{"id":56925,"date":"2023-05-24T20:15:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T00:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=56925"},"modified":"2023-05-24T08:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T12:19:16","slug":"awa-video-hcjb-high-in-the-andes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/awa-video-hcjb-high-in-the-andes\/","title":{"rendered":"AWA Video: HCJB &#8220;High in the Andes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Zenith-Transoceanic-R-7000-2-angle-e1540388449299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34616\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Zenith-Transoceanic-R-7000-2-angle-e1540388449299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark (AE2EA), who writes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Good Morning Thomas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Antique Wireless Museum has just released a video of a presentation<br \/>\nby AWA member Rich Place about his time working at HCJB, The Voice of<br \/>\nthe Andes. I thought your SWLing members might be interested.<\/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\/lZpFHADp27g?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\/lZpFHADp27g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">AWA member and RF engineer Rich Place, WB2JLR, made multiple trips to<br \/>\nEcuador to work at the HCJB transmitter and he relates his experiences<br \/>\nwith some of the unique challenges associated with operating a high<br \/>\npower shortwave transmitter at a high, dry elevation, in a remote<br \/>\nlocation near Quito Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">73, Mark ~ AE2EA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for the tip, Mark!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark (AE2EA), who writes:\u00a0 Good Morning Thomas, The Antique Wireless Museum has just released a video of a presentation by AWA member Rich Place about his time working at HCJB, The Voice of the Andes. I thought your SWLing members might be interested. Click here to view on YouTube. 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