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2018commo · 04-19-2007, 13:50

Quebec Five One this is Quebec Five Two we have a Bear, I spell bravo echo alpha romeo, in our site, please advise, over. Quebec Five Two, leave the bear alone do not mess with the bear, all scheduled contacts will be alibi-ed. It was cool, rainy hump down a mountain in Pisgah and we had just set up the jungle antenna, commo hooch and had lunch. In the days of C-rations and having to humping 2 PRC 74’s, 2 PRC 77’s the hand crank generator, that clunky old coder-burst (GRA-71) and lots of batteries we ate tuna (aka bear attractant) as it came in a small can. The bear came at the right time, as I remember we were cold, tired and on each others nerves. The bear paid us little attention sniffed around a bit and left. When it rambled off we all had a good laugh, and fell in line like a team should. All but one of us was a private; bless that E-7 for putting up with us! A ranger (forest) came through later, asked how the fishing was and if we were messing with his bear! We had been warned about the ranger as we were next to a trophy trout stream. All and all the FTX was great, I and cherish those memories.

04-19-2007, 13:50	#28
2018commo Quiet Professional Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sirius Channel 23 Posts: 524	The Bear Quebec Five One this is Quebec Five Two we have a Bear, I spell bravo echo alpha romeo, in our site, please advise, over. Quebec Five Two, leave the bear alone do not mess with the bear, all scheduled contacts will be alibi-ed. It was cool, rainy hump down a mountain in Pisgah and we had just set up the jungle antenna, commo hooch and had lunch. In the days of C-rations and having to humping 2 PRC 74’s, 2 PRC 77’s the hand crank generator, that clunky old coder-burst (GRA-71) and lots of batteries we ate tuna (aka bear attractant) as it came in a small can. The bear came at the right time, as I remember we were cold, tired and on each others nerves. The bear paid us little attention sniffed around a bit and left. When it rambled off we all had a good laugh, and fell in line like a team should. All but one of us was a private; bless that E-7 for putting up with us! A ranger (forest) came through later, asked how the fishing was and if we were messing with his bear! We had been warned about the ranger as we were next to a trophy trout stream. All and all the FTX was great, I and cherish those memories.
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