[R-390] Antique Bug

[rjcote]

Al, thanks for the offer. I found that the kyes are Vibroplex. One of thse 
that I have is
pictured at this site, namely #6 Lightning Bug, but mine is not red, it is 
black crackle finish, albeit very dirty
for sitting around for 35 years in a garage.  The other looks almost 
exactly, but without the long arm and the suspended weight.

Now to get them cleaned, and all metal refurbished......

thanks

> Hi Ray,
>    I could put them up on a webpage for you, just email the pix to me.
>    There's a lot of info on old keys out there on teh web, lots of 
> collectors with bebsites & pix.  Do a google search on Vibroplex, Bunnell, 
> MacElroy, etc., i"m sure many will show up.  I went thru that a yr or so 
> ago.
> 73,
> Al, W8UT
> New Bern, NC
> www.boatanchors.org
> www.hammarlund.info
>
> "there is nothing -absolutely nothing- half as much worth doing as simply 
> messing about in boats."
>   Ratty, to Mole
>> 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.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------->
>>> 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.
>>
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