{"id":29528,"date":"2017-12-08T14:26:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T18:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29528"},"modified":"2017-12-08T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T21:09:17","slug":"the-wacky-and-rare-toshiba-rp-2000f-now-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/the-wacky-and-rare-toshiba-rp-2000f-now-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wacky and Rare Toshiba RP-2000F Now on Ebay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is this a receiver designed by MacGyver<\/a>?\u00a0<\/strong>The Toshiba RP-2000F was a portable radio designed for the 1970s Japanese BCL (Broadcast Listener) and is not often seen on the used market.<\/p>\n

A fine example of this model is on the USA Ebay site right now:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/TOSHIBA-RP-2000F-Shortwave-Radio-Full-88-108-FM-Dial-Great-Cosmetic-Condition\/253300518829<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The $495.00 starting price is steep, but probably inline with the radio’s rarity and condition. Do any SWLing Post<\/em> readers have first-hand experience with this model? How does it perform? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n

Guy Atkins is a Sr. Graphic Designer for T-Mobile and lives near Seattle, Washington. \u00a0He\u2019s a regular contributor to the SWLing Post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is this a receiver designed by MacGyver?\u00a0The Toshiba RP-2000F was a portable radio designed for the 1970s Japanese BCL (Broadcast Listener) and is not often seen on the used market. A fine example of this model is on the USA Ebay site right now:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/TOSHIBA-RP-2000F-Shortwave-Radio-Full-88-108-FM-Dial-Great-Cosmetic-Condition\/253300518829   The $495.00 starting price is steep, but probably inline with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3196,26,1,4796],"tags":[4916,6685,331,6684,6683,4516],"class_list":["post-29528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-portable-radio","category-radios","category-uncategorized","category-vintage-radio","tag-auction","tag-collectible","tag-ebay","tag-rp-2000f","tag-toshiba","tag-vintage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Gg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46115,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/help-using-crystal-calibration-on-the-toshiba-rp-2000f\/","url_meta":{"origin":29528,"position":0},"title":"Help using crystal calibration on the Toshiba RP-2000F","author":"Thomas","date":"October 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Darren Davies, who writes: Hello Thomas, I was gifted the Toshiba BCL receiver by an old work colleague. 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