[grc] WHERE do DIY'ers go for your electronic parts now that insane management killed Radio Shack ?

[Eugene Beer]

In Central Ohio, Electronic Supply Co. at www.esco-ohio.com  (save 40% on most parts if you register with a commercial acc’t) and

Universal Radio ( www.universal-radio.com ).  UR has many RF connectors and adapters as well as dummy load boxes.

 

Eugene Beer

Chief Engr, WCRS-LP, WGRN-LP, WCRM-LP, and W252AY translator  

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: grc [mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org] On Behalf Of David Goodman via grc
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 5:11 PM
To: Max
Cc: GRC list
Subject: Re: [grc] WHERE do DIY'ers go for your electronic parts now that insane management killed Radio Shack ?

 

You-Do-It Electronics in Needham, MA

 <http://www.youdoitelectronics.com/> http://www.youdoitelectronics.com/

 

cheers,

dg

 

 

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Max via grc < <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org> grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:

 

> WHERE do DIY'ers go for your electronic parts now that insane 

> management killed Radio Shack ?

> 

> I didn't expect the transmitter to have a BNC RF output!  So this is 

> what I need to get back on the air!

>  <https://www.radioshack.com/products/bnc-connector> https://www.radioshack.com/products/bnc-connector Catalog #: 2780120

> 

> 

> "In a timeline created by Bloomberg, it was revealed that as a DIY 

> store, RadioShack became big. Geeks had somewhere to go to purchase 

> things for their projects.

> 

> It’s ironic that RadioShack is reaching its end at a time when DIY 

> projects are re-emerging, especially with the Internet of Things (IoT) 

> taking centerstage. There are now IoT solutions that can be created or 

> enhanced by tinkerers in their own homes just by purchasing a few 

> parts from DIY shops like RadioShack. But RadioShack’s people failed to leverage the IoT hype."

> 

>  <https://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/02/05/once-radioshack-is-> https://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/02/05/once-radioshack-is-

> gone-where-will-diy-ers-go/

> 

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