[HIham] Fwd: Visiting Hawaii at Easter

[Dan KH6DAN]

Aloha Bruce,

Thought I would jump in with some quick info. I'm a Ham here in Hawaii and
get this reflector on email regularly. I will leave you in Ron's capable
hands ( Ron's a living Ham legend here ) with regards to the Ham radio
questions. (I have a echo-link L at my station and have never been able to
connect to KH6IB either for some reason - from here in my home in central
Oahu approximately 6 miles North of Pearl Harbor). 

My suggestion really just has to do with Maui - after just coming back from
a few days there. If you get a chance to drive up to the volcano you may
want to head up there early. Sometimes the summit (It's a US National Park
so you can drive a paved road up to the 10,000 plus feet) is completely
cloud covered. While we can't guarantee the weather they tell me that early
in the morning (after sun up) is a good time to drive up there. I made the
mistake of getting up there at about 1030-1100 local and it was like being
in the inside of a milk jug. Couldn't see anything. However the drive up
there was mostly clear and well worth the trip scenically. Also, if you do
have time to go up there it was 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29C) at Sea Level and
42 degrees Fahrenheit (5C) up at the summit. All I had on was shorts and a
tee shirt ...  brrrrrrrrr. 

Look forward to having you here. Enjoy your trip.
73
Aloha
KH6DAN

-----Original Message-----
From: hiham-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hiham-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Ron Hashiro
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 6:13 AM
To: Hawaii Ham; Ham Radio Hawaii
Subject: [HIham] Fwd: Visiting Hawaii at Easter

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 
 
 
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