{"id":54297,"date":"2022-10-08T09:25:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T13:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54297"},"modified":"2022-10-08T09:25:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T13:25:12","slug":"dan-spots-an-ultra-rare-national-hro-600-on-buyee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/dan-spots-an-ultra-rare-national-hro-600-on-buyee\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan spots an ultra-rare National HRO-600 on Buyee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wow. Appearing on the Japan Buyer site is one of the top rarities, the National HRO-600
\nhttps:\/\/buyee.jp\/item\/yahoo\/auction\/m1066450646<\/a><\/p>\n

As veteran SWLs may recall, the HRO-600 was pictured in the old Communications Handbook receiver sections.<\/p>\n

The radio sold for the then astronomical price of $5600 US. Produced just as National was declaring bankruptcy, the 600 was the final radio from the company.<\/p>\n

The last time one of these appeared on the used market was in 2015<\/a> and the best writeup on the receiver can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The condition if this HRO-600 is poor<\/strong><\/em> so it may not be salvageable, but it’s nice to see another one show up on the used market since supposedly only 200 or so were made.<\/p>\n

Thank you for the tip, Dan! I hope someone grabs this HRO-600 and does a proper restoration job!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: Wow. Appearing on the Japan Buyer site is one of the top rarities, the National HRO-600 https:\/\/buyee.jp\/item\/yahoo\/auction\/m1066450646 As veteran SWLs may recall, the HRO-600 was pictured in the old Communications Handbook receiver sections. The radio sold for the then astronomical price of $5600 US. Produced […]<\/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":[3,305,43,4796],"tags":[2635,4280,4279],"class_list":["post-54297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-hro-600","tag-rare-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-e7L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15023,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/dan-spots-an-extremely-rare-hro-600-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":54297,"position":0},"title":"Dan spots an extremely rare HRO-600 on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"October 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, writes: Wow . . . a huge, amazing rarity...this is perhaps the rarest of radios, the HRO-600. It is almost never seen on the used market and when it is, it is usually in non-operational condition. 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Thanks for the tip, Dan!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"national-hro-500-receiver","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/National-HRO-500-Receiver.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/National-HRO-500-Receiver.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/National-HRO-500-Receiver.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/National-HRO-500-Receiver.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24876,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/guest-post-national-hro-500-unboxing-and-initial-tests\/","url_meta":{"origin":54297,"position":2},"title":"Guest Post: National HRO-500 Unboxing and Initial Tests","author":"Thomas","date":"March 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, for the following guest post: HRO-500 Unboxing and Initial Tests by Dan Robinson It is amazing that in these days of waning shortwave broadcast activity, there are still those occasional time capsules -- radios that appear on the used market via Ebay\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Guest Posts"","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HRO-500-Dan-Robinson.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HRO-500-Dan-Robinson.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HRO-500-Dan-Robinson.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HRO-500-Dan-Robinson.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33222,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/boat-anchor-tuesday-national-hro-50t\/","url_meta":{"origin":54297,"position":3},"title":"Boat Anchor Tuesday: National HRO-50T","author":"Thomas","date":"July 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Price Kagey, who shares the following photo for Boat Anchor Tuesday and writes: \"My wonderful HRO-50T. I have replaced all tubes and now need to start on capacitors and resistors.\" What a beautiful radio, Price!\u00a0 Once you've re-capped and replaced the resistors in this girl,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Boat Anchors"","block_context":{"text":"Boat Anchors","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/boat-anchors-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/National-HRO-50T.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/National-HRO-50T.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/National-HRO-50T.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/National-HRO-50T.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30055,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/the-national-hro-5ta1-parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow\/","url_meta":{"origin":54297,"position":4},"title":"The National HRO-5TA1: Parting is such sweet sorrow…","author":"Thomas","date":"January 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm in the process of selling and giving away radio gear that I no longer use or that's been sitting on the workbench way too long. 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