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Certain hybrid events can only happen in certain locations where all the conditions are present; chasers flock to the area in and around Kansas known as tumbleweed-colliding-with-possum alley.
I’d probably rank the international date line above sand traps, because (I think) more people have seen a sand trap in person and there’s an interesting naval tradition associated with crossing it traveling west.
NIAGRA FALLS!!!
Slowly I turned…
Neighborhood possums is rated too low.
Okay, but now I want to chase an ice cream truck with a convoy of vehicles…
“Convoy Lead, this is Echo Three. Visual on Tango Ice at grid two-four-niner by one-seven-five. Heading east on Maple Avenue. Initiating pursuit. How copy, over?”
“The International Date Line” makes this one worthwhile.
I thought “total solar eclipse” would be on the chart. It appears not to be.
Grand Canyon is actually fucking sweet from an airplane. I guess you don’t have to chase it with radios etc but I flew from Denver to San Diego one time and it was amazing from my window seat.
Maybe not chasing, but meteor showers are actually a really big deal to ham operators. They cause certain bands to open up allowing us to talk all over the world!
It was hard to do and took a shit ton of fuel but the Tornado Whales were worth seeing ole sport.