In terms of this post and Radioshacks First Calculator 1972…Radio Shack much of you probably think the store has actually been chosen years after all the business declared personal bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned stores a few years later on the key word there is company-owned shops dealer shops that were owned by independent entrepreneur remained open one of them happened to be within a half and an hour drive at my location new holland pennsylvania amish nation here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i truly liked is how the structure sort of resembled a real shack here’s the inside of the radio shack it looks precisely as i keep in mind practically any kind of electronic or accessory can consider this shop most likely has the very first wall contained a lot of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and battery chargers as a few of you most likely keep in mind to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas including the notorious antenna i tell individuals not to buy but they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not knowledgeable about what i think about this design here is a short clip this design it’s scrap junk
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scrap this piece of junk [Music] the model was really set up outdoors and hooked into a tv set i went through the channels and just as i anticipated it was not getting the abc affiliate whtm which relays on the vhf band this antenna model is understood to not perform well for vhf what’s so paradoxical is behind the structures were some truly great older antenna models despite my criticism of this antenna design i can understand why the owners choose to offer and show it it’s smaller sized and more customer friendly the typical person doesn’t desire a big antenna on their roof regardless of the much better efficiency or in this case acquiring the harrisburg abc affiliate the next design over had walkie-talkies and some diodes the next design had practically any kind of av cable and adapter imaginable this used to be my preferred area because i’m likewise 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 event and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack neighboring i might stop at sadly that’s no longer the case another aisle featured fuses battery adapters and a bunch of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you believe devices 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 devices some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and smartphone devices 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 shop had car stereo devices speaker wire ethernet cables computer system cables blank media and whoa blank cassette tapes at this radio shack i can literally buy a cassette deck record onto a blank cassette and if the heads get filthy
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just buy a head cleaner the fond memories i experienced in the shop can’t be completely shared in this video alone you really 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 could not believe what they saw a radio shack with so many fantastic products the basic manager notified me that one person drove all the way from syracuse about 4 hours away simply to experience a store i understand many of you are much closer than that so certainly think about travelling to have a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how incredible it was to patronize one the shop has a ton of products i was taking a look at on amazon but never ever ordered because i never saw the physical items but seeing them face to face was a totally different 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 service thanks to assistance of local consumers and ideally some of my audiences thanks to basic manager ralph hess and owner steve lowen for permitting me to go to their location make this video both are licensed hams so you know you are getting great stuff at the shop if you want to connect to either of them here are their call signs i also connect them in the description of this video an additional thanks to everyone who supports me on patreon or is a member of my youtube channel if my videos have assisted you cut the cable if you simply believe they’re cool and would like to support them all acquiring unique advantages such as behind the scenes content access to my videos ad for your one day early and direct contact with me visit 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 wishes to get email updates when i post brand-new videos do not hesitate to register to my e-mail list i attached a link in the description of the video stay tuned to my youtube channel for more cord cutting antenna communicated videos and potentially a visit to a kmart and have an awesome day. Radioshacks First Calculator 1972