TEXINS Amateur Radio Club

This is a list of flea markets, swap meets, and other non-commercial sources OF Ham and Electronic gear that may be of interest to club members. 

Flea Markets

Dallas Sidewalk Sale

First Sat of every month, from pre-dawn to about noon
Where..... Electronic Center Inc, NW Corner of Ross Ave and Central Expy.
Cost ..... $10.00 to set up in ECI parking lot. $20.00 to set up in parking lots on Ross Ave.
Spaces must be reserved in advance. .......see http://www.sidewalksale.com/
[need to put in a "good" link here]

Hardin Electronics

(Original Ft. Worth Sidewalk Sale) 2nd Saturday a.m. Rosedale Drive. No longer has VE sessions. [Is this still going on?]

Tandy Sidewalk Sale

3rd Saturday every month from 7 AM to 11 AM Where .... Tandy Nat'l Parts Warehouse, Northside Drive, Fort Worth.  [needs update -- Tandy has moved this event to downtown FtWorth near the Tandy Center - 'WLZ]

Wills Point Sidewalk Sale

Last Saturday: Hwy 80 & FM 2965. Dawn to 1100. [Is this still going on?]

Canton Fleamarket

Fri,Sat,Sun before first Monday of the month.
7am-... Directions on 147.28-MHz

Arlington Sidewalk Sale

Second Saturday of month
The Communications Source 2713 Galleria Drive (Hwy 360/Divison St.)
[Sorry, but Comm Src went out of business]

 
 

Local Parts Houses

These are not ads, but rather a list of local parts houses of which you may not be aware. Please feel free to list any new ones that you hear of.

[OUT OF BUSINESS!
SUSPECT PROBLEMS W/ LANDLORD.] 
Off the Shelf Components,
Richardson, 1211 N. Plano Rd.
(972) 238-0808.		 Good selection of components, hardware, test equipment, boxes, transformers, etc. NEW items, not surplus. 
CDC Surplus
940 East Belt Line Rd.
between Bowser and Plano.
Richardson 
(972) 918-9886 		 Store is about 1/4 tools, 1/4 supplies (nuts/bolts, solder, rope, epoxy, etc), 1/4 machine tooling (end mills, taps/dies, drill bits), and 1/4 electronics. Electronics is not their mainstay, so inventory is somewhat inconsistent. Lower prices than other outlets. 
Electronics & Parts Outlet (EPO)
581 W. Campbell Rd., Suite 105 Richardson
(972) 437-4383
[OUT OF BUSINESS!
DUE TO HEALTH REASONS.] 		 Good supply of components, connectors, small screws/nuts. Mix of surplus and new. Open Mon-Sat/8am-6pm, Sun/12-4pm 
Wholesale Electronics
Ross Ave @ N. Central Expressway.
(214) 263-4544 		 Will sell across-the-counter to hams. Parts dept. located downstairs. 
R&R Electronics
2103 Irving Blvd,
downtown Dallas.
(214) 742-1431		 Wholesale Electronics sent me here when they didn't have the part I needed. R&R had it in stock. 
Altex Electronics
Near corner of Midway & Sojurn
Addison
(972) 386-8882		 Huge stock of components, neatly catalogued in bins. Most stuff is inexpensive. Also computer equipment. 
Surplus Outlets you should check out: (Note: These are NOT commercial ads)
Dallas Electronic Surplus
2640 Northaven Rd, Suite 102
Dallas
(???) 484-1611		 Motors, gears, bearings, fans, power supplies, transformers, capacitors, power resistors, equipment racks, switches, connectors, relays, mostly dumpster spillage. Open Saturday until 5 PM. Across from TI warehouse. 
SWB Telephone Surplus,
100 Ezell
DeSoto, TX.
(???) 944-6827		 Furniture, hardware, wire, misc elect parts, phones, equipment, etc. Open only Tue, 9-5 and Wed, Thur 9-3. Reasonable prices on all items. Take Hampton Rd. south of 635 (I-20) about 1.6 miles; right on Ezell. 
Tandy Surplus Warehouse
Northside Drive,
Fort Worth
(817) 870-5709		 Surplus parts, boards, assemblies, transformers, discontinued items, store returns, overstock items, manuals, computer stuff, car stereos, TV's, etc. Open 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM weekdays, plus 3rd Saturday 6:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Exit I-35W at Northside Drive and go West about 1 mile. They are on left. 
Tanner Electronics
I-35E and Beltline Road
Carrollton.
(972) 242-8702		 Located in small business park on southwest corner of that intersection. Open Monday thru Saturday. Good stock of all types of components, meters, fans, cabinets, connectors, etc. Open until 6 weekdays, 3 on Sat. 
Tanner's is moving the first week of July '99 to
1100 W. Valwood Pkwy Suite #100 Carrollton
 New store will be about 40% larger!
Map to new location

