In terms of this post and Radioshack Black Friday Deals…Radio Shack a number of you most likely believe the shop has been gone for years after all the business filed for personal bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned shops a few years later the key word there is company-owned stores dealership stores that were owned by independent company owner stayed open one of them happened 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 really loved is how the building kind of looked like an actual shack here’s the inside of the radio shack it looks precisely as i remember pretty much any type of electronic or device can think of this shop most likely has the first wall included a lot of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and battery chargers as a few of you most likely keep in mind to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas featuring the notorious antenna i inform people not to buy but they buy it anyway for those of you who are not aware of what i think of this design here is a brief clip this model it’s scrap junk
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scrap this piece of junk [Music] the design was in fact installed outdoors and hooked into a tv set i went through the channels and just as i expected it was not getting 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 actually great 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 individual doesn’t desire a big antenna on their roofing regardless of the much better performance or in this case gaining the harrisburg abc affiliate the next design over had walkie-talkies and some diodes the next design had basically any kind of av cable and adapter imaginable this used to be my favorite area since i’m likewise a wedding videographer and many times i would go to a wedding event and forget a specific audio cable required for the microphone during 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 featured merges battery connectors and a bunch of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think devices for installing an outdoor antenna mounting brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the same wall there were video cable televisions and devices some two-way radios phone wires phones themselves and smartphone accessories including this actually cool bluetooth cassette adapter it can’t be a radio shack without radios take a look at all of them designs in the middle of the store had vehicle stereo devices speaker wire ethernet cables 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 filthy
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simply buy a head cleaner the nostalgia i experienced in the store 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 store people would be available in and state how they couldn’t think what they saw a radio shack with so many great items the general manager informed me that one person drove all the way from syracuse about 4 hours away just to experience a shop i understand a number of you are much closer than that so absolutely consider travelling to take a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how incredible it was to shop at one the store has a ton of products i was taking a look at on amazon however never bought because i never ever saw the physical products however seeing them face to face was an absolutely various experience if you’re within driving distance even if it’s a couple of hours absolutely think about making a journey to this radio shack it stays in service thanks to support of regional consumers and ideally some of my audiences thanks to basic manager 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 excellent things at the shop 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 extra thanks to everyone who supports me on patreon or is a member of my youtube channel if my videos have actually helped you cut the cord if you just think they’re cool and would like to support them all getting unique benefits 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 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 wishes to receive e-mail updates when i publish new videos do not hesitate to register to my email 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 possibly a check out to a kmart and have a remarkable day. Radioshack Black Friday Deals