[SOC] Finally let in

[David (G3ZPF)]

There is one thing that we should all take seriously, and that is the 
small part of us that is forever 5yrs old. If we lose that, then we are 
truly lost.

Grandkids help :-)

On 08/04/2021 17:38, Deepak VU2CDP wrote:
> 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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>>
>> --
>> Joseph Cotton, W3TTT
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