Re: [IRCA] April 2018 Domestic TP DX from Hamakua Coast

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your detailed list of North American DX on the Big Island's Hamakua Coast, Craig.

You and Pete T. have really cleaned up on these North American stations during your Hawaii trips, and I admire your determination and perseverance. Most of the time in Hawaii and the Cook Islands, I was enjoying Polynesian dinners, photography and touring around local sunset :-)

In the Cook Islands there were 7 USA TP's which crashed my Kiwi sunset skip DXing sessions around 0700 UTC, though, including the rather surprising 1170-KFAQ from Tulsa, OK. 1000-Radio Record in Sao Paulo, Brazil also managed to sneak in at this time, despite the fact that I was trying for DU's on 999 kHz. My local pest 1000-KOMO was MIA during the entire trip, including all the other Vancouver, Seattle and Portland pests.

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)


> On July 29, 2018 at 10:36 AM C B <bevdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     After my stay on the Kona Coast, I spent a few days on the Hamakua Coast on the northeast side of Hawaii. To my dismay, there was a major source of power line QRM to the southwest of the rental home I stayed in. That QRM seemed to negate TP reception from Latin America. West coast US domestics were plentiful, along with some surprising midwest loggings. I was accompanied by the outstanding DeBock Turbocharged Tecsun PL-380 and 5 inch Frequent Flyer FSL.
> 
>     Here are the results from my Hamakua Coast bandscans:
> 
>     610   San Francisco, CA 4/21/18 0922z
> 
>     620 KGTL Homer, AK w/ KPOJ Portland, OR 4/21/18 0925z
> 
>     620 KPOJ Portland, OR 4/22/18 0947z
> 
>     630 KIDD Monterey, CA mixing w/KXFD Boise, ID 4/22/18 0934z
> 
>     660 KTNN Window Rock, AZ 4/21/18 0953z w/ it's distinctive Navaho programming
> 
>     670 KPUA  Hilo, HI 4/21/18 0935zw/Coast to Coast show
> 
>     700 WLW Cincinnati, OH 4/21/18 0938z weak, but alone on freq. w/ men Ohio
> 
>     750 KXTG Portland, OR 4/21/18 0955z w/spts tlk
> 
>     770 KCBC Manteca, CA 4/21/18 0957z w/CL ID
> 
>     780 KKOH Reno, NV 4/21/18 1000z promo for Odd Fellows in Reno
> 
>     790 KABC Los Angeles, CA 4/21/18 1005z
> 
>     820 WBAP Ft. Worth, TX 4/21/18 1008z
> 
>     840 WHAS Louisville, KY 4/21/18 1015z w/CL ID
> 
>     890 KIHC Arroyo Grande, CA 4/22/18 0906z
> 
>     910 KKSF Oakland, CA w/pres KOXR underneath 4/20/18 0646z w/"Deportes Radio" & ranchera mx under
> 
>     950 KJR Seattle, WA 4/21/18 1024z w/spts tlk
> 
>     1090 KFNQ Seattle, WA 4/21/18 1038z 
> 
>     1160 KSL Salt Lake City, UT 4/22/18 0852z
> 
>     1180 KERN Wasco-Greenacres, CA w/poss XEFR underneath Mexico City, DF 4/21/18 1046z
> 
>     1580 KBLA Santa Monica, CA 4/22/18 0828z w/SS rel pgm
> 
>     1590 KVTA Ventura, CA w/KLIV San Jose, CA underneath 4/22/18 0826z w/tlk show and C & W under
> 
>     1630 KKGM Ft. Worth, TX 4/22/18 0820z w/rel pgm
> 
>     1640 KDIA Vallejo, CA w/KDZR Lake Oswego, OR under 4/22/18 0816z
> 
>     1660 KBRE Merced, CA 4/22/18 0815z w/"The Bear" slogan
> 
>     1670 KHPY Moreno Valley, CA 4/22/18 0811z w/SS rel pgm
> 
>     1680 KGED Fresno, CA 4/22/18 0808z
> 
>     1700 KVNS Brownsville, TX w/KKLF Richardson, TX underneath 4/22/18 0800z ESPN spts w/SS under
> 
>     Looking forward to my first Rockworks session next week!
> 
>     73 and Best of DX,
> 
>     Craig Barnes
>     DXing on NE Hamakua Coast, HI
> 
>     Turbocharged Tecsun PL-380 and 5 inch Frequent Flyer FSL
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
 
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