{"id":4983,"date":"2012-12-05T07:23:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T11:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2012-12-05T07:23:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T11:23:28","slug":"universal-radio-features-grundig-s450dxl-deal-and-new-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/universal-radio-features-grundig-s450dxl-deal-and-new-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Radio features Grundig S450DXL deal and new catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Universal Radio has started a special\u00a0deal-of-the-week<\/em>\u00a0on their home page. \u00a0They’re featuring the Grundig\u00a0S450DLX<\/a> as their first deal.<\/p>\n

At $88.77 US and including the book, “Discover DXing,” this is an excellent gift idea (indeed, we featured this radio in our 2011 gift guide<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I also just received the following news from Universal Radio:<\/p>\n

[We’re] pleased to report that our new 2012 print catalog should arrive tomorrow night.<\/p>\n

It is our largest print catalog ever, at 132 pages.
\nWe have also (for the first time) made it available as a download (by-chapter) at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Universal Radio’s catalogs are the only catalogs I keep archives of. They’re great for referencing current production radios and accessories, and later can serve as a resource when researching used prices (another excellent tool is their sold\/used item index<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Plus, I always love their cover design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Universal Radio has started a special\u00a0deal-of-the-week\u00a0on their home page. \u00a0They’re featuring the Grundig\u00a0S450DLX as their first deal. At $88.77 US and including the book, “Discover DXing,” this is an excellent gift idea (indeed, we featured this radio in our 2011 gift guide). I also just received the following news from Universal Radio: [We’re] pleased to […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,714,43,1409],"tags":[296,58,1517],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-retailers","category-shortwave-radio","category-specials","tag-grundig-s450dlx","tag-universal-radio","tag-universal-radio-catalogs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1in","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":830,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/the-grundig-s450dl\/","url_meta":{"origin":4983,"position":0},"title":"The Grundig S450DLX","author":"Thomas","date":"August 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The new S450DLX promises to be a capable shortwave and mediumwave radio.Universal Radio has announced that they are taking orders for the new Grundig S450DLX--an obvious replacement\/improvement on the Eton\/Grundig S350DL. 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