{"id":54898,"date":"2022-12-03T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54898"},"modified":"2022-12-03T11:59:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T15:59:24","slug":"rob-spots-a-rare-hy-gain-galaxy-r-1530-shortwave-receiver-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/rob-spots-a-rare-hy-gain-galaxy-r-1530-shortwave-receiver-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob spots a rare Hy-Gain Galaxy R-1530 shortwave receiver on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Rob, who shares a link to this Hy-Gain Galaxy R-1530<\/a> listed on eBay and notes: “A radio that might be of interest to your readers<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Click here to view this listing on eBay.<\/a><\/p>\n

It is a beauty for sure. The seller also has a stellar reputation on eBay which is always good.<\/p>\n

I’d be very curious what some of the collectors in our radio community might think of the R-1530. Is it as rare as the seller implies? Perhaps Dan Robinson can shed some light on this model?<\/p>\n

Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rob, who shares a link to this Hy-Gain Galaxy R-1530 listed on eBay and notes: “A radio that might be of interest to your readers.” Click here to view this listing on eBay. It is a beauty for sure. The seller also has a stellar reputation on eBay which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,305,4796],"tags":[10052],"class_list":["post-54898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-hy-gain-galaxy-r-1530"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ehs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66755,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/rob-spots-a-rare-hygain-galaxy-r-1530-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":54898,"position":0},"title":"Rob spots a rare Hygain Galaxy R-1530 on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"August 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Rob Gray, who spotted this Hygain Galaxy R-1530 on eBay. It's listed at $749.95 plus shipping. 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