{"id":12373,"date":"2015-02-26T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12373"},"modified":"2015-02-18T16:48:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T20:48:28","slug":"moshes-listening-post-at-the-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/moshes-listening-post-at-the-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Moshe&#8217;s listening post at the office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Moshe, writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the attached photos my Sangean receives Elliniki Radiophonia at 9420kHz at my working post.\u00a0Note the amount of computers, screens and the fact that the radio sits on top of an HP printer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Moshe_Office.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12376\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Moshe_Office.jpg\" alt=\"Moshe_Office\" width=\"506\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Moshe_Office.jpg 506w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Moshe_Office-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Still audio is clear and clear reception with only telescopic antenna.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Sangean.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12377\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Sangean.jpg\" alt=\"Sangean\" width=\"645\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Sangean.jpg 645w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Sangean-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The other radio is my beloved Ben-Gal 1958 tube radio (Israeli made). It looks very much like German radios of the time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[The Ben-Gal]\u00a0is in daily use. Anyone seeing this radio loves it, especially when I turn it on!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Gal-Front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12375\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Gal-Front.jpg\" alt=\"Ben-Gal-Front\" width=\"645\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Gal-Front.jpg 645w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Gal-Front-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Gal-Back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12374\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Gal-Back.jpg\" alt=\"Ben-Gal-Back\" width=\"645\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Gal-Back.jpg 645w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Gal-Back-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Many thanks for sharing these photos, Moshe! Your reception of\u00a0Elliniki Radiophonia must be exceptional in Israel to overcome all of that office RFI.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Ben-Gal must produce some rich\u00a0audio; I bet it&#8217;s a champ on medium wave with that large internal ferrite bar! Beautiful set! Thanks again for sharing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post contributor, Moshe, writes: In the attached photos my Sangean receives Elliniki Radiophonia at 9420kHz at my working post.\u00a0Note the amount of computers, screens and the fact that the radio sits on top of an HP printer. Still audio is clear and clear reception with only telescopic antenna. The other radio is my beloved [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,1936,288,26,43,5],"tags":[3644,3643,4120,3098],"class_list":["post-12373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-photos","category-radio-history","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-swlers","tag-ben-gal","tag-moshe","tag-photos","tag-sangean-ats-505"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3dz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14420,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/moshe-restores-a-ben-gal-duet-stereo\/","url_meta":{"origin":12373,"position":0},"title":"Moshe restores a Ben-Gal &#8220;Duet-Stereo&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"August 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Moshe, who writes: About 2 weeks ago, a very good friend called me and exclaimed, \"you just have to see this radio...I'm keeping it for you!\"--so, I drove to his aunt's house and saw this beauty. 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When the voltage of the batteries drops, so does sensitivity!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;How To&quot;","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ATS-909X","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17331,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/moshe-sports-his-swling-post-gear\/","url_meta":{"origin":12373,"position":3},"title":"Moshe sports his SWLing Post gear","author":"Thomas","date":"February 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Moshe Zaharia, who recently made my day by sending\u00a0the photo above (click to enlarge). 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