I've went to Kauai once in the late 70's (I think 1978) but I was paying
more attention to college than DX'ing so I didn't bring a radio. I DX'ed
with the rental car radio and was surprised at how many mainland stations I
could hear. I got the nickel tour of WWVH, which was fun.
I've DX'ed from Maui several times. The key to DX'ing success there is that
you have to get away from the shadow of Mount Haleakala, a 10,000 foot
dormant volcano. We always stay in Kihei (too close to Mount Haleakala) but
you have to go more to the north or northwest for much DX. One evening in
September of 2000 I stopped at a rest stop near the Maui Ocean Center
northwest of Kihei and to my surprise found KOMA (now KOKC) bombing in on
the rental car radio at 7:30 PM local time!! That made my day.
73
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:34:39 -0800
From: [email protected] (Patrick Martin)
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Returning to Canada - More E100 Slider adventures
To: [email protected], [email protected] (Mailing list for the
International Radio Club of America)
Colin,
Glad you had a good trip and you got back safely. Hawaii is a lot of
fun. Been over there 4 times. Never made it to Maui though, but the
other main islands. Kauai is my favorite. If I was to live on one of the
islands, Kauai would be the one. A great DX location too.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KGED QSL Manager
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