In terms of this post and Bankruptcy Radioshack…Radio Shack much of you probably think the shop has been gone for years after all the company applied for insolvency in 2015 and closed most company-owned shops a few years later on the key word there is company-owned stores dealer stores that were owned by independent business owners remained open among them happened to be within an hour and a half drive at my place new holland pennsylvania amish country here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i actually liked is how the building sort of resembled a real shack here’s the within the radio shack it looks exactly as i keep in mind pretty much any type of electronic or accessory can think of this store probably has the first wall included a lot of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and battery chargers as some of you most likely remember to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas featuring the notorious antenna i inform individuals not to purchase however they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not aware of what i think of this design here is a short clip this design it’s scrap junk
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junk this piece of junk [Music] the model was in fact set up outdoors and hooked into a television set i went through the channels and just as i expected it was not getting the abc affiliate whtm which broadcasts on the vhf band this antenna model is known to not carry out well for vhf what’s so paradoxical is behind the structures were some actually great older antenna models despite my criticism of this antenna model i can understand why the owners decide to sell and show it it’s smaller and more customer friendly the average person does not desire a huge antenna on their roofing in spite of the better efficiency or in this case acquiring the harrisburg abc affiliate the next style over had two-way radios and some diodes the next style had pretty much any type of av cable television and adapter you can possibly imagine this used to be my favorite area due to the fact that i’m likewise a wedding event videographer and many times i would go to a wedding and forget a particular audio cable required for the microphone throughout the event and there ‘d always be a radio shack neighboring i might stop at unfortunately that’s no longer the case another aisle featured merges battery ports and a lot of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think accessories for mounting an outside antenna installing brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the exact same wall there were video cable televisions and devices some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and mobile phone accessories including this truly cool bluetooth cassette adapter it can’t be a radio shack without radios take a look at all of them styles in the middle of the store had cars and truck stereo devices speaker wire ethernet cable televisions computer system cable televisions blank media and whoa blank cassette tapes at this radio shack i can literally purchase a cassette deck record onto a blank cassette and if the heads get dirty
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just purchase a head cleaner the fond memories i experienced in the store can’t be completely shared in this video alone you actually have to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the store individuals would come in and say how they couldn’t believe what they saw a radio shack with numerous great items the basic supervisor notified me that one individual drove all the way from syracuse about four hours away simply to experience a store i know a lot of you are much closer than that so definitely consider travelling to check out this radio shack seriously i forgot how remarkable it was to shop at one the shop has a ton of items i was taking a look at on amazon but never ordered since i never ever saw the physical items however seeing them in person was a completely various experience if you’re within driving range even if it’s a couple of hours absolutely think about making a journey to this radio shack it stays in business thanks to support of local clients and ideally a few of my audiences thanks to general supervisor ralph hess and owner steve lowen for enabling me to go to their place make this video both are certified hams so you know you are getting good things at the shop if you want to reach out to either of them here are their call signs i also connect them in the description of this video an extra thanks to everybody who supports me on patreon or is a member of my youtube channel if my videos have actually helped you cut the cable if you just believe they’re cool and would like to support them all getting unique advantages such as behind the scenes content access to my videos ad for your one day early and direct contact with me check out patreon.com forward slash antennaman or click the sign up with button this video if you’re on facebook you can like my facebook page at facebook.com forward slash antennaman pa if you’re not on facebook wants to get e-mail updates when i post new videos do not hesitate to sign up to my e-mail list i connected a link in the description of the video remain tuned to my youtube channel for more cord cutting antenna passed on videos and potentially a check out to a kmart and have a remarkable day. Bankruptcy Radioshack