"RHF" wrote in news:1114839753.604499.31250
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

IMHO - The 'good news' would be...
"The Source by Circuit City"
comes to the USA )
~ RHF
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Don't get me wrong, Radio Shack/The Source up here is not like the old days
when I was a kid, when an entire 30 foot wall was parts. Now, it's only
half the wall, and they sell satelite dishes instead of TV antennas
(although the latter is orderable to a store). Resistors, transistors,
capacitors, rectifers are available, but mostly the common types. However,
they do have every connector imaginable for 75 ohm and 50 ohm coax, along
with many adapters to go between types, which was invaluable in my
shortwave radio buying spree of the last year. Of course they have
cellphones, but not excessively. I think about 6-8 feet of wall space is
devoted to cellphones. The same company also owns a chain of stores that
specialize in cell phones, so I don't think they want to overdo the cell
phones in radio shack, er, I mean The Source. One other thing that has
changed in the last 5 years is no scanners.

Comparing the US and Canadian "Radio Shack" websites, the US one only
carries the cash-cow Grundig crank radios for shortwave (which I understand
are very high margin items and are actually quite popular for camping),
whereas the Canadian one carries those (of course, they are money makers)
as well as the much maligned S350, the Satellit 800, the YB-400PE, and a
few other assorted types.