{"id":50029,"date":"2021-08-19T07:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T11:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50029"},"modified":"2021-08-19T07:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T11:13:53","slug":"mark-recalls-passing-the-voice-of-mongolia-by-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/mark-recalls-passing-the-voice-of-mongolia-by-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark recalls passing the Voice of Mongolia by train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/voice-of-Mongolia-Transmitter-Site-Mark-Fahey-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50031\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/voice-of-Mongolia-Transmitter-Site-Mark-Fahey-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/voice-of-Mongolia-Transmitter-Site-Mark-Fahey-1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/voice-of-Mongolia-Transmitter-Site-Mark-Fahey-1-300x167.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/voice-of-Mongolia-Transmitter-Site-Mark-Fahey-1-768x428.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/voice-of-Mongolia-Transmitter-Site-Mark-Fahey-1-624x348.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Fahey, who shared the following comment in reply to <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/dean-spots-a-radio-in-pulp-fiction-and-shares-a-little-shortwave-by-train\/\">this recent post<\/a>. Mark writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A few years ago I traveled Beijing to Helsinki \u2013 a 3 week journey via the all stops SLOWWWWW trains via Ulan Bator &amp; Moscow. I was only carrying a backpack so I took along a Tecsun PL-380 (I think that was the model? \u2013 It&#8217;s up in my Bali home at the moment so I can\u2019t check for sure) and it worked amazing well using the whip next to the train window.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">On the journey I passed the Voice Of Mongolia SW Transmitter site \u2013 here is a link to my video of the antennas and township (Khonhor) \u2013 was a great trip! I will be doing it again next year \u2013 this time slightly longer Shanghai to Frankfurt.<\/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\/rfUJWwCqbtg?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><strong>That&#8217;s just brilliant, Mark! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to a full tour of the Voice of Mongolia next time you&#8217;re passing by! \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Fahey, who shared the following comment in reply to this recent post. Mark writes: A few years ago I traveled Beijing to Helsinki \u2013 a 3 week journey via the all stops SLOWWWWW trains via Ulan Bator &amp; Moscow. I was only carrying a backpack so I took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[960,3,43,1154],"tags":[1647,9410,1747],"class_list":["post-50029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-travel","tag-mark-fahey","tag-shortwave-on-a-train","tag-voice-of-mongolia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-d0V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5865,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/video-voice-of-mongolia-antenna-farm\/","url_meta":{"origin":50029,"position":0},"title":"Video: Voice of Mongolia antenna farm","author":"Thomas","date":"March 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to Chris' recording of The Voice of Mongolia from Truk Lagoon, Mark shared his video taken from a train as he passes the Voice of Mongolia's antenna farm earlier this year. 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