{"id":64874,"date":"2025-12-10T07:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64874"},"modified":"2025-12-10T07:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:21:27","slug":"joe-walsh-shares-how-he-first-learned-morse-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/joe-walsh-shares-how-he-first-learned-morse-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Walsh Shares How He First Learned Morse Code"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe’s HQ-145C was placed on auction (a Hammarlund HQ 145A in the photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor David Iurescia for sharing the following article from People Magazine: \u201cJoe Walsh Reveals the Surprising Way He Ended Up Learning Morse Code as a Kid.<\/a>\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

In this short piece, musician Joe Walsh<\/span> discusses the unexpected way he was first introduced to Morse code during childhood. It\u2019s an interesting bit of background for those who follow Walsh\u2019s involvement in amateur radio.<\/p>\n

Read the full article here: https:\/\/people.com\/joe-walsh-reveals-surprising-way-he-ended-up-learning-morse-code-as-kid-11865496<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing the following article from People Magazine: \u201cJoe Walsh Reveals the Surprising Way He Ended Up Learning Morse Code as a Kid.\u201d In this short piece, musician Joe Walsh discusses the unexpected way he was first introduced to Morse code during childhood. It\u2019s an interesting bit […]<\/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":[545,3],"tags":[389,10988,88,10989],"class_list":["post-64874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-amateur-radio","tag-joe-walsh","tag-morse-code","tag-the-eagles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gSm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59172,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/radio-waves-international-symposium-focuses-on-broadcasting-last-morse-station-yaesu-frg-7-digital-frequency-kit-and-remembering-bob-heil\/","url_meta":{"origin":64874,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: International Symposium Focuses on Broadcasting, Last Morse Station, Yaesu FRG-7 Digital Frequency Kit, and Remembering Bob Heil,","author":"Thomas","date":"March 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0Enjoy! 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