{"id":58502,"date":"2023-12-20T07:33:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58502"},"modified":"2023-12-20T07:33:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:33:35","slug":"photo-essay-shows-radios-in-use-in-refugee-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/photo-essay-shows-radios-in-use-in-refugee-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo essay shows radios in use in refugee camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A photo essay from Said Khatib (AFP via Getty Images) in Rafah refugee Camp, southern Gaza Strip, on December 19, 2023, shows the importance of the radio in a war-torn environment.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ZYM9s-QMQdtZiqxzcaM8hg\" class=\"gie-slideshow\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1858817763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ZYM9s-QMQdtZiqxzcaM8hg',sig:'lwifD8B1zjhmDPgQRXbIRrS1Sha8iZvm8-2ff9hR8n4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1858817763,1858816462,1858818050,1858817640',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">One of the radio sets is a KTF-1653 portable multiband, solar-powered radio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"625\" data-carousel-extra='null' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 625px; 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Embed from Getty Images One of the radio sets is a KTF-1653 portable multiband, [&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":[3],"tags":[8043],"class_list":["post-58502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-carlos-latuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fdA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49356,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/brazilian-navys-beacon-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":58502,"position":0},"title":"Brazilian Navy&#8217;s beacon antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"June 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the photo above of the radio beacon at the Brazilian Navy in Tramandai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. What a gorgeous photo, Carlos! Can anyone identify that antenna configuration?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","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\/2021\/06\/Brazilian-Navy-at-Tramandai-Carlos-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brazilian-Navy-at-Tramandai-Carlos-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brazilian-Navy-at-Tramandai-Carlos-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brazilian-Navy-at-Tramandai-Carlos-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brazilian-Navy-at-Tramandai-Carlos-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63769,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-cgtn-august-27-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":58502,"position":1},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of CGTN (August 27, 2025)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares the following\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of a recent CGTN broadcast. Carlos notes: Tokyo marks record 10 consecutive days of 35\u00b0C or higher, CGTN Radio, 11770 kHz https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/zSOr5M6WTbs?si=zy-CSECCpSELBkeH Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Latuff-CGTN-Heat-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Latuff-CGTN-Heat-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Latuff-CGTN-Heat-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Latuff-CGTN-Heat-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Latuff-CGTN-Heat-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60990,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-reach-beyond-australia-october-29-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":58502,"position":2},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Reach Beyond Australia (October 29, 2024)","author":"Thomas","date":"October 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0illustrated radio listening report of a recent Reach Beyond Australia. 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Listened in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. https:\/\/youtu.be\/XHRRsz_bii4?si=c-4GKJaEICI8-0yu Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Latuff-Reach-Beyond-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Latuff-Reach-Beyond-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Latuff-Reach-Beyond-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Latuff-Reach-Beyond-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Latuff-Reach-Beyond-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Latuff-Reach-Beyond-1.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60494,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/carlos-shortwave-art-recording-of-nhk-and-radiofax-images-august-27-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":58502,"position":3},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art, recording of NHK, and Radiofax Images (August 27, 2024)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0his radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast warning about the dangers of Typhoon #10. 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Cyclone 01B over India and tropical storm Matmo (Paolo) in the Philippines, the fourth in a row!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","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\/2025\/10\/Latuff-Radiofax-Typhoon-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Latuff-Radiofax-Typhoon-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Latuff-Radiofax-Typhoon-1-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Latuff-Radiofax-Typhoon-1-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Latuff-Radiofax-Typhoon-1-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58135,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/carlos-reception-of-noaa-forecast-via-uscg-radio-station-in-chesapeake\/","url_meta":{"origin":58502,"position":5},"title":"Carlos&#8217; Reception of NOAA Forecast via USCG Radio Station in Chesapeake","author":"Thomas","date":"November 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following video\/recording and notes: Hey Thomas, [Check out] how well the USCG signal arrives from Chesapeak in Porto Alegre, Brazil. 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