More on W6AM and his "mobile"
When my father, W1CW, was running the DXCC desk at the ARRL he went out
to CA for one of the California DX conventions - this may have been
Fresno era - think it was prior to Visalia...
Dad's favorite W6AM story was how he rode to the convention as a
passenger with Don after flying into CA one year... after a short time
in Don's car Dad mentioned to Don that the light on the dashboard was
indicating something was wrong with the engine.
Don was a salesman... Don had had the car serviced the day before... As
a salesman he was an upbeat positive guy - NOTHING COULD BE WRONG WITH
THE CAR! On he drove....
After a few hours the car gave up the ghost...
The mechanic who had changed the oil the day prior had not properly
re-installed the oil pan plug, it fell out... the engine seized badly!
No wonder Don was such a good salesman - talk about a positive thinker!
73,
Jim, K4OJ
AA6DX wrote:
> Don was my favorite contact on 40M CW in the late afternoons, when I would
> come home "early" after having been to work for 8-10 hours... he would be
> mobile, and give me a "shout" --- we would swap normal ham stuff .. wx,
> band, etc... and away he would go to the next QSO . I got many many QSLs
> from those contacts, to the point I -- in later years -- discarded them ..
> stupid, ehh?
> AND . FYI .. Don was a manufacturer's rep.. as a part of how he made his
> bux... and, I did biz with his biz....
> NOW .. another ASIDE .. my XYL, WA6MJB, and Don hit it off ... wifey and I
> went to 13 SAROC conventions (Lost Wages) in a row, and at the WESCAR
> hospitality room, and the other doo .. doos going on, Don would sit and
> visit with Elaine, a few times each convention.... she had no idea she was
> sharing time with a ham radio ICON .. and, after a few minutes of joining
> them, , I would go back to the "rounds" -- sure interesting to remember now!
> More old stories to tell, but that is a swell one!
> 73 --- Mark AA6DX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George" <gclute@comcast.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:42 AM
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Tower tale--W6AM
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>>I talked to Don W6AM on 6 Meters from my house at the Hawthorne Airport.
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> He
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>>was so strong that my Clegg Venus nearly bounced off the desk. It was
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> line
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>>of site between us...and I'm certain he heard me too with my gg Eimac
>>4-1000a. I was W6BFJ then.
>>
>>Geo W7LFD
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