[BC] Can anyone help?

[Jerry Mathis]

And what I've discovered is that the few that remain don't keep anything on 
the shelf unless they move at least a hundred or more of them a week.

When I moved to Tupelo MS, I found Bluff City Electronics. At the time, I 
thought, Great! Now I can find parts when I need them.

Nope. They don't stock transistors. They have a limited stock of 1/4 watt 
and 1/2 watt resistors, a FEW 1 watt resistors. Type N connectors? We can 
get'em overnight. Even fuses and light bulbs usually have to be ordered. 
Their selection of capacitors I see on the rack is smaller than at Radio 
Shack.

I can get lots of Cat5 cable, RJ-45 connectors, and a few varieties of small 
RF connectors. Computer stuff in other words.

I'll put in a plug for Hooper's in Meridian MS. As close to an old-time 
electronics supply store as I've seen lately. Practically everything I've 
asked for there, they have it. It's fun to just walk down the aisles and 
browse.



Jerry Mathis
Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS




>From: BOYDSIRBOYD at aol.com
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>Subject: Re: [BC] Can anyone help?
>Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 22:44:07 EDT
>
>yea, i'd like to know too where this town is.
>all the electronic parts stores around here and in my old home town have 
>gone
>to the wayside.
>all have closed up shop and are no longer around.
>SOUTHEASTERN ELECTRONICS IN ASHEVILLE, N.C.  gone.
>ACRO ELECTRONICS IN EAST CHICAGO, IND.    gone
>and radio shack has gotten rid of 80% of their parts.
>go out and try to find a single 10 meg resistor 1/2 or higher any where,
>can't do it can ya.
>everything is online only, and very few places don't have a minimum.
>i've ordered from one or two that don't have minimum order cost. but then
>there's the wait.
>WHERE HAVE ALL THE LOCAL ELECTRONIC SHOPS HAVE GONE?????
>
>bill
>
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