[Elecraft] OT: Ham funeral processions

[Rick Bates (WA6NHC)]

That sounds like a proper send off for one that QSY'ed to a higher band. 😜

Rick WA6NHC

Tiny iPhone keypad & spiel Czech happens

> On Jan 9, 2017, at 8:11 PM, Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Rose and I were in W7OIO's funeral procession a few years ago ... there
> were -LOTS- of us on his "home" repeater with many BV's, 73, etc., ....
> even a bit of CW  .... such things -do- happen.  😁
> 
> 73 K0PP
> 
> 
> On Jan 9, 2017 8:49 PM, "Alan Bloom" <n1al at sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> On 01/09/2017 07:13 PM, K9ZTV wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ron ...
>> 
>> We customized the head-panel of Tom Hammond's (N0SS) casket to
>> incorporate his picture, call sign, tower, K2, and K3.  Most anything
>> is possible these days.  What you suggest is definitely doable.  The
>> difficulty lies in helping some people understand what the word
>> "appropriate" means.
>> 
> 
> I was once listening to a ham yakking on a local repeater when I figured
> out from his conversation that he was operating from a funeral procession.
> I guess he couldn't tear himself away from ham radio long enough to pay his
> respects to the dear departed.
> 
> What is that line from the Radio Amateur's Code?
> 
> "The Radio Amateur is balanced.  Radio is a hobby, never interfering with
> duties owed to family, job, school or community."
> 
> :=)
> 
> Alan N1AL
> 
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