I flew to Portland yesterday from the bay area. We'll be in Albany. Mt Jefferson (one of the taller peaks in the Cascades) is right in the middle of the Path of Totality. don't know the coverage area of the repeaters referenced in the link, it may not be that widespread if info in the link is any indication but perhaps worth a listen:
http://www.lcsaro.org/eclipse-response/ 73 Bill AI6JZ On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Many of us are headed into the solar eclipse zone in the next few days, my > family included. We’re leaving today for Ashland, Oregon. Early on Saturday > (possibly *very* early), we’ll be driving to a campground in Corvallis, > right in the Path of Totality. > > There are widespread predictions of epic gridlock for many of Oregon’s > roadways. I’m guessing this will be true in other states as well. > Authorities are suggesting that travelers have several days worth of food > and water, as they could be stranded on freeways that become parking lots. > Many gas stations in small towns like Bend are already out of fuel. > > The cellphone network could be affected as well. Imaging 1 million people > camping, in effect, on I-5, state route 97, etc., trying to call home or > reach emergency services. Under the circumstances, amateur radio may very > we called upon to provide emergency communications. Fortunately many of us > will be using mobile or portable stations that are immune to loss of power > or cell service. > > If you know of any specific networks that are planning to activate for > this event, please post that info here (and elsewhere). > > Lacking any defined plan, I’ll be monitoring 7283.5 kHz, home of the daily > west-coast “Noontime Net”. 40 meters is ideal for this sort of regional > coordination and emergency traffic, especially in areas not well served by > VHF/UHF repeaters. I’ll have a KX2, some wire, and a couple of Li-ion > internal battery packs. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 wfen...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
