{"id":41222,"date":"2019-12-16T23:37:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T03:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41222"},"modified":"2019-12-16T23:58:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T03:58:22","slug":"radio-deal-new-retekess-tr608-am-fm-sw-air-intro-price-of-29-99-us-shipped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/radio-deal-new-retekess-tr608-am-fm-sw-air-intro-price-of-29-99-us-shipped\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Deal: New Retekess TR608 AM\/FM\/SW\/AIR intro price of $29.99 US shipped"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n

Just noticed that Retekess has introduced a new AM\/FW\/SW\/Airband! receiver and it’s on sale at a special introductory price ($29.99) till the end of Dec 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Interesting that this one has the commercial aviation band (118-138MHz).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to view on eBay.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks for the tip, John!<\/p>\n

Post Readers:<\/strong><\/em> Please share your review of this new portable if you grab one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Palmer, who writes: Hi Thomas, Just noticed that Retekess has introduced a new AM\/FW\/SW\/Airband! receiver and it’s on sale at a special introductory price ($29.99) till the end of Dec 2019. Interesting that this one has the commercial aviation band (118-138MHz). Click here to view on eBay. Thanks […]<\/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":[836,3,43],"tags":[331,7496,8205,8204,8206],"class_list":["post-41222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ebay","tag-john-palmer-kc8rzm","tag-retekess","tag-retekess-tr608","tag-tr608"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aIS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41325,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/mike-reviews-the-retekess-tr608-am-fm-air-sw-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":41222,"position":0},"title":"Mike reviews the Retekess TR608 AM\/FM\/AIR\/SW receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"December 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike S, who shares his assessment of the Retekess TR608. 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