[Boatanchors] A visit to Fair Radio - photos

[Roger Shultz]

When I was growing up in Ohio, my mother liked to go to Lima to shop. She
would take me along and drop me at Fair Radio when it was then located
downtown on the square in a basement below an Army Navy Surplus Store. 

"Roy" who knew where everything was located was a fixture there and still
worked for Fair after two more locations but before the present, the fourth
one I know of.

Yes, still today there are things there I clearly remember from 57 years ago
as a 12 year old. I visited Fair on my way to Dayton and as I went in the
door, the smell hit me, yep same old stuff!

73, Roger, NJ2R

-----Original Message-----
From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Geoff
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:07 PM
To: lee; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A visit to Fair Radio - photos

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


----- Original Message ----- 
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
>
>
>
>
>
> To: navy.radio at gmail.com ; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A visit to Fair Radio - photos
>
>
> Looks like Apex in Southern California, only organized.
>
> 73
> Lee WB6SSW
>
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