In terms of this post and Radioshack 2014…Radio Shack many of you most likely think the store has actually been opted for years after all the company declared insolvency in 2015 and closed most company-owned shops a couple of years later the keyword there is company-owned shops dealer stores that were owned by independent business owners remained open among them happened 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 really liked is how the building type of looked like an actual shack here’s the within the radio shack it looks exactly as i remember pretty much any sort of electronic or device can consider 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 battery chargers as some of you most likely remember to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas featuring the infamous antenna i inform individuals not to purchase however they buy it anyway for those of you who are not knowledgeable about what i think of this model here is a short clip this design it’s junk scrap
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scrap this piece of junk [Music] the model was actually 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 design is understood to not perform well for vhf what’s so ironic lags the structures were some truly good older antenna designs despite my criticism of this antenna model i can comprehend why the owners decide to sell and display it it’s smaller sized and more consumer friendly the average individual does not desire a big antenna on their roof despite 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 design had pretty much any type of av cable and adapter you can possibly imagine this used to be my preferred section since i’m also a wedding event videographer and lot of times i would go to a wedding and forget a specific audio cable required for the microphone during the ceremony and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack neighboring i could stop at unfortunately that’s no longer the case another aisle included fuses battery adapters and a bunch of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think devices for mounting an outdoor antenna mounting brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the exact same wall there were video cables and devices some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and smart device devices including this really cool bluetooth cassette adapter it can’t be a radio shack without radios look at all of them designs in the middle of the shop had automobile stereo devices speaker wire ethernet cable televisions 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 unclean
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just purchase a head cleaner the fond memories i experienced in the store can’t be entirely shared in this video alone you actually have to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the store individuals would can be found in and say how they couldn’t think what they saw a radio shack with many excellent products the basic manager informed me that one person drove all the way from syracuse about 4 hours away simply to experience a shop i understand a lot of you are much closer than that so definitely think about travelling to take a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how amazing it was to shop at one the shop has a lots of products i was looking at on amazon but never purchased due to the fact that i never saw the physical products but seeing them in person was a totally different experience if you’re within driving distance even if it’s a few hours certainly think about making a trip to this radio shack it stays in service thanks to support of local consumers and hopefully some of my audiences thanks to general manager ralph hess and owner steve lowen for enabling me to go to their location make this video both are certified hams so you understand you are getting great stuff at the shop if you wish to reach out to either of them here are their call signs i likewise 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 helped you cut the cord if you just believe they’re cool and would like to support them all acquiring exclusive advantages such as behind the scenes content access to my videos advertisement 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 wishes to receive e-mail updates when i publish new videos feel free to register 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 relayed videos and potentially a see to a kmart and have an amazing day. Radioshack 2014