Hi, fellas. Lappert's is definitely on my list of places to sample. Drove by one of their outlets today on the way back from Waimea canyon (* Spectacular!!!*). Also drove by WWVH, and as someone mentioned recently, it's not a place one can simply drive up to have a look. It's located on a US military facility and the sign simply has an arrow with WWVH and NBS, but there's a guard house, and I'm just about 100% certain that you'd be turned away if you approached. I could see various satellite dishes and vertical antennae in the area, but nothing like curtain arrays or dipoles. They're located right on the beach it appears, with the tops of several antennae visible from the roadway. I did notice that the Kauai recycling facility has a roadway down to the water and borders the military facility, so one might get a better view of WWVH from there. I very briefly checked the 9 kHz spacings this morning, but a bit too late after sunrise, but was aware of some activity, at least on 594 and 774, so I'm hoping to do a little bit of pre-dawn DXing off the lanai here, as the noise level is rather low. More to come as time permits. A little footnote on WWVH. Years ago this station was located in Kihei, Maui and was immediately adjacent to Kihei road. For years after WWVH left, there remained large delta loops on the property between the road and the water, and some old signs indicating WWVH, and also the old vertical 2.5 MHz antenna. There was an ionospheric research station there when I visited about 15 years ago and was taken around by a very nice elderly gentleman and ham operator who was about to retire back Stateside. Shortly after that the property was transferred to a whale research facility (from the NOAA). NOt sure whether it's still there or not. A shame that the present WWVH isn't as "user friendly" as the old site was.......Walt Salmaniw, Pupoi, Kauai, HI
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Pete Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Walt, > > Sounds similar to what I heard when my wife, son and I were in Poi'pu a few > years ago. I won't say it was a long time ago, but as I recall, Canton Is. > was still on 1386. I think I spent more time beacon-chasing on LW than I did > on MW. > > As long as you are there, be sure to drop in to Lappert's and have some > macadamia nut ice cream on me (figuratively speaking). It is evil! > Pete Taylor > Tacoma, WA > 12225w 4719n > HQ180 & ICF2010 > Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops > DX398, SRF-59 & M37V > Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 > ========================= > WALTER SALMANIW wrote: > > > Finally got around to leaving the lanai and heading down to the beach to > escape the noise, although our complex is relatively quiet here in Kauai, > Hawaii. We're spending 10 days in Poi'pu > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
