{"id":18865,"date":"2016-05-20T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18865"},"modified":"2018-08-09T06:47:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T10:47:49","slug":"central-alaska-paul-shares-photos-of-his-listening-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/central-alaska-paul-shares-photos-of-his-listening-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Alaska: Paul shares photos of his listening post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18867\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-2.jpg\" alt=\"Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/paul-walker\">Paul Walker<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You&#8217;ve posted shack photos before from other readers.<\/p>\n<p>I guess this is a shack, so here&#8217;s mine. By the banks of the thawed and now flowing Yukon River.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18869\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-4.jpg\" alt=\"Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-4\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-4-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18868\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-3.jpg\" alt=\"Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-3\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-3-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18866\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-1.jpg\" alt=\"Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Paul-Wlaker-Listening-Post-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul braves some pretty cold weather in the winter to snag elusive DX from this very listening post in Galena, Alaska. <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/pauls-dxing-location-in-galena-alaska-with-sample-logs-and-an-update-of-music-broadcast\/\">He&#8217;s shared photos and a video of the frozen Yukon before&#8211;click here to check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, once again, thanks for sharing a little part of your world, Paul!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who writes: You&#8217;ve posted shack photos before from other readers. I guess this is a shack, so here&#8217;s mine. By the banks of the thawed and now flowing Yukon River. Paul braves some pretty cold weather in the winter to snag elusive DX from this very listening [&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],"tags":[4973,4156,4766],"class_list":["post-18865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-swlers","tag-galena-alaska","tag-paul-walker","tag-shack-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4Uh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56329,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/short-video-paul-tunes-in-radio-nacional-da-amazonia-with-his-ats25-in-mcgrath-alaska\/","url_meta":{"origin":18865,"position":0},"title":"Short Video: Paul tunes in R\u00e1dio Nacional da Amaz\u00f4nia with his ATS25 in McGrath, Alaska","author":"Thomas","date":"April 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following video of his open-air DX shack in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes: I got my iRig working and recorded audio of R\u00e1dio Nacional da Amaz\u00f4nia on 11780 kHz directly from the radio into my phone and it sounds really\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DX&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DX","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/dx\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17418,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/paul-gives-us-a-glimpse-of-kiyu-alaska\/","url_meta":{"origin":18865,"position":1},"title":"Paul gives us a glimpse of KIYU Alaska","author":"Thomas","date":"February 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, is not only a shortwave listener, he's also a broadcaster. Paul works at community radio station KIYU in Galena, Alaska. At my request, Paul has kindly shared a few photos of his workplace with us. Paul also sent this short video\u00a0at the mic of KIYU:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_2798","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2798.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2798.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2798.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45371,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/paul-walker-to-speak-about-dxing-in-remote-alaska\/","url_meta":{"origin":18865,"position":2},"title":"Paul Walker to speak about DXing in remote Alaska","author":"Thomas","date":"September 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who writes: I've been asked by a ham radio club to do a presentation on DXing in rural central Alaska. I spent about 16 months in Galena, back in 2016 and 2017 while working as the program director for a public\/community radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22338,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/pauls-very-cold-dxing-post-in-alaska\/","url_meta":{"origin":18865,"position":3},"title":"Paul&#8217;s (very cold) DXing post in Alaska","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who writes: In case anyone is mildly curious, this is the spot where I sit to DX. Equipment in photo above:\u00a0Grundig Satellit 750, Lowe HF225, 2 225 foot long wires, a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP magnetic loop and DX Engineering HF Preamp. It was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"paul-walker-alaska","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Paul-Walker-Alaska-768x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Paul-Walker-Alaska-768x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Paul-Walker-Alaska-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20948,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/galena-alaska-pauls-evolving-listening-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":18865,"position":4},"title":"Galena, Alaska: Paul&#8217;s evolving listening post","author":"Thomas","date":"August 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who writes: My listening post as it stands now Time: 1600-1700 UTC Location: Galena, Alaska (Rural central interior, halfway between Nome & Fairbanks) Equipment:Tecsun PL880, 225 foot long wire oriented north south and 225 foot long wire oriented east west, EmTech ZM2\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska-TEcsun-PL880","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska-TEcsun-PL880-e1472638724421.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska-TEcsun-PL880-e1472638724421.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska-TEcsun-PL880-e1472638724421.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61247,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/kskos-one-man-full-time-operation-connects-interior-alaska\/","url_meta":{"origin":18865,"position":5},"title":"&#8220;KSKO\u2019s One Man, Full-Time Operation Connects Interior Alaska&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"December 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out this excellent article about our SWLing Post community member and avid DXer, Paul Walker: KSKO\u2019s One Man, Full-Time Operation Connects Interior Alaska (Alliance of Rural Public Media) Paul Walker, the self-professed \u201cAlaska Radio Nerd\u201d is the sole full-time employee of a station that provides news, music, and emergency\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KSKO-Paul-Walker-scaled-e1615415592912.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KSKO-Paul-Walker-scaled-e1615415592912.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KSKO-Paul-Walker-scaled-e1615415592912.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KSKO-Paul-Walker-scaled-e1615415592912.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}