[CW] Vibroplex J-36s

[mikea]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:23:30PM -0500, Rich Dailey, N8UX. wrote:
> 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.

I guess I need to go look at the plate on my Vibroplex J-36, which
I _think_ dates from sometime before 1946. I don't remember the S/N
at all. More later, probably tonight. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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