{"id":35435,"date":"2019-01-05T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35435"},"modified":"2019-01-04T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T12:49:47","slug":"radio-on-the-edges-roberts-lifelong-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/radio-on-the-edges-roberts-lifelong-pursuit\/","title":{"rendered":"“Radio on the Edges”: Robert’s lifelong pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo source: All Things Radio by Robert Gulley)<\/p><\/div>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Robert Gulley (AK3Q), recently published a post on his blog<\/a> discussing the edges of radio reception and his pursuit of DX in all forms. I think this article speaks to many of us.<\/p>\n

(Source: All Things Radio<\/a> by Robert Gulley)<\/p>\n

Radio on the Edges<\/em>\u00a0can mean a number of different things, depending on one\u2019s perspective. For me, at the moment, it means distance. It means reaching the edges of where a signal can go.<\/p>\n

One of the more intriguing aspects of radio is just how far a signal will travel. I have been a DX chaser for years, starting with AM Broadcast signals when I was a kid. The further the station, the cooler the signal in those days.<\/p>\n

Then of course there was Shortwave radio. Now that was\u00a0cool<\/em>! That was real DX! Hearing countries from around the world was just the best! Well, that it, the best until I became an amateur radio operator and could\u00a0send<\/em>\u00a0signals around the world!\u00a0Whoo-Hoo! Hot Dog! Oh yeah, baby!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Still to do on my DX list is to bounce a signal off the moon. Technically my signals have already gone into space, to the ISS and to orbiting satellites. But the moon so far has eluded me. Well at least, confirmation of bouncing off the moon back to myself or to another amateur has so far eluded me.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0Radio on the Edges<\/em>\u00a0also means a different kind of DX.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to continue reading on Robert’s excellent site, All Things Radio<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post contributor, Robert Gulley (AK3Q), recently published a post on his blog discussing the edges of radio reception and his pursuit of DX in all forms. I think this article speaks to many of us. (Source: All Things Radio by Robert Gulley) Radio on the Edges\u00a0can mean a number of different things, depending on […]<\/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":[5935,3],"tags":[7507,145,581,4014],"class_list":["post-35435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dx","category-news","tag-all-things-radio","tag-dx","tag-radio-astronomy","tag-robert-gulley-ak3q"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9dx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17428,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/radio-oomrang\/","url_meta":{"origin":35435,"position":0},"title":"Radio \u00d6\u00f6mrang","author":"Robert Gulley","date":"February 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This once-a-year broadcast could be an interesting challenge for folks on Sunday: Radio \u00d6\u00f6mrang will broadcast on Feb.21, 2016 from 1600 to 1700 UTC on 15215 kHz in German, English and Frisian. *(Caroline Mesnier via EuroRadio)* Radio Oomrang broadcasts once in a year on shortwave in lower German language via\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Icom-R-75","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Icom-R-75.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":34377,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/i-picked-the-wrong-time-to-thin-the-herd\/","url_meta":{"origin":35435,"position":1},"title":"I picked the wrong time to “thin the herd”","author":"Thomas","date":"October 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a nice phone chat with SWLing Post contributor and good friend Robert Gulley\u00a0this week and discovered that, like me, he's in the process of selling a few radios in his collection. 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