{"id":22685,"date":"2016-12-31T08:23:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T12:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22685"},"modified":"2016-12-31T08:23:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T12:23:09","slug":"the-swling-post-3000-posts-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/the-swling-post-3000-posts-and-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"The SWLing Post: 3,000 posts and counting!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16300\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Front.jpg\" alt=\"SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Front\" width=\"800\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Front.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Front-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Front-768x651.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that we had crossed a small milestone here on the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>: as of this post, there are now <strong>3,067 (!!!)<\/strong>\u00a0published posts in our archives.<\/p>\n<p>I simply can&#8217;t believe we&#8217;ve surpassed 3,000 posts&#8211;especially knowing we only passed <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/swling-post-number-2000\/\">2,000 posts September of 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>People can say what they will about our shortwave hobby&#8217;s future, but\u00a0I&#8217;m here to tell you that \u00a0interest in is far from dead. Indeed, it is dynamic, alive and well!<\/p>\n<p>This morning, I took a look at our web statistics via Google Analytics for the month of December 2016 (not including today).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12312016-121055-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23092\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12312016-121055-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12312016-121055-PM.jpg 600w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Fullscreen-capture-12312016-121055-PM-300x69.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard for me to believe we&#8217;re averaging about 6,790\u00a0<em>daily<\/em> pageviews!<\/p>\n<p>And the secret sauce in surpassing 3,000 posts and healthy\u00a0numbers?\u00a0<strong><em>Our amazing contributors!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you so very much!<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve mentioned before,\u00a0I had no aspirations for the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> to become a popular destination for shortwave and amateur radio enthusiasts; it was mainly a site where I could jot down things I found of interest to me and keep tabs on the radio and international broadcasting industry. I was simply making my bookmarks and thoughts public, perhaps a little in advance of the social media outlets that now exist for shortwave radio and related topics.<\/p>\n<p>As we move into 2017, I&#8217;d like to thank you all for reading and contributing to the<em> SWLing Post<\/em> community!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Happy New Year, radio friends!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that we had crossed a small milestone here on the SWLing Post: as of this post, there are now 3,067 (!!!)\u00a0published posts in our archives. I simply can&#8217;t believe we&#8217;ve surpassed 3,000 posts&#8211;especially knowing we only passed 2,000 posts September of 2015. People can say what they will [&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":[3],"tags":[389,4102,34,755],"class_list":["post-22685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amateur-radio","tag-ham-radio","tag-shortwave","tag-swling-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5TT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51464,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/schulman-auctions-posts-new-lots-of-radio-gear-for-january-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":22685,"position":0},"title":"Schulman Auctions posts new lots of radio gear for January 2022","author":"Thomas","date":"January 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Mario Filippi, who writes: There is a lot of gear for auction from Schulman Auctions. There are several shortwave radios and other vintage gear, even crystal radios. Eye candy for radio buffs. 73's, Mario, N2HUN Thank you for the tip, Mario! 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Lewis writes to the SWLing Post: I'm working on a project which involves trying to locate and map possible broadcast sites for numbers stations (confirmed, suspected, and some highly unlikely) for an eventual\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Crosley-Dial-BlackAndWhite","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Crosley-Dial-BlackAndWhite.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Crosley-Dial-BlackAndWhite.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Crosley-Dial-BlackAndWhite.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Crosley-Dial-BlackAndWhite.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12673,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/hfcc-posts-a15-updated-schedule\/","url_meta":{"origin":22685,"position":2},"title":"HFCC posts A15 updated schedule","author":"Thomas","date":"March 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike, who notes that the HFCC has just posted the\u00a0A15 Updated Operational Transmission Schedule. Click here to open the HFCC portal, then click each broadcaster \"TX\" link to see full schedules. Click here\u00a0to download a\u00a0zipped package containing the A15 schedule in standard ITU format\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"HFCCbanner","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/HFCCbanner.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/HFCCbanner.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/HFCCbanner.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62736,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/europe-blackout-carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-numerous-posts-praising-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":22685,"position":3},"title":"Europe Blackout: Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Numerous Posts Praising Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"April 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radio La Red broadcast. Carlos notes: Massive blackout in Spain, Radio La Red, Argentina, 910 kHz AM: Part of Radio La Red news bulletin (In Spanish) about the massive blackout in Spain. Listened\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Latuff-Radio-Lared-Europe-Blackout-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14870,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/swling-post-number-2000\/","url_meta":{"origin":22685,"position":4},"title":"SWLing Post, Number 2,000","author":"Thomas","date":"September 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning,\u00a0I noticed that we've crossed a small milestone here at the SWLing Post: as of this post, there are now\u00a02,000 published posts in our\u00a0archives. 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