{"id":11439,"date":"2014-11-19T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T16:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11439"},"modified":"2014-11-19T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T16:26:08","slug":"name-that-dial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/name-that-dial\/","title":{"rendered":"Name that dial!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mystery-Radio-Dial\"<\/a>Yesterday, I acquired another antique radio (yes, a “boat anchor”) for my modest collection of vintage receivers. I took a quick close-up photo of its backlit dial (above).<\/p>\n

For fun, I’m curious if any\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em> readers can name the radio sporting\u00a0this dial? If you want to give it a go, please comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I acquired another antique radio (yes, a “boat anchor”) for my modest collection of vintage receivers. I took a quick close-up photo of its backlit dial (above). For fun, I’m curious if any\u00a0SWLing Post readers can name the radio sporting\u00a0this dial? If you want to give it a go, please comment below.<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1271,3,305,1936,288,26,43],"tags":[464,1146,681],"class_list":["post-11439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-anchors-2","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-photos","category-radio-history","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-antique-radio","tag-boat-anchors","tag-vintage-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2Yv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18691,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/ebay-sighting-kurzwellen-empfanger-siemens\/","url_meta":{"origin":11439,"position":0},"title":"eBay Sighting: Kurzwellen Empf\u00e4nger Siemens","author":"Thomas","date":"May 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Once again, the intrepid Dan Robinson has discovered an eBay gem. 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