In a message dated 06-18-15, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GM Ed,   
      
    EV> I built my DX-40 kit over 50 years ago.   
      
    HG> My first build however was a 6F6+807 xtal controlled   
    HG> transmitter   
      
   That was in 1951.   
   After having been released from the obligatory military duty 1952 I   
   bought a homebuilt transmitter rack containing an 807 PA & AM modulator.   
      
   Since the amplitude modulated transmissions caused BCI I built a NBFM   
   modulator.   
      
   The next project was the 14-tube double conversion superhet based on a   
   danish (Torotor) coil set in 1953. Except the coil set it was built from   
   scratch.   
      
   Next was a transmitter with a Geloso (it.) VFO and a 2E26 PA in 1954.   
      
   1955 was the big year when I built a SSB exciter, a chinese copy of the   
   Central Electronics 20A. I was helped by CE in that I was allowed to buy   
   the Phase shift network and the PA switched coil assembly. I did also   
   receive a complete manual and chassis drawing for the 20A. I came on the   
   air with it in nov. 1955 as the first ham in Finland on SSB.   
      
   In 1956 I had a 4 ft. rack fabricated to house a 4-65A PA and tuner on   
   top, an AM modulator below it and on the bottom shelf a PS for both.   
   The choice of PA tube was due to the 150W PEP and CW limit. AM was   
   limited to 50W.   
      
   In 1957 the entire family moved to Mariehamn on the Aland Islands after   
   my XYL (OH2QJ) and I (OH2OJ) had first made a SSB DXpedition to the   
   islands to put that country on the SSB map.   
      
   EV> I put together a Heathkit FM Tuner to use with the Heath AA-32   
   EV> Stereo Amplifier for my Hi-Fi setup.   
   EV> That's as close as I've gotten in receiver building.   
      
   I have built a lot of Heathkits both for myself and for customers that   
   didn't they were capable to do it themselves. A National and a couple of   
   Eico transceiver kits were also built.   
      
   I still have a Heathkit Monitor Scope and d:o Panadapter on my ham desk.   
   Some Heathkit and Eico Kit units for my radio/TV service are now stored   
   in the apartment.   
      
   EV> But I have tinkered with the insides of my Hallicrafters SX-42 a   
   EV> little bit by looking at the schematic and reading about how to   
   EV> service it.   
      
   Well, the first thing I do if I have bought a new apparatus is to open   
   it up to see what it has eaten.   
      
      
   CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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