Hi Wayne A few years ago I was in a hotel in Sanford, FL for recurrent aircraft training. It was actually hovering around 32F.
I was awakened in the middle of the night by some banging on the wall from my hotel neighbor, and figured a party was going on and went back to sleep. Some time later I again heard the banging, but this time it was a distinct SOS. Not having any idea of what might be going on, I called the front desk (3 AM) and informed them that someone might be in trouble because of the SOS. A short time later there was fire equipment outside, but no obvious fire or other reason for concern. When I checked out after breakfast, I inquired about what had happened earlier. The clerk asked if I was the guest who had called to report the trouble. When I answered in the affirmative, she explained that my neighbor was in the military and knew how to sound SOS and he wanted to extend his thanks for saving him. So what had happened? This guy had stepped out onto his balcony to have a smoke. As he closed the sliding door, the latch snapped closed and he was trapped outside, stark naked, in cold weather. The front desk clerk went to his room, but he had closed the safety bar to prevent any intrusion and the hinges weren't accessible from the outside. So the fire department was called and brought him down with a ladder (and hopefully in a blanket). The hotel had to put him up an an empty room, since his was inaccessible. The next morning the maintenance crew used their ladder to get inside and open the door so he could get his belongings. Morals of the story: 1. You never know when knowing Morse Code can really make a difference. 2. Don't ever smoke naked outside Steve Silverman KB3SII ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
