<HTML><HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY dir=ltr>
<DIV dir=ltr>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000">
<DIV>Yeah, that Arcade is not even a shadow of its former self... more like what
Arlington Electronics changed into. Not sure if they even sell resistors
or Jimpacks anymore. Capitol Electronics was the store I was trying to
remember in Rockville. Was it Schweber in G’burg?</DIV>
<DIV
style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma">
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5">
<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=jacek.radzikowski@gmail.com>Jacek Radzikowski</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 14, 2020 5:32 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=n4tlf@wb4jfi.com>Terry N4TLF</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=lstoskopf@cox.net>lstoskopf@cox.net</A> ; <A
title=aj6t@comcast.net>Walter Miller, AJ6T</A> ; <A
title=tacos@amrad.org>tacos</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Chinese electronic markets</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>
<DIV dir=ltr>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Arcade
Electronics today has store in Alexandria, on General Washington Dr. Lots of
tools, some electronic parts, but when I wanted to buy toroid cores (which they
were showing in stock in their online store), turned out that the only had few
left in total, their contract with the distributor expired, and they would not
renew it because nobody was buying such parts anymore. I used this opportunity
to clear the remaining stock at discounted prices :)</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Jacek</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">kw4ep</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default
style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>
<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 5:19 PM Terry N4TLF
<<A>n4tlf@wb4jfi.com</A>> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex">
<DIV dir=ltr>
<DIV dir=ltr>
<DIV style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)'>
<DIV>In the D.C. area in the 60s and 70s, we had SASCO on King St. in
Alexandria (two floors of stuff), and RITCO in a warehouse in Annandale,
behind the lawn mower repair shop off 236. SASCO was always fun to
visit, but RITCO was strange. The guy would follow you all around, like
he didn’t really want to sell anything.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Then there was Arcade in Annandale, I loved talking to Vern and the other
owner. Vic Clark (W4KFC) would regularly show up there. And the
Heathkit store in Rockville, along with another parts store in
Rockville. Plus the electronics surplus store (with various names
Surplus Electronics, Electronics Plus, etc...) in College Park. And the
ham store in Woodbridge (now HRO), and lest we NOT forget, EEB in
Vienna.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>But, that guy at RITCO was strange... I can’t remember his name.</DIV>
<DIV>73, Terry, N4TLF</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV
style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma">
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: rgb(245,245,245)">
<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=lstoskopf@cox.net>lstoskopf@cox.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 14, 2020 3:20 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=aj6t@comcast.net>Walter Miller, AJ6T</A> ; <A
title=tacos@amrad.org>tacos@amrad.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Chinese electronic markets</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>
<P>I remember the guy upstairs with the green visor. Prices right, just
too heavy to carry back to Kansas. N0UU<BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">On March 14, 2020 at 12:27 PM "Walter Miller, AJ6T"
<<A target=_blank>aj6t@comcast.net</A>> wrote: <BR><BR>
<P>Richard,</P>
<P>Yes, that reminded me of Radio Row as well. When I was a teenager
in the mid-1960s my father and I used to cruise through the Radio Row shops
looking for WW2 surplus bargains. That was quite an experience.
My dad was looking for parts (meters in particular) for his boat, and I was
interested in components for my budding ham radio station in the basement of
the family house in New Jersey. The BC348N receiver used in my Novice
station came from Radio Row. My Novice test (remember those days?) was
administered by Sy Denby in the back room of his Niagara Radio Supply
shop. A Google search on "Sy Denby Radio Row" brings up several
interesting links about Sy and the Radio Row scene. The world of
electronics sure has changed since those days.<BR></P>
<P>73, Walt, AJ6T (now in Clarksville, TN)<BR></P>
<DIV>On 3/2/2020 9:23 PM, RICHARD BARTH wrote: <BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<DIV>I've never seen anything quite like this -- sort of Dayton on
steroids.</DIV>
<DIV>A good place to be if you're interested in experimenting and you
have</DIV>
<DIV>a lot of time.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Reminds me of Radio Row in Manhattan. It was replaced by the</DIV>
<DIV>Twin Towers that fell down on 9/11. I worked there one summer</DIV>
<DIV>vacation and while there was nothing like your videos, it
impressed</DIV>
<DIV>me at the time.</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<DIV>On March 2, 2020 at 1:26 PM Alex Fraser <
<A>beatnic@comcast.net</A>> wrote:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I would have liked to visit one of these markets.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/blog/2014/08/04/yihua-and-depu-electronics-market-visit/"
rel=noopener
target=_blank>http://dangerousprototypes.com/blog/2014/08/04/yihua-and-depu-electronics-market-visit/</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A Youtube video tour <A href="https://youtu.be/_ziP_4pouN8"
rel=noopener target=_blank>https://youtu.be/_ziP_4pouN8</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I've read descriptions of places like this that used to exist in
the USA.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV>
<DIV>Tacos mailing list</DIV>
<DIV><A>Tacos@amrad.org</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV><A href="https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos"
rel=noopener
target=_blank>https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><PRE>_______________________________________________
Tacos mailing list
<A>Tacos@amrad.org</A>
<A href="https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos" target=_blank>https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos</A>
</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><BR> </P>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">_______________________________________________
<BR>Tacos mailing list <BR><A target=_blank>Tacos@amrad.org</A> <BR><A
href="https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos"
target=_blank>https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos</A>
<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><BR> </P>
<HR>
_______________________________________________<BR>Tacos mailing list<BR><A
target=_blank>Tacos@amrad.org</A><BR><A
href="https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos"
target=_blank>https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos</A><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>Tacos
mailing list<BR><A target=_blank>Tacos@amrad.org</A><BR><A
href="https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos" rel=noreferrer
target=_blank>https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR
clear=all><BR>-- <BR>
<DIV class=gmail_signature dir=ltr>Given a choice between two theories, take the
one which is funnier </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>