Poultry QRM?

[KN1W]

Last night on 40m I heard the best signing off ever. I have removed the callsigns from the recording to protect the innocent.

Is this the CFO secret handshake?

Amazing stuff! Takes a great fist and a bug to create this beautiful music!

SRI for the quality of the recording

http://www.mac84.com/kn1w/chickens.mp3

[KB1OOO]

awesome!

[K5END]

just guessing...

CFO = "chicken farm operators?"

[KN1W]

CFO "Chicken Fat Operators"

If you have access to the QST archive do a search for CFO. There is an
article from 1983 that explains the High speed Cw group.

QST Issue: Jan 1983
Title: CFO--Those CW Folks
Author: Barry Yoder, W8SJO
Page 77

I don't know if the recorded signing off was a CFO member, but It was definitely fun to listen to.

Hopefully someone else can clarify this for us!

tnx

[N0BOF]

Nice

[AB9NZ]

Love it. Too cool.

[KE3WD]

Sounds best, and absolutely chicken-authentic, when done using an old Heathkit with ye olde flaky regulator circuit...  

I remember when some of us actually used to send the "sick chicken" signal report to some of those.  

And for the record, I don't think it was just Heath products, there were a few others like that back in the day.  Occasionally I still hear that sound on the CW bands from countries like Cubam where many hams evidently must make do with older gear.  

--KE3WD

[KB1OOO]

Funny what turns us hams on.  So I'm thinking that my XYL will actually find that recording interesting.   Her response "that doesn't sound like any chicken I've ever heard."

[KN1W]

My kids got it right away, My XYL didn't care much for it.

[KA3DNR]

Too funny...love it