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February 11th 04, 01:32 AM

In article ,
(Brian Kelly) writes:

I wonder if there are any Allied employees left from the days when
they were in the ham biz.

Allied Radio is still an electronics parts distributor, was never solely
in the "ham biz." Allied is now a division of Hamilton-Avnet and
MUCH bigger than it was when they had a single building in Chicago.
I'd been there...impressive showroom to a 15 year old, but not that
great in 1956 when I was 23.

Newark Electronics is still in the electronics parts distributor biz,
also bigger than it was in the 1950s.

There's lots more places to get parts for hum radios now, but the
old-style parts of a half century are very, very scarce. :-)

You really ought to get out more...

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