[ADXA] Ecllipse Prep

Sat Apr 6 12:11:48 EDT 2024

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All I'll say is "BRING IT ON".

On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 9:49 AM W5KI at SL <w5ki at silverlarkcrafts.com> wrote:

> Motel 6 at $600/night!  That's like Augusta during Masters week ....
> (well, not sure anymore with recent inflation)!  But factor in the "roll of
> dice" on whether cloud cover will ruin the trip ... not for me.  I can
> attest that it's not just out-of-staters.  My younger neighbors (kids are
> college age) ... packed up everyone and the dogs, and headed out yesterday
> to London, AR to camp till Tuesday.  Heck, I get tired building a campfire
> at home anymore, hihi!
>
> Like I've said previously ... it IS quite an experience.  Not quite out of
> body, but it ranks way up there on the list.  I too need the A8 on 12m &
> 160m only ... so I'll be looking to work them right after you, Dennis.
>
> Like most of my decisions these days, I'll gather all the facts late
> Monday morning and decide on  the GO/NO GO at the very last minute. 😉
> Like Joel, that is my prime nap hours also.
>
> 73, Steve, W5KI
>
>
> On 06-Apr-24 07:53, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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!!!  😊
>>
>>
>>
>> ZN
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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