[SOC] SOC Operating Tips

[Peter John COOK]

Folks,
 
Pleased to be a new member.
 
You know you deserve to be an SOC when:
 
- You though you would get an extra contest multiplier for resolving SSB
calls thru' the CW filter
- You use an empty toilet roll in front of the mic for that extra 20dB
speech compression
- You tune the linear for MAXIMUM Plate and Grid current- ALWAYS!
- You connect the linear the wrong way round for a QRP entry.
- You borrow the kids kareoke machine to get that extra echo and roger
bleep at the end of transmission
- You have just 20cents left in the shacks pre-paid electric meter ahead
of a contest weekend
- You have no beer in the fridge
- You have the kids in the the shack during the contest as the XYL has
gone shopping
- You use a gas pipe as the main station earth
- You disconnect the building lightning protection from the earth pit as
it makes a great frame antenna
- You show REAL commitment to CW as you superglue your homebrew
"clothes-peg" paddle key to your thumb and forefinger
- You put saltwater in the XYL's Koi fishpond to improve the apparent
ground conductivity
 
37's
 
Pete 9V1PC  SOC #684



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