{"id":28379,"date":"2017-09-17T09:12:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T13:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28379"},"modified":"2017-09-17T09:12:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T13:12:32","slug":"roberts-reviews-and-how-tos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/roberts-reviews-and-how-tos\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert&#8217;s reviews and how-tos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14917\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg 751w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLike a few of us contributors here on the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>, Robert Gulley (AK3Q), writes features for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespectrummonitor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spectrum Monitor magazine<\/a>\u00a0(TSM). \u00a0Robert and I are both passionate supports of TSM&#8211;for a mere <em>$24 per year<\/em>, you get a monthly digital magazine that is simply chock-full of articles covering all aspects of our radio hobby. <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/the-spectrum-monitor-only-24-for-a-years-subscription\/\">A phenomenal value indeed!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just discovered that Robert has published a number of his past TSM articles&#8211;reviews and how-tos&#8211;on his excellent blog <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ak3q.com\/reviews-and-how-tos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Things Radio<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Each article can be downloaded as a PDF. Here are the topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using Weak Signal Software to Reach for the Sky! (Part 1)<\/li>\n<li>Using Weak Signal Modes for Propagation, RFI, and Antenna Analysis (Part 2)<\/li>\n<li>Putting My Handheld Antennas to the Test<\/li>\n<li>Going Mobile with Software Defined Radio<\/li>\n<li>Multipsk Software \u2013 A Review<\/li>\n<li>TEN-TEC 1253 Build Review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ak3q.com\/reviews-and-how-tos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to view and download these articles at All Things Radio.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Robert, for sharing these excellent articles with everyone! And many thanks to TSM for allowing its writers second publication rights. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespectrummonitor.com\/\">Click here to subscribe to The Spectrum Monitor<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like a few of us contributors here on the SWLing Post, Robert Gulley (AK3Q), writes features for The Spectrum Monitor magazine\u00a0(TSM). \u00a0Robert and I are both passionate supports of TSM&#8211;for a mere $24 per year, you get a monthly digital magazine that is simply chock-full of articles covering all aspects of our radio hobby. A [&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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,627,3,43,158],"tags":[3557,4014,157,4087,6511,6246],"class_list":["post-28379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-how-to","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-multipsk","tag-robert-gulley-ak3q","tag-sdr","tag-software-defined-radio","tag-ten-tec-1253","tag-wspr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7nJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41695,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/roberts-series-the-care-and-feeding-of-electronic-equipment\/","url_meta":{"origin":28379,"position":0},"title":"Robert&#8217;s Series: &#8220;The Care and Feeding of Electronic Equipment&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"January 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post contributor, Robert Gulley (K4PKM--formerly AK3Q) recently posted two excellent articles on his website about the \"care and feeding\" of electronic equipment.\u00a0 Here's the description from Robert's blog, All Things Radio: Just a quick note to let you know there are two new articles published in the Reviews and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-Dial-2-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-Dial-2-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-Dial-2-1024x678.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34890,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/robert-talks-ubitx-and-navigating-the-world-of-used-radio-gear\/","url_meta":{"origin":28379,"position":1},"title":"Robert talks uBITX and navigating the world of used radio gear","author":"Thomas","date":"November 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Robert Gulley (AK3Q), who shares the following announcement from his blog All Things Radio: I have posted two new articles in the\u00a0Reviews and How-Tos\u00a0section. 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