"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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I was looking for a shorter RG58 cable in RS a couple weeks ago because
my 20' was all wound up (not enough room) and it was causing QRM.

???!!!

Hey Linus, you were right, the twit was wrong. He demonstrated an attitude
that is becoming increasingly prevalent. He seemed to think that he was
doing you a favor by allowing you to shop there. This is happening a lot
lately and more people need to raise hell about it. Without the customer,
they're nothing. I think Radio Shack's days are numbered anyway. As they
drop more and more of the radio and parts lines that made them unique, they
have to compete with other (and better) stores for cell phones and satellite
TV sales.

"GrtPmpkin32" wrote in message
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i worked at the shack to pay my way through college

Good for you, more people ought to have that drive.

and hated
dealing with customers who couldnt find what they were looking for or
even
knew what it was they were looking for.

Hey, no one put a gun to your head and forced you to work at R.S., or
anywhere
else for that matter. There are ALWAYS a fair amount of customers who
haven't
the slightest clue if they're even in the right store, let alone know
exactly
what they need. That's WHY there are basic rules of conduct and assistance
in
the retail business, which, unfortunately, you didn't feel the need to
exercise. Be bitter about having to deal with 'idiots', but don't take it
out
on the very base which supported your paycheck and got you through
college.

it is not our job to find a magic
piece for you

Actually, it is, if you want to stay in business. R.S.'s own advertising
and
marketing attitudes claim exactly that.

you apparenlty knew what you needed so why bother the
employees, just let them ring you up

There's the right attitude about retail and customer service... 'Don't
bother
the help'... hell, why not just get rid of the employees and let the
customer
find their stuff and ring it up themselves? OH, wait, then you wouldn't
have
had anywhere to work through college...


so i might even give someone the cold shoulder to go
help a cell phone

Glad I never visited your store. You'd have been taken to task.

dont rip on the shack employees for your short comings.

When someone is supposed to know what they sell, and they don't know what
they
sell, it is hardly a shortcoming of the customer. I had an R.S. employee
tell
me (when I didn't even ask him about it, was just looking through the
headphones shelf) that simple walkman headphones wouldn't work with the
output
from a portable MP3/CD player, because the phones 'were the wrong
megahertz'...
and this guy was a manager.
And when an employee INTENTIONALLY ignores a customer who may not give
them a
bigger sale, THAT also is a shortcoming of the employee's personal
attitude,
and if defended or never questioned by the employer, then it's the
employer's
shortcoming as well. The customer's knowledge or lack thereof has nothing
to do
with ****ty service.
Not every R.S. store is that bad, some are terrific, most are average. And
the
FACT is that the AVERAGE R.S. store couldn't care less about the customer
who's
looking for less than $10 of merchandise. Disagree? Let's see what you
wrote:

let them sell phones and make more money than selling $10.94 worth of
connectors
Yep, just like the sour looks one may get asking for a ketchup packet from
the
girl across the counter at a fast food place. Just because you're bitter
about
being there doesn't mean the customer's being an idiot, it just means you
feel
like the world owes you more than you're getting.
Right.
Most other franchise-retail stores I frequent aren't even CLOSE to the
level of
ignorance about their products and shameless disregard for their
customers, as
your average R.S. store. I still shop there when needed, of course, and
RARELY
if ever approach the employees, not because I'm afraid of 'bothering them'
(no,
Heaven forbid I enlist the services of a paid employee during business
hours...
I mean, let's not actually ask someone to DO the friggin' JOB they're paid
to
do, right?) but because they never have a satisfactory answer if I have a
question.
For a store which markets themselves as 'Having Answers', they fail
miserably,
ON AVERAGE.
Lord help us if you work retail again. Let us know which store so we can
stay
the hell away.
Linus

CW wrote:


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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I was looking for a shorter RG58 cable in RS a couple weeks ago because
my 20' was all wound up (not enough room) and it was causing QRM.

???!!!

