{"id":1998,"date":"2012-06-15T13:28:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T21:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2012-06-15T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T21:28:10","slug":"dash-is-now-a-coug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=1998","title":{"rendered":"DASH IS NOW A COUG!"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWS FLASH!! – Dash Is Now A Coug!!<\/strong><\/center>\"\"<\/a>I just wanted to let everyone know that Dash, The Dog-Faced Ham, is back in college attending WSU!! Jeff, K1NSS, sent me the following press release this morning:<\/p>\n

“Not many would-be electrical engineers choose spring break for a now-or-never return to college, but Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham is no ordinary sixty-something. Dashiell \u201cDash!\u201d Hammutt is the webcomix creation of Jeff Murray, K1NSS and has appeared at www.dashtoons.com since late 2005.<\/p>\n

K1NSS got the idea to send his character back to school after friend WT0G recently worked W7YH, Washington State University\u2019s amateur radio club station<\/a>. When his friend posted the W7YH QSL on Facebook, Murray noticed the club\u2019s original proper name \u2013 Alpha Chapter, Rho Epsilon Radio Fraternity.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe cool old school club name triggered all my sensors,\u201d said the cartoonist. He immediately contacted the club and discovered that WSU\u2019s Alpha Chapter is one of the oldest collegiate radio clubs in the country, established in 1911. When K1NSS learned more about WSU\u2019s premier engineering school , he said \u201cEverything fell into place\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI never joined a fraternity and never followed my original plan to become an electrical engineer,\u201d said K1NSS. \u201c And as I got older, I wondered how my life would have been different if I did those things, among others. Of course, as a 60-something ham radio cartoonist, I\u2019m too dignified to take one last desperate swing at the cheap seats. But my cartoon character has no dignity whatsoever. And frankly, I\u2019m the boss of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continuing episodes of Dash!2 Alpha Chapter, A Dog-Faced Ham Repeats College All Over Again, are now appearing at www.dashtoons.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m sure all of us in the SDXA are looking forward in keeping track of Dash’s escapades as he attends WSU!
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