Dayton Hamvention 2023 - A stop at Fair Radio Sales in Lima, OH

A stopover at Fair Radio for some goodies. I remember when they had the wall of R390s. They still have ARC-5s
Right off the I75
Tell Paul what you need and give him 20 minutes to go find it in the piles of stuff they have.
My purchases are classified!
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[@MirlitronOne]

They've tidied up since I was there.

[@K1ZEK]

Thanks for the visit. Some 65+ years ago I bought a BC 603 receiver from them. HI HI 73 LEO.

[@nickmad887]

Thank you.

[@spankyharland9845]

wow, I get to see the actual place that I ordered all my strange exotic military radio parts from- I bet the smell of green was definitely in the air of that warehouse, I sure wish I could go there someday and wander through all that historical equipment.

[@alanrogs3990]

Lima with a long I sound. This place is closing forever this summer, 2024. I bought so many tubes there.

[@MirlitronOne]

Wow, sorry to hear that. I'm glad I got to visit it twice.

[@user-og9qx9gr6s]

ВАУ.....

[@terrymatvichuk1421]

I've been there 4-5 times, it's a cool place. Sometimes you actually bring the "smell" back with you 😂

[@thevintageaudiolife]

Haha I heard that, Lima Peru, my wife's home town. Great Video wish i can visit, but i bet i would spend the entire day inside!

[@warplanner8852]

I still have my pristine AN/URM-25D sig gen I bought from them in the mud 80s. Still works still decent cal on it and built like a brick crap house! Also, take a look around and see if you can turn up some of the old HyGain CB boards back in the late 70s. Must have bough 20-30 of them and hot most working on 10m FM!

[@johnleonardelli_VE3IPS]

Its a GShock. I found the military colour in Minneapolis.

[@VE3IPS]

The guys know where all the bits are. I need a AS-2299 connector that was a pull....10 mins later and $7 its sold

[@VE3UET]

Great, Thanks John, it reminds me of Saul Hersch store on Queen Street, and that other place at Queen and Bathurst that sold the Bren Gun Carriers back in the 1970's

[@VE3UET]

and Levy Autoparts had a big military radio store on Weston Road

[@WilliamParmley]

Wow! I went there once about 40 years ago. Quite a place!

[@johnleonardelli_VE3IPS]

Yeah he had a great shop

[@tomwoehle3519]

I bought atv7 tube tester for 30 bucks back in the day awsome.

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

Pity they're closing soon....

[@VE3IPS]

They were at Queen and Jarvis near the old Active Surplus location

[@johnleonardelli_VE3IPS]

I am heading down with a tractor trailer and cardboard boxes.

[@Quoodle1]

They’re going out of business so go there quick

[@Steven-re7xt]

Lima Ohio Fair radio was off Elizabeth st then moved to wolhan lumber on or near forth St near i75 got many parts and help RE: GOD IS JUST A PRAYER A WAY. 73

[@johnleonardelli_VE3IPS]

Closing by end if June

[@dennisspillers8336]

Wow...How would you like to inventory all of that...! N9FPT

[@TheGreatGastronaut]

what’s that watch you’re wearing? Looks pretty slick.

[@hokepoke3540]

Hey guy slow down, you flip around so fast somethings are just a blur. I have never been the store but have been a mail order customer for over 40 years. Glad to see they are still there.

[@johnleonardelli_VE3IPS]

Sorry, the double espresso elevated my heart rate to 144bpm

[@ciaranmcmanus3840]

Any ranger RCI 2970 DX or 2950 DX there for sale

[@johnleonardelli_VE3IPS]

The guy retired sadly so that is over

[@redthepost]

Somebody have a 2 meter Gonset?

[@pghpa611]

LOL Not for me but interesting LOL

[@animalcorvair]

dayton has not had a hamvention in a few years....its in xenia oh now...sad what happened to wamplers arena

[@animalcorvair]

hope someone buys the place

[@johnleonardelli_VE3IPS]

Universal , Fair Radio and now MFJ gone

[@robertharlan1367]

It's pronounced L-eye-ma.

[@VE3IPS]

its still called Dayton Hamvention by the older hams. Are you a ham?

[@goodun2974]

I heard they're going out of business.....

[@adammoss5284]

Looks a real Aladdin’s cave so I hope not 👍🏻

[@goodun2974]

@@adammoss5284 , that'd be an awful lot of e-waste to have to dispose of, even if they found a home for half of it first.....

[@414RadioTech]

looks identical to a place that sells new old stock it's called Chester electronics out of Kenosha Wisconsin I used to frequent that store a lot hell of a lot more than this place had