{"id":57392,"date":"2023-08-03T21:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57392"},"modified":"2023-08-03T21:53:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:53:14","slug":"fair-radio-sales-is-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/fair-radio-sales-is-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Radio Sales is closing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Phil (W9IXX), who shares the following note posted on the Fair Radio Sales website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

After being in the surplus electronic military business over 50 years, I<\/strong><\/em>
\nhave decided it\u2019s time to retire and close the business. Fair Radio Sales<\/strong><\/em>
\nhas over 30,000 sq ft of electronic parts and equipment that must go.<\/strong><\/em>
\nOver the next several months plan your visit to Fair Radio to stock up on electronic<\/strong><\/em>
\nparts, equipment, manuals, vacuum tubes and one of a kind items at<\/strong><\/em>
\nlower than hamfest prices. Buy an item, a pallet, or a truckload. <\/strong><\/em>
\nCome and make a deal. Cash and carry<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Certainly the end of an era. I’ve bought a number of items from Fair Radio Sales over the years. If you live within driving distance and have vintage radio gear (especially military), you might consider a visit to stock up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Phil (W9IXX), who shares the following note posted on the Fair Radio Sales website: After being in the surplus electronic military business over 50 years, I have decided it\u2019s time to retire and close the business. Fair Radio Sales has over 30,000 sq ft of electronic parts and equipment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[10281,8209],"class_list":["post-57392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-fair-radio-sales","tag-phil-florig-w9ixx"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-eVG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41240,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/phil-recommends-the-radio-historian-website\/","url_meta":{"origin":57392,"position":0},"title":"Phil recommends The Radio Historian website","author":"Thomas","date":"December 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Phill (W9IXX), who writes: Thought might be interested in this if you haven't already mentioned this site: http:\/\/www.theradiohistorian.org\/pubs.html Check out his calendars! Thanks for the tip, Phil! I know we've linked to article on this site before, but thanks for mentioning it again. 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