[R-390] Antique Bug Oops

[rjcote]

Forgot to list the site. It is the third one down in the lightning bug 
section.
same black finish, no case
cool
http://artifaxbooks.com/fsvibroplex.htm

> 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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