"Joseph Fenn" wrote in message
va.net...
Ref Radio Shack. does anybody on here remember the 1st Radio shack??
The one called "Boston Radio Shack". It was the only one in the
country and it was the original one. I was told the new Radio shack
bought out the rights to the title. The old Boston Radio Shack was
truly a hams delight back in the late 30's.
They had Catalogs available for a postage stamp too something
present day Radio Shacks no longer offer.
Joe

It was still a great place to shop in the late 40's and early 50's. Lots of
surplus on the ground level and then I think the ham stuff was on the
mezzanine. Somewhere in the early 50's, I remember seeing ads for the
Cosmophone desktop kw/receiver. I wonder if any of them actually were sold.

Leanne - W1WXS

Caveat Lector this is for you buddy. If you think ham radio
and MARS/AARS/Marine Mars is out of the picture nowadays I suggest
maybe you had your head in the outhouse hole in the board.
WW2 was actually fought by COMMS guys of all kinds mostly
hams. Its still being done today in IRAQ and Afganistan
and its those same hams and descendants of Hams that are
doing the job both in the military and in the Volunteer hams
such as I am one of. So think twice before you rave on.
I have a QCWA certificate showing continuous service for 70
years as a licensed ham. So cut out the snootty attitude!
Joe/KH6JF
P.S. I dont have a cell phone and never will. I dont have
cable tv and never will. I dont have a VISTA computer
on the internet and never will. I used my head and stick with
my old Commodore 128 which is totally imune to any virus ever
created or could be created in the future. Its my internet machine
and will remain so for that reason. I have 4 laptops which I enjoy
for listening to my favorits music while I play Solitare!!
Hence I dont pay for constant upgrades of virus software every
few months either.


************************************************** ********
* Ham KH6JF AARS/MARS ABM6JF QCWA WW2 VET WD RADIO SYSTEM*
* Army MARS PRECEDED by AARS (Army Amateur Radio System) *
* Hi State ARMY MARS COORDINATOR *
************************************************** ********

Heh!! What make you think it is only the CEO's?
This last year before Mom passed away I had to go to a
drugstore (where they are SUPPOSE to be educated)
and it took 4 trips to get one prescription filled correctly. I find the
same incompetence at nearly every turn of the consumer
trail. I am not even sure they require a reading and
writing skill anymore. If you guess you way through all
the "computer applications" the stores have, your in.
Stores with workers wearing "How may I help you" on
their work clothes and then rush past you like you
were not even there. Ok.... let me see if this spell
checker works.....






"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
...
On 02/20/06 02:56 am Richard Crowley wrote:

Guess I'm aging myself. This was back in 1983-1986. LOL

Yes, that was back when they had BOTH...
1) Good help (folk who knew a resistor from their elbow)
2) Actual corporate cognizance of what the electronics
business is. In the last few years, it seems to me that the management
in Texas doesn't know (or care) whether
they are in the electronics business, or selling fried
chicken or furniture.

US companies (*perhaps* companies in other countries too, but probably to
a lesser extent) don't care whether their CEOs know anything about their
particular products or services. Someone can go from a fast-food co. to a
computer co., to an automobile manufacturer, to a health-care corporation,
all the while knowing very little about the specifics of the industry and
getting a salary and benefits many times (hundreds of times?) more than
the CEO of a European company who actually has a degree in electrical
engineering or whatever is relevant to the company's products.

"Perce"
(aka Alan NV8A)

Well bless your head in the sand attitude!!!
I hope the terrorists don't find your long/lat location on a
terraserver and getcha. They have all of it on there except
Area 51 heh so don't feel too safe. They just haven't
mastered the launch and guidance yet. Oh, I see your
close to the airports.
BTW FWIW Osama Been Hidin has millions and can
buy all them toys you scoff at... with the software.

Cheers.




"Joseph Fenn" wrote in message
va.net...
Caveat Lector this is for you buddy. If you think ham radio
and MARS/AARS/Marine Mars is out of the picture nowadays I suggest
maybe you had your head in the outhouse hole in the board.
WW2 was actually fought by COMMS guys of all kinds mostly
hams. Its still being done today in IRAQ and Afganistan
and its those same hams and descendants of Hams that are
doing the job both in the military and in the Volunteer hams
such as I am one of. So think twice before you rave on.
I have a QCWA certificate showing continuous service for 70
years as a licensed ham. So cut out the snootty attitude!
Joe/KH6JF
P.S. I dont have a cell phone and never will. I dont have
cable tv and never will. I dont have a VISTA computer
on the internet and never will. I used my head and stick with
my old Commodore 128 which is totally imune to any virus ever
created or could be created in the future. Its my internet machine
and will remain so for that reason. I have 4 laptops which I enjoy
for listening to my favorits music while I play Solitare!!
Hence I dont pay for constant upgrades of virus software every
few months either.


************************************************** ********
* Ham KH6JF AARS/MARS ABM6JF QCWA WW2 VET WD RADIO SYSTEM*
* Army MARS PRECEDED by AARS (Army Amateur Radio System) * * Hi
State ARMY MARS COORDINATOR *
************************************************** ********

But at least the store clerks aren't getting multi-million-dollar
salaries plus additional multi-million-dollar handshakes when it is
found that they don't have a clue how to make the company profitable.

