In terms of this post and Thomson Tv & Radioshack…Radio Shack a lot of you most likely believe the shop has actually been opted for years after all the company declared personal bankruptcy in 2015 and closed most company-owned stores a couple of years later on the keyword there is company-owned stores dealer stores that were owned by independent business owners stayed open one of them occurred to be within an hour and a half drive at my place brand-new holland pennsylvania amish nation here’s some shots of the outside of the radio shack what i really loved is how the structure type of looked like a real shack here’s the within the radio shack it looks precisely as i keep in mind basically any type of electronic or device can think about this store most likely has the first wall consisted of a lot of cb radios and antennas the wall behind the counter held batteries and chargers as some of you probably remember to the right of the counter was a wall with some antennas including the infamous antenna i tell people not to purchase but they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not aware of what i think about this design here is a brief clip this model 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 anticipated it was not getting the abc affiliate whtm which relays on the vhf band this antenna design is known to not perform well for vhf what’s so paradoxical is behind the structures were some actually excellent older antenna designs despite my criticism of this antenna design i can comprehend why the owners decide to offer and display it it’s smaller sized and more customer friendly the average person does not want a huge antenna on their roofing system in spite of the 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 basically any sort of av cable television and adapter you can possibly imagine this utilized to be my preferred section due to the fact that i’m also a wedding event videographer and many times i would go to a wedding event and forget a particular audio cable needed for the microphone throughout the event and there ‘d always be a radio shack close-by i could stop at sadly that’s no longer the case another aisle included 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 very same wall there were video cables and devices some two-way radios phone wires phones themselves and smartphone devices including this truly 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 cars and truck stereo accessories speaker wire ethernet cables computer cable televisions 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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just purchase a head cleaner the fond memories i experienced in the shop can’t be totally shared in this video alone you actually have to see it on your own the whole time i was at the shop individuals would be available in and say how they couldn’t believe what they saw a radio shack with a lot of excellent items the basic supervisor informed me that one individual drove all the way from syracuse about four hours away simply to experience a store i understand many of you are much closer than that so absolutely consider travelling to check out this radio shack seriously i forgot how awesome it was to patronize one the store has a ton of items i was taking a look at on amazon however never ever purchased because i never saw the physical products but seeing them face to face was a completely different experience if you’re within driving range even if it’s a couple of hours definitely think about making a journey to this radio shack it stays in business thanks to support of local clients and ideally some of my audiences thanks to basic 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 excellent things at the shop if you want to reach out to either of them here are their call indications i also attach them in the description of this video an additional thanks to everybody who supports me on patreon or is a member of my youtube channel if my videos have assisted you cut the cord if you just think they’re cool and wish to support them all getting exclusive perks 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 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 would like to get email updates when i publish brand-new videos feel free to register 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 see to a kmart and have an awesome day. Thomson Tv & Radioshack