[Boatanchors] A visit to Fair Radio - photos

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Several years ago, I was visiting my son in Albuquerque 
(he just finished 20 in USAF) and we went to a surplus 
store out on East Central Avenue (old Route 66). We had 
hardly walked in when he commented it smelled "like home!" 
 
I was out there again in April and looked for the place 
but I guess it has folded or moved elsewhere. It was 
named "Altair" IIRC from the owner's history with the 
computers of the same name. He sold on eBay as "riatla" 
and I have bought from him several times on eBay. 
 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* k2gkk at hotmail.com * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF, Ret (61-81) * 
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> From: nj2r at verizon.net
> To: geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com; pulsarxp at embarqmail.com; boatanchors at mailman.Sth.net
> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 20:54:59 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A visit to Fair Radio - photos
> 
> 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