Don't forget Olson Electronics out of Ohio. I had their catalog too (as well as Allied & Lafayette...)
Lots of interesting reading out there regarding the company, its history, and what went wrong. The Fest's own Allan Loudell of WDEL Radio has a blog post about it as well.. Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Greg and Joan <[email protected]> wrote: > My interests in amateur radio / SWLing, were fed by the old Allied and > Radio Shack catalogs of the early-mid 60s. > > Even before Tandy took them over -- although in those days, Allied and > Lafayette were bigger players. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob de Santos > Sent: Feb 4, 2015 2:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Swlfest] FW: Techies remember Radio Shack - Fortune > > The lamented, and soon late, Radio Shack… > > > > http://fortune.com/2015/02/03/techies-remember-radio-shack/ > > > > > > -- > > -Rob de Santos, K8RKD > > Horizons (Trends in Technology) Columnist > > CQ Magazine > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
