Some of the comments on the Old Motorola's brought back a lot of Memories , There use to be a Store in oak park Il name Spectronics , I recall going there over 40 Yrs ago it was a Drive for Me too from Indiana , They had a large Disc Meter in the Window on 146.520 you could key your radio and check the Freq , I had a old Mot I think 80 D Tube Receiver on the Ind State Police 42.42
I needed a Xtal trimmer Cap for it and They had one for 25 Cents , The guy ask for My Ham lic . I did not have one and He said he could not sell me the part , I finally convinced Him it was a receiver and I had drove a long way So He sold it to Me , I saw pictures on the Wall of Old Motorola's Radios that were sent to the Dump , I never did find that place , I did some Dumpster diving at Motorola in Schaumburg a couple of times on the way back from a hamfest on a Sunday . They also had some Fancy Motorola HT-220 Scan Etc. Kits , I think this Co is the Same People http://www.theportableclinic.com/ Check the site lots of old memories on it I also think Our Member Ted at http://www.mdmradio.com/ was involved with this place I think Don KA9QJG From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of burkleoj Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:21 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Digest Number 7357 Hey Guys, I remember those days and still have both an HT-200 and HT-220 on 2 Meters. Can anyone tell me what happened to SAROC? When I was active in the 70's it was SAROC and Fresno that I remember most. Then when I got back into the loop SAROC was gone and I never heard the story as to why it went away. Heck I Even made a couple trips to the Reno Hamfest back in the day. Joe - WA7JAW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> , tony dinkel <tonydinke...@...> wrote: > > > I remember that too Ken! I miss SAROC! > > And for your SoCal types...... > > I remember seeing Dick McKay walking around the Sahara in Vegas, > talking into a Motorola mic (with just the coil cord hanging down) > and listening on '94. > > This was during SAROC in the 70's > > Ken > __________________________________________________________