SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, has updated his portable SDR setup to achieve a lower noise floor by implementing a Wellbrook UMB130 balun.
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This is a perfect example of using analytics to gain insights into the customer and their buying needs. If and as “the shack” returns to becoming a community based store that “has answers” to customer questions it can return to prominence once again.
Thankfully, they did not go the big box route like others that are now downsizing to smaller retail footprints.
Radio Shack in canada was bought by a Telco years ago, then another Telco bought a camera chain to attempt to sell more wireless handsets.
Target Canada is closing all their stores and Best Buy bought Future Shop so no surprise that retail is changing
I love this radio and electronics stuff and we all have our stories on how Radio Shack played an important role in our lives and hobby