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My first DXing report from Hawaii

radioman148 said:
You picked up Philadelphia in Hawaii in the 80s--WOW! Even in the "clearer" channel days of the 70s when I was first out there I never heard anything east of Chicago.
I'm guessing you must have heard WCAU?
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I can't remember I use to log all my dxing. Both stations faded in and out a few times then that was it. The funny part is at times I can't even pick-up KLIV in my home town.
 
MarioMania said:
What is the best time to hear them?
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I would say just before the sky starts showing the first hint of light in Hawaii.
That will kill everything toward the Americas while being totally dark toward Oz.
This assumes that they run the same power and antenna patterns all day and all night.
 
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I'd heard that KYW 1060 was reported as a 'catch' in Hawaii at one time; date unk, maybe in the Seventies or Eighties. Perhaps that's the Philly station in question.

I don't have a world globe in this current house. Perhaps someone here with some trig knowledge would be able to confirm if the bearing of KYW's northwest lobe does wind up sending a signal that far around the world in that fashion.
 
I'm in West Sacramento

1116 4BC Brisbane QLD 17 kW (daytime) 6.3 kW (nighttime)
774 kHz JOUB at 500 kW

So at 6 am, 4BC would be on Night Power, That wouldn't work at all
 
MarioMania said:
I'm in West Sacramento

1116 4BC Brisbane QLD 17 kW (daytime) 6.3 kW (nighttime)
774 kHz JOUB at 500 kW

So at 6 am, 4BC would be on Night Power, That wouldn't work at all
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When I caught it in Hawaii it was always on night power. It was heard in the state of Washington. If it's daylight in Australia I doubt skip conditions would work.
Inland in California will be tougher, but with the right radio under the right conditions it's possible.
 
hawaiigar said:
I finally got an ID on the station that's heard here on 750 at night.

Most of the time, it's inaudible but it sometimes comes in with a listenable signal.

I had hoped it was the one from Alaska but it's KXTG from Portland, Oregon.

But hey, 2,570 miles ain't chopped liver.

Never thought the day would come where hearing AM stations from well over 2,000 miles away such as KFI, KNX, KMJ, KFBK and with strong signals would be commonplace.
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When I visited the Islands I heard both KXTG (then KXL) and KFQD Anchorage. You should also be able to hear 1120 KPNW and 1190 KEX as well
 
I lived in Pacifica til 1997

I lived near the Pacific Ocean, Would going to the Ocean at night, Help getting better AM reception to Japan at Night
 
It would, but your best shot would be very early in the morning just before your local sunrise. Someone in the San Diego area reported often hearing that Japan station early in the morning just before sunrise.
 
I can't answer that specifically. Lots of variables including DX conditions at the time. If conditions are lousy it doesn't matter where you are. Other issues would be the radio your using, antennas, surrounding structures.
Another west coast Dxer can better answer your question. I'm in the midwest.
 
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MarioMania said:
Just wondering, How far do I need go to the Ocean to DX AM?
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Right near any beach is OK. You don't have to be right on the beach itself or where the waves break.

Barrier islands are the best places to be, for sure, but I don't think there are any in California or Hawaii as far as I know.
 
Oops, sorry, I thought you were in HI.
Considering the shape of Japan, long and thin like Chile, the "JO" station(s) could be directional.
This could be good for you if the shortest path sends the signal northeast, then east, then southeast, like an airplane flight from Asia.
 
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ai4i said:
Oops, sorry, I thought you were in HI.
Considering the shape of Japan, long and thin like Chile, the "JO" station(s) could be directional.
This could be good for you if the shortest path sends the signal northeast, then east, then southeast, like an airplane flight from Asia.
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Keep in mind that land is at a premium in Japan, so the idea of taking 15 to 20 hectares for even a 4-tower array is not economically feasible in most places. And the main island of Japan is as much as 240 km wide, so directionalizing does not make much sense.

Even Chile, where the populated zones are only about 120 km wide at most, there were no directional AMs at the different times I have visited the country to work with stations there.
 
So far at night, KSFO has been the only station I hear on 560 but tonight for a while there was another station in the background.

I'm thinking maybe KPQ from Wenatchee, Washington.
 
hawaiigar said:
So far at night, KSFO has been the only station I hear on 560 but tonight for a while there was another station in the background.

I'm thinking maybe KPQ from Wenatchee, Washington.
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Probably a good guess. As I posted not long ago in another thread, I was talking with an engineer one day from KGMB/590 (now KSSK). He was telling me that a sister station of theirs in Hilo (I forget which one), used to rebroadcast some or most of KGMB's programming....taking the feed from over the air. According to the engineer, on some nights the 5kw 590 from Washington State would wreak havoc with that arrangement.
 
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