Hi Fred and List,
Well, I'm too new a ham to recall W2oy, but the old timers in the Buffalo,
NY area sure do remember him. I believe he lived in Lancaster, NY--a few
miles east of the city line. He had this rant he used to use at the
beginning of each transmission that went something like this:
This is W2OY, amateur radio station, Buffalo, NY. No lids, no kids, no
space cadets, no wb2's no expletive deleted no pigs and no JEWS.
One night I am told in 1962 and change, he got drunk and actually recited
the whole shabang--a real weird concoction of racist and vulgar diatribe
that lasted for about 5 minutes. It so happened that a Mr. Riser from the
local office of the Buffalo, FCC (we used to have a full bureau sub station
here years ago before Ronald Reagan) heard the whole thing and actually
sited him on several counts. Mike Premice as he was named (not sure of the
spelling) had connections, so after a small fine, he was back on the air.
He got his come-up-ance--when he was up on his tower in the early 1980's and
died of a massive heart attack. Nobody realized it for a few days and they
actually had to scrape him off the tower...
...OR SO I'M TOLD. But you know how these legends are; they get more
grotesque as time passes and memories fade.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Olver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: k1man
You guys talk about the Dog, what about Mike, w2oy, any of you remember him
on 75?
Fred Olver [log in to unmask]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: k1man
> Bob,
>
> I could never figure out whether the Dog was serious, or whether he
> just said things to stir people up. And you're right, he was some
> sort of TV technician. More than that, he was a minority of one.
>
> Steve
>
> On Thursday 3/30/06 10:55 Bob Martin wrote:
>>You folks will appreciate this... And it's accurate...
>>
>>I once had a dog fight with The Dog. WI4B and I were talking on 40 meters
>>about ways we were using the Apple IIe with our students. Dog said there
>>are some people whom he disliked and who shouldn't be on HAM radio.
>>Included in his list were several minority groups and "blind people." I
>>think he is or was a television technician and held or holds an Extra
>>Class
>>License.
>>
>>Bob Martin
>>
>>
>>Please visit http://www.wan-leatonks.net.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Bob Moore - KA5ETA" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:27 AM
>>Subject: Re: k1man
>>
>>
>> > Talking about people that the rules do not apply to what happened to
>> > the
>> > DOG? I don't remember for sure but was the call n5dog?
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:35 AM
>> > Subject: Re: k1man
>> >
>> >
>> >> His problem has never, imo, been with his operating skills, per se,
>> >> but =
>> >> with his arrogant attitude that the rules about "broadcasting" and =
>> >> commercial use of the bands don't apply to him.
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> >> From: Kevin Kwan=20
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 3:59 AM
>> >> Subject: k1man
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> regarding Glen Bastard, apparently he's behaving himself on the yl =
>> >> system on
>> >> 14.332. He helps out with net control activities and relays pertinent
>> >> information. I was surprised when I heard his call sign thrown around
>> >> =
>> >> during
>> >> the summer when I first became active on that frequency. It's neat to
>> >> =
>> >> hear
>> >> such a character exhibited good operator skills, since he's proven in
>> >> =
>> >> the
>> >> past to have none.
>> >>
>> >
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