{"id":5372,"date":"2013-01-14T12:46:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5372"},"modified":"2015-09-06T08:47:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T12:47:10","slug":"vlados-thrift-store-find-a-sony-icf-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/vlados-thrift-store-find-a-sony-icf-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlado’s thrift store find: A Sony ICF-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vlado’s Sony ICF-2010 (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

While visiting my friend, Vlado, this weekend, he showed me his thrift store find: a Sony ICF-2010 in very good condition`. The ‘2010 is a well-known portable amongst serious DXers, and is highly sought-after. Since this radio has not been in production for many years, used models routinely sell for a price in excess of $200 US. Parts radios sell for $50 US or more.<\/p>\n

We suspect that the previous owner thought it stopped working. You see, when Vlado plugged in the AC power adapter, nothing happened.<\/p>\n

But take note: there is a quirk, at least with some ICF-2010s–they will not power up, even with the AC adapter plugged in, if you don’t have AA batteries installed. Indeed, two AA cells are required<\/em> for either DC or 120 VAC operation.\u00a0Once Vlad put AAs in, the radio came to life.<\/p>\n

How much did \u00a0he pay for his Sony ICF-2010? Five dollars.<\/p>\n

Paint me envious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While visiting my friend, Vlado, this weekend, he showed me his thrift store find: a Sony ICF-2010 in very good condition`. The ‘2010 is a well-known portable amongst serious DXers, and is highly sought-after. Since this radio has not been in production for many years, used models routinely sell for a price in excess of […]<\/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":[8,26,43],"tags":[1604,4072,25,495,1247,1605,1606,4073],"class_list":["post-5372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-icf-2010","tag-n3cz","tag-shortwave-radios","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-2010","tag-sony-icf-2010-aa-batteries","tag-used-sony-icf-2010","tag-vlado"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1oE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14324,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/a-repair-story-vlados-fix-for-the-classic-sony-icf-sw100\/","url_meta":{"origin":5372,"position":0},"title":"A repair story: Vlado’s fix for the classic Sony ICF-SW100","author":"Thomas","date":"August 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In June, I made a small leap of faith and purchased a (dead)\u00a0Sony ICF-SW100 from Universal Radio (see the listing on right). 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