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WLW Cincinnati heard in Hawaii

Thanks. It was around 1:30.

I actually had my radio set to the 9k Step mode and was listening on 702 kHz for Australia and I heard a very weak station that I thought may be the one from Sydney but then it got stronger and I heard American voices and then 'WLW'.

So I then switched back to the 10k mode and put it on 700.

Then I got my video camera out and got the little video when it came in as good as it would get.

Strange how we discover things when we aren't even looking for them.
 
That's why I asked about the time. Years ago when I heard WLS and WBBM in Hawaii I usually found that my best chance was before 11PM HST. After that I usually started hearing too much interference from the Far East on most frequencies.
As you say you never know what you may get when you're DXing.
 
Great catch Gar!

Have you had any luck with WOAI or even KRLD? KRLD could be a challenge with a Honolulu station on 1080.

Keep up the reports!

Dlf
Canyon Lake, TX
 
Thanks.

I would think WOAI should be an easy catch here because WBAP Dallas is pretty much a regular but I haven't heard it yet.

Will try for KRLD later. Haven't yet.

Radioman, I don't have the problem with Far Eastern interference of US stations. Maybe because the way my radio is, I don't know.

The only Far East stations I've confirmed are 774 and 747 from Japan which are can usually be heard late night.
 
I was able to get WLW for the same reason I got WBBM.

When the conditions are right, a much more distant station can override the less distant one. Of course, that's only true to a certain point because if the closer station on the same frequency is too strong, the more distant one can't dominate.

That's what makes Hawaii the ultimate place for AM DXing and strange as it sounds, it's probably easier to hear stations from the Midwest and possibly the East Coast here than it is in California for that very reason.

As for KALL, I've never had an ID but I've sometimes heard what's a sports station on 700, so it had to be them. But they send their power mostly south and not much in this direction at night.

http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KALL-AM&h=N
 
My hometown WLW heard in Hawaii! You are getting the (DX) most out of your new location.

I'm curious. How do you like the Big Island and Hilo so far?
 
It's great here!

And the native Hawaiians I've encountered in restaurants, stores, etc, are all so nice and friendly. Quite different from what I'm used to from being around those working in the same public places back in Florida and New Jersey.

Here on the big island, every climate that exists on earth can be found here from rain forest on the east side to desert on part of the west side to temperate at the higher elevations to tundra near the top of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa where they can have snow in the winter.

I'm about 12 miles from Hilo and 1,500 up where the daytime average highs are in the mid 70's and lows in the low 60's, sometimes upper 50's, and it's pretty much like that year round.

Here are a couple of my pictures I've taken since I've been here.

Downtown Hilo by the bay.

http://s15.postimg.org/r2fikowp7/Hilo_4.jpg

At the elevations where I am, there are nice Eucalyptus forests that remind me of northern California.

http://s11.postimg.org/89skwospv/eucalyptus_3.jpg

And here's a shot I got of Mauna Kea from along the road in the town where I live.

http://s9.postimg.org/ft8av4ir3/Mauna_Kea_1.jpg
 
Great stuff, gar. Keep it coming. I enjoyed the pix. Those temps are about 5-10 degrees lower than what Honolulu was like for me. I'd guess that Honolulu and Hilo proper are probably very similar. Honolulu was also fairly dry, although brief light showers were an almost daily occurrence when clouds would blow off the mountain tops and over the city. I seem to remember that Honolulu gets about 15 inches of rain annually. I remember being surprised to find cactus growing on parts of Oahu.
 
Hilo is not as warm as Honolulu and a lot more wet.

They get almost 130 inches of rain in a year.

Even during the summer, the average highs are only in the low 80's with lows in the upper 60's.

Never been to Honolulu but their summer averages are highs in the upper 80's and lows only in the mid 70's.

We get over 150 inches of rain a year in Mountain View and we get our water from a catchment system on the property, as many do around here.

Even with all that rain, we still get a lot of blue sky too. It's not always raining as one might expect.
 
hawaiigar said:
Hilo is not as warm as Honolulu and a lot more wet.

They get almost 130 inches of rain in a year.

Even during the summer, the average highs are only in the low 80's with lows in the upper 60's.

Never been to Honolulu but their summer averages are highs in the upper 80's and lows only in the mid 70's.

We get over 150 inches of rain a year in Mountain View and we get our water from a catchment system on the property, as many do around here.

Even with all that rain, we still get a lot of blue sky too. It's not always raining as one might expect.
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Wonderful description.

How does the cost of living compare with Florida or other parts of the mainland?
 
I got sticker shock the first time I went grocery shopping here.

But then I found grocery prices at the Walmart in Hilo are exactly the same as in Florida.

Rents are a lot higher in Hilo than in Florida but the cost goes down as you get away from the town to the less populated areas.
 
Nice catch with WLW. The PR-D5 strikes again.

Loved the pics, esp. the one of Mauna Kea. Looks like paradise, in a way.
 
WLW reportedly had regular listeners in Australia back in the day when they were operating under a 500kW STA.

I knew an old guy who had been a radio man on a B-17 during the war. He said KDKA would come in clear as day
at 17,000 feet over England.
 
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