{"id":11892,"date":"2014-12-31T10:57:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T14:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11892"},"modified":"2014-12-31T10:57:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T14:57:30","slug":"allans-video-review-of-the-countycomm-gp5ssb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/allans-video-review-of-the-countycomm-gp5ssb\/","title":{"rendered":"Allan&#8217;s video review of the CountyComm GP5\/SSB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-MW-Antenna-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11784\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-MW-Antenna-1.jpg\" alt=\"GP5SSB-MW-Antenna-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-MW-Antenna-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-MW-Antenna-1-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a title=\"Dave Zantow's site\" href=\"http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/news.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Zantow (N9EWO)<\/a>, writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Allan&#8217;s (W2AEW) excellent &#8220;You Tube&#8221; Video has just been posted here on the CountyComm GP-5\/SSB:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JuEPJ3qGu_g\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JuEPJ3qGu_g<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JuEPJ3qGu_g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks for sharing this video, Dave!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers:<\/strong> I suggest you check out the library of informative videos Allan (W2AEW) has created over the years and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/w2aew\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to his YouTube channel<\/a>. His tutorial videos are quite professional and he does a brilliant job explaining complex electronic principles. \u00a0Indeed, be sure to check out one of his latest on the <a href=\"http:\/\/humanalight.org\" target=\"_blank\">ETOW HumanaLight kit<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qfgX93o8HzY\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qfgX93o8HzY<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"A review of the CountyComm GP5\/SSB portable radio: a great preparedness radio\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/a-review-of-the-countycomm-gp5ssb-portable-radio-a-great-emergency-portable\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for\u00a0our full review of the CountyComm GP5\/SSB.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), writes: Allan&#8217;s (W2AEW) excellent &#8220;You Tube&#8221; Video has just been posted here on the CountyComm GP-5\/SSB: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JuEPJ3qGu_g Many thanks for sharing this video, Dave! Readers: I suggest you check out the library of informative videos Allan (W2AEW) has created over the years and even subscribe to his YouTube channel. [&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":[3,129,154,304],"tags":[3504,3377,3470],"class_list":["post-11892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","category-videos","tag-allan-w2aew","tag-countycomm-gp5-ssb","tag-countycomm-gp5ssb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-35O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50958,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/video-w2aew-reviews-the-countycomm-gp-7-ssb\/","url_meta":{"origin":11892,"position":0},"title":"Video: W2AEW reviews the CountyComm GP-7\/SSB","author":"Thomas","date":"November 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Grant, who writes: Hi Thomas, In case it hasn't crossed your path yet, Alan put out a nice review of the GP-7 yesterday. 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It\u2019s mid way down. Note : I also totally updated my Tecsun PL-360 review as well (the first top review on this same page). http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/pl360.html Dave's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GP5SSB-Front","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11422,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/countycomm-gp5ssb-videos-and-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":11892,"position":2},"title":"CountyComm GP5\/SSB: videos and photos","author":"Thomas","date":"November 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Nick at CountyComm who recently sent me a short video he made of a prototype GP5\/SSB in action: Nick also shared a few close-ups of the GP5\/SSB: Additionally, many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike McShan, for sharing this video overview of the CountyComm GP5\/SSB that Universal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GP5SSB-5","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/GP5SSB-5.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/GP5SSB-5.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/GP5SSB-5.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27600,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/48-hour-sale-countycomm-gp5-ssb-gen-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":11892,"position":3},"title":"48 Hour Sale: CountyComm GP5-SSB (Gen 3)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who notes that CountyComm has announced a 48 hour sale on the GP5-SSB (read our review here). 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