{"id":24462,"date":"2017-03-01T09:33:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=24462"},"modified":"2017-03-01T09:45:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:45:15","slug":"hro-consignment-deal-heros-technology-vlf-lf-up-converter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/hro-consignment-deal-heros-technology-vlf-lf-up-converter\/","title":{"rendered":"HRO consignment deal: HEROS technology VLF-LF up-converter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ron, who is a fan of longwave DX and notes that HRO has a Heros Technology VLF\/LF up-converter on consignment\/used. Ron mentions that the $140 price tag is quite a bargain for customers in the US market. Ron notes::<\/p>\n

Here is a Link to the User Manual with pix of inside and some very cool videos of it in action:
\nhttps:\/\/www.herostechnology.co.uk\/pages\/VLF_LF_Converter.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

https:\/\/vimeo.com\/119645116<\/p>\n

And here is a Link to the one at Ham Radio Outlet:
\nhttp:\/\/www.hamradio.com\/detail.cfm?pid=91-004203<\/a><\/p>\n

New ones are $235 delivered to your door from London-no U.S. source.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks, Ron!<\/p>\n

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

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ron, who is a fan of longwave DX and notes that HRO has a Heros Technology VLF\/LF up-converter on consignment\/used. Ron mentions that the $140 price tag is quite a bargain for customers in the US market. Ron notes:: Here is a Link to the User Manual with pix […]<\/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":[4199,2436,3],"tags":[5343,6013,4277,4123],"class_list":["post-24462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-longwave","category-news","tag-heros-technology-ltd-uk","tag-heros-vlf-lf-up-converter","tag-hro","tag-longwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6my","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20524,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/experience-with-heros-technology-ltd-uk-vlf-up-converter\/","url_meta":{"origin":24462,"position":0},"title":"Experience with Heros Technology Ltd UK VLF Up-Converter?","author":"Thomas","date":"August 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Michael Vitale, who (several weeks ago--!) asked: Has anyone ever dealt with the equipment from Heros Technology Ltd UK specifically their VLF converters models 350-400? 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