"Perce"
(aka Alan NV8A)

On 02/20/06 05:51 pm Mr Fed UP wrote:

Heh!! What make you think it is only the CEO's?
This last year before Mom passed away I had to go to a
drugstore (where they are SUPPOSE to be educated)
and it took 4 trips to get one prescription filled correctly. I find the
same incompetence at nearly every turn of the consumer
trail. I am not even sure they require a reading and
writing skill anymore. If you guess you way through all
the "computer applications" the stores have, your in.
Stores with workers wearing "How may I help you" on
their work clothes and then rush past you like you
were not even there. Ok.... let me see if this spell
checker works.....

Guess I'm aging myself. This was back in 1983-1986. LOL
Yes, that was back when they had BOTH...
1) Good help (folk who knew a resistor from their elbow)
2) Actual corporate cognizance of what the electronics
business is. In the last few years, it seems to me that the management
in Texas doesn't know (or care) whether
they are in the electronics business, or selling fried
chicken or furniture.

US companies (*perhaps* companies in other countries too, but probably to
a lesser extent) don't care whether their CEOs know anything about their
particular products or services. Someone can go from a fast-food co. to a
computer co., to an automobile manufacturer, to a health-care corporation,
all the while knowing very little about the specifics of the industry and
getting a salary and benefits many times (hundreds of times?) more than
the CEO of a European company who actually has a degree in electrical
engineering or whatever is relevant to the company's products.

Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 02/20/06 02:56 am Richard Crowley wrote:

Guess I'm aging myself. This was back in 1983-1986. LOL


Yes, that was back when they had BOTH...
1) Good help (folk who knew a resistor from their elbow)
2) Actual corporate cognizance of what the electronics
business is. In the last few years, it seems to me that the
management in Texas doesn't know (or care) whether
they are in the electronics business, or selling fried
chicken or furniture.


US companies (*perhaps* companies in other countries too, but probably
to a lesser extent) don't care whether their CEOs know anything about
their particular products or services. Someone can go from a fast-food
co. to a computer co., to an automobile manufacturer, to a health-care
corporation, all the while knowing very little about the specifics of
the industry and getting a salary and benefits many times (hundreds of
times?) more than the CEO of a European company who actually has a
degree in electrical engineering or whatever is relevant to the
company's products.

"Perce"
(aka Alan NV8A)
Apparently in Radio Shack's case, they don't even care whether their
CEO's even went to college. The just-fired CEO lied on his
resume...instead of the standard MBA, he received a ThG (whatever that
is) after 3 years in some institution.

A theology degree.

Say hallelujah!

john

"Joseph Fenn" wrote ...
Ref Radio Shack. does anybody on here remember the
1st Radio shack?? The one called "Boston Radio Shack".
It was the only one in the country and it was the original one.

Tandy Leather in Texas bought the name from them and
the rest, as they say, is history.

Bill Turner wrote:

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

wrote:

One of the radio's we used was a Collins KWM2-A transciever and it
blew a tube and resistor on a vital communications link. Within 15
minutes, a new one was acquired at a local Tandy store and up and
running. Our maintenance chief owes his Air Force Commendation Medal
and a great deal of thanks to them.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Your maintenance chief did not have a spare tube and resistor on hand
for a "vital communications link"? Had I been his superior, he would
have gotten something far different than a Commendation Medal!

Mr Bill

I agree. I was a broadcast engineer for AFRTS in the early '70s.
Even though everything was considered "Depot level only", I kept our AM
radio and VHF TV stations on the air with what parts I could get through
the supply channels, and what I could scrounge from junk TVs and other
available electronics. I don't think there was a Radio Shack within a
day's drive, and the parts house in Fairbanks carried TV repair parts.
I even made a replacement tuner for our off air "Demod" used to monitor
over the air video and audio from parts of a junked Motorola portable TV
set. I got a promotion and a letter of commendation for my efforts.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

I will miss them if they go away altogether.
I remember when I was 13 living in Columbus Ohio. If I could get a
ride downtown it would only be on Saturday morning. Some of the
Radio-Electronics Stores were not interested in selling a kid
anything.

IBM was five years behind Radio Shack with the PC. Some of the RS
folks are technical, some are not. I have always found them willing to
work with me. I hope for a restructure that keeps the parts available.

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:52:08 -0500, "Percival P. Cassidy"
wrote:

http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/17/news...reut/index.htm

A pity, *perhaps*: they still did carry one or two items of use to radio
amateurs, and without requiring a long drive or paying more for shipping
than for the item.

"Perce"
(aka Alan NV8A)
John Ferrell W8CCW

"John Ferrell" wrote in message
...
I will miss them if they go away altogether.
I remember when I was 13 living in Columbus Ohio. If I could get a
ride downtown it would only be on Saturday morning. Some of the
Radio-Electronics Stores were not interested in selling a kid
anything.

IBM was five years behind Radio Shack with the PC. Some of the RS
folks are technical, some are not. I have always found them willing to
work with me. I hope for a restructure that keeps the parts available.

Parts??? Your RS has parts?? The RS stores around here are doing good to
carry a switch or knob.

-n6ojn