[SOC] Finally let in

[Joseph B Cotton]

Deepak
Yes I echo the welcome.  This is Joe W3TTT with SOC "Doomsday Clock" number
1159.  Happy to have you as a member.  One possible problem is that you are
first class CW op, but let's look for some other areas that you might be
qualified for this rag-tag club.  I love reading the second class funny
emails and notes.  Keeps the hobby of ham radio in perspective. Someone
once asked me "Joe, when are you going to get serious about Ham Radio?"  I
said "Never!"
73, Joe

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 3:10 AM 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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