{"id":55844,"date":"2023-02-15T08:11:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T12:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=55844"},"modified":"2023-02-15T08:11:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T12:11:44","slug":"world-radio-historys-shortwave-and-dxing-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/world-radio-historys-shortwave-and-dxing-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"World Radio History’s Shortwave and DXing Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, NT, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n

I know you’ve shared info about the great World Radio History site before. Have you ever linked to the webpage for their entire Short Wave and DXing Collection?<\/p>\n

https:\/\/worldradiohistory.com\/Short_Wave_Miscellaneous.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Best,
\nNT<\/p>\n

Thank you, NT. We may have linked to this before on the SWLing Post,<\/em> but I’m always happy to link to it again. It’s a true treasure trove!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, NT, who writes: Hi Thomas, I know you’ve shared info about the great World Radio History site before. Have you ever linked to the webpage for their entire Short Wave and DXing Collection? https:\/\/worldradiohistory.com\/Short_Wave_Miscellaneous.htm Best, NT Thank you, NT. We may have linked to this before on the SWLing […]<\/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":[251,3,305,288,43],"tags":[9905],"class_list":["post-55844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-world-radio-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ewI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32840,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/allen-looks-back-at-50-years-of-dxing\/","url_meta":{"origin":55844,"position":0},"title":"Allen looks back at 50 years of DXing","author":"Thomas","date":"June 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many of you might remember\u00a0Allen Willie's story from our\u00a0SWLing Post \"Listener Posts\" collection. 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