On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:11:33 -0800, Jim Kelley wrote:

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.

ac6xg

Rumor has it that W6AM had a 1 KW Swan amp in his trunk. Plus some
really big Rhombics.

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73's
Ken Slimmer, WA0SBU