[NLRS] Fwd: 2017 ARRL 10 GHz & Up Contest

[Barry Malowanchuk]

Hi Donn, 

I remember 1979 was cold, and I saw the corona, but I was focused on taking sun noise readings at 432 MHz. Superior for 2018 sounds good, however I will be pursuing Superior or other (lake Winnipeg?) in 2017. It does not matter from a club perspective since I am too far away to count...normally...or at all? 

Best 73 
Barry VE4MA / W7 



From: "Donn WA2VOI" <wa2voi at mninter.net> 
To: "ve4ma" <ve4ma at shaw.ca>, "nlrs" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 5:44:59 PM 
Subject: Re: [NLRS] Fwd: 2017 ARRL 10 GHz & Up Contest 

Hi Barry. 

I "kind of" agree with you... but. 1979 I was on the lake north of Winnipeg Beach in 
the -20 cold. (And colder at totality !) High, thin clouds so no corona was visible. 
Got to see Baily's Beads, though. 1972 in Prince Edward Island there was ONE cloud in the 
sky from horizon to horizon... over the sun at totality ! If I'd been 5 miles either east 
or west of where I was it would have been good. Got to see shadow bands, though. 1968 in 
the Carolinas just cloud cover... not much to see. Bottom line: I'm going to western 
Nebraska to see the eclipse... PERIOD. That I can drag along the 10GHz equipment for 
Sat/Sun contest, OK, but the contest is not my main interest this year. Western Nebraska 
because that's the best odds for low clouds and visibility... about 35% cloud cover. 
Best odds east of the mountains AND in the area of near maximum duration... >2:30. Max 
time is ~2:40 near southern Illinois... but cloud cover is 50-70%. 

(I'm not really planning on the next eclipse, 8 April 2024) even though it goes over my 
hometown in Western New York. Early April is cloudy, and its not beyond the realm of 
possibility to have a lake-effect snow storm then that would dump 8" of snow. Might be an 
interesting experience if you had both, though. Hmmm.) 

"We" have kind of talked about Lake Superior next year, 2018. Maybe we should just put 
that on the calendar and plan accordingly ? I would be up for that. Also gives a year to 
plan/build. 

73 Donn 
WA2VOI/0 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Malowanchuk" <ve4ma at shaw.ca> 
To: "nlrs" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 11:23 PM 
Subject: [NLRS] Fwd: 2017 ARRL 10 GHz & Up Contest 


> 
> 
> 
> Quite Frankly I am disappointed with the idea of going to Nebraska for the Eclipse. I 
> don't know where you were in 197?.....it was no big deal...but if you have never 
> experienced it ...OK it is something to see. But from a microwave point of 
> view....nothing happens ! 
> 
> I really want to get back to Superior....and as a minimum I want to test it on 24/47/78 
> GHz with 10 GHz for liason : - ). I know that many of you want to win the contest with 
> the Club score and I respect that, and if Nebraska does it...go for it! 
> 
> Life is short, and we are All getting closer to the end.....so its time to do something 
> different before we run out of time ! However I recognize that Nebraska is 
> different....so whatever ! 
> 
> Best 73 
> Barry VE4MA/ W7 
> 
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