In terms of this post and Sprint Phone 2000 Radioshack…Radio Shack many of you probably believe the shop has been chosen years after all the company applied for personal bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned stores a couple of years later the keyword there is company-owned shops dealer shops that were owned by independent entrepreneur stayed open among them occurred to be within a half and an hour drive at my area new holland pennsylvania amish nation here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i actually enjoyed is how the building kind of resembled an actual shack here’s the inside of the radio shack it looks precisely as i keep in mind basically any type of electronic or accessory can think of this shop probably 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 infamous antenna i inform people not to purchase but they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not knowledgeable about 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 in fact set up outdoors and hooked into a television set i went through the channels and just as i anticipated it was not getting the abc affiliate whtm which broadcasts on the vhf band this antenna model is known to not perform well for vhf what’s so ironic lags the buildings were some truly excellent older antenna designs despite my criticism of this antenna model i can understand why the owners decide to offer and display it it’s smaller sized and more customer friendly the average person doesn’t desire a huge antenna on their roofing system in spite of the better performance or in this case gaining the harrisburg abc affiliate the next design over had two-way radios and some diodes the next design had basically any type of av cable and adapter imaginable this utilized to be my favorite section due to the fact that i’m also a wedding videographer and lot of times i would go to a wedding event and forget a specific audio cable needed for the microphone throughout the event and there ‘d always be a radio shack neighboring i could stop at regrettably that’s no longer the case another aisle included fuses battery connectors and a bunch of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think devices for installing an outdoor antenna mounting 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 actually 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 cable televisions computer cable televisions 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 dirty
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simply buy a head cleaner the fond memories i experienced in the store can’t be entirely shared in this video alone you really have to see it on your own the whole time i was at the store people would can be found in and state how they couldn’t believe 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 4 hours away simply to experience a store i understand much of you are much closer than that so absolutely think about travelling to take a look at this radio shack seriously i forgot how remarkable it was to shop at one the shop has a ton of products i was looking at on amazon but never bought due to the fact that i never saw the physical items but seeing them face to face was a totally various experience if you’re within driving distance even if it’s a couple of hours certainly think about making a trip to this radio shack it stays in company thanks to support of local consumers and ideally a few of my audiences thanks to general supervisor ralph hess and owner steve lowen for allowing me to go to their location make this video both are certified hams so you know you are getting good stuff at the shop if you wish to connect to either of them here are their call signs i likewise attach them in the description of this video an extra 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 think they’re cool and would like to support them all getting exclusive advantages such as behind the scenes content access to my videos ad for your one day early and direct contact with me go to 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 wants to receive email updates when i post new videos do not hesitate to register to my e-mail list i attached a link in the description of the video remain tuned to my youtube channel for more cable cutting antenna passed on videos and potentially a see to a kmart and have a remarkable day. Sprint Phone 2000 Radioshack