In terms of this post and Radioshack Super Tuner…Radio Shack a number of you probably think the shop has been opted for years after all the business applied for personal bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned shops a few years later on the keyword there is company-owned shops dealer shops that were owned by independent entrepreneur stayed open one of them took place 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 really loved is how the building type of looked like a real shack here’s the within the radio shack it looks exactly as i keep in mind practically any sort of electronic or accessory can consider this store most likely has the very first wall included a lot of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and battery chargers as some of you probably remember to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas including the notorious antenna i inform people not to purchase but they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not familiar with what i think about this model here is a brief clip this design it’s scrap scrap
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scrap this piece of junk [Music] the design was really installed 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 broadcasts on the vhf band this antenna design is known to not carry out well for vhf what’s so paradoxical is behind the buildings were some truly great older antenna models 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 average person does not desire a huge antenna on their roofing regardless of the much better performance or in this case getting the harrisburg abc affiliate the next design over had walkie-talkies and some diodes the next style had practically any type of av cable television and adapter you can possibly imagine this utilized to be my favorite area since i’m also a wedding event videographer and sometimes i would go to a wedding event and forget a specific audio cable television needed for the microphone during the ceremony and there ‘d always be a radio shack neighboring i could 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 believe devices for installing 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 two-way radios phone wires phones themselves and smart device accessories including this truly 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 automobile stereo devices speaker wire ethernet cable televisions computer cable televisions 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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just purchase a head cleaner the nostalgia 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 can be found in and say how they couldn’t believe what they saw a radio shack with a lot of terrific products the basic supervisor informed me that one person drove all the way from syracuse about 4 hours away just to experience a shop i understand many of you are much closer than that so definitely consider taking a trip to have a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how awesome it was to shop at one the shop has a ton of items i was taking a look at on amazon but never ordered due to the fact that i never ever saw the physical products however seeing them personally was a completely different experience if you’re within driving range even if it’s a couple of hours absolutely consider making a trip to this radio shack it remains in service thanks to support of local clients 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 licensed hams so you understand you are getting good 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 is a member of 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 visit 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 publish brand-new videos feel free to sign up to my email list i attached a link in the description of the video stay tuned to my youtube channel for more cable cutting antenna passed on videos and perhaps a visit to a kmart and have an incredible day. Radioshack Super Tuner