[CW] Morse Code (CW) Key Drawings

[Mike J Maloney]

I constructed that key about 20+ years ago and still have it.   It is a
W8FYO variant and plays well.  If made from all brass stock and polished
out with a hardwood paddle and detailed base it would be quite sharp.  

There are plans for an exact replica of a Vibroplex midget and Martin
vertical bug that were described some years back in Electric Radio
magazine.   They looked neat, but understand they did not play all that
well.   They were made because the originals are so rare.   The artist I
believe sold the drawings to Mitch Marshall, w4oa@vibroplex.com.      

73, Mike

 
>  There is a construction article for a homebrew keyer paddle that 
> looks to
> be a nice one. The article is in May '69 issue of Ham Radio 
> magazine, pages
> 43-47.