{"id":22338,"date":"2016-11-23T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22338"},"modified":"2016-11-22T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:45:07","slug":"pauls-very-cold-dxing-post-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/pauls-very-cold-dxing-post-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul’s (very cold) DXing post in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In case anyone is mildly curious, this is the spot where I sit to DX.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"paul-walker-alaska\"<\/a>

These are my radios and antennas.<\/p><\/div>\n

Equipment in photo above:<\/strong>\u00a0Grundig Satellit 750<\/a>, Lowe HF225<\/a>, 2 225 foot long wires, a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP<\/a> magnetic loop and DX Engineering HF Preamp<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"paul-walker-alaska-2\"<\/a>

And this is what’s to my back when DXing at 0945 AM local time<\/p><\/div>\n

It was warm today, 4F above zero (-15.5C) instead of yesterday’s -18F below (-27.7C)!<\/p>\n

Paul Walker
\nGalena, Alaska<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s it, Paul! Next time I hear a DXer complaining about the weather, I’m just going to send them a link to this post! \ud83d\ude42 Those are some seriously cold temps, yet I know it gets much, much colder there in the winter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 warm today, 4F above zero […]<\/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],"tags":[1031,4973,3121,4122,5640,4156,4362],"class_list":["post-22338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dxing","tag-galena-alaska","tag-grundig-satellit-750","tag-listener-posts","tag-lowe-hf225","tag-paul-walker","tag-wellbrook-ala1530ln-pro"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5Oi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28293,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/dxing-in-a-large-suburban-garden-with-the-eton-satellit-bonito-megactive-ma305-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":22338,"position":0},"title":"DXing in a large suburban garden with the Eton Satellit & Bonito MegActive MA305 antenna","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"September 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, the garden at my house is pretty small and as a consequence, I am very limited in terms of what antennas I can usefully employ. 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