I worked for Lafayette in Jamaica, Queens, New York 1963-1964. This was my
first job and I sold Ham/CB Equipment. I worked for a sales manager named
Sandy who worked for the store manager Nat Raucher. George "The Greek" sold
hifi and camera and the rest worked hard hours "Over the counter". You could
by any component from a single carbon resistor to a case of electrolytics
over the counter. Two young engineers (RCA Institute grads) met to discuss
some simple designs of ham and cb equipment had their prototypes done in
Japan and then marketed them here. I think this was mostly for the simple
but inexpensive cb's and some ham gear like their 6 meter am transceivers. I
didn't make much money but the employee discount was good and I bought my
first transceiver the National NCX-3. The American Electronics industy was a
good viable source of income for many people and at the time I thought it
would last forever.


Tony WA6LZH (WA2LBY)


"Smokey" wrote in message
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Does anyone know anything about the corporate structure of Lafayette? Is
anyone out there a former employee, especially during the 1950s and 1960s?
Who "absorbed" or bought Lafayette?

Smokey