[Milsurplus] WWII "Key" guys:

[Lee Bahr]

This is a J-37.  Has no shorting bar.

Lee, w0vt


On 12/28/2017 4:10 PM, Mike Feher wrote:
>
> While not an uncommon key it is rather scarce and unusual. In that 
> condition it is certainly worth the price. What makes it unique was 
> the Navy’s requirement to have the slot on the side of the key in 
> which to insert a wedge if a bug were to be used. Any J-38 on the 
> other hand is pretty bland. 73 – Mike
>
> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
>
> 89 Arnold Blvd.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hubert Miller
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 2:25 PM
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] WWII "Key" guys:
>
> Dave, I see this as only appealing to a hardcore key collector. The 
> key is actually a pretty ordinary one, and there's no problem finding 
> a good condition to actually use or display. So this one, as I see it, 
> gets its value mostly from the original box, to display it as-is. A 
> 'hangar queen'
>
> I guess.
>
> I have a couple J-38's in original packed box, and I've been going 
> thru the same thought process. I won't get a whole lot of money for 
> them, and they're easy to store. Once I sell them at a hamfest and the 
> new owner throws the box away, it's somehow lessened. So I've not sold 
> them yet, still undecided.
>
> ( I recall many years ago I visited a vehicle collector in Portland 
> OR. He had 2-3 vehicles in backyard, one a DUKW, and his basement was 
> like an Army depot of some kind. All kinds of new boxed supplies. ( He 
> had also some kind of marker beacon or glide path transmitter on an 
> L-shaped frame, for setting out next to a temporary airfield. It was 
> such a unique item I really should have bought it. Hope someone did ! 
> ) ) -Hue
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> <mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net> 
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Stinson
>
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 4:14 AM
>
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net <mailto:milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] WWII "Key" guys:
>
> One of you WWII "Key" guys needs to snatch this.
>
> "Ya snooze, ya lose."
>
> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F173059013460&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc781f14e3ce548645da108d54dec8481%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636500600578384944&sdata=Fw95Vvm29TW%2BY9YB83spT%2FI93mO7M0yRRKbjKS5Q3Vs%3D&reserved=0
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> 73 OM DE Dave AB5S
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