{"id":50130,"date":"2021-09-03T07:17:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T11:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50130"},"modified":"2021-09-03T07:17:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T11:17:11","slug":"guest-post-mediumwave-dxing-in-botswana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/guest-post-mediumwave-dxing-in-botswana\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Mediumwave DXing in Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to S<em>WLing Post<\/em> contributor, Peter Wilson, who shares the following guest post and recordings from his listening post in Botswana:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_50132\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peter-Wilson-laptop-e1630666902213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50132\" class=\"wp-image-50132 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peter-Wilson-laptop-e1630666902213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter&#8217;s receiver is a Airspy HF+ Discovery SDR using SDR Console V3<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>MWDX from Australia and the USA received in Botswana<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>by Peter Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>I moved my 16.2 metre random wire slightly farther away from the house, and installed a binocular balun and connected 20m of RG58 at the far end, not the &#8220;house end&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50131\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peter-Wilson-balun-e1630666915608.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50131\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50131\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Peter-Wilson-balun-e1630666915608.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter&#8217;s random wire antenna with binocular balun<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>Reception examples:<\/h1>\n<p><strong>1500 USA WFED Washington DC 12790km<\/strong><\/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\/2O7YC8PqMkQ?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>1152 AUS 6PB<\/strong><br \/>\nABC NewsRadio Busselton 8469km with ABC News ID<\/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\/tujuuuccnms?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>1600 B Radio Nove de Julho ID 7234km<\/strong><br \/>\nSao Paulo. Brazil. ID,<br \/>\nWeb Address and jingle. Rinsed and repeated.<br \/>\nPortuguese: Radio Nove de Julho [English: Radio 9th July]<\/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\/9pE9Rr0wuu8?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>1026 kHz MOZ Emissor Provincial de Manica Chimoio 1057km.<\/strong><br \/>\nA bit parochial but features the radio Mozambique song.<\/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\/_WN1VvGNV-M?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>850 USA WTAR Norfolk, Virginia Fox Sports Radio ID 12700km<\/strong><\/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\/DrA9FP2eQto?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>1296 6RN ABC Radio National. Wagin, Australia 10kW 8644km<\/strong><\/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\/dVbNy36i8G8?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>558 AUS 6WA ABC Great Southern WA Wagin 8644km<\/strong><\/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\/tDfyHw2UsCU?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<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Impressive reception from your home in Botswana! Thank you so much for sharing these recordings, Peter. You&#8217;ve certainly made the most of your random wire antenna!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Peter Wilson, who shares the following guest post and recordings from his listening post in Botswana: MWDX from Australia and the USA received in Botswana by Peter Wilson Hello Thomas. I moved my 16.2 metre random wire slightly farther away from the house, and installed a binocular balun and [&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":[373,433,3,158,304],"tags":[5180,4099,5820,3678,6885],"class_list":["post-50130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-software-defined-radio","category-videos","tag-botswana","tag-mediumwave","tag-mediumwave-dxing","tag-mw-dx","tag-peter-wilson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-d2y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46319,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/peter-demonstrates-sdr-co-channel-canceller-with-fm-dx\/","url_meta":{"origin":50130,"position":0},"title":"Peter demonstrates SDR# Co-Channel Canceller with FM DX","author":"Thomas","date":"November 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Peter Wilson, who writes: Hello Thomas, I noticed you have included the SDR# AM Co-channel Canceller in your blog, I've made a video of the SDR# FM Co-channel Canceller in action. 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