[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

[Fred Jensen]

Indeed.  Westbound out of Reno NV, the CA state line isn't very far.  
Just before it is the Gold Ranch Casino, a last chance just in case you 
haven't paid all the NV taxes on out-of-staters.  It is where they close 
I-80 WB when the snow gets too heavy for the plows.  Many in-vehicle GPS 
navigation systems will whisper to you about a short cut that isn't ever 
closed.  It leads through the little hamlet of Verdi NV, and then 
meanders off to nowhere.  Periodically a string of vehicles will get 
stuck out in nowhere.  They warn about it on TV but who has TV in their 
truck?

I'll see if I can hear you on 40 from home on my HOA-Stealth antenna.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County


On 3/24/2018 8:20 PM, kevinr wrote:
> 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
>
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