{"id":74,"date":"2010-12-12T14:11:16","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T19:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/?p=74"},"modified":"2012-02-06T20:56:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T01:56:38","slug":"palstar-r30a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/2010\/12\/palstar-r30a\/","title":{"rendered":"Palstar R30A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Palstar R30A is an innovative, simple tabletop shortwave receiver manufactured in the USA.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Palstarr30a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75\" title=\"Palstarr30a\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Palstarr30a-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Palstarr30a-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Palstarr30a.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palstar R30A Shortwave Receiver<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100kHz &#8211; 29.9999MHz AM, SSB (U\/L)<\/li>\n<li>20Hz\/100Hz tuning steps, synthesized (low phase noise performance)<\/li>\n<li>Variable rate tuning: 20Hz-100Hz and 100Hz to 500Hz 100Khz Up\/Down Buttons<\/li>\n<li>45 MHz 1st IF, 455 kHz 2nd IF<\/li>\n<li>RF derived AGC, fast\/slow<\/li>\n<li>4-pole crystal filter at 45 MHz IF<\/li>\n<li>8 Pole Collins torsional mode filters, 5.8 kHz AM and 2.5 kHz SSB<\/li>\n<li>6-digit LCD display<\/li>\n<li>Analog S-Meter<\/li>\n<li>100 channel memory<\/li>\n<li>5 Watt low distortion full fidelity audio amp<\/li>\n<li>External soft muting<\/li>\n<li>Line Audio output<\/li>\n<li>+18dBm 3rd order intercept<\/li>\n<li>455kHz IF output<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Switchable 7 pole input filters<\/li>\n<li>Portable battery operation<\/li>\n<li>Size. 9.13&#8243;(232mm) wide x 3.94&#8243;(100mm) high x 9&#8243;(225mm) deep<\/li>\n<li>Weight: 3.9 lbs (1.8 kg)<\/li>\n<li>Shipping Weight: 7 lbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palstar.com\/r30.php\">Manufacturer&#8217;s product page &#8211; R30A<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reviews\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eham.net\/reviews\/detail\/851?ehamsid=7u7u6bd0q9hq5i93vn29hcfkc6\">Eham.net reviews<\/a> &#8211; Note: these reviews are combined with the R30A&#8217;s predecessor, the Palstar R30.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palstar.com\/qstR30.pdf\">ARRL &#8211; QST Magazine Review (via Palstar.com)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palstar.com\/reviews.php#R30\">Palstar&#8217;s published customer reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiointel.com\/review-palstar30.htm\">Radio Intel review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Retailers\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"R30A at Universal\" href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/commrxvr\/0530.html\">Universal Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337021795&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Palstar&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">Search eBay for a Palstar R30A<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-decoration: none; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/roverimp\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337021795&amp;customid=&amp;uq=Palstar&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palstar R30A is an innovative, simple tabletop shortwave receiver manufactured in the USA. . Specs: 100kHz &#8211; 29.9999MHz AM, SSB (U\/L) 20Hz\/100Hz tuning steps, synthesized (low phase noise performance) Variable rate tuning: 20Hz-100Hz and 100Hz to 500Hz 100Khz Up\/Down &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/2010\/12\/palstar-r30a\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[436,10,3],"tags":[583,549,11,440,12],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-made-in-usa","category-palstar","category-tabletops","tag-made-in-usa","tag-palstar","tag-palstar-r30a","tag-palstar-r30a-reviews","tag-r30a"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1f4Ph-1c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}