In terms of this post and Will Radioshack…Radio Shack much of you most likely think the store has been gone for years after all the company filed for insolvency in 2015 and closed most company-owned stores a few years later on the key word there is company-owned shops 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 location new holland pennsylvania amish country here’s some shots of the beyond the radio shack what i actually liked is how the building type of looked like an actual shack here’s the within the radio shack it looks precisely as i keep in mind practically any type of electronic or accessory can think about this shop probably has the first wall included a bunch 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 featuring the notorious antenna i inform individuals not to buy however they buy it anyhow for those of you who are not knowledgeable about what i think about this model here is a short clip this model it’s scrap scrap
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junk this piece of junk [Music] the design was actually installed outside and hooked into a television set i went through the channels and just as i anticipated it was not picking up the abc affiliate whtm which transmits on the vhf band this antenna design is understood to not carry out well for vhf what’s so ironic lags the buildings were some truly great older antenna models in spite of my criticism of this antenna model i can understand why the owners decide to offer and display it it’s smaller and more customer friendly the average individual does not want a big antenna on their roofing in spite of the much better efficiency or in this case gaining the harrisburg abc affiliate the next style over had walkie-talkies and some diodes the next design had basically any kind of av cable television and adapter possible this utilized to be my favorite section because i’m also a wedding videographer and many times i would go to a wedding event and forget a specific audio cable needed for the microphone throughout the event and there ‘d constantly be a radio shack nearby i could stop at regrettably that’s no longer the case another aisle featured merges battery adapters and a lot of wires here’s a wall of transistors and would you think accessories for mounting an outside antenna installing brackets amplifiers and even a rotator as i continued down the exact same wall there were video cables and devices some walkie-talkies phone wires phones themselves and smartphone accessories including this actually cool bluetooth cassette adapter it can’t be a radio shack without radios take a look at all of them designs in the middle of the shop had vehicle stereo devices speaker wire ethernet cables computer system 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 filthy
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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 actually have to see it for yourself the whole time i was at the shop individuals would be available in and state how they could not believe what they saw a radio shack with many terrific products the basic supervisor informed me that one individual drove all the way from syracuse about 4 hours away simply to experience a store i know a number of you are much closer than that so certainly consider taking a trip to check out this radio shack seriously i forgot how remarkable it was to shop at one the store has a lots of items i was looking at on amazon but never bought because i never saw the physical products however seeing them face to face was a completely different experience if you’re within driving distance even if it’s a few hours certainly think about making a journey to this radio shack it stays in company thanks to support of regional consumers and hopefully a few of my audiences thanks to basic supervisor ralph hess and owner steve lowen for permitting me to go to their place make this video both are certified hams so you know you are getting good things at the shop if you want to connect to either of them here are their call signs i likewise 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 helped you cut the cable if you simply believe they’re cool and wish to support them all getting exclusive benefits such as behind the scenes content access to my videos advertisement 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 wishes to receive e-mail updates when i publish new videos feel free to register to my e-mail list i connected a link in the description of the video stay tuned to my youtube channel for more cable cutting antenna passed on videos and possibly a visit to a kmart and have an awesome day. Will Radioshack