MEET UDAY & HIS ONE MAN
RADIO MUSEUM IN INDIA
Thanks to Rajesh VS
“Hey Steve,
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Uday Kalburgi And His Collection In Bangalore, India
This is a one man radio museum in Bangalore. He collects and restores vintage radios in India, mostly European origin ones and very few made in India using european and some indian made tubes (european licensed). He has a collection of ~4000 tubes.
He supports the royals and the others who still own some of these “vintage” radios.
I met him while I was there in Bangalore last November. Impressive work by one man. The collection is at his home whis also announced as a museum. He’d love to collaborate with us, if there are any avenues which are mutually beneficial.
Yes, it’s trivial compared to what we have here in the US, but he’s probably the only one in a billion in that country doing this 🙂
The fun fact – no one listens to AM anymore, but the public station is still officially working. They call him to test if the transmission is good and he is the only one who calls up to report problems 🙂
Cheers, Raj”
“Greetings from Bangalore,
It is a pleasure to receive mail from you !. I have seen the works that CHRS doing , Amazing !! As a radio lover and restorer I am so happy to be connected with you and your distinguished Officers and Directors.
I am a small person, trying to show and keep the Radio History in India. The idea is to showcase the fascinating world of Radios to the younger generation, who knows Mobile and TV. Just a place with 260+ vintage Radios and doing restoration of these radios for the next generation to see. In India as I studied 84% of the radios that were present in the 1960s are gone, destroyed. Sad. So I’m trying to keep whatever radio ( Only Tube Radios) I get in the museum. It is a free museum and I keep getting School children, Engineering students, Media and journalism students who want to know about Radios and its history in India.
More Of Uday’s Radios
As the radios were very expensive during the 1960-70s, I try to give them a place of honour, who bought that radio with hard earned money. My father bought a radio 1974 which was Rs.708/- and his salary was Rs.97/- and at that time there were no EMI, Credit Cards!
A small effort to keep radio History in India. Really blessed to have connected with CHRS. Thank you so much Rajesh ji.
Regards ,
Uday Kalburgi
Shortwave Radio Museum
Bangalore. “
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