{"id":42470,"date":"2020-03-24T10:05:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T14:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42470"},"modified":"2020-03-24T10:05:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T14:05:33","slug":"two-free-issues-of-cq-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/two-free-issues-of-cq-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Two free issues of CQ magazine!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to CQ Magazine for the following announcement:<\/p>\n

In view of the “stay at home and flatten the curve” recommendations from the health experts during this worldwide pandemic, CQ would like to give everyone the opportunity to escape the news alerts for a brief period and enjoy the hobby they love through the pages of CQ!<\/strong><\/p>\n

View the March and April issues of CQ magazine at no charge! It’s easy, simply send an E-mail to (FreeIssues@cq-amateur-radio.com<\/a>) and we’ll send you the March issue now and the April issue on April 1st!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take advantage of this opportunity to read CQ – free of charge – and keep connected with the latest trends and activities in amateur radio!<\/strong>
\nStay home . . stay well!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks to CQ for sharing these two free issues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to CQ Magazine for the following announcement: In view of the “stay at home and flatten the curve” recommendations from the health experts during this worldwide pandemic, CQ would like to give everyone the opportunity to escape the news alerts for a brief period and enjoy the hobby they love through the pages […]<\/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],"tags":[774,4102],"class_list":["post-42470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-cq-magazine","tag-ham-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-b30","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15000,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/sdrplay-rsp-review-in-cq-ham-radio-japan\/","url_meta":{"origin":42470,"position":0},"title":"SDRplay RSP review in CQ Ham Radio Japan","author":"Thomas","date":"October 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Two weeks ago, I received a mystery package in the mail: a copy of the October 2015 issue of CQ Ham Radio magazine, sent directly from the publisher in Tokyo, Japan. 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