Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] KAILUA KONA RECEPTION IN MARCH

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete,

Thanks for posting the Pacific Island MP3's from your recent trip to Kona, on Hawaii's big island.
Kona has always provided favorable Pacific island results for Colin, Craig and me, probably because of its location on the southwest coast of the island, relatively far away from the RF zoo of Honolulu. For a DXer primarily interested in TP-DX from Asia and the Pacific, it also has the advantage of a relatively high ridge of volcanoes running from north to south on the island, which tends to reduce transoceanic signals from the east.
Honolulu QRM still can rear its noisy head, though. It wasn't until I went to the Cook Islands (2600 miles due south) that I was able to fully escape the splatter from 650-KPRP and 690-KHNR, and hear stations like 657-AIR and 693-Bangladesh.

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)


> On July 7, 2018 at 4:26 PM Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>     Here are a few more excerpts from my Hawaiian trip in March/April. All these are from Kailua, Kona on March 30 between 10-10:30pm local time. 
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>     1. 1017 A3Z Nukuâalofa, Tonga. Nothing particularly identifiable but the level is respectable.
>     https://www.dropbox.com/s/26am2qp195k5pgq/DX%20KK%201017A.mp3?dl=0
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>     2. 1440  T3K1 Betio, Tarawa, Kiribati. Fine level. Itâs not on this recording but it was also heard w/wx reports in EE.
>     https://www.dropbox.com/s/wckrhwj4d1viz96/DX%20KK%201440.mp3?dl=0
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>     3. 1017 A3Z and (presumed) 2KY battling it out. 
>     https://www.dropbox.com/s/vc5epn8q1ldd6yx/DX%20KK%201017B.mp3?dl=0
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>     As previously noted, Kailua, Kona was great; Kaanapali, Maui was fair (none of the above showed up) and Poipu, Kauai was deathly due to three or four kinds of insurmountable noise. During my previous Kauai visit (about 1983), reception was exceptional and included 2 Argentinians, both of which QSLed.
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>     Now that I have finally figured out how to use Dropbox, I will get around to providing a few samples from my Caribbean trip in due course. 
> 
>     Pete Taylor
>     Tacoma, WA
>     12225w 4719n
>     HQ180 & ICF2010
>     Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops
>     DX398, SRF-59 & M37V
>     Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380
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