I Went A Little Extra For The Solar Eclipse

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The 2024 total solar eclipse was amazing! We had planned to view it for a while, but at the last minute I added some very amateur radio astronomy to the mix. While I didn't necessarily get any real scientific data, I definitely attracted a lot of questions at the campsite!
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@talas2566 Месяц назад

that "already?" is one of the most truest questions ever

@protorhinocerator142 Месяц назад

I got the full 4 minutes, and it still seemed too fast. I think totality in 2017 was a little over 2 min. Still worth it.

@SkyChaserCom Месяц назад

I know, ey? Waiting many years, forecasting clear weather (opposite of storm chasing, hahaha), and it all collimates to that 4+ minutes. So rare. I feel so privileged to have witnessed it!

@Studio23Media Месяц назад

I was so sad. I wish I could personally move the moon around the sky to control the light. 😂 I thought around 90-95%-ish eclipse coverage was such a cool, mysterious lighting, and it was just pleasant to be outside.

@protorhinocerator142 Месяц назад

90-95% eclipse is just interesting. Even 99% when there's still one tiny sliver of sun is just there. 100% makes all the difference. It's like Iron Man initializing his suit in that cave.

@Cyanid3Child Месяц назад

My house is in the path of totality. That was way more stunning than I had expected.

@swagmeista Месяц назад

its different seeing it in person i cried during it and after it was so beatiful

@5roundsrapid263 Месяц назад

2017 was total over my house, too. It’s indescribable if you’ve never seen one in person. We had to drive 3.5 hours this year to see it, but it was worth it!

@thechampagneroom1 Месяц назад

I saw it, it wasnt as stunning as people hyped it to be. Northern Lights are better

@aubesucks Месяц назад

@@thechampagneroom1 someone always has to be a downer, both can be amazing. A total eclipse is much more rare and harder to see.

@protorhinocerator142 Месяц назад

99%+ is pretty much boring. Totality is a whole different animal. It was spectacular.

@TechGorilla1987 Месяц назад

I did the tictok retina tattoo trick. I just looked up for about 23 seconds and now I can see the eclipse any time I close my eyes!

@TroyRubert Месяц назад

Stupid like a fox.

@-WillAlone- Месяц назад

Lol.Good thing you didn't end up like this guy.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_pYZEAoqNpY.htmlsi=9ftSok9Awvc1ZzXj

@-WillAlone- Месяц назад

This is what actually happens when you stare at the eclipse for Too long.Disgusting.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t7G9c5oG6gA.htmlsi=f-8BexcZR3movlzq

@scott7305 Месяц назад

lol

@sovietunion8304 Месяц назад

That’s. Not good

@TechGorilla1987 Месяц назад

The trippy thing that happened around central PA was the fact that it looked like 7ish dusk but the tree shadows were saying it's 3pm. Very odd dichotomy.

@aliar5570 Месяц назад

i think in nova scotia we musta got 90-95 total, and while the sun itself felt alittle weird, it was the deep tree shadows at 430 that really stood out to me as well

@Studio23Media Месяц назад

I got that in Indiana too. It was a really cool, mysterious lighting effect. I wish I could personally control the moon to choose my preferred sun lighting. 🙄🤣

@scowell Месяц назад

It wasn't the interference going down... it was the F layers rising up, and the D layer absorption ending... look at the dB meter, signals went *up*! Effects are best when the umbra is *between* you and your contact, affecting the bounce zone you're using. Very cool that you got to see it, the clouds were merciful for us here in Texas... a once-in-a-lifetime experience. You have to become a jet-setter to see the next one in New Zealand in a few years.

@character42 Месяц назад

never seen a solar eclipse in my life, i live in new zealand and am so psyched for the one in 2028!!

@alinaqirizvi1441 Месяц назад

There's one in spain in 2027

@ivolol Месяц назад

"scientifically duct taped" is my favourite phrase for the week

@Buzzygirl63 Месяц назад

Me and my group of friends traveled to SE Nebraska in 2017 for the last total eclipse. We saw it from a gravel road at the edge of a cornfield. It was short but magnificent and I'll never forget it. Partial eclipses are still very cool but there is absolutely nothing like seeing a total solar eclipse. Thanks for bringing us along!

@thechampagneroom1 Месяц назад

I would disagree. I have seen both an eclipse and the Northen Lights. Northern Lights blows this away everytime.

@neutrongarbage Месяц назад

@@thechampagneroom1 You keep commenting this, but I don't think you've seen a total solar eclipse if you think it pales in comparison to the the auroras. Either that or you're just a very unique person.

