[Qcwa] Was it something I said?

[Norm Gertz]

Some of the most desired collectibles are really not that old.......any
version of the Brown Brothers paddles and combinations demands a high
price.....these were not even made until electronic keyers emerged.

73    Norm    K1AA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Thompson" <wb0dul at wb0dul.com>
To: <jangus at socal.rr.com>; "'Discussion of QCWA'" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: [Qcwa] Was it something I said?


> Sure make me wish I had kept my old Vibroplex Bug that I got in 1965 or
> thereabouts.  Oh well, as they say, "Hindsight is always 20/20."
>
> 73,
>
> Dick - WB0DUL
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Jeffrey D Angus
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:31 PM
> To: Discussion of QCWA
> Subject: Re: [Qcwa] Was it something I said?
>
>
>
>
> Joseph Fenn wrote:
>
> >I just gave my old Vibroplex Original to a young Nation Guard friend
> >this morning at breakfast.  Told him a little history about it. Bought
> >the McElroy bug first (looked like a chrome
> >plated iron but upside down).   It was junk compared to the
> >Vibroplex.
> >
> Well, for what it's worth, in 1967, I took the 13 WPM code test, passed
> that, then
> took the General, followed by the Advanced threory (with no break
> between). As a
> "reward" my elmer presented me with a Vibroplex Original bug. With the
> admonish-
> ment, "You can get rid of everything else you accquire over the years,
> but you KEEP
> the bug." Well, it's 37 years later. I still have the bug. And, although
>
> not very active
> in general, I do make it a point to make a CW contact with it once in a
> while.
>
> Jeff
>
> -- 
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin "A life
> lived in fear is a life half lived." Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie
> "Strictly Ballroom"
>
>
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