{"id":30923,"date":"2018-03-04T10:43:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T14:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30923"},"modified":"2021-04-06T06:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T10:46:17","slug":"rob-notes-that-shortwave-radios-are-still-on-the-shelf-in-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/rob-notes-that-shortwave-radios-are-still-on-the-shelf-in-st-petersburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob notes that shortwave radios are still on the shelf in St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Rob Gray, who writes:<\/p>\n

\"Shortwave<\/a>
\nI took this snap today while visiting in St. Petersburg Russia for a few months. Not exciting radios by any means, but given this store was something like a Best Buy, I thought it was interesting that shortwave still has a small presence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for sharing, Rob! I can’t think of the last time I visited an electronics retailer and found as many shortwave radios on the shelf. At least, not since the days of RadioShack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rob Gray, who writes: I took this snap today while visiting in St. Petersburg Russia for a few months. Not exciting radios by any means, but given this store was something like a Best Buy, I thought it was interesting that shortwave still has a small presence. Thanks for […]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[7800,2093,4082],"class_list":["post-30923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-rob-gray","tag-russia","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-82L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38036,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/radio-travel-rob-enjoys-a-shortwave-capable-rental-car-in-namibia\/","url_meta":{"origin":30923,"position":0},"title":"Radio travel: Rob enjoys a shortwave-capable rental car in Namibia","author":"Thomas","date":"June 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rob Gray, who writes: I recently returned back from a three-month trip in Africa (Namibia, South Africa, and Morocco) and had a couple of shortwave-related items that you might be interested in. 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