{"id":17467,"date":"2016-02-25T21:13:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T01:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17467"},"modified":"2016-02-25T21:14:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T01:14:13","slug":"home-from-the-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/home-from-the-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Home from the ‘Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Map\"<\/a>If you’ve emailed me in the past two weeks there’s a good chance you haven’t received a response; my apologies.<\/p>\n

The reason is that I’ve been travelling through DC,\u00a0Philadelphia, and surrounding areas,\u00a0visiting friends and colleagues, as well as attending (and presenting at) the 29th annual Winter SWL Fest<\/a>. It’s been a fantastic trip and, fortunately, inclement weather happened on days I didn’t<\/em> need to drive in crazy traffic–about all you can ask for in the northeastern US in the middle of winter.<\/p>\n

\"Late<\/a>

Late night listening at David Goren’s Shortwave Shindig<\/p><\/div>\n

But while travelling I had very little time to keep up with email and tips from readers, as is so often the case when one is on the road. Now that I’m back at home base,\u00a0nearly a\u00a0hundred\u00a0emails from\u00a0Post<\/em> readers beg responses–so if you haven’t heard from me yet,\u00a0this is why. As\u00a0I catch up on my backlog of email, thanks,\u00a0readers, for your patience and understanding.<\/p>\n

But first,\u00a0let’s see what’s on the shortwave bands this evening…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve emailed me in the past two weeks there’s a good chance you haven’t received a response; my apologies. The reason is that I’ve been travelling through DC,\u00a0Philadelphia, and surrounding areas,\u00a0visiting friends and colleagues, as well as attending (and presenting at) the 29th annual Winter SWL Fest. 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