On (05 Apr 97) Ray Brown Kb0stn wrote to Ray Wade...
 RB> > to K5LAD in 1981 or so. K5LAD (Jim Ladd) may still have it.
I see I erred on Jims name. It is *Pickett* not Ladd!
 RB> > Jim was for
 RB> > several years in the retail ham biz in Broken Arrow, a
 RB> > "bedroom"
 RB> > community next to Tulsa. Store was called Derrick
 RB> > Electronics, a
 RB> > reference to our local economy, not his name. He finally
 RB> > gave up to the
 RB> > 800 WATS sellers in about '83 or so. A shame for us locals.
 RB>   Ran across Jim at the Tulsa hamfest. He's selling a commercial-grade
 RB> 100' tower. WIsh I had the QTH and $$ for it, I'd grab it PDQ! :-)
 RB> > Now we don't
 RB> > even have a single ham store in the entire state.
 RB>   Thought there was something in Oklahoma City.. and who bought it
 RB> out?
I don't remember. One of the other 800 number sellers. Perhaps Tucker?
Then when Tucker closed out the Dallas store they also closed "Oklahoma
Comm Center", which was the name of the one in OKC.
... New Clinton Policy, news@11, Changes@11:30 denial @ 12
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