{"id":47972,"date":"2021-03-15T11:21:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47972"},"modified":"2021-03-15T11:26:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:26:26","slug":"oscar-and-the-ham-with-jean-shepherd-k2ors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/oscar-and-the-ham-with-jean-shepherd-k2ors\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar and the Ham with Jean Shepherd K2ORS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_48187\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Oscar-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48187\" class=\"wp-image-48187 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Oscar-007-e1615821635840.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AO-7 (Credit: AMSAT.org)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, John Brandt, who shares this excellent video featuring the amazing Jean Shepherd (K2ORS):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6fj1z4kL0E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/n6fj1z4kL0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Brandt, who shares this excellent video featuring the amazing Jean Shepherd (K2ORS): Click here to view on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[4449,4102,9197],"class_list":["post-47972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-amateur-satellite","tag-ham-radio","tag-jean-shepherd-k2ors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ctK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45148,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/elecraft-posts-photos-of-the-new-k4-transceiver-in-production\/","url_meta":{"origin":47972,"position":0},"title":"Elecraft posts photos of the new K4 transceiver in production","author":"Thomas","date":"September 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Elecraft had hoped to start shipping the new K4 flagship transceiver this week and I'm sure it's been a real challenge realizing this goal in the day and age of the Covid-19 pandemic. 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