Rules regarding use of TI-Hams Swap-N-Shop pages:
[Eventually, I'd like to get this so that club members can add their own items.]

Welcome to the Swap-N-Shop section of "TIHAMS". This section exists so TI/RAY. employees and TI Ham Clubs may buy/sell/trade ham radio and related items. Here are the rules and regulations. Please abide by them.

  1. You may advertise radio gear and antennas, test equipment, parts and components, wire, cable, etc.
  2. Ads are allowed to run for thirty (30) days and are subject to deletion. If you want your ad to keep running, keep changing the date periodically.
  3. Ads must include your name and the easiest way to get in touch with you. You may also add your callsign, other numbers, MSG ID's, work shift, etc. Make sure an interested person can easily contact you.
  4. Please list an asking price on your "for sale" items.
  5. IF YOU ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF RE-SELLING EQUIPMENT FOR A PROFIT, DO NOT USE THESE PAGES FOR YOUR ADVERTISING. ANY ADS THAT APPEAR TO BE CONDUCTING THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE.
  6. Please limit ad length to only as long as necessary. We only have so many megabytes on this webserver so let's not waste the space.
  7. Leave messages to your friends in the JUNKMSG section, not the ads.
  8. DO NOT PLACE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS FROM ANY SOURCE IN THIS REPORT.
For Sale: Swan 250 6 meter rig complete with power supply. Has noise blanker mounted on side. Good working condition. Manual 06/01/99 $150 Greg McIntire, AA5C 972-575-5621. Local pick only.
For Sale: ICOM 551 (not D model) 6 meter rig. 10 watt solid state, digital display. With Manual. $300 06/01/99 Greg McIntire, AA5C 972-575-5621(w) 972-734-6459 (h)
For Sale: Cushcraft Satellite beams. A-144-20 and 416-TB VHF twist beams. All in good shape, no crash test dummies. $100.00 each OBO. Contact: Bob Soltysik bsoltysik@ti.com 1/26/99
For sale or trade: - Heathkit DX-60A cw/am transmitter, presentable looking outside, but has a significant amount of rust and corrosion on the chassis inside. Working, power supply completely rebuilt, all tubes good. No manual. $50 - Hallicrafters HT-40 cw/am transmitter, works fine, cabinet repainted in a non-stock color (needs to be redone right). With manual. $65 - Globe Scout 65A cw/am transmitter, project rig, untested, complete, needs a lot of cosmetic work, but should be easy to restore. No manual. $50 - Drake R-4B receiver, looks good, works good, with original manual. $250 - Kraco 4010 mobile CB radio, 40 channel am, works fine, no frills. $20 Parting out: (mainly electrical parts, no tubes, no knobs) - Heathkit SB-401 transmitter, no panel, xtals, pwr xfmr - Hallicrafters S-107 receiver, no dial, spkr - Hallicrafters S-38B receiver, partially stripped chassis only CONTACT: Dean Hemphill, K5DH, 972-462-2033, k5dh@raytheon.com 05/11/99
Anyone know the new location of the Tandy Surplus Outlet? They've closed the operation on Northside Dr. in Ft. Worth. de WD4MDQ, 5/14/99
If you are a Raytheon'er affected by plant closing/relocation, what are your separation date and plans? NAME CALL SEP.DATE PLANS 
Brad Bradfield W5CGH  10/19/99 Bridge to retirement, then ???????
Tom Webb       W4YOK  03/02/99 Full time ham operator; make DXCC hon. roll
Dean Hemphill  K5DH   09/21/99 Took offer at North Building, RF & MW Lab
Marcus Wagner  N5GEJ  01/15/99 Gone to work for ITT in Ft. Wayne, IN
Jim Polozeck   K5OLC  10/??/99 Full retirement, look for new job 3-4 yrs
 The Winston School Solar Car Race to California is underway.
Teams have spent the rest day mantaining their solar cars, and today they are
ready to leave Globe.   Checkout the new photos at their Web site:
        http://www.winstonsolar.org

