{"id":56329,"date":"2023-04-12T07:55:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T11:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=56329"},"modified":"2023-04-12T07:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T11:55:32","slug":"short-video-paul-tunes-in-radio-nacional-da-amazonia-with-his-ats25-in-mcgrath-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/short-video-paul-tunes-in-radio-nacional-da-amazonia-with-his-ats25-in-mcgrath-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Video: Paul tunes in R\u00e1dio Nacional da Amaz\u00f4nia with his ATS25 in McGrath, Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56331\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1-300x162.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1-1024x553.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1-768x415.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ATS25-1-624x337.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following video of his open-air DX shack in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I got my iRig working and recorded audio of R\u00e1dio Nacional da Amaz\u00f4nia on 11780 kHz directly from the radio into my phone and it sounds really good with such a strong signal here in ALASKA. Take a listen\u2026.<\/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\/tQutJZWjl0U?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=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tQutJZWjl0U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks for sharing this, Paul! That does sound amazing&#8211;like a local station!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You, sir, are a true DXer! Anyone who regularly braves frigid temps to chase far-flung DX is made of some incredibly tough stuff!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks for sharing, Paul!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following video of his open-air DX shack in McGrath, Alaska. Paul notes: I got my iRig working and recorded audio of R\u00e1dio Nacional da Amaz\u00f4nia on 11780 kHz directly from the radio into my phone and it sounds really good with such a strong [&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":[5935,8752,3,746,43],"tags":[10190,4156,1593,4093],"class_list":["post-56329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dx","category-field-radio","category-news","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ats25","tag-paul-walker","tag-radio-nacional-da-amazonia","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-eEx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64542,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/problems-and-temporary-changes-at-the-shortwave-transmitter-park-near-brasilia\/","url_meta":{"origin":56329,"position":0},"title":"Problems And Temporary Changes At The Shortwave Transmitter Park Near Brasilia","author":"Paul Walker","date":"November 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The 11780khz antenna beaming at 312 degrees (compiled, posted and edited by Paul Walker, KSKO-FM McGrath Alaska Program Director and Avid SWL'er) UPDATE: On November 13th, I was told that 11780khz is operating with 50,000 watts transmitter power output instead of it's usual 100,000 Watts. 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