[WVARC] Henry Radio QRT

[Matt Futterman, N6PN]

Anybody remember Thrifty Electronics in Van Nuys?  There was a
fellow there, Jeff, WA6CET, who taught a novice class.  I was one
of his students.  I actually made my very first QSO using the Thrifty
Electronics ham radio station that they had set up - some guy in La
Puente that I lost in the QRM of all the other novices on 40 CW on
during a weekday in the middle of summer.  How incredible was that?

I remember having a QSO with another Van Nuys novice, WN6LEE,
then hopping on my bike to Thrifty in order to buy more crystals, only
to find that he was leaving the store on his bike after having just bought
all the remaining 40 meter novice crystals.

I think during my entire time as a novice I only had two or three 40
meter crystals.  Didn't stop me from having a heck of alot of fun as
a novice though.

Matt

Tree wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 04:24:50PM -0700, Joseph M. Wade wrote:
>
> > I loved Johnson Equipment and always wanted a Ranger.  If you go to
> > California Adventure, they have a Johnson Ranger in the Redword Forest
> > walk at what is supposed to be a ranger station.
>
> Ah - memories.
>
> My dad knew a ham at work - who sold him a Viking 1 and 122 VFO that I
> added to my station in 1968.  It died in my first CD party when I was
> QSYing from 20 meters to 40 meters when the glass roller inductor
> shattered.  I bought a Viking II from club member WB6OLD.  I remember it
> had a bunch of car rally stickers on it.
>
> I think my dad tried to buy an S-120 from Henry Radio, but they were
> out.  We eventually ordered one from Allied, but it took FOREVER to
> get it.  I think they lost our order.  I would be out waiting every
> afternoon for it to be delivered.  I think that was in 1965 or so.
>
> When I was building my novice rig, we went to Henry's on Olympic to
> get some parts.  They were trying to convince me that I only needed
> a phono jack for the RF output (after all - Collins uses them).  I
> still went with a SO-239.
>
> I never did buy a radio from them - but would occasionally drop in
> whenever I drove by.  I remember walking out and seeing Warren Davis
> who was still K6NA and exchanging funny insults.
>
> As far as HRO, I bought a TS-700 from Jim Rafferty at whatever the
> name of the radio store he started up was before HRO bought him out.
> I think N6TV worked their for a bit - was it Comtech?
>
> What was that surplus place that WA6QDQ ran for awhile?  And didn't
> Mike Seedman work at a radio store for awhile?  Who can remember seeing
> ham equipment at West Valley Electronics (gee, I am not even sure I
> remember that).
>
> Memory - it is the second thing to go - and I forget what the first
> thing was.
>
> Tree
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