[SOC] Meet the FOCkers

[k4pg]

I am still waiting for SOC member number.....wow, this is great!  It really 
is a SOC!

Kevin K4PG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Patten" <n4bp at bellsouth.net>
To: "SOC Reflector" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 6:02 AM
Subject: [SOC] Meet the FOCkers


> Yesterday (Saturday), I spent several hours participating in the "Bill 
> Widdle QSO Party",
> an FOC sponsored event.  These guys and gals are really a very friendly 
> and (in general)
> great bunch of operators.  I recognized the majority of calls from having 
> worked them
> previously in many contests.  I also wondered how a few were qualified 
> FOCkers, but some
> were probably older folks (like me) who were voted in when they were 
> younger and more
> proficient.
>
> Make no mistake though, I am not a traitor and will always be a Second 
> Class Operator.
> We are also a very friendly and great bunch of operators!  AND, like Avis, 
> "since we're
> second, we try harder".  One of my fellow Florida Contest Group members is 
> also an FOC
> member and sent me a list of requirements for membership.  You must have 
> five sponsors
> and have worked each on at least two bands.  Also, one of them must be a G 
> (UK) and one
> other from a different continent.  If the club is at its maximum 
> membership of 500, you
> must wait for someone to either resign or become an SK.
>
> Contrast this with SOC membership requirements - ask for a membership 
> number from the
> "Unknown Secretary".  You're in!  :-)
>
> -- 
> 73,     Bob Patten, N4BP                Plantation, FL
>
> E-Mail: n4bp at arrl.net                   Website: http://www.qsl.net/n4bp
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>
>
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