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Im headed off to southern Illinois to experience totality...Cant wait to share stories on the air with fellow chasers when I get back..
No radios along, need to stay mobile to dodge the clouds...who knows maybe we'll cross paths
73,
Brian K9WIS
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Jerry N9AVY
You and hundreds of thousands of other "Eclipse Peepers" ! Traffic jams will be horrific ! Good luck ! Watch out afterwards for people driving who had wrong types of solar glasses. Full report on your return !
Jerry N9AVY
From: "k9wis@... [070]" <070@...>
To: 070@...
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 10:34 AM
Subject: [070] Good Luck eclipse chasers
Im headed off to southern Illinois to experience totality...Cant wait to share stories on the air with fellow chasers when I get back..
No radios along, need to stay mobile to dodge the clouds...who knows maybe we'll cross paths
73,
Brian K9WIS
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* Jerry n9avy@sbcglobal.net [070] <070@yahoogroups.com> [2017-08-19 15:41]: You and hundreds of thousands of other� "Eclipse Peepers" !�� Traffic jams
will be horrific !�� Good luck !�� Watch out afterwards for people driving
who had wrong types of solar glasses.�Full report on your return !� It was pretty amazing. I got some pretty good pictures and met some great people. I even remembered to actually look up at totality in between taking all the pictures with the telescope. :-) The strangest thing for me was the lighting. Very hard to describe what it looked like. The closest comparison I can make is the orangeish tint from street lamps or looking through blu-blocker glasses. -- David, K9DWR #1604 LONP #255 david@graniteweb.com
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Mike Flowers
We observed the solar eclipse at the Vineyard Mountain Swim Club in Corvallis, OR.
As totality approached, there was a noticeable drop in the temperature. The breeze picked up, which we were told was typical for evening time. It was the equivalent of sunset, but not total darkness.
Totality was an amazing experience. For 1 minute 49 seconds we could observe the eclipsed sun and the sun's corona without our eclipse glasses. It was an incredible and amazing sight.
As the moon moved from in front the sun, we could see shimmering shadows of the sun's corona cast on the concrete surrounding the pool. I didn't expect that at all. What an experience - Wow!!
-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"
On Aug 23, 2017, at 8:03 AM, David Rock david@... [070] < 070@...> wrote:
* Jerry n9avy@... [070] <070@...> [2017-08-19 15:41]:
> You and hundreds of thousands of other "Eclipse Peepers" ! Traffic jams
> will be horrific ! Good luck ! Watch out afterwards for people driving
> who had wrong types of solar glasses. Full report on your return !
It was pretty amazing. I got some pretty good pictures and met some great
people. I even remembered to actually look up at totality in between taking
all the pictures with the telescope. :-)
The strangest thing for me was the lighting. Very hard to describe what it
looked like. The closest comparison I can make is the orangeish tint from
street lamps or looking through blu-blocker glasses.
--
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@...
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Jerry N9AVY
Mike: I must be "special" ... got 4 copies of your eclipse report ! Jerry n9avy
From: "Mike Flowers mike.flowers@... [070]" <070@...>
To: 070@...
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [070] Good Luck eclipse chasers
We observed the solar eclipse at the Vineyard Mountain Swim Club in Corvallis, OR.
As totality approached, there was a noticeable drop in the temperature. The breeze picked up, which we were told was typical for evening time. It was the equivalent of sunset, but not total darkness.
Totality was an amazing experience. For 1 minute 49 seconds we could observe the eclipsed sun and the sun's corona without our eclipse glasses. It was an incredible and amazing sight.
As the moon moved from in front the sun, we could see shimmering shadows of the sun's corona cast on the concrete surrounding the pool. I didn't expect that at all. What an experience - Wow!!
-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"
* Jerry n9avy@... [070] < 070@...> [2017-08-19 15:41]:
> You and hundreds of thousands of other "Eclipse Peepers" ! Traffic jams
> will be horrific ! Good luck ! Watch out afterwards for people driving
> who had wrong types of solar glasses. Full report on your return !
