{"id":14998,"date":"2015-10-03T15:12:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T19:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14998"},"modified":"2015-11-04T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T15:39:46","slug":"share-a-photo-of-your-shack-or-listening-post-for-a-chance-to-win-a-grundig-g2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/share-a-photo-of-your-shack-or-listening-post-for-a-chance-to-win-a-grundig-g2\/","title":{"rendered":"Share a photo of your shack or listening post for a chance to win a Grundig G2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15009\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shack-listen-and-qrp-iz0gzw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15009\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15009\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shack-listen-and-qrp-iz0gzw-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The listening post and ham radio shack of Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW) from Ponza Island, Italy.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shack-listen-and-qrp-iz0gzw.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shack-listen-and-qrp-iz0gzw-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The listening post and ham radio shack of Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW) from Ponza Island, Italy.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>[UPDATE: We have a winner! If you didn&#8217;t win, fear not! <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/contests\/\" target=\"_blank\">Follow this link for future contests<\/a>.]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Want\u00a0to share your shack or listening post with the world on the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>?\u00a0Want a chance to win a <a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/5002.html\" target=\"_blank\">Grundig G2<\/a>? If so, keep reading&#8230;!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/G2Reporter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2532\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/G2Reporter.jpg\" alt=\"G2Reporter\" width=\"400\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/G2Reporter.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/G2Reporter-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/G2Reporter-100x52.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This month, we&#8217;ll be\u00a0collecting photos of our readers&#8217;\u00a0listening posts, radio shacks or favorite listening spot. And we don&#8217;t care if your listening post or shack is filled with\u00a0gear or consists only of one radio in a public park; we&#8217;re just glad you&#8217;re listening, and we&#8217;d love to see <em><strong>how<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The fact is, I&#8217;ve always been interested to learn\u00a0what sorts of receivers, transceivers, and accessories our readers\u2013\u2013many of whom are also shortwave listeners and\/or ham radio operators\u2013\u2013have in their shacks or use at their favorite listening spots. \u00a0After some consideration, the notion to show other\u00a0readers <em>how<\/em> we listen became the basis for a fun contest. \u00a0Fred Osterman at <a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Radio<\/a> championed\u00a0the idea, offering his encouragement in the form of\u00a0a prize.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange for a\u00a0photo of your favorite listening post,\u00a0along with a brief description of your equipment\u2013\u2013see details below\u2013\u2013you&#8217;ll be entered for a\u00a0chance to win <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/5002.html\" target=\"_blank\">a Grundig G2 <\/a>portable radio\/recorder and player<\/strong>\u00a0by random selection.<\/p>\n<p>Again, many thanks to our\u00a0good friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Radio<\/a>, who will kindly make this excellent prize available to\u00a0<em>anyone in the world.<\/em> \u00a0That&#8217;s right;\u00a0excepting applicable import taxes or duties, for which you&#8217;re\u00a0responsible, <em>Universal\u00a0will ship your prize to you for free, no matter where you live!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This contest is open to everyone, save Universal Radio employees, their families, and those of\u00a0us here\u00a0at the <em>Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to enter&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Simply send an\u00a0email<\/strong> to <a href=\"mailto:SWLingPostContest@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">SWLingPostContest@gmail.com<\/a> that\u00a0includes:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>a photo of your listening post or shack, <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>your name,\u00a0<\/strong>as you&#8217;d like it to appear in the<em> SWLing Post, <\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>your call sign <\/strong>(if applicable),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>your shipping address<\/strong>, and<\/li>\n<li>a<strong> brief description<\/strong> of your favorite shack gear as seen in your\u00a0photo. You, too, can make an appearance\u00a0in this\u00a0photo if you like.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, the winner will be chosen <em>at random,\u00a0<\/em>which means that\u00a0everyone will have an equal chance of winning. \u00a0By submitting an entry, you&#8217;re consenting to have your name and photo posted on the <em>SWLing Post;<\/em> after all, that&#8217;s the idea. <em>Of course, your information stays with us and will\u00a0never be sold or used for any purpose other than this contest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your entry must be submitted by November 1, 2015&#8230;<\/strong>Can&#8217;t wait to see (and share with our readers) how <em>you&#8217;re<\/em> listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[UPDATE: We have a winner! If you didn&#8217;t win, fear not! Follow this link for future contests.] Want\u00a0to share your shack or listening post with the world on the SWLing Post?\u00a0Want a chance to win a Grundig G2? If so, keep reading&#8230;! This month, we&#8217;ll be\u00a0collecting photos of our readers&#8217;\u00a0listening posts, radio shacks or favorite [&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":[713,545,3,43,1409],"tags":[3226,781,133,1017,58],"class_list":["post-14998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-specials","tag-contest","tag-grundig-g2","tag-shortwave-listener-contest","tag-swling-post-contests","tag-universal-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3TU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15244,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/reminder-share-a-photo-of-your-shack-or-listening-post-for-a-chance-to-win-a-grundig-g2\/","url_meta":{"origin":14998,"position":0},"title":"Reminder: Share a photo of your shack or listening post for a chance to win a Grundig G2","author":"Thomas","date":"October 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The November 1st deadline for our latest Reader Challenge is approaching! In exchange for sharing a\u00a0photo of your favorite listening post or your radio shack\u00a0with the SWLing Post community, you'll be entered for a\u00a0chance to win a Grundig G2 portable radio\/recorder and player! The choice will be made\u00a0by random selection,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/contests\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Manisha's favorite listening post is her balcony in New Dehli where she listens with her Sony portable.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_20151019_100921_HDR.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_20151019_100921_HDR.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_20151019_100921_HDR.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_20151019_100921_HDR.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15366,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/final-day-share-a-photo-of-your-shack-or-listening-post-for-a-chance-to-win-a-grundig-g2\/","url_meta":{"origin":14998,"position":1},"title":"Final day: Share a photo of your shack or listening post for a chance to win a Grundig G2","author":"Thomas","date":"October 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the deadline\u00a0for our latest contest! In exchange for sharing a\u00a0photo of your favorite listening post or your radio shack\u00a0with the SWLing Post community, you'll be entered for a\u00a0chance to win a Grundig G2 portable radio\/recorder and player! The choice will be made\u00a0by random selection, so everyone has\u00a0an equal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/contests\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John's shack features the CommRadio CR-1a, RFspace SDR-IQ, Winradio G33DDC Excalibur Pro, and the Grundig Satellite 750.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/John-Shack.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/John-Shack.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/John-Shack.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15445,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/shack-photo-contest-we-have-a-winner\/","url_meta":{"origin":14998,"position":2},"title":"Shack Photo Contest: We have a winner!","author":"Thomas","date":"November 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Please join me in congratulating SWLing Post reader, Vimal, for winning our October Shack Photo contest! 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