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(Photo: The Radio Kitchen)<\/p><\/div>\n

So great to see a new post on The Radio Kitchen<\/a>, letting us know that The Professor<\/a> can DX from home again after resolving a spectrum noise disturbance. This is a post many a shortwave listener will relate to, since most of us have had to deal with spectrum noise at some point.<\/p>\n

Click here to read:
\nGoodbye Neighbor, Hello Brazil!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So great to see a new post on The Radio Kitchen, letting us know that The Professor can DX from home again after resolving a spectrum noise disturbance. This is a post many a shortwave listener will relate to, since most of us have had to deal with spectrum noise at some point. 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