Re: [IRCA] Radio listening in Waikiki, Oahu

[Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 03 January 2009 01:58, cafe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The Hawaiian islands, however perfect for radio listening,
> are not populated with lots of hams or dxers...
> as much listening on 75 ad 40 meters has revealed.
> More activity on 2M I guess.

Or, maybe not.  I took my 2M HT with me on a trip to the Islands in 
2000.  We were on three islands (Big Island, Maui, Kauai, not 
counting the obligatory Oahu stopover), and I tried a number of 
repeaters, but never heard any activity, and CQs from VE3JF/KH6 went 
unanswered.  I guess all the locals were either working, or at the 
beach!

When I returned to Hawaii (Big Island and Molokai) last February (good 
timing - just before our dollar and savings plummeted!), I didn't 
take any radio gear except an old Sony ULR - not used much, though I 
did quite a bit of listening on our car radios - mostly for local 
tunes, though.

Aloha,

Barry, pining to be /KH6 again!

-- 
Barry McLarnon  VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
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