[Elecraft] Samuel Morse's birthday (Friday, April 27th); good excuse to break out your old hand keys

[Wes Stewart]

A friend sent me this:

https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/tapping-out-b-c-morse-telegraph-club-says-goodbye-to-an-era/

Wes  N7WS

On 4/25/2018 8:24 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> No matter how busy I am tomorrow, I aim to make at least one QSO on this coming Friday in honor of Samuel Morse’s birth (227 years ago!). I’ll be dusting off my oldest hand key for the occasion, one with a leg strap and Levi’s-style button that was used by the South African army circa WW2.
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> If you have an even older hand key, and you manage to get its contacts cleaned in time for this auspicious date, please send me a photo of it. I’ll collect the photos and post them on the Elecraft website photo gallery.
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> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR