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: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