It was pretty amazing. I got some pretty good pictures and met some great
people. I even remembered to actually look up at totality in between taking
all the pictures with the telescope. :-)
The strangest thing for me was the lighting. Very hard to describe what it
looked like. The closest comparison I can make is the orangeish tint from
street lamps or looking through blu-blocker glasses.
--
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@...
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Jim K5SP
Same here, 4 copies all with the same time stamp.
Jim K5SP
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On 8/23/2017 1:31 PM, Jerry
n9avy@... [070] wrote:
Mike:
I must be
"special" ... got 4 copies of your eclipse report !
Jerry
n9avy
We observed the solar eclipse
at the Vineyard Mountain Swim Club
in Corvallis, OR.
As totality approached, there was a
noticeable drop in the temperature.
The breeze picked up, which we were
told was typical for evening time.
It was the equivalent of sunset,
but not total darkness.
Totality was an amazing experience.
For 1 minute 49 seconds we could
observe the eclipsed sun and the
sun's corona without our eclipse
glasses. It was an incredible and
amazing sight.
As the moon moved from in front the
sun, we could see shimmering shadows
of the sun's corona cast on the
concrete surrounding the pool. I
didn't expect that at all. What an
experience - Wow!!
-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF,
NCDXC - "It's about DX!"
* Jerry n9avy@...
[070] < 070@...>
[2017-08-19 15:41]:
> You and hundreds of
thousands of other "Eclipse
Peepers" ! Traffic jams
> will be horrific ! Good
luck ! Watch out afterwards
for people driving
> who had wrong types of
solar glasses. Full report on
your return !
It was pretty amazing. I got
some pretty good pictures and
met some great
people. I even remembered to
actually look up at totality
in between taking
all the pictures with the
telescope. :-)
The strangest thing for me was
the lighting. Very hard to
describe what it
looked like. The closest
comparison I can make is the
orangeish tint from
street lamps or looking
through blu-blocker glasses.
--
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@...
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Jerry N9AVY
Probably a ISP "hiccup" ... Jerry n9avy
From: "Jim Innis jinnis@... [070]" <070@...>
To: 070@...
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [070] Good Luck eclipse chasers
Same here, 4 copies all with the same time stamp.
Jim K5SP
On 8/23/2017 1:31 PM, Jerry
n9avy@... [070] wrote:
Mike:
I must be
"special" ... got 4 copies of your eclipse report !
Jerry
n9avy
We observed the solar eclipse
at the Vineyard Mountain Swim Club
in Corvallis, OR.
As totality approached, there was a
noticeable drop in the temperature.
The breeze picked up, which we were
told was typical for evening time.
It was the equivalent of sunset,
but not total darkness.
Totality was an amazing experience.
For 1 minute 49 seconds we could
observe the eclipsed sun and the
sun's corona without our eclipse
glasses. It was an incredible and
amazing sight.
As the moon moved from in front the
sun, we could see shimmering shadows
of the sun's corona cast on the
concrete surrounding the pool. I
didn't expect that at all. What an
experience - Wow!!
-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF,
NCDXC - "It's about DX!"
* Jerry n9avy@...
[070] < 070@...>
[2017-08-19 15:41]:
> You and hundreds of
thousands of other "Eclipse
Peepers" ! Traffic jams
> will be horrific ! Good
luck ! Watch out afterwards
for people driving
> who had wrong types of
solar glasses. Full report on
your return !
It was pretty amazing. I got
some pretty good pictures and
met some great
people. I even remembered to
actually look up at totality
in between taking
all the pictures with the
telescope. :-)
The strangest thing for me was
the lighting. Very hard to
describe what it
looked like. The closest
comparison I can make is the
orangeish tint from
street lamps or looking
through blu-blocker glasses.
--
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@...
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Mike Flowers
It eclipses all other!
-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"
On Aug 23, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Jerry n9avy@... [070] < 070@...> wrote:
Mike: I must be "special" ... got 4 copies of your eclipse report ! Jerry n9avy
From: "Mike Flowers mike.flowers@... [070]" <070@...>
To: 070@...
