{"id":30947,"date":"2018-02-22T07:47:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T11:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30947"},"modified":"2018-02-22T07:47:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T11:47:06","slug":"seyfi-is-seeking-harris-rf-505a-documentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/seyfi-is-seeking-harris-rf-505a-documentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Seyfi is seeking Harris RF 505A documentation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader,\u00a0Seyfi Gen\u00e7, who writes:<\/p>\n

I’m a strict follower of your blog and of course a SW listener and HAM (TA2MOK) from Istanbul Turkey.<\/p>\n

I bought a Harris RF 505A last week for just $30 US!<\/p>\n

I need to datasheet to repair it.\u00a0 I didn’t find it on internet.<\/p>\n

Thank you.
\n73!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow! You bought an RF 505A for $30? Amazing!<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> If you can help direct Seyfi to RF 505A schematics or a repair manual, please comment with links!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Seyfi Gen\u00e7, who writes: I’m a strict follower of your blog and of course a SW listener and HAM (TA2MOK) from Istanbul Turkey. I bought a Harris RF 505A last week for just $30 US! I need to datasheet to repair it.\u00a0 I didn’t find it on internet. Thank you. […]<\/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":[3,4796],"tags":[5055,6855],"class_list":["post-30947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-vintage-radio","tag-harris-rf-505a","tag-seyfi-ta2mok"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-839","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48255,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/nick-acquires-a-harris-rf-505a-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":30947,"position":0},"title":"Nick acquires a Harris RF 505A receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"March 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: I just picked up a Harris 505A and I made a couple videos your viewers might like. 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