[Lowfer] RS, Allied, Electrocomponents etc

[Paul Daulton]

I find the history of our hobby, the manufacturers, and suppliers to be 
very interesting. 

Our President Truman once said " The only thing about the future we 
don't know is the history we havent read."

Thanks for your comments,Alan

73 Paul Daulton k5wms

Quoting Alan Melia <alan.melia at btinternet.com>:
> It may be interesting to you to know where the RS name on the UK distributor
> comes from. After the WWII (it may have been active before but I doubt it)
> there were a lot of small workshops repairing old domestic radios and some
> of the brand new televisions. The firm Radiospares was set up to supply
> these and had reps on the road who would carry samples and take orders, deal
> with complaints or returns. The reps were still visiting my company in
> the1990s. They hated being refered to as "the man from Radiospares"....but
> it was a good wind-up. Their title of RS Components was a 70s "rebranding"
> exercise as they branched out to supply a wider range of product. This
> possibly occured after a take-over or merger by Electrocomponents, a
> competitor. Their existance and also the existance of a firm already called
> called The Radio Shack but with no connection, in the UK prevented the using
> the name in this country and so they traded as Tandy in the late 70s. 
>
> Alan G3NYK
>
>
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Paul Daulton K5WMS
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