On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Schoonover wrote: > [snip] >> >> That's a bummer. Now that Gateway is gone, there's not much around to >> get good prices on components. Oh, and Mouser closed their parts >> counter too. I'll have to check if Western Radio is still around, but >> IIRC, they were pretty expensive. Luckily, Radio Shack still has a >> small supply of basic stuff. Mail order I've had good luck with Dan's >> Kits and Small Parts. I'm in the process of building a radio interface >> to one of my radios for soundcard and rig control using FLDigi on >> Ubuntu. > > Willy's Electronics <http://www.willyselectronics.com> has a store in > National City and will be opening a new store close to the old Gateway store > and "That Technical Bookstore" on Complex Street in Kearny Mesa. I picked up > a flier from their booth at the Del Mar Electronics Show which says they > will be holding an open house on Thursday, 15 May with a 10% discount on > everything purchased that day. The store in National City was pretty well > stocked. Haven't been to the one in Kearny Mesa yet. > > Gus
Thanks Gus! That's great to know. I have a few hardware projects I'd like to do this year, and the thought of having to pay $8 S&H on $10 worth of parts really chaps me. I might get back into my old skills of recycling old VCRs and TVs for my projects. When I was a kid I used to stop by this little TV repair shop, and they'd give me all I could carry. Spend the weekend pulling good parts out of them. Now that analog TV broadcasting will be turned off next Feb, there could be a huge supply of TVs and VCRs.... -- Mark Schoonover, CMDBA http://www.linkedin.com/in/markschoonover http://marksitblog.blogspot.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
