[R-390] Antique Bug

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I have a couple different keys, but no label or tags.  Have no idea what 
type- brand-model they are.
I took a couple pictrures of each from diff angles but have no way to post 
them yet.  Anyone here have an idea how I can show them to the group and get 
an ID?
Perhaps someone with a server can receive them from me via e-mail and then 
post them temporarily.

They came from an SK ham, and his kids got tired of them sitting around his 
old shack and gave them to me.
Also I noticed some equipment there that I offered to haul them away. but 
that is a different post.

Ray in Hawaii

 K2CBY writes:
Lionel made a bunch of things under military contract during WWII, including
plugs and jacks, as well as straight keys and bugs.

You mention J-37. If I recall, J-37 was a straight key -- not a bug -- with
a leg iron.
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> There are a lot of different models of J-37. The J-38 was the "training 
> key" and
> the J-37 in all its variants (J-44, J-47 and others I've seen but don't 
> know the
> number) was the "field key". I learned on a J-38, in fact I still have the 
> one
> my elmer gave me when I was 9 years old and still use it on SKN, but
> I never used the J-37 much.
>
> The military generically called the Vibroplex (even those made by other
> suppliers with Vibroplex tooling) a J-36.
>
> Why does the bug get a lower number than the straight keys? Dunno... :-).
>
> Tim.