{"id":17672,"date":"2016-03-08T09:43:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T13:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17672"},"modified":"2016-03-08T14:05:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T18:05:02","slug":"ashok-is-impressed-with-the-gp5ssb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/ashok-is-impressed-with-the-gp5ssb\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashok is impressed with the GP5\/SSB"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GP5SSB-5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader (and contest winner)\u00a0Ashok Shankar Das, who writes:<\/p>\n

The GP5\/SSB receiver I got as prize from your SWLIing\u00a0Post Virtual Radio Challenge<\/a> is great. My friends envy the cute Monster \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

Well with this radio I am monitoring 40m and 20m HAM bands regularly. Since January till date I have received several stations. Most interesting stations till date are VK6HCF\/portable, RW9JZ and EA3JE (from India).<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s\u00a0a screen shot of the log book if you like to see. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/a><\/p>\n

This is excellent news, Ashok! Many thanks again to CountyComm<\/a> who sponsored our Virtual Radio Challenge IV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I hope to have another sponsored challenge posted within the next\u00a0month or two. Frankly, I have multiple projects on my table, so free time has been almost non-existent the past few weeks. Indeed, I’m still<\/em> catching up on a back log of correspondence I received during my travels last month! (I appreciate your patience and understanding!)<\/p>\n

Happy listening, Ashok!<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> Check out Ashok’s radio blog:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/swldas.blogspot.in\/2016\/03\/my-experience-with-gp-5ssb.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader (and contest winner)\u00a0Ashok Shankar Das, who writes: The GP5\/SSB receiver I got as prize from your SWLIing\u00a0Post Virtual Radio Challenge is great. My friends envy the cute Monster \ud83d\ude42 Well with this radio I am monitoring 40m and 20m HAM bands regularly. Since January till date I have received […]<\/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":[3,3196,43],"tags":[3376,3470,3490,4125],"class_list":["post-17672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-countycomm","tag-countycomm-gp5ssb","tag-gp5ssb","tag-reader-challenges"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4B2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11280,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/the-countycomm-gp-5ssb-a-79-shortwave-portable-with-ssb\/","url_meta":{"origin":17672,"position":0},"title":"The CountyComm GP-5\/SSB: a $79 shortwave portable with SSB","author":"Thomas","date":"November 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Jim, who points out that the new\u00a0CountyComm GP-5\/SSB is\u00a0available for pre-order at Universal Radio. 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