[SOC] Fwd: welcome

[Nicholas Booth]

Welcome! 

How close to the continental shelf is “Western Ireland”? I’ve heard tell of a 2 meter trans-Atlantic CW contest, and Ireland is the closest to me. First contact wins a pint in front of St James’ Gate, as well as the undying admiration of the 3 people who know what happened. 

Seventy-Three,
Nick (N1CCK)
FN31RS – CT
SOC# 1258 | FISTS# 19779
 
| By definition, fifty percent of every large group that let's anyone join is below average. ― Jack J. Lee, Year of the Dead

> On Mar 20, 2020, at 3:00 PM, SOC HQ <soc at qsl.net> wrote:
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> To:    SOC HQ <soc at qsl.net>
> From:    g4jht <g4jht at eircom.net>
> Subject:    welcome
> Date:    Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:39:16 +0000
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> welcome to our new friend and fellow SOC from wind swept west of Ireland.
> 
> As a certain Mr T Hancock said "Friends all over the world" by HF skywave CW.
> "You cannot beat a pair of 6146B with 50 mills of grid current glowing blue
> in the dark, as the power throbs through them". "All I get is send a tray
> of bread-pudding  Kuala Lumpa !"
> 
> This quate is from Hancock's Half Hour  entitled; "The radio ham"  google
> it , it is on YouTube. Watch enjoy have a good laugh at the collection of
> "hardware" the BBC got from Totanam Court Road (London England)  "surplus"
> dealers (c 1955), and keep safe.
> 
> 73s,
>    OldBlueBear  4000 miles SE of NY,NY. :-)
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