In terms of this post and Radioshack Audio Showroom…Radio Shack much of you most likely believe the shop has been gone for years after all the business declared insolvency in 2015 and closed most company-owned stores a few years later the key word there is company-owned stores dealership stores that were owned by independent business owners remained open among them took place to be within an hour and a half drive at my place brand-new holland pennsylvania amish country here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i truly liked is how the building kind of resembled an actual shack here’s the inside of the radio shack it looks precisely as i keep in mind pretty much any type of electronic or accessory can think about this store probably has the very first wall consisted of a bunch of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and battery chargers as some of you probably remember to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas including the notorious antenna i inform individuals not to purchase however they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not familiar with what i consider this design here is a short clip this model it’s scrap scrap
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junk this piece of junk [Music] the design was in fact installed outside and hooked into a tv set i went through the channels and just as i anticipated it was not picking up the abc affiliate whtm which transmits on the vhf band this antenna model is understood to not carry out well for vhf what’s so paradoxical lags the buildings were some actually excellent older antenna designs in spite of my criticism of this antenna model i can comprehend why the owners choose to offer and show it it’s smaller sized and more consumer friendly the average individual does not want 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 walkie-talkies and some diodes the next style had pretty much any sort of av cable and adapter you can possibly imagine this utilized to be my preferred area due to the fact that i’m also a wedding event videographer and sometimes i would go to a wedding event and forget a particular audio cable needed for the microphone throughout the ceremony and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack neighboring i could stop at sadly 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 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 accessories some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and smartphone devices including this actually 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 accessories speaker wire ethernet cables 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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simply purchase a head cleaner the fond memories i experienced in the shop can’t be entirely shared in this video alone you really have to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the shop individuals would come in and state how they couldn’t believe what they saw a radio shack with many terrific products the basic manager notified me that a person individual drove all the way from syracuse about 4 hours away just to experience a shop i know a lot of you are much closer than that so certainly consider travelling to take a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how remarkable it was to patronize one the store has a ton of items i was taking a look at on amazon however never ever purchased due to the fact that i never saw the physical products however seeing them face to face was an absolutely various experience if you’re within driving range even if it’s a few hours absolutely think about making a journey to this radio shack it stays in business thanks to assistance of local customers and hopefully a few of my audiences thanks to general manager ralph hess and owner steve lowen for allowing me to go to their area make this video both are licensed hams so you understand you are getting good stuff at the store if you wish to connect to either of them here are their call signs i also connect them in the description of this video an extra thanks to everyone who supports me on patreon or belongs to my youtube channel if my videos have actually helped you cut the cord if you simply think they’re cool and want to support them all acquiring exclusive advantages such as behind the scenes content access to my videos ad for your one day early and direct contact with me go to 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 wants to get email updates when i post new videos feel free to register 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 visit to a kmart and have an incredible day. Radioshack Audio Showroom