{"id":34491,"date":"2018-10-15T18:27:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T22:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34491"},"modified":"2018-10-15T18:27:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T22:27:06","slug":"start-of-the-fall-term-school-club-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/start-of-the-fall-term-school-club-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Start of the fall term School Club Roundup!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to\u00a0Ken Reitz (KS4ZR)<\/a> who reminds us that the\u00a0School Club Roundup started today:<\/p>\n

[T]his is it! The start of the fall term SCR is today. Challenge yourself to work as many school clubs as possible and see if you don’t feel optimistic about the future of amateur radio.<\/p>\n

Here are the SCR rules: http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/school-club-roundup<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks, Ken! I’ll try to put some of the participating schools in the log this week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0Ken Reitz (KS4ZR) who reminds us that the\u00a0School Club Roundup started today: [T]his is it! The start of the fall term SCR is today. Challenge yourself to work as many school clubs as possible and see if you don’t feel optimistic about the future of amateur radio. Here are the SCR rules: http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/school-club-roundup […]<\/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":[545,3],"tags":[4102,7362],"class_list":["post-34491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-ham-radio","tag-school-club-roundup"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Yj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12823,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/roundup-of-software-defined-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":34491,"position":0},"title":"Roundup of software defined radios","author":"Thomas","date":"March 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Many thanks to several readers (including Mike and Greg) who have shared a link to RTL-SDR.com's Roundup of Software Defined Receivers. 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In a move described by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as a \"necessary decision\" driven by a radical shift in the media landscape, the network has announced a major\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","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\/2026\/03\/CBS-Murrow.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CBS-Murrow.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CBS-Murrow.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CBS-Murrow.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CBS-Murrow.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38588,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/apollo-11-ham-radio-special-event-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":34491,"position":4},"title":"Apollo 11 ham radio special event stations","author":"Thomas","date":"July 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Randy (KS4L), who writes: Don't know if you're aware, but there are a number of Special Event Stations on the air this weekend commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. 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