{"id":25235,"date":"2017-04-16T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=25235"},"modified":"2017-04-15T06:56:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T10:56:23","slug":"gary-debocks-ultralight-radio-dxpedition-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/gary-debocks-ultralight-radio-dxpedition-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary DeBock’s Ultralight Radio DXpedition in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kona, Hawaii DXpedition (Photo: Gary DeBock)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Gary DeBock<\/a>, who shares the following notes and recordings from an Ultralight DXpedition in Kona, Hawaii:<\/p>\n

The Kona, Hawaii Ultralight Radio DXpedition was conducted from a sixth floor oceanfront motel room in the Royal Kona Resort Motel from April 9-12 (during an anniversary trip with my wife). A newly designed “airport friendly” 5 inch FSL antenna (designed to fit within hand-carry luggage, inside a plastic tote) and a 7.5 inch loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight were used to track down and record Asian and South Pacific Medium Wave DX from such rare stations as 540-2AP (Apia, Samoa), 621-Tuvalu (Funafuti, Tuvalu) and 1440-Kiribati (Bairiki, Kiribati). Here are three extremely strong recording links for these exotic stations, including the daily sign off routines for 621-Tuvalu and 1440-Kiribati:<\/p>\n

540 2AP Apia, Samoa Extremely strong Christian worship music (Samoan style) at 0931 UTC on April 9 (S9+ level)<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/540-2AP-0931040917CCSWANR.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download.<\/a><\/p>\n

621 Tuvalu Funafuti, Tuvalu Over 8 minutes of traditional island music at an S9 level, including the sign off routine (with national anthem) at 1000 UTC<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/621-R.Tuvalu-0955z041017CCSWANR.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download.<\/a><\/p>\n

1440 Kiribati Bairiki, Kiribati Over 7 minutes of traditional island music, station ID’s in English and the native language, and the national anthem (followed by a blistering 1000 Hz tone) at the 0936 UTC sign off– all at a strong level<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1440-R.Kiribati-0929z041117CCSWANR.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following notes and recordings from an Ultralight DXpedition in Kona, Hawaii: The Kona, Hawaii Ultralight Radio DXpedition was conducted from a sixth floor oceanfront motel room in the Royal Kona Resort Motel from April 9-12 (during an anniversary trip with my wife). A newly […]<\/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":[373,433,3,3196,746,3727],"tags":[5766,4661,3732,6128,6127,487,3734],"class_list":["post-25235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-recordings","category-ultralight-dx","tag-baby-fsl","tag-gary-debock","tag-gary-debock-ultralight-radio","tag-hawaii","tag-kona-hawaii","tag-ultralight-dxing","tag-ultralight-mw-dx"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6z1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30068,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/pacific-island-results-from-gary-debocks-hawaii-ultralight-dxpedition\/","url_meta":{"origin":25235,"position":0},"title":"Pacific Island Results from Gary DeBock’s Hawaii Ultralight DXpedition","author":"Thomas","date":"January 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and intrepid Ultralight DXer, Gary DeBock, who shares this DXpedition summary with recordings: Kona, Hawaii DXpedition-- Pacific Island Results by Gary DeBock From December 17-20 a Mini-DXpedition was conducted in Kona, Hawaii with a 5 inch (13cm) \"Frequent Flyer\" FSL antenna and a 7.5\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Gary-DeBock-Hawaii.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Gary-DeBock-Hawaii.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Gary-DeBock-Hawaii.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Gary-DeBock-Hawaii.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31652,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/a-taste-of-gary-debocks-cook-islands-aitutaki-ultralight-dxpedition\/","url_meta":{"origin":25235,"position":1},"title":"A taste of Gary DeBock’s Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DXpedition","author":"Thomas","date":"April 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following notes from his Cook Islands Ultralight DXpedition: Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DXpedition from April 8-13 A gorgeous environment, with thrilling long range DX! 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