[SOC] Fwd: AW: SOC Membership

[Tom McCulloch]

Keith is right, we have an image to live up to hear.

Tom wb2qdg

Soc# ...hmmm, I forget


On 5/5/2018 3:30 PM, Keith via SOC wrote:
> Hi all, he is a CWops member too good for us!
>
> Keith g0hkc
> CWA Advisor
>
>
>> On 5 May 2018, at 14:51, Walter - K5EST <walter.k5est at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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/
>>
>>
>>
>> <Coordinator....ozarkconcoordinator at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> <Coordinator....ozarkconcoordinator at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
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>>> fool of myself in any way I see fit
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