[Boatanchors] A visit to Fair Radio - photos

[Geoff]

I saw some of that same junk there in the 80's.


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From: "lee" <pulsarxp at embarqmail.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A visit to Fair Radio - photos


> Some neat stuff but not all.  There stuff, to me, is so over priced it 
> does
> not make sense to buy from them unless you have deep pockets or are 
> needing
> something for a museum.  Surplus is great for experimenters and as a means
> of saving money.  I don't see where they provide such a service in most
> cases today.  A few years ago, yes.  I wish this were not true.  It seems
> like whenever I am building something I do not buy from them because it 
> does
> not make economic sense to do so.  At least not for the projects I
> construct.  I guess if you need some weird item nobody else wants,  you
> might be able to buy it from them at an affordable price.  In short, I 
> enjoy
> looking at their stuff, but rarely buy any of it due to their price tags.
> Maybe they have to charge those prices based on their overhead, but that
> does not change things from my vantage point.
>
> Lee, w0vt
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> To: navy.radio at gmail.com ; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A visit to Fair Radio - photos
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>
> Looks like Apex in Southern California, only organized.
>
> 73
> Lee WB6SSW
>
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