Cecil Moore wrote:

One very foggy night on Hwy 1 between Carmel and Santa Cruz,
I came up behind a mobile radio in operation. The glow
off the end of the antenna was bright orange. An oncoming
CHP officer stopped the vehicle for having a "red light"
visible from the front of the vehicle. When I left the
scene, the two were arguing whether it was really a "red
light" and whether the operator deserved a ticket or not.
I don't know what radio service was involved.

I've read that W6AM used to drive the route between Long Beach and San
Francisco. His mobile station is legendary around here. The operator
was no doubt explaining to the officer that a glow discharge in air is
more of a salmon than a red.

Did the officer look like Broderick Crawford by any chance? :-)

I couldn't help but fix the subject line.

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