{"id":548,"date":"2009-12-16T16:03:42","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T16:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=548"},"modified":"2009-12-20T20:24:13","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T20:24:13","slug":"new-usb-shortwave-radio-the-thanko-raremono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/new-usb-shortwave-radio-the-thanko-raremono\/","title":{"rendered":"New Shortwave Radio&#8211;The Thanko Raremono USB Shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_551\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/raremono1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-551\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-551 \" title=\"raremono1\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/raremono1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Thanko Raremono USB shortwave radio.\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/raremono1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/raremono1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/raremono1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Thanko Raremono USB shortwave radio.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to review one of these. It&#8217;s a new, inexpensive, computer-controlled shortwave radio by the Japanese company, Thanko. The jury is out about its performance, but it does have the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AM, FM and good Shortwave coverage (3,000 kHz-20,000 kHz)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to record radio programs live or schedule recordings of future broadcasts.<\/li>\n<li>Hooks up to the USB port on your PC and is software controlled<\/li>\n<li>Works on Windows XP and Vista<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Thanko Raremono USB Shortwave is available from the <a title=\"Thanko Site Japanese\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thanko.jp\/product\/radio_tanpa\/\">Thanko website<\/a> for $45 US (<a title=\"Thanko Site via Google Translate\" href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;layout=1&amp;eotf=1&amp;u=http:\/\/www.thanko.jp\/product\/radio_tanpa\/&amp;sl=ja&amp;tl=en\">English translation<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned&#8211;I plan to review this radio in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t wait to review one of these. It&#8217;s a new, inexpensive, computer-controlled shortwave radio by the Japanese company, Thanko. The jury is out about its performance, but it does have the following features: AM, FM and good Shortwave coverage (3,000 kHz-20,000 kHz) Ability to record radio programs live or schedule recordings of future broadcasts. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,139,26],"tags":[207,204,203,209,206],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-radio-modifications","category-radios","tag-new-shortwave-radios","tag-raremono","tag-thanko","tag-thanko-raremono-usb-shortwave-radio","tag-usb-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51333,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/boxing-day-monitor-the-sydney-to-hobart-race-via-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":548,"position":0},"title":"Boxing Day: Monitor the Sydney to Hobart Race via Shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"December 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jack Dully, who shares the following information via Tecsun Radios Australia: Follow The Sydney to Hobart Race Via Your Radio! 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