{"id":21616,"date":"2016-10-01T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21616"},"modified":"2016-10-02T07:14:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T11:14:19","slug":"ebay-find-exceedingly-rare-national-hro-500-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/ebay-find-exceedingly-rare-national-hro-500-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay Find: “exceedingly rare” National HRO-500 Receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"national-hro-500-receiver\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

The number of times a shortwave classic becomes available\u00a0in this condition over the course of decades, can be counted on two hands, let alone one in new unopened condition:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Thanks for the tip, Dan! I’ve never seen the HRO-500 in person, but it looks like a beautiful rig. I love the simple front panel and the classic HRO tuning knob.<\/p>\n

I wonder\u00a0what this HRO-500<\/a>\u00a0will fetch!?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: The number of times a shortwave classic becomes available\u00a0in this condition over the course of decades, can be counted on two hands, let alone one in new unopened condition: Click here to view on eBay. Thanks for the tip, Dan! I’ve never seen the HRO-500 […]<\/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":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":[3,43,4796],"tags":[2635,331,5510,5509],"class_list":["post-21616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-ebay","tag-national-hro-500","tag-national-hro-500-receiver"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5CE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24876,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/guest-post-national-hro-500-unboxing-and-initial-tests\/","url_meta":{"origin":21616,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: National HRO-500 Unboxing and Initial Tests","author":"Thomas","date":"March 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, for the following guest post: HRO-500 Unboxing and Initial Tests by Dan Robinson It is amazing that in these days of waning shortwave broadcast activity, there are still those occasional time capsules -- radios that appear on the used market via Ebay\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Guest Posts"","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HRO-500-Dan-Robinson.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HRO-500-Dan-Robinson.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HRO-500-Dan-Robinson.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HRO-500-Dan-Robinson.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15023,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/dan-spots-an-extremely-rare-hro-600-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":21616,"position":1},"title":"Dan spots an extremely rare HRO-600 on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"October 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, writes: Wow . . . a huge, amazing rarity...this is perhaps the rarest of radios, the HRO-600. It is almost never seen on the used market and when it is, it is usually in non-operational condition. In its day it was quite advanced, though now,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HRO-660-Back-1024x483.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HRO-660-Back-1024x483.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HRO-660-Back-1024x483.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HRO-660-Back-1024x483.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54297,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/dan-spots-an-ultra-rare-national-hro-600-on-buyee\/","url_meta":{"origin":21616,"position":2},"title":"Dan spots an ultra-rare National HRO-600 on Buyee","author":"Thomas","date":"October 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: Wow. Appearing on the Japan Buyer site is one of the top rarities, the National HRO-600 https:\/\/buyee.jp\/item\/yahoo\/auction\/m1066450646 As veteran SWLs may recall, the HRO-600 was pictured in the old Communications Handbook receiver sections. The radio sold for the then astronomical\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/National-HRO-600.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/National-HRO-600.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/National-HRO-600.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/National-HRO-600.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26631,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/ebay-galaxy-r-530-communications-receiver-speaker\/","url_meta":{"origin":21616,"position":3},"title":"eBay: Galaxy R-530 Communications Receiver & Speaker","author":"Thomas","date":"June 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rob G, who shares a link to this rare Galaxy R-530 receiver and speaker on eBay: Click here to view on eBay. The R-530 is certainly a handsome receiver. FYI: the last time we posted one of these from eBay, the final price was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Galaxy-R-530-1024x557.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Galaxy-R-530-1024x557.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Galaxy-R-530-1024x557.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25737,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/ebay-find-dans-thoughts-on-the-galaxy-r-530\/","url_meta":{"origin":21616,"position":4},"title":"eBay Find: Dan’s thoughts on the Galaxy R-530","author":"Thomas","date":"May 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who recently spotted a\u00a0Galaxy R-530 on eBay and notes: Some observations on this. 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I have replaced all tubes and now need to start on capacitors and resistors.\" What a beautiful radio, Price!\u00a0 Once you've re-capped and replaced the resistors in this girl,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Boat Anchors"","block_context":{"text":"Boat Anchors","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/boat-anchors-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/National-HRO-50T.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/National-HRO-50T.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/National-HRO-50T.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/National-HRO-50T.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}