August 1947 QST
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
QST, published December 1915 - present (visit ARRL
for info). All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
Radio Shack, like so many of America's original great companies,
was born and lived long and prospered during its glory days, then eventually waned into insignificance
and obsolescence within the last decade or so. It is not always simply an unwillingness to adapt to
new technologies and methods that dooms them. The forces behind those life cycles are often beyond their
control because start-ups vying for market share do not carry the burden of and have to deal with established
investments in people, facilities, and infrastructure. This advertisement from a 1942 issue of
QST magazine was from the original Radio Shack in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was bought by Tandy Corporation
in the 1960s, then sold to hedge fund operator General Wireless in the mid 2000s. Radio Shack filed
for bankruptcy last year and the few remaining outlets are now run by Sprint.
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Posted March 4, 2016