I guess I'm young enough (now 45, ham at 13) that I never knew a time when you could buy RF chokes, IF transformers, variable caps, Millen dials, etc in a local parts store. Most of the towns I lived in through my younger years did not have an electronic parts store other than sometimes a Radio Shack. In those years such parts were shown in the catalogs of the national parts houses like Newark and Allied and could be mail-ordered, but that proved to be a pain because so often they weren't actually in stock.
So from my perspective, I find the internet has improved the parts outlook greatly. Between buying junk at hamfests and ordering from internet sources I can build quite a lot of neat gear. Steve WD8DAS [email protected] http://www.wd8das.net/ --------------------------------------------------------- Radio is your best entertainment value. --------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
