{"id":45154,"date":"2020-09-02T15:48:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T19:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45154"},"modified":"2020-09-02T15:48:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T19:48:54","slug":"radio-war-looking-forward-to-this-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/radio-war-looking-forward-to-this-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio War: Looking forward to this read…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Have you ever ordered an item knowing you would be facing shipping delays, and when it finally arrives, you forgot you had even ordered it in the first place? Sort of feels like you got a gift from yourself?<\/p>\n

Please tell me you do–!<\/p>\n

That’s how I felt recently when my copy of Radio War<\/em><\/strong> by David Abrutat<\/a> arrived. I first read about this book in RadCom<\/a> and then in The Spectrum Monitor<\/a>. Being a WWII history buff and (obviously) a radio enthusiast, it doesn’t get much better than this.<\/p>\n

I’m brewing a cup of coffee right now, and heading to our porch for a little “DEAR” time as my girls like to call it (Drop Everything and Read).<\/p>\n

This is the life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever ordered an item knowing you would be facing shipping delays, and when it finally arrives, you forgot you had even ordered it in the first place? Sort of feels like you got a gift from yourself? Please tell me you do–! That’s how I felt recently when my copy of Radio War […]<\/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":[251,3],"tags":[4090,8787,8786,8785],"class_list":["post-45154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-news","tag-books","tag-david-abrutat","tag-radio-war","tag-radio-war-by-david-abrutat"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bKi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44380,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/the-book-that-took-david-down-the-path-of-swling-and-ham-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":45154,"position":0},"title":"The book that took David down the path of SWLing and ham radio","author":"Thomas","date":"July 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David (G4EDR), who writes: I enjoyed reading about the vintage shortwave radio book memories from Bob W6ACU and it prompted me dig out the book which got me started in SWLing back in 1970. 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I like the craftsmanship: https:\/\/youtu.be\/jGGUaM0hqlw Click here to view on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "FM"","block_context":{"text":"FM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/fm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-Radio-Caroline.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-Radio-Caroline.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muzen-OTR-Radio-Caroline.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63592,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/von-shortwave-revival-and-new-vintage-radio-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":45154,"position":5},"title":"VON Shortwave Revival and New Vintage Radio Book","author":"Thomas","date":"August 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares the following two tips: VON DG pledges reforms, revival of shortwave broadcasting In a recent announcement, the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria pledged significant reforms, including a revival of shortwave broadcasting. 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