[CW] Bug With Cootie Dasher and UA3AO Book

Sun Oct 18 08:52:44 EDT 2020

See page 43 for close up photos of the addition to the keys and a few
examples of this very rare and unusual method of keying unknown outside
Russia. I call it a "cootie dasher."

This originally was on the CW reflector in 2018.

Readers of this Reflector can see Lery's book here:

See page 42 and 43,

http://www.rkk-museum.ru/collections/pakhomov/images/UA3AO_2013.pdf

The translated text with additional comments by myself in [brackets] is:

SEMI-AUTOMATIC MECHANIC KEYS ON SERVICE IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR [WWII]

The second BUG knob - the right one [the one on the right] - is a sign
[indication] to indicate that this the key was most likely used during the
war.

The fact is that such a BUG specification [design] has become simply
necessary, and there were several reasons for this.  The main thing is the
handwriting in the transmission of the radio operator.  On-
 For example, one radio operator tends to lengthen the second `` dash ''
in  letter � Щ�,
 those.  _ ___ _, another - to shorten the last dash "in the number �1�,
 those.  _ __ ______ or lengthen the second line in the number �7�,
 those.  ___ __ _
 There are a lot of options for handwriting [telegraphy "fist"] features.
 Identification of these features was one of the most important tasks of
radio monitoring intelligence of the Gestapo.  According to them, it was
possible with a very high degree of reliability [to] determine the location
or movement of military units or groups.

 So the second pen [lever] on BUG allowed you to transfer the sequence
"dash" with a uniformity close to automatic transmission.  Sketch signs
[elongated dashes] were eliminated almost completely, the transmission
quality was significantly improved and the speed increased.

Such ``two-handed '' semiautomatic devices were most effectively used in
special   radiosservices of the USSR and many more years - until the end of
the 80s - after the war. The second the pen [lever](photo 55a, 55b), as a
rule, was attached to the existing BUG (photo
 55-58).
 Made in the USSR at the beginning of World War II for use on
 communication lines of special radio services. Limited number of telegraph
keys during the war were produced by the Moscow plant �Electropribor�.

End of Russian translation,

Lery answered me privately - off list - and I think it's because I
have "conservative, original old fashioned" email reply settings
applied to for this email list.
I will review those  settings, I think I have it set to "reply to
either the LIST or the  author, at their choice." and most are used
to: Reply to List.

73

DR

Thank you very much David for your congatulations.

Practicaly all my articles , books  and participance in CW Contests
were taken into consideration which resulted in  what you have known
from my post .  As for the story of the bug with Cootie Dasher one can
read it in my book  The Keys Connected Continents. That's that ...

73
UA3AO
Lery

On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 1:07 PM, В.Пахомов <qro73 at mail.ru> wrote:
> Thank you very much David for your congatulations.
>
> Practicaly all my articles , books  and participance in CW Contests  were
> taken into consideration which resulted in  what you have known from my
post
> .  As for the story of the bug with Cootie Dasher one can read it in my
book
> The Keys Connected Continents. That's that ...
>
> 73
> UA3AO
> Lery
>
>
> Воскресенье, 13 мая 2018, 19:02 +03:00 от "D.J.J. Ring, Jr."
> <n1ea at arrl.net>:
>
>
> Congratulations on your award, Lery.
>
> Was this for your book? For your making known the Russian type Bug
> with Cootie Dasher?
>
> Just being a really fine Morse operator?
>
> Tell us - I'm giving you the "Official CW Reflector" sponsored BRAG
> permission!
>
> 73
>
> DR
> N1EA
>
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 7:48 AM, В.Пахомов via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>> CQ information abour my Award
>>
>> Среда, 18 апреля 2018, 18:33 +03:00 от "Riki, K7NJ" <k7nj at awinets.com>:
>>
>> Hi Valery,
>>
>> Congratulations! You have been chosen to receive the CWops Award for
>> Advancing the Art of CW. Yours is one of three awards being given this
>> year.
>> Please tell us how you prefer to receive the award plaque. There are
three
>> possibilities:
>>
>> 1. If you will be attending the Dayton Hamvention, we would personally
>> present the award to you during the CWops dinner.
>>
>> 2. The plaque could be given to somebody else in Dayton who would
>> accept the award in your behalf.
>>
>> 3. The plaque could be sent to: Apt 12 Block 28-1 Str Svobody, Moscow
>> 125364 Russia
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Riki Kline, K7NJ
>>
>> Chairman, CWops Award CommitteeСреда, 18 апреля 2018, 18:33 +03:00 от
>> "Riki,
>> K7NJ" <k7nj at awinets.com>:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Пятница, 11 мая 2018, 17:49 +03:00 от "David J. J. Ring, Jr."
>> <n1ea at arrl.net>:
>>
>> Hello "Men and Women of the Telegraph Keys",
>>
>> I just received word from bella Bruna Begali that her father, I2RTF,
Piero
>> will be attending Hamvention 2018 with
>> all of his beautiful keys.
>>
>> He will be in Building 2, booths 2307-2308-2407-2408 and at $500 a both,
>> he
>> is spending a lot of money to bring his
>> beautiful keys to Dayton.
>>
>> You can see a list of those who will be INSIDE away from any rain and
>> there
>> are some wonderful people going to be
>> there, I see FISTS, FAIRS, Combined MARS, N3ZN Keys, National Federation
>> of
>> the Blind & The Unseen Bean, QCWA, Radio
>> Club of America, SKCC, Vibroplex, YLRL, others like OOTC haven't
confirmed
>> but will probably do so. OOTC is us old
>> goats, 40 years involved with radio.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> DR
>> N1EA
>>
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