Gary DeBock’s Ultralight Radio DXpedition in Hawaii
Kona, Hawaii DXpedition (Photo: Gary DeBock)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following notes and recordings from an Ultralight DXpedition in Kona, Hawaii:
The Kona, Hawaii Ultralight Radio DXpedition was conducted from a sixth floor oceanfront motel room in the Royal Kona Resort Motel from April 9-12 (during an anniversary trip with my wife). A newly designed "airport friendly" 5 inch FSL antenna (designed to fit within hand-carry luggage, inside a plastic tote) and a 7.5 inch loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight were used to track down and record Asian and South Pacific Medium Wave DX from such rare stations as 540-2AP (Apia, Samoa), 621-Tuvalu (Funafuti, Tuvalu) and 1440-Kiribati (Bairiki, Kiribati). Here are three extremely strong recording links for these exotic stations, including the daily sign off routines for 621-Tuvalu and 1440-Kiribati:
540 2AP Apia, Samoa Extremely strong Christian worship music (Samoan style) at 0931 UTC on April 9 (S9+ level)
http://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/540-2AP-0931040917CCSWANR.mp3621 Tuvalu Funafuti, Tuvalu Over 8 minutes of traditional island music at an S9 level, including the sign off routine (with national anthem) at 1000 UTC
http://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/621-R.Tuvalu-0955z041017CCSWANR.mp31440 Kiribati Bairiki, Kiribati Over 7 minutes of traditional island music, station ID's in English and the native language, and the national anthem (followed by a blistering 1000 Hz tone) at the 0936 UTC sign off- all at a strong level
http://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1440-R.Kiribati-0929z041117CCSWANR.mp3