I remember all of his DXpeditions, even the ones he wasnt at and have the cards to prove it..
One really comes to mind was him with a card table on some rocks with water showing and Galaxy gear on the table. Was that Serrana Bank? And taken in CA or FL iffn I remember. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Grimm" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Topband: Don Miller and CW Pileup Management > Yep, that's the way I remember it too. It is just so sad that he had that > other side of him that got him in trouble with the ham community and > society generally. Poor guy. Such a waste. > > 73, > > Ken - K4XL > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:45 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Don >> >> Yes - we both remember the Don Miller style of working a CW pileup pretty >> much the same way. >> >> In this case, I quickly realized that if I stuck with the CORE PILE I was >> going to have to really WORK HARD in order to pull out any calls - >> because >> the guys were totally out of control and calling wildly and non-stop. >> >> I am not sure how I came to do what I did, except to say - that, like >> you, >> I knew the opening might not repeat itself (Krassy too had only one night >> at ST0R that was wide open) and he made the most of it I learned from >> that >> and from the Miller remembrances. >> >> So I just winged it and listened up and down for those on the fringes - >> in >> order to maximize the potential of the opening. >> >> Glad it worked out because those good condx did not repeat themselves. >> >> BTW - if you have not already heard, the National Geographic JUNE issue >> (which just came out) has a wonderful colorful spread on Socotra - really >> worth a look. It is also available ON LINE on their website - much of >> what >> is portrayed there are things that I got to see on a tour of the island. >> >> 73 and hope you drank at least ONE BEER for me out at Dayton - I wanted >> to >> come but just could not make it back in time without having had to pay >> double for my airfare and I just wasn't willing to do that - HI. This >> trip >> all in was expensive enough.... >> >> PS YES DON - We ***BOTH*** ARE GETTING OLD - and I am starting to FEEL IT >> - HI HI >> >> JEFF VY2ZM >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: K8MFO <[email protected]> >> To: k1zm <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wed, May 23, 2012 7:42 pm >> Subject: Re: Topband: 7O6T - 160m story - Part II >> >> >> Jeff: >> >> At Dayton I told some folks that you were doing a "Miller-type act", but >> they did not know what I was talking about! Of course you report his >> activities just as they happened at VU2WNV. >> >> I said at the time, and I still do, that the most impressive operating I >> ever heard was W9WNV/FO8M - Maria Theresa. Forget that the island was >> not even above water, and that Miller may not even have been in the >> vicinity. I was sitting in a college dorm at Michigan State, with no >> chance to work him, but I surely could hear him very well, and I listened >> to him for hours. For something to do, I timed him, and he was >> knocking >> off over 250 per hour on CW ... I know, I did the counting! >> >> Don would come back to maybe 8 people, send the one RST .... let's say >> he had blown one of those calls --- he would correct it, and then have >> maybe another 8 "tail enders", and he would send them the single RST! >> Never heard anything like that since .... Your modified version was >> very >> obvious to me, but maybe not to too many others. Guess that means I'm >> OLD, hi. >> >> 73 >> >> Don K8MFO >> >> >> >> In a message dated 5/22/2012 2:30:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> What I did that night was something I learned long ago from Don Miller's >> operations in the 1960's >> >> What Don Miller used to do was a little more extreme - Don would answer >> 10 >> stations at a time - send 599 - and then pick out the next 10 and do it >> again. As a kid in High SchooI, I used to listen in awe to him do this >> from >> VU2WNV - man that guy was really good at it too!) >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK >> > > > > -- > Ken - K4XL > BoatAnchor Manual Archive > BAMA - http://bama.edebris.com > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2425/5018 - Release Date: 05/23/12 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
