06-29-14 12:05 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: HA-24   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <53B13E81.649.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 06-27-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> GM Ed,   
      
    HG> .... ..  . -..   
    EV> TKS or is it TNX that's used on CW?   
      
    HG> You disappoint me. We'll better stay with printed letters.   
    HG> My line above clearly says "HI ED".   
      
   GA Holger,   
      
   It has been a   L O N G   time since I've had a CW QSO and I couldn't   
   remember if TKS or TNX was the Morse Code abbreviation for Thanks,   
   which is what I was trying to say as a "Thank You" in my earlier Reply.   
      
    HG> I have never used the short form TKS but instead TNX or TU.   
      
   I saw TKS mentioned in a magazine once and thought it 'sounded' more   
   like the word thanks sounds and I started using it instead of TNX even   
   though TNX has a real nice rythym to it as it is being sent.   
      
   I don't believe I've ever heard TU back when I was active on CW.   
      
    EV> I'm not familiar with the HA-24 RF AMP, I'll hafta go look through   
    EV> my collection of Heath catalogs to refresh my memory.   
    EV> Later: I looked through several Heathkit catalog issues but never   
    EV> seen mention of either the HA-24 or the HP-24, guess I will have to   
    EV> go to a Search Site to find out.   
      
    HG> The assembly manual is printed 1965.   
      
   I found a 1967 HEATHKIT Catalog and saw the HA-14 "KW Kompact" and its   
   DC and AC Power Supplies described in it.   
   Thanks for helping me to know when Your RF Amplifier was being sold.   
      
    EV> When I read about your 872B problem I was 'thinking' the tube was a   
    EV> Triode or Tetrode and couldn't find any info on it while rambling   
    EV> thru the Transmitting Tubes pages in the back of my 1976 A.R.R.L.   
    EV> Radio Amateur's Handbook.   
      
    HG> No wonder because I made a mistake. The tubes used in the HA-24   
    HG> are two 572B's in grounded grid configuration.   
      
   I see that You wrote HA-24 again, it is the HA-14 You own isn't it?   
      
    EV> There IS A Difference!  but you know how it is with the old saying   
    EV> that it's hard to learn an old dog a new trick.   
      
    HG> Well,previously you did use the hyphen for a dash so apparently   
    HG> there has been a change of mind to antique times.   
      
   I thought a dash was the same name for a hyphen, and the character I   
   used is called a UnderScore?   
      
    EV> Speaking of "locationally challenged", Your mention of being in   
    EV> Finland when You went into the Army, made me wonder if You are   
    EV> Finnish and moved to Ahvenanmaa?   
    EV> (I found that word just now with the WordWeb Dictionary)   hi  73   
      
    HG> No I'm not finnish. I am born as a "finland/swede" which means   
    HG> that my native language is swedish. While living in Finland you   
    HG> will be called in for obligatory military duty at age 18+. That   
    HG> will last 8 - 12 months   
      
    HG> At age 26 I moved to the Aland Islands which is a   
    HG> self-governing part of Finland with our own parliament and   
    HG> laws. The Aland Islands is a demili- tarized zone and hence   
    HG> there is no military duty either.   
      
   Thank You! for sharing that info.   
      
    HG> The name Ahvenanmaa is not an official name for this area   
    HG> because the only official language is swedish an therefore that   
    HG> name is not OK.   
      
   I just thought to use that word after seeing it in the WordWeb program.   
      
    HG>  * MR/2 2.30 * If I learn from my mistakes, I get a FABULOUS   
    HG> education.   
      
   That is what I'm doing here, I'm getting a "FABULOUS education", thanks   
   to all who share their knowledge through their use of a BBS.   
   73   
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