[Scan-DC] Last Md RS to close

Thu Apr 17 08:26:27 EDT 2025

I bought a Realistic T-shirt that was available at radioshack.com just after they declared bankruptcy the first time. I've had a few people comment on it, "Is that Realistic, like the old RadioShack brand? How old is that shirt?!"

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From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Mike Rumberg <michael.rumberg at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 5:40 PM
To: scan-dc <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Last Md RS to close

One of the mentors on my son's Robotics Team proudly wears his RS name tag
at each competition...

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 3:43 PM Steve <restonham at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Andy.  I don’t know why some folks use cryptic titles with no
> details and expect others to understand what they are saying.  I grew up in
> NYC and became a ham when I was 16.  Lafayette Electronics and Radio Shack
> were my main parts suppliers when I built or fixed my rigs.  I would
> occasionally go down to Radio Row in lower Manhattan, but they weren’t
> overly friendly to young people.  My first scanner was from RS - they were
> fairly easy to program and were in a time when few (if any) people had
> PCs.  Now my iPhone has an unbelievable amount computing power and memory
> compared to my Timex Sinclair and later my Commodore 64.  What I liked
> about Radio Shack was that they were very helpful knowledgeable.  I had no
> idea that any were left.
>
> Steve
>
> > On Apr 16, 2025, at 15:20, Andy Long via Scan-DC <
> scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >
> > I think he was trying to post something like this:
> >
> > "
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> >> On 4/15/2025 12:23 PM, Steve Siegel wrote:
> >> Maybe read the subject line?
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