{"id":20577,"date":"2016-08-12T19:03:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T23:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20577"},"modified":"2016-08-12T19:03:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T23:03:28","slug":"the-sony-icf-5500w-my-morning-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/the-sony-icf-5500w-my-morning-companion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sony ICF-5500W: My morning companion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sony-ICF-550W-RadCom\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I spent this morning doing a lot of work around our property. When it was time for a break, I turned on my trust Sony ICF-5500W and tuned to WTZQ: one of my favorite regional AM braodcasters. Though WTZQ is over 30 miles from my home, any good AM radio, like the ICF-5500W, can receive their 1,000 watt signal with ease.<\/p>\n

As luck would have it, when I turned on my 5500W, WTZQ started playing Love Me Do<\/em> by The Beatles. It sounded absolutely amazing<\/em> via the 5500W’s internal speaker: full-on, rich AM audio fidelity! Absolutely brilliant!<\/p>\n

I cranked up the volume so our local black bears could enjoy.<\/p>\n

I relaxed\u00a0a good half hour, and caught up on reading the latest two issues of RadCom with my ICF-5500W playing WTZQ in the background.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it’s the simple stuff that starts one’s morning off the right way.<\/p>\n

That and plenty of good coffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent this morning doing a lot of work around our property. When it was time for a break, I turned on my trust Sony ICF-5500W and tuned to WTZQ: one of my favorite regional AM braodcasters. Though WTZQ is over 30 miles from my home, any good AM radio, like the ICF-5500W, can receive […]<\/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":[373,433,3],"tags":[4482,495,4481,3802],"class_list":["post-20577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-icf-5500w","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-5500w","tag-wtzq"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5lT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16013,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/best-solution-to-restore-a-vintage-plastic-radio-chassis\/","url_meta":{"origin":20577,"position":0},"title":"Best solution to restore a vintage plastic radio chassis?","author":"Thomas","date":"December 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Friday, I brought home an untested, slightly grimy, Sony ICF-5500W. 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