{"id":8571,"date":"2014-01-11T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T18:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8571"},"modified":"2014-01-11T14:40:58","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T18:40:58","slug":"popular-communications-free-download-of-november-and-december-2013-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/popular-communications-free-download-of-november-and-december-2013-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Communications: free download of November and December 2013 issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2013_12_pc_cover\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader Lynn Kelly who writes:<\/p>\n

“Anyone, subscriber or not, can get a free copy of the November and December Popular Communications to download as a PDF on the Popular Communications site.<\/a>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lynn also mentions that many Pop Comm subscribers may not have received these two issues due to printing problems–thus you should download these while they’re still available.<\/p>\n

Simply go to the Popular Communications website<\/a> to download your copies (download by clicking on the November and December front covers).<\/p>\n

For your convenience, here are direct links to download the November 2013<\/a> and December 2013<\/a> issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader Lynn Kelly who writes: “Anyone, subscriber or not, can get a free copy of the November and December Popular Communications to download as a PDF on the Popular Communications site.“ Lynn also mentions that many Pop Comm subscribers may not have received these two issues due to printing problems–thus […]<\/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":[8,3,43],"tags":[2493,2492,2491,773],"class_list":["post-8571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-december-2013-popular-communications","tag-november-2013-popular-communications","tag-pop-comm","tag-popular-communications"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2ef","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8979,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/some-answers-from-cq-mag-free-download-of-januaryfebruary-issues\/","url_meta":{"origin":8571,"position":0},"title":"Some answers from CQ Mag & free download of January\/February issues","author":"Thomas","date":"March 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We've had a long-running string of comments regarding CQ Magazine and Popular Communications on a post announcing the end of Popular Communications and birth of CQ Plus. 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