{"id":22115,"date":"2016-11-06T07:26:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22115"},"modified":"2018-08-28T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T10:30:09","slug":"oxford-shortwave-log-dxing-in-the-tropical-rainforest-of-para-brazil-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/oxford-shortwave-log-dxing-in-the-tropical-rainforest-of-para-brazil-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Shortwave Log: DXing in the tropical rainforest of Par\u00e1, Brazil \u2013 part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_9956.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22116\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_9956-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"img_9956\" width=\"272\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_9956-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_9956-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_9956-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_9956-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PL-680.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22055\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PL-680-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"pl-680\" width=\"309\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PL-680-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PL-680-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PL-680-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PL-680-624x411.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PL-680.jpg 1055w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi there, here is part 2 of my reception videos taken in the tropical rainforest of\u00a0Par\u00e1, Northern Brazil. As I mentioned in my previous post, I took a Tecsun PL-680 with me on the trip because I didn&#8217;t want to risk losing or trashing one of my precious vintage portables but also because of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">It can handle a longwire very well without overloading (I actually only used a 5 metre wire)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">An excellent synchronous detection circuit and audio bandwidth filtering options<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Excellent sensitivity, as demonstrated\u00a0by the many DX reception videos on YouTube<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">If it got lost or damaged it would be a pain, but not difficult to replace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>So, what can you hear in the jungle? Part 2 of my group of reception videos follow below &#8211; I hope you enjoy them.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\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\/mfU56rSnF9U?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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mfU56rSnF9U\">Tropical rainforest DX in Par\u00e1, Brazil: RMI Overcomer Ministry 11530 kHz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/Ry1ND5Z0Z4o?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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ry1ND5Z0Z4o\">Tropical rainforest DX in Par\u00e1, Brazil: Radio Tamazuj 11650 kHz, Madagascar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/bqDtC6ODovE?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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bqDtC6ODovE\">Tropical rainforest SW in Par\u00e1, Brazil: Radio Nacional Brasilia 11780 khz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/BAPOcM1yCXs?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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BAPOcM1yCXs\">Tropical rainforest DX in Par\u00e1, Brazil: R Aparecida 11855 khz (TX distance 2430 km)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/X3BCx_xRE3E?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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X3BCx_xRE3E\">Tropical rainforest SW in Par\u00e1, Brazil: R Brasil Central 11815 kHz, Goiania<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/WX4WO6vggCs?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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WX4WO6vggCs\">Tropical rainforest DX in Par\u00e1, Brazil: Voice of Turkey 11980 kHz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/GsEzRefUUT8?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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GsEzRefUUT8\">Tropical rainforest DX in Par\u00e1, Brazil: Radio Dabanga 13800 kHz, Madagascar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Clint Gouveia\u00a0is 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:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UChtXnzopFIr6wTIA6QwIeLw\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford Shortwave Log<\/a>. Clint is based in Oxfordshire, England.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there, here is part 2 of my reception videos taken in the tropical rainforest of\u00a0Par\u00e1, Northern Brazil. As I mentioned in my previous post, I took a Tecsun PL-680 with me on the trip because I didn&#8217;t want to risk losing or trashing one of my precious vintage portables but also because of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"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":true,"_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":[373,3607,56,399,960,26,43,1154],"tags":[1594,2224,5598,5603,3457,5601,5602,338,349,5600,5599,5597,479,3456,106],"class_list":["post-22115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-antennas","category-broadcasters","category-dxpeditions","category-international-broadcasting","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-travel","tag-brazil","tag-dxpedition","tag-overcomer-ministry","tag-para","tag-pl-680","tag-radio-aparecida","tag-radio-brazil-central","tag-radio-dabanga","tag-radio-miami-international","tag-radio-nacional-brasilia","tag-radio-tamazuj","tag-rmi","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-680","tag-voice-of-turkey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5KH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22053,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/oxford-shortwave-log-dxing-in-the-tropical-rainforest-of-para-brazil-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":22115,"position":0},"title":"Oxford Shortwave Log: dxing in the tropical rainforest of Par\u00e1, Brazil &#8211; part 1","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"November 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, I was fortunate enough recently for my work to take me to a very remote area of tropical rainforest in Par\u00e1, Northern Brazil and of course, I travelled with a shortwave radio. 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Here's the description: The Tecsun PL-680 receives longwave, AM, FM and SW bands plus VHF Airband. It features a backlit digital display, stereo FM (to ear jack), SSB, clock timer, 2000 Memories,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Universal-Radio-Used-Tecsun-PL-680","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Universal-Radio-Used-Tecsun-PL-680.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Universal-Radio-Used-Tecsun-PL-680.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Universal-Radio-Used-Tecsun-PL-680.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12274,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/reader-survey-comparing-the-tecsun-pl-660-and-pl-680-on-am-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":22115,"position":3},"title":"Reader Survey: Comparing the Tecsun PL-660 and PL-680 on AM shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"February 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"[Update: Please note that this survey has been closed, but the audio samples--labeled Radio A and Radio B--will remain to allow others the opportunity to make an evaluation prior to reading the PL-680 review.] [Update 2: The PL-680 review and readers' survey results have now been posted! 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