{"id":15184,"date":"2015-10-21T13:43:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T17:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15184"},"modified":"2015-10-21T13:43:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T17:43:10","slug":"mini-dxpedition-oxford-shortwave-log-and-the-sony-icf-sw55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/mini-dxpedition-oxford-shortwave-log-and-the-sony-icf-sw55\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini DXpedition: Oxford Shortwave Log and the Sony ICF-SW55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW55.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15222\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW55.jpg\" alt=\"Sony-ICF-SW55\" width=\"650\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW55.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW55-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, &#8220;Oxford Shortwave Log&#8221; recently noted the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swlingdotcom?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">on our Facebook page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Hi there, I received some very nice feedback regarding almost perfect reception of Radio Australia during a mini DX-pedition into the Oxfordshire countryside and thought I would share it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-b8bKEA2Wck?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I use a (now vintage I guess!) Sony ICF-SW55 and a 25 metre long-wire. There are lots more videos at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UChtXnzopFIr6wTIA6QwIeLw\" target=\"_blank\">on YouTube channel: Oxford Shortwave Log<\/a>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Great proof that Mini DXpeditions can pay off!<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like that Sony ICF-SW55 performs admirably&#8211;it is certainly a classic portable.<\/p>\n<p>I remember when the ICF-SW55 was introduced in 1993-1994; back when I was doing my undergraduate studies and had no funds for it. In the 1990s, Sony&#8217;s portables almost seemed to be sent to us from the future&#8211;large informative displays, advanced memories, and incredible portable performance were the hallmarks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337672000&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Sony+ICF-SW55&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">On eBay, you&#8217;ll find that the ICF-SW55 still fetches a\u00a0high price<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OSL: thanks for sharing the videos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post reader, &#8220;Oxford Shortwave Log&#8221; recently noted the following on our Facebook page: &#8220;Hi there, I received some very nice feedback regarding almost perfect reception of Radio Australia during a mini DX-pedition into the Oxfordshire countryside and thought I would share it.&#8221; &#8220;I use a (now vintage I guess!) Sony ICF-SW55 and a 25 [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,43,5,304],"tags":[4327,4328,495,4326],"class_list":["post-15184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-swlers","category-videos","tag-icf-sw55","tag-oxford-shortwave-log","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-sw55"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3WU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23238,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/oxford-shortwave-log-sony-icf-sw77-vs-icf-sw55-vs-tecsun-pl-310et\/","url_meta":{"origin":15184,"position":0},"title":"Oxford Shortwave Log: Sony ICF-SW77 vs ICF-SW55 vs Tecsun PL-310ET","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"January 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, I recently posted an article regarding a couple of recent DX catches with the Sony ICF-SW77 receiver and went on to explain the background to a multi-receiver test I had started conducting, comparing it with its stablemate of the time the ICF-SW55 and, just for the hell of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sw77b-300x169.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23130,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/sony-icf-sw77-recent-dx-comparing-performance-with-the-icf-sw55-tecsun-pl-310et\/","url_meta":{"origin":15184,"position":1},"title":"Sony ICF-SW77: recent DX &amp; comparing performance with the ICF-SW55 &amp; Tecsun PL-310ET","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"January 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of you might remember the extensive tests I conducted last August, comparing this great portable receiver against the model it was introduced to replace - and arguably one of the best-ever portables - the Sony ICF-2001D\/ICF-2010.\u00a0I conducted\u00a0a back-to-back series of comparison tests at the very quiet wood in Oxfordshire\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sony-icf-sw77.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sony-icf-sw77.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sony-icf-sw77.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sony-icf-sw77.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sony-icf-sw77.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19369,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/the-sony-icf-sw55-and-the-voice-of-greece-a-wonderful-travel-combo\/","url_meta":{"origin":15184,"position":2},"title":"The Sony ICF-SW55 and the Voice of Greece: a wonderful travel combo","author":"Thomas","date":"June 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm currently in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupr\u00e9, Qu\u00e9bec (Canada) and having a brilliant\u00a0time. 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