Actually, Lee it was Chicken FAT operators. I'm not certain about the
group being born as a protest to
FOC. That may be true. But when I got my CFO membership certificates
many years ago, the legend
held that the members had peaked out around 60 words per minute using
keyboards to generate Morse, so they
decided to smear their keyboards with chicken fat to reduce friction and
enable faster speeds.
dit dit dit di-daaaaahhhh!
73
George W4GFA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Hiers" <aa4ga at contesting.com>
To: <secc at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [SECC] Bill Windle QSO Party - June 11, 2005
> On 1 Jun 2005 at 20:06, Dan/W4NTI wrote:
>
>> You know something guys.....this Fine Operator Club (FOP) has always
>> struck
>> me as an elitist group. Not really my idea of what Ham Radio "should be".
>> They have this maximum member thing, and then they need...what is it 3
>> or
>> so members to recommend another member? Sorry...I just don't think it
>> belongs in Ham Radio.
>
> Do you feel the same way about the ARRL A-1 Op club? It is similar
> in that it requires nomination by a couple of members.
>
> I don't have any problems with it...I can understand that it may seem
> elitist, but I look at it more as a goal to strive for. Both FOC and
> A-1 Op club encourage good operating habits - and the FOC is focused
> on CW - a good thing in this day of almost nil CW requirements.
>
> I doubt I'll ever be active enough to be considered for
> membership...nor will my CW abilities ever be up to the task, but I
> have no problems with the organization at all.
>
> FWIW, we have at least a couple members here: K2UFT and K4BAI, as
> was W4AN.
>
>> Just my opinion....enjoy the contest, I wont be there.
>
> That is the neat thing...you can enjoy your opinion, as can the
> FOCers. But there are others that share your opinion...didn't the
> CFO (Chicken Foot Operators?) come about as a protest to the FOC?
>
> 73 de Lee
>
>
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> Lee Hiers, AA4GA
> Cornelia, Georgia
>
> "Have Dobro Will Travel"
>
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