{"id":39935,"date":"2019-09-30T09:55:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39935"},"modified":"2019-09-30T09:56:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:56:24","slug":"eds-ultra-low-cost-upcycled-radio-case-for-the-realistic-dx-440","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/eds-ultra-low-cost-upcycled-radio-case-for-the-realistic-dx-440\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed’s ultra low-cost “upcycled” radio case for the Realistic DX-440"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Edward Ganshirt, who writes:<\/p>\n

I have seen some very good radio cases for carrying your radio with you with a price tag.<\/p>\n

I needed one for my DX-440 but did not want to shell out a hundred bux for it, so I made a home brew version out of packing foam, bubble wrap, Velcro patches, hot melt glue and lots of imagination. this is what I came up with:<\/p>\n

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Thanks for sharing, Ed! I’m sure your upcycled case will serve the DX-440 quite well. Bubble and foam wrap are durable materials and it’s always get to give them a second life!<\/p>\n

Post readers:<\/strong><\/em> Have you made your own radio protective cases? Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Edward Ganshirt, who writes: I have seen some very good radio cases for carrying your radio with you with a price tag. I needed one for my DX-440 but did not want to shell out a hundred bux for it, so I made a home brew version out of […]<\/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":[4199,627,3],"tags":[4695,4800,4694],"class_list":["post-39935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-how-to","category-news","tag-cases","tag-edward-ganshirt","tag-radio-cases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ao7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28284,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/ed-gives-this-realistic-dx-440-a-bath\/","url_meta":{"origin":39935,"position":0},"title":"Ed gives this Realistic DX-440 a bath!","author":"Thomas","date":"September 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Edward Ganshirt, who shares the following: I found this critter [a Realistic DX-440--see photo above] at a flea market. 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