{"id":13481,"date":"2015-06-06T11:13:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T15:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13481"},"modified":"2015-06-06T11:13:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T15:13:23","slug":"the-panasonic-rf-2200-an-early-birthday-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/the-panasonic-rf-2200-an-early-birthday-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"The Panasonic RF-2200: an early birthday gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13483\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-1.jpg\" alt=\"Panasonic-RF-2200-1\" width=\"1025\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-1.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-1-1024x632.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week, I purchased a radio that I have lusted after for years: the Panasonic RF-2200.<\/p>\n<p>I justified this<a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337459257&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Panasonic+RF-2200&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\"> eBay purchase<\/a> because June is my birthday month and&#8230;well&#8230;do I need anymore justification!?! \u00a0Just look at this beautiful analog dial:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13482\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-2.jpg\" alt=\"Panasonic-RF-2200-2\" width=\"1025\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-2.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-2-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-2-1024x627.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In truth, I&#8217;ve been wanting a benchmark portable medium wave receiver for ages, and I believe there are few better than the venerable RF-2200.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13484\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-3.jpg\" alt=\"Panasonic-RF-2200-3\" width=\"1025\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-3.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-3-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Panasonic-RF-2200-3-1024x735.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I picked the RF-2200 this morning and I&#8217;ve only had it on the air a few minutes. It effortlessly picked up my local benchmark medium wave and FM stations. The audio fidelity is brilliant and the &#8216;2200 appears to have a very low noise floor. I haven&#8217;t had a moment to truly cruise the shortwave bands, but I plan to over the course of this week and shall report back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I purchased a radio that I have lusted after for years: the Panasonic RF-2200. I justified this eBay purchase because June is my birthday month and&#8230;well&#8230;do I need anymore justification!?! \u00a0Just look at this beautiful analog dial: In truth, I&#8217;ve been wanting a benchmark portable medium wave receiver for ages, and I believe [&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":[433,3,26,43],"tags":[2642,2639,681],"class_list":["post-13481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-panasonic","tag-panasonic-rf-2200","tag-vintage-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3vr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20904,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/ebay-find-mint-panasonic-rf-2200\/","url_meta":{"origin":13481,"position":0},"title":"eBay find: Mint Panasonic RF-2200","author":"Thomas","date":"August 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, \u00a0Jeff McMahon, who writes: There might be a bidding war on this \u201cpossibly never used\u201d with box Panasonic RF-2200. Click here to view on eBay. Last night, when Jeff sent this link, the price was still under $300--it's now over $400. \u00a0I suspect this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mediumwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RF-2200-eBay","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RF-2200-eBay-e1472436704734.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RF-2200-eBay-e1472436704734.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RF-2200-eBay-e1472436704734.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RF-2200-eBay-e1472436704734.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30422,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/doctor-vlado-repairs-the-panasonic-rf-2200-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":13481,"position":1},"title":"Doctor Vlado repairs the Panasonic RF-2200 (Part 1)","author":"Thomas","date":"January 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year, at Hamvention, I picked up a Panasonic RF-2200 for $70. It came with the original box, manual and was in superb cosmetic condition. The seller told me that over the years he exclusively used the radio to listen to a local FM station. At that price, I didn't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Repair-14.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Repair-14.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Repair-14.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47142,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/mario-spots-a-national-panasonic-cougar-2200-rf-2200-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":13481,"position":2},"title":"Mario spots a National Panasonic Cougar 2200 (RF-2200) on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"January 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi, who notes a National Panasonic Cougar RF-2200 that's currently available on eBay. The Cougar is an Asian version of the venerable Panasonic RF-2200. This model appears to have an original box in great shape. The price is steep, though at roughly US\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cougar-RF-2200-e1609625211202.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cougar-RF-2200-e1609625211202.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cougar-RF-2200-e1609625211202.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cougar-RF-2200-e1609625211202.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24921,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/panasonic-rf-2200-on-shopgoodwill\/","url_meta":{"origin":13481,"position":3},"title":"Panasonic RF-2200 on ShopGoodwill","author":"Thomas","date":"March 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN) who shares a link to this National Panasonic RF-2200 on ShopGoodwill. The bid is currently $78 and ends this evening. You must be registered with ShopGoodwill and have a PayPal account to place a bid. Note that I've had some very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Panasonic-RF200-Shop-Goodwill.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Panasonic-RF200-Shop-Goodwill.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Panasonic-RF200-Shop-Goodwill.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13561,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/in-the-field-with-the-panasonic-rf-2200\/","url_meta":{"origin":13481,"position":4},"title":"In the field with the Panasonic RF-2200","author":"Thomas","date":"June 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I've had the Panasonic RF-2200 for just\u00a0one week, but I've thoroughly enjoyed getting to know this classic solid-state portable.\u00a0Without a doubt I've been very pleased with the RF-2200, and I only have good things to say about the eBay seller,\u00a0volodymyry123\u00a0from whom I bought it. 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