{"id":36735,"date":"2019-03-31T11:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T15:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36735"},"modified":"2019-04-07T11:48:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T15:48:35","slug":"giveaway-alert-joe-carrs-loop-antenna-handbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/giveaway-alert-joe-carrs-loop-antenna-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Giveaway alert: Joe Carr’s Loop Antenna Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

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–UPDATE: A WINNER HAS BEEN PICKED. THIS CONTEST HAS BEEN CLOSED. THANK YOU!–<\/p>\n

Lately I’ve gotten a lot of questions from readers about magnetic loop antennas, certainly a\u00a0popular topic on the SWLing Post<\/em><\/a>. Good discussions underway.<\/p>\n

So, when I discovered an extra copy of Joe Carr’s excellent Loop Antenna Handbook<\/em><\/a> on my bookshelf this morning, it occurred to me to share it with you, readers. I think I won this copy at a Winter SWL Fest a couple years ago; it’s chock-full of Joe’s handy tips and solutions to antenna questions and installation conundrums. It’s still in great shape, and I’m sure will find a good home with a lucky SWLing Post<\/em> reader.<\/p>\n

Interested? Here’s how you can participate…<\/h2>\n
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The Loop Antenna Handbook is chock-full of antenna theory and practical construction projects.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’d like to participate in this giveaway, here’s how:\u00a0 Simply comment on this post<\/a>, telling us about your favorite radio! <\/strong>Give us the make\/model,<\/strong> and just share a few comments<\/strong> about why<\/em> you love it above all others.<\/p>\n

This can be any<\/em> radio: a shortwave portable, an SDR, a vintage radio, a ham radio transceiver, a handheld, a scanner, an aviation radio, whatever…or, yes, more than one, if you simply can’t choose.<\/p>\n

I’ll select a winner at random on Sunday, April 7, 2019.<\/p>\n

This contest is open to anyone, anywhere! I’ll post the prize to the winner directly wherever you are. (Note: Well, if you’re an astronaut on the ISS, I’ll have to send it to your drop box!)<\/p>\n

I’ll also plan to compile and publish the full list of radio favorites in a future post…stay tuned for that.<\/p>\n

Click here to comment on your favorite radio…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

–UPDATE: A WINNER HAS BEEN PICKED. THIS CONTEST HAS BEEN CLOSED. THANK YOU!– Lately I’ve gotten a lot of questions from readers about magnetic loop antennas, certainly a\u00a0popular topic on the SWLing Post. Good discussions underway. So, when I discovered an extra copy of Joe Carr’s excellent Loop Antenna Handbook on my bookshelf this morning, […]<\/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":[3607,251,713,4138,3],"tags":[7694,4667,4357,3417,1017],"class_list":["post-36735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-books","category-contests","category-deals","category-news","tag-joe-carr-loop-antenna-handbook","tag-loop-antennas","tag-mag-loop-antennas","tag-magnetic-loop-antennas","tag-swling-post-contests"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9yv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36661,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/building-a-20-meter-self-tuning-magnetic-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":36735,"position":0},"title":"Building a 20 meter self-tuning magnetic loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"March 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm often asked about what's involved with building a home brew magnetic loop antenna. 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