{"id":63837,"date":"2025-09-01T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63837"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:26:46","slug":"wonderful-robert-gulley-article-in-the-sept-the-spectrum-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/wonderful-robert-gulley-article-in-the-sept-the-spectrum-monitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Robert Gulley article in the Sept. The Spectrum Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There is a truly excellent article by Robert Gulley in the September issue of The Spectrum Monitor<\/a><\/strong>. Entitled “Radio Myths and Misunderstandings: Then and Now.” it cover such myths as Radio is Dying, There is Nothing to Listen to, Digital Modes are Killing Amateur Radio, Radio isn’t Relevant Anymore or is Obsolete, and other topics as well.<\/p>\n

It is well-written, interesting, and thought-provoking and well worth the time.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite quotes from the entire piece is this:<\/p>\n

“Analog scanners, by the way, also pick up road crews,<\/em><\/strong>
\nsnowplows, school busses, construction reports, and hazmat<\/em><\/strong>
\nincidences, all of which can keep you informed of what is<\/em><\/strong>
\nhappening locally, usually better than your local news.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I agree, and I can highly recommend this article.<\/p>\n

– Jock Elliott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a truly excellent article by Robert Gulley in the September issue of The Spectrum Monitor. Entitled “Radio Myths and Misunderstandings: Then and Now.” it cover such myths as Radio is Dying, There is Nothing to Listen to, Digital Modes are Killing Amateur Radio, Radio isn’t Relevant Anymore or is Obsolete, and other topics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"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":[5642,2275],"class_list":["post-63837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-robert-gulley","tag-the-spectrum-monitor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gBD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28379,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/roberts-reviews-and-how-tos\/","url_meta":{"origin":63837,"position":0},"title":"Robert’s reviews and how-tos","author":"Thomas","date":"September 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Like a few of us contributors here on the SWLing Post, Robert Gulley (AK3Q), writes features for The Spectrum Monitor magazine\u00a0(TSM). \u00a0Robert and I are both passionate supports of TSM--for a mere $24 per year, you get a monthly digital magazine that is simply chock-full of articles covering all aspects\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34890,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/robert-talks-ubitx-and-navigating-the-world-of-used-radio-gear\/","url_meta":{"origin":63837,"position":1},"title":"Robert talks uBITX and navigating the world of used radio gear","author":"Thomas","date":"November 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Robert Gulley (AK3Q), who shares the following announcement from his blog All Things Radio: I have posted two new articles in the\u00a0Reviews and How-Tos\u00a0section. 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