In terms of this post and Radioshack Market Street…Radio Shack many of you most likely believe the store has actually been chosen years after all the business declared insolvency in 2015 and closed most company-owned shops a few years later the keyword there is company-owned stores dealer shops that were owned by independent entrepreneur remained open among 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 beyond the radio shack what i really loved is how the building kind of looked like a real shack here’s the within the radio shack it looks exactly as i keep in mind pretty much any sort of electronic or accessory can think about this shop probably has the first wall consisted of a bunch of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and chargers as some of you probably keep in mind to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas featuring the infamous antenna i tell individuals not to buy but they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not aware of what i think of this model here is a short clip this design it’s scrap junk
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junk this piece of junk [Music] the model was really installed outdoors and hooked into a television set i went through the channels and just as i expected it was not picking up the abc affiliate whtm which relays on the vhf band this antenna design is known to not perform well for vhf what’s so paradoxical lags the buildings were some truly good older antenna models in spite of my criticism of this antenna model i can understand why the owners decide to sell and display it it’s smaller sized and more consumer friendly the typical person doesn’t desire a big antenna on their roofing regardless of the much better efficiency or in this case gaining the harrisburg abc affiliate the next design over had two-way radios and some diodes the next style had basically any kind of av cable television and adapter possible this utilized to be my favorite area due to the fact that i’m also a wedding videographer and often times i would go to a wedding and forget a specific audio cable television required for the microphone throughout the ceremony and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack nearby i could stop at sadly that’s no longer the case another aisle featured merges battery adapters and a lot of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think accessories for mounting an outside antenna installing brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the same wall there were video cable televisions and accessories some two-way radios phone wires phones themselves and smart device accessories including this actually 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 store had car stereo devices speaker wire ethernet cable televisions computer system cables blank media and whoa blank cassette tapes at this radio shack i can actually buy a cassette deck record onto a blank cassette and if the heads get dirty
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just buy a head cleaner the nostalgia i experienced in the store can’t be totally shared in this video alone you really have to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the store individuals would can be found in and say how they could not believe what they saw a radio shack with a lot of great products the general manager notified me that one person drove all the way from syracuse about four hours away simply 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 amazing it was to patronize one the shop has a ton of products i was looking at on amazon but never ever ordered due to the fact that i never saw the physical products however seeing them face to face was a completely various experience if you’re within driving distance even if it’s a few hours absolutely consider making a trip to this radio shack it remains in business thanks to support of regional customers and hopefully some of my audiences thanks to general supervisor ralph hess and owner steve lowen for allowing me to go to their place make this video both are certified hams so you know you are getting great things at the shop if you want to reach out to either of them here are their call indications i likewise connect them in the description of this video an extra thanks to everybody who supports me on patreon or is a member of my youtube channel if my videos have actually helped you cut the cable if you simply think they’re cool and would like to support them all acquiring 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 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 would like to receive email updates when i publish brand-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 cable cutting antenna relayed videos and potentially a see to a kmart and have an amazing day. Radioshack Market Street