{"id":26452,"date":"2017-06-17T07:13:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T11:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26452"},"modified":"2017-06-17T07:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T11:13:40","slug":"video-lightbulb-vs-radio-beacon-by-thomas-cholakov-n1spy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/video-lightbulb-vs-radio-beacon-by-thomas-cholakov-n1spy\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Lightbulb vs Radio Beacon by Thomas Cholakov (N1SPY)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Lightbulb-v-beacon-wspr-kit.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26469\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Lightbulb-v-beacon-wspr-kit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"847\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Lightbulb-v-beacon-wspr-kit.jpeg 847w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Lightbulb-v-beacon-wspr-kit-300x151.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Lightbulb-v-beacon-wspr-kit-768x387.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Lightbulb-v-beacon-wspr-kit-624x315.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My 11 year old son Tommy (N1SPY) completed a project where he compared a 1W lightbulb to a .25 W radio beacon that he put together and bet that the radio beacon can be heard around the world. I asked him to document his activities as he went along. The project took a couple of months but is now complete and we stitched together a video of his activities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Nd_khp13as?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7Nd_khp13as\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to view on<\/strong> <strong>YouTube.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow&#8211;Tommy, you&#8217;ve done an amazing job here!<\/p>\n<p>I especially like how you&#8217;ve taken time to explain the principles behind the various steps of the process. Brilliant job!<\/p>\n<p>Tommy, your future videos are always welcome here. Keep up the good work and we&#8217;d love to hear how many new countries you&#8217;ve racked up on your WSPR system!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW), who writes: My 11 year old son Tommy (N1SPY) completed a project where he compared a 1W lightbulb to a .25 W radio beacon that he put together and bet that the radio beacon can be heard around the world. I asked him to document his activities [&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":[1114,545,627,344,3,5099,304],"tags":[4102,5391,4095,6247,6246,6248],"class_list":["post-26452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-modes","category-ham-radio","category-how-to","category-kits","category-news","category-qrp","category-videos","tag-ham-radio","tag-ivan-cholakov-no2cw","tag-kits","tag-tommy-cholakov-n1spy","tag-wspr","tag-wspr-kit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6SE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36182,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/video-n1spy-brings-a-ge-seven-band-radio-back-to-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":26452,"position":0},"title":"Video: N1SPY brings a GE seven band radio back to life!","author":"Thomas","date":"February 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan Cholakov, who writes: Thomas Cholakov (N1SPY) picked up an old General Electric radio from the 2019 Orlando Hamcation and brought it back to life. 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