{"id":14752,"date":"2015-09-13T13:43:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14752"},"modified":"2015-09-13T13:45:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T17:45:33","slug":"video-stephens-poldhu-radio-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/video-stephens-poldhu-radio-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Stephen&#8217;s Poldhu Radio Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337746441&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Poldhu+radio+kit&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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14796 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Radio-Kit.jpg\" alt=\"Radio-Kit\" width=\"650\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Radio-Kit.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Radio-Kit-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to<em> SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/shortwave.am\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Cooper<\/a>, who recently shared a video on the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/chat-room\/\">SWLing chatroom<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9nRPyZ7h_qI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for cute radio kits, so I purchased one of these from the <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337746441&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Poldhu+radio+kit&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\">UK-based seller on eBay <\/a>as well. There are two kit packages: <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337746441&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=301724081674&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">one with the receiver only<\/a>, another with the <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337746441&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=252069196846&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">receiver, amplifier and speaker<\/a>. Shipping is free&#8211;even to the US&#8211;and pricing is fair (19 &#8211; 25 GBP or roughly $30-38 US)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337746441&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Poldhu+radio+kit&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\">Click here to search eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers:<\/strong> if you haven&#8217;t checked out the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/chat-room\/\">SWLing chat room<\/a>, I would encourage you to do so! There&#8217;s almost always someone there and, many\u00a0evenings, readers share reception reports in real time. <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/chat-room\/\">Click here to check out\u00a0the chat room<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Stephen Cooper, who recently shared a video on the SWLing chatroom: I&#8217;m a sucker for cute radio kits, so I purchased one of these from the UK-based seller on eBay as well. There are two kit packages: one with the receiver only, another with the receiver, amplifier and speaker. 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This is the only regenerative receiver available as far as I know. 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