Way back in my Novice days (1967), I had a J-37 straight key. And it remained
the only key I had for seven years. Once I got the loan of one of those
Lafayette bugs but it sounded so bad I went back to the straight key.
When I got to college in the fall of 1972, there was a Vibrokeyer and
Autro
FWIW: As a senior in HS in '56-'57, I got a job as a relief operator at
a coastal marine station. Everyone had their own bug with a wedge to
connect it to the company-provided straight key, and all but mine were
Vibroplex. I had acquired a very proletarian looking black-based bug
(J-36?) mad
Paul Heller wrote:
Last year I dug the bug out of storage and decided to give it a try
again - after all, I was OK with it in the '60s. I almost got to the
point where I'd be willing to go on the air with it, but after 40 years
I've definitely lost the knack.
Hi Paul!
After a similar layof
Jim Sheldon wrote:
I learned on a bug first back in 1961, before I even got my ham license
(Army radio operator) and when Hallicrafters came out with the HA-1 keyer, I
bought one and didn't look back for several years.
I got my license in '61 and used a straight key (surplus J-38) for a
coup
gt; Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:18 AM
> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Paddles in General
>
>
> I have been reading the emails on paddles and
> especially the KXPD1. I hesitated about the paddle
> when I was thinking of getting a KX1. I hated to spen
I have been reading the emails on paddles and
especially the KXPD1. I hesitated about the paddle
when I was thinking of getting a KX1. I hated to spend
that much money for a paddle. Usually since I am
retired and do not make much money I have to sell in
order to buy. Well, this time I got some mone
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