[GreenKeys] OldTime surplus parts houses list builder

[KC0NNC at aol.com]

Yes, I too have become aware of the loss of radio shack as a vendor of 
components to ham radio ... sort of the blind leading the deaf...
 
At one time, we would see TTY (salvage) at a place called Herbach and Rademan 
(H&B) on the East coast.  They still have some stuff on their web site.
 
MECI   has been around for some time, but I have not seen much of an 
improvement in their inventory listing on the Internet web site...  Burdens surplus 
center _www.SurplusCenter.com_ (http://www.SurplusCenter.com) 
has in the past had a good selection of hardware (breakers, switches, sensors 
etc.)
 

Are these places on the wane, or have I lost all track of the hobbyist and 
experimenters providers that we used to use...
 
If you really wish for a visit back into time, look through an old QST or CQ 
magazine from the 50's and 60's.  Lots of sources for parts from military 
salvage...
 
Perhaps someone out there with more brains and time than I have available 
could take and try and make a comprehensive list of the remaining sources for the 
group at large, I will print out the two responses (in the radio shack 
thread) that had more than a few mentions of a few remaining outfits, and I will 
continue to collect these listings, for future reference.
 
I never used the oft mentioned one in the SFO area, that went under a year or 
two ago,  then there is J. B. Saunders in Boulder (still open),
 
RDR in South Denver (Dabney Crumph and associates)
 
Centennial Electronics in Colorado Springs CO,  (over 10,000 new RCA tubes 
still on the shelf)
 
C&H Surplus, Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA seems to still be alive.
 
And OEM parts in Colorado springs CO.
 
These are my few contributions to the list I can make a this time from pure 
simple deteriorating memory of a 60 year old.  As I remember more, I will try 
and remember them long enough to get them to this thread...
 

Harvey E. Smith
2020 Baculite Mesa Road
Pueblo, CO., 81001-2456
719 406 9735

fka WA0BBG
nka KC0NNC

HarveyEsmith at aol.com

KC0NNC at aol.com


73's



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