[Milsurplus] Radio Research

[Peter Gottlieb]

Hi Pete, haven't spoken to you in a while, I hope all is well.

Since you have bought from so many dealers perhaps you will know about a 
place I once visited in South Boston.  I remember going along with someone 
to visit perhaps 15-20 years ago when I lived up there and made a note to 
return but never did.

It was a non-descript warehouse from the outside and inside it was packed to 
the high ceiling with all sorts of mil equipment, mostly radar and high 
power stuff IIRC.  He had a lot of parts like HV capacitors (that was what 
my friend was after) and the prices were a bit on the high side but not 
crazy and he would negotiate.  I remember he had a rather hazardous test 
bench set up running stuff at 10's of kilovolts right in the open so at 
least at the time he was not set up to be a retail operation in any way.  Do 
you have any idea who this is, and if he is still there?

Peter


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Gerry" <peteg at trufitdata.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:46 AM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Radio Research


> hi jim, pete gerry in Nj. i have been following radio research for many
> years, the founder was a guy now retired named paul plishner. i never
> met him or visited him in their several other locations (since 1948 i
> think) but went up to CT to visit the now president or manager ed doyle
> because i won a manual he had bid on ebay. i got a very brief tour and
> left after a short discussion.
> they have never dealt with individuals, collectors and hams and i know
> for a fact their prices are what you would call "very high" since i have
> been buying surplus for 35 years from just about everybody in the
> country who ever had it (including the notorious sam macintosh in FL,
> and lots of other guys) i got quoted anywhere from 3500 to 12,500 for
> the various units i asked about. so basically they deal with governments
> and defense contractors who pay very high prices for the obsolete gear
> they have.
> i don't doubt the simplest item or manual they have would cost hundreds
> of dollars to purchase because they have a lot of overhead and very
> little sales except for big ticket items. believe me, i have been
> scheming for years to figure out how to come up with the bucks to get
> some of their stuff. perhaps if you sent in a purchase order with
> payment they might respond. i hope this helps, regards, pete
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