Solar Eclipse QSO Party

April 8th,2024

W2E

On Monday, April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The total solar eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean. Weather permitting, the first location in continental North America that will experience totality is Mexico’s Pacific coast at around 11:07 a.m. PDT.

The path of the eclipse continues from Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Small parts of Tennessee and Michigan will also experience the total solar eclipse. The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton. The eclipse will exit continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, at 5:16 p.m. NDT.

Quick Facts visit: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/

The ROC-HAM Radio network has secured the special event call:  W2E

FOR THOSE THAT CHECKED INTO THE SPECIAL EVENT …THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BE SURE TO PICK UP QSL CARD SO YOU CAN DISPLAY IT IN YOUR HAMSHACK!!!!

7.12PM…WOW 337 QSO…THANK YOU TO ALL THAT CHECKED IN WITH NATE/N2FIX AND MYSELF…IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO DO THIS AND THE RESPONSE WAS GREAT…BE SURE TO GET THE SPECIAL EVENT QSL CARD…..IF YOU HAVE NOT SENT IN YOUR S.A.S.E. PLEASE DO SO NOW….AS THERE IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF QSL CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN PRINTED…..GET YOURS TODAY!!!!!

******HOW TO GET THIS SPECIAL EVENT QSL CARD, SEND A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE TO MY ADDRESS(IT IS GOOD ON QRZ) OR SEND A 5$ DONATION TO COVER POSTAGE AND HANDLING TO MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT AT DMOTORSPORTS@GMAIL.COM AND WE WILL BE SURE TO GET IT OUT TO YOU. *******

UPDATE: 3/15/24 – There will be no voip version of this special event, please use HF.

UPDATE: 3/22/24 – W2JLD/W2E WILL BE ON HF BANDS STARTING AT 12NOON

UPDATE: 3/31/24 – CHECK OUT OUR SOLAR ECLIPSE YOUTUBE LINK HERE FOR STATIONS WILL BE JOINING US FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT, THANK YOU GOES OUT TO NATE/N2FIX AS HE WILL BE HELPING US WITH THIS SPECIAL EVENT FROM HIS QTH. He will have several Ham friends from Genesee Radio Amateurs W2RCX  have now offered to help with cameras and breaks.

UPDATE: 4/1/24 – IF YOU ARE WITHIN A 50 MILE RANGE AND WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THIS SPECIAL EVENT WITH US, WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE OTHER CITIES IN THE PATH HERE IN UPSTATE NY AND IS IN THE PATH,TO BE A INTEGRAL PART OF THIS, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS LET ME KNOW, MY EMAIL IS GOOD ON QRZ. THERE HAS BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT QSL CARDS, AS ALWAYS OUR POLICY STILL AND HAS BEEN SEND A S.A.S.E. OR DO A 5$ DONATION TO OFFSET POSTAGE COST AND HANDLING.

WE HAVE OFFICIALLY 2 STATIONS THAT WILL BE DOING THIS : W2JLD, N2FIX .

Rochester,New York solar eclipse? Starting at 2:07 p.m. on April 8 in Rochester, the moon will begin to appear to move in front of the sun. Totality begins at 3:20 p.m. and will last for 3 minutes and 38 seconds (plus or minus a few seconds depending where you are standing.)