I attended a two day, 20 hour, AUXCOM training class this weekend. It was sponsored by RIEMA (Thanks Gil Woodside and Tom Guthlein), and taught by two subject matter experts (Thanks Jim Millsap and Hank Koebler). We had 23 students in our class, a mix of seasoned EMCOMM folks and relative newcomers — all motivated to learn and help in times of need. The class was fantastic.
However, today (tonight, actually) was a Supermoon and a total lunar eclipse. The photo above was taken during totality at about 2215L. The red tones are somewhat exaggerated, but the moon is visually reddish brown. Sorry it is so grainy but that’s the price you pay for using a F5.6 long lens.
The last time this happened (supermoon and a total eclipse) was back in the 80’s, back when ham radio and Emcomm were synonymous. I hope this bodes well as a sign of good things to come.
