[SOC] Wal Mart - Continued

[JMcAulay]

At 12:28 PM 03/22/2004 -0500, Bill, VA3Ol wrote:

>I knew that I was a SOC many years ago! 
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>This is the club for me. 

Hey, me too.  The fastest I ever copied in my life was 16 (coded groups),
and when I went to see the RI to take the 13 WPM test back in the days when
you had to have solid copy one minute out of five, I copied 66 characters
in a row and then totally fell apart. 

So when I operate CW, it's around 10 wpm, and that's about it.  It's easy
to tell when I'm on the air... just listen for the guy who keeps sending
"QRS."   

I often used to operate SSB with a barefoor Argonaut.  Isn't it amazing how
a 5x9 report will go down the drain so many times after the other end of
the line finds out there's only about two watts pumping that way?  Lots of
that going around.  

To me, SOC is quite an achievement.  I'm lucky to rate so high.

73
John WA6QPL  SOC 263