{"id":30539,"date":"2018-01-27T08:13:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T12:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30539"},"modified":"2018-01-27T08:15:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T12:15:10","slug":"the-muzen-otr-a-handcrafted-salute-to-radio-caroline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/the-muzen-otr-a-handcrafted-salute-to-radio-caroline\/","title":{"rendered":"The Muzen OTR: A handcrafted salute to Radio Caroline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-Radio-Caroline.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30540\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-Radio-Caroline.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-Radio-Caroline.jpeg 545w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-Radio-Caroline-300x202.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/ae5x.blogspot.com\/2018\/01\/a-salute-to-radio-caroline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Harper (AE5X)<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I thought you and your readers might be interested in this [&#8230;] a cool little radio I learned about from the YouTube channel of a drone flyer I follow.<br \/>\nI like the craftsmanship:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jGGUaM0hqlw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jGGUaM0hqlw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks for sharing this, John!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve actually been following the Muzen OTR for several months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/muzen-otr-wood-a-retro-radio-bluetooth-speaker-fashion-lifestyle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Indiegogo<\/a> thanks to my buddy and radio-enabler, David Korchin (K2WNW).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-compass.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30542 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-compass-300x202.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-compass-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-compass-624x421.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-compass.jpeg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If the name Muzen sounds familiar, it&#8217;s likely because <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/muzen-audio-handcrafted-radios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we featured the company last year in this post<\/a>. After publishing the post, I was so interested in Muzen products, I reached out to a retailer who used to be a US distributor. Sadly, he no longer carried Muzen products, though he was a big fan.<\/p>\n<p>The Muzen OTR is $69 US shipped. For an FM radio, Bluetooth, AUX-in speaker that&#8217;s handcrafted, with serious audio fidelity, in such a small size, I think it&#8217;s quite a good deal. On top of that 10% of the funding will go to <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/radio-caroline\">Radio Caroline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I&#8217;m going through a <strong><em>serious<\/em><\/strong> down-sizing at the moment, John&#8217;s note prompted me to back this campaign, <em>so I bit the bullet this morning and ordered a Muzen OTR<\/em>. [<em>In a sarcastic tone<\/em>: &#8220;Thank&#8217;s a lot, John!&#8221;] Ha ha!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/igg.me\/at\/UwiqBu8z4kc\/emal\/14005907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to check out the Muzen OTR on Indiegogo.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Harper (AE5X), who writes: I thought you and your readers might be interested in this [&#8230;] a cool little radio I learned about from the YouTube channel of a drone flyer I follow. I like the craftsmanship: Click here to view on YouTube. Many thanks for sharing this, [&hellip;]<\/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":[3781,836,3,305],"tags":[1299,1213,5812,5813,6790,372],"class_list":["post-30539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-new-products","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-john-ae5x","tag-john-harper-ae5x","tag-muzen-audio","tag-muzen-audio-classic-1","tag-muzen-otr","tag-radio-caroline"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Wz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31382,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-muzen-otr-initial-look-and-impressions\/","url_meta":{"origin":30539,"position":0},"title":"The Muzen OTR: initial look and impressions","author":"Thomas","date":"March 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A lot of SWLing Post readers have been contacting me lately noting that they've received their Muzen OTR\/Radio Caroline FM radio and Bluetooth speaker. 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