rdz@ccieng5.UUCP ( Robert D. Zarcone) (07/20/84)
I just received a catalog from these folks offering some nice looking equipment at very attractive prices. I would like to know if anyone has had any experience with this outfit. Their mailing address is Hauppauge, NY. Any comments would be appreciated.
wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (07/24/84)
I'm not terribly pleased with Fordham Radio. I went in on a group order of various stuff from them, and bought an RF preamp for TV antenna systems. I should have sent it back when it arrived; it came in a blister-pack which had been opened and resealed, and had marks on it which indicated that it might have been used. I tried using it and never could get any evidence that it worked. (The only way I think you could determine that would be to have a UHF signal generator and a wideband scope, and look at the input and output; I don't.) It has been farmed out to other people who may or may not be trying to use it; I'm just hoping that somebody will buy it from me for some fraction of its price. I never thought that their test equipment prices were low enough, either, and they have a bad habit of not using Reader-Service numbers on their ads in the electronics magazines, which annoys me. So, on the whole, I don't recommend them. Will
rdz@ccieng5.UUCP ( Robert D. Zarcone) (08/02/84)
Many thanks for the mail replies. Only one of the five letters was slightly negative. The other four were very positive. I guess I will "pays my money and takes your chance!"
andrew@inmet.UUCP (08/06/84)
One further comment about Fordham Radio: I've never dealt with them, but
their catalog includes one of the most comprehensive inventories of tubes
I've seen in many years. I wish I had known about them back in '77 when
I was looking all over for an arcane tube for my (sadly departed) circa-1950
Hammond CV organ... I had to redesign one of the stages to use a (supposedly
equivalent) "modern" tube in its place.
Incidentally, I have a Hammond service manual (A, AB, BC, BV, BCV, BA, C, CV,
C2, C3, D, DV, G, GV, E, RT models) which I will gladly donate to any
Hammond enthusiast who could use it. I request only the cost of postage.
Tone wheels live!
Andrew W. Rogers ...{harpo|ihnp4|ima|esquire}!inmet!andrewandrew@inmet.UUCP (08/23/84)
#R:ccieng5:-50300:inmet:2600095:000:363 inmet!andrew Aug 8 08:33:00 1984 > Incidentally, I have a Hammond service manual (A, AB, BC, BV, BCV, BA, C, CV, > C2, C3, D, DV, G, GV, E, RT models) which I will gladly donate to any > Hammond enthusiast who could use it. I request only the cost of postage. The above statement is inoperative. A netter has requested the manual. Andrew W. Rogers ...{harpo|ihnp4|ima|esquire}!inmet!andrew