{"id":66758,"date":"2026-08-09T06:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=66758"},"modified":"2026-08-09T06:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:55:29","slug":"radio-new-zealand-features-the-november-dxpedition-to-fakaofo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/radio-new-zealand-features-the-november-dxpedition-to-fakaofo\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio New Zealand Features the November DXpedition to Fakaofo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TokMap-1-768x528-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66759\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TokMap-1-768x528-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TokMap-1-768x528-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TokMap-1-768x528-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TokMap-1-768x528-1-624x429.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Marty Busse, who writes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has a short item on a planned November DXpedition to<br \/>\nFakaofo in Tokelau atoll.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to listen to the interview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-66758-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/podcast.radionz.co.nz\/pacn\/dateline-20260808-0601-tokelau_is_a_sought-after_location_in_amateur_radio-128.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.radionz.co.nz\/pacn\/dateline-20260808-0601-tokelau_is_a_sought-after_location_in_amateur_radio-128.mp3\">https:\/\/podcast.radionz.co.nz\/pacn\/dateline-20260808-0601-tokelau_is_a_sought-after_location_in_amateur_radio-128.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Marty Busse, who writes:\u00a0 Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has a short item on a planned November DXpedition to Fakaofo in Tokelau atoll. Click here to listen to the interview: https:\/\/podcast.radionz.co.nz\/pacn\/dateline-20260808-0601-tokelau_is_a_sought-after_location_in_amateur_radio-128.mp3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[545,3],"tags":[2224,11166,1264],"class_list":["post-66758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-dxpedition","tag-fakaofo","tag-rnz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hmK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33661,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/august-2018-rockwork-dxpedition-top-ten-recorded-signals\/","url_meta":{"origin":66758,"position":0},"title":"August 2018 Rockwork DXpedition: Top ten recorded signals","author":"Thomas","date":"August 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Gary DeBock, who shares the following notes and recordings from the latest Rockwork DXpedition. 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