In terms of this post and Radioshack Digital Voice Recorder 43 127…Radio Shack many of you probably believe the store has actually been opted for years after all the company filed for insolvency 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 one of them occurred to be within a half and an hour drive at my area brand-new holland pennsylvania amish nation here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i truly 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 type of electronic or device can think about this shop probably has the first wall contained a lot of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and chargers as a few of you most likely remember to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas featuring the notorious antenna i tell people not to buy but they buy it anyway for those of you who are not familiar with what i think about this model here is a short clip this design it’s scrap junk
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scrap this piece of junk [Music] the design was really installed outdoors and hooked into a television set i went through the channels and just as i anticipated 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 paradoxical lags the buildings were some actually good older antenna designs despite my criticism of this antenna design i can understand why the owners decide to offer and display it it’s smaller sized and more customer friendly the average person doesn’t desire a big antenna on their roofing system regardless of the much better efficiency or in this case getting the harrisburg abc affiliate the next style over had two-way radios 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 since i’m likewise a wedding event videographer and many times i would go to a wedding event and forget a specific audio cable required for the microphone during the event and there ‘d always be a radio shack nearby i might stop at unfortunately that’s no longer the case another aisle featured fuses battery ports and a bunch 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 same wall there were video cable televisions and accessories some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and smartphone accessories including this truly 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 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 purchase a head cleaner the nostalgia i experienced in the shop can’t be entirely shared in this video alone you truly need to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the shop individuals would come in and say how they couldn’t think what they saw a radio shack with so many great products the general supervisor informed me that one person drove all the way from syracuse about four hours away just to experience a store i know many of you are much closer than that so definitely think about 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 products 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 personally was a completely various experience if you’re within driving range even if it’s a few hours definitely think about making a journey to this radio shack it stays in company thanks to support of regional customers and ideally some of my viewers thanks to general manager ralph hess and owner steve lowen for enabling me to go to their location make this video both are licensed hams so you understand you are getting excellent stuff at the store if you want to reach out to either of them here are their call indications i also connect them in the description of this video an additional thanks to everybody 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 want to support them all getting exclusive perks 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 get e-mail updates when i publish new videos feel free to register to my email list i connected a link in the description of the video stay tuned to my youtube channel for more cable cutting antenna communicated videos and potentially a visit to a kmart and have an incredible day. Radioshack Digital Voice Recorder 43 127