Amateur Electronic Supply

09/03/2026

Just heard that Ted Willette, N9NHE, passed away this morning. He was best known as the manager for the AES sister company - Sterman Printing.

31/08/2025

Long-time AES Las Vegas manager, Dale “Squeak” Porray passed away.

Celebrate the life of Dale Porray, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Neptune Society.

12/08/2025

This was a very divisive cover. We took a lot of calls about it. My favorite call was from a customer whose wife thought it was a seed catalog and was disappointed to find radios.

30/07/2025

Just heard that long-time AES salesperson, Carl Hansen, W9CLH, has become a silent key.

30/11/2024

Doug Alt was the AES Milwaukee manager during the 80s.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obituaries and death notices. Remembering the lives of those we've lost.

18/05/2024

In 1989, Phil Majerus bought Amateur Electronic Supply from his cousin, and AES founder, Terry Sterman, W9DIA. AES was in danger of being sold to liquidators but Phil swooped in at the last moment and saved us from that fate. He kept us going until 2016.

RIP Phil...

Phillip S. Majerus, 79, peacefully passed on May 11th, 2024, at Kathy Hospice of West Bend. Phil was born on December 5th, 1944, in Fond du Lac to the late Donald Majerus and Marion Seefeld/Majerus Timmer. He graduated from Lomira High School in 1962. A short three years later, he

10/11/2021

Attention former AES Orlando customers - HRO Winter Springs is now taking phone calls for orders and questions. The showroom still isn't open and you can't do curbside pickup. (I heard they are fighting some bureaucracy to get the final permits.)

Their local number is 407-214-4994 and they kept they old AES Orlando 800 number - 800-327-1917.

27/07/2021

Hard to believe AES closed its doors to customers 5 years ago on this date. It certainly doesn't feel like 5 years to me.

I know Florida hams really missed having a local store but HRO has announced they will be opening store in Winter Springs soon. From the rumors I'm hearing former AES Orlando customers will be shocked by the size of the showroom.

Locking the door to AES Milwaukee for the last time.

10/07/2021

Condolences to the family of Richard Engel, K9RWE. Richard was a longtime employee at AES Milwaukee who started in sales and ended up being the self-proclaimed "web lackey" for the company. Rest in peace OM.

31/07/2019

Three years ago today, all AES employees punched out for the last time. Today, 13 former AES employees are still employed in the hobby we love.

27/07/2016

AES Cleveland crew

27/07/2016

Locking the door to AES Milwaukee for the last time.