[Milsurplus] Apex Electronics

[C.Whitaker]

de WB2CPN
I did 21 years with AT&T Plant and Long Lines, and I can tell
you now that the Old AT&T never once let a cent drop through
the cracks.  They owned Nassau Smelting on Long Island, NY,
and everything that was removed when a switch, or anything
else, was taken out of service went directly into a contractor's
18-wheeler, or a WECo Dumpster, and then off to melt down.
Valuable metal, found on relay contacts, was often sold to
the highest bidder, who usually shipped it to a Middle East
Country I won't mention.   Trivia, I know, but the Test Rooms,
they were called, where the equipment used tubes, always
had a "Tube Crusher" which destroyed aged tubes that were
removed from working equipment.  These tubes had a lot of
life left in them, and AT&T did not want them peddled to
a reseller.  (AT&T replaced tubes by the clock and calendar,
tapping out at about 80 per cent of expected life.   We
wanted your calls to go through 100 per cent of the time.)
73  Clete