Here is a link to a old radio shack catalog site,its fun looking at all the old/vintage radios.
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Where are the Ham Radios?
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NWI_Scanner_Guy
SCANNING THE AIRWAVES SINCE 1987
I believe the manager of the RS my best friend and I used to visit back in our teen years (about 30 some years ago) was a ham. I know he knew a lot about radio theory and such. We bought an AM radio broadcasting kit (thing had a range of about 50 feet LOL) but couldn't get it working once we got it together. We took it back to the store and the manager spent about an hour with us going over every detail, explaining how it all worked. By the time we were done, we had it working perfectly.
Unfortunately you won't find that kind of customer service in many (if any) RS stores today, especially if you're a 15 y/o kid.
As to ham radios at the Shack, I know there are quite a few 10mtr mobiles sold on flea-bay.
W2IBC
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only thing radio cell phone shack has is... well cell phones
The last time I went in to buy something at Radio Shack was almost 6 years ago,I went to get a PL259/BNC connecter.
W2IBC
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did they actually have it?
Last time I was in one, I needed a pl259.. couldnt find it anywhere.. so I was forced to ask. what did I get?
uhhh I never heard of that phone model.
K9WG
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I purchased one of the last HTX-10 transceivers sold by RS in Indy. Paid $89. It has been a great little rig for 10-M
Yup,they had it.
Phantom1989
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reedeb
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YUP got an HTX 202 HT back in 96 and the next yr just before they discontinued em, the HTX 212 2 mtr mobile [STILL have em both and still operable]. I know what every says about the Shack. I went in for a battery and all they seem to care about is phones. NOT like the old days when I would walk into a RS and play with the new scanners [and program some freqs in while I was at it] AHHH the good old days..
reedeb
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That's probably one of the reasons those guys on Channel 6 buy import radios.
NAW!! They're just retards.
K9WG
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HA!
They have removed the reference to Ham Radios from the CB web page.....
They have removed the reference to Ham Radios from the CB web page.....
W8RMH
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Good Job
Great work.
HA!
They have removed the reference to Ham Radios from the CB web page.....
Great work.
That's ok they are totally lacking update on their website if you look for Business/Marine Radios, you get GMRS and Marine. So I guess GMRS is business band by them? Radio shack has lost touch with it's base of selling radios, and more into TV's, and phones, etc not the Radio Shack anymore.
ropin4gold
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I am a big fan of gigaparts. Good prices and fast shipping.
KJ4ZIN
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Me too. In the local store here, I have seen some FRS radios and scanners. They don't have any ham radios though. I wonder how long they will still sell radios.
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A Radio Shack in a mall a few miles away from me have a scanner or two with a cb radio on display,they also have a some radio accessories to.But thats about it.
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jhooten
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I had to wait for the right guy to be in the store. His first and all most immediate reply was "you can find the pretty cheap at hamfests", chuckling as he said it. He also said to go to the contract stores is smaller markets and look on the clearance table and ask the people. Sometimes you can find some NIB covered in years of dust still in stock.
The reply should be, "They are gone. Just like any other product in the store, when there is not a stong demand for a item, it is discoutuned and no longer sold." Pretty simple.
When did they stop selling Ham Radios exactly?
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