{"id":33222,"date":"2018-07-17T07:41:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T11:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33222"},"modified":"2018-07-17T07:41:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T11:41:45","slug":"boat-anchor-tuesday-national-hro-50t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/boat-anchor-tuesday-national-hro-50t\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat Anchor Tuesday: National HRO-50T"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Price Kagey, who shares the following photo for Boat Anchor Tuesday<\/a> <\/em>and writes:<\/p>\n

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“My wonderful HRO-50T. I have replaced all tubes and now need to start on capacitors and resistors.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What a beautiful radio, Price!\u00a0 Once you’ve re-capped and replaced the resistors in this girl, you’ll have a phenomenal receiver. I’m a sucker for those HRO dials! Thank you for sharing!<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> If you’d like to share a photo of your boat anchor on Boat Anchor Tuesday<\/em>, simply send me an email<\/a> with the photo and a short description. I’ll put it in the pipeline to publish!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Price Kagey, who shares the following photo for Boat Anchor Tuesday and writes: “My wonderful HRO-50T. I have replaced all tubes and now need to start on capacitors and resistors.” What a beautiful radio, Price!\u00a0 Once you’ve re-capped and replaced the resistors in this girl, you’ll have a phenomenal receiver. 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