MICROWAVE UPDATE
27-30 September 2001

 
THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER:   Surplus Tour

Every Update starts with a grand tour of the local radio surplus stores and warehouses. Silicon Valley around Sunnyvale has a wealth of such surplus parts and equipment. We were provided with a map of where to find the stuff and the rest was up to us. Dave (G6GXK), Gunther (VE7CLD) and myself(G3PHO - Peter) were taken around by Mike (AA9IL) who had a rental car for the weekend.


 
Here we are entering the premises of Kaiser Electronics where we found a mass of good test equipment. It was nice to look around even if we didn't buy much! A lot of of the gear was either too large to bring back to the UK on the plane or it might have caused problems with airport security (especially as this was shortly after the events of September 11th in New York city.

 
Dave, G6GXK (foreground) ponders over a piece of gear while Ed, AL7EB (far background) tries to make up his mind too!

There was a "ton" of HP test gear and hard-to-find leads and cables. Kaiser is a place to return to some day!


 
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