In terms of this post and Radioshack 1990…Radio Shack many of you probably think the shop has actually been gone for years after all the business filed for personal bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned stores a few years later on the keyword there is company-owned stores dealer stores that were owned by independent company owner stayed open among them occurred to be within a half and an hour drive at my place brand-new holland pennsylvania amish nation here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i actually loved is how the building sort of looked like a real shack here’s the inside of the radio shack it looks exactly as i remember pretty much any type of electronic or device can consider this shop probably has the very first wall consisted of a bunch of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and chargers as a few of you most likely keep in mind to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas including the notorious antenna i inform individuals not to purchase but 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 model it’s junk scrap
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scrap this piece of junk [Music] the model was really set up outside and hooked into a tv set i went through the channels and just as i expected it was not picking up the abc affiliate whtm which relays on the vhf band this antenna model is understood to not carry out well for vhf what’s so ironic lags the structures were some really excellent older antenna models despite my criticism of this antenna design i can understand why the owners choose to offer and display it it’s smaller sized and more consumer friendly the typical individual doesn’t desire a huge antenna on their roof in spite of the much better efficiency or in this case gaining the harrisburg abc affiliate the next design over had walkie-talkies and some diodes the next style had pretty much any kind of av cable television and adapter possible this utilized to be my favorite section because i’m also a wedding videographer and many times i would go to a wedding and forget a particular audio cable television needed for the microphone during the event and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack neighboring i could stop at sadly that’s no longer the case another aisle featured fuses battery adapters and a bunch of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think devices for mounting an outside antenna mounting brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the same wall there were video cable televisions and accessories some two-way radios phone wires phones themselves and smartphone devices including this truly cool bluetooth cassette adapter it can’t be a radio shack without radios look at all of them styles in the middle of the shop had automobile stereo devices speaker wire ethernet cables computer system cable televisions blank media and whoa blank cassette tapes at this radio shack i can literally buy a cassette deck record onto a blank cassette and if the heads get filthy
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simply purchase a head cleaner the fond memories i experienced in the shop can’t be completely shared in this video alone you truly need to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the shop individuals would come in and state how they could not think what they saw a radio shack with numerous terrific products the general manager notified me that one individual drove all the way from syracuse about 4 hours away just to experience a shop i know many of you are much closer than that so definitely consider taking a trip to have a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how remarkable it was to shop at one the store has a ton of products i was looking at on amazon but never ever purchased since i never ever saw the physical items but seeing them in person was a completely various experience if you’re within driving range even if it’s a few hours definitely think about making a journey to this radio shack it remains in organization thanks to support of regional consumers and hopefully a few of my audiences thanks to general supervisor ralph hess and owner steve lowen for enabling me to go to their area make this video both are licensed hams so you understand you are getting great stuff at the store if you want to connect to either of them here are their call indications i likewise attach them in the description of this video an additional thanks to everybody who supports me on patreon or is a member of my youtube channel if my videos have actually assisted you cut the cord if you simply believe they’re cool and would like to support them all getting special benefits such as behind the scenes content access to my videos ad for your one day early and direct contact with me visit 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 would like to receive e-mail updates when i post brand-new videos feel free to sign up to my e-mail list i connected a link in the description of the video stay tuned to my youtube channel for more cord cutting antenna communicated videos and potentially a see to a kmart and have an awesome day. Radioshack 1990