{"id":50439,"date":"2021-10-05T06:14:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T10:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50439"},"modified":"2021-10-05T06:14:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T10:14:52","slug":"gary-debocks-xhdata-d-808-loopstick-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/gary-debocks-xhdata-d-808-loopstick-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary DeBock&#8217;s XHDATA D-808 loopstick model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gary-Debock-Loopstick-D-808-e1633427863196.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50440\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gary-Debock-Loopstick-D-808-e1633427863196.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"668\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The 7.5 inch (19cm) loopstick XHDATA D-808 model was designed to be the ultimate AM-DXing (or Longwave DXing) travel portable, and can be built for a construction cost of around $30 US. It has already been used by numerous DXers to track down transcontinental and transoceanic AM-DX during overseas travel, and the orange plastic loopstick frame allows full operation of the whip antenna for FM and Shortwave reception.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The modification procedure isn&#8217;t difficult, and the full construction article is posted at<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dreamcrafts.app.box.com\/s\/5d0pi85jfptgmrj4pd0jsmaybgb6gteh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/dreamcrafts.app.box.com\/s\/5d0pi85jfptgmrj4pd0jsmaybgb6gteh<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A video demonstration of its daytime DX performance (compared to the stock model) <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mSUm2S2dvFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has been posted on YouTube<\/a>:<\/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\/mSUm2S2dvFw?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 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Build one, and join the fun! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks for sharing this, Gary! Your ultralight DXing creations are simply amazing!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following: The 7.5 inch (19cm) loopstick XHDATA D-808 model was designed to be the ultimate AM-DXing (or Longwave DXing) travel portable, and can be built for a construction cost of around $30 US. It has already been used by numerous DXers to track down [&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":[373,5935,627,433,3,139],"tags":[4661,3732,7295,6744,7296],"class_list":["post-50439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-dx","category-how-to","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-radio-modifications","tag-gary-debock","tag-gary-debock-ultralight-radio","tag-xhdata-d-808-7-5-loopstick","tag-xhdata-d-808-modifications","tag-xhdata-d-808-supercharged"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-d7x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50730,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/video-stock-radiwow-d-808-vs-debock-7-5-inch-loopstick-model\/","url_meta":{"origin":50439,"position":0},"title":"Video: Stock Radiwow D-808 vs. DeBock 7.5 inch Loopstick model","author":"Thomas","date":"November 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following notes and video: The 7.5 inch (19cm) loopstick Radiwow R-108 model \"smokes\" the stock R-108 model in this video demonstration of receiving daytime DX fringe station 550-KARI in Blaine, WA (5 kW at 150 miles). 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