@coreyrobinson9010 Месяц назад

Down here in Texas it was an amazing experience. I will never forget how it felt and looked during totality. It had a profound effect on me, leaving me with a strange feeling of insignificance but connection to the cosmos I have not experienced before. I was witnessing a circumstance I had no possible chance of affecting, but it didn't matter, it was beautiful and terrifying.

@kyzercube Месяц назад

I was in a small town in Southeast Missouri. Perfect, FANTASTIC view! Fireworks going off in the background during totality = Murrican! 😆

@scottwood1143 Месяц назад

Your sun video was great! How did you get the image so steady? I made a hasty ‘solar projector’ out of some old binoculars duct taped to a tripod. It worked a treat to project a nice image of the sun on some card stock. So glad there was a giant sun-spot front-and-center 😂 I heartily agree - the totality experience was absolutely phenomenal and visceral. I understood why early man freaked-out so badly 😮 Great stuff Gabe, really enjoy your down-home content!

@saveitforparts Месяц назад

I had the camera on a really heavy tripod I found at the surplus store!

@MVMullins Месяц назад

We were lucky enough to only have to travel about an hour away to see the 2017 eclipse in totality. I got excellent photos with my Nikon FM with a motor drive, 300mm lens and a doubler. It's hard to convey just how strange it feels and looks to actually be there, but I tell everyone they should see at least one in their lifetime. I'm impressed with the radio astronomy angle and I'm glad you posted this!

@chrisjacobsen1659 Месяц назад

I flew out to St Louis and drove down to south east Missouri as well, McGee to be precise, most amazing thing I've ever seen in 33 years of life.

@michaellichter4091 Месяц назад

The wait for the video was worth it, measuring solar activity with a small radio telescope, very professional. Thank you for the beautiful pictures of the solar eclipse; I found the animation of the weather satellite images very interesting. I'm very glad I subscribed to your channel.🤗

@PaulLoveless-Cincinnati Месяц назад

We also had idiots shooting off fireworks during totality. We were in Winchester Indiana at Randolph County fairgrounds.

@RideAcrossTheRiver Месяц назад

WHAT?!!

@BradiKal61 Месяц назад

We traveled to Hopkinsville KY in 2017 and to Wapakoneta OH last Monday. In planning my eclipse trips I looked for long duration totality times and also places where I knew eclipse fans would gather. Last Monday we were at the Neil Armstrong Space Museum, and the sound of the crowd of thousands as the corona became visible will stay with me forever.

@zeroy Месяц назад

Super video thanks!! Northern Spain, August 12th 2026 - Ill be there !

@EricTheCat Месяц назад

Nicely done. Your radio observations during the eclipse are very interesting. I drove to Poplar Bluff, Missouri for the eclipse. It was amazing.

@sarkybugger5009 Месяц назад

Mate, that's amazingly good video of the eclipse. Well done! A bit of time with some image stacking software will make it into a masterpiece.

@CaptainAwsome Месяц назад

not having to move an inch to see totality was nice. i also used my $6 goodwill telescope and $60 solar filter

@L_ona Месяц назад

I really like how you can see Venus next to the eclipse 2:46

@migalito1955 Месяц назад

I saw a partial while in grade school. I am about to be 69 and I am guessing it was in 1964 or 65 or while in 4th or 5th grade & living in central Ohio. Have not seen one since seemingly seeing several partials as a kid & actually missed the partial here in NY a few days ago. For the 1st eclipse I vaguely remember it was late spring & the entire class going outside for the event but no longer remember how we viewed it. I do remember at least one other where undeveloped film was used or a pin hole type camera apparatus.

@LouisianaAstroRambler Месяц назад

I recorded the event from a 700 foot overlook, right outside of Jasper, Arkansas.. It was absolutely amazing..

@scottg9855 Месяц назад

We live near the area that both eclipses crossed. We watched both from the park in Ruma, IL.

@MrRosco Месяц назад

As soon as you said rural Missouri I was surprised because that's where I live its very nice in rural Missouri lol

@wickedmuffin76 Месяц назад

My friend and I went to Wyoming for the last one, we talked about going to Missouri this time, but it didn't work out. So I watched the 65% coverage from work. Oh well.

@joeschmo5171 Месяц назад

Great stuff, buddy! Thanks for all your hard work bringing us fun content!

@Jim-be8sj Месяц назад

Great video. Thanks for sharing an interesting set of observations of the eclipse. :)

@alzeNL Месяц назад

Am I the only other Brit that was waiting at 1:22 to hear "We gone all the way underground, now we are going overground, wombling free" :D . Really like the SDR and compliation of NOAA satellite pictures, very comprehensive and it was certianly most interesting, thank you very much for hard work putting it all together!

