{"id":14001,"date":"2015-07-12T15:53:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T19:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14001"},"modified":"2015-07-12T15:53:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T19:53:38","slug":"virtual-radio-challenge-iii-will-include-a-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/virtual-radio-challenge-iii-will-include-a-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Radio Challenge III will include a prize!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11782\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front.jpg\" alt=\"GP5SSB-Front\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GP5SSB-Front-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>A new\u00a0<em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader\u00a0challenge is on the way\u2013the <strong><em>Virtual Radio Challenge III\u2013<\/em><\/strong>and I&#8217;m especially\u00a0pumped about this one.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/reader-challenges\/\">Like the previous\u00a0two challenges<\/a>, this one is not just hypothetical, but based on an actual query\u00a0from an <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader. \u00a0Yet\u00a0this one is just a bit\u00a0different from\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/reader-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\">previous challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;m really excited about is this: \u00a0for the first time,\u00a0<strong>there&#8217;s going to be a prize on the table for the winner!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the challenge will\u00a0work. \u00a0I&#8217;ll post the query\u00a0this week;\u00a0if you&#8217;re interested in participating, you&#8217;ll have until\u00a0August 1st to craft\u00a0and submit your response\u00a0via a form on the reader challenge post or via email.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already lined up an expert\u00a0who is\u00a0<em>uniquely<\/em> qualified to choose\u00a0the best entry for this\u00a0particular reader challenge.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all: \u00a0whoever our expert selects\u00a0will receive&#8230;(drumroll)&#8230;a new <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/0905.html\" target=\"_blank\">CountyComm GP5\/SSB portable radio, courtesy of Universal Radio<\/a><\/strong>. <em>Thanks, Universal!<\/em> \u00a0How cool is that?<\/p>\n<p>So, stay tuned! The\u00a0<strong><em>Virtual Radio Challenge III<\/em><\/strong> will be posted soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new\u00a0SWLing Post reader\u00a0challenge is on the way\u2013the Virtual Radio Challenge III\u2013and I&#8217;m especially\u00a0pumped about this one.\u00a0Like the previous\u00a0two challenges, this one is not just hypothetical, but based on an actual query\u00a0from an SWLing Post reader. \u00a0Yet\u00a0this one is just a bit\u00a0different from\u00a0the previous challenges. What I&#8217;m really excited about is this: \u00a0for the first [&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":[3,2787],"tags":[4125,58],"class_list":["post-14001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reader-challenges","tag-reader-challenges","tag-universal-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3DP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14252,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/deadline-approaching-your-chance-to-win-a-shortwave-radio-in-our-virtual-radio-challenge-iii\/","url_meta":{"origin":14001,"position":0},"title":"Deadline approaching: Your chance to win a shortwave radio in our Virtual Radio Challenge III","author":"Thomas","date":"August 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019ve already received some excellent, creative\u00a0entries in the\u00a0Virtual Radio Challenge III:\u00a0your opportunity to piece together the best radio for thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. 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