{"id":7963,"date":"2013-11-22T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T23:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7963"},"modified":"2013-11-22T19:12:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T23:12:12","slug":"wbcqs-new-monitor-a-navy-model-reh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/wbcqs-new-monitor-a-navy-model-reh\/","title":{"rendered":"WBCQ’s “new” monitor: a Navy model REH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Source: WBCQ Facebook Page)<\/p><\/div>\n

Check out this Navy receiver model REH, that the good folks at WBCQ The Planet<\/a>\u00a0have electrically restored. The REH was an “amenities” receiver used by the United States Navy in World War II\u00a0for troop entertainment. WBCQ, however, has given this one a second life as a station monitor.<\/p>\n

No wonder that glowing green magic eye is so bright–it’s tuned to a broadcast that’s being transmitted from WBCQ’s back yard in Monticello, Maine!\u00a0WBCQ says it “sounds great.” No doubt!<\/p>\n

Thanks to WBCQ for sharing this on their Facebook page<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out this Navy receiver model REH, that the good folks at WBCQ The Planet\u00a0have electrically restored. The REH was an “amenities” receiver used by the United States Navy in World War II\u00a0for troop entertainment. WBCQ, however, has given this one a second life as a station monitor. No wonder that glowing green magic eye […]<\/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":[56,305],"tags":[1146,2345,2343,2344,657,658],"class_list":["post-7963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-nostalgia","tag-boat-anchors","tag-navy-receiver","tag-navy-reh-receiver","tag-reh-receiver","tag-wbcq","tag-wbcq-the-planet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-24r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2136,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/wbcq-7415-khz-will-move-to-7490-khz-on-october-24-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":7963,"position":0},"title":"WBCQ 7,415 kHz will move to 7,490 kHz on October 24, 2011","author":"Thomas","date":"October 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: WBCQ) The FCC has notified WBCQ that they must vacate 7.415 MHz no later than Monday, October 24, 2011. 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