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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.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Okay, but now I want to chase an ice cream truck with a convoy of vehicles...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

"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?"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Neighborhood possums is rated too low.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

It was hard to do and took a shit ton of fuel but the Tornado Whales were worth seeing ole sport.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

"The International Date Line" makes this one worthwhile.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Slowly I turned...