[Fists] Anybody Got B.O.?

[Jeff Davis]

Fists,

While reading a 1938 QST last evening, I came across a letter to the
editor. The writer was one Amos Utterback, W9FB of Whiting, Indiana.
His note piqued my interest and I wonder if any of you were a member
of the Order of the B.O.?

I had never heard of such but it sounds like a *marvelous* idea for a
new FISTS (CW only, of course!) award. Comments?

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Editor, QST:

I wonder how many of the old timers can remember way back when we used
to proudly display the letters "B.O." on our cards (no wise cracks). I
don't remember just when that grand old order passed away, but for the
benefit of these young squirts and a lot of the old heads I think it
would be a noble idea to resurrect the "B.O." I suggest that A.R.R.L.
issue a certificate to those that qualify, a small one the size of a
QSL card.

"B.O." stands for Boiled Owl, and in order to become such a
magnificent bird it is necessary to spend an entire night pounding
brass--from dark until sun-up, chewing rag, working DX, traffic,
'phone or c.w.... A copy of the logsheet should be sent to QST as
evidence whereupon the "B.O." card would be sent out....

Signed,
Amos Utterback, W9FB
Whiting, Indiana

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73 de Jeff, Ke9v
FISTS #6641
http://www.qsl.net/ke9v/