{"id":49143,"date":"2021-06-04T07:55:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49143"},"modified":"2021-06-04T07:55:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:55:04","slug":"medium-wave-circle-website-sports-updates-and-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/medium-wave-circle-website-sports-updates-and-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Medium Wave Circle website sports updates and upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30771\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg 772w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1-624x382.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Steve Whitt, who writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Hello Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Just a brief note to tell you about exciting developments here at the Medium Wave Circle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>We\u2019ve just launched our new-look website at<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mwcircle.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mwcircle.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>And we\u2019d like to share the news far and wide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Some of the features of the new website are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>easy to use membership with secure online payment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>access to the full archive of Medium Wave News (all 500 issues)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>access to the latest 2020 Editions of the All Time DX Heard in the British Isles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>a new section for news and feature articles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>a completely new and re-written library<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For the first time we also host the archive of the European MW Guide which was the most<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>complete directory of radio stations in Europe.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>All the content is either new or completely revised and updated. Most importantly we want our website to be unique and that is why the features, photos, QSLs and audio clips are not to be found elsewhere online.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The new website has been carefully designed to work on desktop PCs, laptops, ipads and even smartphones. It has also been updated to improve security &#8211; you will notice the https web address &amp; the padlock next to the url in your browser.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mwcircle.org\/introduction-to-long-distance-medium-wave-listening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to check out the new site!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ndaFuOkrcr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwcircle.org\/introduction-to-long-distance-medium-wave-listening\/\">Introduction to Long Distance Medium Wave Listening<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Introduction to Long Distance Medium Wave Listening&#8221; &#8212; Medium Wave Circle\" src=\"https:\/\/mwcircle.org\/introduction-to-long-distance-medium-wave-listening\/embed\/#?secret=3p8jeS8e6e#?secret=ndaFuOkrcr\" data-secret=\"ndaFuOkrcr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Thanking you in anticipation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Kind regards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Steve Whitt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I like the new look and upgrades!\u00a0 Thanks for sharing, Steve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Steve Whitt, who writes: Hello Thomas Just a brief note to tell you about exciting developments here at the Medium Wave Circle. We\u2019ve just launched our new-look website at https:\/\/mwcircle.org\/ And we\u2019d like to share the news far and wide. Some of the features of the new website are: [&hellip;]<\/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":[373,433,3],"tags":[9302,4099,9303],"class_list":["post-49143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-medium-wave-circle","tag-mediumwave","tag-steve-whitt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cMD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16808,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/netherlands-proposal-to-open-mediumwave-band-to-low-power-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":49143,"position":0},"title":"Netherlands: proposal to open mediumwave band to low-power stations","author":"Thomas","date":"January 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Mike Terry via Medium Wave Circle FB Group) Ydun's Medium Wave Info By Marcel Rommerts 12 January 2016 After switching off a number of high power transmitters in 2015, at the end of December the Dutch government has launched a public consultation on \u2018opening up\u2019 the medium waveband for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27556,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/bbc-to-shut-down-13-medium-wave-transmitters\/","url_meta":{"origin":49143,"position":1},"title":"BBC to shut down 13 medium wave transmitters","author":"Thomas","date":"August 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Today UK) Ten BBC local radio stations will lose at least one AM transmitter in January 2018 as part of the BBC\u2019s Delivering Quality First plan. 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Note that the following excerpt has been translated by Google from Italian to English. Click here for the original in Italian at FM-World.it: On 11 September 2022 Rai radio broadcasts in medium wave will cease (FM World)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29845,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/bbc-local-mediumwave-closures-in-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":49143,"position":3},"title":"BBC Local: Mediumwave Closures in 2018","author":"Thomas","date":"December 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBC) We are closing a number of BBC Local Radio\u2019s medium wave transmitters in January 2018. 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