[ADXA] Ecllipse Prep

[Dennis Schaefer]

I don’t know, Joel - the grocery stores here have already run out of milk
and bread!   It’s about like when the weatherman forecasts a 20% chance of
snow.

All the little communities along the path have been going all out to
attract all the tourists they can.  I’m not sure that’s a good thing - they
may go broke renting porta-potties.  I hope they make a lot of money and
those who paid over $600 for a room at the local Motel 6 get their moneys
worth.

It should be a spectacle compared to daily life in Russellville.  My job
with the RACES unit is to do a lot of monitoring, which I do anyway.  I dug
out an old CB rig and I’ll listen to that, GMRS, and ham frequencies and
report any calls for help or other unusual conditions.  According to the
“experts”, cell phone outages may occur at times, but nothing too major.
As everyone fogs out of here afterwards, there should be some traffic
slowdowns.  It should be busy but not apocalyptic.   I’ll probably work the
A8 a couple of times, too.  I need them on 12M as well as the low bands.

Dennis/RZ

On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 5:55 AM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just cannot get hyped up over the eclipse, but to each his (her) own, I
> guess.
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> Aside from the solar event, the mass hysteria over the concern of crowd
> issues may turn out like Y2K….a BIG nothing. Like Dennis, I’ll be staying
> home and don’t plan to alter my daily schedule. The time of total darkness
> will be very close to my afternoon nap time, so a little darkness could be
> welcomed!!!  😊
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> ZN
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> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *W5KI at SL
> *Sent:* Friday, April 5, 2024 6:41 PM
> *To:* adxa at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] Ecllipse Prep
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> 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.
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> 73, Steve, W5KI
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> On 05-Apr-24 18:09, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
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> Congratulations to Charles - you’re  catching up!
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> 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.
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> 73,
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> Dennis/RZ
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