[Elecraft] OT: Pets in the Shack

[Jack West]

Hi Guys,

Back in my Commodore-64 days I used to run "Digicom" which was a German Packet 
program. One night my cat PJ
slept on the keyboard. This program would transmit anytime a key was pushed. My 
cat sent endless rows of
various letters and numbers all night long.

I printed a few pages out and sent them to my buddy in Montana and explained what 
had happened.

A few days later I received in the mail printouts from
his Digicom station that were simular.

The caption was: :"FROM MY CAT TO YOUR CAT"

73 de
Jack / W7LD / "Lucky Dog"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Roth--KA1OZ" <raroth7 at gmail.com>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 10:40 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Pets in the Shack


>I have two furry family members who often visit me when I'm
> operating...and often come into the shack when I'm not there.
> Naturally, being cats, they climb all over the place including my
> operating position.
>
> Heres a tip:  if you leave your radio on when you aren't present, engage
> "Tx TEST" to prevent accidental carrier transmission if they want to try
> out their fists on your keys.
>
> Sure, I could shut the station off, but I tend to cling to my old ways
> when I used hollow state gear (last rig before the K3 was a National
> NCX-3) and it required long warm-ups.
>
> -- 
> 73 de Dick, ka1oz
>
> Elecraft K3/100(K) #859
> G5RV Doublet
> Titan-DX Vertical
>
>
>
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