@scrambledmandible Месяц назад

Wombling is a fantastic word, I need to add it to my vocabulary

@alzeNL Месяц назад

@@scrambledmandible gabe has some semblance to Great Uncle Bulgaria as well.

@chrismofer Месяц назад

6:20 wow, a total eclipse in Barrow would be doubly surreal!

@Midwesthamjam Месяц назад

wish I would've known you was coming down here in live in Poplar Bluff and enjoy your channel !!

@alexmiranda6107 Месяц назад

i was at school during the eclipse, I brought a really good lense and a filter, but it was cloudy for all but a split second of the totality, and for most of the pre and post eclipse, so I didn't get any good photos

@SkyChaserCom Месяц назад

Awesome you folks were in the totality path. I was in west-central Arkansas (from Texas) after flying in from Florida. Incredible experience. Buddy of mine flew in for it last minute and I promised to find him clear skies. Full documentation on my RU-vid channel with time-lapse and all. Chris - KG4PJN from S Florida.

@Gu1tarJohn Месяц назад

Cool video! The eclipse was also amazing in far North Texas. We also saw totality and noticed the temperature drop. Luck of the draw - Totality happened during my lunch break for the win.

@saveitforparts Месяц назад

Very cool!

@AndrewWestaway Месяц назад

It was overcast north of the Sault so I didn't get much of an oppertunity to see the eclipse. I managed to snap two decent photos with my DLSR when the clouds parted so it wasn't a total waste. Glad I had a welding helmet with me to view it! Thanks for the show and tell! This is the first video I've seen so far of this event.

@ScurrilousSpades Месяц назад

i live in missouri and attempted to drive down towards cape girardeau on the day of the eclipse. i say attempted because everyone else in the state of missouri seemed to have had the exact same idea, down to the route through the back roads south of st louis towards I-55. I swear, the little town of Hematite must seldom ever see that level of bumper-to-bumper traffic. still managed to stop a bit north of cape girardeau and saw totality just in the nick of time, so i can't be too upset.

@saveitforparts Месяц назад

Cool! We stayed in St. Louis and left at like 6am to get to the Perryville area. It wasn't too busy going down, but coming back North was pretty backed up! Lots of people seemed like they just camped in gas station and fast food parking lots :-P

@SilverSergeant Месяц назад

After seeing the totality from here in Texas, I now understand the hype. This was awesome......

@pseudo_goose Месяц назад

I did the HF Solar Eclipse QSO Party from my campsite (also in Missouri, not too far from where I live!). Attracted basically no attention except a couple of people that came with me.

@kwhp1507 Месяц назад

Your channel has really grown over the last 12 months! I’ve enjoyed watching and learning. Thx

@saveitforparts Месяц назад

Thanks! I've gotten myself pretty busy lately!

@MAGGOT_VOMIT Месяц назад

Back on May 30, 1984 here in NC I was mowing our grass stopping every few minutes to peer at it through my Dad's welding helmet. It was around 80F that day and by the time the eclipse made it half-totality, the temps had dropped to 72 degrees and at full totality it was down to about 62. There was a light wind so I had to put on a long-sleeve Op shirt.

@pluto9000 Месяц назад

7:13 Cool how most of the clouds were out of the way for the shadow of the moon.

@VLADPowder Месяц назад

I waited for this dang thing for 8 years and I fell asleep 20-30 minutes before totality reached my hometown! It traveled a lot faster than I expected, and I had drank the night before and a really hectic morning. Fell into a nap and ran out another 30 min later only to see the tail end of it! I'm so distraught that I'm planning a trip to Iceland to see the next one lol. It's just unfortunate I missed that totality experience with everyone I know. Big lesson learned for sure!

@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer Месяц назад

Lol dude it was a Wednesday at 1 to 3PM

@VLADPowder Месяц назад

@@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer I had celebrated the night before drinking and I was watching a livestream when it was in Texas. I literally blinked and was like wtf where'd it go! So I missed the totality by about 20 minutes 😞

@fxsrider Месяц назад

@@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer It was actually on Monday the 8th.

@markae0 Месяц назад

This is your wake up call.

@leossmallengines Месяц назад

damn

@edwardcdog Месяц назад

the radio recordings are awesome!

@coondogtheman Месяц назад

When I saw it and the sun was blocked It was dark and the sun looked like someone was up in the sky shining a flashlight down to earth. It was amazing.

