[Milsurplus] military scrounging for military spares in civiliansupply channels.

[Michael Bittner]

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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:25 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] military scrounging for military spares in 
civiliansupply channels.

> As a kid scrounging surplus radio stuff from stores on SF's famous Radio 
> Row in the mid 1960s, several times I saw Navy guys form Treasure Island 
> and Alameda NAS coming in to Standard Surplus to buy modules for radios 
> currently in use but without any spares available in military channels. 
> Go figure.
>
> 73,
> Mark
> AF6IM

The Importance of Surplus Stores:

Back in the 50s, there was a surplus store in Pensacola, FL that bought all 
the shabby, useless, discarded flight gloves from the Navy.  Why??  If a 
pilot lost his pair of flight gloves (it happened to me twice), he bought a 
pair of the shabby gloves from the surplus store, turned them in to small 
stores, and was then issued a new pair of gloves.  Neat system!

BTW Mark, I got my BC-1306 from Marty's Surplus on SF's Radio Row (next door 
to Standard Surplus on Main St. as I recall) in the early 60s.

73, Mike W6MAB