{"id":24253,"date":"2017-02-17T09:29:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=24253"},"modified":"2017-02-17T09:29:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:29:48","slug":"eric-spots-a-drake-spr-4-shortwave-receiver-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/eric-spots-a-drake-spr-4-shortwave-receiver-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric spots a Drake SPR-4 shortwave receiver on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Eric McFadden (WD8RIF), who is quite a Drake fan and recently spotted this SPR-4 on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The seller has it listed as an auction currently at $400, but with a BuyItNow price of $600 US. That’s a fairly\u00a0steep price considering Universal Radio has sold them in the past for +\/-\u00a0$400<\/a>. Of course, the last one in Universal’s sold index was posted in 2011.<\/p>\n

I’ve never owned a Drake receiver, but I’ve certainly used them and have been impressed with their performance and audio fidelity.\u00a0SPF-4 reviews on eHam are certainly positive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Image source: Universal Radio<\/p><\/div>\n

I know this: I love<\/em> the blue backlit dials on this particular Drake line! Gorgeous!<\/p>\n

Click here to view on eBay.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden (WD8RIF), who is quite a Drake fan and recently spotted this SPR-4 on eBay. The seller has it listed as an auction currently at $400, but with a BuyItNow price of $600 US. That’s a fairly\u00a0steep price considering Universal Radio has sold them in the past for […]<\/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":[3,43,4796],"tags":[3136,5975,2887,5976,2888],"class_list":["post-24253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-drake","tag-drake-spr-4","tag-eric-mcfadden","tag-spr-4","tag-wd8rif"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6jb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24341,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/ebay-find-r-l-drake-sw4a-shortwave-receiver-new-old-stock\/","url_meta":{"origin":24253,"position":0},"title":"eBay find: R.L. 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