{"id":12686,"date":"2015-03-17T10:44:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12686"},"modified":"2015-03-17T10:44:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T14:44:02","slug":"this-african-isp-commercial-may-be-the-best-amateur-radio-promotion-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/this-african-isp-commercial-may-be-the-best-amateur-radio-promotion-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"This African ISP commercial may be the best amateur radio promotion ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Earth-HamRadio-Commercial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12687\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Earth-HamRadio-Commercial.jpg\" alt=\"Earth-HamRadio-Commercial\" width=\"1398\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Earth-HamRadio-Commercial.jpg 1398w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Earth-HamRadio-Commercial-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Earth-HamRadio-Commercial-1024x519.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1398px) 100vw, 1398px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to my buddy Ulis (K3LU) for sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hxU1ZhINaHk\" target=\"_blank\">this brilliant commercial:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hxU1ZhINaHk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=13&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to my buddy Ulis (K3LU) for sharing this brilliant commercial:<\/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":[545,3,304],"tags":[4102,3704,3705],"class_list":["post-12686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-videos","tag-ham-radio","tag-mtn","tag-mtn-isp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3iC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24961,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/30-year-flashback-from-the-april-1st-edition-of-the-cascade-mtn-dx-club-bulletin\/","url_meta":{"origin":12686,"position":0},"title":"30 Year Flashback: From the April 1st Edition of the Cascade Mtn. 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