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [070] Good Luck eclipse chasers
We observed the solar eclipse at the Vineyard Mountain Swim Club in Corvallis, OR.
As totality approached, there was a noticeable drop in the temperature. The breeze picked up, which we were told was typical for evening time. It was the equivalent of sunset, but not total darkness.
Totality was an amazing experience. For 1 minute 49 seconds we could observe the eclipsed sun and the sun's corona without our eclipse glasses. It was an incredible and amazing sight.
As the moon moved from in front the sun, we could see shimmering shadows of the sun's corona cast on the concrete surrounding the pool. I didn't expect that at all. What an experience - Wow!!
-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"
* Jerry n9avy@... [070] < 070@...> [2017-08-19 15:41]:
> You and hundreds of thousands of other "Eclipse Peepers" ! Traffic jams
> will be horrific ! Good luck ! Watch out afterwards for people driving
> who had wrong types of solar glasses. Full report on your return !
It was pretty amazing. I got some pretty good pictures and met some great
people. I even remembered to actually look up at totality in between taking
all the pictures with the telescope. :-)
The strangest thing for me was the lighting. Very hard to describe what it
looked like. The closest comparison I can make is the orangeish tint from
street lamps or looking through blu-blocker glasses.
--
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@...
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Mike,
We won't mark a "black spot" against you for it, even though we were "left in the dark" about it.
Glad that you had a great experience. It definitely got dimmer here in CT but nothing like what you and others experienced. It must have been truly awesome.
I busied my self with making contacts for the HamSci project but did step out to observe the "not so totality" here.
Did you ever wonder how the moon just happened to be the correct size to make this all possible? What a plan!
Joe KA1PPV #1482
On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 4:41 PM, "Mike Flowers mike.flowers@... [070]" <070@...> wrote:
It eclipses all other!
-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"
Mike: I must be "special" ... got 4 copies of your eclipse report ! Jerry n9avy
From: "Mike Flowers mike.flowers@... [070]" < 070@...> To: 070@... Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [070] Good Luck eclipse chasers
We observed the solar eclipse at the Vineyard Mountain Swim Club in Corvallis, OR.
As totality approached, there was a noticeable drop in the temperature. The breeze picked up, which we were told was typical for evening time. It was the equivalent of sunset, but not total darkness.
Totality was an amazing experience. For 1 minute 49 seconds we could observe the eclipsed sun and the sun's corona without our eclipse glasses. It was an incredible and amazing sight.
As the moon moved from in front the sun, we could see shimmering shadows of the sun's corona cast on the concrete surrounding the pool. I didn't expect that at all. What an experience - Wow!!
-- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"
* Jerry n9avy@... [070] < 070@...> [2017-08-19 15:41]:
> You and hundreds of thousands of other "Eclipse Peepers" ! Traffic jams
> will be horrific ! Good luck ! Watch out afterwards for people driving
> who had wrong types of solar glasses. Full report on your return !
It was pretty amazing. I got some pretty good pictures and met some great
people. I even remembered to actually look up at totality in between taking
all the pictures with the telescope. :-)
The strangest thing for me was the lighting. Very hard to describe what it
looked like. The closest comparison I can make is the orangeish tint from
street lamps or looking through blu-blocker glasses.
--
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@...
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I can’t believe I missed the opportunity to run an APE for this. It never occurred to me with all the preparations for the eclipse. :-(
Maybe for the 2024 one…
—
David, K9DWR
#1604 LONP #255
david@graniteweb.com
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On Aug 24, 2017, at 09:28, 'ljl2002@att.net' joe_molon@yahoo.com [070] <070@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Mike,
We won't mark a "black spot" against you for it, even though we were "left in the dark" about it.
Glad that you had a great experience. It definitely got dimmer here in CT but nothing like what you and others experienced. It must have been truly awesome.
I busied my self with making contacts for the HamSci project but did step out to observe the "not so totality" here.
Did you ever wonder how the moon just happened to be the correct size to make this all possible?
What a plan!
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