[SOC] CW Dog

[n0uv at charter.net]

I'm usually pretty quiet, but had to send this out to the group.
73 es Ho Ho Ho
Scott - n0uv
See you in the 160 tonight.

I received this from Dr. Del Kohler, W7JG.

Phil

    Subject: The CW Dog

During a recent trip my wife and I were on we drove

around the back woods of East Texas. On one back road I

saw a sign in front of a broken down shanty style

house: "Talking Dog for Sale." Well I needed a break so

I stopped to see what the deal was. I went into the

backyard and see a nice looking Labrador retriever

sitting there.

"You talk?" I asked. 

"Yep," the Lab replies. 

Well after I got over the shock of hearing a dog talk,

I asked "So, what's your story?" 

"Ah shucks there ain't much to tell. Is that a VUU

screwdriver antenna on your truck out there?" 

"How did you know that," I asked? 

The Lab looks up and says, "Well, I'm a ham radio

operator. I got my Ticket when I was a young pup and in

no time at all I had my 5 band DXCC in Phone and CW.

The CIA heard about me and asked me to do some spy work

for them. I would h ang around the communications

centers and with my keen hearing I could copy the transmissions. 

Because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping, I was one of 

their most valuable spies for eight years." Copying high speed CW 

all day really tired me out and I knew I wasn't getting any younger. 

So, I decided to settle down. I retired from the CIA 

8 dog years is 56 CIA years) and joined a ham radio club. 

In fact I won first place in the Oklahoma QSO Party two years in a 
row. 

Then I had a mess of puppies and got away from Ham Radio for a while. 

I sure miss my radio. Why don't you buy me and I'll be your CW 
operator 

in the Texas QSO Party. 

I said "let me see what I can do." 

I went back in and asked the owner what he wanted for

the dog. 

"Ten dollars," the guy says. 

"Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you

selling him so cheap?" 

"Bec ause he's a liar. He never did any of that stuff.

He's just a No Code Technician."