If you're from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area you may remember this place. God, it was the best place to go meet the radio buds on Saturday mornings - BYOC (bring your own coffee) Recognize any of that stuff?!! How many of you folks have/had something similar?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbe50d0JXU

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Fascinating - - though I'm a bit dizzy from the camera work.

Interesting to see what appeared to be a Harris (brand) commercial broadcast transmitter meter panel at 1:32.

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What a great place. The video is a little hard to watch, left my head spinning

What is Paul doing now that he closed up shop ?

This was a DIY home brewer mecca. There was NO part related to vacuum tube circuits you could not find here.
It was always a thrill to see what he purchased at estate sales that week that were in his store that weekend.
Always fun to see the quality boat anchors show up. Once saw a pair or untouched R390a's on the shelf.

Yes, sad to see places like that go. When I was young the place for radio folks to hang out on Saturday was SURPLUS AL'S in Plymouth, PA. Most of the stuff was WWII surplus, but Al had a lot of amateur radio gear as well. There were many such stores in the area back then. All are now long gone.

Wow! What a treasure trove! Some of the those large variable caps had me drooling!

Pete

I missed out on this place? How long has it been gone?
I hate not having a local place to go for parts other than the Ax-Man, which is a crapshoot and a half.

Mike

He sold the building spring of 2010.
It was located on Prior avenue about a block north of the Menards on University Avenue. Not far from Ax-Man.

Boo hoo hoo [I mean it!]

I was a frequent visitor but had to move to Texas to get a job after being laid in 2002 after 25 years

Boo hoo hoo hoo

AC0TX