{"id":30527,"date":"2018-01-26T15:20:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T19:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30527"},"modified":"2018-01-26T15:20:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T19:20:25","slug":"ultralight-dx-a-batch-of-inexpensive-sony-srf-39fps-found-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/ultralight-dx-a-batch-of-inexpensive-sony-srf-39fps-found-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultralight DX: A batch of inexpensive Sony SRF-39FPs found on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Thought you might be interested to see that several SRF-39FP radios have been up on eBay recently at a fairly reasonable price.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I picked one up when they first were posted, but the price has gone down the last couple of days and even has a “make offer” option with free shipping.<\/p>\n

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

The description indicates that they are pre-owned by inmates at a Tennessee federal prison. As of this writing, there are 8 left.<\/p>\n

The one I got was in pretty good shape cosmetically, all things considered, and works perfectly. Given that a brand new FP version of the SRF-39 is not likely to be seen again at $20, a used one such as this with a bit of history is not a bad deal for those of us that missed out when snagging one new was an option.<\/p>\n

Although it makes me wonder what they are being swapped out for and if we might see an increase of these pre-owned ones coming up on eBay now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for sharing, Vance! Twenty dollars (or possibly less through a Best Offer) is a fantastic deal, in my opinion, for the elusive SRF-39FP. Click here<\/a> to read out previous posts about the SRF-39FP.\u00a0 Indeed, I’m mighty tempted to drop $20 on a spare unit myself. (Thanks for enabling me, Vance!)<\/p>\n

It appears the seller has a stellar reputation on eBay too.<\/p>\n

Click here to view this Sony SRF-39FP on eBay.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to search eBay for other SRF-39FP listings.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Vance Thompson, who writes: Thought you might be interested to see that several SRF-39FP radios have been up on eBay recently at a fairly reasonable price. I picked one up when they first were posted, but the price has gone down the last couple of days and even has […]<\/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":[4138,3,3727],"tags":[4495,331,320,4329,5648,4763],"class_list":["post-30527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deals","category-news","category-ultralight-dx","tag-deals","tag-ebay","tag-radio-deals","tag-sony-srf-39fp","tag-ultralight-dx","tag-vance-thompson-k7vnz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Wn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14878,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/pocket-dx-finding-the-sony-srf-59-and-srf-39fp\/","url_meta":{"origin":30527,"position":0},"title":"Pocket DX: Finding the Sony SRF-59 and SRF-39FP","author":"Thomas","date":"October 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I have two of the Sony SRF\u00a0series pocket AM\/FM radios: the grey SRF-59 and the clear SRF-39FP. 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