[Hallicrafters] Tubes and more (AES Tempe and an alternative)

Tue Jul 25 13:20:45 EDT 2006

HI, do as I do, call 585-742-2020 for info or if you know what you want
(the new catalogue just arrived) call 877-653-8822, very nice people to
deal with and fast.
a happy customer.
jack
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:39:57 -0600 DW Holtman <future212 at comcast.net>
writes:
> I have written several E-Mails to Radio Daze asking a simple question 
> 
> and have never received an answer. I will find somewhere more 
> responsive 
> to get parts.
> 
> Best,
> DW Holtman
> 
> 
> Bruce Wright wrote:
> 
> > Dave, Peter, et al...
> >
> > The Antique Electronic Supply (Tempe) situation hasn't gone 
> unnoticed 
> > by a large number of "radio" folks who have depended on them for 
> tubes 
> > and parts for many years...You could see the shift gradually 
> taking 
> > place over the past few years by the product offerings within 
> their 
> > catalog...More recent reports from numerous folks as posted on 
> > Internet forums seem to cast a clouded picture concerning the 
> attitude 
> > there as manifest in their policies and offerings.
> >
> > For those who are perhaps unaware, there is a somewhat 
> smaller-sized 
> > tubes and parts vendor in Upstate New York called RadioDaze...Not 
> 
> > quite the comprehensive selection of radio parts available from 
> AES in 
> > the days of old but never-the-less, a decent one that somewhat 
> mimics 
> > the AES offerings of old...Although they don't have an on-line 
> > "shopping cart" order process at this point-in-time, they are nice 
> 
> > folks that put forth a good selection at good prices with fast 
> > delivery plus a good attitude toward the "radio" customer...Prompt 
> 
> > replies to e-mail inquiries are the rule there.
> >
> > http://www.radiodaze.com
> >
> > FWIW and as per standard operating procedure, no connection to AES 
> or 
> > RadioDaze.
> >
> > Bruce
> > WC5CW
> >
> >
> > Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:19:05 -0700
> > From: David Hollander <n7rk at cox.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] History
> > To: Peter Markavage <manualman at juno.com>
> > Cc: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> > Message-ID: <44C59BB9.9020200 at cox.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
> >
> > Antique Electronics Supply has always been in Tempe since they 
> opened.
> > It was never in Mesa. It's been many, many years since they let 
> people
> > behind the counter. The guy who started it sold it to some 
> non-radio
> > people quite a few years ago and things changed drastically. As of 
> the
> > last 12 months, they really don't even want to deal with walk-ins 
> and
> > the local people. You have to phone in your order in the morning 
> and you
> > can pick it up between 3:30 and 4 pm. Sad! They appear more 
> interested
> > in selling audio stuff...
> >
> > It's such a hassle, I rather give my business to someone who is 
> out of
> > state.
> >
> > I grew up in Southern California and my dad and I used to go into 
> Henry
> > radio in Anaheim. This was 1964 to 1972. I recall piles of used
> > equipment and for some reason what stands out in my mind were 
> stacks of
> > used RME converters, the ones that match the RME 45. Walt Henry 
> was
> > retired military and all of the guys working behind the counter 
> were
> > also retired military. I believe the requiremnts for working there 
> were
> > to be required military with no people skills. In the late 60's me 
> and
> > my other ham friend all had long hair and the employee were pretty 
> awful
> > to us when we came in the store to buy parts or whatever. They 
> always
> > had everything you could want if you were going to build a project 
> from
> > QST or the handbook.
> >
> > One last memory from Henry Radio. I used to meet my dad, N6UC who 
> was
> > than WB6UDC for lunch every Friday after I started driving. We 
> always
> > went to Henry Radio to look around after we ate. One time we went 
> into
> > the showroom where the new equipment was displayed. Their was an
> > overweight, sloppily dressed really disheveled looking guy playing 
> with
> > an very expensive receiver. My dad whispered to me "look, that 
> Marlon
> > Brando. I said "yea, sure it is. That guy looks like a homeless 
> person."
> >  I went back in the room about 10 minutes later and he was gone. 
> I
> > walked over to the receiver he had been playing with and their was 
> a
> > sold tag on it. It said sold to Marlon Brando. For those who are 
> newer
> > hams, Marlon Brandon now SK had a "6" call and and FO5GJ call for 
> his
> > island in French Polynesia. He is still listed in QRZ.
> >
> > http://www.qrz.com/callsign/FO5GJ
> >
> > The two other stores that were in Orange County in the mid 1960's 
> were
> > Santa Ana Electronics which had some ham equipment and Robinson
> > Electronics which closed shortly after I got my license. I don't 
> recall
> > anything about those two places.
> >
> > Coincidentally, HRO in Anaheim, CA is in the same strip shop 
> center that
> > Henry Radio was in.
> >
> > Dave N7RK
> >
> >
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