Gary, those folks living in Lincoln City and McMinnville have to consider themselves fortunate. They were in the path of totality for the last total solar eclipse visible from the U.S., too, on Feb. 26, 1979. And the people in Albany and Corvallis, who missed out on the whole show in '79, will get it this time around. IIRC, Portland was in the path of totality in '79, but cloudy skies ruined the spectacle there.
Not many people in the U.S. can say they've been lucky enough to be living in the path of TWO of them in their lifetimes. Carbondale, Illinois, however, will be in the part of totality for both this upcoming one in August and the next one on April 8, 2024. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska (will be in eastern Iowa on Aug. 21, so will only get about 95% totality) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The August 21 eclipse will hit the Oregon coast first, and we were lucky enough to book a room in the Lincoln City (OR) Liberty Inn at the regular room rate of $169/night before the motel jacked up the rates to $1000 per night that weekend (Lincoln City is in the path of totality). The motel tried to raise the rates on everybody up to $1000 for that period, but KGW-8 TV in Portland and the Oregon State Attorney General's office got involved, and the motel was eventually forced to honor the rates that they agreed to when the rooms were booked. Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Edmunds" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], "lbi-dx" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 5:09:32 PM Subject: [IRCA] Upcoming solar eclipse For those of you with SDR's, and located along its path ( http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/path_through_the_US.htm) the solar eclipse over North American which is to occur on August 21 will present a most interesting possibility. I remember DX'ing during a solar eclipse back in the 1970's, and I experienced stations on the path 'ahead' of me coming in as if it were SS/SR propagation. Now, with SDR's, it will be possible to record the entire band for the duration of the eclipse, or at least for that portion where effects will be noticeable in any particular area. Alas, many of us in the Northeast, Southwest and North Central US won't be close enough to the path to experience the full effects. Russ Edmunds WB2BJH Blue Bell, PA Grid FN20id _______________________________________________ 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]
