[Boatanchors] The Radio Electronics Master 1962

[Chuck McGregor]

The 1945 Radio's Master, although smaller than later editions, is a
valuable shapshot of components that were  available at the end of the war
- if you had the appropriate defense allocation.
73,
Chuck K7MCG

On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Ring" <w3nu at roadrunner.com>
> To: <dhallam at knology.net>
> Cc: "Boatanchors-qth" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 7:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] The Radio Electronics Master 1962
>
>
> >
> > On 9/9/2012 0746, David C. Hallam wrote:
> >> I just got what appears to be a treasure trove of
> >> information about boat
> >> anchor parts.  A 1962  The Radio-Electronics Master which
> >> was the
> >> official buying guide and reference book for
> >> radio-tv-electronics parts
> >> and equipment distributors.  It is about 1600 pages of
> >> information about
> >> what was available to the industry at the time including
> >> amateur radio gear.
> >>
> >> David
> >> KW4DH
> >>
> >
> > I've had the 1957 and 1967 editions of this for many
> > years. Very good to
> > have.The 1957 book is 2 9/16" inches thick, and the 1967
> > one 3 1/8".
> >
> > --
> > *Charles Ring W3NU*
>
>     The "Master" was published every year for two or three
> decades.  Its a compilation of catalogue excerpts from many
> companies.  I am not sure how it was done, that is, whether
> the companies included paid for it or not but I think they
> must have. The book was published by United Catalog
> Publishers.  I suspect a search of used book sites would
> find dozens although I suspect old ones were mostly trashed.
> They are very valuable for historical research.
>
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
>
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