07-02-14 09:27 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: HA-24/HA-14?   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <53B53308.657.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 06-30-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> GM Ed,   
   GM Holger,   
      
    EV> I saw TKS mentioned in a magazine once and thought it 'sounded' more   
    EV> like the word thanks sounds and I started using it instead of TNX   
    EV> even though TNX has a real nice rythym to it as it is being sent.   
      
    HG> On the contrary, I feel that TNX sounds more like saying   
    HG> thanks.   
      
   Most Ham Radio Operators are use to the sound of TNX meaning Thanks,   
   I used TKS to throw the Receiving Op a curve, and have them think what   
   it was I sent.   
      
   I used to be on CW Traffic Nets and was an Official Relay Station on   
   the State CW Net to a Regional Net.   
      
   On evening when the Net Control Operator (NCS) was someone who has been   
   in Amateur Radio since the 1930's?, instead of normally sending ._. to   
   acknowledge what he told me to do, I sent _ . _. ...._ to him, just as   
   a joke.   
      
   He sent back a Question Mark ..__.. and I repeated what I had sent, and   
   then he gave me a Telegraphic Laugh in return.   
      
   I was in my early 20's when I did that and I haven't changed much since   
   then.   
      
    HG> The assembly manual is printed 1965.   
      
    EV> I found a 1967 HEATHKIT Catalog and saw the HA-14 "KW Kompact" and   
    EV> its DC and AC Power Supplies described in it.   
      
    HG> Yeah, originally it was intended to be a mobile kilowatt but   
    HG> luckily Heathkit decided to provide an AC powersupply too for   
    HG> 115/230V   
      
   Is the RF Amp still used?   
      
    HG> No wonder because I made a mistake. The tubes used in the HA-24   
    HG> are two 572B's in grounded grid configuration.   
      
    EV> I see that You wrote HA-24 again, it is the HA-14 You own isn't it?   
      
    HG> Actually that is easily explained. The name of the PS is HP-24,   
    HG> why not HP-14 ? Well, after sifting through the manual I found   
    HG> out that the mobile PS was named HP-14.   
      
   The Power Supply for their SB- series is named HP-23, so I suppose they   
   just incremented the number One Digit for the AC Power Supply for their   
   KW Kompact RF Amp.   
      
    EV> I thought a dash was the same name for a hyphen, and the character I   
    EV> used is called a UnderScore?   
      
    HG> As Roy showed to you there's no space between two underscores   
    HG> so consequently two underscores will be read as ONE dash.   
      
   When I type two underscores I see a smaller space between the two   
   characters than when I type two dashes, on my Monitor Screen.   
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   --   
      
   I think on a Typewriter the underscore keys typed twice don't have any   
   space between them on the Paper the keys hit.   
      
   Later: I got a Typewriter out and tried it, and yes, there isn't any   
   space seen between the underscore characters on paper.   
      
   So that means to me I wouldn't type Morse Characters on Paper as I do   
   it on the computer.   
      
   I don't/didn't do it to be confusing, I just think it looks better with   
   the Dots and Dashes at the same level on the screen.   
      
   But everyone doesn't think like I do.   
   And I know that.   
      
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