[NLRS] KK6MC and Eclipsemania

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

The August QST that arrived yesterday suggests much activity 
transmitting near and in the eclipse path to be monitored by reverse 
beacons.

It could be that a vertical is not the best ionospheric test source 
because it is so effective at having a very low radiation angle so the 
RF travels a long ways before hitting the ionosphere and the ionspheres 
in only affected in a narrow path from the moon shading and even then 
only converting from daylight to dark conditions momentarily. A NVIS 
antenna radiating mostly straight up should be affected a great deal 
more, but probably more on 20 meters and higher than on 80 or 40 where 
NVIS is most popular for working nearby states.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 7/13/2017 12:47 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
>
>
> I want to do the August leg of the contest from somewhere relatively
> close to the eclipse path. I haven't made any definite plans yet
> (which may be my downfall). I don't mind sleeping in my car somewhere
> if I have to. Not sure if I want to try to drive all the way to
> Nebraska or try something like Bald Knob in southern Illinois.
>
> I also just ordered parts for the HF vertical in the article by my old
> friend Barry Boothe W9UCW that was in May QST. I thought it might be
> interesting to monitor HF during the eclipse. :-)
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Chris Cox
> <chrisc at britishcaranddriver.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> As mentioned a couple of days ago, Holly and I plan to be on for the contest although still not sure exactly from where.  We are expecting to stay at much closer to home than those watching to see the sun go dark, and we will be still focusing on the contest.
>>
>> Hope to work you all a bunch!
>>
>> 73  Chris Cox, N0UK
>> chrisc at chris.org or chrisc at BritishCarAndDriver.com
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