{"id":46388,"date":"2020-11-09T07:32:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=46388"},"modified":"2020-11-09T07:32:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:32:39","slug":"links-for-a-deep-dive-into-bbc-radio-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/links-for-a-deep-dive-into-bbc-radio-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for a deep dive into BBC radio history"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Kris Partridge, who writes:<\/p>\n

Last night I sent the link to the SWLing Droitwch item<\/a> to a former colleague. He replied this morning, reply below, and includes a couple of useful links. I\u2019m very sure the SWLing Post<\/em> knows about MB21.<\/p>\n

Thinking that maybe the item on Crowbourgh will be of interest to SWLing readers. It contains the \u2018magic\u2019 word \u201cAspidistra\u201d ! Lot of SW history there.<\/p>\n

[From my former colleague:]<\/p>\n

You\u2019re probably aware of the \u201cTricks of the Trade\u201d articles that Dave Porter has also published. http:\/\/bbceng.info\/Technical%20Reviews\/tott\/tott.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave was also able to provide some useful contacts for my mb21 colleague Martin Watkins who was compiling a page about the history of Crowborough. http:\/\/tx.mb21.co.uk\/gallery\/gallerypage.php?txid=2495<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thank you so much for the link to Dave Porter’s “Tricks of the Trade” and MB21! What a wonderful deep dive into radio history!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partridge, who writes: Last night I sent the link to the SWLing Droitwch item to a former colleague. He replied this morning, reply below, and includes a couple of useful links. I\u2019m very sure the SWLing Post knows about MB21. Thinking that maybe the item on Crowbourgh will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,305,288,43],"tags":[104,1360,327,4716,5584,8953,4091,34],"class_list":["post-46388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-history","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-dave-porter","tag-kris-partridge","tag-mb21","tag-radio-history","tag-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-c4c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51169,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/bbc-newshour-and-the-first-shortwave-transatlantic-tests\/","url_meta":{"origin":46388,"position":0},"title":"BBC Newshour and the first shortwave Transatlantic Tests","author":"Thomas","date":"December 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors, Doug and Kris, who both share a link to BBC Newshour which was broadcast yesterday (Dec 12, 2021). 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