[EIDXA] Vibroplex

[Jerry Rappel]

>From e-ham.net

 

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.  --  ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio, reported Monday that a Knoxville man has purchased the nation’s oldest operating business in the Amateur Radio industry. 

Vibroplex has been making Morse Keys for telegraphs since 1904. According to the ARRL Scott Robbins recently bought the company and will move it from Mobile, Alabama, to Knoxville at the end of September. 

 
Telegraphs are considered obsolete in the 21st century, but a small community of ham radio operators still use them. In ham lingo, a Morse Key is referred to as a “bug” .

Among the companies famous “bugs” are the Original, Deluxe, Blue Racer and the No. 6 (Lightning Bug). 

You can read more on Vibroplex’s website.

 

 

Jerry  WW0E