Re: [IRCA] TP report from Kauai for 2Dec2010

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Walt,
 
Your Eton E100 "Slider" model is capable of tuning the entire X-band, but  
only when 10 kHz tuning steps are selected (and not when 9 kHz steps are  
selected, as your model apparently has been set up to  do).
 
To switch to 10 kHz tuning steps (and enable coverage from 520-1710  kHz), 
use the following procedure:
 
1)  Turn off the radio
2)  Press the "Sys. Set" button (the same as the "Enter"  button).
3)  Quickly use the numeric keys to press "1" and then "0."   A "10" will 
then
         be displayed in the upper  right part of the display. 
 
4)  Within 5 seconds, press the "Enter" button. A "10 kHz" will 
         then briefly be  shown in the lower part of the display, before 
the clock
         function returns.
5)  When the radio is turned back on, it will tune from 520-1710 in 10  kHz 
        steps, but you can still  select the 9 kHz split frequencies 
manually by
        tuning in 1 kHz steps with the  tuning knob.
 
To shift back to 9 kHz tuning steps (and 522-1620 kHz coverage), follow  
the same procedural steps but substitute "09" for "10." Thanks  again for your 
detailed DXing reports from Kauai, Walt-- which are certainly far  more 
exciting than any TP-DXing activity going on in the local area.
 
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
 

 
 In a message dated 12/2/2010 5:36:53 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
salmaniw@xxxxxxx writes:
 
A pretty  decent morning.  I was up at the dials from 16:39 UTC (6:39 AM 
local),  which was well into local dawn with LSR being at 7:19 AM.  Still 
things  were hopping throughout the band.  I started at the top of the band (my  
Eton e100 does not extend into the X-band...to 1620 only before reverting 
to  522).

1575:  Poor to fair with presumably VOA  Thailand
1593:  Poor to fair in CC
1566:  poor
1557:   fair reception with music at 16:42 to S/SW.  ?WYFR?
1548:   Australia at good level
1413:  poor reception to south
1386:   poor to NW/SE
1377:  CNR1 at good level //6030
1314:  talk at  fair level at 16:51.  Sounded like it had an EE inflection, 
but difficult  to be certain as the max direction was NW/SE.  A bit late 
for NZ, so more  likely Osaka JOUF.
1278, 1242, 1179:  all poor to NW
1170:   Very good reception of VOA special English on W beam, but cochannel 
when the  Eton was turned 90 deg with someone else at fair strength.  
?Australia  (Sydney) or HLSR Korea?
1152:  Talk show to SW at fair level.   Sounded like French to me, but 
nothing like that listed.  Unid for  now.
1143:  good reception to NW with music.  Presumably Kyoto  JOBR.
1134:  poor to fair with talk to NW.  Either JJ or  KK.
1116:  DU at fair strength at 16:57.
1098:  OC at  16:57
1053:  poor to NW
972:  poor to fair ?KK at  16:58
891:  Good to very good to west with hymn or NA and abrupt sign  off at 
17:03.  Very interesting, but who could it be.  I see several  stations listed 
as signing off at 17:00 including Thailand and RRI.   Definitely not a CC 
station....wrong music and format, but I missed any  speech.  My most 
interesting catch this morning!
864:  poor to  W/NW
855:  rumbly audio as usual for N. Korea.   Poor
747:  poor to W/NW
657:  good level.  North Korea at  17:08.
639:  poor/fiar to W/Nw with talk and music.  Not sure  who.
630:  Confirmed this is Australia, with ABC jingle at 17:00 at  good level.
612:  Fair to good level from Brisbane.
594:  good  to very good level except for splatter to NW with instrumental 
music at  17:10.  Japan presumed, and seemingly // to 549.
549:  Seemingly  // to JOAK 594 at good level which would make this one 
JOAP Naha,  Okinawa.  A nice catch!

That's it from Kauai.  One more  morning and it's back to Honolulu!  The 
surf was huge on the north side  of the island (Tunnels Beach) with all the 
beaches closed due to the high  surf.  Still a gorgeous day, though, and the 
south beaches around Po'ipu  are usually always pretty safe.....Walt 
Salmaniw, Po'ipu,  Kauai.

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