{"id":5404,"date":"2013-01-19T08:29:53","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T12:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5404"},"modified":"2013-01-19T08:29:53","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T12:29:53","slug":"attend-the-26th-annual-winter-swl-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/attend-the-26th-annual-winter-swl-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Attend the 26th Annual Winter SWL Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swlfest.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-667\" title=\"swlfest_logo\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/swlfest_logo.gif\" width=\"114\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a>For those of you readers who often feel you&#8217;re alone in your enthusiasm for radio, I highly encourage you to attend the NASWA-sponsored <a title=\"SWL FEst Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swlfest.com\/\">SWL Fest<\/a> in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania this year. The &#8216;Fest is jam-packed with radio-related information and attended by many radio kindred spirits. \u00a0Forum\u00a0topics this year will include the following :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; display: inline !important;\">From the WBCQ Archives \u2013 Larry Will<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Annual Pirate Forum \u2013 George Zeller<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">QRP: Operating and Listening at Low Power \u2013 Skip Arey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Economically Enhancing Your Collection thru Auctions and Flea Markets \u2013 Ed Mauger<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Defeating Jammers with Text By Shortwave \u2013 Kim Andrew Elliott\/Thomas Witherspoon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Shortwave Shindig \u2013 David Goren (Friday night confirmed)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Other Side of Satellite Monitoring \u2013 Dave Marthouse<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">More! All About Loop Antennae \u2013 Jef Eichner<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-665 alignright\" title=\"naswa logo\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/naswa.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"62\" \/>If you&#8217;re interested in attending the SWL Fest, too, <a title=\"SWL Fest Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swlfest.com\/\">go to the official website<\/a> and register!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you readers who often feel you&#8217;re alone in your enthusiasm for radio, I highly encourage you to attend the NASWA-sponsored SWL Fest in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania this year. The &#8216;Fest is jam-packed with radio-related information and attended by many radio kindred spirits. \u00a0Forum\u00a0topics this year will include the following : From the [&hellip;]<\/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":[81,3,43],"tags":[1523,235,818,232,1615],"class_list":["post-5404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-2013-wrth-review","tag-naswa","tag-plymouth-meeting-pa","tag-swl-fest","tag-winter-swl-fest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1pa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8671,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/naswa-details-its-27th-annual-winter-swl-fest-program\/","url_meta":{"origin":5404,"position":0},"title":"NASWA Details its 27th Annual Winter SWL Fest Program","author":"Thomas","date":"January 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"For those of you readers who often feel you\u2019re alone in your enthusiasm for radio, I highly encourage you to attend the NASWA-sponsored Winter SWL Festival\u00a0in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania this year. This will be my sixth year attending, and I have eagerly awaited the arrival of the \u2018Fest.\u00a0 It is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Current Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Current Events","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/current-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"David Goren hosts the annual Shortwave Shindig","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Winterfest-Shindig-199x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11830,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/2015-winter-swl-fest-registration-now-open\/","url_meta":{"origin":5404,"position":1},"title":"2015 Winter SWL Fest registration now open","author":"Thomas","date":"December 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Winter SWL Fest) Announcing final arrangements for the Winter SWL Fest! The 28th (!) 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