{"id":18540,"date":"2016-04-27T06:54:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T10:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18540"},"modified":"2016-04-27T06:54:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T10:54:55","slug":"recordings-paul-records-vanuatu-and-solomon-islands-from-central-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/recordings-paul-records-vanuatu-and-solomon-islands-from-central-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Recordings: Paul records Vanuatu and Solomon Islands from central Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0866.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18319\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0866-1024x304.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0866\" width=\"584\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0866-1024x304.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0866-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0866-768x228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0866-500x148.jpg 500w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0866.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recordings of Radio Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands Broadcasting. Paul lives in Galena, Alaska, and records most of these broadcasts <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/pauls-dxing-location-in-galena-alaska-with-sample-logs-and-an-update-of-music-broadcast\/\">outside of his broadcasting studio<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yAxa5_Oyl3M\" target=\"_blank\">7260 kHz<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\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\/yAxa5_Oyl3M?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<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e9yw6GLy4Zw\" target=\"_blank\">5020 kHz:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\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\/e9yw6GLy4Zw?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<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C9Rd-Whn2pA\" target=\"_blank\">5020 kHz:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\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\/C9Rd-Whn2pA?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<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>3945 is much weaker then 7260 for some reason and Nikkei is on that channel till 0900 UTC, so about the only chance I have of hearing Vanuatu on 3945 CLEARLY is when Nikkei signs off.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/paul-walker-11\/9545-april-25-2016-11-21-37-pm\" target=\"_blank\">9545 kHz Monday Night 1130 AKDT\/(0730 utc Tuesday)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/paul-walker-11\/9545-april-25-2016-11-21-37-pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/yAxa5_Oyl3M\" target=\"_blank\">7260 from April 19th at 1135 AKDT \/0735 UTC)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\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\/yAxa5_Oyl3M?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<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/e9yw6GLy4Zw\" target=\"_blank\">5020 from April 20th at 1248 am AKDT\/0848 UTC<\/a><\/em><\/p>\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\/e9yw6GLy4Zw?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<p><strong>Thanks for sharing your recordings, Paul!<\/strong>\u00a0You&#8217;ve certainly done a fine job DXing in the northern latitudes all while standing next to a broadcast station.<\/p>\n<p>Keep up the great work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following recordings of Radio Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands Broadcasting. Paul lives in Galena, Alaska, and records most of these broadcasts outside of his broadcasting studio: 7260 kHz: 5020 kHz: 5020 kHz: 3945 is much weaker then 7260 for some reason and Nikkei is [&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":[3,746,43,5,1167],"tags":[4156,3713,4106,2286,2289,3740,4093],"class_list":["post-18540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","category-swlers","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-paul-walker","tag-radio-vanuatu","tag-recordings","tag-solomon-islands-broadcasting","tag-solomon-islands-broadcasting-shortwave","tag-vanuatu","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4P2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19294,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/solomon-islands-and-vanuatu-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":18540,"position":0},"title":"Solomon Islands and Vanuatu On Shortwave","author":"Paul Walker","date":"June 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"by Paul Walker I tried logging the\u00a0Solomon Islands and Vanuatu shortwave broadcast stations for years, however, owing to my location and poor antenna along with technical problems with the stations, I was never able to log them. 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I used a Tecsun PL880 and 225 foot long wire with Emtech ZM2 Tuner or a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP. I've only used the Wellbrook for two days so I can't really offer a thorough comparison yet. 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