{"id":52086,"date":"2022-03-05T10:36:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T14:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52086"},"modified":"2022-03-05T10:36:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T14:36:44","slug":"frank-finds-a-sony-icf-sw7600g-gr-replacement-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/frank-finds-a-sony-icf-sw7600g-gr-replacement-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank finds a Sony ICF-SW7600G\/GR replacement antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Frank, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas,<\/p>\n

I have asked for and received help from your members a couple of times during the last year. I am sending this to you in an effort to “give something back” to your members.<\/p>\n

I managed to stupidly break the built-in whip antenna on my Sony 7600GR and looked for a replacement. Several are on eBay for 5- 60 dollars which is a bit steep.<\/p>\n

I eventually tried one (for $20) in the link below from eBay:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/ebay.us\/OpHEeP<\/a><\/p>\n

It arrived very quickly (under 2 weeks from China) and it simply went into the radio with no problems and it works very well.<\/p>\n

I am not a radio HAM or electronics expert so it may not be perfect but to me the reception is at least as good as the original.<\/p>\n

If anyone needs one, it would be well worth trying.<\/p>\n

Regards,<\/p>\n

Frank from England<\/p>\n

Thanks so much for sharing this useful tip, Frank!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frank, who writes: Thomas, I have asked for and received help from your members a couple of times during the last year. I am sending this to you in an effort to “give something back” to your members. I managed to stupidly break the built-in whip antenna on my […]<\/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":[4199,3607,3,43],"tags":[2781,121,9696],"class_list":["post-52086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-antennas","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-sony-icf-sw7600g","tag-sony-icf-sw7600gr","tag-sony-icf-sw7600gr-replacement-antenna"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dy6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23560,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/a-replacement-whip-antenna-for-sony-icf-sw7600g\/","url_meta":{"origin":52086,"position":0},"title":"A Replacement Whip Antenna for Sony ICF-SW7600G","author":"Eric","date":"January 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a guest-post by Eric, WD8RIF. 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