{"id":14301,"date":"2015-08-07T09:24:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T13:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14301"},"modified":"2015-08-07T09:24:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T13:24:31","slug":"saturday-your-chance-to-win-a-countycomm-gp5ssb-in-our-virtual-radio-challenge-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/saturday-your-chance-to-win-a-countycomm-gp5ssb-in-our-virtual-radio-challenge-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday: Your chance to win a CountyComm GP5\/SSB in our Virtual Radio Challenge III"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The CountyComm GP5\/SSB<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019ve already received some excellent, creative\u00a0entries in the\u00a0Virtual Radio Challenge III<\/a>:<\/em>\u00a0your opportunity to piece together the best radio for thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail.<\/p>\n

Rememer:\u00a0this year, if your entry is picked by our judge (Dennis Blanchard, K1YPP<\/a>), you will win a new\u00a0CountyComm GP5\/SSB<\/strong> portable radio courtesy of Universal Radio<\/a>!<\/p>\n

To participate in this challenge, simply\u00a0submit your response in the form on our original post<\/a> with your suggested set-up, any links, and a brief explanation for your choices.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re also welcome to\u00a0email me directly<\/a>\u00a0with your response on or before Saturday,\u00a0August 8, 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

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. Rememer:\u00a0this year, if your entry is picked by our judge (Dennis Blanchard, K1YPP), you will win a new\u00a0CountyComm GP5\/SSB portable radio courtesy of Universal Radio! To participate in this challenge, simply\u00a0submit your […]<\/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],"tags":[3994,3995,3996,3997,3990,3993,3991,4125,2791,3992,2793,1153],"class_list":["post-14301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-appalachian-trail","tag-at","tag-best-radio-for-appalachian-trail","tag-best-trail-radios","tag-dennis-blanchard","tag-hiking-radio","tag-k1ypp","tag-reader-challenges","tag-shortwave-challenge","tag-shortwave-hiking","tag-shortwave-radio-travel","tag-shortwave-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3IF","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":14301,"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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