Winter officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on December 21, 2024 at 4:21 am (EST).
To kick off our impending slog through the slush and snow (at least at DX Engineering headquarters in northeast Ohio), OnAllBands presents a dozen days of amateur radio gift-giving ideas sung to the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas,” which you’ve no doubt heard 50 times already, or about 300 times fewer than “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
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On the first day of winter, my true love gave to me…
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On the second day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the third day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the fourth day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Four Genius Clamps
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the fifth day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Five guying rings
- Four Genius Clamps
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the sixth day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Six beads a-choking
- Five guying rings
- Four Genius Clamps
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the seventh day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Seven loops a-looping
- Six beads a-choking
- Five guying rings
- Four Genius Clamps
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the eighth day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Eight keys a-keying
- Seven loops a-looping
- Six beads a-choking
- Five guying rings
- Four Genius Clamps
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the ninth day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Nine jumpers grounding
- Eight keys a-keying
- Seven loops a-looping
- Six beads a-choking
- Five guying rings
- Four Genius Clamps
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the tenth day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Ten analyzers
- Nine jumpers grounding
- Eight keys a-keying
- Seven loops a-looping
- Six beads a-choking
- Five guying rings
- Four Genius Clamps
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the eleventh day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Eleven tuners tuning
- Ten analyzers
- Nine jumpers grounding
- Eight keys a-keying
- Seven loops a-looping
- Six beads a-choking
- Five guying rings
- Four Genius Clamps
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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On the twelfth day of winter, my true love gave to me…
- Twelve dummies loading
- Eleven tuners tuning
- Ten analyzers
- Nine jumpers grounding
- Eight keys a-keying
- Seven loops a-looping
- Six beads a-choking
- Five guying rings
- Four Genius clamps
- Three orange cables
- Two band pass filters
- And a dipole hanging from a tree
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