[CW] Your MacKey

[Mark Hogan]

Tom French said it was a model No. 600, the deluxe in s personal email to me
tonight.
his web page is here.
http://www.artifaxbooks.com/mcelroy.htm


On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:24 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <djringjr at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Fernando,
>
> You are correct.  I had it backwards.  The dot pre-tensioners were on the
> 1938 model and were dropped on the 1939 model.  That is a great article
> there.
>
> However, all of the Deluxe McElroy's have the Marbelite finish and the
> circuit closer.
>
> I have the 1938 late version of the Deluxe with the smaller
> pre-tensioners.  It has the nice (to me) Marbelite finish and a circuit
> closer.
>
> It is a very nice sending bug.
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 8:46 PM, N2FQ <n2fq at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello Mark.
>>
>> After reviewing some pictures, I believe
>>
>> your MacKey is indeed a 1939.
>>
>> In the 1939 model the "dot stabilizer" was remove
>>
>> and a circuit closer was also added.
>>
>> In the link below look carefully at the 1938 model and
>>
>> the 1939 and notice the distance the top bearing adjustment
>>
>> nut is from the T bar. It looks like the 1939 model
>>
>> is closer to the T bar than the 1938.
>>
>> I have a 1939 Deluxe and looks identical to the one pictured.
>>
>> Nevertheless, it's a nice bug to use.
>>
>> <http://artifaxbooks.com/mcelroy/mackeys.htm>
>>
>> scroll down a bit.
>>
>> Enjoy ..
>>
>> Fernando N2FQ
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