Memory Lane

[AL DOLGOSH]

Memory lane time....!

While others have fond memories of Allied, Burstein-Applebee, etc., I remember
going into Morrison's Radio Supply in Ashtabula, OH in 1956 looking for some
radio-control equipment for a model plane I was building - and walking out
bitten by the ham bug!

The counter man was Dick Emerson - W8UDH -  and he steered me to the amateur
radio section (yes, even small town stores had a ham section).  I saw the
latest Hallicrafters, Hammarlund and National receivers - and E. F. Johnson
transmitters, both factory wired and in kit form.  I actually built my Ranger,
and then my Valiant, from EFJ kits.

Later, I went to college in Cleveland and discovered Pioneer Electronics.  I
found that Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University)
once had an amateur radio club and the license (W8EDU) was still active.  I
worked with Pioneer to get a quotation on the "brand new" Collins S-Line and
attempted to get the funding from the college to reactivate the ham club.
That's when I first found out what "bureaucracy" meant - the club was finally
reactivated a few years later!

My first experience with the S-Line in 1959 led to my love of Collins
equipment.  Pioneer moved to larger quarters and expanded their amateur
department into a real attraction for local hams - but that's where George -
KE8RN - can take over the Pioneer story if he wishes.

Al - K8EUR
al.dolgosh at hamradio.org

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