Just wanted to pass on that today I drove from Ashland to Portland and made it in 4 & 1/2 hrs. The only slowdown was where it’s 2 lane over the hills around Grants Pass where the semis try to pass each other :)) Of course the closer to Monday the worse it’s likely to get, but it may not be that bad. Wayne-depending on where your campground is, you might look at jumping to 99W at Junction City (near Eugene) which runs into Corvallis as opposed to Hwy 20 off of I-5. Up here in Portland there’s so far no ARES mass callout. Some ops were headed to Grant County to assist. I hear lots of folks are bailing out of traveling to the ‘zone’ so it may not be bad. Bend has gas, and there’s actually open spots in Madras. I may bike down to Aurora from Portland with the KX2 and a loop. Also Wayne if you have a chance get peaches and pears in Ashland at a roadside stand-you’ll never regret it and the best survival food :)) See y’all on 40 and/or 20 on Monday. Dan Presley N7CQR n7...@arrl.net
> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:30 PM, Phil Kane <k2...@kanafi.org> wrote: > > On 8/18/2017 11:57 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > >> The local telephone services are installing many hundreds of portable >> "towers" to augment the regular cell towers. Even so, I won't be >> surprised if Wayne is correct: Amateur Radio may be the most reliable >> communications system. > > Those of us who know better know that no matter how many other COWS > (Cellsites-On-Wheels) are deployed, there's a finite number of circuits > that the landline switch can handle. I don't see them bringing in any > extra switches! > > Two major VHF/UHF clubs with repeaters all up and down the state are > linking all their machines, and the various county ARES units are on > standby to relay overflow requests for 9-1-1 assistance, as will be > state and local HF ARES units. Net control for this gigantic net will > be at Washington County Sheriff's Office -- which is NOT co-located with > the 9-1-1 Center. My ARES deployment is supposed to be at the 9-1-1 > Center (Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency) but > because of mobility limitations I will be standing by at home to do > cross-systems relays if necessary. > > One activity that has not received much attention in ham-dom is that > during the eclipse the ionospheric D-layer will disappear as it does at > night, and AM Broadcast signals will propagate as DX for an hour or so. > FCC Rules prohibit AM stations with different daytime and nighttime > parameters to operate nighttime with daytime parameters but this is one > exception (another is during a mandated FCC inspection). It's going to > be interesting. > > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > > Member, Washington County, OR > Emergency Communications Team > ARES/RACES AEC for Training > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n7...@arrl.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
