From w7rf at radiodan.com  Tue Jun  4 18:19:48 2019
From: w7rf at radiodan.com (W7RF Dan)
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 16:19:48 -0600
Subject: [NCARC] W7RF, inducted into FOC
Message-ID: <080d3652-ef55-3e07-4c2f-a4d9dad47305@radiodan.com>

I wanted to share with the club a proud moment in my Ham career.
I have been inducted into the FOC. First Class CW Operators Club on June 
1, 2019.

FOC was formed in Great Britain in 1938 as club with the highest 
standards of CW operating and since 1938, only 2135 members have been 
accepted.
There are requirements for joining and these must be demonstrated over a 
6 month period, having been nominated and then sponsored by at least 5 
current members, one of which must be from the UK and others from at 
least two continents. Qualifications include sending and receiving CW at 
25+ WPM with good signal and sending characteristics. Members who 
sponsor you must have 2-way CW qso's on at least two bands with you and 
cannot be asked to sponsor, they must independently recognize your ability.
You must be very active, have good practice, clean signal, and skills to 
be recognized.
Current membership is limited to 500

There is only one other FOC member here in northern Colorado, Cliff 
N6KII in FC, about 5 total in the state.

www.g4foc.org

-- 
73, Dan Magro W7RF FOC 2135
Amplifier keying interfaces, repeater controllers, CW keyers
Lots of neat products!
Radiodan.com, Hamgadgets.com
RFpower at radiodan.com


From whatley52 at comcast.net  Wed Jun  5 06:26:02 2019
From: whatley52 at comcast.net (Willis Whatley)
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 04:26:02 -0600
Subject: [NCARC] W7RF, inducted into FOC
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Message-ID: <000601d51b89$13f10610$3bd31230$@net>

Dan,

Congratulations on your induction to FOC.  This is a significant as well as worthy and deserved achievement.
I knew you were already a FISTS member but this certainly is a "step above" the others.

Thanks for sharing this with us and for being an Elmer to the ham community.

73,
WA5VRL
Willis


-----Original Message-----
From: ncarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ncarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W7RF Dan
Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 4:20 PM
To: Darren Kalmbach; Joe Hawley; NCARC
Subject: [NCARC] W7RF, inducted into FOC

I wanted to share with the club a proud moment in my Ham career.
I have been inducted into the FOC. First Class CW Operators Club on June 1, 2019.

FOC was formed in Great Britain in 1938 as club with the highest standards of CW operating and since 1938, only 2135 members have been accepted.
There are requirements for joining and these must be demonstrated over a
6 month period, having been nominated and then sponsored by at least 5 current members, one of which must be from the UK and others from at least two continents. Qualifications include sending and receiving CW at 
25+ WPM with good signal and sending characteristics. Members who
sponsor you must have 2-way CW qso's on at least two bands with you and cannot be asked to sponsor, they must independently recognize your ability.
You must be very active, have good practice, clean signal, and skills to be recognized.
Current membership is limited to 500

There is only one other FOC member here in northern Colorado, Cliff N6KII in FC, about 5 total in the state.

www.g4foc.org

--
73, Dan Magro W7RF FOC 2135
Amplifier keying interfaces, repeater controllers, CW keyers Lots of neat products!
Radiodan.com, Hamgadgets.com
RFpower at radiodan.com



From eric at uphreak.com  Wed Jun  5 08:39:07 2019
From: eric at uphreak.com (Eric Tamme)
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 08:39:07 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [NCARC] W7RF, inducted into FOC
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From steveh291 at comcast.net  Wed Jun  5 11:23:56 2019
From: steveh291 at comcast.net (Steve Henry)
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 09:23:56 -0600
Subject: [NCARC] W7RF, inducted into FOC
In-Reply-To: <080d3652-ef55-3e07-4c2f-a4d9dad47305@radiodan.com>
References: <080d3652-ef55-3e07-4c2f-a4d9dad47305@radiodan.com>
Message-ID: <002d01d51bb2$b14f23a0$13ed6ae0$@comcast.net>

This is so cool-- congratulations, Dan!

'73

Steve Henry
N7GN

-----Original Message-----
From: ncarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <ncarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of W7RF Dan
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2019 4:20 PM
To: Darren Kalmbach <d.kalmbach at gmail.com>; Joe Hawley <jhawley2 at msn.com>; NCARC <ncarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [NCARC] W7RF, inducted into FOC

I wanted to share with the club a proud moment in my Ham career.
I have been inducted into the FOC. First Class CW Operators Club on June 1, 2019.

FOC was formed in Great Britain in 1938 as club with the highest standards of CW operating and since 1938, only 2135 members have been accepted.
There are requirements for joining and these must be demonstrated over a
6 month period, having been nominated and then sponsored by at least 5 current members, one of which must be from the UK and others from at least two continents. Qualifications include sending and receiving CW at 
25+ WPM with good signal and sending characteristics. Members who
sponsor you must have 2-way CW qso's on at least two bands with you and cannot be asked to sponsor, they must independently recognize your ability.
You must be very active, have good practice, clean signal, and skills to be recognized.
Current membership is limited to 500

There is only one other FOC member here in northern Colorado, Cliff N6KII in FC, about 5 total in the state.

www.g4foc.org

--
73, Dan Magro W7RF FOC 2135
Amplifier keying interfaces, repeater controllers, CW keyers Lots of neat products!
Radiodan.com, Hamgadgets.com
RFpower at radiodan.com



