{"id":66204,"date":"2026-05-28T09:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=66204"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:07:09","slug":"hackaday-looks-back-at-canadas-legendary-chu-time-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/hackaday-looks-back-at-canadas-legendary-chu-time-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackaday Looks Back at Canada\u2019s Legendary CHU Time Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWling Post<\/em> contributor, Rich Cuff, who shares this piece from Hackaday: \u201cSo Long, CHU, And Thanks For All The Time Signals.<\/a>\u201d It\u2019s well worth a read\u2014and if you\u2019ve never tuned in to CHU before, now may be your last chance.<\/p>\n

Read the full article here:
\nhttps:\/\/hackaday.com\/2026\/05\/27\/so-long-chu-and-thanks-for-all-the-time-signals\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Please note, I would appreciate any recordings of the final transmission to add to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please read my previous comments about the CHU closure here: https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/canadas-chu-will-go-silent-on-shortwave-on-june-22-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWling Post contributor, Rich Cuff, who shares this piece from Hackaday: \u201cSo Long, CHU, And Thanks For All The Time Signals.\u201d It\u2019s well worth a read\u2014and if you\u2019ve never tuned in to CHU before, now may be your last chance. Read the full article here: https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2026\/05\/27\/so-long-chu-and-thanks-for-all-the-time-signals\/ Please note, I would appreciate any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,43,9589],"tags":[13,4560,3354,2002],"class_list":["post-66204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-utility","tag-chu","tag-chu-canada","tag-hackaday","tag-rich-cuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hdO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63912,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/noise-reduction-ideas-via-hackaday-electronics-unmessed\/","url_meta":{"origin":66204,"position":0},"title":"Noise-Reduction Ideas via Hackaday & Electronics Unmessed","author":"Thomas","date":"September 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dennis Dura for sharing this excellent Hackaday feature: Quieting That Radio. 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