[CQ-Contest] Whatever Happened to Don Miller?

[Andrei Stchislenok]

I wish luck to Don, and hope he will be active good in 21st Century.

All what happened many years ago is a old old stories, Good luck DON!

73's Andrei NP3D

2010/1/12 Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com>

> 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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