In a message on Thursday 11-13-15 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GM Ed,   
      
   EV> The Early Computers and/or Amateur Radio gear wasn't being used by   
   EV> many people when I became interested in those things.   
      
   Computers were not so common in the early days, but certainly the early   
   receivers and transmitters were used by hams.   
      
   EV> But I have met people who still had (or still used) the early   
   EV> State-Of-The-Art Radio equipment, and I appreciated it when they let   
   EV> me see their collection.   
      
   Yes, some still adore the old AM equipment, and the audio quality is   
   superb, though maybe not so effective through QRM and weak signals.   
      
   EV> Did Your IBM 8086 have a 10 Megabyte Hard Drive?   
      
   Yes, and the Epson PC/AX2 that I bought in aug.1988 came with a 20Mb HD,   
   ATI EGA display card, 15" color monitor, WordStar and XTree programmes.   
   Shortly after the purchase of that package, I added another 20 Mb HD.   
      
   EV> I sold the Hallicrafters S-38e Receiver at a Hamfest, .......   
      
   I too started with a S-38 (I think it was), but its selectivity was wide   
   as a barn door, so I quickly built a ham-band only double superhet, that   
   followed me through many years.   
      
   EV> You were probably using Amateur Radios and Computers 5 to 10 years   
   EV> (at least) before I got interested in either of those things.   
      
   Well, I got my license in 1951, and that was the year I also built my   
   first 6F6-807 TX.   
      
   EV> Were You and the XYL so impressed with the Aland Islands that You   
   EV> moved the QTH there from Finland? I'm guessing Your OH2 Calls were   
   EV> in Finland.   
      
   While we were there (here), we learnt to know OH0NB, the only ham on the   
   Aland islands. Through him I was offered two different jobs and also   
   learned that the housing situation was "pick and choose" what you want.   
      
   It was actually the housing situation that was the deciding factor,   
   because we had already stood in the housing queue 6 years in Helsingfors   
   without result.   
      
    HG> A transmitter I built in 1994 should still be in custody (I hope) at   
    HG> the XYL of OH0NE, SK.   
      
   EV> Was that TX the one with a 4-65A Final Amplifier?   
      
   No, today it would be called an exciter, since the final was a 2E26.   
      
   EV> I loved the specs for that tube, but never had one in the Shack.   
      
   In 1956 I built the final with the 4-65A as top chassis in a 4' high,   
   19" rack that also was to house a 2x807 AM modulator. That modulator   
   was never finished, because SSB was so much more effective.   
      
   EV> I haven't built any Home Brew Transmitters or Receivers, I've just   
   EV> built Kits and small accessories from magazine articles.   
      
   I have also built many kits, mainly for my service shop, my ham station,   
   and for others that didn't think they were capable of doing it.   
      
   GN   
      
   CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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