[Elecraft] Kids.. O.T.!

[Bill Frantz]

Being in an area with no cell phone service has convinced more 
than one adult of the value of ham radio. I am involved with a 
research project in Redwood Canyon, Kings Canyon National Park, 
California. There is effectively no cell service in the park, 
but the WA6BAI repeater gives good coverage in Redwood Canyon. I 
once arranged a dinner date from the canyon with a friend in Fresno.

Also on our current trip, we had no cell service from the time 
we hit Newfoundland, up the west coast of the island, over to 
Labrador, across the Trans-Labrador highway to Quebec, and south 
to 30KM east of Quebec City.  AT&T partners with the wrong 
Canadian carrier for that part of Canada. Having HF in the 
4Runner was a comfort.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 8/20/12 at 15:53, kk7ss at frontier.com (Dave KK7SS) wrote:

>They sort of smiled at Grandpa - and went back to texting on their cellphones..
>They're only 8 and 10!

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