{"id":50682,"date":"2021-11-03T06:39:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T10:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50682"},"modified":"2021-11-03T20:54:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T00:54:02","slug":"free-to-a-good-home-larry-is-giving-away-radio-gear-to-swling-post-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/free-to-a-good-home-larry-is-giving-away-radio-gear-to-swling-post-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Free to a good home: Larry is giving away radio gear to SWLing Post readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10200\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sony7600GR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10200\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sony7600GR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sony7600GR.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sony7600GR-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sony7600GR-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sony ICF-SW7600GR<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I recently received the following message from SWLing Post contributor, Larry Thompson:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m 74 and want to pare down my extensive receiver collection. I have a number of receivers and portable shortwaves, as well as antennas that I want to get to good homes. They would be free with the recipient just paying for shipping and packing at my local UPS store.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow, Larry! This is incredibly kind of you.<\/p>\n<p>Larry has <em>very<\/em> few conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Everything is free, but you must pay UPS shipping and packing from St. Louis, Missouri to your address.<\/strong> Keep in mind that if you live outside the USA, it might not make sense in terms of shipping costs and import duties\/fees to request an item. At present, international shipping is quite pricey and UPS often requires their premium parcel services for international parcels. Since the UPS Store will also pack these items for Larry, you must assume it might cost an additional $5-15 for the packing depending on the size of the item.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Only one item per person<\/strong> (so find the one item you <em>really<\/em> want and only send an email for that particular item)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Larry wants these to go <em>to good homes<\/em><\/strong>, meaning <strong>don&#8217;t request one unless you actually plan to use it yourself.<\/strong> Please don&#8217;t request one to resell or flip. Larry wants these items to help others who might want or need a good receiver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Free Items<\/h1>\n<p>Here are the items Larry is offering the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> community:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11782\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11782\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11782\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CountyComm GP5\/SSB<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Receivers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grundig G5<\/strong> great on FM, but I haven\u2019t determined if the SW and AM bands are working properly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sony ICF-SW7600GR<\/strong> like new, excellent cond. Outstanding rig!<\/li>\n<li><strong>CountyComm GP-5\/SSB<\/strong> like new. Tiny, but powerful, sensitive receiver. Fits in your pocket<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tivoli Audio Pal Red<\/strong> AM\/FM\/aux Great sound, cool vernier dial like new. Great to play your iPod music.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Icom IC-R71A<\/strong> needs some repairs. Quadruple conversion multi-band communications desktop receiver. Ask about condition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SDRPlay RSP1<\/strong> (software defined receiver) like new, hardly been used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Antennas<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MLA-30<\/strong> amplified magnetic loop<\/li>\n<li><strong>MLA-30+<\/strong> amplified magnetic loop<\/li>\n<li><strong>AirSpy YouLoop<\/strong> passive magnetic loop<\/li>\n<li><strong>Karas\/Doxytronics HF-319<\/strong> passive magnetic loop antenna and coax<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>How to request<\/h1>\n<p>If you feel like you&#8217;d give one of these items a good home, simply send an email to the address below with the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Which item you would like and why you would like it or how you plan to use it.<\/li>\n<li>What you can offer for shipping to your location from <strong>St. Louis, MO 63108<\/strong>. Again, keep in mind that Larry will use a UPS Store in his neighborhood for both packing and shipping, so you will need to provide extra funds for them to pack it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We want to make this as easy for Larry as possible and for him not to end up paying the difference in shipping, so if you ask for an item, please be willing to pay at least the full price his UPS store asks.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the temporary email address for Larry&#8217;s giveaway: <a href=\"mailto:freetoagoodhome@swling.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freetoagoodhome@swling.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When all items have been accounted for, I&#8217;ll update this article with a message at the top of the post and delete the email forwarding address.<\/p>\n<h1>Thank you, Larry!<\/h1>\n<p>My back of the envelop calculations indicate that Larry is easily giving away $700-900+ worth of radio gear.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much, Larry, for spreading the radio love!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently received the following message from SWLing Post contributor, Larry Thompson: I\u2019m 74 and want to pare down my extensive receiver collection. I have a number of receivers and portable shortwaves, as well as antennas that I want to get to good homes. They would be free with the recipient just paying for shipping [&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],"tags":[8357],"class_list":["post-50682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-free-to-a-good-home"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dbs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34211,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/the-icom-ic-7200-has-been-discontinued-yet-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":50682,"position":0},"title":"The Icom IC-7200 has been discontinued (yet again)","author":"Thomas","date":"September 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Dave Zantow (N9EWO) and Larry W who both note that the IC-7200 has been discontinued once again by Icom. 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