[ARC5] Merry Christmas

[Fuqua, Bill L]

   My most memorable Christmas was when I was only about 9 years old and got a S-38E under the tree.
I knew it was coming and could not wait. Got everyone up in the early morning so I could open the package
and went running off to my room to set it up. It was my first shortwave receiver.
   I never had a train or BB gun ("you'll put your eye out kid"). My father was a mechanic and when I was
very young he had his own shop and put up a tall tower so he could have 2-way communication to his wreckers.
That and seeing him fix our first TV set got me interested in radio. 
73
Bill wa4lav
 
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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] on behalf of Jay Coward [jcoward5452 at aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 9:32 AM
To: k2gkk at hotmail.com; joeconnor53 at yahoo.com; mark.k3msb at gmail.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Merry Christmas

It was 1956 when I got my American Flyer set, a 4-6-2  loco with tender, a coal carrier, flat car. Gulf tanker and caboose. Two switches and a de-coupler. Still have it and I got a bottle of "smoke" fluid too. Still love that smell as much as old mil radio smell!
Jay


-----Original Message-----
From: D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: Joe Connor <joeconnor53 at yahoo.com>; K3MSB Mark Bell <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>; ARC-5 Mail List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, Dec 25, 2013 5:54 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Merry Christmas


It was Christmas '49 or '50 at Grandma and Grandpa house when I came downstairs
and Dad had set up the new Lionel Santa Fe double A unit freight train set under
the tree.  Had the coal hopper car, searchlight car, gondola car, operating box
car and caboose and the KW transformer.  My best Christmas ever!  Still have it!


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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
* (Since 30 Nov 53) *
* Oklahoma City, OK *
* USAF, Ret (61-81) *
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> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 12:54:35 -0800
> From: joeconnor53 at yahoo.com
> To: mark.k3msb at gmail.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Merry Christmas
>
> Very nice, Mark. Was there anything ever better than waking up on Christmas
morning and finding a Lionel Santa Fe diesel engine under the tree?
>
>                                                    Joe Connor
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 2:50 PM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I shot this early this morning before anyone got up.
> >
> >http://www.k3msb.com/temp/train1.mp4
> >
> >It just wouldn't be Christmas without the old Lionel around the tree!
> >
> >God Bless & Merry Christmas to all of you!
> >
> >73 Mark K3MSB


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