[SOC] Fwd: An Alliance?

[Hans Brakob]

Danny sends his QCAO regards below.

I suggest that our low-esteemed Unknown Secretary might allow him access to our secret handshake and a suitable SOC number, perhaps a fractional one.


73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”

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From: dan eskenazi <dank7ss at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 1:55 PM
To: Radio KØHB
Subject: Re: An Alliance?

Hans, im afraid QCAO represents the VERY bottom of the barrel, as far as radio excellence goes. SOC Second class is something our members aspire to, way up above our paygrade.

And of course FOC is beyond even dreaming about.

So elite !!!

So wave that SOC flag proudly, knowing there is an even lower layer.

Of course anything wr can do to support SOC we will do, such as getting on in FOC events and sending SOC numbers.. 😁

You DO have SOC numbers?

73
K7SS, QCAO






On Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 11:46 AM Radio KØHB <kzerohb at gmail.com<mailto:kzerohb at gmail.com>> wrote:
Do you think it would be appropriate for SOC to form an alliance with QCAO?  Seems like a solidly “Second Class” operation.


73, de Hans, KØHB
"Just a boy and his radio"™



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News Release:

QCAO Reorganizes

de Danny, K7SS

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The Quarter Century Appliance Operators was founded in the early 1950's by a small group of Amateur Radio operators from the Pacific Northwest. They had been active in their hobby for over 25 years, yet still lacked the basic knowledge of radio electronics and had no idea of how their equipment worked.

They banded together to try and protect each others honor and pride. At radio gatherings and club meetings in the 1950s one was considered unworthy of the name Ham Radio Operator if he or she couldn't not only name components, but know how to solder them together and make a radio work, or fix a broken set!

When faced with insults and derision, those few hardy pioneers banded together and formed the First Chapter and National Organization of the QCAO. This was known as the "Cold Solder" Chapter. They even coined the now-famous club byword "e pluribus ignoramae" which is Latin for "We don't have to know how to solder, we just wanna talk on our radios."

No veterans of that first chapter are known to be active on the air today. In the late 1950s and early '60s, with the worldwide interest in science and space and technology, the QCAO membership went underground.

It is with great pride and dignity that today in the 21st Century the revived QCAO stands ready to rise from the ashes, and become the standard of mediocrity it once proudly was. In honor of those first pioneering members, QCAO hereby invites all eligible applicants to step forward and join!

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"e pluribus ignoramae"