{"id":41702,"date":"2020-01-22T18:51:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T22:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41702"},"modified":"2020-01-22T18:51:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T22:51:55","slug":"radio-west-catalog-at-american-radio-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/radio-west-catalog-at-american-radio-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio West catalog at American Radio History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Oh this brings back memories. I bought a lot of stuff from Radio West. Here is their catalog from 1983. Had them install a Collins mechanical filter in my Kenwood R-1000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to download Radio West Catalog 5 (PDF).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing this bit of retail nostalgia, Zack!\u00a0 This download is one of thousands available at the excellent American Radio History<\/a><\/strong> website.<\/p>\n

Any other patrons of Radio West?\u00a0 Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Zack Schindler, who writes: Oh this brings back memories. I bought a lot of stuff from Radio West. Here is their catalog from 1983. Had them install a Collins mechanical filter in my Kenwood R-1000. Click here to download Radio West Catalog 5 (PDF). Thanks for sharing this bit […]<\/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":[545,3,305,288,43],"tags":[4094,1302,8274,8275,7879],"class_list":["post-41702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-nostalgia","tag-radio-nostalgia","tag-radio-west","tag-radio-west-catalog","tag-zack-schindler-n8fnr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aQC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6092,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/1939-rca-broadcast-equipment-catalog\/","url_meta":{"origin":41702,"position":0},"title":"1939 RCA Broadcast Equipment Catalog","author":"Thomas","date":"March 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Now that I've read this scanned 1939 RCA Broadcast Equipment Catalog, I realize that I really do need an RCA AR-60\u00a0Communications\u00a0Receiver.\u00a0It would make a lovely addition to my antique radio collection! 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