{"id":20948,"date":"2016-08-31T06:36:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T10:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2016-08-31T06:36:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T10:36:47","slug":"galena-alaska-pauls-evolving-listening-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/galena-alaska-pauls-evolving-listening-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Galena, Alaska: Paul’s evolving listening post"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska-TEcsun-PL880\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Walker<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n

My listening post as it stands now<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 1600-1700 UTC
\nLocation:<\/strong> Galena, Alaska (Rural central interior, halfway between
\nNome & Fairbanks)
\nEquipment:<\/strong>Tecsun PL880<\/a>, 225 foot long wire oriented north south and 225 foot long wire oriented east west, EmTech ZM2 Antenna Tuner<\/a>, Workman Antenna Switch and DXEngineering RPA-1PLUS HF PreAmp<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Paul-Walker-Galena-Alaska\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul, I hope you’re enjoying the good weather while it’s still summer! I imagine the days and nights are getting cooler already and soon, that beautiful stretch of Yukon will be frozen.<\/p>\n

I’m happy to see you’re employing\u00a0the ZM-2 tuner; it’s an effective little antenna manual\u00a0tuner\u00a0and doesn’t need a power source. \u00a0Plus, if you ever get your ham radio license, you can use it in the field with QRP equipment. You’ve got a great setup there with quality components!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 Antenna Tuner, Workman Antenna Switch […]<\/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":[5421,3310,4973,756,4156,2066],"class_list":["post-20948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-swlers","tag-dxengineering-rpa-1plus","tag-emtech-zm-2","tag-galena-alaska","tag-listening-posts","tag-paul-walker","tag-tecsun-pl-880"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5rS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19559,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/antenna-advice-needed-for-field-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":20948,"position":0},"title":"Antenna advice needed for field station","author":"Paul Walker","date":"June 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I know you can't cheat physics or RF and that magic pixie dust won't work, but I'm hoping those with a little more technical expertise can help me solve an antenna dilemma. 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