[GreenKeys] OT the end of radio shack?

[Don Robert House]

Also do not forget the cost of gasoline in the equation...
I have found that MOUSER and JAMECO are my best sources for parts.
DIGIKEY has more stock but they also have minimum quantities required.

Best,
Don
K9TTY
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On 20 Jun 2014, at 10:16 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jun 2014, Gil Smith wrote:

> Radioshack has only been a place where I MAYBE will find something I  
> need
> today, but usually not.  I can also drive across town to the  
> slightly-better
> Fry's Electronics.

At least you have that option.  No Fry's within hundreds of miles for  
me.
And I do occasionally find things I need at Radio Shack - was surprised
they had fuses of a size I needed, but they did.
> What should Radioshack be today if they did things right?  Well, this:
> https://www.sparkfun.com/
> http://www.adafruit.com/
Well maybe, but I can't see them selling much of that in stores like
theirs that are in towns as small as 5000  
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