Re: [IRCA] Poipu, Kauai (Hawaii) DXing

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for your assessments on 783 and 801, which are appreciated!

In the sunrise session this morning 918-Cambodia was dominant over Shandong after daybreak, which was the opposite of the Cook Island situation in April. Here was Cambodia over Shandong at 1618. Shandong shows up weakly at the end of the recording  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/cc46e5qwsaxatv7xfwkdgva0q9gjvtli
Unfortunately Hawaiian splatter wipes out 693 (Bangladesh) here, and 657 is almost as bad (AIR). 1431-Mongolia was MIA this morning in good propagation, so I don't know if they are still around. 702 had an interesting foreign language TP under Pyongyang at 1623, though, so once the language experts figure it out it may provide some excitement  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/6y1yiuoxvzd0tty50cnehmma670jb708
You and Chuck should come over here for a trip... there's more than enough exotic DX to send any TP-chaser straight to Cloud Nine!

Gary




    
> On November 3, 2018 at 9:15 AM Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Gary
> 
> It sounds like you're off to a good start.
> 
> 783 lacked the key words I need, such as "Guangbo", to ID Chinese 
> stations. No ideas on that one.
> 
> 801 sounds like Italian, which suggests the Rete Italia station in 
> Gosford NSW. The gang at RealDX should be able to nail it down for sure.
> 
> Enjoy you trip
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 
> On 11/3/2018 04:47, Gary DeBock wrote:
> >       After two trips to Kona, Hawaii (on the Big Island) my wife and I decided to try a vacation on the "Garden Island" of Kauai. Craig Barnes has already been here with his 5" Frequent Flyer FSL in April of 2017 ,and made out like a bandit with lots of Asian DX in Princeville, on the north side of the island.
> >
> >       Whereas Kona on the Big Island has a high mountain ridge which greatly reduces the strength of North and South American stations, Poipu in Kauai has a straight ocean shot to both areas, along with similar paths to both Asia and the South Pacific. In DXing tonight it seemed like all four areas were coming in at good strength, with 621 kHz having two S9 stations from two different areas (621-Tuvalu and VoK's Japanese service) and 1440 kHz having the same (Kiribati and JOWF). Fortunately the "Frequent Flyer" FSL can completely null out one area or the other.
> >
> >       To investigate some questions that were discussed recently among the Northwest TP-DXing gang, I made a recording of 621-VoK's Japanese service at 0943, complete with a buzzing hum on the audio (which is more noticeable during signal fades)  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/7d6eggmr9ntnfjej3zf22dh1s5p32wyd
> >
> > There was also a question of the identity of the 783 "Chinese Opera" station. At the 1000 TOH I was able to record the full Chinese ID, which hopefully someone can decipher  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rcliqm4q1b9amlvmw11ofgfje6en66a2
> >
> > Finally, I promised Chris Kadlec that I would investigate whether 801 kHz really has a Seoul metro area jammer on the Pyongyang BS signal . Unfortunately 801 kHz had this monster UnID covering the frequency from 0910-0930 tonight, which I think may be from the Philippines. Can anyone provide language or station identification?  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/mpi5eam5d93beb5hd0kne8y0x50h9zua
> >
> > Anyway, Chris, I'll keep trying on the 801 jammer investigation. One thing seems to be for sure here in Kauai-- the 819-KCBS and 981-CNR1 stations don't seem to have the overwhelming strength that they did in Kona (at least not tonight). But 783-China was at S9+ strength for much of the evening, when it was pretty weak in Kona  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dsw1h8s4ilxq5mxpnd0bd67fte4wfifw   Go figure!
> >
> > 73 and Good DX,
> >
> > Gary DeBock (DXing at Poipu Kai, Kauai, Hawaii for 6 days)
> >
> > 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 5" Frequent Flyer FSL antenna
> >
> >
> >
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