In a message dated 06-23-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   EV> GM Holger ... ._ __ ,   
      
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   EV> Years before my Junior High School friend let me hear WWV on his   
   EV> S-38 RX I got a 2 piece Telegraph Set.   
      
   Hey, I think that the first receiver I owned for ham radio was a S-38   
   but it was broad as a barn door so it was only an intermediate step   
   while I built myself a 14 tube double conversion superhet.   
      
   BTW, talking about output power I forgot that I still have a Heathkit   
   HA-24 PA with the HP-24 AC-power supply. It's useless however since the   
   pair of 872B's are "finito" probably because of overdriving with a Drake   
   TR-4c.   
      
   EV> But I didn't think of typing the 'Sounds' when I used the Underscore   
   EV> and Period characters on the keyboard to 'send my GRIN message'.   
      
   The underscore is a very poor substitute for a dash. Two underscores   
   join each other so you have to look real close if that is intended as   
   one or two dashes.   
      
   EV> I also remember seeing a Morse Code Chart on a page in my older   
   EV> brothers Boy Scout book, and probably if I had joined the Scout's I   
   EV> would had been introduced to hearing the sounds of the Code instead   
      
   I've never been a Boy Scout even though I at one time was interested in   
   the concept and I really don't recall where I got this love for morse   
   but when I was called in for military duty (while living in Finland) I   
   had already started in a amateur radio license course so I asked for a   
   placement in a signal corps battalion and where placed there.   
      
   EV> ... if u cn rd ths u 2 cn thnk up shrt clvr tglns   
      
   I prefer to send tag lines that anybody can understand, not only us   
   weird types called hams, hi.   
      
   CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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