[SOC] Finally let in

[Deepak VU2CDP]

Thank you gentlemen for the warm welcome. I am glad i joined. SOC seems
like the right place to keep the attitude in check and not take anything
too seriously. I look forward to getting to know the members here and
partake in the fun.

73 and stay safe OMs!
Deepak VU2CDP



On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 5:52 PM Joseph B Cotton <cottonj at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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