Hi there, here is part 2 of my reception videos taken in the tropical rainforest of Pará, Northern Brazil. As I mentioned in my previous post, I took a Tecsun PL-680 with me on the trip because I didn’t want to risk losing or trashing one of my precious vintage portables but also because of the following:
- It can handle a longwire very well without overloading (I actually only used a 5 metre wire)
- An excellent synchronous detection circuit and audio bandwidth filtering options
- Excellent sensitivity, as demonstrated by the many DX reception videos on YouTube
- If it got lost or damaged it would be a pain, but not difficult to replace
So, what can you hear in the jungle? Part 2 of my group of reception videos follow below – I hope you enjoy them.
Tropical rainforest DX in Pará, Brazil: RMI Overcomer Ministry 11530 kHz
Tropical rainforest DX in Pará, Brazil: Radio Tamazuj 11650 kHz, Madagascar
Tropical rainforest SW in Pará, Brazil: Radio Nacional Brasilia 11780 khz
Tropical rainforest DX in Pará, Brazil: R Aparecida 11855 khz (TX distance 2430 km)
Tropical rainforest SW in Pará, Brazil: R Brasil Central 11815 kHz, Goiania
Tropical rainforest DX in Pará, Brazil: Voice of Turkey 11980 kHz
Tropical rainforest DX in Pará, Brazil: Radio Dabanga 13800 kHz, Madagascar
Clint Gouveia is the author of this post and a regular contributor to the SWLing Post. Clint actively publishes videos of his shortwave radio excursions on his YouTube channel: Oxford Shortwave Log. Clint is based in Oxfordshire, England.
Thank you Thomas! I will be returning either before or after Christmas. Yes it’s great fun to be somewhere completely ‘different’ and the people are just great. The bugs are a pain, but it only takes a couple of days to realise you have to learn to live with them! I’m trying to figure out how to get 100 metres of wire onto the plane without too many questions being asked!
Clint
Fantastic, Clint! Will you get another opportunity to DX from the jungle? Other than the bugs, it must be immensely fun!
-Thomas