[Milsurplus] Surplus stores, then and now

[Peter Gottlieb]

Is this the same company http://www.columbiaelectronics.com/index.htm ?

Has anybody dealt with them lately?  I heard they have some nice stuff but 
EXTREMELY expensive, so much so that only foreign governments or defense 
contractors can afford them.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rudolf Salomon" <rhsalomon at sbcglobal.net>
To: "milsurplus mail list" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Surplus stores, then and now


>
> COLUMBIA ELECTRONICS....Washington Blvd, Los Angeles
>
> Command sets stacked to the ceiling, headphones 50cents
> BC-348 receivers new in the crate
> piles of original manuals
>
> Was able to afford one of each of the command receivers and hook them up
> using a power supply from a radio out of a local trash can. Glorious time
> hunting for strange and mysterious signals out of the ether.
>
> Remember blowing my weekly allowance on one of the FM tank transmitters
> (BC-604) & struggling getting it on to  and off of the bus, much to the
> dismay of fellow passengers who had a few unkind words to say about the 
> kid
> with the big *$#@ metal box.
>
> Rudolf Salomon
> KD6NRQ
>
>
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