[SOC] SOC Booth at Dayton

[w7dra at juno.com]

i sent this to randy of CQWW. 

got back "mumph"

 

> 
> There has been some rumblings from the Second Operators Club (of which
I
> am a member, and maybe you too?) about the technology that snuck into
> (barrelled over?) radio contesting
> 
> This is jut an FYI
> 
> mike w7dra
> 
> 
> NEWS FLASH
> CONTESTING NOW SOC EVENTS.
> April 1 2016 for immediate release
> 
> QST QST QST to all radio amateurs.......
> 
> Ham radio contests are all now SOC events.  Due to development of RBN
and
> code readers and decline of contesters involving their own talents in
> copying contest Morse, former First Class Operators skills are no
longer
> needed.  The Second Class Operators association has begrudgingly
accepted
> the burden of underpinning all ham radio contests.
> 
> For a century, First Class Operators banded together to make elite and
to
> validate CW contesting usage by the high skill of actually copying
Morse
> (some at unbelievable speeds) by their own brain power.  Such First
Class
> ops could also actually send with their human hands Morse on CW keys.
> None of these skills are now needed for success in ham radio contests.
> 
> The Second Class Operators (SOC) have shouldered this new development
in
> ham radio with heavy hearts, and shoulders;  however have pledged to
> uphold SOC three-key* keyboards forever.
> 
> *Send call, send exchange, TU.
> 
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