[Elecraft] re: Bug Tamer

[Bob Nielsen]

On Jan 31, 2006, at 12:13 PM, Chuck Guenther wrote:

> It's not very pretty, but a great way to slow down your bug is to  
> clip an old-fashioned spring-type clothespin to the thumbscrews of  
> the weights.  You can wrap solder around the ears of the clothespin  
> to add more weight and slow those dits down to match your dahs!

Back in my novice days (1952), I drilled a hole through a piece of  
~1/2 x 1 / 1/8 in steel and attached it to the weight of my Vibroplex  
Lightning Bug.  It went so slow that today I'd probably fall asleep  
between words.  I also have an Original which came with a Vari-Speed  
but had never heard of the Bug Tamer before.  I did a Google search  
and most of the hits were for mosquito netting, but I did find this  
one with several nice pictures:

http://www.visradio.com/cata/vib-bt.html

  73,
  Bob N7XY