{"id":4672,"date":"2012-10-13T09:52:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T13:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2012-10-13T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T14:29:33","slug":"try-that-with-an-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/try-that-with-an-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Try that with an iPhone!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-BC-348-Q.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4673\" title=\"1-BC-348-Q\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-BC-348-Q.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-BC-348-Q.jpg 550w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-BC-348-Q-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-BC-348-Q-100x54.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWith the help and guidance of my good friend Charlie, we just repaired and aligned this BC-348-Q receiver. BC-348s were built to withstand the extreme temperatures (-60F) and vibrations on board the B-17 and other bombers, where they were used extensively in World War II. I picked this beauty up at the 2012 Dayton Hamvention for $40.<\/p>\n<p>Next year, this radio will be<strong> <em>70 years old<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This morning, I have it tuned to Radio Australia&#8217;s Saturday Night Country on 11,660 kHz shortwave. It&#8217;s &#8220;connecting&#8221; to a wireless network over 9,800 miles away and producing beautiful, warm audio.<\/p>\n<p>Try that with an iPhone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the help and guidance of my good friend Charlie, we just repaired and aligned this BC-348-Q receiver. BC-348s were built to withstand the extreme temperatures (-60F) and vibrations on board the B-17 and other bombers, where they were used extensively in World War II. I picked this beauty up at the 2012 Dayton Hamvention [&hellip;]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,1271,288,26,43],"tags":[1169,1424,1422,1421,1146,1420,1423,1170,84,1301],"class_list":["post-4672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-boat-anchors-2","category-radio-history","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc-saturday-night-country","tag-b-17","tag-bc-348","tag-bc-348-q","tag-boat-anchors","tag-iphone","tag-military-receivers","tag-saturday-night-country-shortwave","tag-why-shortwave-radio","tag-wwii-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1dm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9429,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/swling-with-heavy-metal-my-signal-corps-bc-348-q\/","url_meta":{"origin":4672,"position":0},"title":"SWLing with heavy metal: my Signal Corps BC-348-Q","author":"Thomas","date":"May 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I write a great deal\u00a0about DSP portables, SDRs, and modern ham radio transceivers, but truth be known, my passion\u00a0is\u00a0for\u00a0older rigs\u2013ahem,\u00a0much older\u2013the antique \"boat anchors\" of the radio world. 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