[South Florida DX Association] A Visit to SkyCraft Surplus and Parts - Orlando

[Bill]

 From the R-390 List for those going to Orlando:
Bill W2CQ

SkyCraft Surplus is a must-visit destination if you're going to be in Orlando.  Over 3 separate visits, totaling about 4 hours, early this month I had a great time ... and still didn't see everything they had in inventory.

Most of their prices are terrific.  I purchased a lot of screws, nuts, solder lugs, solder posts in quantities of a hundred to get the 30% discount.  I found some aluminum L-brackets for 15 cents each that are going to be perfect for bread-board construction projects.  Transformers of all flavors are on the shelves and the isolation xfmrs and 6.3 vac, 3 amp xfmrs were priced right and so I purchased several of each.

Switch hardware, which is either expensive or not available locally in Greensboro, is available at SkyCraft at attractive prices and so I purchased the associated washers, nuts, and internal lock washers -- all at very attractive prices.

I found some thin 6" by 3/8" brass strips that I'll use in some projects in the works.

Not surprisingly, the box of R-390 mini connectors that I'd seen in previous visits was empty of those flavors this year, but had beaucoup of other types in the box.

Their website has photo's of the inside of their store -- go to the about us tab, and down toward the bottom of that page there is a store photo's tab.  See:
    http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/about-us.aspx

73,
-Tom


   I'm happy to hear it is still there. It has been around for what, 40 years
or so? As a Tampa native until 1987 I drove from Tampa to Daytona countless
times and often stopped at Skycraft. Even as a "young married thing" in the
mid-70's my wife completely supported my wandering up and down the aisles.
To this day she describes my interest in copper, whether wire, terminals,
fittings, antennas, or in general, as "liking bright shiny things to bring
back to the nest". After looking at the innards of my R-390A some years ago
she started referring to all of my boatanchor radios as "radio machines".
Ha!  A better description was never coined!

Though I now live a long way off I still visit FL very occasionally and hope
to return to Skycraft one day. It is a marvelous stop for any solid copper
boatanchor.

Dan
WB4GRA