{"id":60009,"date":"2024-06-15T00:44:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T04:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=60009"},"modified":"2024-06-15T07:48:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:48:15","slug":"franks-take-on-websdrs-and-the-swl-contest-that-encourages-use-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/franks-take-on-websdrs-and-the-swl-contest-that-encourages-use-of-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank&#8217;s take on WebSDRs and the SWL Contest that encourages use of them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43232\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Frank, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hi, I am Frank SWL F14368, organizer of the SWL Contest 2024. I have written an article [about the use of WebSDRs]. Maybe you like to share on your nice website for SWL ?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icomjapan.blogspot.com\/2023\/12\/listen-world-for-free-on-your-computer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/icomjapan.blogspot.com\/2023\/12\/listen-world-for-free-on-your-computer.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">My contest is open to listeners who use a Kiwi or a WEB SDR. Not many contest accept this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Best regards<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">73 de Frank SWL F-14368 \/ F\u00d8DUW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frank, who writes: Hi, I am Frank SWL F14368, organizer of the SWL Contest 2024. I have written an article [about the use of WebSDRs]. Maybe you like to share on your nice website for SWL ? https:\/\/icomjapan.blogspot.com\/2023\/12\/listen-world-for-free-on-your-computer.html My contest is open to listeners who use a Kiwi or [&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":[3,43],"tags":[4741,4742],"class_list":["post-60009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-kiwisdr","tag-websdr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fBT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58680,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/results-of-the-2023-swl-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":60009,"position":0},"title":"Results of the 2023 SWL Contest","author":"Thomas","date":"January 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frank, who shares the following information about the SWL Contest he ihe held at the end of 2023. Hi, I am Frank SWL F14368 organiser of the SWL Contest 2023. I have posted the results of the contest here: https:\/\/icomjapan.blogspot.com\/2024\/01\/winners-of-swl-contest-2023.html I will organise a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JRC-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JRC-Dial.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JRC-Dial.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JRC-Dial.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62331,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/swl-contest-2025-wrap-up-new-ssb-swl-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":60009,"position":1},"title":"SWL Contest 2025 Wrap-Up &#038; New SSB SWL Contest","author":"Thomas","date":"March 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Frank, who shares the results of the SWL Contest 2025, which challenged shortwave and medium-wave listeners from around the world to log as many stations and transmitters as possible. 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The rules of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/contests\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e-award-SWL-Contest.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e-award-SWL-Contest.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e-award-SWL-Contest.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e-award-SWL-Contest.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e-award-SWL-Contest.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e-award-SWL-Contest.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60690,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/frank-shares-updates-about-the-swl-contest-2024-and-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":60009,"position":4},"title":"Frank shares updates about the SWL Contest 2024 and 2025","author":"Thomas","date":"September 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frank SWL (F14368), who writes: I've written three articles about the next contest project in January 2025, a list of our sponsors for 2024, and a list of listeners who worked this contest 2024. 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