@paulstaf Месяц назад

I put my drone up during the total eclipse in Dallas, Texas and the video is on my channel. It was wild to see it go from full brightness to dark then back to full over 7 minutes!

@saveitforparts Месяц назад

Cool, I'll check it out!

@saveitforparts Месяц назад

Just watched, great video! It's crazy how many people were still just driving on the freeway like it's a normal day. I went 8hrs from home to see something that might be a once-or-twice in a lifetime thing, and some folks are more interested in getting to the office on time 😝

@_Schreintime Месяц назад

Love your channel. Cheers from Bloomington MN

@DonnyLA Месяц назад

Totally interesting video 👍 I didn't get to see the eclipse so thank you so much for the video 👍

@TotalKeyOz Месяц назад

I saw a total solar eclipse in Munich, Germany in 2000. It was very impressive.

@iamgriff Месяц назад

Jimmy is my kinda guy! He knows what’s really happening and is prepared. I got myself a pair of glasses and was able to see the eclipse in Oakland County Michigan. I tried to get my phone to photograph behind the lens, but I was unsuccessful

@Appophust Месяц назад

I'm in Southwest Missouri. Cape Fair. The eclipse was kind of unexpected from my end. Looked out the window and noticed the weird light. Thought it was a storm. Ended up figuring it out pretty quickly though. 🤣

@Electramasco Месяц назад

This was pretty cool, thanks for sharing.

@daveys Месяц назад

Excellent video Gabe, and good to see you adding some typical saveitforparts technical pzazz to it. I thought that the GOES images were a great addition, as not seen that anywhere else. Good to see hams making use of the quieter background to make a few contacts too.

@GingerNingerGames Месяц назад

I love that in the lens flair at 1:41 you can see the eclipse shape

@SvobodniyNic Месяц назад

Круто! Очень повезло увидеть полное солнечное затмение!

@patricialozano1308 Месяц назад

I 've seen a few partial eclipses where I live, I was in the total path and now....My eyes have seen an unforgetable eclipse vision!!! I wish everybody could be able to see it!!!❤❤❤

@Gunbudder Месяц назад

it blows my mind that MO got TWO eclipses like that. i was spoiled that the last one went directly over my house. pretty insane experience that i hope i never forget

@amtrak1007 Месяц назад

I drove to southern Indiana to see the eclipse myself. Definitely happy I did. thanks for documenting the HF propagation during the eclipse that I didn't have the gear to do!

@ericks1979 Месяц назад

Wow! You can see the little glare of your camera is a tiny solar eclipse too 1:41

@quadmods Месяц назад

Thanks for showing the 12m band effects, very neat

@Top-Code Месяц назад

I had alot of fun viewing the eclipse, i was filming with my 5 inch Newtonian scope, amazing what details you can see in the sun. Was one hell of a drive though from the southeast, to indiana where i saw it

@robertmayer7678 Месяц назад

Thank you. One of the better videos on the eclipse.

@drgti16v Месяц назад

awesome you got to see the full eclipse. we got nothing here in the San Francisco Bay Area this time around.

@fredWaxBeans11111 Месяц назад

Great Video. I have the same RTL-SDR that you do. You can listen to frequencies lower than 12-meter Ham band, if you go into the settings of your SDR software (I use SDR#) and for Sampling Mode, choose Q-branch (instead of Quadrature Sampling).

@rockyewelljr9781 Месяц назад

hey you were near my area but im in southern Illinois glad you got to experience totality with us

@NotDrDre Месяц назад

Jimmy knows where it’s at

@mortjoer Месяц назад

I havn't decided where i'm going to watch the next eclipse in Europe on August 12th 2026 from, either it's going to be Iceland or northern Spain but I will definitely be watching from one of these places. Thank you for sharing :)

@Aeduo Месяц назад

I'm in buffalo and even with the clouds it was a nice experience with my boyfriend standing outside. We didn't see much of the sun but it was still an experience with everything getting so dark. The eclipse in 2017 was weird enough with how dim things got but this was nuts.

@stampedetrail2003 Месяц назад

4:46 fascinating!

@kuukeli Месяц назад

thank you for the video

@ozwalled2007 Месяц назад

Saw the total eclipse as well and it was amazing. Glad you got to see it as well. :)

@walkercustoms Месяц назад

I should have known you were down there too lol. It was a cool experience, definitely worth the drive, even the part through Illinois on my route..

@JH-jp9sv Месяц назад

Good show! From my telescope up north the sun was drooping and only 87%m totality! I see you were just to the south of the suns overflight from this video. Must have been fun. I'm looking into Spain 2026 to catch the next one. Cheers!

