Back in August 06, I speculated about the apparent bootlegging of my callsign by someone who was a member if the Dallas Nokia radio club, and going by the name "Mike".
Finding that "Mike Walters" worked for Nokia in Dallas and had a bio which said he was an extra class licensee, I checked to find if there were any other hams named Mike Walters who held the extra class license.
Well, there aren't, although I did note that Gary M. Walters, W8ZY, goes by "Mike" and is an extra class licensee. But there were no Walters listed in Texas as of that search.
I have heard from W8ZY, and he is the "Mike Walters" who worked for Nokia, so he is not the (alleged) bootlegger. The person who got himself listed using my call on the membership of the Nokia radio club is still at large, identity unknown.
So apologies to W8ZY for implying by association that he was a bootlegger, that is most definitely not the case.
But I do wonder who was.