[Milsurplus] Apex Electronics
J. Forster
jfor at quik.com
Tue Feb 1 20:34:58 EST 2011
I do sometimes scavenge older test gear and brassboards, but not WW II
electronics, unless it has been badly cut up or hammed. Mostly, those
parts are still available NOS, if you look a bit.
John
==============
> 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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