{"id":9995,"date":"2014-06-23T11:20:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T15:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9995"},"modified":"2014-06-25T19:20:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T23:20:43","slug":"buying-a-bmw-in-south-africa-shortwave-radio-is-an-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/buying-a-bmw-in-south-africa-shortwave-radio-is-an-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a BMW in South Africa? Shortwave radio is an option!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bwm-sw\"<\/a>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Bob, has a relative\u00a0who works for BMW in the United States. Recently, Bob learned that some models of BMWs shipped to South Africa have a shortwave radio option. \u00a0He followed up with this photo of the radio\u00a0display [see above].<\/p>\n

Wow, what a fab idea! Not only would I love to have a factory-installed shortwave radio in my car, but I must admit that I love the simple design of this digital radio dial: elegant, clean, and just a tad retro and sci-fi, all at once.<\/p>\n

Now if I could simply afford the BMW…Sigh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, Bob, has a relative\u00a0who works for BMW in the United States. Recently, Bob learned that some models of BMWs shipped to South Africa have a shortwave radio option. \u00a0He followed up with this photo of the radio\u00a0display [see above]. Wow, what a fab idea! Not only would I love to have a […]<\/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":[3051,836,3,43],"tags":[3037,3035,700,3045,3038,25,3036],"class_list":["post-9995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile-shortwave","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bmw","tag-bmw-shortwave-radio","tag-car-radio-shortwave","tag-car-shortwave-radios","tag-mobile-shortwave-radios","tag-shortwave-radios","tag-south-africa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2Bd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10031,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/chris-suggests-installing-a-shortwave-receiver-in-your-car\/","url_meta":{"origin":9995,"position":0},"title":"Chris suggests installing a shortwave receiver in your car","author":"Thomas","date":"June 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"On the topic of shortwave radios in automobiles, SWLing Post reader, Chris, writes: \"Seven years ago, I purchased a Sony Car Stereo with a Shortwave receiver from the Shortwave Store in Canada. 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The rental car in Namibia had shortwave capabilities in the in-dash radio!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mobile Shortwave"","block_context":{"text":"Mobile Shortwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mobile-shortwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shortwave-Car-Stereo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shortwave-Car-Stereo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shortwave-Car-Stereo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shortwave-Car-Stereo.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10023,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/smart-cars-also-feature-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":9995,"position":2},"title":"Smart cars also feature shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"June 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Regarding shortwave in automobiles, Andrea Borgnino points out that the Smart car (manufactured by Mercedes Benz) also has a shortwave radio option. 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