[IRCA] Craig Barnes' TP-DXpedition to Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii (Part One)

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Craig Barnes of Wheat Ridge, Colorado is currently enjoying a vacation in the Hawaiian Islands, which will include stays in both Princeville, Kauai and Kona on the Big Island. For DXing purposes he is using a stock Tecsun PL-310 Ultralight model boosted by one of the new 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antennas. This is a new type of compact FSL specifically designed for long distance airline travel, constructed to easily pass through TSA security screening checkpoints while still providing serious inductive coupling gain (roughly similar to that of a 4' air core box loop). 

Whereas TP-DXing in Colorado might feature weak audio from one or two big gun Asians on a good day, the situation in Kauai is drastically different! Craig has suddenly had a huge amount of strong TP-DX every morning-- in unfamiliar languages on unfamiliar frequencies. At the same time he is doing his best to master operation of his new FSL antenna, which depends on razor-sharp tuning and optimal inductive coupling ranges for its best performance. Overall he is doing a great job in tracking down the TP-DX in his first Hawaii DXpedition, considering the multiple challenges he is suddenly facing all at once. In an effort to assist him I am posting this list of the TP-DX that he has received so far in Princeville, Kauai, together with the links for the many related videos that he has already uploaded to YouTube. 

549 China CNR5? Chinese female speech received on April 23rd at fair-good level (with 1 kHz het) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHM2Zr5rw-M 
594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Japanese male speech on April 23rd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpu9Pfe4bSg 
603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea (presumed) Korean-sounding music on April 23rd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP9qXtW8Z50 
Korean speech on April 23rd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMtJTDlN6C0 
657 Pyongyang BS Pyongyang, N. Korea (presumed) Typical music on April 23rd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gqomMDgMkM 
693 JOAB Tokyo, Japan Strong (S9) recording of 1600 TOH on April 25th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIvrt7wZdLA 
Strong (S9) recording of ID and sign off (NHK2 music box) on April 25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifkMafDYFEY 
Bizarre Portuguese transmission on April 23rd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHQ9Trh7wSI 
711 HLKA Seoul, S. Korea (presumed) Strong Korean-sounding music on April 25 https://youtu.be/L3JUkr0_Is0 
765 China CNR5? Strong Chinese speech received on April 24th https://youtu.be/i1tmWDUwkeY 
783 China Voice of Straight? Strong (near S9) Chinese male speech on April 23rd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI-3LZ_dwFg 

Craig Barnes (of Wheat Ridge, Colorado) 
DXing in a Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii Condo 
Stock Tecsun PL-310 Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna 


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