Re: [IRCA] Hawaii Adventure part two

Years ago, I spent a lot of time on Maui. I recall one memorable visit in the winter in Kaanapali. I purchased a Superradio 3 at the local KMart, and proceeded to have a blast DXing from the lanai from sunset for many hours. Recall receiving Alaska quite well, and all the way down the coast.

Re: [IRCA] Hawaii Adventure part two

I also found Kauai to be a quiet island. In Princeville, I found that the mainland was amazing to receive signals. KTCT 1050 was by far the best performer nightly and came in like a local. Only 570 Lihue was stronger and really not by much. It was also a place to where it was a cliff dxing

[IRCA] KFXD Building

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Re: [IRCA] Hawaii Adventure part two

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:24 AM, Karl Zuk wrote: > > My best advice: Get away from civilization. Going down to the beach is a > great first step. Based in Kona for 20+ days. The beach is below my balcony - If I don’t snag DX,

Re: [IRCA] Hawaii adventure

Hi Karl, In comparison to a relatively quiet Mainland location, Hawaii can indeed seem to be loaded with RFI noise. The number and power of the AM and FM transmitters seem excessive for such small islands, and the large motels have all kinds of RFI pollution. If a DXer comes here expecting to

[IRCA] Hawaii Adventure part two

--- Begin Message --- My best advice: Get away from civilization. Going down to the beach is a great first step. Highly recommended is Hana on the far east tip of Maui. I managed to log KSL 1160 and 1380 ‘The Answer’ Sacramento along with many 50 kilowatters from the west coast of the USA there

[IRCA] Hawaii adventure

--- Begin Message --- I just completed my first-ever vacation to Hawaii. I found both central Maui and the Honolulu area to be just stacked with powerful AM and FM stations. I am guessing that the transmitter power combined with very high transmitter locations are an effort to tackle the very

Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 23, 2017-January 5, 2018

--- Begin Message --- Hi Wayne, I want to make clear that such a comment is not meant as criticism, just stating a fact. I know it is a huge task you have volunteered to maintain. Maybe like other info reported by monitors, you could add it where appropriate, with the clear understanding that

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, December 23, 2017-January 5, 2018

--- Begin Message --- These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 23, 2017-January 5, 2018

--- Begin Message --- All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT` during EST; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-05 UT period to the previous date by ELT]. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W

[IRCA] S. AZ TPs--better than yesterday

Compared to yesterday, this morning was a lot better with several with audio; 972 S Korea the best. Many hets  over the whole band prior to sunrise, then after sunrise a couple eventually produced audio. And still some hets past 1500 utc. Sunrise 1425 utc--it's that time of year when the same

[IRCA] My Top 10 catches of 2017

It was relatively quick and easy to pick my top 10 favorite MWDX catches of the year 2017, especially those from across the pond as conditions haven't been stellar as far as I'm concern. Furthermore, since hearing Tanzania in 2016, trying to catch a new African country at my place has been

[IRCA] 819-KCBS North Korean Girl Group

After going through about 100 wild Asian DX recordings from the recent Kona DXpedition it seems like there is finally some semblance of organization to the collection of mixes, snarls and chaos that hit the Kona beach every night around 0800 UTC. Some of the strangest recordings have been