Radio Document Archive
The documents in this archive are historical technical publications from my private collection. They are provided for restoration, research and documentation purposes. I have made reasonable efforts to avoid infringing third-party rights. However, copyright and usage rights might still apply to some documents. If you are a rights holder and believe that material on this page should not be available here, please contact me and I will remove the material if necessary.
Please note that this archive is self-hosted. Larger PDF files may take some time to open or download, so please be patient — fiber internet is on the way ...
- Document archive with PDFs
Browse the document archive containing locally hosted PDF scans of historical radio documents. - Search the radio document archive
Use the archive search to look up radio models and manufacturers across locally hosted scans and generated indexes for externally hosted documents. The search index contains several thousand entries, so the initial load may take a moment - wait until Loading search index... is finished.
Schematics and Service Manuals
The documents in this section have been scanned from original manufacturer schematics and service documentation in my collection. They are provided for preservation, restoration and research purposes.
Books Indices
Book scans are generally not hosted directly on this website. Instead, this archive links to externally already available hosted copies, for example on Archive.org.
For larger schematic collections, AI-assisted indexing is used to make the contents searchable by manufacturer and model and to provide direct links to the relevant scanned pages.
Raupenhaus Collection Index
The Raupenhaus schematic archive was a private German online collection of radio, television, audio and measurement-equipment documentation. It became well known among collectors and repairers in the late 2000s, especially for its extensive coverage of RFT and East German equipment, but it also included many documents for Western European and international manufacturers.
After the original website disappeared, copies of the archive continued to circulate among enthusiasts. The collection is now available as a 22.5 GB ISO image on Archive.org. This website does not host the archive itself; it only provides a searchable index so that the contents can be checked before downloading the complete 22.5 GB ISO image.
ANOVA Collection Index
ANOVA.AT is a historical collection of vintage tube radio schematics and service documents, organized by manufacturer and model. Some of the original download links on the ANOVA website appear to be outdated or temporarily unavailable.
If a download or index page is unavailable, archived versions are still accessible through the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, for example at https://web.archive.org/web/20160110112900/http://anova.at/
This page provides a searchable index and, where possible, points to the original ZIP archive locations.
- Radio-ab-1924-A-I (Index)
- Radio-ab-1924-J-Q (Index)
- Radio-ab-1924-R-Z (Index)
- Röhrenradio Schaltpläne AEG-Owin (Index)
- Röhrenradio Schaltpläne Pellegrinetti-Zerdik (Index)
Radio Archive Collection on Archive.org
This index links to the Internet Archive collection “Radio_Schematics”, a large collection of historical radio schematics and related service documents. The documents are hosted externally on archive.org; this page provides a searchable manufacturer and model index to make the collection easier to browse.
Magazines
Historical Radio Documents
General historical documents related to radio technology, manufacturers, broadcasting and the radio industry. This section contains material that does not fit into schematics, service manuals, books or magazines.