This week, visit an online museum and see what the comrades were listening to in the Soviet Union.

While looking at various radio sites on the Internet, I came upon one that caught my eye: the Russian Old Radios Web site, also known as the Red Star Radiosite Soviet Antique Radio Gallery. What caught my eye was some of the bizarre looking radios on display in the gallery. Sure, there were radios that were similar to the radios I was used to on the left side of the Iron Curtain, but there were a few that looked so weird that I had to further explore this Web site.

The Russian Old Radios Web site features an interesting and sometimes bizarre collection of radio equipment.

Exploring this site is like looking for Easter eggs because you never know where you are going to find another interesting link. For example, when you enter the gallery, there is a menu listing various rooms you can visit, but note that the five lines of text above this menu are full of links that you can explore, too. And be sure to check out the links in the 1930's, 1940's, 1950's and 1960's rooms where you can listen to the music of those times.

Vitaly Brousnikin is the man behind the Web site. It is his collection that is on display and besides radios, includes old records, record players and tape recorders. There is also a collection of schematics, manuals, and articles for your perusal.

Until next week, keep on surfin'.

Editor' note: Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, bought a transistor radio when he visited Poland in 1974, and like Stan, the radio does not work as well as it used to. To contact Stan, send e-mail or visit his Web site where you can leave him a note.

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