{"id":5922,"date":"2013-03-17T08:20:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T12:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5922"},"modified":"2013-03-17T12:52:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T16:52:27","slug":"want-to-buy-an-hf-radio-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/want-to-buy-an-hf-radio-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to buy an HF radio station?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5923\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FedBuiddingSite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5923\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5923 \" alt=\"Hummel Park Radio Station Site\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FedBuiddingSite-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FedBuiddingSite-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FedBuiddingSite-100x62.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FedBuiddingSite.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hummel Park Radio Station Site, near Omaha, Nebraska, is up for auction.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ed writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This surplus Federal property includes two towers, including a tall<br \/>\nrotatable HF array and sizeable building:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Notice of surplus determination - download PDF\" href=\"https:\/\/resourcecenter.secure.force.com\/pbs\/servlet\/servlet.FileDownload?file=00P3000000FyEdUEAV\" target=\"_blank\">Notice of surplus determination (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"open page\" href=\"https:\/\/resourcecenter.secure.force.com\/pbs\/surpluspropertiesDisplay\" target=\"_blank\">Surplus properties display<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This property could probably be purchased cheaply at auction by\u00a0anyone who wants to start an HF radio station at the center of CONUS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hey, we can dream, can&#8217;t we?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed writes: This surplus Federal property includes two towers, including a tall rotatable HF array and sizeable building: Notice of surplus determination (PDF) Surplus properties display This property could probably be purchased cheaply at auction by\u00a0anyone who wants to start an HF radio station at the center of CONUS. Hey, we can dream, can&#8217;t we?<\/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":[3],"tags":[1774,1773],"class_list":["post-5922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-government-auctions","tag-hummel-park-radio-station-site"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1xw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8985,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/voa-site-a-for-sale-surplus-property-notice\/","url_meta":{"origin":5922,"position":0},"title":"VOA Site A for sale: surplus property notice","author":"Thomas","date":"March 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Want to purchase a shortwave transmitter site? VOA Site A ia a mirror image of the\u00a0Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station\u00a0and is\u00a0being sold as surplus property: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Site \u201cA\u201d Transmitting Station is approximately 2,822 acres with improvements containing 54,318 square feet of rentable area. 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