[SOC] FOC

[W2AGN]

On Monday 11 February 2002 14:34, hattonte@gdls.com wrote:
> Wake up Gents, we might get a new member (if we sedate him first)
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> clip/
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> > Also, post good stuff  to the SOC too.   That gets read a lot.
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> Well, I don't have good stuff to post and don't belong to the SOC, altho my
> motto is soc et tuam.
> BTW, I heard a guy calling "CQ FOC" the other day.  yougottabeshittingme.
> /


The FOCers were having a contest. I called one, and gave my SOC number and he 
went away mad!
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> (1)  re SOC-    I, predictably, am a member.   SOC 50 and SOC 251.   Nobody
> knows why, not even the Founder.    Don't know who that was, naturally.
> I could sponsor you as a member if you can point to something reasonably
> dumb that you have achieved.    We're very tolerant about this- even NOT
> having a Qualifying Goof would qualify you, because you were too dumb to
> think one up ahead of time.    See?    Simple!

Founder was Bob Patton, N4BP SOC #1
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> (2) Yes,  I too heard a few CQ FOC's floating around a week or so back.
> I suspect that they were having a Ceremony of some sort.    Certainly, they
> were hammering along at a fair clip- no mistakes or repeats either (that I
> could catch).    Ah well, one day that might be us.

Reminded me of old W2OY from the late 50's "CQ CQ NO LIDS,NO KIDS NO SPACE 
CADETS..."
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> (3) Mind if I copy this to the soc reflector?   It might just wake up some
> of the old fogies there...
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> Terry w1qf
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