02-21-15 11:28 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Older

 HG> {at}MSGID: 
 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.

See Your Tagline below.

 HG> 73 de Sam, OH0NC

 HG> aka Holger

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73

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