A Ham's Christmas

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #82, posted 12-24-22. Introduced by Will Rogers, K5WLR.

[The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 10M with Echolink and AllStar timer resets every 3M55S]

Many voices have come and gone over the past 30-plus years that Hap Holly, KC9RP has cranked out ham radio programming. Few of those voices connected with broadcasting stand out like that of outdoors sportsman, Mike Jackson. We're going to make this RAIN Hamcast podcast a little festive with a reading Mike Jackson recorded in the Radio Amateur Information Network almost 30 years ago. It's a reading of A Ham's Christmas, written by Walter A. Tompkins, K6ATX.

But just who is Mike Jackson really? Another voice often heard in the 90s during the RAIN Report was Chicagoan Angelo Polvere, KA9CSO. Angelo was heard in the late 80s writing and reading biographical pieces concerning those heard during the Bear Information Service that Hap Holly, KC9RP founded in 1985 for the Chicago-based Bear (Broadcast Employees Amateur Repeater). Angelo was later heard reading an occasional script for Hap's RAIN Report. One of those bios he wrote and read that became known as Bear-ographies featured Mike Jackson, but only at the beginning of his 5-minute bio. Here's Angelo's reading of that bio of Oren Brand, K9KEJ.

And that's a Wrap (with a capital w) for the Dec. 24, 2022 RAIN Hamcast podcast #82. Don't forget to check out the RAIN archive on archive.org. 

RAIN Founder Hap Holly/KC9RP edits and produces this biweekly ham radio hamcast without monetization. Your support via PayPal and feedback on therainreport.com are appreciated. RAIN programming is made available under a Creative Commons license—you are encouraged to download, share, post and transmit the RAIN Hamcast in its entirety via Amateur Radio. Thanks to Tom Shimizu/N9JDI for posting a not-for-broadcast version of these podcasts via the RAIN Report Channel on YouTube. Very 73 from RAIN. KEEP ON HAMMING! 

The RAIN Hamcast Podcast #83 will post 01-07-2023.

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