{"id":48215,"date":"2021-03-17T07:53:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48215"},"modified":"2021-03-17T07:53:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:53:13","slug":"1940-when-sears-roebuck-sold-a-wide-array-of-radio-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/1940-when-sears-roebuck-sold-a-wide-array-of-radio-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"1940: When Sears Roebuck sold a wide array of radio gear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Charlie (W4MEC), who shares a PDF of the 1940 Sears Roebuck Co. catalog section featuring a wide array of radio gear and test equipment.<\/p>\n

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This file is hosted on the Pro Audio Design forum<\/a> and can be downloaded as a PDF (15.8 MB) by clicking here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It’s a real nostalgia trip reading through the fine Hallicrafters, Hammarlund and National HRO descriptions. Thanks so much for sharing this, Charlie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Charlie (W4MEC), who shares a PDF of the 1940 Sears Roebuck Co. catalog section featuring a wide array of radio gear and test equipment. This file is hosted on the Pro Audio Design forum and can be downloaded as a PDF (15.8 MB) by clicking here. It’s a real […]<\/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":[545,3,305,288,43,4796],"tags":[1146,6877,1255,2897,4094,4091,1302,9202,681],"class_list":["post-48215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-boat-anchors","tag-charlie-liberto-w4mec","tag-hallicrafters","tag-hammarlund","tag-nostalgia","tag-radio-history","tag-radio-nostalgia","tag-sears-roebuck","tag-vintage-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cxF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35402,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/crystals-go-to-war-a-1943-film-about-the-production-of-signal-corps-radio-crystals\/","url_meta":{"origin":48215,"position":0},"title":"“Crystals Go To War”: A 1943 film about the production of Signal Corps radio crystals","author":"Thomas","date":"January 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Charlie (W4MEC), who shares this fascinating film which documents the production and calibration of crystals in 1943. 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