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A PERSONAL APPROACH

Advertising in magazines is a very important part of our business, and judging by the response that we have a great many amateurs and radio enthusiasts do read these ads. But we've often wondered if in fact the repetition of page after page of similar ads offering identical products at similar prices does not indeed become boring and monotonous to our readers.

So in the way of a change let us take time to discuss what after all you really want to know about, and that is what is new and even morę important what items constitute real bargains.

First of all let it be said that nearly every item advertised by our competitors can be purchased through AMATEUR RADIO EXCHANGE - AND NEARLY ALWAYS AT BETTER PRICES AND WITH BETTER SERVICE THAN ELSEWHERE. Ask

around if you want proof of that statement. We mail order all items, just phone before midday and give us a credit card No. and we will despatch the same day, if it is in stock.

NOW FOR THE BARGAINS

Firstly ICOM's now well known and tried IC 740solid State HF transceiver listed at £769, available from us while stocks last at £599, including VAT & delivery.

Our second offer is the YAESU FT 102, an HF transceiver proved beyond doubt as a fine piece of equipment. Employing 3x 6146B PA valves, a super receiver with notch and IF shift also FM facilities. List price £839 but from us £695 including VAT & delivery.    pj ₁₀₂

How about VHF? There is no need to reveał once again all the excellent qualities that go to make up the performance and reliability of the YAESU FT 290. Just look around any Radio Rally and see just how many people are carrying one over their shoulder. Then consider this; we can suppiy the FT 290R at £249, or with Mutek Board fitted £279, whilst most of our competitors are still asking £289 for the rig alone.

SPECIAL THIS MONTH FRG7700 £279.00 inc.    ^,c 740

LET'S GO ON

FC 902 ATU — List Price £135 — Our Price £99 + £5.50 Securicor.

FTV 901 Transverter — List Price £285 — Our Price £149 + £5.50 Securicor. FV 101 DM Digital VFO — List Price £260 — Our Price

£129 + £5.50 Securicor.    FT 290R

You may well ask, how do we do it? Why is it that we can usually make the opposition look silly when it comes to price. Well its no secret. We buy big and very often straight from the manufacturer. Where our competitors think twice about buying five pieces of a model we will not hesitate in buying 50, and by doing so we will obtain a very much better price.

So enough of the ego, let's consider our old friend TRIO — or is it KENWOOD? Cali it what you will it is still excellent equipment, all madę by KENWOOD in Japan and marketed throughout the world as KENWOOD, except in the U.K. where, probably by accident in translation or purely for convenience, it became known as TRIO. Different perhaps, but so is the price. Why pay £469 for a TRIO TW 4000 when we will suppiy the KENWOOD TW 4000, with fuli European specification, 25wattsouton each bandat £425. Why pay £ 736 for the TRIO TS 430 when the KENWOOD TS430canbe bought for £695, or if your pocket will stretch to it the fabulous TRIO TS 930can be bought elsewhere for £ 1216and from us at £1095.

Then also remember at these prices there is available to you interest free H.P., Securicor delivery and a first cłass service department with 3full-time engineers and an excellent suppiy of spares.

Now for the bits and pieces that are essential in completing any radio shack. We stock over 5000 different items from power supplies, capable of 50 amps, to 500 MA fuses. Items advertised in this magazine can be supplied by us from Towers to Transistors, from LOG periodics to HALO's — nothing is too much trouble and no order is ignored, even if it is just for a few pence. We now also stock a fuli rangę of PMR equipment and have available our own VHF Community Repeater situated in the centre of London.

REMEMBER THIS

We started business seven years ago with three pieces of new equipment and lots of empty boxes, a tin of cof fee and an electric kettle, and in seven years we have become one of the largest suppliers of Amateur Equipment in the country. Of course the coffee helped, but the goodwill, the service and the smile did a lot morę. So phone us now — let's talk about that new rig or the second-hand one, or the part-exchange, or if you like, perhaps the weather. We are available to you five days a week from 9.30 till 5.30, or if those times are not suitable leave a message on the ansafone and we will return your cali.

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Closed Wednesday at Acton and Monday at St Helens. but use our 24-hour Ansafone se»vice at either shop.

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Vol. XllNo.7    THE SHORT WAVE MAGAZINE    SEPTEMBER