In terms of this post and Radioshack 20-106 Reset…Radio Shack much of you probably think the shop has actually been gone for years after all the company applied for bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned stores a couple of years later on the key word there is company-owned stores dealer stores that were owned by independent entrepreneur remained open among them happened to be within a half and an hour drive at my location new holland pennsylvania amish country here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i really loved is how the structure type of resembled an actual shack here’s the within the radio shack it looks precisely as i keep in mind pretty much any type of electronic or accessory can think of this store most likely has the very first wall contained a lot of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and chargers as some of you probably remember to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas featuring the notorious antenna i tell individuals not to purchase however they buy it anyway for those of you who are not knowledgeable about what i think about this model here is a brief clip this model it’s junk scrap
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junk this piece of junk [Music] the design was really installed outdoors and hooked into a television set i went through the channels and just as i expected it was not picking up the abc affiliate whtm which transmits on the vhf band this antenna model is known to not perform well for vhf what’s so ironic is behind the structures were some really excellent older antenna designs despite my criticism of this antenna model i can comprehend why the owners choose to sell and show it it’s smaller sized and more customer friendly the average person does not desire a huge antenna on their roofing despite 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 practically any kind of av cable television and adapter possible this used to be my preferred area because i’m also a wedding videographer and often times i would go to a wedding event and forget a specific audio cable television required for the microphone throughout the ceremony and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack neighboring i might stop at sadly that’s no longer the case another aisle included fuses battery ports and a lot of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you believe devices for mounting an outside antenna installing brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the same wall there were video cables and devices some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and smart device devices including this actually cool bluetooth cassette adapter it can’t be a radio shack without radios look at all of them styles in the middle of the store had car stereo accessories speaker wire ethernet cable televisions computer system cables 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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simply purchase a head cleaner the fond memories i experienced in the shop can’t be entirely shared in this video alone you truly need to see it on your own the whole time i was at the shop people would be available in and state how they could not think what they saw a radio shack with a lot of excellent products the general supervisor informed me that one person drove all the way from syracuse about four hours away simply to experience a shop i know a number of you are much closer than that so definitely consider taking a trip to check out this radio shack seriously i forgot how remarkable it was to patronize one the shop has a lots of items i was taking a look at on amazon but never ordered due to the fact that i never ever saw the physical items but seeing them in person was an absolutely 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 service thanks to assistance of local consumers and hopefully a few of my viewers thanks to general supervisor ralph hess and owner steve lowen for permitting me to go to their location make this video both are certified hams so you understand you are getting great stuff at the store if you want to reach out to either of them here are their call signs i likewise attach them in the description of this video an extra thanks to everyone who supports me on patreon or is a member of my youtube channel if my videos have helped you cut the cable if you just think they’re cool and wish to support them all gaining exclusive 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 would like to receive email updates when i publish new videos feel free to sign up to my email list i attached a link in the description of the video stay tuned to my youtube channel for more cable cutting antenna communicated videos and perhaps a visit to a kmart and have an awesome day. Radioshack 20-106 Reset