[CW] Speed-X 114-520 feet

Richard Knoppow 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Sat Apr 14 17:15:45 EDT 2018


     From photos on the web it appears that E.F. Johnson did 
change to the three feet pattern. In some photos of Les Logan 
keys and the earlier "Johnson" keys feet can be seen at the rear 
corners. However, my key does not seem to be an E.F.Johnson key 
and has three feet. There is no indication that it once had four 
feet. Also, on mine the feet are held on by screws. I can not 
find any photos on the web exactly like mine. It has the 
"reverse" bridge but not the carrying ears of the Les Logan keys. 
The dot paddle is asymmetrical and can be mounted with the high 
side either up or down (I guess that makes it the low side). No 
label or any sign there ever was a label. There appear to be many 
variations of this key.
     Mine is the slowest bug I have, maybe 15WPM. This list 
doesn't accept attachments or I would take a picture of it.

On 4/14/2018 1:43 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote:
> Well, I was looking at the base of the key again, and … there’s a 
> good reason it doesn’t wobble.  At some point, Johnson must have 
> altered the 114-520 so that it only had three feet.  That’s all 
> there are.  Two in the front, and one centered at the rear …
> 
> Grant NQ5T
> 
>> On Apr 14, 2018, at 11:44 AM, GRANT YOUNGMAN 
>> <ghyoungman at gmail.com <mailto:ghyoungman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks …

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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL


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