In terms of this post and Radioshack Newark De College Square…Radio Shack many of you most likely believe the shop has actually been gone for years after all the company applied for insolvency in 2015 and closed most company-owned shops a few years later on the keyword there is company-owned stores dealership shops that were owned by independent business owners stayed open among them happened to be within a half and an hour drive at my area new holland pennsylvania amish country here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i actually loved is how the building kind of looked like an actual shack here’s the inside of the radio shack it looks exactly as i keep in mind practically any sort of electronic or accessory can think about this shop most likely has the first wall contained a bunch of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and chargers as a few of you probably keep in mind to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas featuring the infamous antenna i inform people not to buy however they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not familiar with what i think of this design here is a short clip this design it’s junk scrap
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scrap 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 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 ironic is behind the buildings were some really excellent older antenna designs in spite of my criticism of this antenna design i can comprehend why the owners choose to sell and display it it’s smaller and more consumer friendly the typical individual does not want a huge antenna on their roofing regardless of the better efficiency or in this case getting the harrisburg abc affiliate the next style over had walkie-talkies and some diodes the next style had pretty much any sort of av cable television and adapter imaginable this used to be my favorite area 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 during the event and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack nearby i might stop at unfortunately that’s no longer the case another aisle featured fuses battery connectors and a lot of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think devices for mounting an outside antenna installing brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the exact same wall there were video cables and devices some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and smart device devices including this actually cool bluetooth cassette adapter it can’t be a radio shack without radios look at all of them styles in the middle of the store had car stereo accessories speaker wire ethernet cable televisions computer cables blank media and whoa blank cassette tapes at this radio shack i can actually purchase a cassette deck record onto a blank cassette and if the heads get unclean
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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 have to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the shop individuals would come in and say how they could not believe what they saw a radio shack with a lot of excellent products the general manager 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 absolutely consider taking a trip to check out this radio shack seriously i forgot how incredible it was to shop at one the shop has a ton of products i was looking at on amazon however never ever bought due to the fact that i never saw the physical items however seeing them face to face was a totally various experience if you’re within driving distance even if it’s a couple of hours definitely consider making a journey to this radio shack it remains in service thanks to assistance of regional customers and hopefully some of my viewers thanks to basic 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 great things at the store if you wish to connect to either of them here are their call indications i also connect them in the description of this video an extra thanks to everybody who supports me on patreon or belongs to my youtube channel if my videos have actually assisted you cut the cord if you simply think they’re cool and want to support them all getting 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 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 email updates when i post new videos feel free to sign up to my email list i connected a link in the description of the video stay tuned to my youtube channel for more cord cutting antenna communicated videos and potentially a check out to a kmart and have an awesome day. Radioshack Newark De College Square