[TowerTalk] Tower tale--W6AM

[AA6DX]

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 at comcast.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Cc: <k5uj at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:42 AM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Tower tale--W6AM


>
> I talked to Don W6AM on 6 Meters from my house at the Hawthorne Airport.
He
> was so strong that my Clegg Venus nearly bounced off the desk.  It was
line
> of site between us...and I'm certain he heard me too with my gg Eimac
> 4-1000a. I was W6BFJ then.
>
> Geo W7LFD
>