{"id":49378,"date":"2021-06-25T08:45:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49378"},"modified":"2021-06-25T08:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:45:28","slug":"markku-recommends-the-gp-5-desk-pod-gen-3-for-the-pl-368","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/markku-recommends-the-gp-5-desk-pod-gen-3-for-the-pl-368\/","title":{"rendered":"Markku recommends the GP-5 Desk Pod (Gen 3) for the PL-368"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tecsun-PL-368-Desk-Pod-stand-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49379\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tecsun-PL-368-Desk-Pod-stand-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tecsun-PL-368-Desk-Pod-stand-1.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tecsun-PL-368-Desk-Pod-stand-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Markku (VA3MK), who writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>I just received <a href=\"https:\/\/countycomm.com\/products\/gp-5-anti-tip-stand-black-anodized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this stand<\/a> today, works and fits well with my orange Tecsun PL-368.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4096_1024x1024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49380\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4096_1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4096_1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4096_1024x1024-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4096_1024x1024-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4096_1024x1024-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4066_1024x1024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49381\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4066_1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4066_1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4066_1024x1024-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4066_1024x1024-768x575.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_4066_1024x1024-624x467.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_40862_1024x1024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49382\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_40862_1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_40862_1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_40862_1024x1024-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_40862_1024x1024-768x575.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_40862_1024x1024-624x467.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/countycomm.com\/products\/gp-5-anti-tip-stand-black-anodized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view at CountyComm.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What a nice and simple little stand! Thanks for sharing this, Markku. This would work (I assume) with any of the CountyComm and Tecsun Portables with a similar form factor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Markku (VA3MK), who writes: I just received this stand today, works and fits well with my orange Tecsun PL-368. Click here to view at CountyComm. What a nice and simple little stand! Thanks for sharing this, Markku. This would work (I assume) with any of the CountyComm and Tecsun [&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":[3376,4827,9336,8941],"class_list":["post-49378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-news","tag-countycomm","tag-countycomm-gp5","tag-gp-5-desk-pod","tag-markku-koskinen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cQq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47333,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/the-tecsun-pl-368-is-now-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":49378,"position":0},"title":"The Tecsun PL-368 is now on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"January 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors, Tom, Markku, Dave Zantow, and Dan Robinson who note that the Tecsun PL-368 is now available via sellers on eBay. 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