{"id":9783,"date":"2014-05-30T08:22:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T12:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9783"},"modified":"2014-05-30T08:22:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T12:22:42","slug":"jerrys-flea-market-estate-sale-radios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/jerrys-flea-market-estate-sale-radios\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry’s flea market and estate sale radios"},"content":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Jerry (WW0E) writes:<\/p>\n

“Sorry I missed your table at Dayton. Managed to add 4 old 1940’s 1950’s era broadcast band radios to my collection, had a great time.\u00a0[Here is a]\u00a0picture of my 1938 Wards dial tone with tuning eye, $35.00.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"wardsradio\"<\/a>Jerry continues:<\/p>\n

“Found this GE-P780 at an estate sale last weekend $20.00, fantastic working condition!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Recently purchased this Philco console, 1938, with the Philco ‘cone-centric tuning dial system.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"philco38-4_dial_1\"<\/a>Many thanks, Jerry, for sharing these excellent finds! If I had a bigger house, I would certainly fill it with 1930’s era console radios!<\/p>\n

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SWLing Post reader, Jerry (WW0E) writes: “Sorry I missed your table at Dayton. Managed to add 4 old 1940’s 1950’s era broadcast band radios to my collection, had a great time.\u00a0[Here is a]\u00a0picture of my 1938 Wards dial tone with tuning eye, $35.00.” Jerry continues: “Found this GE-P780 at an estate sale last weekend $20.00, […]<\/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":[3,305,1936,26,43],"tags":[2958,464,1142,2957,2956,2955,2959],"class_list":["post-9783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-photos","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-1938-wards-dial-tone","tag-antique-radio","tag-dayton-hamvention","tag-ge-p780","tag-philco-cone-centric-tuning-dial-system","tag-philco-console-1938","tag-ww0e"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2xN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7066,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/using-a-1938-philco-receiver-to-decode-a-digital-voa-radiogram\/","url_meta":{"origin":9783,"position":0},"title":"Using a 1938 Philco receiver to decode a digital VOA Radiogram","author":"Thomas","date":"August 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Gerhard, W6XH, recently purchased a vintage 1938 Philco console receiver, then used it to decode a VOA Radiogram. \u00a0Brilliant! 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