[teunispeters]

All of this was so very inaccessible from North Western Canada. (mind, still is, but Internet makes vast gulfs of space seem so much smaller)

When I could get there, Heathkit (~1200km south) or Radio Shack (wow do I ever miss them carrying electronics!) were go-tos. These days, it's order online or ... nothing, really.

[Brian_K_White]

Heathkit had physical locations? I had only ever seen magazine ads for mail order kits in 73 & QSL etc. A Heathkit store would probably blow my mind. :)

[teunispeters]

When I was a kid, there was a physical store around Boundary Road in Vancouver BC area/Canada. (or it could have been another name of a store, carrying their products. I was 12 when I moved to the far north!)