[Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] Eclipse logistics and em-comm nets?

[w7aqk]

That’s for sure!  The horror stories I’m hearing about the fiasco that’s about to engulf Oregon almost make me glad I’m not up there this summer, as we usually are.  Doctor’s appointments have kept us close to home.

Bend, Oregon isn’t exactly a “small” town these days.  It used to be!  When I lived there, many years ago, it had less than 12K people.  Redmond had 3K.  Then it got “discovered”—and developed!  Now there are closer to 200K people in Bend’s metro area!  It is the fastest growing town in Oregon!  

Those going to Oregon to watch the eclipse better bring their wallet.  I’ve heard that motels/hotels are charging upwards of $2500 a night around eclipse time!  That’s insane.  I-5 will be gridlocked with an estimated additional 1 million visitors.  I’m having great difficulty seeing the justification for going through all of the hassle, and expense, just to watch an eclipse.  Maybe for the scientists among us it makes sense, but for the rest of us, it’s just a “gee whiz” moment!

Probably the most extravagant thing I’ve ever done was to pay upwards of $400 a ticket a few years ago for ‘’decent” seats to see The Rolling Stones, which I thought I had to do at least once!  It’s probably even more now!  If he were still alive, I would probably pay that much to see Luciano Pavarotti (again!), but I can’t swear to it!  Hi.

Dave W7AQK



From: Rick WA6NHC wa6nhc at gmail.com [Elecraft_K3] 
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 11:19 AM
To: Elecraft_K3 at yahoogroups.com ; Elecraft Reflector 
Cc: KX3 at yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft_K3] Eclipse logistics and em-comm nets?

  

Car-mageddin...




On 8/17/2017 9:17 AM, Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com [Elecraft_K3] wrote:

    
  Many of us are headed into the solar eclipse zone in the next few days, my family included. We’re leaving today for Ashland, Oregon. Early on Saturday (possibly *very* early), we’ll be driving to a campground in Corvallis, right in the Path of Totality.

  There are widespread predictions of epic gridlock for many of Oregon’s roadways. I’m guessing this will be true in other states as well. Authorities are suggesting that travelers have several days worth of food and water, as they could be stranded on freeways that become parking lots. Many gas stations in small towns like Bend are already out of fuel.

  The cellphone network could be affected as well. Imaging 1 million people camping, in effect, on I-5, state route 97, etc., trying to call home or reach emergency services. Under the circumstances, amateur radio may very we called upon to provide emergency communications. Fortunately many of us will be using mobile or portable stations that are immune to loss of power or cell service.

  If you know of any specific networks that are planning to activate for this event, please post that info here (and elsewhere).

  Lacking any defined plan, I’ll be monitoring 7283.5 kHz, home of the daily west-coast “Noontime Net”. 40 meters is ideal for this sort of regional coordination and emergency traffic, especially in areas not well served by VHF/UHF repeaters. I’ll have a KX2, some wire, and a couple of Li-ion internal battery packs. 

  73,
  Wayne
  N6KR





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