{"id":34377,"date":"2018-10-06T07:43:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T11:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34377"},"modified":"2018-10-06T07:43:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T11:43:18","slug":"i-picked-the-wrong-time-to-thin-the-herd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/i-picked-the-wrong-time-to-thin-the-herd\/","title":{"rendered":"I picked the wrong time to “thin the herd”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I had a nice phone chat with SWLing Post<\/em> contributor and good friend Robert Gulley<\/a>\u00a0this week and discovered that, like me, he’s in the process of selling a few radios in his collection.<\/p>\n

Robert is thinning his radio herd in order to help fund another hobby: photography. I’m minimizing my collection, on the other hand, to make room in my radio shack for a dedicated soldering station\/work bench.<\/p>\n

Other than units to evaluate and review for the Post<\/em>, I’ve vowed not to acquire any more radios for the rest of this year. I’m trying to go “cold turkey” until January 1, 2019.<\/p>\n

Turns out good ole Robert, of all people, is putting my prohibition to the test. I just found out he’s selling two radios I’ve kept in my search list.<\/p>\n

One is the GE Super Radio II<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Robert is selling an excellent specimen. The Super Radio II is a choice model for AM DXers which is why I’ve kept an eye out for one. I’ve found a number of Super Radio I and III models locally, but not a II.<\/p>\n

Another classic he’s selling is the RadioShack DX-440 (a.k.a. Sangean 803A)<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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If you’re a long-time reader of the Post<\/em>\u00a0you might recall that the ‘440 was my first digital portable. It was my travel companion when I lived in France during university, so I have a lot of nostalgia for this particular set. Of course, it had room-filling audio and great sensitivity and would operate for ages on batteries.<\/p>\n

I’m going to try to look the other way, though. I hate to fall off the wagon so close to the end of the year!<\/p>\n

Thanks a lot, Robert!!!<\/em> (Ha ha!)<\/p>\n

[If interested, here are links to Robert’s\u00a0DX-440<\/a> and Super Radio II<\/a> on eBay.]<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> Do you have any particular radio models on your search list? Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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