To all of the 5.43 group that used to (or still do) eat at Dell's Burger place
in Richardson, I saw one of the owner's at Foley's Saturday and she said they
are selling the place and they will be retiring in August. The new owners will
keep it as it has been for so many years. A tradition keeps going but with
new owners.   W5RD   7/26/99
For those of you who are interested... 145.170 MHz repeater in Lewisville
(formerly Lewisville Texins ARC) is back on air under new ownership - W5FKN.
Still signs "LTARC".  Same 110.9 PL tone required.  Located on water tower
on Garden Ridge Blvd just north of Main Street.  de K5DH 07/27/99
TI, Raytheon, and former TI/Raytheon hams with new callsigns:
Name              Old call New call Other Previously Held Calls
----------------- -------- -------- -----------------------------------------
TI A.R.C.         K5OJI    K5DM
Roger White       AJ5L     W5RD     KN5JAJ, K5JAJ, AJ5L
Bob Bossmin       NW9H     N5TI     Contractor, working at Center 1
Mel Dixon         WB5BTG   K5CMP    KP4CMK, WB4BFI
Dean Hemphill     KC5NG    K5DH     WB3JBG, KA5JVU. Raytheon until 09/21/99
Yasufumi Nariki   AC5GA    W5YN     KC5IXT (ex TIer, JH9CAJ/1) exTIer
Charlie Ocker     KD5PJ    N9CO     Former TI'er, club member/officer
Tadakazu Hara     AC5JY    W5JY     KM5CP, KC5VAF (JAPAN JA1GLS)
Bill Warner       KB5F     K5WI     WA8ROF, WB5KLI
Dave Anderson     KE5AA    K5VN     WD5GHG, KL7JAO, WNOGTN
Andy Bonnot       KF5QR    K5QR     WB0LTD, WN0LTD
Mitchell Carson   KM5LV    W5MEC    KC5MKW
Ralph Phelps      WA9JST   K5RWP
Al Ward           WB5LUA   W5LUA    Former TI'er
Terry Burkholder  W5XJ     NP3G     In Puerto Rico w/XYL NP3F
Brad Bradfield    WB0CGH   W5CGH    WN0CGH - Former Raytheon'r as of 10/19/99
Joe Fitter        N0IAT    K7JOE    Former TI'er

 

