[MRCA] Off topics, but......

[Stewart Beckley]

Hi Dean,

Visiting Radio Row was like going to a big hamfest. I made my first trip 
in 1958 shortly after getting my novice ticket (WV2AUI). I always came 
home with something, but my purchases were quite random and based on 
affordability rather than utility (heck, I was only 13 and didn't have a 
shack plan). Some of the stuff survived, and is still in my shack 
(mostly command set items, and my prized BC-1306), all visible in my QRZ 
pic.

I revisited the area in '81, taking the subway down to Cortlandt St. The 
subway station looked and smelled the same. I climbed the same worn 
stairs to the street. But instead of arriving at the corner of Cortlandt 
and Broadway, I was in the lobby of one of the WTC buildings! Bummer. I 
walked the entire perimeter of the WTC, and found that it had consumed 
Radio Row in its entirety. But I bet that somewhere underground, there's 
a least  a dynamotor or a tube socket!

73, Bud

PS - On that first trip, I purchased a AN/ARR-2 nav receiver with DM-32 
dynamotor for $2.95. I still have the dynamotor! And it still works!


On 3/9/2018 3:32 AM, dean.gagnon at juno.com wrote:
> Bud,
> Great memory.
> I was licensed in 1961 as WV2YJR and lived in Schenectady, NY. I never 
> was aware of Radio Row as a teen and then came the WTC and the loss of 
> all that great radio history. Reading your note makes me jealous of 
> all those that have actual experienced walking / shopping in Radio 
> Row. Recently I have walked those streets but sadly no radio stuff.
> 73s
> Dean
> KK1K
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Stewart Beckley <budaui at hawaiiantel.net>
> To: mrca at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [MRCA] Off topics, but......
> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 21:01:34 -1000
>
> Well, awhile back I saw, on ebay, a MD-7/ARC-5 modulator, sans 
> dynamotor, in crappy condition, for $1000. In 1960, on Radio Row in 
> NYC, I got one, with DY-8, NOS condition, for $8.95. Perhaps $100 or 
> so in today's $$. I still have it. Works great!
>
> BUD, WA2AUI/KH6
>
> On 3/6/2018 10:47 AM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
>
>     I just saw antenna tensioner ropes at $915 each. The listing
>     claims a bunch already sold.
>
>     Peter
>
>     On Mar 6, 2018, at 3:37 PM, DSP3 <jeepp at comcast.net
>     <mailto:jeepp at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>         I just saw an ad from one of the top tube vendors selling
>         Mullard 12AU7 tubes, on sale, for $199 each.  Am I missing
>         something?  Or, are there those who "believe"?
>
>         Jeep - K3HVG
>
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