[CW] German Junker Precision Telegraph Key

[Richard Knoppow]

    I like the slang for a Bug as a "Rug Beater" I guess the 
later slang of vacuum cleaner is derived from this but rug beater 
makes sense while vacuum cleaner does not. Lets be modern, no one 
beats rugs any more but the meaning is lost.
    Also, another illustration is at:
<https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/junker_bu.html>
    The note translated to English says:

the semi-automatic Junker morse key, "BUG" system, is little 
known. Although its use was not permitted, it was used by the 
radio operators in the 1950s for federal border protection. It 
was known there as "Bäg" or "Frequency Cleaner" because you could 
generate attention and listening with a string of points. The 
button largely corresponds to the Vibroplex Lightning Bug, but 
without the short-circuiter. In his catalog No. 30 from 1974, 
Hannes Bauer offers the semi-automatic Morse key from Junker for 
115, - DM.

    Frequency cleaner makes more sense than vacuum cleaner, which 
in any case is something else in German. I suspect "bag" with 
umlaut over the A is pronounced close to Bug. I like "rug beater" 
best.


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Richard Knoppow
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WB6KBL