Hi Kevin!
Has anyone ever got Hawaii from the West Coast? Hopefully Robert NH7WN will get back to me, a friend and I would really like to try it!
Yes, it is possible to get Hawaii on FM satellites from the US West Coast or west of the Rockies. Robert NH7WN, who just posted here on the -BB recently, is the first satellite QSO for many. His e-mail address as listed on QRZ.com (the same address he uses to post here) is good, and he has been very good at making schedules to work stations on the mainland. He is also very good at getting QSL cards out to the stations he works.
Good luck with that, and maybe I will hear you on Saturday from a hamfest in the morning and wherever I end up later in the day.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/