Please take some pictures for those of us on the east coast who will miss the eclipse.
Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2012, at 9:51 PM, "Mike Sanburn" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The solar eclipse has commenced here in Southern CA. The upper right portion > of the sun is covered so far and it's looking darker than normal outside now. > Radio is on 1450 right now in case anything pops up. ---Mike Sanburn > >> Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 15:37:02 -0700 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; >> [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; >> [email protected] >> Subject: [IRCA] Eclipse DX? >> >> Lacking a total eclipse, let`s see if there are any DX effects during the >> imminent annular eclipse. Beside avoiding looking directly at the sun, if >> you are close to the path of annularity, tune around MW and even lower SW >> bands to see if night-like conditions briefly skip in some signals not >> normally heard in the daytime. Here`s info including maps: >> >> http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/A-Preview-of-May-20ths-Annular-Eclipse-141037803.html >> >> Since the maximum eclipse will be at sunset around here, like from Dallas to >> Chicago, night-time conditions will already be in effect normally. >> >> Sp best DX results should be over northern California, where it`s long >> before sunset. There might be propagational patches energized for paths at >> an angle to the path, e.g. from Idaho to southern California or vice versa. >> But should theoretically be best along the path, i.e. northern California, >> Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and into west Texas. >> >> For this you may disregard worries about weather obscuring the event! >> >> 73, Glenn Hauser, OK >> _______________________________________________ >> IRCA mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org >> >> To Post a message: [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