Company Page

1. Yaesu U.S.A. See also: http://www.yaesu.com/ 17210 Edwards Rd. Service turn-around: About 8 weeks Cerritos, CA. 90701 Literature: (900) 999-2070 Sales, Service, Parts, Lit. Chip Margelli, V.P. Customer Service (310) 404-2700 (Take VISA) Labor Rate: $50 Per Hour
2. International Radio & Computers Kenwood/Icom/Yaesu newsletters & repairs 3804 South U.S. Hwy. 1 IRCI and Fox-Tango filters, radio mods. Fort Pierce, FL. 34982 (561) 489-0956
3. ICOM America, Inc. Parts: (425) 454-7619 Bellevue, WA. Labor Rate: $55 Per Hour
4. Kenwood Communications Corp. Service Dept. shipping address: 1111 W. Walnut St. Kenwood Service Compton, CA. 90220 2201 E. Dominguez St. (310) 639-5300 Service Department Long Beach, CA. 90810 (310) 639-9000 X266 Status Check Labor rate: $50 per hour (800) 637-0388 Parts (East Coast) (800) 262-1312 Parts (West Coast) See also: http://www.kenwood.net
5. MFJ Enterprises "Mail Box" Plant site, sales, and service: P.O. Box 494 921 Louisville Rd. Mississippi State, MS. 39762 Starkville, MS. 39759 (800) 647-8324 (601) 323-5869
6. R.L. Drake Co. STILL offer parts, tubes, and technical 540 Richard St. assistance...will also do repairs and Miamisburg, OH. 45342 alignments. (513) 866-3211 [Service] 866-2421 [Sales]
7. Cushraft Signal Tel: (603) 627-7877 48-T Perimeter Rd. Fax: (603) 627-1764 P.O. Box 4680 Charges $2.00 for replacement tech. Manchester, NH. 03108 sheets. http://www.cushcraft.com
8. Larsen Antennas Mobile VHF/UHF antennas, mounts 3611 N.E. 112th. Ave. Vancouver, WA. 98668 (800) 426-1656 (206) 944-7551
9. Arlen Supply Co. Phillips/ECG transmitting/receiving tubes 7409 West Chester Pike -New- at 80% to 90% off list prices Upper Darby, PA. 19082 (215) 362-9311
10. Heath Co. (Heathkits) (800) 253-0570 Hilltop Rd. Out of the kit business, but they still P.O. Box 440 have manuals for the old Heath ham gear. St. Joseph, MI. 49085 They are NOT cheap!
11. Hustler Antennas Base/mobile antennas, loading coils, One Newtronics Pl. mounts, etc. Mineral Wells, TX. 76067 (817) 325-1386
12. Fair Radio Sales Military / government surplus radio and 1016 E. Eureka St. electronic equipment, parts, tubes, etc. P.O. Box 1105 FREE catalog (call and request a copy). Lima, OH. 45802 They have manuals for military equip't. (419) 227-6573 In business, same location, since 1947!
13. Pac-Comm Tech. support (813) 874-2980
14. Collins Telecommunications Products Division Rockwell International Cedar Rapids, IA. 52406
15. Cubic Corporation Swan radio equipment 9233 Balboa Ave. P.O. Box 80787 (This is the address for the Defense San Diego, CA. 92138 Systems Division, the only one that is still left...)
16. Henry Radio Inc. Henry amps, Tempo radio gear, parts, 2050 S. Bundy Dr. service, manuals, technical advice. Los Angeles, CA. 90025 (310) 820-1234 (800) 877-7979
17. William M. Nye Co. Nye-Viking keys, ant tuners, keyers, P.O. Box 1877 low-pass filters, wattmeters, phone Priest River, ID. 83856 patches, etc. (208) 448-1762 448-1832 (Fax)
18. Linear Systems Inc. Manuals for SBE ham and CB equipment 220 Airport Rd. Watsonville, CA. 95076
19. Ten-Tec Inc. Ham gear, equipment cabinets, coils and 1185 Dolly Parton Pkwy. caps for antenna tuners, etc. Parts, Sevierville, TN. 37862 service, manuals for all Ten-Tec gear. (615) 453-7172 - information New line of kits; request free catalog; (800) 833-7373 - orders it contains some interesting stuff!
20. HI Manuals Inc. Manuals for all ham gear. Copies only, P.O. Box Q-802 and usually quite expensive. If it's a Council Bluffs, IA. 51502 hard-to-find manual, they'll have it if (NO TELEPHONE) no one else does. NO PHONE CALLS.
