{"id":52340,"date":"2022-04-02T07:56:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T11:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52340"},"modified":"2022-04-01T08:05:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T12:05:44","slug":"mark-seeks-a-vintage-radio-repair-technician-in-the-dc-metro-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/mark-seeks-a-vintage-radio-repair-technician-in-the-dc-metro-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark seeks a vintage radio repair technician in the DC metro area"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Irish, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good afternoon Mr. Witherspoon,<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Thank you,<\/p>\n

Mark Irish<\/p>\n

Great question, Mark! It’s difficult to find radio repair technicians these days.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a couple of suggestions, but perhaps the SWLing Post<\/em> community can comment with even more options!<\/strong><\/p>\n

You might check with Vlado at HamRadio.repair<\/a>. He has worked on some vintage solid state radios in the past–he’s located near Asheville, North Carolina.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, you might reach out to the National Capital Radio & TV Museum in Bowie, MD<\/a>. They offer classes in radio repair and I imagine they would be the best source to find a technician in the DC Metro area.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers: Please comment if you know of other resources for Mark!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,26,43,4796],"tags":[681,7523],"class_list":["post-52340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-vintage-radio","tag-vintage-radio-repair"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dCc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35444,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/finding-a-repair-service-for-boat-anchors-and-other-vintage-valve-tube-radio-gear\/","url_meta":{"origin":52340,"position":0},"title":"Finding a repair service for boat anchors and other vintage valve\/tube radio gear","author":"Thomas","date":"January 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a common question I receive from SWLing Post readers: \"Where can I have my vintage valve\/tube radio repaired? 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