{"id":18762,"date":"2016-05-10T07:43:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T11:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18762"},"modified":"2016-05-10T07:44:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T11:44:56","slug":"dan-notes-some-rare-harris-microtel-and-drake-receivers-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/dan-notes-some-rare-harris-microtel-and-drake-receivers-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan notes some rare Harris, Microtel and Drake receivers on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Harris-RF-505A\"<\/a>

Harris RF 505A<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n

These days as shortwave continues on the decline,\u00a0we’re seeing some great rarities, receivers that have\u00a0never been seen before on the used market. One of \u00a0these is [top of page], a Harris RF-505A<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Fullscreen<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to view the RF 505-A on eBay.<\/a><\/p>\n

Another rarity, is a Microtel PR-700B<\/strong> receiver<\/a>, information about which <\/em>
\ncan be found on Page 355 of the Osterman master guide\u00a0to receivers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Model<\/a>

Microtel Model PR 700B<\/p><\/div>\n

Click here to view the Microtel PR-700B on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, and this has never been seen before — a Drake DSR-2<\/strong><\/a>, apparently unused in its original packaging,\u00a0which sold in flash for about $1300:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Drake DSR-2<\/p><\/div>\n

Click here to view the Drake DSR-2 on eBay.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, Dan! I’m a little surprised you haven’t at least jumped on that Harris receiver<\/a>! I would be very tempted if I had the shelf depth for a rack-mounted commercial receiver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: These days as shortwave continues on the decline,\u00a0we’re seeing some great rarities, receivers that have\u00a0never been seen before on the used market. One of \u00a0these is [top of page], a Harris RF-505A. Click here to view the RF 505-A on eBay. Another rarity, is a […]<\/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":[3,43,4796],"tags":[2635,5053,331,5055,5054],"class_list":["post-18762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-drake-dsr-2","tag-ebay","tag-harris-rf-505a","tag-microtel-model-pr-700b"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4SC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48255,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/nick-acquires-a-harris-rf-505a-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":18762,"position":0},"title":"Nick acquires a Harris RF 505A receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"March 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: I just picked up a Harris 505A and I made a couple videos your viewers might like. 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