[Milsurplus] WTB or WTT: Leg Key

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

looks something like this...
 
 
Goldwater - Here is something you might like for your  museum. It is a 
military aviator's key. They would clip it on their leg  and...
 
see  _http://www.smecc.org/rest_of_images/barry_1.gif_ 
(http://www.smecc.org/rest_of_images/barry_1.gif) 
(dunno if listserv will pass photo  so here in link)
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/27/2010 6:35:40 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
kk5f at earthlink.net writes:

Greg  wrote:

>I'm looking to buy or trade for a standard US Military leg  key.

That would be a J-45 (Pre-JAN Signal Corps nomenclature)  or
KY-116/U (JAN nomenclature).

>Fits on the thigh with two  spring steel bands.  Typically supplied
>with a J 38 telegraph key  and the key is mounted on hinges that
>allow it to lever  over.

The J-38 was only a Morse training key, never used in actual  in-service
radio installations.  The J-37 is correct.  A J-37 is  part of both keys
noted above.

These keys show up fairly commonly on  ebay and at hamfests.

Mike /  KK5F



 
 
 
Thanks,

Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC  




In a message dated 9/27/2010 6:35:40 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
kk5f at earthlink.net writes:

Greg  wrote:

>I'm looking to buy or trade for a standard US Military leg  key.

That would be a J-45 (Pre-JAN Signal Corps nomenclature)  or
KY-116/U (JAN nomenclature).

>Fits on the thigh with two  spring steel bands.  Typically supplied
>with a J 38 telegraph key  and the key is mounted on hinges that
>allow it to lever  over.

The J-38 was only a Morse training key, never used in actual  in-service
radio installations.  The J-37 is correct.  A J-37 is  part of both keys
noted above.

These keys show up fairly commonly on  ebay and at hamfests.

Mike /  KK5F