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   KICKER: NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HAM RADIO STYLE   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We end this newscast with a Newsline holiday tradition   
   - a ham log instead of a yule log. This much-loved adaptation of the   
   Clement Clarke Moore classic is proof that 10 meters isn't the only   
   place where magic happens. It surrounds us in the season and the   
   community of amateur radio as Jim Damron N8TMW reminds us.   
      
   JIM: Twas the night before Christmas and all through the shack The rig   
   was turned off and the mic cord lay slack   
      
   The antenna rotor had made its last turn, the tubes in the linear had   
   long ceased to burn.   
      
   I sat there relaxing and took off my specs, preparing to daydream of   
   Armchair DX-- When suddenly outside I heard such a sound, I dashed out   
   the door to see what was around.   
      
   The moon shone down brightly and lighted the night. For sure   
   propagation for the low bands was right.   
      
   I peered toward the roof where I heard all the racket and there was   
   some guy in a red, fur-trimmed jacket!   
      
   I stood there perplexed in a manner quite giddy: Just who WAS this   
   stranger? di di dah dah di dit?   
      
   He looked very much like an FCC guy who'd come to check up on some   
   badTVI.   
      
   I shouted to him: "Old man...QR-Zed?" "Hey you by the chimney all   
   dressed up in red!"   
      
   I suddenly knew when I heard sleigh bells jingle The guy on the rooftop   
   was Jolly Kris Kringle   
      
   He had a big sack full of amateur gear which was a big load for his   
   prancing reindeer. Transmitters, receivers, for cabinets and racks Some   
   meters and scopes and a lot of coax.   
      
   He said not a word 'cause he'd finished his work. He picked up his sack   
   and he turned with a jerk. As he leaped to his sleigh, he shouted with   
   glee And I knew in a moment he'd be QRT.   
      
   I heard him transmit as he flew o'er the trees "Merry Christmas to all,   
   and to all seventy-three."   
      
   "Ho Ho Ho"   
      
   (AUTHOR UNKNOWN)   
      
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