{"id":30826,"date":"2018-02-11T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T14:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30826"},"modified":"2018-02-11T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T14:47:16","slug":"mario-spots-a-rare-j-i-l-communications-receiver-sx-400-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/mario-spots-a-rare-j-i-l-communications-receiver-sx-400-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario spots a rare J.I.L. Communications Receiver SX-400 on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mario Filippi, who writes:<\/p>\n

Hope you are doing well. Spotted this J.I.L. receiver on eBay, never heard of this unit before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

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

Thanks for the tip, Mario! This is a new one for me as well–what an interesting stack-able set of up\/down converters. RigPix<\/a> has a few more details.<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> Can anyone comment about this until or its performance on the HF bands?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi, who writes: Hope you are doing well. Spotted this J.I.L. receiver on eBay, never heard of this unit before. Click here to view on eBay. Thanks for the tip, Mario! This is a new one for me as well–what an interesting stack-able set of up\/down converters. RigPix […]<\/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":[3,305,5803,43,1],"tags":[331,6837,6839,4311,6838],"class_list":["post-30826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-scanners","category-shortwave-radio","category-uncategorized","tag-ebay","tag-j-i-l-communications-receiver-sx-400","tag-jil-sx-400","tag-mario-filippi-n2hun","tag-sx-400"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-81c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16866,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/ebay-find-pristine-sears-412-36380700-yaesu-frg-7-shortwave-communications-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":30826,"position":0},"title":"eBay find: Pristine Sears 412.36380700 (Yaesu FRG-7) Shortwave Communications Receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"January 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This must be the day for eBay finds! 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