[CW] McElroy Stream Key and other CW items FS

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Ken,

I had the use of a McElroy Stream key for 30 years on a long-term loan from
a neighbor, K1MVO (SK), he was delighted that I returned it ten years
before his death, it was his beloved uncle's key.

I agree with you about the action of this key, it has a delightful action.

I happened to meet John McElroy, then owner of McElroy Electronics, Inc.
from Shirley, MA and he had never seen this Stream key, so I lent it to
him, why not, his father made them.

A few years later shortly after John gave me back the chromed McElroy
Stream key, he sent me a McElroy Professional Key which he (John) produced
in the 1970s.  For someone who wasn't a Morse operator (at all) John
produced one of the finest American type keys I've ever used.

Here's a picture of the Professional McElroy key John produced at McElroy
Electronics.
A key given as a gift is treasured, but I am simply amazed at how well
this  one works.
Ted's son got it right - it is even better than his father's straight keys
- or at least the one's I've tried.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cwvppquectkbmy3/mcelroy_pro_key_johnmcelroy.jpg?dl=0

Incidentally, John (Jack) McElroy, Ted's son, was in a V.A. Hospital in a
coma, for FIVE years.  He came out one day and lived forty years afterwards
and was President of McElroy Electronics and ran the company for the rest
of his life.

73

DR


73

DR
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