[SOC] Finally let in

[AL7JK John]

Welcome to the SOC Deepak ! You;ve been on
many exciting dx peditions om, only in my wildest dreams
could I even visit a few of those locations. Hope you,
your family and friends are safe and healthy.
73 de AL7JK, John

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 11:10 PM Deepak VU2CDP <vu2cdp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Deepak VU2CDP here.
>
> Thank you Bob N4BP for taking me off the secret QRX list and granting me
> #1302. I don't know who my sponsors are but someday when I am able to copy
> their calls correctly I will send them a thank you note.
>
> A little bit about me. I was licenced in 2003 and took to CW to work DX.
> Too bad FT8 wasn't around then else you would've been spared this email. I
> have been privileged to find a seat on a few expeditions as a CW op (or at
> least I thought that was the case). I was told later that being under 40
> means you bring other skill-sets to the table like keeping the coffee pot
> warm, hauling the heavy stuff in the sun and fixing computer crashes for
> the real ops. I know the drill now.
>
> I have also done a few contests as a hired gun and enjoyed operating in the
> company of those highly skilled among us. But operating Top Band from A4
> during CQWW at 2pm local is a qualification not many have earned for their
> SOC membership. Ain't I lucky?
>
> I have been off-air for the past few months due to work and family
> responsibilities but hope to be back before Cycle 25 peaks so that I can
> add to my 10 & 12m totals. I think my CW skills would have rusted enough by
> then to retain my SOC membership; they were terrible enough to begin with
> anyway. So terrible that the local lore here in zone 22 goes  "QSD?"
> translates to "Is that Deepak on the key?"   "QSD!" ...Indeed, it is he!
>
> BCNU
>
> 73,
> Deepak VU2CDP (also N6CDP, A45VN)
> SOC #1302
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