[ADXA] Ecllipse Prep

[W5KI@SL]

Dennis, you are in an enviable QTH this coming Monday.  I estimate you 
will get 4m-10secs of totality in the eclipse at your house!!!  Heck, 
that's only 7 secs less than the centerline near your place.  Staying 
home with a lawn chair and a big glass of iced tea sounds like a good 
plan.  I have to drive over past Harrison to get into any of the total 
eclipse area.  If weather is good, might do that.  But I am pretty sure 
the traffic will be as epic as the event, hihi.

At least in 2017, we were returning from a East Coast trip and stopped 
for that eclipse in "Jonesboro" Illinois (thought that was 
appropriate).  We were pretty close to centerline so got right at 2 
minutes.  But sparse enough with watchers that we were on the interstate 
heading south to MO/AR at full speed -- shortly after the show!  Don't 
think Hwy 65/62 is gonna be quite as lucky.

73, Steve, W5KI


On 05-Apr-24 18:09, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> Congratulations to Charles - you’re  catching up!
>
> He has been doing a lot of work to make sure we are ready for the 
> eclipse, which is a BIG DEAL in this area. Charles has been making 
> sure all the repeaters are ready for the onslaught, and that we have a 
> couple that can be used for local comms.  We are helping the county 
> and city authorities, who are not sure what will happen, but want to 
> be covered for the worst possibilities.  Best case, we will have 
> traffic jams.  I made a brief trip to town today and saw a lot of 
> Texans headed into the area.  We should have clear weather, and other 
> areas have clouds predicted, so that means whatever we would have had, 
> we will have more of it!   Should be interesting.   I’m staying home.
>
> 73,
> Dennis/RZ
>
>
>
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