{"id":10923,"date":"2014-09-27T08:46:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T12:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10923"},"modified":"2014-09-27T08:46:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T12:46:35","slug":"reminder-virtual-radio-challenge-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/reminder-virtual-radio-challenge-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Virtual Radio Challenge II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bhutan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10839\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bhutan.jpg\" alt=\"Bhutan\" width=\"640\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bhutan.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bhutan-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve received some brilliant, creative\u00a0entries in the\u00a0<em><a title=\"Virtual radio challenge II: two years, off grid in the Himalayas\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/virtual-radio-challenge-ii-two-years-off-grid-in-the-himalayas\/\">Virtual Radio Challenge II<\/a>:<\/em>\u00a0your opportunity to piece together the best $1200 (US) radio kit you might\u00a0pack for two years in the remote off-grid village of Laya, Bhutan.<\/p>\n<p>To participate in this challenge, simply <a title=\"Virtual radio challenge II: two years, off grid in the Himalayas\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/virtual-radio-challenge-ii-two-years-off-grid-in-the-himalayas\/\" target=\"_blank\">comment on our original post<\/a> with your suggested set-up, any links, and a brief explanation for your choices. You\u2019re also welcome to\u00a0<a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">email me directly<\/a>\u00a0with your response <strong>on or before Friday, October 3rd, 2014<\/strong>. I plan to post a selection of diverse entries\u00a0shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Virtual radio challenge II: two years, off grid in the Himalayas\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/virtual-radio-challenge-ii-two-years-off-grid-in-the-himalayas\/\">Click here to read about the challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve received some brilliant, creative\u00a0entries in the\u00a0Virtual Radio Challenge II:\u00a0your opportunity to piece together the best $1200 (US) radio kit you might\u00a0pack for two years in the remote off-grid village of Laya, Bhutan. To participate in this challenge, simply comment on our original post with your suggested set-up, any links, and a brief explanation for [&hellip;]<\/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":[545,2787,43,1167],"tags":[3181,4125,2791,4082,2793,1153],"class_list":["post-10923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-reader-challenges","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-bhutan","tag-reader-challenges","tag-shortwave-challenge","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-radio-travel","tag-shortwave-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2Qb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10979,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/final-day-virtual-radio-challenge-ii\/","url_meta":{"origin":10923,"position":0},"title":"Final Day! 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