{"id":55151,"date":"2022-12-24T00:05:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T04:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=55151"},"modified":"2022-12-24T09:09:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T13:09:54","slug":"frans-fm-antenna-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/frans-fm-antenna-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Frans’ FM Antenna Christmas Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Frans Goddijn, who shares the photo above of what he calls his “FM Antenna Budget Christmas Tree<\/em>.” I love it, Frans! Thanks for sharing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who shares the photo above of what he calls his “FM Antenna Budget Christmas Tree.” I love it, Frans! Thanks for sharing!<\/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":[460,3],"tags":[1560,9762],"class_list":["post-55151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny","category-news","tag-christmas","tag-frans-goddijn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-elx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52590,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/video-frans-compares-the-grahn-gs5-se-vlf2-with-a-large-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":55151,"position":0},"title":"Video: Frans compares the GRAHN GS5 SE – VLF2 with a large loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"April 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who shares the following note and video originally posted on his blog: Mr Grahn of https:\/\/www.grahn-spezialantennen.de\/ had to stop working for a couple of months (medical reasons) but now he is back and I was able to get one of his highly sensitive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antennas"","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GS5-SE.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GS5-SE.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GS5-SE.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57014,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/frans-checks-out-the-mra-qrp-20w-qrp-passive-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":55151,"position":1},"title":"Frans checks out the MRA-QRP 20W QRP Passive Loop Antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"June 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who writes: Dear Thomas, In the following video, I show a little loop antenna that I bought online from AliExpress: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3KbKcrsTryo On arrival one of the parts, the semi-transparant box with variable capacitor for antenna tuning turned out to be broken due\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antennas"","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Frans-Loop-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55547,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/frans-add-a-decca-manual-antenna-tuner-to-his-urban-listening-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":55151,"position":2},"title":"Frans add a Decca manual antenna tuner to his urban listening post","author":"Thomas","date":"February 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Frans Goddijn, who writes: Hi Thomas: I bought a vintage antenna tuner, one that does not need a power source, very basic just a box with some beautiful coils and nice big variable capacitors and it works for the big magnetic loop antenna here. 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Before I had an \u2018indirect\u2019 connection between antenna-OUT of the transmitter and the radio as I had two insulated wires\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Frans-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Frans-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Frans-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Frans-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Frans-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56932,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/frans-purchases-the-hurricane-am-modulator\/","url_meta":{"origin":55151,"position":4},"title":"Frans purchases the Hurricane AM Modulator","author":"Thomas","date":"May 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frans Goddijn, who writes: I bought the Hurricane AM Modulator. Here in my living room the hum was considerable even though I had an EARTH connection. 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