"Ian Smith" wrote in message
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| 1 or 2 of you may remember I was off to visit Hawaii just before
| Christmas, complete with SW100E, and would report back on any DX had
| from the Waikiki area of Honolulu. As a matter of fact, was pretty
| much a lack of anything to hear on HF, even with the wire-reel antenna
| added on. New Zealand was about the only one, apart from WWVH, coming
| in loud and clear. I can only speculate that conditions were not too
| good in those 2 weeks. Either that or I should've stuffed the AR7030
| in the baggage somewhere! That served me well when we lived there for
| a year and a half. Anyway, turns out we were rather busy with vacation
| activities, so DXing took a back seat.
|
| On the plus side, did a bit of AM/FM searching on the rental-car
| stereo (Chevy Cavalier). Was pleasantly surprised at how many could be
| heard, which were difficult/inaudible on the Sony. Have a newfound
| respect for car radios!
| Logged 3 other islands, apart from Oahu, on both AM and FM (Kauai,
| Maui and Hawaii itself). In all, 24 off-island and some 41 locals. If
| anyone wants to see the list, I can post.
|
| It was great to see Hawaii once again, visit my Mother-in-law,
| hang out on Waikiki beach, partake of the amazing cuisine (looks at
| swollen waistline :-), and generally enjoy the novelty of Christmas
| paraphernalia in 85 degrees heat. For a Scotsman, that is very hot
| weather!
|
| Consider myself lucky to afford such a trip, and hope that we can
| get there another time, before too long. It's an amazing place.
|
| Couple of pics -
|
| View from Diamond Head Crater, one of my favourite pics -
| http://www.1r5.net/pics/honolulu_from_crater.jpg
|
| View from Aloha Tower, with Scottish sailing ship "Falls of Clyde"
| being restored in harbor -
| http://www.1r5.net/pics/honolulu_harbor_ship.jpg
|
|
| kind regards (and good DX) to all,
|
| Ian Smith, Clydebank, Scotland (10 miles from where that ship was
| built)

Outstanding photos, Ian!

Sounds like a lovely trip, too, with the exception of HF condx
(and possibly the fact that you had to drive a Cavalier, heh heh).

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
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