{"id":24341,"date":"2017-02-22T08:15:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T12:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=24341"},"modified":"2017-02-22T08:15:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T12:15:53","slug":"ebay-find-r-l-drake-sw4a-shortwave-receiver-new-old-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/ebay-find-r-l-drake-sw4a-shortwave-receiver-new-old-stock\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay find: R.L. Drake SW4A Shortwave Receiver (new old stock!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributors Eric McFadden (WD8RIF) and Randy Moore (KS4L) who share a link to this rare find on eBay: a New Old Stock (NOS) Drake SW4A<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

The seller provides this short description:<\/p>\n

New in original box and packing, R.L. Drake Short Wave Receiver – model SW.4A. With manual.\u00a0<\/strong>Old stock, never used. Stored in a safe\/dry place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being sold AS-IS!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The seller doesn’t have a deep history on eBay, but 100% positive feedback.<\/p>\n

I fully expect this price to rise way beyond a figure I could appropriate, but I would certainly love to purchase it. I know this: I wouldn’t leave it in the box for long. After carefully checking it and bringing the voltage up slowly, I would put it on the air. What a beautiful receiver.<\/p>\n

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At time of posting, the price was $322 US (free shipping) with one day, 10 hours to go. Click here to view.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Eric McFadden (WD8RIF) and Randy Moore (KS4L) who share a link to this rare find on eBay: a New Old Stock (NOS) Drake SW4A. Click here to view on eBay. The seller provides this short description: New in original box and packing, R.L. Drake Short Wave Receiver – model […]<\/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":[545,3,305,26,43],"tags":[3136,5998,331,6000,5999],"class_list":["post-24341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-drake","tag-drake-sw-4a","tag-ebay","tag-r-l-drake","tag-sw-4a"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6kB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24253,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/eric-spots-a-drake-spr-4-shortwave-receiver-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":24341,"position":0},"title":"Eric spots a Drake SPR-4 shortwave receiver on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"February 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden (WD8RIF), who is quite a Drake fan and recently spotted this SPR-4 on eBay. 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One of \u00a0these is [top of page], a Harris RF-505A. 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