21. Slep Electronics Manuals for gov't surplus equipment, P.O. Box 100 probably some parts also. Otto, NC. 28763 (704) 524-7519
22. General Services Admin. Manuals for gov't surplus equip. National Archives and Record Services Washington, D.C. 20408
23. Ardco Electronics Manuals for Hallicrafters equip. P.O. Box 95 Berwyn, IL. 60402
24. Howard W. Sams Publishing "Photofacts" and other fine books. 4300 West 62nd St. They now have manuals for older Indianapolis, IN. 46205 Kenwood ham gear, as well as old (317) 291-3100 (800) 428-7267 Hallicrafters/other receivers.
25. Bird Inc. Wattmeters, wattmeter elements, (216) 248-1200 dummy loads, etc.
26. Butternut Mfg. Co. Parts and manuals for antennas, 831 N. Central Ave. H.F. vertical & beam antennas. Wood Dale, IL. 60191 (708) 238-1854
27. Mosley Electronics Corp. Antennas, manuals, antenna parts 10812 Ambassador Blvd. St. Louis, MO. 63132 (314) 994-7872 (800) 966-7539
28. Uniden Corp. Manuals, parts, service for scanners, 9900 Westpointe Dr. HR-2510 and HR-2600 10m ham rigs, and Indianapolis, IN. 46250 other Uniden products. (317) 842-1036 or (800) 297-1023 Manuals (w/shipping, tax) $ 18-25
29. Surplus Sales of Nebraska They carry a huge stock of parts for 1502 Jones St. Collins equipment, mainly for S-line Omaha, NE. 68102 and KWM-2. Some parts for earlier (800) 244-4567 Collins gear also. Prices high, but (402) 346-2939 (fax) have parts you don't find elsewhere.
30. Radio Shack Div./Tandy Corp. Parts and manuals for Radio Shack 1 Tandy Center amateur, CB, and scanner equipment. Fort Worth, TX. 76102 (800) 442-2425
31. Antique Electronic Supply Tubes, parts for "Olde Tyme" radios. 6221 S. Maple Av. FREE catalog. Excellent selection of Tempe, AZ. 85283 tubes, at reasonable prices. Also a (602) 820-5411 good library of books and literature.
32. General Electric Manuals for MASTR PRO and other Service Manuals 2-way radios. ($10-$15 each??) (804) 528-7641 Check for microfilm price.
33. JAN Crystals Inc. Crystals for 2m, CB-to-10 conversion, 2431 Crystal Dr. scanners, marine radios, commercial P.O. Box 60017 GE/RCA/Motorola radios, etc. A full Fort Myers, FL. 33906-06017 line of xtals for all needs. Will (800) 526-9825 make custom xtals. FREE catalog.
34. Electron Tube Enterprises FREE catalog lists over 2,000 types.
Looks like the telephone numbers are wrong. ETE appear to be at http://members.aol.com/etetubes
35. C-W Crystals Custom FT-243's, others 1714 N. Ash Nevada, MO. 64772
36. ETO / Alpha Hi-Power linear amplifiers 4975 North 30th. St. Colorado Spgs, CO. 80919 (719) 260-1191 (719) 260-0395 (fax)
37. Ramsey Electronics, Inc. Electronic kits, including synthesized 793 Canning Pkwy. FM xcvrs for 6m, 2m, 220, and 440; HF QRP Victor, NY. 14564 xmtrs & rcvrs; 2m & 440 FM amps, etc. Phone (716) 924-4560 Matching cases also available. Beware, Fax (716) 924-4555 some of their stuff is really junk!
38. Standard Radio Products VHF/UHF handie-talkies, mobile rigs, P.O. Box 60714 and accessories. Niles, IL. 60714 Marine/aircraft/commercial radios too. (312) 763-0081
39. P C Electronics ATV converters, transmitters, etc. 2522 Paxson Ln. Arcadia, CA. 91007 (818) 447-4565
40. SND Tube Sales Mail order new and used tubes. Mike C. Marx, WB0SND http://www.vaccuumtubes.com 5389 Ville Rosa Ln. mailto:tubes@stlnet.com Hazelwood, MO. 63042 (314) 770-0119 E-mail:
