[NLRS] KK6MC and Eclipsemania

[James Froemke]

Do we know if the Nebraska rover packs will have adequate cell phone coverage as they progress along both their northern and southern routes?

Otherwise it may be difficult to coordinate with them given the distances involved. Is there a plan "B" such as 2 meters (or smoke signals since many of us may be operating from Indian reservations)?

73, Jim
K0MHC

> On Jul 12, 2017, at 7:12 PM, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson <geraldj at netins.net> wrote:
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>> On 7/12/2017 12:29 PM, WA2VOI, Donn wrote:
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>> 'Morning, Jim.
>> Good to hear you'll be out and about for the contest. I hope to work you
>> (several times !) but at least for the "new station" on 10GHz.
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>> If you don't already have hotel/motel reservations in North Platte you
>> may be in for several surprises ! One, there may not be any, at any
>> price, or 2) they may want a months salary, plus an arm and a leg PLUS
>> your first born. North Platte is a center for eclipse trips farther
>> north to the center line of totality. Yes, the eclipse is Monday, but
>> people will show up starting Friday (or earlier).
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>> A bunch of us will be in the "area" for the Contest: The "southern
>> group" will be starting in Beatrice and moving west more or less along
>> US136 and spending Saturday night in Holdrege. Sunday, west along US6
>> and spending Sun day night in Ogallala. Not many stops either day.
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>> The "Northern Group" will start in Norfolk (?) and move west along US275
>> (?). Don't know where they're spending Saturday night. Sunday will be
>> more or less the same with them also spending Sunday night in Ogallala.
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>> Monday morning (OMG early) we all head to Tryon, NE for the Eclipse.
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>> There will a third group west of Tyndal, SD. Operating from "Radar
>> Hill." (Promising name, what ?) I think they'll be staying at an Indian
>> Casio on the Reservation. At the moment, I "think" it will be 3-4
>> operators.
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> It appears that this will be Gary, the normal organizer of rovers. I haven't tied down plans, but I might be there, I suppose I should be working on a room or fixing my Airstream. Without rovers in range of Buck Hill without the use of digital I don't see any reason to be on Buck Hill. I'm sure the Radar Hill group will be able to work Buck Hill, but only one time counts. I don't think I can find any spots in NW Iowa that I have used for working Buck Hill that will work for the NE rovers because of the high ridge on the west edge of Iowa called the Loess Hills. The times I have crossed them the main roads have not been on top of ridges anywhere, but been in stream valleys though I haven't explored off the paved roads. If the population on Buck Hill was 5 or 6 I might consider roving east on Saturday and West on Sunday staying at