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\"\"<\/a>While cruising Retro Thing<\/a>, this cardboard tube radio kit<\/a> caught my eye. It’s available for 49.95 EUR from Conrad International<\/a> in Germany. I would have never thought about combining the warm character of vacuum tubes with a cardboard chassis. Still, one builder’s report<\/a> is quite positive and assembly time is estimated at two hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While cruising Retro Thing, this cardboard tube radio kit caught my eye. It’s available for 49.95 EUR from Conrad International in Germany. I would have never thought about combining the warm character of vacuum tubes with a cardboard chassis. Still, one builder’s report is quite positive and assembly time is estimated at two hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[344,26],"tags":[346,345,347],"class_list":["post-1017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kits","category-radios","tag-franzis-radio-kit","tag-radio-kit","tag-tube-radio-kit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12940,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/new-franzis-shortwave-radio-kit\/","url_meta":{"origin":1017,"position":0},"title":"New Franzis shortwave radio kit","author":"Thomas","date":"April 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Franz Miller, who writes: \"I've pasted a link below to the webpage at Conrad in Germany for yet another Franzis radio kit; no idea how good it is, but it looks neato-retro to me.\u00a0 Covers longwave, medium, shortwave VHF, & UHF, allegedly.\u00a0 Price on Conrad's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Kits"","block_context":{"text":"Kits","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"FranzisKitRadio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FranzisKitRadio-e1428668134876.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FranzisKitRadio-e1428668134876.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FranzisKitRadio-e1428668134876.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FranzisKitRadio-e1428668134876.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49713,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/this-noyce-joyce-radio-kit-features-in-17-nixie-tubes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1017,"position":1},"title":"This Noyce Joyce radio kit features IN-17 Nixie Tubes","author":"Thomas","date":"July 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jeff McMahon, who shares a link to a Nixie Tube radio kit via the retailer Shop Simo. 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