{"id":35630,"date":"2019-01-20T11:17:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35630"},"modified":"2019-01-20T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:17:59","slug":"video-the-fort-and-the-field-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/video-the-fort-and-the-field-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: &#8220;The Fort and the Field Day&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HF-Yagi-Field-Day-Amateur-Radio-Ham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35632\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HF-Yagi-Field-Day-Amateur-Radio-Ham.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HF-Yagi-Field-Day-Amateur-Radio-Ham.jpg 960w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HF-Yagi-Field-Day-Amateur-Radio-Ham-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HF-Yagi-Field-Day-Amateur-Radio-Ham-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HF-Yagi-Field-Day-Amateur-Radio-Ham-624x476.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Dennis Dura, who shares a link to this short video highlighting amateur radio at the 2017 Fort Wayne Field Day:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5gDCaiiocDs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5gDCaiiocDs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>YouTube description:<\/strong> A 10 minute documentary investigating why people still do ham radio. Shot at the Historical Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana, during ARRL Field Day in 2017.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Dennis Dura, who shares a link to this short video highlighting amateur radio at the 2017 Fort Wayne Field Day: Click here to view on YouTube. YouTube description: A 10 minute documentary investigating why people still do ham radio. Shot at the Historical Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana, during [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43,304],"tags":[389,5875,3060,4102,4093],"class_list":["post-35630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-amateur-radio","tag-dennis-dura","tag-field-day","tag-ham-radio","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9gG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61749,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/digital-library-of-amateur-radio-and-communications\/","url_meta":{"origin":35630,"position":0},"title":"Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications","author":"Thomas","date":"January 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dennis Dura, who shares the following article on the Archiv.org Blog: https:\/\/blog.archive.org\/2025\/01\/14\/vanishing-culture-digital-library-of-amateur-radio-and-communications\/","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\/2018\/05\/Hallicrafters-Dial-Analog-Black-and-White-e1525169308291.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hallicrafters-Dial-Analog-Black-and-White-e1525169308291.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hallicrafters-Dial-Analog-Black-and-White-e1525169308291.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hallicrafters-Dial-Analog-Black-and-White-e1525169308291.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hallicrafters-Dial-Analog-Black-and-White-e1525169308291.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29069,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/free-ham-radio-class-videos-available-online\/","url_meta":{"origin":35630,"position":1},"title":"Free Ham Radio Class videos available online","author":"Thomas","date":"November 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary Wise (W4EEY), who shares the following: As you might know, Dave Ivey, KE4EA, and I have been teaching Ham Radio classes in Greer, South Carolina (under the sponsorship of the Greer Amateur Radio Club - and Greer Parks and Recreation). 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