{"id":48273,"date":"2021-03-25T16:33:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48273"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:33:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:33:11","slug":"back-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/back-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to life…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you’re written an email inquiry to me, you may have noticed I’m nearly two weeks behind in replies. Not only has family life been very active but earlier this week we believe I got a touch of food poisoning. I’m slowly<\/em> getting back on my feet and feeling human again, but it has certainly zapped me of energy and I, frankly, haven’t felt good enough to even look at a computer screen until today.<\/p>\n

Books and radio listening have been my refuge and distraction.<\/p>\n

I’m slowly starting to feel better but just know things might be in low gear here the next few days.<\/p>\n

I will be back. And this post will likely self-destruct in two days because…well…I’d like to simply forget this whole incident!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re written an email inquiry to me, you may have noticed I’m nearly two weeks behind in replies. Not only has family life been very active but earlier this week we believe I got a touch of food poisoning. I’m slowly getting back on my feet and feeling human again, but it has certainly […]<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cyB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1794,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/listen-to-asteroid-echos-november-8th-9th\/","url_meta":{"origin":48273,"position":0},"title":"Listen to asteroid echos November 8th-9th","author":"Thomas","date":"September 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The excellent Southgate ARC has posted information on receiving signals that the\u00a0Arecibo Observatory, the Deep Space Network Goldstone facility, the Green Bank Telescope and the Very Long Baseline Array will be bouncing off of the near-Earth asteroid 2005 YU55. 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If this research turns out to be correct--and time will only tell--it could mean very low solar activity from here on out (let's hope not!): (Source: Forbes Magazine via Charlie W4MEC) The Sun has likely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":" (SILSO data\/image, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wolfjmms.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wolfjmms.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wolfjmms.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wolfjmms.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63994,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/nuts-and-volts-fm-radio-arrives-in-u-s-cars-in-1958\/","url_meta":{"origin":48273,"position":3},"title":"Nuts and Volts: FM Radio Arrives in U.S. Cars in 1958","author":"Thomas","date":"September 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dennis Dura for sharing this fascinating Nuts & Volts article exploring the history of FM radio in American automobiles. While AM dominated dashboards for decades, FM began to make its way into U.S. cars in 1958, slowly changing how drivers listened to music and\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\/2025\/09\/Analog-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Analog-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Analog-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Analog-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Analog-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5515,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/pirate-radio-recordings-bust-a-nut-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":48273,"position":4},"title":"Pirate Radio Recordings: Bust A Nut Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"February 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Bust A Nut Radio's AM signal came in fairly strong last night sometime around 5:45 UTC (February 2nd) on 6,940 kHz. You'll hear a great variety of music--from classic rock to electronica--complete with originally produced ID's and bumpers in this pirate radio recording. Click here to download an MP3\u00a0of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Pirate Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Pirate Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/pirate-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"You know the proceedure","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NutCrackerDiagram-300x111.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5534,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/pirate-radio-recordings-radio-gaga\/","url_meta":{"origin":48273,"position":5},"title":"Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio GaGa","author":"Thomas","date":"February 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"For your listening pleasure: 28 minutes of pirate radio fun, courtesy of Radio GaGa. Recorded on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013\u2013starting around 00:10 UTC\u2013on 6.925 MHz (USB). 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