[CW] extraordinary key

[Bruce Wright]

Ed...

That is a GREAT find and it is much different than I imagined reading your 
announcement...

I had a set of two similar learning toys...IIRC they were ABS plastic, dark 
brown or black and were powered by two C-cells...International code 
characters imprinted on front next to key lever...Mail order from maybe 
cereal box offer...Also, IIRC, you could wire them in parallel via a twisted 
pair and transmit messages back and forth between the two units, buzzer and 
flashlight bulb working together...That was sometime in the early 
Fifties...Next up was Boy Scout Merit Badge with homemade strap key tied to 
a Knight Kit transistorized CPO somewhere along about '56 or '57...Then 
things got serious and rode bicycle to local radio parts store and purchased 
first real key, which I still have today: E.F. Johnson Speed-X...The one 
with the black wrinkle rectangular base, large diameter contacts and skirted 
knob...Up until about two years ago, my favorite hand key among the few in 
my working collection...Now, prefer the Navy flameproof -26003A I acquired 
awhile back...What a wonderful hand key for tireless (well, almost) sending.

Nice find and thanks for sharing...

Tnx for the memories es 73, Ed.

Bruce
WC5CW


>From: Ed Tanton <n4xy at earthlink.net>
>To: CW Reflector <cw at mailman.qth.net>,noga reflector 
><nogaqrp at mailman.qth.net>,Marshall Emm <mgemm at mtechnologies.com>
>Subject: [CW] extraordinary key
>Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:38:40 -0500
>
>I have just received an extraordinary key: it is a Bazooka Bubblegum code 
>practice buzzer & key with Western Union silk-screened on the chassis-along 
>with a panel with "International Morse". I was amazed when I got it for 
>$22. What a find!!! Great shape, with the original shipping box complete 
>with the original mailing label. If you hurry, you might still be able to 
>see it there: 
><http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5838520755&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1> 
>. I'll hold off on his Feedback 'til tomorrow. If ebay won't let you view 
>this page, it will be the 1st thing I photograph with the new Nikon N-8700 
>after Christmas.
>
>72/73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy at earthlink.net>
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