{"id":29808,"date":"2017-12-24T07:32:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T11:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29808"},"modified":"2017-12-24T07:32:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T11:32:26","slug":"andy-remembers-his-first-issue-of-the-wrth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/andy-remembers-his-first-issue-of-the-wrth\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy remembers his first issue of the WRTH"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Andy Howlett, who writes:<\/p>\n

Always nice to see another WRTH arrive<\/a>, even though I haven’t actually bought one for many years. Attached is a pic of the very first one I bought, back in 1980.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I only got it as it contained a review of the then spanking-new Trio R-1000 HF receiver, which I was thinking of splurging my meagre wages on.<\/p>\n

On the basis of that review, I went ahead with the purchase and discovered it was a cracking RX and I only sold it on in the early 90’s to enable the purchase of an ICOM R-7000, another cracker!<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas to you and all listeners everywhere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for sharing your memories with us, Andy, and Merry Christmas to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andy Howlett, who writes: Always nice to see another WRTH arrive, even though I haven’t actually bought one for many years. Attached is a pic of the very first one I bought, back in 1980. I only got it as it contained a review of the then spanking-new Trio […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288],"tags":[5066,4094,1302,208,193,6711],"class_list":["post-29808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-kenwood-r-1000","tag-nostalgia","tag-radio-nostalgia","tag-world-radio-and-tv-handbook","tag-wrth","tag-wrth-1980"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7KM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16614,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/wrth-2016-a-look-inside\/","url_meta":{"origin":29808,"position":0},"title":"WRTH 2016: A look inside","author":"Thomas","date":"January 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I received my copy of the 2016\u00a0World Radio and TV Handbook (WRTH) directly from the publisher on Christmas Eve 2105. 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