memories. I spent many hours with this receiver, and the flywheel tuning was smooth as glass! (Side note – Non-OEM tuning knob has been installed – the original gave the radio a more balanced look)
And would people be willing to part with all these beauties, I wonder, if there was still anything interesting to listen to on them?
I love the SX-110! I’m sure that was one of the receivers that I dreamed about as a young SWL.
I would have to build a bigger house to store all the beautiful radios!