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- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Kona dial tune 0630 U
- From: C B <bevdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 15:09:55 +0000 (UTC)
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Last year in April and May I travelled to Hawaii and DXed from Princeville, on the northern side of Kauai and a VRBO "up the hill" from Kona-Kailua on the western side of Hawaii. The VRBO was equipped with a lanai with a clear view of the Pacific. Using a Great Circle map I generated from a graciously provided program by a ham, I used Honolulu as the center. I surmised that Princeville would probably be a nice DXing locale for Asian TP DX. It was overwhelmingly phenomenal. Due to the topography on Kauai I figured DU TP DX would not be so good from there, which was the case. The DU TP DX from my location in Hawaii (in the midst of a mango grove) was plagued with QRM from a NW direction completely obliterating Asian TP DX from that direction, however the DU TP DX was phenomenal there. I've contemplated returning to Kauai to try TP DXing from Princeville first for Asian TP DX, then Poipu on the south side of the island next for DU TP DX. I appreciate Colin's frank description of his DXing approach. Last April/May was my first trip to Hawaii and I regarded TP DXing as icing on the cake, as opposed to the primary focal point of the trip. I will be travelling to Kalaloch on the nw coast of Washington this March, when TP DXing will be more of a focal point. I will say that Gary Debock's linguistic help and his "airport friendly" FSL were difference makers regarding TP DX success. Chris Kadlec's insights were also very helpful. My linguistic abilities are more focused on this hemisphere, not the Far East. Curiously receiving a broadcast from a Japanese station in Brazilian Portuguese was most interesting! I have decided to take a serious look at travelling to the North and South Islands of NZ later this year. I am intrigued at the DXing prospects from that location.
Aloha Colin!
Best of DX from the TP DX hinterlands of the interior where hope springs eternal!
Craig Barnes
Wheat Ridge, CO
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On Sun, 1/7/18, Chris Kadlec <beaglebass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Kona dial tune 0630 U
To: "irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, January 7, 2018, 7:58 PM
I'm curious, looking at the map, if anyone
has tried to listen from the westernmost island of Hawai'i
instead of from Kona. Is Kona a sort of sweet spot where
someone once saw that the signals were superior or is there
another reason for this specific location, historically
speaking? It seems that things on the outlying islands could
be quieter than on the Big Island. I mean, it's a tad harder
to access and fewer services, but for hardcore DXers (of
which anyone heading to Kona or the Pacific coast typically
are), it would be do-able. Heck, for FM DXing, I used to
climb a mountain just to get to my spot and would regularly
climb 2,000+ foot mountains for my bandscans. You do what
you have to do to get the signals you want.
-Chris Kadlec
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 10:13:41 -0800
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From: Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Kona dial tune 0630
U
Thanks for the report from Kona,
Colin.
<<< The last few nights I?ve
looked, there has been no evidence of 846 KHz even being on
the air. >>>
If 846-Christmas Island isn't pounding
in after local sunset in Kona then its transmitter is almost
certainly QRT. It was on the blink last month, so certainly
not very surprising.
<<< No sign of 1098, 1017 or
846 KHz. >>>
1098 should also be around after local
sunset, but 540, 1017 and 1440 typically need about an hour
after Kona sunset to show up.
<<< Found a couple of sweet
spots along the sea wall between the Hale Kona Kai and the
Royal Kona where Gary DeBock would have DXed only a few
weeks ago... where the noise level, while still omnipresent,
is not drowning out everything in its path. >>>
You are welcome to use my old
beachfront DXing hot spot by the fake Hawaiian boat on the
Royal Kona property, Colin. Nobody ever questioned me the
whole time I was DXing there!
Gary
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