[CW] Vibroplex J-36s

[Rich Dailey, N8UX.]

At 02:48 PM 01/17/06, wa4jqs wrote:
>yep mine is  12-31-1944 serial number 285
>73 Tony wa4jqs
>
>At 10:14 PM 1/16/2006 -0500, Rich Dailey, N8UX. wrote:
>>Yup.  Mine is serial # 159, date of 11-17-1939.  Tony will have to chime in

Both our keys are the small type plates.
I'm cross-posting this to the morsecode reflector, btw.

So am I correct to assume that from 11-39 to 1-45
Vibroplex produced only 126 J-36s? That doesn't seem like much
production for military use during WW2. According to Bill
Holly's book, the reason Lionel was supposedly given the designs
to produce a J-36 was because military demand for the Vibroplex
exploded just prior to WW2.

I think I've seen more Lionels (or more correctly, J-36 type keys
without nameplates on them) than the Vibroplex.  I've never
yet seen a large type nameplate Vibroplex, except for in the
books.

tu de Rich, N8UX.