Topband: Don W6AM

[john]

if there is a photo, perhaps some one could post it to this list--I 
would love to see it.  in wv we had several guys running 4-400s on the road.
back in the day , I had a hw12a and  a master mobile running either a 
pair of 811a s or 572 b s and remember at night on 75 doing the "hello 
the west coast" thing with a Webster band spanner in my dodge dart--went 
through 3 alternators at least- boy did the headlights ever dim!!-good 
days , golden years of ham radio for me , at least--73 john w8wej
On 7/27/2013 21:04, Hawkins wrote:
> TopBand,
>
> Sorry if this is a little off topic.
>
> This description reminds me of Highway Louie whom I believe is SK.  I 
> helped a good friend pour, and finish a 90 foot cement sidewalk all 
> morning, and at 66 I am so tired I cannot even think of his callsign. 
> Old timers in the Bay Area will know it.  I have kicked myself a bunch 
> for not taking photos of his mobile setup. If anyone has one, 
> especially what I believe to be the last incarnation (I seem to 
> remember it was a Mustang with a trailer for the generator that 
> powered the amp in the trunk.)  Hydraulics to auto tune the enormous 
> antenna, which was topped with a toilet bowl float. 1kw from the amp 
> in the back seat, 5KW from the amp in the trunk.
>
> I would really, really love to have a photo if anyone has one.  I have 
> a photo of him, but not his mobile rig.
>
> I worked at HRO in Oakland for a while back when it was on Telegraph 
> Ave.  Highway Louie was a frequent customer and had dozens of very 
> interesting stories.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve NG0G
>
> On 7/27/13 3:33 PM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
>> While I was attending the infamous DX event at Visalia, CA a big
>> convertible rolls into the parking lot a the Holiday Inn.  I think it
>> was a Buick or Cadillac, not sure.  But I clearly remember the W6AM
>> license plate and a very large whip on the back bumper.  I sheepishly
>> introduced myself to the Don and noticed a Vibroplex strapped down in
>> the center counsel but I never had the courage to asked to peak in the
>> trunk or see what  the number of alternators on the fan belt. Even on
>> 40 CW from the West Coast as W6AM/m Don was King. The only thing today
>> we have close to that are the feats of another Don (KH6DX) who I
>> understand accomplished a 160 meter DXCC from his car.
>>
>>
>> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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>> Topband Reflector
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