Subj : Re: HA-24/HA-14?
To   : Holger Granholm
From : Ed Vance
Date : Fri Jul 04 2014 09:01 am

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.

.... Time spent collecting knowledge is never wasted.
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