{"id":52164,"date":"2022-03-14T05:33:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T09:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52164"},"modified":"2022-03-12T11:34:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T15:34:04","slug":"a-case-for-the-belka-dx-and-cautionary-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/a-case-for-the-belka-dx-and-cautionary-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"A case for the Belka-DX and cautionary tale!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Steve Allen (KZ4TN), who shares the following guest post:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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My Belka-DX: A Cautionary Tale<\/b><\/h1>\n

One of the most amazing SW radios I have ever owned and listened to is the Belka-DX. Its size to performance ratio is without equal, IMHO.<\/p>\n

Late last year I dropped it on the floor and was emotionally traumatized when I picked it up and found the LCD to be broken (see photo above). It still received but most of the display was damaged and not readable. I tried to open it up with the intent of replacing the LCD myself (if I could source one) but I could not figure out how to remove the circuit board.<\/p>\n

I contacted Boris at MobiMax in Bulgaria<\/a> from whom I purchased the little squirrel. It took a few weeks of back and forth as he worked to get pricing for the replacement LCD. Eventually he had a very reasonable quote put together and I mailed the Belka-DX off to Bulgaria. Now the wait began. It took almost four weeks for it to finally arrive at MobiMax. Boris had the repair turned around in about a week and I made payment via PayPal. Just like before it took about four weeks transit time and I worried that it would disappear somewhere on the way.<\/p>\n

It arrived safe and sound and I am very glad to have it back. I\u2019ve been missing my bedtime SWLing.<\/p>\n

So\u2026moving forward I will now always store the radio in a hard case. After digging around in my box of assorted cases I found nothing that was the right size.<\/p>\n

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After twenty minutes on Amazon I found a hard case that was originally for a small point and shoot digital camera<\/a>. It was a bit larger than the Belka-DX and it also had room for earbuds, the charging cable and power adaptor, and a small wire antenna.<\/p>\n

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I glued some foam in the case to hold the radio in place and it\u2019s now nice and snug.<\/p>\n

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Click here to check out the case on Amazonm.com<\/strong> (affiliate link).<\/a><\/p>\n

Now I can safely carry it in my daypack or other travel luggage without fear of damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Steve Allen (KZ4TN), who shares the following guest post: My Belka-DX: A Cautionary Tale One of the most amazing SW radios I have ever owned and listened to is the Belka-DX. Its size to performance ratio is without equal, IMHO. Late last year I dropped it on the floor […]<\/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":[4199,3,43],"tags":[8933,9712,8260,9711,8886,8865],"class_list":["post-52164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-belka","tag-belka-case","tag-belka-dsp","tag-belka-dx-broken-screen","tag-belka-dx-dsp","tag-steve-allen-kz4tn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dzm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52386,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/egil-is-pleased-with-his-new-belka-dx-and-tecsun-icr-100-cases\/","url_meta":{"origin":52164,"position":0},"title":"Egil is pleased with his new Belka-DX and Tecsun ICR-100 cases","author":"Thomas","date":"April 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Egil (LA2PJ), who writes: Hi Thomas, In the middle of march, Steve Allen (KZ4TN) posted this article showing a case for the BELKA-DX. 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