{"id":14925,"date":"2015-09-22T07:15:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T11:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14925"},"modified":"2015-09-22T07:15:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T11:15:04","slug":"the-oxo-good-grips-turntable-for-the-mediumwave-dxer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/the-oxo-good-grips-turntable-for-the-mediumwave-dxer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oxo Good Grips Turntable for the Mediumwave DXer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/turntable2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14927\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/turntable2.jpg\" alt=\"turntable2\" width=\"648\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/turntable2.jpg 648w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/turntable2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/ak3q.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Gulley<\/a>, writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I recently purchased an <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FcOxoN\" target=\"_blank\">Oxo Good Grips Turntable, 16\u201d<\/a> from Amazon. As the photos show, the size of the turntable can hold a fairly large radio (<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FcOAAU\" target=\"_blank\">CC Radio EP<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/mwant\/4316.html\" target=\"_blank\">Select-a-tenna<\/a>) on the turntable in almost any configuration. (Of course the CC Radio EP doesn\u2019t need the Select-a-tenna, just used for illustration purposes for size.)<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FcOxoN\" target=\"_blank\">$16.99<\/a> I think it is a good bargain, and seems quite capable of turning smoothly even with this amount of weight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FcOxoN\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view on Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/turntable1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14926\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/turntable1.jpg\" alt=\"turntable1\" width=\"648\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/turntable1.jpg 648w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/turntable1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks, Robert! I think that turntable is large enough to hold pretty much any portable radio; thanks so much for the photos (especially the one your kitty cat photo bombed, above!). I have several OXO products in my kitchen and have never been disappointed with quality, so I expect this turntable will last you a very long time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Readers:<\/em> If you haven&#8217;t checked out Robert&#8217;s radio blog,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ak3q.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">All Things Radio<\/a>, I encourage you to do so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post contributor, Robert Gulley, writes: I recently purchased an Oxo Good Grips Turntable, 16\u201d from Amazon. As the photos show, the size of the turntable can hold a fairly large radio (CC Radio EP and Select-a-tenna) on the turntable in almost any configuration. (Of course the CC Radio EP doesn\u2019t need the Select-a-tenna, just [&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":[4199,373,433,3],"tags":[4243,4099,4242,4014],"class_list":["post-14925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-cc-radio-ep","tag-mediumwave","tag-oxo-good-grips-turntable","tag-robert-gulley-ak3q"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3SJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47963,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/am-dxing-with-the-sangean-pr-d15\/","url_meta":{"origin":14925,"position":0},"title":"AM Dxing with the Sangean PR-D15","author":"Troy Riedel","date":"February 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Guest Post by Troy Riedel Since the demise of my Sony ICF-SW100, I\u2019ve decided to do some AM Dx\u2019ing. 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