{"id":21745,"date":"2016-10-12T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21745"},"modified":"2016-10-12T11:32:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:32:33","slug":"dave-warns-of-fake-sony-sw-33-receivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/dave-warns-of-fake-sony-sw-33-receivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave warns of fake “Sony SW-33” receivers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fake “Sony SW-33”<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who writes:<\/p>\n

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Here is an interesting one [I saw] on eBay this morning. A SONY marked SW33 SW portable, but of course it\u2019s NOT the ICF-SW33 model you (or I ) are thinking of.<\/p>\n

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

Looks to be a Kchibo made radio (a model I tested for Passport years ago) ? Humm….but Kchibo\u2019s are made by TOWADA Audio (in China and Vietnam plants). As you may already know TOWADA Audio also made all of Sony\u2019s SW sets for decades going back into the 70\u2019s (but at the Japanese Plant of course). So is this some unofficial model (but poorly marked) or just a total fake from a few years ago ??<\/p>\n

Have more information on TOWADA and Sony on the bottom of my Sony Page : http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/sony.html<\/a><\/p>\n

But that is a weird one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The real Sony ICF-SW33 (Image: Universal Radio)<\/p><\/div>\n

Thank you, Dave! Yes, obviously this “SW-33” is not the real item (see authentic ICF-SW33 above).<\/p>\n

I’m guessing the seller has no idea this is a fake radio. Dave makes a good point: if it doesn’t look like a Sony, it probably isn’t! Buyer beware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who writes: Here is an interesting one [I saw] on eBay this morning. A SONY marked SW33 SW portable, but of course it\u2019s NOT the ICF-SW33 model you (or I ) are thinking of. Click here to view on eBay. Looks to be a Kchibo made […]<\/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":[3,3196,43],"tags":[2584,5533,5532,5534],"class_list":["post-21745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dave-zantow-n9ewo","tag-fake-sony","tag-sony-icf-sw33","tag-sw-33"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5EJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35226,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/dave-spots-a-sony-icf-2001-in-sitcom-family-ties\/","url_meta":{"origin":21745,"position":0},"title":"Dave spots a Sony ICF-2001 in sitcom “Family Ties”","author":"Thomas","date":"December 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who writes: You like to point out SW radios on TV shows. 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