Bargain in TV Parts

[julianburke]

Free? Free?? You mean like FREEEEE??? But I saw them on evilbay for $60! (Old worn out cliche that I'm sick of hearing!)

When at any meet and find goodie parts, I always pick them up. Unfortunately, parts are not good sellers anymore for the simple reason young people are not involved and complete units are far cheaper than building anything and the majority of electronics people (newer generation-not us old fogies) don't know how to build/fix/engineer stuff anymore. Loopsticks are not made anymore because they contain copper coils like transformers and are not engineered because they are "engineered out" of todays' digital circuits. However you can still find a fairly good supply of most (and other parts) at any good hamfest and they are nowhere near evilbay prices! Many are giveaway to a good home.

I can remember the time that I ordered out of Allied, Olsen, Burstein Applebee and Lafayette catalogs for parts to build test equipment and small radio gear because I could not afford $20 for a similiar unit! I can't tell you how few lawns I mowed for $3 (they were also hard to find too) to buy these parts and took care of what I had.