{"id":34890,"date":"2018-11-17T07:32:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T11:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34890"},"modified":"2018-11-17T07:32:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T11:32:21","slug":"robert-talks-ubitx-and-navigating-the-world-of-used-radio-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/robert-talks-ubitx-and-navigating-the-world-of-used-radio-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert talks uBITX and navigating the world of used radio gear"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert’s uBITX QRP transceiver kit with fire red chassis.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Robert Gulley (AK3Q)<\/a>, who shares the following announcement from his blog All Things Radio<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

I have posted two new articles in the\u00a0Reviews and How-Tos<\/a>\u00a0section. These were both previously published in\u00a0The Spectrum Monitor<\/a>\u00a0magazine earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The first article deals with buying used and new equipment, while the other article is a review of the uBITX QRP transceiver. Thanks go to Ken Reitz for graciously allowing these to be posted after their initial publication!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks for sharing, Robert!<\/p>\n

Readers, I highly recommend both of these articles.\u00a0 In his used equipment guide, Robert makes practical suggestions for navigating the world of pre-owned radio gear and shares some important tips. His uBITX QRP Transceiver article is essential reading for anyone who has considered building this incredibly affordable kit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Robert Gulley (AK3Q), who shares the following announcement from his blog All Things Radio: I have posted two new articles in the\u00a0Reviews and How-Tos\u00a0section. These were both previously published in\u00a0The Spectrum Monitor\u00a0magazine earlier this year. The first article deals with buying used and new equipment, while the other article is […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,545,627,3,43],"tags":[7230,4102,4014,4082,6681,6682],"class_list":["post-34890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-ham-radio","category-how-to","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-buying-used-radios","tag-ham-radio","tag-robert-gulley-ak3q","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-ubitx","tag-ubitx-transceiver"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-94K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41379,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/assembling-the-ubitx-v6-qrp-transceiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":34890,"position":0},"title":"Assembling the uBITX V6 QRP transceiver","author":"Thomas","date":"December 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Friday, after returning from holiday travel, I found a belated Christmas gift on my doorstep: the new uBITX V6 QRP transceiver. 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