[Milsurplus] Apex Electronics
Peter Gottlieb
nerd at verizon.net
Tue Feb 1 20:28:52 EST 2011
A lot of what I buy is not necessarily some rare radio set but some piece of
equipment which I intend to scavenge parts from or heavily modify to do
something I want. In that case I'm not going to spend a king's ransom to buy
some parts and it is likely the project won't ever start.
On 2/1/2011 8:20 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> At this point, I'm not really buying cute things, but rather bits to fill
> in holes and cracks. These are often pretty rare things, so ham fleas are
> somewhat less attractive than eBay.
>
> IMO, having a control box w/o the set it goes with, and conversely, is
> pretty silly.
>
> YMMV,
>
> -John
>
> ==============
>
>
>> Here is what holds me back from a lot of purchases.
>>
>> If I go and ask what a place wants for something, I can determine if I
>> want to
>> buy it or not. So I will go into a place, find something interesting,
>> wait to
>> get the attention of someone, and ask the price. If the price is fair I
>> will
>> put the item aside and go look for more, but more than likely the price
>> will be
>> much higher than I would pay. After a few items go that way I give up and
>> pick
>> up just the essentials of what I need for current projects, meaning maybe
>> $50-100. The problem is that most places want to price even obscure items
>> at
>> the kind of price where only someone who REALLY, REALLY needs that exact
>> item
>> would pay that price. I won't go out of my way to visit the place again.
>>
>> Every so often I will go to a place and the prices will be pretty
>> attractive,
>> and I might (don't tell my wife) end up spending $500-1000 on items. Of
>> course,
>> this is still completely insignificant in terms of what the place has.
>> But I
>> will definitely want to go there again in the future and will try to make
>> plans
>> to do so.
>>
>> The latter leaves both the store and me better off, yet seems to be pretty
>> rare. I end up with much more fun stuff from hamfests.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> On 2/1/2011 8:06 PM, David Stinson wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "J. Forster"<jfor at quik.com>
>>> To: "howard holden"<holden7471 at msn.com>
>>> Cc:<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 6:36 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Apex Electronics
>>>
>>>
>>>> They have a lot of connectors.
>>>>
>>>> -John
>>>>
>>>> ===============
>>>>
>>>>> He's got enough copper in there to upend the copper commodities
>>>>> markets.
>>>>> Looks like some good stuff there, but watta collection of mostly junk!
>>>>> Unless of course you need a spare wing tank......
>>>>>
>>>>> Howie WB2AWQ
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Peter Gottlieb<mailto:nerd at verizon.net>
>>>>> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net<mailto:milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 3:02 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Apex Electronics
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What a way to die, almost like having a heart attack during sex
>>>>> when
>>>>> you're 80.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/1/2011 5:54 PM, Richard Solomon wrote:
>>>>> > Just don't be in the bowels of that place when the "big one"
>>>>> hits !!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>>>>> >
>>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>>> > From:
>>>>> milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net<mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> > [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of mac
>>>>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 3:14 PM
>>>>> > To: jfor at quik.com<mailto:jfor at quik.com>
>>>>> > Cc: Richard C. Grosser;
>>>>> milsurplus at mailman.qth.net<mailto:milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> > Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Apex Electronics
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Yep, great place, I live just down the Interstate (5) from it.
>>>>> Go
>>>>> > there frequently but finding a specific connector (for example)
>>>>> in
>>>>> the
>>>>> > midst of ALL THAT STUFF is a big problem. But ya know it's
>>>>> gotta be
>>>>> > in there somewhere...... Many of my best finds have been the
>>>>> result
>>>>> > of looking down (or up) at just the right time. Great place to
>>>>> tour
>>>>> > visitors through too. :^)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Dennis D. W7QHO
>>>>> > Glendale, CA
>>>>> >
>>>>> > *****************
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:53 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> ENVY !!!! I wish I could go shopping there again.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> BTW, it looks little different than my last trip there, 30+
>>>>> years
>>>>> ago.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> -John
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> ===================
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> I spent hours last Saturday going through Apex Electronics in
>>>>> Sun
>>>>> >>> Valley,
>>>>> >>> CA
>>>>> >>> (near Burbank). I spent at least 2 hours in very large
>>>>> warehouse
>>>>> >>> that is
>>>>> >>> not
>>>>> >>> open to the public in addition to the "store" and the yard.
>>>>> These
>>>>> >>> pictures
>>>>> >>> represent about 75% of what he has. One of the containers in
>>>>> the
>>>>> >>> yard is
>>>>> >>> completely full of radio gear. I have seen it, but did not
>>>>> have
>>>>> >>> time to
>>>>> >>> take
>>>>> >>> pictures. This place is really amazing - over 100,000 sq feet
>>>>> of
>>>>> >>> "stuff".
>>>>> >>> The pictures can be found
>>>>> at<http://www.richardgrosser.net/apex.html<http://www.richardgrosser.net/apex.html>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> http://www.richardgrosser.net/apex.html<http://www.richardgrosser.net/apex.html>.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> They have a website at
>>>>> www.apexelectronic.com<http://www.apexelectronic.com/>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> enjoy!
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Richard C. Grosser
>>>>> >>> Palm Springs Air Museum
>>>>> >>> 745 N. Gene Autry Trail
>>>>> >>> Palm Springs, CA 92262
>>>>> >>> (760) 778-6262 X233
>>>>> >>> Cell: (760) 898-6888
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> www.PalmSpringsAirMuseum.org<http://www.palmspringsairmuseum.org/<http://www.palmspringsairmuseum.org%3chttp//www.palmspringsairmuseum.org/>>
>>>>> >>>
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