Re: [IRCA] RadioShack Has Essentially Shut All Its Stores

["R. Colin Newell" <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

There are around three electronics shops on Main St. in Vancouver that cater to DIY ENGINEER and hacker types. 

I've been in - amazing to see dozens of young teen and 20-something boys and girls buying discrete electronic components. 

Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC

> On Jun 7, 2017, at 6:31 PM, Theo <theod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Gidday:
> 
> RP Electronics still exist: they've moved from the West 4th Ave location in Kitsilano to a mini-mall store-front on Rupert, just south of the BNSF/CN railway tracks and across from Real Canadian Superstore.
> 
> It's been a while since I visited, but they had become a computer-geekish bits n' pieces store.  I was after covered wire with a specific colour for use as a simple antenna that matched my building's decor!  And found nuffink.
> 
> The other amateur/SW-friendly places... one down deep on Victoria Drive (used to be the major ICOM dealer) and Dubberley's on Davie have long gone.
> 
> Theo
> 
> PS Is it just me, or has the IRCA list system changed, whereby if you hit 'reply' you no longer respond to the 'list' address but to the poster's personal address?
> 
>> On 6/7/2017 4:57 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
>> Doesn't the Vancouver area still have a real storefront parts supplier Theo?    R P Electronics if I remember correctly?    We still have Queale in Victoria, better than the Canadian Radio Shack ever was for parts, though can't compete with the selection of Digi-Key etc.
>> 
>> Do any other such individual suppliers exist in other parts of Canada or the U.S.?
>> 
>> best wishes,
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At 22:44 07-06-17, Theo wrote:
>>> Years ago Tandy got rid of its Radio Shack stores in Canada... and later
>>> removed the local right to use the brand name... so they became The
>>> Source at Circuit City.. but when the US portion of that was liquidated,
>>> they morphed to just The Source.
>>> 
>>> The stores seem to be surviving, though don't look for much in the way
>>> of radio stuff.  The local mall close to home used to have two outlets
>>> -- and there are still another three that I'm aware of within 10 km.
>>> 
>>> Theo
>>> Burnaby, BC
>>> 
>>>> On 6/7/2017 11:09 AM, billy brooks wrote:
>>>> Maybe the shack will reorganize and call itself "olsen electronics".
>>>> Stranger things have happened.
>>>> 
>>>> Bill brooks
>>>> Waynesburg,pa
>>>> Drake r8a      wellbrook  ala1530lnp
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> IR
>> Nick Hall-Patch
>> Victoria, BC
>> Canada
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