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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV>But, that guy at RITCO was strange... I can’t remember his name.</DIV>
<DIV>73, Terry, N4TLF</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><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>
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<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"
<aj6t@comcast.net> 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 class=ox-debc1369cc-moz-cite-prefix>On 3/2/2020 9:23 PM, RICHARD BARTH
wrote: <BR></DIV>
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<DIV style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "times new; color: #000000;'>I've
never seen anything quite like this -- sort of Dayton on steroids.</DIV>
<DIV style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "times new; color: #000000;'>A
good place to be if you're interested in experimenting and you have</DIV>
<DIV style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "times new; color: #000000;'>a lot
of time.</DIV>
<DIV
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "times new; color: #000000;'> </DIV>
<DIV
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "times new; color: #000000;'>Reminds me
of Radio Row in Manhattan. It was replaced by the</DIV>
<DIV style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "times new; color: #000000;'>Twin
Towers that fell down on 9/11. I worked there one summer</DIV>
<DIV
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "times new; color: #000000;'>vacation
and while there was nothing like your videos, it impressed</DIV>
<DIV style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "times new; color: #000000;'>me at
the time.</DIV>
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<DIV>On March 2, 2020 at 1:26 PM Alex Fraser <
<A>beatnic@comcast.net</A>> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>I would have liked to visit one of these markets.</DIV>
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<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>
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<DIV>A Youtube video tour <A href="https://youtu.be/_ziP_4pouN8"
rel=noopener target=_blank>https://youtu.be/_ziP_4pouN8</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>I've read descriptions of places like this that used to exist in the
USA.</DIV>
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