{"id":9492,"date":"2014-05-05T13:51:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T17:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9492"},"modified":"2014-05-05T13:51:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T17:51:16","slug":"reminder-radio-challenge-ends-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/reminder-radio-challenge-ends-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Radio challenge ends Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TristanDaCuna-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We’ve received some brilliant, creative\u00a0entries in the\u00a0Virtual radio challenge<\/a>:<\/span><\/em>\u00a0your opportunity to piece together the best $200 (US) radio kit you might\u00a0pack for one year on the remote island of Tristan Da Cunha<\/em>.<\/p>\n

To participate in this challenge, simply comment on our original post<\/a> with your suggested set-up, any links, and a brief explanation for your choices. You\u2019re also welcome to\u00a0email me directly<\/a>\u00a0with your response.<\/p>\n

I plan to post a selection of diverse entries\u00a0this Friday. Click here to read about the challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve received some brilliant, creative\u00a0entries in the\u00a0Virtual radio challenge:\u00a0your opportunity to piece together the best $200 (US) radio kit you might\u00a0pack for one year on the remote island of Tristan Da Cunha. To participate in this challenge, simply comment on our original post with your suggested set-up, any links, and a brief explanation for your […]<\/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":[3,2787,43,1154],"tags":[2788,2790,2792,4125,2791,4082,2793,1153,2789],"class_list":["post-9492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reader-challenges","category-shortwave-radio","category-travel","tag-best-shortwave-radio-for-remote-island","tag-island-shortwave-radio","tag-radio-challenge","tag-reader-challenges","tag-shortwave-challenge","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-radio-travel","tag-shortwave-travel","tag-tristan-da-cunha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2t6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9376,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtual-radio-challenge-one-year-one-radio-one-very-remote-island\/","url_meta":{"origin":9492,"position":0},"title":"Virtual radio challenge: one year, one radio, one (very) remote island","author":"Thomas","date":"April 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Shortwave listeners are interesting, creative\u00a0people\u00a0who do\u00a0interesting,\u00a0creative\u00a0work: they're scientists, veterans,\u00a0corporate employees, students, retirees, volunteers, politicians, musicians, inventors,\u00a0entrepreneurs, engineers, humanitarians,\u00a0reporters, artists, researchers, sailors, pilots, pirates...and\u00a0most\u00a0seem to be\u00a0travelers. 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