This Week in Amateur Radio #996 Here is a summary of the news trending this week, March 31, 2018. This week’s Easter edition is anchored by, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fittee, NF2F,and Jessica Bowen, KB2VWX. Produced and edited (and a little anchoring too) by W2XBS. Running Time: 0:55:12 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR996 Trending […]
Tag: radio shack
via HACKADAY: Relive Radio Shack’s Glory Days by Getting Goofy
City’s Radio Shack one of the last still in business (Kansas)
At one time, there were more than 7,300 Radio Shack stores nationwide and in four foreign countries. That number has steadily dropped as the business model changed and stores were closed. Now, there are less than 600 stores – with one of those few standing in Derby at 707 N. Baltimore. It’s a franchise store, […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #975
This Week in Amateur Radio #975 Week of November 4, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR975 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. November 04, 2017. This weeks edition is anchored by, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, and Jessica Bowen, KB2VWX. Produced and edited (and a little anchoring too) by […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #974 (YouTube Video)
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #974
This Week in Amateur Radio #974 Week of October 28, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR974 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. October 28, 2017.This weeks edition is anchored by, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Fred Fittee, NF2F and Jessica Bowen, KB2VWX. Produced and edited (and a little anchoring […]
via the ARRL: Tennessee RadioShack Re-Opens, Partners with Local Ham Radio Club
The Citizen Tribune newspaper in Tennessee recently reported that a newly re-opened RadioShack store in Jefferson City has partnered with the Lakeway Amateur Radio Club (LARC) to offer licensing classes. Manager Reed Freers also created a new addition to the store, which he has described as the “Makers’ Space,” the newspaper said. This open area of the store will be home […]
Independent RadioShack Dealers Unleashed By Latest Bankruptcy
RadioShack’s second bankruptcy in two years may have brought its company-owned stores to the edge of oblivion, but it has apparently sparked a renaissance among the chain’s approximately 425 independent franchisees. As Wisconsin dealer-owner PJ Kruschel explains, inventory is beginning to flow again, and the departure of the corporate stores has ramped up customer demand […]
via HACKADAY: A Goldmine Of Radio Shack Goodies Is Up For Auction
Where did you buy the parts for your first electronic project? That’s a question likely to prompt a misty-eyed orgy of reminiscences from many Hackaday readers, if ever we have heard one. The chances are that if you are from North America or substantial parts of the English-speaking world, you bought them from a store […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #941
This Week in Amateur Radio #941 Week of March 11, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR941 Running Time: 1:43:41 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This is for Edition #941 with a release and air date of Saturday, March 11, 2017. This weeks edition is anchored by Will Rogers, K5WLR, […]
RadioShack May Be Down For The Count
This could be the last call for RadioShack. General Wireless Operations, the company that runs the approximately 1,500 remaining RadioShack stores, is reportedly about to file for bankruptcy protection. But unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg said the bankruptcy will likely lead to liquidation rather than another stab at reorganizing. If so, the endgame comes two […]
via HACKADAY: Rotary Cell Phone: Blast from a Past that Never Was
The 1970s called and they want their rotary dial cell phone back. Looking for all the world like something assembled from the Radio Shack parts department – remember when Radio Shack sold parts? – [Mr_Volt]’s build is a celebration of the look and feel of a hobbyist build from way back when. Looking a little […]