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HAWAII ON SHORTWAVE
By Dr. Adrian Peterson
HAWAII ON SHORTWAVE Year Date Call Events
1901 March 1 HU
Inauguration of network of 5 spark stations
1922 May 11 KDYX
2 MW stations launched, KDYX (=KGMB) & KGU
1937 - KHK First Hawaii Calls programs
1942 - KRCA KHK under VOA programming
1944 Dec 25 KRHO
100 kW unit located at Maile
1948 Nov WWVH
At 1st location near Kihei on Maui
1949 - KRHK 2nd 100 kW unit
1968 - VOA Station closed and then dismantled
1971 Jul WWVH Transferred to Kekana on Kauai
1993 Dec 25 KWHR
1st non-Government SW station in Hawaiian Islands
Association of North American Radio Clubs
DXer of the Year for 1995.