In terms of this post and Radioshack Blue Yeti…Radio Shack many of you probably believe the store has been gone for years after all the business filed for insolvency in 2015 and closed most company-owned stores a couple of years later the keyword there is company-owned shops dealer stores that were owned by independent entrepreneur stayed open among them occurred to be within an hour and a half drive at my area new holland pennsylvania amish country here’s some shots of the beyond the radio shack what i really enjoyed is how the structure sort of resembled a real shack here’s the within the radio shack it looks precisely as i remember pretty much any kind of electronic or accessory can think of this shop 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 notorious antenna i inform people not to purchase but they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not familiar with what i think about this design here is a short clip this model it’s junk junk
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scrap this piece of junk [Music] the model was actually 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 broadcasts on the vhf band this antenna design is known to not carry out well for vhf what’s so paradoxical lags the structures were some actually great older antenna models in spite of my criticism of this antenna model i can understand why the owners choose to offer and display it it’s smaller sized and more consumer friendly the typical individual doesn’t desire a huge antenna on their roofing in spite of the better efficiency or in this case gaining the harrisburg abc affiliate the next style over had two-way radios and some diodes the next design had practically any sort of av cable television and adapter you can possibly imagine this utilized to be my preferred section due to the fact that i’m also a wedding videographer and many times i would go to a wedding event and forget a particular audio cable needed for the microphone throughout the event and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack neighboring i might stop at regrettably that’s no longer the case another aisle featured fuses battery adapters and a bunch of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think accessories for mounting an outside antenna mounting brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the exact same wall there were video cable televisions and devices some two-way radios phone wires phones themselves and smart device accessories including this truly 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 cars and truck stereo accessories speaker wire ethernet cable televisions computer system cables blank media and whoa blank cassette tapes at this radio shack i can literally buy a cassette deck record onto a blank cassette and if the heads get filthy
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just purchase a head cleaner the nostalgia 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 store people would can be found in and say how they couldn’t believe what they saw a radio shack with many great items the general supervisor notified me that a person individual drove all the way from syracuse about 4 hours away simply to experience a shop i know many of you are much closer than that so definitely think about taking a trip to check out this radio shack seriously i forgot how remarkable it was to shop at one the store has a ton of items i was looking at on amazon however never purchased due to the fact that i never ever saw the physical items however seeing them personally was an absolutely various experience if you’re within driving range even if it’s a few hours definitely consider making a trip to this radio shack it remains in business thanks to support of local consumers and ideally a few of my viewers thanks to general supervisor ralph hess and owner steve lowen for enabling me to go to their area make this video both are licensed hams so you understand you are getting great things at the shop if you want to connect to either of them here are their call signs i likewise connect them in the description of this video an additional thanks to everyone who supports me on patreon or belongs to my youtube channel if my videos have assisted you cut the cord if you just think they’re cool and wish 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 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 wants to receive e-mail updates when i post new videos feel free to register to my email list i attached a link in the description of the video remain tuned to my youtube channel for more cord cutting antenna communicated videos and possibly a visit to a kmart and have a remarkable day. Radioshack Blue Yeti