[SOC] Fwd: AW: SOC Membership

[Walter - K5EST]

Whooooooa!!!! I gotta see the Hairspray can antenna working. Guess ya gots
to be fast CW befores the hair goop runs outta the can :-)

.....SOC # 99.9...maybe.....
Walter Dufrain - K5EST
...........QRP UP..........
http://www.4sqrp.com/



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On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 4:02 AM, SOC HQ <soc at qsl.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This one has been received two days ago, sent to the Secretary Office but I
> guess it will be of no harm sharing it with the whole SOC mob.
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
> Subject : AW: SOC Membership
> Date : Thu, 3 May 2018 05:04:03 +0000
>
> Hi unknown (I hope we are on first name terms here)
>
>  I never thought that I would be accepted for membership, I would like to
> thank everyone associated with SOC. And I would like to thank my family, my
> friends, my mom at home, and my dad who I hope is watching somewhere. I
> would like to say thank you. Thank you very much.
>
> (not a dry eye in the house)
>
> Introduction:
>
> I am 63 years old, born in the United Kingdom but live since 1976 in
> Germany, I have been trying to learn the Morse code language the wrong way
> (I still hear "Dog Did It" for D and "Ich Liebe Dich" for L) for about 10
> years, I then took the CW academy course and have improved with their help,
> I got my license in 1986, I am not contester but will give away some points
> if needed, 15 WPM is the speed I am comfortable with but still have
> difficulty head copying, instant recognition of the letters has always been
> my problem and I listen to all letters and numbers every day on the train
> to work and back at 30 WPM.
>
> I am and always will be a QRPer and a straight key guy and enjoy portable
> ops when the weather in not too cold, I also enjoy building and using
> unusual antenna, I once made a dipole from wool soaked in brine for 30m and
> had some contact on WSPR with 200mW with this setup in our attic and also
> had a lot of success with the Hairspray can ant and homebuilt TRX kit (The
> Fivehead) running 1.5 watts (SSB)
>
> I am mostly on the WARC bands with my FT 817 and also a keen kit builder
> such as Pixie 40m, QCX 5w TRX 60m, TxRx ensemble, MKARS 80, The Fivehead
> 40m, rockmiteII 20m and some test equipment.
>
> I hope this will do as an introduction.
>
> Vy 73 Colin DD5CF / G1ZOS SOC#1176
>
>
> --
> 73/72!
> The unknown SOC Secretary
> http://www.qsl.net/soc
>
> Competence is tolerated, but not encouraged I demand the right to make a
> fool of myself in any way I see fit
>
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