{"id":41240,"date":"2019-12-18T08:43:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T12:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41240"},"modified":"2019-12-18T08:43:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T12:43:20","slug":"phil-recommends-the-radio-historian-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/phil-recommends-the-radio-historian-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil recommends The Radio Historian website"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Phill (W9IXX), who writes:<\/p>\n

Thought might be interested in this if you haven’t already mentioned this site:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.theradiohistorian.org\/pubs.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Check out his calendars!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for the tip, Phil! I know we’ve linked to article on this site before, but thanks for mentioning it again. This is truly a treasure trove for those of us who love vintage radio.\u00a0 I especially like the articles page<\/a> which has a number of fascinating reports. Of course there are a load of photographs<\/a>\u00a0and recordings<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

Click here to check out The Radio Historian<\/em> website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Phill (W9IXX), who writes: Thought might be interested in this if you haven’t already mentioned this site: http:\/\/www.theradiohistorian.org\/pubs.html Check out his calendars! Thanks for the tip, Phil! I know we’ve linked to article on this site before, but thanks for mentioning it again. This is truly a treasure trove […]<\/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":[3,305,288],"tags":[3497,8208,8209,8207,681],"class_list":["post-41240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-american-radio-history","tag-john-f-schneider-w9fgh","tag-phil-florig-w9ixx","tag-the-radio-historian","tag-vintage-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aJa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57392,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/fair-radio-sales-is-closing\/","url_meta":{"origin":41240,"position":0},"title":"Fair Radio Sales is closing","author":"Thomas","date":"August 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Phil (W9IXX), who shares the following note posted on the Fair Radio Sales website: After being in the surplus electronic military business over 50 years, I have decided it\u2019s time to retire and close the business. 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