{"id":15239,"date":"2015-10-23T11:58:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T15:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15239"},"modified":"2015-10-23T11:58:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T15:58:36","slug":"roberts-modified-version-of-the-sony-srf-39fp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/roberts-modified-version-of-the-sony-srf-39fp\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert’s modified version of the Sony SRF-39FP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"srf-39fp\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to Robert who comments on our post about the Sony SRF-39FP<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Here’s a Suped-up Version of the SRF-39FP made for me by Gary DeBock. [see above]<\/p>\n

As if the Prison Radio wasn’t already good enough\u2026this 7 Inch loopstick gives it even more bang four the Buck!!<\/p>\n

I call this Prison Radio the “Frankensteiner Prisoner<\/strong>” thus the 39FP monicker.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robert, that’s a great SRF-39FP modification indeed and I bet it improves reception (and nulling abilities) quite dramatically. Plus, it was built by Gary DeBock–no doubt, a quality mod! Thanks for sharing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Robert who comments on our post about the Sony SRF-39FP: Here’s a Suped-up Version of the SRF-39FP made for me by Gary DeBock. [see above] As if the Prison Radio wasn’t already good enough\u2026this 7 Inch loopstick gives it even more bang four the Buck!! I call this Prison Radio the “Frankensteiner […]<\/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":[433,3,3727],"tags":[3732,4331,149,495,4329,4332,4330],"class_list":["post-15239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-ultralight-dx","tag-gary-debock-ultralight-radio","tag-modifications","tag-mods","tag-sony","tag-sony-srf-39fp","tag-sony-srf-39fp-mod","tag-srf-39fp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3XN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14878,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/pocket-dx-finding-the-sony-srf-59-and-srf-39fp\/","url_meta":{"origin":15239,"position":0},"title":"Pocket DX: Finding the Sony SRF-59 and SRF-39FP","author":"Thomas","date":"October 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I have two of the Sony SRF\u00a0series pocket AM\/FM radios: the grey SRF-59 and the clear SRF-39FP. 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