i believe you're spot-on, Lloyd.  I was invited to joind some years ago and 
never followed up.  I think the exchange is name and   F-O-C number, and it 
is a CW ops club.  You'll notice that all the ops taking part are quite 
good.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: F O C contest??


>F O C stands for Fine Operators Club.  Its origin is in England, but it has
> members all over the world.  I think it's a "by invitation only" club, and
> the QSO party is limited to F O C members.  I don't know how one becomes a
> member.  I hope I have my information correct.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tom Behler
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 10:27 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: F O C contest??
>
> Hi, folks.
>
> I try to keep up with contests as much as I can, but I was tuning around 
> the
> CW portions of the HF bands tonight, and came across a contest called F O 
> C.
>
> I can't find any reference to it on the wa7bnm contest web site, or the 
> ARRL
> web site.
>
> Does anyone have any info on this one, including ccontest background,
> typical exchange, etc.?
>
> Thanks and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