{"id":35837,"date":"2019-02-02T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35837"},"modified":"2019-02-01T10:29:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T14:29:41","slug":"book-review-by-dave-porter-the-history-of-rugby-radio-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/book-review-by-dave-porter-the-history-of-rugby-radio-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Book review by Dave Porter: The History of Rugby Radio Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dave Porter (G4OYX), who shares the following:<\/p>\n

Enclosed is a book review of a recent one published in the UK.<\/p>\n

Click here to download PDF copy of review<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wrote it for Signal<\/em><\/strong> the quarterly journal of the Vintage Military Amateur Radio Society.<\/p>\n

I also write a column in Signal called Tricks of the Trade and many of those are here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbceng.info\/Technical%20Reviews\/tott\/tott.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

There is more about the Rugby book in article ToTT for Signal issue 50.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks so much for sharing this, Dave! Sounds like a fascinating read!<\/p>\n

I should also note that you can feel good about your purchase of this book as all proceeds benefit the Air ambulance. Click here to purchase.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Porter (G4OYX), who shares the following: Enclosed is a book review of a recent one published in the UK. Click here to download PDF copy of review. I wrote it for Signal the quarterly journal of the Vintage Military Amateur Radio Society. I also write a column in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"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":[251,3194,3,305,288,43],"tags":[4716,7584,7583],"class_list":["post-35837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dave-porter","tag-rugby-radio-station","tag-the-history-of-rugby-radio-station"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9k1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38804,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/1963-film-features-the-rugby-radio-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":35837,"position":0},"title":"1963 Film features the Rugby Radio Station","author":"Thomas","date":"August 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) Rugby\u00a0was not a conventional radio station but a communications hub transmitting radio telephony, including the now obsolete telex service that later gave way to fax The 800 ft high masts had been a landmark since the 1920s and, as reporter David Rees finds out, maintaining them is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Rugby-Tower.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Rugby-Tower.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Rugby-Tower.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Rugby-Tower.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18857,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/radio-connection-english-city-named-after-maine-relay-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":35837,"position":1},"title":"Radio connection: English city named after Maine relay station","author":"Thomas","date":"May 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Richard Cuff, who writes: \"Thought the blog might enjoy this...it's actually longwave related\u00a0more than SW, but I know you often include historical items in blog\u00a0posts.\" Indeed I do, Richard! 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