[CW] Military Bugs

[Kate Hutton]

They came from the Nevada Test Site ...

73 Kate K6HTN

On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 8:13 PM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>     I'll bet its on You Tube. Anyway will look. Is this a bug
> that ate the world movie?
>
> On 10/3/2020 8:06 PM, Kate Hutton wrote:
> > Remember the old scifi/horror movie "Them"?  Of course the
> > radio op is using a bug ...
> >
> > 73 Kate K6HTN
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 7:54 PM Richard Knoppow
> > <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Thank you. This explains the 1936 date I sometimes see. The
> >     J-36 keys have various contract numbers, I think a separate
> >     one
> >     for each manufacturer but all dated 1942. The are Signal
> >     Corps.
> >     contracts. It would be interesting to know what is in the
> >     contract.
> >
> >     On 10/3/2020 6:22 PM, Thomas Chirhart wrote:
> >     > MacElroy made bugs under contract for the US Navy in
> >     1936/37 and the base was cast with “property of us navy“ on
> >     the left side of the base...
> >     > 73 Tom K4NCG
> >     >
> >     > Sent from my iPhone
> >     >
> >     >> On Oct 3, 2020, at 8:05 PM, Richard Knoppow
> >     <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>>
> >     wrote:
> >     >>
> >     >>     I hope on topic here. Does any one know if the
> >     specs or contracts for the J-36 exist? Also, is the J-36
> >     the first bug made specifically for the military?  There
> >     were about five different versions of the J-36, all
> >     different. I don't think any were exact copies of the
> >     Vibroplex Original. Since there has been a lot of
> >     discussion of these keys on the SKCC list  and since there
> >     are some collectors here I wonder what I can learn.
> >     >>
> >     >> --
> >     >> Richard Knoppow
> >     >> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
> >     >> WB6KBL
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