Heh. The 20' lead in coax cable for my SW antenna-the cable I'd used
in a pinch when I moved in-was too long for the space it needed to
cover, and it was picking up spurious signals (electronic noise and
such). I know this because the signal would improve when I moved the
coax. So I went to RS to buy a shorter lead in cable.

If your coax is picking up signal then you have system problems. Just using
coax without proper configuration is a waste of money. You might as well use
hook up wire. In a properly functioning setup, that extra length would
actually be beneficial if it had any effect at all. A length of coax in a
coil can act as a very effective RF choke.

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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CW wrote:


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
I was looking for a shorter RG58 cable in RS a couple weeks ago
because
my 20' was all wound up (not enough room) and it was causing QRM.

???!!!

Heh. The 20' lead in coax cable for my SW antenna-the cable I'd used
in a pinch when I moved in-was too long for the space it needed to
cover, and it was picking up spurious signals (electronic noise and
such). I know this because the signal would improve when I moved the
coax. So I went to RS to buy a shorter lead in cable.

tommyknocker wrote:
Heh. The 20' lead in coax cable for my SW antenna-the cable I'd used
in a pinch when I moved in-was too long for the space it needed to
cover, and it was picking up spurious signals (electronic noise and
such).

Moving coax around should have no effect at all. How is your system
grounded?

--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

Neutrinos are into physicists.

John Miller wrote:

tommyknocker wrote:
Heh. The 20' lead in coax cable for my SW antenna-the cable I'd used
in a pinch when I moved in-was too long for the space it needed to
cover, and it was picking up spurious signals (electronic noise and
such).

Moving coax around should have no effect at all. How is your system
grounded?

Insulated, stranded copper wire hooked to a small pole stuck in the
earth.

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 19:28:46 GMT, "Eddie Haskel"
wrote:

Radio Shack's motto...."You have questions? we have batteries! Can I sell
you a cell phone today?"


Radio Shack - You got questions? We got SALESMEN!

Have a little fun with them. Always order some obscure repair part
for a Radio Shack-branded gadget, especially if he's trying to move a
high-profit cellphone account on you...(c;



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!

tommyknocker wrote:
John Miller wrote:

Moving coax around should have no effect at all. How is your system
grounded?

Insulated, stranded copper wire hooked to a small pole stuck in the
earth.

You have a multimeter? While your rig is all connected up, measure the
voltage, both DC and AC, between the shield of the coax and the ground
"hole" of one of your wall sockets. Please note that I am *not* suggesting
that your house electrical ground is a good RF ground (although it could
possibly be better than a small pole in the ground). But if there's
significant difference in electrical potential, it's a good indication that
your radio grounding system needs work or re-thinking.

Maybe someone can post a link to a site with good grounding info.

--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without the
supervision of a licensed engineer.

"Joe" wrote:

The stupid ass call 911 and told them I looked suspicious and was for asking
for Ferrets, eggs, and German diodes.

Heh! Should've told him that World War II is over.

BTW, Rat Shack stopped carrying 1N34s a couple years ago, so your wild
goose chase would've been no good under the best of circumstances.


--
Eric F. Richards,
"This book reads like a headache on paper."
http://www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/readi...one/index.html

The weird thing was that the only 6' they had has one male end and one
female end. How do they expect me to plug it in? At least they had a
double male connector so I didn't have to worry about that.

When in doubt Tommyknocker, 'adapt.' You know...lol....thank the Lord
(literally) for them. My two adapters I got are doing the job exactly like I
was wanting, I 'almost' thought it couldn't be done, but it sounded so simple
I knew there had to be a way. :-)

Question:That audio cable that I use for my external antenna 'sleeve' is a lot
longer than I need so I circled the majority of it up and put a swatch of tape
on it. This won't cause a problem will it? Having it wrapped like that.
Should I untape it and just let it hang? I mean, no one will see it or
anything, I just thought it'd be a little neater. {?}