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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 3:41 pm 
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https://www.universal-radio.com/RetireN ... 2474P_ZShU

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 7:30 pm 
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Next thing you know the Electronic Equipment Bank and Grove Enterprises will be closing their doors. As long as Monitoring Times magazine doesn't go belly up..... Not sure what I'd do without Fed Files.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:52 pm 
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Jim wrote:
https://www.universal-radio.com/RetireNotice.html?fbclid=IwAR1zWnbWHqXCJ4Fl7onnvZr8r7pzs7ZNEh_j_yxM8WJJQLP3p2474P_ZShU


They still have their website up to close out their stock. No word if they will have bargain basement close out prices. I've always liked Universal and have tried to buy things from them even if they are a little bit more than others.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:09 am 
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Sad to see them go. They were one of my personal favorites. Not only did they carry a wide selection of amateur/scanner/swl equipment but they also kept product history online showing the progression of radio models and their successors throughout the years.

One by one these places fall victim to changing times. Remember ABC/ARS/C-Comm ?


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:12 am 
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Rich wrote:
Sad to see them go. They were one of my personal favorites. Not only did they carry a wide selection of amateur/scanner/swl equipment but they also kept product history online showing the progression of radio models and their successors throughout the years.

One by one these places fall victim to changing times. Remember ABC/ARS/C-Comm ?

I may be alone in this, but I was happy to hear of the demise of ABC.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:12 am 
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Rich wrote:
One by one these places fall victim to changing times. Remember ABC/ARS/C-Comm ?


What did happen to C-Comm? Any inside stories there?


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:45 pm 
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Wilrobnson wrote:
Rich wrote:
Sad to see them go. They were one of my personal favorites. Not only did they carry a wide selection of amateur/scanner/swl equipment but they also kept product history online showing the progression of radio models and their successors throughout the years.

One by one these places fall victim to changing times. Remember ABC/ARS/C-Comm ?

I may be alone in this, but I was happy to hear of the demise of ABC.


You're not alone, that place was cool for nostalgia but that was it. I know I know, the grumpy old guy was just being himself but still.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:00 am 
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nickcarr wrote:
Rich wrote:
One by one these places fall victim to changing times. Remember ABC/ARS/C-Comm ?


What did happen to C-Comm? Any inside stories there?


I kinda knew George, K7HBN, the big guy with a beard. (I went in one slow winter weekend afternoon and he was working a contest with the shop antenna and one of the display radios. Stopped after I was in the shop for about a minute.) After C-Comm closed, I ran into him at another commercial radio shop and he was willing to take in a TS-520 which needed a tune up. I don't know if the shop was spun off from C-Comm or totally different. It's been enough years that I don't remember the name of the second shop. As well as amateur radio parts, C-Comm did a big business in commercial radio.


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 10:13 pm 
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George is around and doing well.


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:59 am 
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Mark wrote:
George is around and doing well.


Good to hear. I liked him.


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