In my formative years, my 'local' was Radar Electric. They had seemingly endless
rows of plastic jugs holding the stuff of geek fantasy: switches, controls, terminal
strips and the like. A wall of gray drawers held resistors, capacitors and an enormous
range of crystals - when I was a novice ham, back before they allowed novices to use VFOs,
I used to scour those drawers for hours looking for useful frequencies.
And then there was the surplus room, filled with gadgets large and small - mostly marine,
since Seattle has (or had) a significant fishing fleet.
Radar Electric is still in business, last time I checked, but their surplus side was
discontinued a long time ago. You can order various types of components and equipment
online, but I miss the experience of wandering the aisles, never knowing what random piece
of junk might inspire my next project. <sigh> -- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
David Holland [dholland at
woh.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:46 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Halted
On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 11:52 -0500, William Donzelli wrote:
Fair Radio in Lima is still going strong for 60 some
years.
How's that place for walking into? I was thinking of making a 3 day
weekend, and heading up there, since its only an hour and change north
of me here in Dayton.
Anyone done it relatively recently?
David
And there are smaller places, barely on the radar.
--
Will