In terms of this post and Radioshack Files Chapter 11…Radio Shack a number of you probably think the shop has actually been opted for years after all the business applied for insolvency in 2015 and closed most company-owned shops a few years later the key word there is company-owned stores dealer stores that were owned by independent company owner remained open one of them occurred to be within an hour and a half drive at my place brand-new holland pennsylvania amish country here’s some shots of the beyond the radio shack what i actually enjoyed is how the building type of resembled an actual shack here’s the inside of the radio shack it looks exactly as i keep in mind basically any type of electronic or device can consider this shop probably has the very first wall contained a bunch 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 including the notorious antenna i inform individuals not to buy however they buy it anyway for those of you who are not knowledgeable about what i consider this model here is a brief clip this model it’s junk scrap
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junk this piece of junk [Music] the design was really set up 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 relays on the vhf band this antenna model is known to not carry out well for vhf what’s so paradoxical is behind the buildings were some really great older antenna designs in spite of my criticism of this antenna design i can understand why the owners choose to offer and show it it’s smaller and more consumer friendly the typical individual doesn’t desire a big antenna on their roof despite the better efficiency or in this case gaining the harrisburg abc affiliate the next design over had two-way radios and some diodes the next design had basically any type of av cable television and adapter you can possibly imagine this used to be my preferred area since i’m also a wedding videographer and often times i would go to a wedding event and forget a specific audio cable required for the microphone during the ceremony and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack close-by i could stop at sadly that’s no longer the case another aisle included merges battery adapters and a bunch of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think devices for mounting an outdoor antenna installing brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the same wall there were video cables 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 look at all of them designs in the middle of the store had automobile stereo accessories 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 fond memories i experienced in the store can’t be totally shared in this video alone you actually need to see it on your own the whole time i was at the shop individuals would come in and state how they could not believe what they saw a radio shack with a lot of excellent 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 understand a number of you are much closer than that so certainly think about travelling to take a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how amazing it was to shop at one the store has a ton of items i was looking at on amazon however never ever ordered due to the fact that i never saw the physical products however seeing them personally was a totally various experience if you’re within driving distance even if it’s a few hours absolutely consider making a journey to this radio shack it stays in service thanks to assistance of regional customers and hopefully some of my audiences thanks to general manager ralph hess and owner steve lowen for permitting me to go to their place make this video both are licensed hams so you know you are getting excellent things at the store if you want to connect to either of them here are their call signs i likewise attach 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 cable if you simply believe they’re cool and would like 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 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 would like to receive e-mail updates when i publish new videos do not hesitate to sign up to my e-mail list i attached 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 awesome day. Radioshack Files Chapter 11