02-21-15 11:28 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Older   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <54E9C018.1289.windowsb@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 02-19-15, Ed Vance said to Daryl Stout:   
      
    HG> Hi Ed,   
      
    EV> It has been a long time since I've been on the air due to the wife   
    EV> not liking the co-ax cables running through the doorway up to the   
    EV> attic to get to where my 80 Meter and 20 Meter antennas are.   
      
    HG> I had a remedy for things like that. Already B4 getting married   
    HG> I began teaching the code to my then girlfriend, and after   
    HG> marriage to take the ham license so that we could communicate   
    HG> without using commercial comms.   
      
   Howdy! Holger,   
      
   When I was dating my wife, I taught her a bit of the code but she never   
   was interested in getting licensed.   
      
    HG> That possibility was very handy since I could tell her that I   
    HG> was still alive after the boat or auto races and the result of   
    HG> the race while I was on my way back home with either the boat   
    HG> or car on a trailer behind.   
      
   That is a Very Good use of Ham Radio when You are away from home.   
      
    HG> Most of those races were run in Sweden and Finland and one   
    HG> Scandinavian Championship race in Norway.   
      
    HG> She never objected to cables through window sills because she   
    HG> knew they were necessary to get on the air.   
      
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    HG> 73 de Sam, OH0NC   
      
    HG> aka Holger   
      
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