Mike died while _on_ his tower and from what I heard, dangled there for 
hours until somebody missed him and went looking. Mike just _sounded_ like 
the mean, irascible so-and-so that he was, too--a nasty voice to match his 
personality.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ham Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: The List


Hank,

Mike Premus was W2OY and was famous for some of his antics back in the 1950s
and 1960s.

One of his rants was:
 "CQ 75, This is W2OY, No Lid, No Kids, No Space Kadets.  No Phony
Phonetics, Wet Bottoms or School Bus Riders..."

> There was also something about Class A Operators Only.

Another variation was "CQ CQ CQ. No kids, no lids, no school bus riders or
space cadets. No kings, no queens, no jacks. This is the NO PHONETICS
station, W2OY."

I heard that hams in his town got so worked up over his antics, that
somebody sneaked into his yard one night and drove a pin through his coax.
Also, rumor was that he died in a fall from his tower.

Steve, K8SP