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Syosset, New York. Lafayette Radio Electronics Corporation was an American radio and electronics manufacturer and retailer from approximately 1931 to 1981, headquartered in Syosset, New York, a Long Island suburb of New York City. The company sold radio sets, Amateur radio (Ham) equipment, citizens band (CB) radios and related communications ...
Lafayette Radio Electronics was an iconic American retailer that, for many people, was the first place where they saw and heard a real “Hi-Fi” system. Lafayette started out as a shop called “Wholesale Radio Service” in the early 1920s. Founded by Abraham Pletman in New York City, they supplied radios and electrical components to early ...
- Electronics Retailer
- 1931
- 1981
- Lafayette Radio Electronics
Sep 4, 2024 · I bought this Lafayette HE-90 CB transceiver in 1964. After the Heathkit CR-1 Crystal Radio, it started my long road into learning electronics while in High School and beyond. Next to Ham Radio, CB was THE vehicle for “Social Networking” for many in those days; well before “Smokey and the Bandit” started the national CB radio craze 13 years later.
Jun 20, 2017 · Whilst scrolling through the excellent photos of the one being offered for sale online (for $46.74!) I saw the manual has a handwritten note that says, “Bought from Lafayette Radio Electronics 33760 Plymouth Road on 7/3/72 Invoice #3213570”– so it’s about 45 years old. Out of curiosity, I researched that address and found that tuner was ...
Lafayette Radio Electronics Corporation was an American radio and electronics manufacturer and retailer from approximately 1931 to 1981, headquartered in Syosset, New York, a Long Island suburb of New York City. The company sold radio sets, Amateur radio (Ham) equipment, citizens band (CB) radios and related communications equipment, electronic ...
- Bankruptcy
- Retail
- 1931
- Public
The following pictures show a few of my vintage 11 meter transceivers. They are Lafayette 1023, 924, HE-20, HE-20C, and HE-90. The newest addition to my 11 meter radio connection is a Lafayette Telsat 1023. The original 5 pin microphone plug used in the HE-20 and HE-90 series radios was difficult to find. A ham on a Yahoo ham group provided the ...
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Early Lafayette Radio stores were located in Jamaica, N.Y. and Manhattan in the mid-1950s. The electronics kits were produced in the Jamaica facility. Lafayette advertised heavily in major U.S. consumer electronics magazines of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly Audio, High Fidelity, Popular Electronics, Popular Mechanics, and Stereo Review.
