{"id":48066,"date":"2021-03-07T09:05:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T13:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48066"},"modified":"2021-03-07T09:05:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T13:05:52","slug":"mario-recommends-wb2jkj-as-a-source-for-hard-to-find-printed-manuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/mario-recommends-wb2jkj-as-a-source-for-hard-to-find-printed-manuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario recommends WB2JKJ as a source for hard-to-find printed manuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9503\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1544\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-100x18.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Not sure if you are familiar with this site, run by Tony, WB2JKJ, a NYC school teacher and a great guy:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48067\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamradiomanuals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hamradiomanuals.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve dealt with him in the past with excellent satisfaction. I know that many manuals can be found free on-line, but if that isn&#8217;t the case, Tony may have it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-48068\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>He&#8217;s also involved with teaching city school kids about amateur radio and welcomes donations of ham radio gear. I&#8217;ve donated items to his cause and felt good about it: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wb2jkj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.wb2jkj.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He always follows up with a nice thank you letter from the school.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you so much for sharing this recommendation, Mario!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes: Not sure if you are familiar with this site, run by Tony, WB2JKJ, a NYC school teacher and a great guy: https:\/\/www.hamradiomanuals.com\/ I&#8217;ve dealt with him in the past with excellent satisfaction. I know that many manuals can be found free on-line, but if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[4199,3],"tags":[9173,4311,9174],"class_list":["post-48066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-news","tag-manuals","tag-mario-filippi-n2hun","tag-wb2jkj"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cvg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51037,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/mario-finds-a-monophonic-earphone-with-6-foot-cord\/","url_meta":{"origin":48066,"position":0},"title":"Mario finds a monophonic earphone with 6 foot cord","author":"Thomas","date":"December 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes: Attached is a picture of a recent purchase of mine from eBay, a six foot long monophonic earphone for use with my Panasonic RF-2200. 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I was not familiar with this site, but it appears they have good reviews. 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A little of this and that on the website,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/accessories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GodarAntennas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GodarAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GodarAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GodarAntennas.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43013,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/trans-oceanic-spotted-in-1959-film-on-the-beach\/","url_meta":{"origin":48066,"position":4},"title":"Trans-Oceanic spotted in 1959 film &#8220;On the Beach&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"April 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes: Maybe this is old news but in the 1959 film \"On the Beach\" which was from the book by Nevil Shute, there is a Zenith transoceanic shortwave radio in this clip from the film. 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