{"id":34843,"date":"2018-11-13T07:42:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T11:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34843"},"modified":"2018-11-13T07:42:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T11:42:42","slug":"marcus-countryside-mobile-listening-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/marcus-countryside-mobile-listening-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus’ countryside mobile listening post"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The D\u00fcsseldorf evening skyline<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Marcus\u00a0Keulertz, from\u00a0D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, who writes:.<\/p>\n

Here are some nice pics about my own special way practicing our beloved radio hobby. I was quite satisfied with my logs.<\/p>\n

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I heard Radio Taiwan’s Mandarin broadcast and All India Radio National Service in vernacular languages. I did [all\u00a0 of this listening\u00a0 from] my little car there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for sharing, Marcus! Looks like you’ve found a peaceful spot to enjoy radio from the comfort of your car.<\/p>\n

Indeed, you’re doing exactly what I tell urban listeners today who have difficulty hearing stations from home: head to the countryside and escape the radio interference! It’s simply amazing what you can hear when your receiver isn’t being overwhelmed by RFI\/QRM.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it takes very little distance from sources of urban noise–even a city park (as our friend London Shortwave<\/a> routinely demonstrates) offers enough of a noise buffer.<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing, Marcus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Marcus\u00a0Keulertz, from\u00a0D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, who writes:. Here are some nice pics about my own special way practicing our beloved radio hobby. I was quite satisfied with my logs. I heard Radio Taiwan’s Mandarin broadcast and All India Radio National Service in vernacular languages. I did [all\u00a0 of this listening\u00a0 from] […]<\/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":[3,43,5],"tags":[3906,7311,3222,2553],"class_list":["post-34843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-swlers","tag-field-radios","tag-marcus-keulertz","tag-mobile","tag-tecsun-pl-310et"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-93Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34172,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/just-for-fun-cat-approves-of-radio-taiwans-english-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":34843,"position":0},"title":"Just for fun: cat approves of Radio Taiwan’s English Service","author":"Thomas","date":"September 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Marcus Keulertz, who writes: I would like to [share a] picture of our other female family member. 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