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Mark,
Thanks to your referencing the DXploits of Richard Wood in Hawaii, I was aware
of the potential for Latin American DX from Hawaii. The best opportunity for
that for me, without setting up a one night DXpedition, was probably on the
north coast of Kauai. The location I was staying at on the big island was on
the west slope of Hualalai at approx. 1500 ft. and several miles inland from
the coast. I did have a clear visual path to the Pacific. I will be working on
reviewing my logging and recordings from that location soon. As I suspected,
that location favored DU propagation, which it did. At that location, I had an
unidentified source of locally generated QRM in the direction of northern Asian
TP, so even JOUB was not heard there. I also suspected a potential DX rich
environment there. In recent times, I have only experienced that on a couple of
Pacific NW coastal DXpeditions, the most recent of which at Kalaloch, WA and at
Rockaway Beach, OR. Years ago, a couple of local DXers and I ran beverages just
east of Denver in the Colorado plains. Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bonaire
and I think El Salvador were heard. As a Spanish speaker who started DXing when
I was growing up in DC, I have long been interested in Latin American DX. As
that was my first trip to the islands, there was much I wanted to see and do,
as well as get some quality DXing in. I chose to focus on TP and DU DX this
trip. The locations I stayed at favored that approach, even more than I
anticipated. From my standpoint, you know you're in a DX rich environment when
in Kauai Voice of the Strait on 783 is one of the propagation bellweathers I
used. On the big island, it was 4QD on 1548. For a guy living in Colorado, that
was DX hog heaven! I will certainly work on a more strategic approach for my
next visit to the islands. For my part, I accomplished what I set out to do. As
always you're insights and contributions to the hobby are much appreciated. A
huge Thank You also goes to Gary DeBock. Without his FSL and help with Asian
linguistics, the results would have been greatly diminished, I'm sure.
73 and Best of DX
PS. I am now wistfully pining for island DX. Not so much as a single TP carrier
can be had in Colorado these days!
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