In terms of this post and Radioshack Meme…Radio Shack much of you most likely believe the store has actually been gone for years after all the company applied for personal bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned stores a few years later on the keyword there is company-owned stores dealer shops that were owned by independent entrepreneur stayed open among them happened to be within an hour and a half drive at my place new holland pennsylvania amish country here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i truly enjoyed is how the structure type of looked like a real shack here’s the within the radio shack it looks precisely as i keep in mind basically any sort of electronic or accessory can think of this store probably has the first wall included a bunch of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and battery chargers as some of you most likely remember to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas including the infamous antenna i tell individuals not to purchase however they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not knowledgeable about what i consider this design here is a short clip this design it’s junk junk
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scrap this piece of junk [Music] the model was actually set up 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 transmits on the vhf band this antenna design is known to not perform well for vhf what’s so ironic is behind the structures were some truly excellent older antenna designs in spite of my criticism of this antenna model i can understand why the owners decide to sell and show it it’s smaller and more consumer friendly the average person does not want a huge antenna on their roof despite the 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 basically any type of av cable and adapter imaginable this utilized to be my preferred area since i’m also a wedding videographer and lot of 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 neighboring i could stop at sadly that’s no longer the case another aisle featured merges battery ports and a bunch of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think accessories for mounting an outdoor antenna installing brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the very same wall there were video cable televisions and devices some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and smart device devices 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 cars and truck stereo devices speaker wire ethernet cables computer system cable televisions 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 actually need to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the store people would come in and say how they couldn’t think what they saw a radio shack with a lot of excellent products the general supervisor notified me that a person individual drove all the way from syracuse about four hours away just to experience a shop i know much of you are much closer than that so certainly consider taking a trip to take a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how remarkable it was to patronize one the shop has a lots of items i was looking at on amazon however never ever purchased due to the fact that i never ever saw the physical items but seeing them face to face was a totally various experience if you’re within driving range even if it’s a few hours definitely think about making a trip to this radio shack it stays in service thanks to support of local consumers and ideally a few of my viewers thanks to general supervisor ralph hess and owner steve lowen for permitting 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 signs i also 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 assisted you cut the cable if you just believe they’re cool and would like to support them all gaining unique benefits 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 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 email updates when i post brand-new videos feel free to sign up to my email list i attached a link in the description of the video remain tuned to my youtube channel for more cable cutting antenna communicated videos and possibly a see to a kmart and have an amazing day. Radioshack Meme