{"id":18828,"date":"2016-05-14T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T11:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18828"},"modified":"2016-05-14T07:32:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T11:32:00","slug":"the-kenwood-r-1000-a-resurgence-in-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/the-kenwood-r-1000-a-resurgence-in-popularity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kenwood R-1000: A resurgence in popularity?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kenwood<\/a>

Kenwood R-1000 (Source: Universal Radio)<\/p><\/div>\n

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

The Kenwood R-1000 has been enjoying a resurgence\u00a0in popularity over the past few years, fueled in part by\u00a0a positive re-review of the receiver at http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/news.html<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

While new condition R-1000s, and you would be surprised\u00a0how many of them are out there, have gone for $400, few\u00a0have gone for as much as this one did [$451 US shipped]:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Kenwood-R-1000-eBay\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

My appreciation for this radio has only grown since acquiring\u00a0it last year. Mine was in like new condition and I had it modified\u00a0by KIWA to provide multiple selectivity positions.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here to search eBay for an R-1000.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, Dan! I think the R-1000 is a handsome rig and certainly represents everything I love about solid state receivers of the era: simple design, beautiful audio, admirable performance and a proper weighted tuning knob.<\/p>\n

Note that if you’re an owner of the R-1000–or any receiver of a similar age–you should set aside a budget for the occasional repair. With regular\u00a0maintenance, these receivers will give you decades of good DX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: The Kenwood R-1000 has been enjoying a resurgence\u00a0in popularity over the past few years, fueled in part by\u00a0a positive re-review of the receiver at http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/news.html While new condition R-1000s, and you would be surprised\u00a0how many of them are out there, have gone for $400, few\u00a0have […]<\/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":[3,26,43,4796],"tags":[2635,3436,5066,3752],"class_list":["post-18828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-kenwood","tag-kenwood-r-1000","tag-r-1000"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4TG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26449,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/ebay-find-nos-kenwood-r-1000-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":18828,"position":0},"title":"eBay find: NOS Kenwood R-1000 Receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"June 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who discovered this like new Kenwood R-1000 on eBay. Dan notes: This just went up on Ebay -- a seemingly new and unused R-1000. Price is actually not high for one in this condition [$450 US]. 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