[CQ-Contest] Whatever Happened to Don Miller?

[Pete Smith]

Does anyone know what, if anything, came of Miller's attempt to 
rehabilitate himself?  I was at the Dayton Contest Forum a few years ago 
when he got up, made some contrite noises, and said he wanted to get 
active again.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/12/2010 5:55 AM, James Cain wrote:
> N5KO wrote: "All parties gave support [for Cabrillo] without hesitation
> except for CQ -- the CQ representative said 'CQ will give support, but only
> if you remove 'ARRL' from the name.'  Oof!"
>
> I agree with CQ magazine's position. At that point, it no longer was an
> "ARRL format" but rather a generic one. Leaving "ARRL" in the name would
> have confused people.
>
> There was a lot of bad blood between ARRL and CQ magazine following the Don
> Miller, W9WNV episode in the mid-1960s. In February, 1968, Miller sued the
> ARRL and its General Manager and Secretary, John Huntoon, W1RW. ARRL had
> disallowed a number of Miller's claimed DXpeditions to rare places (e.g.
> Heard Island, Navassa, others) when he, Miller, could produce no proof he'd
> been to them.
>
> CQ backed Miller during the dispute and published a number of quotes from
> him, some of which the ARRL disputed. Miller sought $550,000 in damages;
> following depositions, the suit was dropped. No money changed hands.
>
> When I arrived to work in Newington in 1973, John Huntoon told me it was OK
> to
> operate in the CQ contests from W1AW but not to send in a log. That would
> have put "W1AW" in the line listings in CQ. I didn't blame Mr. Huntoon one
> bit.
>
> Fortunately, time and mortality seem to have healed those wounds between the
> world's two biggest contest and awards sponsors. But I know from meeting all
> the principals that the wounds were very deep indeed.
>
> Three QST articles make fascinating reading:
>
> May, 1968, p. 81;
> October, 1968, p. 83;
> April, 1969, p. 82.
>
> I am associated with neither the ARRL nor CQ.
>
> Jim Cain, K1TN
> Atlantic City
>
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