At 11:46 PM 7/27/2010, ka9qjg wrote:
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>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
<----Again for the SoCal types, we had 2 places that had lots of
surplus Batwing (and others) gear
C & A Electronics in Carson (good ol' Art Sr and Art Jr (AJ).
There was another place (much bigger) in Agoura Hills as I remember
too. Can't remember their name however (sure someone here can) but
they were HUGE.
And I was the very first coordinee (is that a word?) of "tertiary
splits" in SoCal as well, as our coordinated channels were moved from
147.39/99 to 146.745/145. I was WA6EMV in those days ("ewwwww, that was YOU?")
BTW, someone recently sent me some TRW ARC newsletters from the 70s
(when I was a member) with an article I wrote for a VHF power amp. I
have it PDF if anyone is interested for whatever reason.
Memories...
Ken
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