{"id":14818,"date":"2015-09-17T08:58:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T12:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14818"},"modified":"2015-09-17T08:58:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T12:58:22","slug":"buying-a-shortwave-radio-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/buying-a-shortwave-radio-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a shortwave radio in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tecsun-PL660\"<\/a><\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Muthu Kumar\u00a0recently asked if I knew of a good source of shortwave radios–specifically, the Tecsun<\/a> brand–in India.<\/p>\n

I’m asked this very question at least a few times each year and have always replied that eBay<\/a> may be the best option.<\/p>\n

I’m curious if any of our readers living in India have good suggestions of shortwave retailers either within the country or who ship to India without many hassles. Please comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, Muthu Kumar\u00a0recently asked if I knew of a good source of shortwave radios–specifically, the Tecsun brand–in India. I’m asked this very question at least a few times each year and have always replied that eBay may be the best option. I’m curious if any of our readers living in India have good […]<\/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":[3,714,43],"tags":[2763,34,4230],"class_list":["post-14818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-retailers","category-shortwave-radio","tag-india","tag-shortwave","tag-shortwave-radios-india"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3R0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9296,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/bbc-world-service-features-drm\/","url_meta":{"origin":14818,"position":0},"title":"BBC World Service features DRM","author":"Thomas","date":"April 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In this BBC World Service report,\u00a0Mark Whittaker explores Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) and, especially, its potential in India. 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