{"id":48255,"date":"2021-03-23T06:07:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48255"},"modified":"2021-03-23T06:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:36:50","slug":"nick-acquires-a-harris-rf-505a-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/nick-acquires-a-harris-rf-505a-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick acquires a Harris RF 505A receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18764\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A-768x241.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A-500x157.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Nick Booras, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I just picked up a Harris 505A and I made a couple videos your viewers might like.<\/p>\n<p>This radio is extremely sensitive as you can see in the comparison videos. I am very lucky to have picked it up. I will add that in the comparison to the Kenwood TS890 I didn\u2019t try the 15 kHz filter on video. I did try it afterwards and I was surprised to receive the weak 6.085 signal with similar results to the 505. I thought for sure that that huge width would only let in more noise but I was wrong. I learned something new! But the 505A is still a super sweet machine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8tae5dPLAy4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZiEZnhFbCyk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJ2IMP7CKAA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for sharing this, Nick! What a wonderful addition to your radio collection. I&#8217;ve always loved the incredibly simple design of the 505A and have assumed it would have a very low noise floor.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: I just picked up a Harris 505A and I made a couple videos your viewers might like. This radio is extremely sensitive as you can see in the comparison videos. I am very lucky to have picked it up. I will add that in the [&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":[3,26,129,43],"tags":[4875,5055,8760,9207,4082,4093],"class_list":["post-48255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","tag-harris","tag-harris-rf-505a","tag-nick-booras","tag-rf-505a","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cyj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30947,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/seyfi-is-seeking-harris-rf-505a-documentation\/","url_meta":{"origin":48255,"position":0},"title":"Seyfi is seeking Harris RF 505A documentation","author":"Thomas","date":"February 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Seyfi Gen\u00e7, who writes: I'm a strict follower of your blog and of course a SW listener and HAM (TA2MOK) from Istanbul Turkey. I bought a Harris RF 505A last week for just $30 US! I need to datasheet to repair it.\u00a0 I didn't find\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Harris-RF-505A.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18792,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/bob-recalls-working-at-harris-and-putting-the-rf-505a-on-the-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":48255,"position":1},"title":"Bob recalls working at Harris and putting the RF-505A on the air","author":"Thomas","date":"May 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to our post mentioning the Harris RF-505A,\u00a0SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Bob LaRose (W6ACU), writes: I know the RF-505A very well. 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I started working there as a Co-Op student while at RIT and then after I got my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fullscreen capture 5102016 114119 AM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-5102016-114119-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-5102016-114119-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-5102016-114119-AM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-5102016-114119-AM.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18762,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/dan-notes-some-rare-harris-microtel-and-drake-receivers-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":48255,"position":2},"title":"Dan notes some rare Harris, Microtel and Drake receivers on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"May 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: These days as shortwave continues on the decline,\u00a0we're seeing some great rarities, receivers that have\u00a0never been seen before on the used market. One of \u00a0these is [top of page], a Harris RF-505A. 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I recently started posting YouTube videos of some of my collection and thought you and your viewers might\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lab599-TX-500-Discovery-1-11.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47855,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/lemons-into-lemonade-nick-is-taking-advantage-of-texas-power-outage-to-play-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":48255,"position":4},"title":"Lemons into Lemonade: Nick is taking advantage of Texas power outage to play radio","author":"Thomas","date":"February 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: I am stuck in the house in Texas, bored and with no power. 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