I was at a vintage radio show today (There will be a slight pause in my story while you all say "who cares"), looking at the old radios and the occasional phonograph. The vintage phonographs (mainly the wind ups) are a big part of another hobby of mine, which is music. Anyway, while looking around this show for phonograph parts/records, I stumbled across a man fixing a tombstone radio. I asked another man at the table (a club's table) if they fixed radios. The man told me that they do not fix radios. They diagnosis them, and then have the owner fix it, while they instruct them, step by step, how to do it. This was perfect, as I have a 1940 GE Radio which stopped working. After the man ahead of me got his working again, they spent 45 minutes testing my radio. Unfortunately, someone messed with it, and we were unsure of the proper wiring, and an unusual part died, so I could not get it repaired, but it still gave me a lot of information, and a step in the right direction.
Anyway, the reason I posted this here, because I thought it was a great idea for a club, dealer, or a manufacturer, to help spread the hobby. These people were volunteering their time to help spread their hobby, by showing people how easy it is to get to the point where you can enjoy it. Just think how many new people in our hobby could benefit from this.
It's just a thought.
