{"id":60132,"date":"2024-07-02T07:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T11:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=60132"},"modified":"2024-07-02T07:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T11:59:08","slug":"battery-operated-radios-re-emerge-in-flood-stricken-rio-grande-do-sul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/battery-operated-radios-re-emerge-in-flood-stricken-rio-grande-do-sul\/","title":{"rendered":"“Battery-operated radios re-emerge in flood-stricken Rio Grande do Sul”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Grundig FR-200 Self-Powered Analog Radio<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I accidentally ran across this Brazilian government press agency release … In Spanish, then I found an English version.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br\/en\/geral\/noticia\/2024-05\/public-radio-reaches-power-deprived-areas-brazils-south<\/a><\/p>\n

Somewhat dated as the floods were back in May.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Tracy. This article didn’t come to our attention in May, so we appreciate the link!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who writes: I accidentally ran across this Brazilian government press agency release … In Spanish, then I found an English version. https:\/\/agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br\/en\/geral\/noticia\/2024-05\/public-radio-reaches-power-deprived-areas-brazils-south Somewhat dated as the floods were back in May. Thank you, Tracy. This article didn’t come to our attention in May, so we appreciate the […]<\/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":[7394,4655],"class_list":["post-60132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-tracy-wood-k7uo","tag-why-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fDS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48967,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/passing-by-the-delano-transmitting-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":60132,"position":0},"title":"Passing by the Delano Transmitting Station","author":"Thomas","date":"May 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who snapped the photo above as he passed by this former IBB facility. 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Tracy writes: Thomas - This has an SWL connection as VLW9 and VLW15 ABC-Perth were widely heard in the glory days of shortwave. 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