Would the music during the event be considered "Dark Side of the Moon"
On May 7, 2017 9:13 PM, "Rick Tavan" <r...@tavan.com> wrote: > It takes perseverance and luck to view a total solar on land. Murphy rules > the weather on those days. My wife and I have been extremely lucky to have > been on four successful eclipse viewing sea cruises. The extra mobility of > a ship helps. For this August, we've booked with an alumni travel group > that has accommodations in Idaho. (Sorry, Wayne, they booked full long > ago.) > > There are lots of campgrounds, too, but inside the zone they may well be > booked full already. It may be practical to stay far away from totality > where reservations are still available and drive into the zone on the day > of the event. If you've never viewed a total solar, make every effort to > get there. The experience of totality is sublime! Very exciting. > > I don't know exactly where we'll be viewing this one. During the brief > period of totality, I'll be preoccupied with photography. During > partiality, however, I hope to exercise my new, not-yet-delivered KX2 > (ordered at IDXC Visalia). It would be fun to make a two-way KX2 QSO inside > the zone, eclipse-chaser to eclipse-chaser! > > GL & 73, > > /Rick N6XI > > > On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 3:39 PM, David Anderson via Elecraft < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > > Wayne > > > > I went from Scotland down to Cornwall for the total eclipse of the sun in > > 1999, the only chance in my lifetime to see a total eclipse in the U.K., > we > > were fortunate in not having to pay to stay in a hotel, as we travelled > > down by overnight train from Scotland on a special old train run by the > > steam preservation society, arriving at Penzance just before dawn, seeing > > the sun rising before it went behind a band of cloud. > > > > Unfortunately the weather did not oblige and the sun was totally eclipsed > > by that cloud as well as the moon. :-( However it was still an > impressive > > sight, getting dark in the middle of the day, with an eerie silence and a > > chill in the air, the birds went quiet and then started to make a noise > > again as totality passed and the light started to rush across the sea to > > us. It was also spectacular to see 100's of flashes from cameras going > off > > all along the headland, presumably people who didn't know how to work > their > > cameras properly. > > > > Once the total eclipse phase was over and we had packed up our camera and > > telescope tripods, the clouds parted so we could see a partially eclipsed > > sun. Oh well, maybe in another lifetime! > > > > One of my fellow workmates who was on that trip was determined to see a > > total eclipse and has been all over the world to try to catch one, I > think > > it took him about 4 trips before he was lucky enough. > > > > Wayne, wishing you clear skies for your eclipse. > > > > > > 73 from David GM4JJJ > > > > > On 7 May 2017, at 17:00, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > My wife, son and I are planning to drive to Oregon or Idaho to view the > > solar eclipse on August 21st. Hotels in the rarified Zone of Totality are > > either sold out or price-gouging. We booked one 50 miles outside the > path, > > just in case, but we'd love to find an AirBnB room or other option closer > > in, if possible. > > > > > > Anyone have a hot tip for us? > > > > > > Tnx > > > 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 gm4...@yahoo.co.uk > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 rta...@gmail.com > > > > > > -- > > Rick Tavan > Truckee, CA > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 pvandyke1...@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
