Also commenting on KI6HPO was Jug, WA6MBZ of Santa Barbara, California, who wrote, ''Until he died, we had an American who had been an AT&T employee who retired the moved to San Quentin, Mexico, about 250 miles below the US-Mexican border''.

''Every year for many years during the summer months etc, he would come on the Santa Barbara repeater on 146.790 MHz. He knew when the signal level was right and therefore when he could get into our repeater with a usable signal''.

''Our repeater is located on a hill near the beach called the Mesa. It is at about 400 feet above sea level. He could not get into our other repeaters that were located up at about 4,000 feet''.

''He was a very friendly guy and we used to talk to him for hours on end. I don't think any of our group ever asked him if he could get into other repeaters along the coast of Southern California''.

Alan...KI6HPO...San Diego