Most "normal" nights in Kona one can hear Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver quite handily -- and some inland stations on some of the clears.
The AM dial has over a dozen strong signals from all of the Hawaiian Islands - night and day - I will do an actual count. Like you say, there appears to be a damp blanket over the ocean - At sunset, 738 Tahiti will be booming in and then it dies off entirely by 9 PM local time - My promise to the readers: Get up Early on Wednesday morning! On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]> wrote: > That must be a quiet band Colin. Is even Honolulu that strong there? And > no > Marshalls? (although 1098's carrier hasn't been that strong of late). > Have you > ever had much luck with NA from Kona? Its location would seem to work > against that. > > At the moment here, it is sort of like a blanket has been dumped over the > Pacific, but I don't know that anyone else is even trying to hear anything > just > at the moment. Nigel Pimblett had a logging or two a short while ago, so > it's > not completely dead. > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > Quoting "R. Colin Newell" <[email protected]>: > > > So far, no audio to the West Coast of NA from Hawaii -- > > Have not braved the morning shift yet -- afraid to discover it is as bad > as > > the evening - no serious noise issues this time around -- just Hawaii, > > Samoa and Tahiti - very little sign or Tonga or the Marshalls. > > > > > >-- > NHP > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > -- Colin Newell is the Editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com - DXer.ca - BobHarris.com | Amateur Radio VA7WWV | Twitter.Com/CoffeeCrew | Victoria B.C. Canada _______________________________________________ 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]
