[Milsurplus] WTB or WTT: Leg Key

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and yea.... the steel bands on mine seem to have shrunk also...seems to be  
a common class problem of this unit!

someday when we get some more   maiquens  we can display this properly on 
leg rather  than on  shelf.
 
Ed#

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 k   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