[BC] Christmas Eve For Engineers

Rex Hyum Lee rex
Wed Dec 27 02:28:55 CST 2006


Mike Snyder, CPBE, KB0MJW 
Assistant Chief Engineer 
Citadel Broadcasting Company-ABQ 
500 4th Street, NW-Fifth Floor 
Albuquerque, NM 87102 
505-767-6763 
mike.snyder at citcomm.com 


Christmas Eve For Engineers 


Twas the night before Christmas and I had finally gotten home 

When my wife met me at the door and handed me the phone. 


"It's that darn remote control thing" she said in great dismay 

Which doesn't call simply to say Happy Holiday. 


So while my children were hanging the stockings by the chimney with care 

I'm preoccupied trying to get the transmitter back on the air. 


"ON filaments, ON plate, NO output? You stupid ____" 

"Recycle, RESET, Overload? I'm fixen ----!!" 


Regaining my composure to notice my Daughter's staring face 

Asking "Daddy - do you HAVE to go to that transmitter place??" 


"Yes Honey," I said "But it won't be for long" 

Hoping deep down inside that I wasn't wrong. 


So out I trudged into the cold winter's night 

To the world's most remote tower site. 


Driving past all the houses, lit up with holiday glee 

Feeling sorry for myself -- and asking why me ?? 


But as I got closer my heart was feeling some lighter 

when all of a sudden -- I started hearing the EXCITER! 


"Power Supply"! I thought ... "surely it's not the final" 

My heart's racing now, anticipating arrival. 


With schematic after schematic dancing in my head 

"what if the plate transformer's shorted dead"?? 


Throwing open the gate and running into the shack 

I start to tackle the problem and race around to the back 


Where much to my amazement, what did I see ?? 

A half open back door --- apparently not shut --- BY ME !! 


As I return to my cottage after a night so tiring, 

I'm wondering if perhaps McDonald's is hiring ! 


Then I think "What a profession --- I could never leave" 

After all, I've got maintenance scheduled for NEW YEAR'S EVE !!

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Shalom B'Shem Yeshua HaMashiach 
Peace in the Name of Yeshua, the Messiah
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