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Re: [IRCA] Eclipse DX'ing

>From west of St. Louis the eclipse totality was beautiful.
 I did not DX from here, too noisy.  And I was too busy
anyway with the family watching the eclipse.

Before I left home in Joliet I setup the R8A with it's
on/off timer to come on unattended at 12:15 pm to 2:30 pm.
 This may sound easy but that was last Thursday, the day
we left home.  So, every day since I have recorded that
same time period.  I also preset the radio and Quantum Pro
loop to 1410khz.  The antenna is in my attic with my 2 1/2
foot wire wound loop hanging above the Quantum - air
coupled together and also tuned to 1410.  They are aimed
SW/NE to null Elgin, ILL.

I am using a Sony audio recorder that I setup and
turned-on on Thursday before we left.  I had to "beef up"
the battery supply using two sets of "D" cells in series
parallel for a heafty 3V source.  It has to last seven
days!

I won't know if all this worked OK until I get home tomorrow!

Wading through the seven days of recording (15 hours and
45 minutes) will be easy.  During playback with total
recorder I will search by the elapsed time for the brief
few seconds of dead air when the radio shuts off and then
the turn on the following day.

Sounds crazy but I hope it worked OK!

And, while in the St Louis area, I dropped in for a visit
the other day with Earl Higgins.  Many of you may not know
that Earl is severely handicapped, but a very capable
DX'er.  He was planning on a trip west of St. Louis to
view the eclipse and to DX from a quiet spot out there.  I
hope the trip worked out well for him.

Tom Jasinski
unattended in Joliet, IL


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