[SOC] Fwd: An Alliance?

[Ron KU7Y]

Dan is already SOC #637.

Hehehehehe!

OK, back in my hole,

Ron, KU7Y
Mountain Home, ID  DN23dc
CW Ops #1211
QRP ARCI #8829
SOC #2
Idaho DX Association
Ron at ku7y.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Hans Brakob
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 7:15 PM
> To: SOC
> Cc: K7SS Eskenazi
> Subject: [SOC] Fwd: An Alliance?
> 
> 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”
> 
> ________________________________
> 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"™
> 
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> News Release:
> 
> QCAO Reorganizes
> 
> de Danny, K7SS
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------​
> 
> 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!
> 
> The benefits of QCAO include not only the pride of membership. Think of
> the warm glow you will feel at club meetings and gatherings showing off
> your new all-plastic imprinted QCAO pocket protector! And that's not
> all! For your minimal membership fee, you will also receive a handsome,
> suitable-for-framing, certificate of honor, with hand-lettered name and
> Charter Membership Number. Other QCAO memorabilia will soon be available
> for members, including T-shirts, caps, pins, etc. At this date charter
> membership numbers are still available. Membership requires a 25 years
> (more or less) interest in Amateur Radio, coupled with a basic ignorance
> of how radios work and how to repair them.
> 
> Think of meeting other QCAO members on the air! No more embarrassing
> pauses when someone in the QSO mentions an RF choke or a parasitic
> bleeder...Be able to exchange meaningful sharing, talk about real
> things, yes, even swap QCAO numbers with each other! And soon perhaps .
> . . a worldwide QCAO contest!
> 
> You no longer have to shrink to the back of the room at post-meeting
> sessions of your radio club. Just display your QCAO protector and others
> will be able to identify you immediately. Who knows? Perhaps one of the
> originals from that old QCAO Chapter is just waiting for you to find
> him. Join now! Remember "We don't have to know how to solder, we just
> wanna talk on our radios"! Don't let technoids embarrass you and kick
> jargon in your face. Stand up for what's right! Join QCAO!
> 
> "e pluribus ignoramae"
> 
> 
> 
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