{"id":2,"date":"2008-11-10T16:17:30","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T16:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:07:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_57461\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57461\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57461\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Carlos-Latuff-Thomas-Witherspoon-624x624.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your SWLing Post founder and curator, Thomas Witherspoon. Artwork by noted political cartoonist and DXer extraordinaire, Carlos Latuff.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The SWLing Post is\u00a0a community of shortwave radio and amateur radio enthusiasts sharing shortwave radio reviews, news, broadcasting, pirate radio, numbers stations, interviews, and much more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We aim to provide quality content in the form of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everything radio, with a focus on the HF\/Shortwave portions of the spectrum<\/li>\n<li>International broadcasting news<\/li>\n<li>Amateur radio news<\/li>\n<li>Interviews<\/li>\n<li>The internet and, specifically how it influences radio broadcasters<\/li>\n<li>The history and future of shortwave radio<\/li>\n<li>Shortwave radio reviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16299\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back.jpg\" alt=\"SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back\" width=\"800\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back-768x641.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>If you have any questions or comments, please respond within the blog posts or obtain our email address (via Captcha) <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/contact\/\">on our Contact page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contributors\/Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary contributor on the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> is Thomas Witherspoon (K4SWL \/ M0CYI). He has been a passionate supporter of shortwave radio and international broadcasting most of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> has other contributors (identified in each article when applicable) and occasionally employs a professional editor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Become an SWLing Post contributor\/writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share your story or article on the <em>SWLing Post,<\/em> simply email us your proposal (thomas [ at ] swling.com). We&#8217;re all about sharing our passion and love of radio, so we are happy to share your articles.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been a reader for long, you&#8217;ll see that the majority of our articles focus on the world of shortwave, mediumwave, and amateur radio. We tend to stay on-topic here.<\/p>\n<p>We only ask that the work be your own original writing and that any short quotes or passages taken from other work are correctly cited and documented. In other words, <em>we strictly prohibit plagiarism.<\/em> We require the same of any images you use to support your article&#8211;either they must be your own image or you have written permission to use them.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsorship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have begun a sponsorship program and will serve relevant and non-obtrusive ads on our various SWLing.com sites. In the beginning, it will be by invitation only. If you would like to promote your product, company or service on our sites, please <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> for information. <em>Please note: if your organization is not directly associated with shortwave radio or international broadcasting, do not bother to inquire about sponsorship. We want our ad content to enhance our site offerings, not detract from the reader experience.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SWLing Post is\u00a0a community of shortwave radio and amateur radio enthusiasts sharing shortwave radio reviews, news, broadcasting, pirate radio, numbers stations, interviews, and much more. We aim to provide quality content in the form of: Everything radio, with a focus on the HF\/Shortwave portions of the spectrum International broadcasting news Amateur radio news Interviews [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pn3uc-2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26552,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/resources\/faq\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":0},"title":"FAQ","author":"Thomas","date":"April 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Who is the owner of the SWLing Post? The owner of the SWLing Post is Thomas Witherspoon (K4SWL). \u00a0You can read more about Thomas on our about page. What topics do you cover on the SWLing Post? Is it only shortwave radio? 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Whether you're looking for reviews of shortwave portables, tabletops, SDRs, or professional\u00a0receivers, our site offers a rich treasury of curated information to help you find the right radio for your needs, to compare models--or just to learn\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 61 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 61 comments","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/resources\/shortwave-radio-reviews\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/g3with7600gr.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28075,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/swag\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":3},"title":"Swag","author":"Thomas","date":"September 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking for SWLing Post gear? We've got you covered! Over the years, readers have often encouraged me to create SWLing Post\u00a0shortwave radio-themed products, which is to say, t-shirts,\u00a0coffee mugs, and the like. But for some reason, I've never gotten around to it. That is, until now... 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This page will house the latest version of each published guide. For a back-issued version of Alan's guide, check out these archived posts on the SWLing Post. 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