{"id":28353,"date":"2017-09-16T18:19:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T22:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28353"},"modified":"2017-09-16T18:19:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T22:19:46","slug":"preparing-for-your-next-dxpedition-new-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/preparing-for-your-next-dxpedition-new-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Your Next DXpedition &#8211; New Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kyneton-Car-Rigs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28355\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kyneton-Car-Rigs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kyneton-Car-Rigs.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kyneton-Car-Rigs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kyneton-Car-Rigs-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kyneton-Car-Rigs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kyneton-Car-Rigs-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a>Regular readers of the SWLing.com blog will be aware that I am passionate about going portable\/mobile with my radio listening hobby. There&#8217;s just nothing like communing with both nature and a bunch of electrons whizzing along the wire!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">As a\u00a0follow-up\u00a0to an article I wrote several years ago, I have now prepared two new YouTube videos entitled <strong><em>Preparing for Your Next DXpedition &#8211; Parts 1 and 2<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">Part 1 covers:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211; why we should even think about bothering to go portable with the radio<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211; the goals to consider when undertaking a DXpedition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211; planning your listening depending on the time of day and time of year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211; the all important decisions regarding location<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\"><b>Part 2 discusses:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211;\u00a0choosing\u00a0the right radio for portable operations<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211; your options for powering the radio<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211;\u00a0the\u00a0antennas you could consider including on the trip<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211; handy auxiliary equipment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211; references and notes to take along with you<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211;\u00a0the\u00a0importance of operator comforts while away<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">&#8211; developing a checklist&#8230;..so that you don&#8217;t forget to take something important!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">These videos will be of interest to shortwave radio listeners and new amateur radio operators. Hopefully, they may be able to assist you in further enjoying our great hobby. They are embedded in this blog post below. You can also view these and other videos on my YouTube channel at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/windsweptmusic\/featured\">Rob Wagner&#8217;s YouTube Channel<\/a><\/span><\/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\/AUtXWxP4gtE?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>&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\/LlvJzMH6YMw?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><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">As always, thanks for watching and your comments are always welcome.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">73 and good DX to you all,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif\">Rob VK3BVW<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, is the author of this post and a regular contributor to the SWLing Post. He also blogs at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medxr.blogspot.com.au\/\">Mount Evelyn DX Report<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular readers of the SWLing.com blog will be aware that I am passionate about going portable\/mobile with my radio listening hobby. There&#8217;s just nothing like communing with both nature and a bunch of electrons whizzing along the wire! As a\u00a0follow-up\u00a0to an article I wrote several years ago, I have now prepared two new YouTube videos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3607,5935,399,545,627,3196,553,43,304],"tags":[4098,4126],"class_list":["post-28353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-dx","category-dxpeditions","category-ham-radio","category-how-to","category-portable-radio","category-preparedness","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-dxpeditions","tag-portable-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7nj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15184,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/mini-dxpedition-oxford-shortwave-log-and-the-sony-icf-sw55\/","url_meta":{"origin":28353,"position":0},"title":"Mini DXpedition: Oxford Shortwave Log and the Sony ICF-SW55","author":"Thomas","date":"October 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, \"Oxford Shortwave Log\" recently noted the following on our Facebook page: \"Hi there, I received some very nice feedback regarding almost perfect reception of Radio Australia during a mini DX-pedition into the Oxfordshire countryside and thought I would share it.\" https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-b8bKEA2Wck \"I use a (now vintage I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sony-ICF-SW55","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW55.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW55.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW55.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23486,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/dxpedition-antenna-testing-the-bonito-boni-whip-and-a-240-metre-barbed-wire-fence\/","url_meta":{"origin":28353,"position":1},"title":"DXpedition antenna testing: the Bonito Boni whip and a 240 metre barbed wire fence","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"January 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Hi there, a few days ago I posted some reception videos comparing the performance of the Boni whip with a 30 metre longwire antenna at home, with a further check against the performance of the H field Wellbrook ALA1530 active loop. 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