On 1 Sep 2004 02:43:57 GMT, (Frank White)
wrote:

By selling CHEAP new technology and gadgets, imported
wholesale from China.

They don't sell American anymore...

They haven't since the 1970's. Their stuff is made in Taiwan, Korea,
the Phillipines...nothing new here.

They stay in business by selling overpriced cell phones, satellite Tv
subscriptions, and consumer electronic toys. Their other products such
as scanners, amateur radio gear, etc. is overpriced and not
competitive features-wise with other companies' offerings in those
markets, and their salespeople know basically nothing and are there to
try and sell you a phone.

My advice WRT Radio Scrap is, shop elsewhere, unless you are going in
at the end of the year when all their stuff is half price so they can
get rid of it to introduce next year's line - and then you might get a
bargain IF you kbow what you're doing and don't have to depend on the
sales people, and IF you're lucky and you can find what you want in
the store.

Radio Shack...you've got questions, we've got dumb looks.

John Kasupski, Tonawanda, New York
Amateur Radio (KC2HMZ), SWL/Scanner Monitoring (KNY2VS)
Member of ARES/RACES, ARATS, WUN, ARRL
http://www.qsl.net/kc2fng
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(Beloved Leader) wrote in message om...
GlennS wrote in message tnews.com...

How do they stay in business?


That's easy. Ask yourself how many CB radios are sold in a year. Now
ask yourself how many cellphones are sold in a year.

http://www.cellular.co.za/stats/stats-handsets.htm

CB technology has improved drastically in recent years. Remember 9-11?
Those cell phones DIDN'T WORK because the power was off. But a CB
radio will work whether the power company is supplying power or not.
There is no "cell tower" that needs power. Just the batteries in your
unit, or a car battery. If for no other reason, everyone should have
at least one CB radio to use in case of an emergency. Cobra, and
other brands, have kept improving their models over the years and now
offer even HAND-HELD UNITS WITH "SOUND TRACKER," which eliminates 90%
of all the noise.

They stay in business by selling silly-ass cell phones. That's it.


--James--

Don't get out much, do you?

"Dan" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:19:56 GMT, GlennS
Seriously, there can't be too many people looking for CB radios these
days. I didn't even know you could still buy them new.

Dan

New name for squelch.

"Gary" wrote in message

HAND-HELD UNITS WITH "SOUND TRACKER,"

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On Thu 02 Sep 2004 08:57:29p, "CW" no adddress@spam free.com wrote in
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New name for squelch.

"Gary" wrote in message

HAND-HELD UNITS WITH "SOUND TRACKER,"




They give you the squelch for free, then stick it to you when it comes
time
to replenish the squelch-oil...


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By selling new technology and gadgets, not 40 year old stuff. :-)


one of the radio shacks near me has still-brand-new cb radios for sale. never
been opened. But they use crystals!!! and have only either two or four
channels.

This was in 2004.

I know because it was printed on the cb and cb packages theirselves. "two-watt
four-channel crystal-controlled cb radio".

but they didn't have any pro-96 nor any scanners at all.

they did have a lot of cellphones.

CB radio is still an active communications medium,
quite widely used. Especially in emergencies.

true. Where I'm at, cb radio is still very active.

(Stereophile22) wrote in rec.radio.shortwave...

CB radio is still an active communications medium,
quite widely used. Especially in emergencies.

true. Where I'm at, cb radio is still very active.

I've found that out in the week that I've had my handheld. I
haven't used a CB in over 15 years, and figured that with the
proliferation of cell phones, there would be far less traffic on them
now. Wrong answer. Even the handheld picks up 2 or 3 conversations
at a time on channel 19. Anyway, the handheld was enough to give me
the bug again, and I'm putting my Antron 99 back on the roof today,
and dusting off all my old radios. The two I've checked of the seven
in the attic still work.

Glenn S.
Virginia Beach, VA
Rat Shack DX-399
66' x 15' "L" shaped copper wire

....and a whole bunch of CB's

GlennS wrote in message tnews.com...
(Stereophile22) wrote in rec.radio.shortwave...

CB radio is still an active communications medium,
quite widely used. Especially in emergencies.

true. Where I'm at, cb radio is still very active.

I've found that out in the week that I've had my handheld.


I probably have about a half dozen CBs. My take: it's the biggest
waste of bandwidth on the planet. It has tremendous potential for
communications, homeland security, etc., but instead, it has been
taken over by a bunch of foul-mouthed idiots.

A couple of years back, I put forth a fair amount of effort to install
a CB in my car when I was headed up I-270 in Maryland to go
snowboarding in Pennsylvania. I turned it on, and listened to it for
about fifteen minutes. I thought I was hearing George Carlin's "Seven
Dirty Words" running on an endless loop. I turned off the radio, and
when I got back home, I took it out of my car.

In the DC area, channel 6 "The Bowl" is quite active. Don't get on The
Bowl if you don't have an echo chamber sound effect gizmo and a linear
amp attached to your CB.

The potential is there. The reality falls far short. I wish that
weren't so.