[Elecraft] OT: Ed Muns - W0YK

[dyarnes]

Ken and all,

Forget about Ed's prowess in ham radio!  Let's talk about something really 
important--like those wines he makes, for example!!!  Just kidding!  Ed's 
accomplishments are almost legendary.

I don't know Ed personally, though, and I wasn't aware of his involvement in 
the wine industry.  When I read that I thought "this guy really has his 
priorities right"!  Hi.  I couldn't help but reminisce about another old ham 
friend of mine from some 40 years back--Em Brakensiek, WA6OCT. 
Unfortunately, I lost contact with Em when he had to move around and into 
assisted care facilities, but we used to talk almost daily.  I'm sure he is 
SK now, and probably has been for some time.  Anyway, Em was also a wine 
maker, but at the other end of the spectrum from Ed.  Em made his own stuff, 
and was only somewhat proud of it.  He also ran a gift shop/printing shop 
combination, and so he printed up his own "private brand" labels for his 
homebrewed wine.  Being a very self deprecating fellow, the name he chose 
was "Chateau Garbage' ", pronounced, of course, with a nice French flavor on 
the last syllable.  What a guy!  I miss him.

Dave W7AQK