[Elecraft] Orion vs K2 [now Santa Cruz Mountain Geography and Math]

Tue May 27 20:58:11 2003

Comments below ...

73,
Ed - W0YK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 3:06 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Orion vs K2
>
>
> The space in between them is occupied (in part) by the Santa Cruz
> mountains.
> Not tall, by west coast standards, at only 1500 ft (4500 meters), but very
> rugged and steep. Narrow valleys contain small rivers that can (and do)
> become dangerous, roaring rivers in wet weather.

I live on a ridge top above Aptos ... at 2600'.  This ridge rises to a peak
of 3400' and there are several areas above 3000' here in the Santa Cruz
Mountains.  Your ft-meters conversion is backwards.  1500 ft is 457 meters,
not 4500 meters.

> Living in  a valleys surrounded by the mountains covered by rugged Coastal
> Redwoods standing 100 feet or more high, it's hard to realize
> that millions
> of people live only 20 or 30 miles away.

True.  It's like a different world up here.  The people sort of self-select
and are more akin to what you find in the rural Midwest, not Silicon Valley.

> It's not uncommon to see
> 120 inches
> (300 cm)

I agree with this conversion!

> of rainfall on those steep slopes between November and May. One
> winter when I lived there we got 17 inches (43 cm)  of rain in 12 hours.

This is not common, but possible.  This year, we've had 50 inches of rain,
which is more typical.

> That storm in January of 1981 killed dozens of people in massive slides,
> flooding and falling Redwoods that flattened homes. That storm  left us
> without power or heat for over a week - in below-freezing weather.

It takes much less than this for PG&E to be inept at restoring power for a
week around here.  Many of us have home supply generators as a result.

> It's beautiful, rugged and sometimes dangerous country that ends over the
> rugged cliffs on the Pacific Ocean - some of the most breathtaking country
> any backpacker ever walked (or operated portable from).

There are cliffs, but there are also miles of gentle slopes to the beaches
as well.

>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Gee .. makes Wayne and Eric sound like John Muir or some such.  And I
> thought Aptos was by the sea and Aptos-North was on the Peninsula.  What
> mountain?
> ..
>
> 73, Phil
>
>
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