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   The Triple Play:   
      
   The Ham Radio Wedding, The Honeymoon And More, And Ham For The Holidays   
      
   Written By Daryl Stout, WX4QZ, Webmaster, Cabot Nightflyers Net   
   Revised May  8, 2023   
      
   Please email me at wx1der@gmail.com with questions, comments, corrections,   
   etc.   
      
   **   
      
   This file is a combination of 3 presentations in one.    
      
   The first one was "The Ham Radio Wedding", which united Ham and Radio in   
   Holy Telephony, originally done on Valentine's Day Weekend, 2012.   
      
   Nine months later (for obvious reasons), we had, from a trusted group of   
   Official Observers (hi hi), "The Honeymoon And More"...which detailed the   
   honeymoon, and the harmonics early years. The last one, planned for July,   
   2013, along the line of a "Christmas in July" theme, we have "Ham For The   
   Holidays". Based on the melody of "The 12 Days Of Christmas", it was   
   modified for "The 12 Days Of Hamming", detailing 12 items in the ham radio   
   hobby...with some sections being quite detailed.   
      
   Unfortunately, due to equipment failure and other issues, the combination   
   "Triple Play" for the Cabot Nightflyers Net, didn't occur. With a lack of   
   recordings, plus changing of my callsign, the removal of a YouTube video   
   of a wedding at a ham radio club, and changes in the issuance of a paper   
   copy of ham radio licenses (among other things), the script has been   
   redone into one file.   
      
   If these are done on the air, you will need to give pauses to reset the   
   repeaters, Echolink Nodes, etc., as well as to identify your station, as   
   per the amateur radio rules of your country.   
      
   Also, I kindly ask that yours truly, Daryl Stout, WX4QZ, be given credit   
   for the material. I have made the file available for all to download and   
   use, to bring a little humor into ones day, as there's so little to laugh   
   at in the world today.   
      
   You may wish to edit the "personal comments related to WX4QZ" that were   
   made...and for the net name...but keeping the comments may add a bit of   
   "extra flavor" to the presentation.   
      
   This is especially true for those who are Volunteer Examiners, who have   
   had similar experiences at license exam sessions that I have noted in   
   "Ham For The Holidays".   
      
   Those who are not ham radio operators may not understand all the punny   
   humor; but those who are hams, will likely bust out laughing. So, before   
   doing these on the air, you might want to advise people to make a quick   
   restroom trip, not be eating or drinking, or pull off to the side of the   
   road.   
      
   Otherwise, they may have a mess on their hands...or worse, wreck their   
   vehicle.   
      
   Besides the 3 segments, there are 4 digital mode sound files...CW, PSK31,   
   RTTY, and Packet.   
      
   And, there are also short Third party traffic segments...all these as   
   part of "The Ham Radio Wedding". The Third Party Traffic was courtesy of   
   fellow computer bulletin board system operator (BBS Sysop), the late Tim   
   Cornett, who was not a licensed ham radio operator (Tim passed away a few   
   years ago).   
      
   You can create your own audio file with the words done by Tim Cornett,   
   and you can find audio samples of the modes of CW, PSK31, RTTY, and   
   Packet, via your favorite search engine. The segments of thse digital   
   modes may not actually have the words used, but they give the idea of   
   what that particular mode sounds like. Besides, amateur radio is a hobby   
   around the world, and some operators communicate in a language besides   
   English.   
      
   Since The Cabot Nightlyers Net went on hiatus several years ago, and I was   
   doing the website...until the net returns (that is up to the original Net   
   Control station, Steve Tune, KC5FWE)...I have REDUCED that website to just   
   the initial page. I still have all the files, but until the net does come   
   back online, I see no need at this point to have the data up. At this time   
   (May, 2007), there is no word on when the net may resume.   
      
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