{"id":7622,"date":"2013-10-16T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T17:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7622"},"modified":"2013-10-16T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T17:14:20","slug":"data-shows-pirate-radio-activity-nearly-doubles-during-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/data-shows-pirate-radio-activity-nearly-doubles-during-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Data shows pirate radio activity nearly doubles during shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ShutdownPirateActivity\"<\/a>SWLing Post reader, Chris Smolinski of the HF Underground<\/a>, has shared data he has collected from listener-submitted pirate radio logs prior to and following the US government shutdown<\/a>. The results are intriguing.<\/p>\n

Chris writes:<\/p>\n

“I have some concrete data for you here:<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.hfunderground.com\/board\/index.php\/topic,13187.0.html<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see by the graph, activity is almost\u00a0<\/strong>double<\/strong>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks for collecting, analyzing, and sharing this data, Chris!<\/p>\n

Readers, if you’re into shortwave pirate radio, the HF Underground is my favorite place to view live pirate radio logs. Check them out!<\/a> You can create an account<\/a> to submit your own pirate logs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, Chris Smolinski of the HF Underground, has shared data he has collected from listener-submitted pirate radio logs prior to and following the US government shutdown. The results are intriguing. Chris writes: “I have some concrete data for you here: http:\/\/www.hfunderground.com\/board\/index.php\/topic,13187.0.html As you can see by the graph, activity is almost\u00a0double.” Many thanks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[3,297,1167],"tags":[4092,2207,1310,2205,2202],"class_list":["post-7622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-pirate-radio","tag-pirates-shutdown","tag-shortwave-pirates","tag-shutdown","tag-us-government-shutdown"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1YW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7471,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/with-the-fcc-in-shutdown-pirates-hit-the-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":7622,"position":0},"title":"With the FCC in shutdown, pirates hit the air","author":"Thomas","date":"October 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I noted at least seven pirate radio loggings here in North America on Wednesday, October 1--the first day of the US government shutdown. 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