[Boatanchors] XLR connector

[J. Forster]

telegrapher at att.net wrote:

> I have been looking around for an XLR female type connector for a
> microphone i have here and other than Mouser not found one.  I stopped
> on my trip at a Radio Shack store in Scott City, KS. hoping that they
> might have such an animal.  What a good guess.  They had several
> different types hanging from their display racks, one was exactly what i
> needed and the cost was on par with Mouser etc.
>
> Course it helps if the owner of the store is a ham also.  Pretty fair
> line of parts and a real sharp set of people working there.  Both hams
> as a matter of fact.  SO don't sell all Rat shack places short.

I think it's more to do with the use of XLRs by rock bands.

-John