{"id":33391,"date":"2018-08-03T08:17:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T12:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33391"},"modified":"2018-08-03T08:17:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T12:17:37","slug":"gary-shares-some-catches-from-the-first-day-of-the-rockwork-5-dxpedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/gary-shares-some-catches-from-the-first-day-of-the-rockwork-5-dxpedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary shares some catches from the first day of the Rockwork 5 DXpedition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FSL Antennas poised to grab DX! (Photo: Gary DeBock)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Gary DeBock<\/a>, who shares an update from the latest Rockwork (Utralight) DXpedition. Gary notes (in bold<\/strong>):<\/p>\n

First day FSL antenna setup at the Rockwork 5 ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon (Craig Barnes in the photo)– outstanding conditions for 558-Fiji and 1017-Tonga!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji Awesome signal with island music and medley song ID on the half hour at 1230 (including “Radio Fiji One, Na Domoiviti” at 1:36) :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/558R.FijiOne1229z080118CCSWANR\/558-R.FijiOne-1229z080118CCSWANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ The usual S9 signal from this 2.5 kW overachiever with distinctive Maori music at 1218:<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/558R.FijiOne1229z080118CCSWANR\/765-R.Kahungunu-1218z080118D808ANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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1017 A3Z Nuku’alofa, Tonga Monster signal with island music at the start of the session at 1221:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/558R.FijiOne1229z080118CCSWANR\/1017-A3Z-1221z080118D808ANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Monster signal with island music near the close of the session at 1314 (in other words, all session long):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/558R.FijiOne1229z080118CCSWANR\/1017-A3Z-1314z080118D808ANR.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Wow! Impressive catches, Gary! Someday I would love to join your team as you snag signals from the edge of the Rockwork cliff.<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing, Gary and good DX!<\/p>\n

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares an update from the latest Rockwork (Utralight) DXpedition. Gary notes (in bold): First day FSL antenna setup at the Rockwork 5 ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon (Craig Barnes in the photo)– outstanding conditions for 558-Fiji and 1017-Tonga! 558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji Awesome signal […]<\/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":[373,3607,5935,399,433,3,746],"tags":[5767,4661,3732,7194,5648],"class_list":["post-33391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-antennas","category-dx","category-dxpeditions","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-recordings","tag-fsl-antenna","tag-gary-debock","tag-gary-debock-ultralight-radio","tag-rockwork-5-ocean-cliff-dxpedition","tag-ultralight-dx"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Gz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38887,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/august-2019-rockwork-dxpedition\/","url_meta":{"origin":33391,"position":0},"title":"August 2019 Rockwork DXpedition","author":"Thomas","date":"August 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following guest post and update from the August 2019 Rockwork DXpedition: Once again the largest FSL antenna collection on the planet made its way across the Columbia River bridge during an overnight trip to NW Oregon, finally being deployed\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\/2019\/08\/Gary-DeBock-Ultralight-DXpedition-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Gary-DeBock-Ultralight-DXpedition-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Gary-DeBock-Ultralight-DXpedition-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Gary-DeBock-Ultralight-DXpedition-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28806,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/video-august-2017-rockwork-4-ocean-cliff-dxpedition\/","url_meta":{"origin":33391,"position":1},"title":"Video: August 2017 Rockwork 4 Ocean Cliff DXpedition","author":"Thomas","date":"October 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Gary DeBock\u00a0via YouTube) https:\/\/youtu.be\/45OmZ0sWoQU An on-site description of the ocean cliff environment, FSL antennas and DXpedition results after the breakthrough August 2017 trip to the Oregon coast just north of Manzanita. 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