{"id":60023,"date":"2024-06-19T08:31:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=60023"},"modified":"2024-06-19T08:31:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:31:57","slug":"the-anritsu-rg52a-rob-spots-this-very-rare-receiver-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/the-anritsu-rg52a-rob-spots-this-very-rare-receiver-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anritsu RG52A: Rob spots this very rare receiver on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Rob Gray, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello Thomas.<\/p>\n

If interested, the link below is to an extremely rare SW receiver:<\/p>\n

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

[note: this is an eBay partnership link]<\/em><\/p>\n

The latest Radio Receivers Past\/Present book shows this model as a Japanese manufactured, commercial-maritime receiver. The Rarity is “Typically Unavailable”, and lists prices at $5,700 New, $800-1600 Used.<\/p>\n

73,
\nRob<\/p>\n

Wow, Rob. I’ve never seen this receiver before. Perhaps one of our commercial receiver experts (*cough* Dan Robinson *cough*) might be able to shed some light on this model!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rob Gray, who writes: Hello Thomas. If interested, the link below is to an extremely rare SW receiver: Click here to view this listing on eBay. [note: this is an eBay partnership link] The latest Radio Receivers Past\/Present book shows this model as a Japanese manufactured, commercial-maritime receiver. The […]<\/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":[3,43,4796],"tags":[10555,7800],"class_list":["post-60023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-anritsu-rg52a","tag-rob-gray"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fC7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55163,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/dan-notes-an-interesting-development-at-the-japanese-buyee-auction-site\/","url_meta":{"origin":60023,"position":0},"title":"Dan notes an interesting development at the Japanese Buyee auction site","author":"Thomas","date":"December 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following post: Japan Buyee Site Halts Shipment of Amateur Equipment by Dan Robinson As readers of SWLing.com know, the Buyee website has provided a way for those who view it to see and purchase a range of equipment including\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Buyee-Example-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Buyee-Example-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Buyee-Example-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Buyee-Example-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Buyee-Example-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54898,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/rob-spots-a-rare-hy-gain-galaxy-r-1530-shortwave-receiver-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":60023,"position":1},"title":"Rob spots a rare Hy-Gain Galaxy R-1530 shortwave receiver on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"December 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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