[SCCC] Fair Radio Sales

[Barry Fitchew]

Man, JJ glass brings back big memories. I use to buy FT 243 crystals from
the barrel near the front door. I built a novice transmitter from the ARRL
handbook that used those crystals. I bought many items from there. What
about heathkit that was on flower Street north of the USC campus.

On Fri, Aug 18, 2023, 4:21 PM Dan Violette <danki6x at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve, I took my tests at the Long Beach office (on LB Blvd just north of
> 405) in 1979 and 1980 (3 trips - Gen, Adv, Extra).  So, they came back to
> LB.  Do not remember there being an LA office at that time so suspect they
> moved to there after you.  I see you got the reason for the message...  Dan
> KI6X
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SCCC <sccc-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Steve Harrison
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2023 2:31 PM
> To: sccc at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [SCCC] Fair Radio Sales
>
> Yup; I bought from Fair even before I visited JJ Glass in downtown LA when
> I went to take my General test in 1967 (I think I ordered one of those
> "Beam Filters" for CW use). My mom would drop me off by the FCC's office at
> the Federal Building in central downtown LA, I'd go in to take my test,
> then walk al-l-l-l-l-l-l the way over to JJ Glass afterward.
> (The Long Beach office had been closed shortly before then, IIRC, so I
> never got to that one.)  'Twas a lonnnnggg walk in downtown LA for a 13 yr
> old kid. I don't rember encountering more than a couple or three winos,
> even when I passed the LA shelter. At least Fair is still in bizness; JJ
> Glass probly died sometime in the '80s, I dunno. I've been to Fair's place
> a couple times way back in the day when I was in Ohio on bizness. I bet
> today the entire way would be nothing but homeless tents and
> "establishments" on the sidewalk...
>
> Holey crappe... I just realized you sent that link for a reason, so I went
> back to re-read it... They're CLOSING!! =8-D Ah shooey...
>
> SteveH, K0XP
>
> On 8/18/2023 1:15 PM, Mark Schoonover via SCCC wrote:
> > https://fairradio.com/
> >
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