[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[kevinr]

Good Evening,

There was a knock on my front door.  I looked out the window only to 
find a Washington County Deputy Sheriff in a very dirty uniform.  I 
opened the door and invited him in to wash up but he smiled ruefully and 
refused. So I walked out on the deck and handed him my garden hose.  As 
he washed off some of the mud and clay he started to explain.   He had 
been chasing some miscreant when they came up into our labyrinth of dead 
end roads.  He told me he followed where his GPS told him to go. I could 
not help but chuckle.  GPS can’t tell you where to go, it can only tell 
you where you are.  A compass and an up to date map are far more 
effective tools.

Just by looking at him I could tell which road he had gotten stuck in 
near my house.  The 4WD folks from the area love to go out in groups and 
drive a certain road and get themselves mired up to their axles.  They 
travel in groups so they can pull each other out.   He agreed to the 
location and asked me for help.  My F250 was in use and not available.  
So I called my neighbor.  A third generation native who knows the elk by 
name.  I told him the story, he laughed, and said give him ten minutes.  
I relayed the information to the deputy and we sat on the deck to wait. 
   When my neighbor showed up I asked him to help the deputy find his 
way around our mountain roads.  He was more than willing to help.  The 
deputy came by a few days later in a much cleaner uniform and thanked 
me.  He told me my neighbor took a few hours and showed him which roads 
were passable and which were not.  The moral of the story: don’t trust 
where your GPS tells you to go.

Propagation has been approved by Wayne himself.  Cool.  The solar wind 
does have something to do with it too.  There may be some hiss and some 
odd whistling noises but that is part of the fun.

Please join us tomorrow on:

14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday)
   7045 kHz at 0000z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday)

73,
Kevin. KD5ONS

_