{"id":58694,"date":"2024-01-16T09:23:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T13:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58694"},"modified":"2024-01-16T09:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T13:23:26","slug":"update-from-swling-post-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/update-from-swling-post-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from SWLing Post HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hello, Friends,<\/p>\n

A quick update:<\/p>\n

My mother passed away on Sunday afternoon after a long battle with cancer. The past few weeks have been hectic and fully devoted to my mother’s Hospice care. The next two week are devoted to being with family and caring for my father-in-law who is currently in the hospital.<\/p>\n

I haven’t been checking email or comments regularly and will not for the next week or so, hence the delay in reply some of you have noticed.<\/p>\n

With the help of some of our contributors, we will still have posts published, but fewer than normal.<\/p>\n

Please understand if I don’t have time to reply to your emails. I receive 40-50 from readers daily<\/em>, so the backlog will be more than I can handle even after I’m back “on the air.”<\/p>\n

Also, thank you so much<\/strong> <\/em>for your kind thoughts and messages. Those of you who follow by other radio blog, QRPer.com<\/a>, knew that my mom was in Hospice care as I mentioned this in a recent field report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll be back soon and thank you so much for understanding.<\/p>\n

Best,<\/p>\n

Thomas (K4SWL)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, Friends, A quick update: My mother passed away on Sunday afternoon after a long battle with cancer. The past few weeks have been hectic and fully devoted to my mother’s Hospice care. The next two week are devoted to being with family and caring for my father-in-law who is currently in the hospital. 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I managed to listen to a bit of the broadcast myself in the parking lot of the US Space and Rocket Center\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\/2018\/06\/CC-Skywave-SSB-Midwinter-Antarctica-Broadcast.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CC-Skywave-SSB-Midwinter-Antarctica-Broadcast.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CC-Skywave-SSB-Midwinter-Antarctica-Broadcast.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CC-Skywave-SSB-Midwinter-Antarctica-Broadcast.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50062,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/updates-swling-post-email-subscription-correspondence-and-gratitude\/","url_meta":{"origin":58694,"position":5},"title":"Updates: SWLing Post email subscription, correspondence, and gratitude…","author":"Thomas","date":"August 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello, SWLing Post community! 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