{"id":56929,"date":"2023-05-25T06:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T10:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=56929"},"modified":"2023-05-25T06:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T10:31:33","slug":"ultralight-dxing-while-traveling-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/ultralight-dxing-while-traveling-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultralight DXing while traveling in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carlos-Latuff-Ireland-Ultralight-DX-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56930\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carlos-Latuff-Ireland-Ultralight-DX-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carlos-Latuff-Ireland-Ultralight-DX-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carlos-Latuff-Ireland-Ultralight-DX-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carlos-Latuff-Ireland-Ultralight-DX-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carlos-Latuff-Ireland-Ultralight-DX-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carlos-Latuff-Ireland-Ultralight-DX-1-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording of some ultralight DX catches while he travels in Ireland:<\/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\/pftE_Gqb7Yc?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\/pftE_Gqb7Yc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording of some ultralight DX catches while he travels in Ireland: Click here to view on YouTube.<\/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":[373,433,3,304],"tags":[8043,4106,487,4093],"class_list":["post-56929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-videos","tag-carlos-latuff","tag-recordings","tag-ultralight-dxing","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-eOd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1413,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/ultralight-shortwave-radios-now-tagged-in-the-shortwave-radio-index-swri\/","url_meta":{"origin":56929,"position":0},"title":"Ultralight shortwave radios now tagged in the Shortwave Radio Index (SWRI)","author":"Thomas","date":"July 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I have gone through the SWRI and tagged all portable shortwave radios that are considered \"ultralights\" by the ultralight \"Definitions Committee.\" Note that \"ultralight dxing\" is primarily a Mediumwave hobby, but you will find that many of the best performing ultralights are also capable, if not best-in-class shortwave receivers. 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