[cva66snipe]

I used to go there a lot as a kid to pick up transistor radio kits to build. Many years later I went there to buy my scanners and a working mans Multi-Meter that I could actually see the needle and chart while using it. I like lots of insulation on my test leads LOL. No complaints about the products I purchased as such. Really circuit boards and chips hurt them. HAM Operators began going to mail order specialty companies like Grove. I still have my trust Pro-2045 desktop police scanner. The hand held scanners though were weak in the antenna jack to board area.

Something else to factor in as well. RS was in about every mall in the nation. Look at how many malls have also closed.

My last few trips to RS was for motion sensors for outside security which they wanted $80 and and didn't operate within the specified distance listed. So I took it back. Harbor Freight wanted $15 and the enclosure looked much more weather resistant. Decent alarm for the price. I got a lot further range with Harbor Freights sensors. I also went looking for a Direct TV inline amp and that too was overpriced.

I doubt one in 500 RS clerks can cite the resistor value coding :>}

[Norm Lenhart]

My last trip involved getting a few simple, common caps and resistors, along with shrink tubing and a few associated things. The long time bread and bread and butter of the business. I’m no hardcore wirehead but I can do basic stuff and read a schematic. All I wanted to do was do a simple guitar pedal mod on a Boss DS1, which is a pretty simple job. A nice couple hour project.

All kidding aside, they had the shrink tubing. So there’s that I suppose...