AMSAT,
If you plan on going to a special place between Oregon to South Carolina along the line of Solar Eclipse TOTALITY, better make your reservations now. (21 Aug 2017).
I just tried a few cabins and resorts in west kentucky and they were all booked. So I gave up and called up my sister in North Georgia and said "Family reunion at your place next August 21, 2017!
Not sure what AMSAT interest there is, but any satelliite with a camera on it should try to get ready to take a shot of the eclipse on the ground.
A once in a lifetime opportunity.
On APRS we are probably going to encourage people to post ECLIPSE objects when they are at totality so everyone can see it move across the country in real time on their APRS radios.
DX'ers will probably be out in force too..
Bob, WB4APR
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:10:01 -0400, Robert Bruninga bruninga@usna.edu wrote:
AMSAT,
If you plan on going to a special place between Oregon to South Carolina along the line of Solar Eclipse TOTALITY, better make your reservations now. (21 Aug 2017).
Would you happen to have a link to the ground track for this eclipse? I ask because I might be in Maryland on that date (visiting family during summer vacation, like I will be this year as well). Probably not in the totality area, but even a partial is better than nothing...
The projected track map is on a Wikipedia site. Just Google it and go to the Wikipedia site. There will be totality at my QTH. It'll be pretty cool. Assuming clear sky, I put up a live cam. 73 Dave N4CVX
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On Jun 23, 2016, at 19:10, Robert Bruninga bruninga@usna.edu wrote:
AMSAT,
If you plan on going to a special place between Oregon to South Carolina along the line of Solar Eclipse TOTALITY, better make your reservations now. (21 Aug 2017).
I just tried a few cabins and resorts in west kentucky and they were all booked. So I gave up and called up my sister in North Georgia and said "Family reunion at your place next August 21, 2017!
Not sure what AMSAT interest there is, but any satelliite with a camera on it should try to get ready to take a shot of the eclipse on the ground.
A once in a lifetime opportunity.
On APRS we are probably going to encourage people to post ECLIPSE objects when they are at totality so everyone can see it move across the country in real time on their APRS radios.
DX'ers will probably be out in force too..
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The forecast for the day is cloudy with occasional rain showers....LOL
Stefan
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Dave Mann cwo4mann@comcast.net wrote:
The projected track map is on a Wikipedia site. Just Google it and go to the Wikipedia site. There will be totality at my QTH. It'll be pretty cool. Assuming clear sky, I put up a live cam. 73 Dave N4CVX
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 23, 2016, at 19:10, Robert Bruninga bruninga@usna.edu wrote:
AMSAT,
If you plan on going to a special place between Oregon to South Carolina along the line of Solar Eclipse TOTALITY, better make your reservations now. (21 Aug 2017).
I just tried a few cabins and resorts in west kentucky and they were all booked. So I gave up and called up my sister in North Georgia and said "Family reunion at your place next August 21, 2017!
Not sure what AMSAT interest there is, but any satelliite with a camera
on
it should try to get ready to take a shot of the eclipse on the ground.
A once in a lifetime opportunity.
On APRS we are probably going to encourage people to post ECLIPSE objects when they are at totality so everyone can see it move across the country
in
real time on their APRS radios.
DX'ers will probably be out in force too..
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:36:24 -0500, Stefan Wagener wageners@gmail.com wrote:
The forecast for the day is cloudy with occasional rain showers....LOL
That's a loooooooooooooooong range forecast right there...
I'm surprised AccuWeather hasn't released a 500 Day Forecast yet. They already do 90, which is ridiculous.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 8:47 PM, J. Boyd (JR2TTS) the2belo@msd.biglobe.ne.jp wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:36:24 -0500, Stefan Wagener wageners@gmail.com wrote:
The forecast for the day is cloudy with occasional rain showers....LOL
That's a loooooooooooooooong range forecast right there...
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:32:44 -0500, Dave Mann cwo4mann@comcast.net wrote:
The projected track map is on a Wikipedia site. Just Google it and go to the Wikipedia site. There will be totality at my QTH. It'll be pretty cool. Assuming clear sky, I put up a live cam.
Yes, I realized after I posted that -- I could have just googled it, couldn't I.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/wp-content/uploads/TSE_2017_USA_track_hires.j...
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Robert Bruninga bruninga@usna.edu wrote:
Not sure what AMSAT interest there is, but any satelliite with a camera on it should try to get ready to take a shot of the eclipse on the ground.
A once in a lifetime opportunity.
First - thanks for the warning. We plan to trek up to ... well, I guess I won't disclose exactly where now ... but if all else fails, I've got a cousin in the (now nameless) town.
More importantly, regarding the path of totality. Ward, N0AX, gave an interesting presentation at the MicroHAMs conference last spring. In it, he mentioned a propagation project involving RF through/under/over the path and that we'd hear more about it soon. Anyone heard anything about that?
The presentation was not about that propagation project but is interesting just the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUTndhyh79U
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Stefan Wagener