Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse update

2017-08-19 Thread kev...@coho.net 
Make sure to have your old pots and pans ready.  If the eclipse is 
lasting too long you can scare the dragon into spitting out the sun by 
banging on them loudly.  Belt & suspenders for the ECOM folks.


    73,

 Kevin.  KD5ONS


On 8/19/2017 7:35 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
First hand very very early report:  Bright sun, very round. 
Semicircular black disk begins to cover the sun, more and more, 
eventually just a teeny tiny speck of the limb remains and is very 
bright, then night.  Then the video tape runs backwards and it's day 
again.  If clouds, it just gets dark, then day-ish again. Given the 
physics, they're all exactly alike, and will be for perhaps 600 
million years when the last one will occur.  Like snowflakes ... seen 
one you've seen 'em all, notwithstanding the urban legend that every 
one is different.


We'd still have driven to Oregon if it would have worked out. [:-)


On 8/19/2017 2:06 PM, Logan Zintsmaster wrote:
We traveled to South Carolina to add in some family time. Drove from 
Beaufort to Columbia to Anderson (near Clemson). Some traffic around 
Columbia otherwise smooth sailing. Since you West Coast folks will 
see it over an hour before us, I'm looking forward to some early 
first hand reports.


Logan, KZ6O


On Aug 19, 2017, at 1:43 PM, Wayne Burdick  wrote:

We're our way up I-5 to Corvallis. There's *no* traffic, suggesting 
that all the gloomy predictions dissuaded some potential travelers.


Corvallis webcams showed bright sunshine at 8 this morning. Looking 
good so far.


20 m was quite active in all band segments yesterday. Most of my 
QSOs were on SSB running 10 W to the 4' whip. The KX2's auto-notch 
and filtering helped a lot with QRM.


Signing /7 got me more attention than /QRP

Wayne
N6KR




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Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse update

2017-08-19 Thread Fred Jensen 
First hand very very early report:  Bright sun, very round.  
Semicircular black disk begins to cover the sun, more and more, 
eventually just a teeny tiny speck of the limb remains and is very 
bright, then night.  Then the video tape runs backwards and it's day 
again.  If clouds, it just gets dark, then day-ish again.  Given the 
physics, they're all exactly alike, and will be for perhaps 600 million 
years when the last one will occur.  Like snowflakes ... seen one you've 
seen 'em all, notwithstanding the urban legend that every one is different.


We'd still have driven to Oregon if it would have worked out. [:-)


On 8/19/2017 2:06 PM, Logan Zintsmaster wrote:

We traveled to South Carolina to add in some family time. Drove from Beaufort 
to Columbia to Anderson (near Clemson). Some traffic around Columbia otherwise 
smooth sailing. Since you West Coast folks will see it over an hour before us, 
I'm looking forward to some early first hand reports.

Logan, KZ6O


On Aug 19, 2017, at 1:43 PM, Wayne Burdick  wrote:

We're our way up I-5 to Corvallis. There's *no* traffic, suggesting that all 
the gloomy predictions dissuaded some potential travelers.

Corvallis webcams showed bright sunshine at 8 this morning. Looking good so far.

20 m was quite active in all band segments yesterday. Most of my QSOs were on 
SSB running 10 W to the 4' whip. The KX2's auto-notch and filtering helped a 
lot with QRM.

Signing /7 got me more attention than /QRP

Wayne
N6KR




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Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse update

2017-08-19 Thread Logan Zintsmaster 
We traveled to South Carolina to add in some family time. Drove from Beaufort 
to Columbia to Anderson (near Clemson). Some traffic around Columbia otherwise 
smooth sailing. Since you West Coast folks will see it over an hour before us, 
I'm looking forward to some early first hand reports. 

Logan, KZ6O

> On Aug 19, 2017, at 1:43 PM, Wayne Burdick  wrote:
> 
> We're our way up I-5 to Corvallis. There's *no* traffic, suggesting that all 
> the gloomy predictions dissuaded some potential travelers. 
> 
> Corvallis webcams showed bright sunshine at 8 this morning. Looking good so 
> far. 
> 
> 20 m was quite active in all band segments yesterday. Most of my QSOs were on 
> SSB running 10 W to the 4' whip. The KX2's auto-notch and filtering helped a 
> lot with QRM. 
> 
> Signing /7 got me more attention than /QRP
> 
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.elecraft.com
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[Elecraft] Eclipse update

2017-08-19 Thread Wayne Burdick 
We're our way up I-5 to Corvallis. There's *no* traffic, suggesting that all 
the gloomy predictions dissuaded some potential travelers. 

Corvallis webcams showed bright sunshine at 8 this morning. Looking good so 
far. 

20 m was quite active in all band segments yesterday. Most of my QSOs were on 
SSB running 10 W to the 4' whip. The KX2's auto-notch and filtering helped a 
lot with QRM. 

Signing /7 got me more attention than /QRP

Wayne
N6KR




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