December 2005 Page 4

December 2005 - Page 4

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and it will be mailed out right after the proof reading. It can be sent in Word or .pdf format. Notify Eric of the format you desire.

It costs approximately 70 cents per copy to print a newsletter and postage to mail it. Receiving your newsletter electronically helps keep publishing costs down allowing the funds to be used for other club projects

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Keep Kitsap Green:

Help the environment by properly disposing of discharged household batteries. This includes alkaline, regular zinc carbide batteries, and batteries with heavy metals such as ni-cads and lithium ion. The Solid Waste Facility on Hansville Road accepts the batteries as past of the county-wide recycling program. Otherwise, bring them to the meeting for transfer to the disposal site.

Do not bring lead-acid batteries to the meeting for disposal. It is your responsibility to take them to the Solid Waste Facility.

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Callsign by zipcode

Looking for any hams close to your QTH? Go to the URL below and enter a zipcode. It will produce a map of all the hams in that zipcode! It works great.

http://www.perconcorp.com/google_ham.html

Russ, KI7PG

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

May you find new "toys" in the shack

May you log be filled with many new

QSOs

A CHRISTMAS POEM

'Twas the night before Christmas and all though the shack, the rig was turned off and the mike 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 arm chair DX-ing,

When suddenly outside I head such a sound, I dashed out the door to see what was around.

The moon shone brightly and lighted the night.

I peered towards 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 dad dad di di?

He looked very much like an FCC guy, who'd come to check on some bad TVI.

I shouted to him, "OM, QRZ--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 made a big load for a 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,

Then 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.

But I heard him transmit as he flew o'er the trees;

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all 73 and 88."

Tnx to Jerry, K9CCZ, for the holiday reminder.

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Underpaid Authors Wanted

Here’s a thought that comes to mind concerning getting interesting articles into the newsletter. Not all of us have great writing skills, but most of us have opinions, interesting tales to tell, or questions to ask. Our newsletter is a great place to put your ideas out to the rest of the ham world.

If you would like to tell of your experiences, or to ask questions, technical, or ethical, submit them to our editor. Send them in any form and don’t worry about being grammatically perfect. The Editor can tidy your handiwork and our readers will get more variety.

N7EM