{"id":31114,"date":"2018-03-09T08:18:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31114"},"modified":"2018-03-09T08:18:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:18:51","slug":"the-lazy-susan-marios-mediumwave-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-lazy-susan-marios-mediumwave-companion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lazy Susan: Mario’s mediumwave companion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes:<\/p>\n

\"Grundig<\/a>Here is a handy tip for those using small magnetic loops, like the Grundig AN-200. Using a simple Lazy Susan makes rotating the loop a lot easier as in the picture attached. It gives you a very smooth 360 degree rotation using a simple flip of a finger. Lazy Susans come in all sizes and luckily I had one already which fits the AN-200 perfectly.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a handy tip, indeed! In fact, I once spoke with a mediumwave DXer who told me that when he prepares for a DXpedition, he packs the Lazy Susan before he packs his portable’s batteries!<\/p>\n

Lazy Susans are quite easy to find. Most “big box” retailers have them, Amazon.com has a massive inventory (affiliate link)<\/a>, IKEA<\/a> and I’ve had incredible luck finding them at thrift stores for next to nothing! In fact, if you have a local thrift store with a large selection of kitchen accessories, you’ll likely find a Lazy Susan or two on the shelves.<\/p>\n

Thank you for the tip, Mario!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes: Here is a handy tip for those using small magnetic loops, like the Grundig AN-200. Using a simple Lazy Susan makes rotating the loop a lot easier as in the picture attached. It gives you a very smooth 360 degree rotation using a simple […]<\/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":[4199,373,3607,433,3],"tags":[114,6879,4311,4099],"class_list":["post-31114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-am","category-antennas","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-grundig-an200","tag-lazy-susan","tag-mario-filippi-n2hun","tag-mediumwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-85Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22477,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/radios-with-rotatable-am-antennas\/","url_meta":{"origin":31114,"position":0},"title":"Radios With Rotatable AM Antennas?","author":"Thomas","date":"November 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes: With your broad knowledge of radios, wondering if you can add anything to this list of portable radios, past and present, that have 360 degree rotatable directional AM ferrite antennas. 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