@brocksterification Месяц назад

Your last words were what it is supposed to be about...... "We had fun with it". Shame the dish couldn't track it for some better real time data/ emissions but still some good stuff in there. You're going to have to do better on on the remote Alaska trip mate. 😂 Awesome vid. Thank you .

@Txloganc Месяц назад

Remember never settle for 99% 100% coverage makes a difference

@paulfgreen6644 Месяц назад

Glad you saw it!!!!

@mncam4422 Месяц назад

We drove from Minneapolis to a spot out in the sticks East of Indianapolis. Right after the eclipse, I said "Hey! I can make it back to mpls tonight! No biggie!" Plus I was going to meet some of our nerds at Tap House the next evening :) Traffic took that 8-9 hour trip to at least 12-13 lol. But was totes worth it. Got some great shots at 800mm.

@nerd8192 Месяц назад

The satellite images are kinda scary, like something out of the ring!

@d.t.4523 Месяц назад

Thank you, keep working.

@rareimpalass1966 Месяц назад

Great video!

@insulatoru8817 Месяц назад

Cool vid and setup u had. Also liked the nasa models u put up those were cool to c. We only drove 3 hrs to get near center totality and so glad we did… unbelievable

@craigpalmer9196 Месяц назад

well done , thank you

@--_--. Месяц назад

AWESOME FOOTAGE

@nintendolunchbox Месяц назад

I went to Dallas to see it. We got real lucky and the clouds parted for totality.

@George_Henshaw Месяц назад

It was pretty special to witness this in person.

@LarryBlowers Месяц назад

Thanks for posting this, enjoyed the eclipse here in Ohio!

@deedook4736 Месяц назад

i love ham band... but i also enjoy smoked turkey

@jeremyanimatespoorly9573 Месяц назад

1:40 you can see a crescent-shaped lensflare!

@memejeff 8 дней назад

Very cool. Hope you try to plan a way to do the next Alaska one. Would be really cool and would also love to see some exploration of rural Alaska. Pretty sure that I have heard of some abandoned buildings there.

@saveitforparts 7 дней назад

I grew up in Alaska, but at the opposite end. I know how hard/expensive it is to get to the part that's having the eclipse, so I'll probably give it a pass. Also wondering what some of those small villages will think of the potential tourism, if it will be popular or unpopular.

@memejeff 7 дней назад

@@saveitforparts Ahh I see. Fair enough. True, would be a shame if people cause trouble for the villages. Hopefully there will be some nice photos from there then. Might be able to get a rough look via satellite. Wonder whether a more centralized place like Anchorage would give descent visibility.

@abnnuzzinicholasclay686 Месяц назад

You got good content.

@B.M.0. Месяц назад

I kind of expected more of a weather disruption in the wake of the totality path. It doesn't look like the wind picked up or the clouds dissipated or even ipated, no vortices, nothing.

@saveitforparts Месяц назад

The wind seemed to calm down during and pick up again afterwards, but it was hard to tell for sure.

@B.M.0. Месяц назад

@@saveitforparts I guess now that I think about it when you take something out of the microwave, it can take a few minutes to cool down 🤪

@ajfurnari2448 Месяц назад

As someone who drove down to the one in N. Missouri a few years back, isn't the I-35 traffic back north fun?

@VickyGeagan Месяц назад

That Earth Moon Earth (eme) communications during the eclipse on the ham bands. I had a feeling their would be ham operators. The next one fore us will be August, 12 2045. With a west coast eclipse 2044.

@fxsrider Месяц назад

Totality was incredible!!!

@Jango1989 Месяц назад

Very cool!

@romanvercier3556 Месяц назад

Hello, I tried to get a picture from NOAA 15 (with the basic method of using a baofeng and all). I get the .wav but when trying to decode it it seems to take a lot of time which I assume means that it won't work this time. Do you have any tips on how I can do it better for the next time ? Thank you :)

@saveitforparts Месяц назад

NOAA 15 has the weakest signal and is probably the most challenging. NOAA 18 seems to be the best one. The decoding can take a long time depending on how long you recorded, with Satdump I just let it sit for a while and think to itself, it should go back to the main screen once it's finished.

@romanvercier3556 Месяц назад

@@saveitforpartsi see thank you very much. I take this opportunity to say that I really enjoy your Channel. Good luck

@kurtelliott1987 Месяц назад

Freaking awesome!

@msmith2961 Месяц назад

Hearing those people shooting at the sun reminded me of 'independence day' when they tell people to stop shooting at the aliens in case they inadvertently start an interstellar war 😂