[HIham] Fwd: Visiting Hawaii at Easter

[Ron Hashiro]

Reflectors:  Please see forwarded email from Bruce and feel free to 
respond to Bruce.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Visiting Hawaii at Easter
Date: 	Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:55:23 +1100
From: 	Bruce Kendall <bruce at cthink.com.au>
To: 	<rhashiro at hawaiiantel.net>



Hi Ron and tnx for your www site.
 
I am writing to seek some assistance and input from you and/or others re 
my forthcoming trip to your country.  We depart Melbourne Australia on 
Good Friday our time and return on the Saturday or Sunday week.  We are 
staying in Honolulu and Maui.  The purpose of the trip, apart from some 
sight seeing and AR is my step daughter's wedding on Maui.
 
I plan to bring my FT470A dual band h/h with me.  I note that you appear 
to have a complete list of repeaters on your www site.
 
I have been trying to access some of the Echolink open repeaters and 
links but to no avail.  I generally get a response to the affect that my 
node cannot connect to the node of the R or L in Hawaii.  I have tried 
the two you mention (KH6IB and AH6JA)  but only one of them is visible 
to be and the other wont let me connect.  There are others but they 
wont let me connect.  I was hoping to speak to some local amateurs over 
there with a view to obtaining some local knowledge and advice, and to 
perhaps arrange an eye ball if time permits.
 
 In the first instance would you be willing to give me a few pointers?  
I can supply you with further details about our accommodation, etc.  I 
would also appreciate your advice re the Echo linked R and L stations 
pse.  I would also be interested in having a HF or Echolink chat to you 
and/or others as this would allow my wife Wendy to listen in and gather 
some info as well.  We have done extensive WWW based research into this 
trip but take the view that nothing beats first hand local knowledge.
 
I look forward to hearing from you.
 
Cheers and happy 2008
 
 
 
Bruce R Kendall
VK3WL / 9V1WL  CPL