41. RF Parts Co. Tubes, transistors, VHF/UHF power modules as 435 South Pacific St. used in 2m xcvrs, etc, and other related RF San Marcos, CA. 92069 items. Reasonable prices, good selection. (800) 737-2787 (orders) (619) 744-0700 (information, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
42. Telex/Hi-Gain Info/parts/manuals for Hy-Gain antennas. 8601 E. Cornhusker Hwy. Parts also available for CDE rotators Lincoln, NE. 68505 (402) 465-7021
43. Mirage Amplifiers VHF/UHF high power amplifiers P.O. Box 494 Average delivery Mississippi State, MS. (601) 323-8287, (800) 647-1800
44. Astron Corp. Power supplies 9 Autry Irvine, CA. 92718 (714) 458-7277
45. Bomar Crystals (800) 526-3935 2-3 weeks 201 Blackford Ave. $10 ea. prepaid or $10 + USPS or UPS COD Middlesex, NJ. 08846 Order by phone, then send check...
46. Force 12 Antennas H.F. yagi antennas; VHF, UHF in work (800) 248-1985
47. Cliff Holland / AVVid Kenwood and Icom radio repairs. 222 N. Story Rd, St. 128 Factory authorized warranty service. Irving, TX. 75061 http://rampages.onramp.net/~avvid/ (972) 986-0738 E-mail: avvid@onramp.net (972) 986-3040 (FAX)
48. Don's Small Parts & Kits http://www.fix.net/dans.html P.O. Box 3634 Small parts for the QRP builder, QRP kits, Missoula, MT. 59806-3634 accessories, etc. Good prices! Lots of (406) 258-2782 (Phone & Fax) unique small parts that are hard to find.
49. W & W Associates NiCd batteries for every application, all at 800 South Broadway EXCELLENT prices...far lower than the rest. Hicksville, NY. 11801 Inserts and complete packs for ALL handies, (800) 221-0732 most camcorders, cellular phones, etc.
50. Don Diers Tubes and parts for restoration of antique 4276 N. 50th St. radios and televisions. Not cheap, but he Milwaukee, WI. 53216-1313 has a good stock, and shipping is free on (No phone orders) orders of $25 or more. Catalog $2.00
51. International Radio Crystal filters for Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom, 13620 Tyree Road Heath and Drake radios. Fox Tango news- Umpqua, OR. 97486 letters; some other stuff. (541) 459-5623
52. Frontier Electronics Everett Hoard, N0NVQ. Rebuilds electrolytic 403 S. McIntosh St. capacitors! Many new caps in stock also. P.O. Box 38 Also builds custom caps to your specs, up to Lehr, ND. 58460 450 WVDC. Fast service, reasonable prices. (701) 378-2341 Ask for his FREE catalog.
53. W7FG Vintage Manuals Gary Gompf, W7FG. Manuals for ham gear and 3300 Wayside Dr. accessories, vintage and modern. Lower cost Bartlesville, OK. 74006 than most of the competitors. FREE catalog. (800) 807-6146 Now on-line at: http://www.w7fg.com
54. KLM Antennas HF, VHF, UHF yagis, log periodics 14792 172nd Dr. S.E. Monroe, WA. 98272 (306) 794-2923
55. Science Workshop Poor Man's Spectrum Analyzer kits. Murray Barlowe, WA2PZO Covers 3 Mhz. thru 1700 Mhz. P.O. Box 310 Reasonable prices. Boards, kits, or Bethpage, NY. 11714 assembled/tested boards. (516) 731-7628
56. Alinco Electronics Maker of VHF, UHF, HF xcvrs for ham 438 Amapola Ave, St. #130 market. Includes packet rigs, HT's Torrance, CA. 90501 and mobile radio gear. (310) 618-8616 http://www.alinco.com Friendly, helpful people!
57. Cobra Factory Service Parts, service, accessories for 6500 W. Cortland Street Cobra CBs, scanners, cordless Chicago, IL. 60635 phones, radar detectors, and (800) 262-7222 similar equipment. (312) 794-1930 (Fax) Hours: Mon-Fri 0830 - 1700 Central
58. R.L. Drake Co. (Parts) Miamisburg, OH. operation may be Franklin, OH. closed down. (?) (513) 746-4556
Email me with updates! Rusty Haddock/AE5AE




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