[CW] extraordinary key

[Ed Tanton]

Thanks Bruce... I'm still amazed I got it for that. Every now and 
then things on ebay just don't seem to get noticed.

Merry Christmas!

At 02:36 PM 2005-12-20, Bruce Wright wrote:
>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
>
>

72/73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy at earthlink.net>
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