In terms of this post and Radioshack’s First Programmable Handheld Calculator…Radio Shack a number of you probably believe the store has actually been opted for years after all the company declared personal bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned shops a few years later the key word there is company-owned stores dealership stores that were owned by independent entrepreneur stayed open one of 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 actually liked is how the structure type of looked like a real shack here’s the inside of the radio shack it looks precisely as i remember pretty much any kind of electronic or accessory can consider this store probably has the very first wall included a bunch of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and battery chargers as a few of you probably remember 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 anyway for those of you who are not familiar with what i think about this design here is a short clip this model it’s junk scrap
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scrap this piece of junk [Music] the design was actually installed outside 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 design is understood to not perform well for vhf what’s so ironic is behind the buildings were some truly excellent older antenna models regardless of my criticism of this antenna model i can comprehend why the owners decide to offer and display it it’s smaller sized and more consumer friendly the average 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 design over had two-way radios and some diodes the next design had practically any type of av cable television and adapter possible this utilized to be my favorite area due to the fact that i’m also a wedding event videographer and sometimes i would go to a wedding event and forget a particular audio cable television needed for the microphone throughout the ceremony and there ‘d always be a radio shack nearby i could stop at regrettably that’s no longer the case another aisle featured fuses 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 same wall there were video cable televisions and accessories some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and mobile phone accessories including this really 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 automobile 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 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 truly need to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the store people would come in and say how they could not think what they saw a radio shack with a lot of excellent items the basic manager notified me that one person drove all the way from syracuse about four hours away simply to experience a shop i understand a lot of you are much closer than that so definitely consider travelling to take a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how awesome it was to patronize one the store has a ton of items i was looking at on amazon however never bought because i never ever saw the physical products 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 think about making a journey to this radio shack it remains in organization thanks to assistance of regional customers and hopefully a few of my audiences thanks to basic manager 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 good stuff at the shop if you want to connect to either of them here are their call signs i likewise attach 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 helped you cut the cord if you just think they’re cool and would like to support them all acquiring special advantages 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 wishes to get 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 relayed videos and perhaps a visit to a kmart and have a remarkable day. Radioshack’s First Programmable Handheld Calculator