{"id":2489,"date":"2016-09-06T20:53:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T20:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2016-09-06T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T20:56:08","slug":"vhf-2m-gets-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=2489","title":{"rendered":"VHF (2m) gets busy&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tsgarc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2m.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2490\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tsgarc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2m.png?resize=584%2C385\" alt=\"2m VHF \" width=\"584\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tsgarc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2m.png?resize=1024%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tsgarc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2m.png?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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