[CW] Speed Key = Bug Key?

[Radio K0HB]

She also calls me Heavenly Body, Handsome Boy.....

No, sideswipers were not "officially" allowed, but ....when the Chief was
polishing a chair in the Goat Locker.....!

73, de K-Zero-Half-Baked

On Saturday, December 22, 2012, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:

> Home Brew, Honey Bun, oh, gosh, your dear wife must have so much fun with
> your call letters, HB.
>
> Hans, could you sit a circuit with a side swiper without a speed key
> certificate?  Those VibroKeyers make nice side swipers.
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'kzerohb at gmail.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> The Navy print shop which made up the card likely just grabbed a stock
>> picture without a lot of research into the subtle niceties of various key
>> models.
>>
>> No Navy transmitter of that era would have worked with the key depicted,
>> nor with any iambic key, for that matter.
>>
>> 73,  de Hans, K0HB
>> Master Chief Radioman, US Navy
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, December 22, 2012, Raymond Lee wrote:
>>
>>> As far as I know, the term "speed key" is synonymous with mechanical
>>> "bug" key.  However, a Vibro-keyer (a single lever non iambic paddle)
>>> was depicted on a Speed Key Certificate (see attached picture) issuing
>>> by the USN in 1963. Could some naval veterans give a few words on this
>>> issue please?
>>>
>>> 73's de VR2UW
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *73, de Hans, K0HB*
>> *"Just a boy and his radio"*
>> --
>> Sea stories at --------> http://k0hb.wordpress.com
>> Superstition trails ---> http://oldslowhans.wordpress.com
>>
>>
>>

-- 
*73, de Hans, K0HB*
*"Just a boy and his radio"*
--
Sea stories at --------> http://k0hb.wordpress.com
Superstition trails ---> http://oldslowhans.wordpress.com
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