[ADXA] The Eclipse

Mon Apr 8 21:11:02 EDT 2024

I think the final count was near 300.  We will probably never know what
happens in 6 months.  I did hear of one couple that had their wedding last
weekend and then decided to come here for this as well.  So much for
waiting a while on "renewing" your vows.

I have posted some cropped photos on my FB page.  Nothing else, just zoomed
in on the event.

73's
George - WB5JJJ
HoIP - 100105

On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 5:10 PM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh yea forgot to ask how the “mass wedding” came off.
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> I wonder if they’ll be a “mass divorce” in about six months !!!  😊
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> *From:* w5znjoel at gmail.com <w5znjoel at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 8, 2024 5:08 PM
> *To:* 'WB5JJJ' <wb5jjj at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* 'ADXA' <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* RE: [ADXA] The Eclipse
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> Thanks George. I was curious about the turnout and experience over there.
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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 *WB5JJJ
> *Sent:* Monday, April 8, 2024 4:48 PM
> *Cc:* ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] The Eclipse
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> Outstanding here.  I had some company that waited until the last minute to
> decide to drive in from near Springfield, MO this morning.  We were not
> disappointed.  My backyard was a perfect viewing location.  We went out to
> lunch about 11:45 and had almost no traffic.  Seems everybody was already
> in place.  The restaurant was very busy, but cleared out by 1:00 when we
> left.  The 1st grader was "amazed" by what he saw, even though he didn't
> really understand it.  We told him to be ready in 25 years for it to happen
> again.  The little girl (Pre-K) was too busy running around, but she did
> look up a couple of times with her glasses on.  She thought the glasses
> were neat.
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> The one thing I did notice was that the local airport was a very busy
> place starting about 9am, and even more so as soon as the event was over.
> Single, twin engine and several jets and a couple of helicopters departed
> as soon as they could to get home and back to work tomorrow.  After about
> an hour, the number of planes dropped back considerably.
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> The repeater was not all that busy, a few visitors availed themselves of
> it.  And since I had company to entertain, I was not able to do any band
> checking as Totality approached as I had hoped.
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> I'm capturing the video from the Depot railcams now even though they don't
> show the eclipse itself.  The microphones picked up the excitement from
> those folks downtown enjoying all the activities all weekend.
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> I took a bunch of pictures with my Nikon and ND10000 solar filter.  Did
> not set up the tripod out of fear the little girl, with all her running
> around, would snag a leg bringing it and my camera down to the sidewalk.
> In just looking at the LCD screen, I think I got some really good shots.  A
> little post for centering and such will make them look a lot better.
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> Bottom line, the 30k they were expecting was a bit high, but I think the
> final count will be well in excess of 15k since all parks were full and
> turning late arrivals away.  Motels were mostly full.  Restaurants probably
> did not have the numbers they were hoping for.   I-40 East of Russellville
> to Little Rock and West to Ft Smith was not quite bumper to bumper, but it
> was slow going.
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> 73's
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> George - WB5JJJ
> HoIP - 100105
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> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 4:23 PM Mark Sutherland - K5DXR via ADXA <
> adxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> My brother and I drove from Siloam Springs to Ola. The clouds stayed away
> and totality was spectacular. Well worth the drive.
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> Mark/K5DXR
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> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM, Lanny Aldrich <k1lec at hotmail.com
> <On+Mon,+Apr+8,+2024+at+3:30+PM,+Lanny+Aldrich+%3C%3Ca+href=>> wrote:
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> The Eclipse was a disappointment.  It got darker, the street lights came
> on and the temperature went down, but there was no total darkness.  GiGi
> was out in the back yard with me and went back to the mat at the back door
> sensing something was different!  With the glasses I could see a white
> crescent as the moon was about to cover the sun and a red crescent as it
> departed.  2017 in Cary, NC was about the same.
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> 73, Lanny  K1LEC in Searcy
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> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of w5znjoel at gmail.com <w5znjoel at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 8, 2024 3:27 PM
> *To:* adxa at mailman.qth.net <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [ADXA] The Eclipse
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> For the record, my issue is with the gov’t overhype and hysteria over an
> impending emergency management disaster, not with the eclipse!
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> Kim and I, along with our daughter, son-in-law, and youngest
> granddaughter, viewed the eclipse from our pool deck. Leading up to
> totality things were nice and routine. The real issue I experienced during
> totality was trying to fly my drone and grab motion video, still video from
> another camera, and still photographs. I needed a third hand, maybe four!!!
> The drone footage is neat as well as the still photographs but I forgot to
> take the filter off the video camera during totality, thus the video is not
> good during that time but very neat leading up to and after.
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> A nice still photograph is attached during totality without a filter on
> the still camera!
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> I hope everyone was able to ignore the drama and enjoy a nice, peaceful
> event.
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> 73 Joel W5ZN
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