{"id":21528,"date":"2016-09-25T01:46:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T05:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21528"},"modified":"2017-03-01T21:35:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T01:35:46","slug":"rare-hitachi-kw-wsi-worldspace-receiver-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/rare-hitachi-kw-wsi-worldspace-receiver-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Hitachi KW-WSI WorldSpace Receiver on Ebay"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the first and only “WorldSpace” satellite receiver<\/strong> I’ve seen on Ebay, currently offered at a $175 Buy-It-Now price from a seller in Australia:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/HITACHI-KW-WSI-DIGITAL-RECEIVER-WS-FM-MW-SW1-SW2-\/282192383263<\/a><\/p>\n

The radio is listed as in excellent condition with the original box and literature. Besides the long-gone WorldSpace satellite frequencies, the radio covers medium wave, FM, and most of the shortwave range. A brief PDF data sheet<\/a> for the radio gives a description of features and operations.<\/p>\n

\"hitachi-kw-wsi\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wikipedia<\/strong> describes this radio’s satellite service\u00a0as 1worldspace<\/b>, formerly known as ‘WorldSpace’, is a defunct\u00a0satellite radio<\/a>\u00a0network that in its heyday provided service to over 170,000 subscribers in\u00a0eastern<\/a>\u00a0and southern Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia with 96% coming from\u00a0India<\/a>. It was profitable in India, with 450,000 subscribers.<\/em><\/p>\n

I wonder if the Hitachi KW-WSI is a reasonable performer for shortwave listening? Does anyone know any technical details of this receiver?<\/p>\n

Guy Atkins is a Sr. Graphic Designer for T-Mobile and lives near Seattle, Washington. \u00a0He’s a regular contributor to the SWLing Post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the first and only “WorldSpace” satellite receiver I’ve seen on Ebay, currently offered at a $175 Buy-It-Now price from a seller in Australia: http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/HITACHI-KW-WSI-DIGITAL-RECEIVER-WS-FM-MW-SW1-SW2-\/282192383263 The radio is listed as in excellent condition with the original box and literature. Besides the long-gone WorldSpace satellite frequencies, the radio covers medium wave, FM, and most of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"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":true,"_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":[373,3781,433,26,43,4796],"tags":[5496,331,3446,4309,4516,5495,5494],"class_list":["post-21528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-mediumwave","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-collectable","tag-ebay","tag-guy-atkins","tag-satellite-radio","tag-vintage","tag-world-space","tag-worldspace"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5Be","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61818,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/video-worldspace-receivers\/","url_meta":{"origin":21528,"position":0},"title":"Video: Worldspace Receivers","author":"Thomas","date":"January 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan, who shares the following YouTube video about Worldspace satellite radio. 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