{"id":15763,"date":"2015-11-24T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15763"},"modified":"2015-11-23T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T14:27:22","slug":"ebay-mario-considers-the-time-out-radio-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/ebay-mario-considers-the-time-out-radio-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay: Mario considers the Time Out Radio Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Time-OutRadio-Bench-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n

For hams and SWLs that have a lot of clutter, a great idea, reminds me of a foot stool that has been re-purposed for radio buffs. Nice idea, good price, free shipping, what’s not to like? My spending finger’s getting itchy hi hi.<\/p>\n

Click here to view on eBay.<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’m with you, Mario: this is not a bad price for a useful and portable shelf that is even made here in the USA (Kentucky). I could see using one on Field Day where horizontal space is often limited on club tables.<\/p>\n

It appears that the seller (a ham: Ron, KK4RON) purchased a large number of these in a deal. He writes this in the product description:<\/p>\n

These benches are great for setting up a compact ham station or use 3 for a surround set up , They also stack nicely if you only have a narrow space available. Go UP rather than out.<\/p>\n

These are very sturdy and well made in the USA by a factory in Kentucky , the surface is a very durable and easy clean kitchen cabinet material (Formica) on 3\/4″ wood so screwing on mounting brackets and mike holders and such is very easy<\/p>\n

These were intended to sell for $49.95 but the company that ordered them went out of business before they had payed the factory so the factory got stuck with literally thousands of these finished and ready for sale.<\/p>\n

We were able to acquire there entire inventory including boxes and packaging at a fantastic price but that is also why we are limited to 8 colors and 2 top colors. But these are very well built from a factory (not home made) and just perfect for mounting several radios to and cleaning up your bench.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Again, many thanks, Mario, for sharing this find (and perhaps it’s time to get yourself\u00a0an early Christmas gift?)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes: Hi Thomas, For hams and SWLs that have a lot of clutter, a great idea, reminds me of a foot stool that has been re-purposed for radio buffs. Nice idea, good price, free shipping, what’s not to like? My spending finger’s getting itchy hi […]<\/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":[4199,545,836,3],"tags":[4311,4126,4434,4433,4432],"class_list":["post-15763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-ham-radio","category-new-products","category-news","tag-mario-filippi-n2hun","tag-portable-radio","tag-portable-radio-bench","tag-radio-bench","tag-time-out-radio-bench"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-46f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23176,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/radio-wall-clocks-marios-ebay-find\/","url_meta":{"origin":15763,"position":0},"title":"Radio Wall Clocks: Mario’s eBay find","author":"Thomas","date":"January 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes: Hi Thomas, These have been popping up on eBay, reasonable price, with face markings just like an old shortwave radio dial. 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