[Hallicrafters] No more BA collecting in Japan?

[Bonddaleena at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/22/2006 8:27:27 PM Eastern  Standard Time, jeffv at op.net 
writes:
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:40 +0000, John  Page wrote:
> Does this mean that eBay will now be flooded with all the  old Collins gear 
> that the JA's have been buying up for years.

If  you've ever done a search on `tube amplifier kit,' you've noticed
that a huge  amount of the results lead you to  China.



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I guess this post was biased on the sarcastic side. On a business trip to  
Tokyo a couple of years ago, I visited a ham shop in Akihabra ("Electric City"). 
 There are nowhere NEAR the amount of radio stores there, that you would 
expect.  Anyway, in one store, there was quite a commotion around a radio in the 
middle  of the sales floor. It was the 'Gold Dust Twins". I thought this was 
cool, since  I have a 75A-4. There was a sign on top of the radio, facing away 
from me. As I  approached the 'twins', I was expecting the sign to say: "don't 
touch!' or  similar. Instead, it said: 'you are welcome to touch, but this 
unit is not for  sale'.
The JAs were looking at the twins in awe and nobody was touching ANYTHING!  
Here in the USA, the knobs would have been missing in about 30 seconds.
 
All the HF gear was on display, fired up, but I was the only ham playing  
with the radios. All the JAs were looking with their hands in their pockets.....  
I doubt if they will ever part with our treasures!
 
Such a different mentality, it still amazes me.
 
I LOVED my time there.
 
ron
 
N4UE