{"id":34300,"date":"2018-10-01T06:49:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T10:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34300"},"modified":"2018-10-01T06:51:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T10:51:52","slug":"update-photos-of-wbcq-station-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/update-photos-of-wbcq-station-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Photos of WBCQ station construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor, Lee Reynolds, who shares these images and notes after a recent visit to WBCQ in Monticello, Maine:<\/p>\n

Looks as if the basic antenna construction is all done up there now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thank you, Lee. Wow–that is an amazing antenna! I can only image what the foundation of that tower would entail!\u00a0 Thank you for the updates!<\/p>\n

Click here to see Lee’s previous photos.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Lee Reynolds, who shares these images and notes after a recent visit to WBCQ in Monticello, Maine: Looks as if the basic antenna construction is all done up there now. Thank you, Lee. Wow–that is an amazing antenna! I can only image what the foundation of that tower would entail!\u00a0 Thank […]<\/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":[3607,56,960,3,43],"tags":[6317,34,657,658],"class_list":["post-34300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-lee-reynolds","tag-shortwave","tag-wbcq","tag-wbcq-the-planet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Ve","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33677,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/photos-of-wbcq-new-transmitting-station-construction\/","url_meta":{"origin":34300,"position":0},"title":"Photos of WBCQ station construction","author":"Thomas","date":"August 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lee Reynolds, who shares these images and notes after he visited Monticello, Maine recently: Here're a few shots to show where the state of play of the new station setup stands as of [six] days ago. 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