Those of you in California are likely familiar with the camera network present on the larger California interstates/highways. For those of you who are not, here is a link to the network in the northern third of the state (on the way to Oregon). I-5 is basically the only efficient route from Southern/Central California to the eclipse area.
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist2/travelmap.htm Should make for interesting viewing this weekend. Click on the red dots to view the camera at the site. I for one plan to stay well clear of I-5 this weekend… Ken K6MR From: Bill Fenech<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 11:03 To: Clay Autery<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: Elecraft Reflector Reflector<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse logistics and em-comm nets? https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.bellsmith.3/videos/10208675848647902/ On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Clay Autery <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow... sure hope this isn't the case in North Tennessee... :) > > ______________________ > Clay Autery, KY5G > MONTAC Enterprises > (318) 518-1389 > > On 8/17/2017 11:17 AM, Wayne Burdick 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:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
