This is a Reply to a message found in the FIDO Windows 95 echo.   
      
   HG>Well, I have everything needed including soldering irons and the   
     >know-how how to use them. After all, I did previously build all my ham   
     >gear myself including the first SSB-transmitter in Finland year 1956.   
      
   Holger,   
      
   "1956" was about 10 years before Heathkit brought out their   
   SB-xxx series of SSB Amateur Radio gear.   
      
   I learned about Ham Radio in the Autumn of 1956 and hadn't heard   
   about SSB until a few years later.   
      
   I didn't own a SSB rig until the 1970's when I got a Kenwood   
   TS-520S.   
   I added the DC Power Pack to it and did use it /M a few times in   
   an older car of mine, with a Hustler Antenna.   
      
   Did Your SSB-transmitter use something like the Multi-Phase   
   Central Electronics Model 10 and 20 series circuitry?   
      
   The Model 10 and 20 were the earliest SSB rigs I can remember,   
   I think Collins Radio, SSB Amateur Radios came a bit later   
   on.(???)   
      
   I used a Central Electronics 100V w/ 600L Amp at a U.S. Navy   
   Ham Shack in 1961 and LOVED IT!   
      
   I built a Heathkit DX-40 after I got my Novice ticket, but never   
   tried building any SSB stuff.   
      
      
    * SLMR 2.1a #T348 * I started with nothing, and I still have most of it left.   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux   
    * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1)