{"id":16612,"date":"2016-01-06T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16612"},"modified":"2016-01-06T10:36:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:36:01","slug":"2015-summary-of-shortwave-pirate-radio-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/2015-summary-of-shortwave-pirate-radio-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 summary of shortwave pirate radio activity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pirate\"Many thanks to Chris Smolinski at HF Underground who has released his annual summary of shortwave pirate radio activity for 2015<\/a>. The summary is built upon a\u00a0computer script that parsed thread titles and timestamps of the messages from the HF Underground pirate radio board<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Message board activity based on the day of the week.<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s a fascinating read and reinforces my belief that the HF pirate radio scene is certainly one of the most dynamic and active components\u00a0of our shortwave radio listening hobby here in North America (and Europe). Thanks, Chris, for putting together this summary!<\/p>\n

Click here to read the 2015 summary on HF Underground<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Chris Smolinski at HF Underground who has released his annual summary of shortwave pirate radio activity for 2015. The summary is built upon a\u00a0computer script that parsed thread titles and timestamps of the messages from the HF Underground pirate radio board. It’s a fascinating read and reinforces my belief that the HF […]<\/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":[3,297,43],"tags":[2315,2316,4092,4621,985],"class_list":["post-16612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-chris-smolinski","tag-hf-underground","tag-pirate-radio","tag-pirate-radio-summary","tag-shortwave-pirate-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4jW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22027,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/chris-summary-of-halloween-pirate-radio-activity\/","url_meta":{"origin":16612,"position":0},"title":"Chris’ summary of Halloween pirate radio activity","author":"Thomas","date":"November 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I had hoped this Halloween weekend would bring out a lot of shortwave pirates and it surely did! 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