In terms of this post and Radioshack 2000…Radio Shack many of you probably think the shop has been opted for years after all the company filed for personal bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned shops a few years later on the keyword there is company-owned stores dealer shops that were owned by independent entrepreneur remained open among them took place to be within a half and an hour drive at my location brand-new holland pennsylvania amish nation here’s some shots of the beyond the radio shack what i truly liked is how the building type of looked like a real shack here’s the inside of the radio shack it looks exactly as i remember practically any type of electronic or device can think about this store probably has the very first wall contained a lot of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and chargers as a few of you probably remember to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas including the infamous antenna i tell individuals not to buy but they buy it anyway for those of you who are not knowledgeable about what i consider this design here is a short clip this model it’s junk junk
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junk this piece of junk [Music] the design was actually installed outside 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 design is known to not perform well for vhf what’s so paradoxical lags the structures were some truly great older antenna models regardless of my criticism of this antenna design i can understand why the owners decide to offer and show it it’s smaller and more customer friendly the typical person doesn’t want a huge antenna on their roof in spite of the better performance or in this case acquiring the harrisburg abc affiliate the next design over had walkie-talkies and some diodes the next style had basically any sort of av cable and adapter you can possibly imagine this utilized to be my favorite area since i’m also a wedding videographer and sometimes i would go to a wedding and forget a specific audio cable needed for the microphone throughout the ceremony and there ‘d always be a radio shack close-by i might stop at regrettably that’s no longer the case another aisle included fuses battery adapters and a lot of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you believe accessories for mounting an outdoor antenna installing brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the very same wall there were video cable televisions and accessories 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 take a look at all of them styles in the middle of the shop had vehicle stereo accessories speaker wire ethernet cables computer cables blank media and whoa blank cassette tapes at this radio shack i can actually buy a cassette deck record onto a blank cassette and if the heads get dirty
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just purchase a head cleaner the nostalgia i experienced in the shop can’t be totally shared in this video alone you really have to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the store people would can be found in and state how they couldn’t think what they saw a radio shack with many terrific products the general supervisor notified me that a person person drove all the way from syracuse about 4 hours away simply to experience a shop i understand a number of you are much closer than that so absolutely think about taking a trip to check out this radio shack seriously i forgot how remarkable it was to patronize one the store has a lots of items i was taking a look at on amazon but never ever bought because i never ever saw the physical items however seeing them in person was a totally different experience if you’re within driving distance even if it’s a couple of hours absolutely think about making a trip to this radio shack it stays in business thanks to support of local clients and ideally a few of my viewers thanks to basic supervisor ralph hess and owner steve lowen for enabling me to go to their place make this video both are licensed hams so you understand you are getting good things at the store if you want to reach out to either of them here are their call indications i likewise connect them in the description of this video an additional thanks to everyone 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 just think they’re cool and would like to support them all gaining unique advantages such as behind the scenes content access to my videos advertisement for your one day early and direct contact with me visit patreon.com forward slash antennaman or click the join 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 do not hesitate to register to my e-mail list i attached a link in the description of the video remain tuned to my youtube channel for more cord cutting antenna passed on videos and perhaps a check out to a kmart and have an amazing day. Radioshack 2000