[Qcwa] Was it something I said?

[W1GUD]

I recall, in 1966, beginning my Novice year with a Lafayette plastic Bug...I
couldn't afford a vibroplex...
Managed with my t-60 and Hallicrafters s-120 to work all states and dxcc
with three crystals I might add...before taking the general at New York
customs house...followed by the advanced in 1967...passed the extra the week
before they dumped the 20wpm code requirement...and finally, I have my
vibroplex original...along with the ranger II and the kwm-2 that I could
only dream about.
73...Warren W1GUD Tampa, Florida
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norm Gertz" <k1aa at cfl.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Qcwa] Was it something I said?


> 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
> > All e-mail scanned incoming & outgoing with Norton AV
> >
> >
> >
> > -----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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