Hi Hank,
Mike Premis, W2OY was one of the most notorious renegades of the 1940's
through the
1970's. He was located in Lancaster New York--just a few miles from my
location. He was a devotee of demon rum and was a real potty mouth and
while the heyday of repeaters was not really achieved during the pinnacle of
his notoriety, he was a terror of the HF bands in the area for over 3
decades. He had friends in the local Buffalo office of the FCC and they
went easy on him for quite a while until his normal opening rant that went
something like:
"no kids, no lids, no space cadets, no WB2's in Novice shoes..." got quite
vulgar and racist. I don't remember the whole thing, but it included
anti-Semitic and racist comments. His operating skills left a lot to be
desired too--loud over driven audio, AM only and very sloppy transmit
equipment, deliberately trying to drown out the newer SSB operators, ETC.
ETC. ETC.
He got his come-up-ence when he was found tethered to his radio tower dead
as Charles Dicken's proverbial doornail--from a heart attack. He had been
hanging there for a couple of days--a rather fitting ending to what many
people in the Buffalo, NY area believe was a thoroughly reprehensible human
being.
----- Original Message -----
From: "hank smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: The List
w2oy?
huh?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: The List
> It seems that Simon is our answer to W2OY.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:20 PM
> Subject: The List
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> Nobody can call this list boring. It reminds me of the good old 75 meter
> side band wars. Man, I miss those days of jamming, NA SAC of 3815, the
> power boys on 38 30, WA9SXJ and crew on 38 03, K9YNG who ran an HT37 and a
> big amp who could operate 38 15 and his splatter could be copied more than
> 100 KHz to either side of his signal. Man, I wish the bands would warm up
> so we could have some more of that fun.
>
> Phil.
> Who refuses to give his bootleg call sign.
> K0NX
>
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