{"id":10979,"date":"2014-10-03T07:05:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T11:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10979"},"modified":"2014-10-03T07:05:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T11:05:50","slug":"final-day-virtual-radio-challenge-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/final-day-virtual-radio-challenge-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Day! Virtual Radio Challenge II"},"content":{"rendered":"
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View of Laya, Bhutan (Source: Roro Travel)<\/p><\/div>\n

Today is the last day to submit\u00a0entries for the\u00a0Virtual Radio Challenge II<\/a>:<\/em>\u00a0your opportunity to piece together the best, innovative $1200 (US) radio kit you might\u00a0pack for two years in the remote off-grid village of Laya, Bhutan.<\/p>\n

To participate in this challenge, simply 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\u00a0email me directly<\/a>\u00a0with your response on or before Friday, October 3rd, 2014 (today)<\/strong>. I plan to post a selection of diverse entries next week.<\/p>\n

Click here to read about the challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is the last day to submit\u00a0entries for the\u00a0Virtual Radio Challenge II:\u00a0your opportunity to piece together the best, innovative $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 […]<\/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":[3,2787,43],"tags":[3181,4125,2791,4082,2793,1153],"class_list":["post-10979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reader-challenges","category-shortwave-radio","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-2R5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10923,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/reminder-virtual-radio-challenge-ii\/","url_meta":{"origin":10979,"position":0},"title":"Reminder: Virtual Radio Challenge II","author":"Thomas","date":"September 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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