Re: [IRCA] ULR DX from Sunny Hawaii.............

["Jim Renfrew" <jrenfrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As they say, a bad day of DXing is better than a good day at work.

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Ross" <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 9:21 PM
Subject: [IRCA] ULR DX from Sunny Hawaii.............


> Hi Guys:
>
>  This is our 2nd week here in Hawaii. The first week was spent in Maui, 
> where the DX Conditions were very NOISY!! Not much could be heard from the 
> Condo we were in due to severe QRN......and I Was too tired to crawl down 
> to the Beach at night!!
>
> As of yesterday we are now on the Island of Kauai at the Point at Poipu, 
> in a ground level Condo right on the Beach and things are much better here 
> QRN Wise. I can actually hear Radio Stations here!!!
>
> Here's the results of some casual listening I did last 
> night........nothing too exciting, but these are all over 2000 miles I 
> believe.  I don't have good references here with me so some of this stuff 
> had to be looked up online to confirm what I as hearing. I've never DX'd 
> from this part of the world before....so I don't know if these are good 
> catches...or just routine. Considering they are on an Ultralight SONY 
> SRF-T615 Barefoot....hopefully they are decent catches.....
>
> I'm typing this on a small keyboard...so please pardon any big fingered 
> typos!!!!
>
> No attempt made for DU/Asian or Pacific stuff yet.......Trying to squeeze 
> a lot of activities into a 24 hour day is keeping me busy enough.
>
> temps are 83 to 85 every day and very SUNNY.......I may have to move 
> here!!!! I think this is a little better than shovelling snow in a 
> SNOWMOBILE Suit!!! No Bugs here at this time of year...and the Humidity is 
> low....my kinda place.
>
>
> All times are in Hawaii Local Time...........
>
> 73       ROB VA3SW
>
> Robert S. Ross
> Point at Poipu, Kauai, HAWAII
>
>
> 1590   KLIV San Jose, CA.  Jan. 10  2220   Fair.    5 KW
> Local TC and Traffic Report  with San Jose Mentions
>
> 1700.  XEPE. Tecate, MEXICO.  Jan 10.  2252.  Fair. 10 KW
> ESPN Sports Talk ESPN IDS and Promos
>
> 1550. KKOV. Vancouver, WA.  Jan 10.   2310.  Fair.    50/12 KW
> Adult Standards Music. Ads. ID as SUNNY 1550
>
> 1120.  KPNW. Eugene, OR.  Jan 10.  2340. Fair.   50 KW
> Coast to Coast Talk Show
>
> 1090  KFNQ. Seattle, WA.   Jan 10. 2348.   Fair.  50 KW
> Sports Talk Show. CBS Sports Radio
>
> 1190. KEX. Portland, OR.  Jan. 10.   2328     Fair.     50 KW
> Coast to Coast Talk Show. Promo for KEX Dot Com
>
> 1050. KTCT San Mateo, CA.  Jan. 10. 2358.  Fair.     50/10 KW
> Sports Talk Show Football Stuff.
>
> 1410. CFTE. Vancouver, BC. Jan. 11.  0045.  Fair.  50 KW
> Sports Talk. ESPN IDS and Promos
>
> 680. KNBR. San Francisco, CA.  Jan 11.   0425.  GOOD.   50 KW
> Local Ads KNBR IDS Into Sports Talk.
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