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From: Vic K2VCO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:25:39 -0800
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bug ID
>the J-36 and Vibroplex Lightning Bug and Champion all have the same
>construction and are excellent bugs.
They're all excellent, but not exactly identical.
Lightning Bug came first, with the rectangular arm and multipiece trunion.
J-36 is a military version, often made by Lionel.
Champion came post WW2, and uses a simpler shock absorber. Low-cost
version of the Lightning Bug.
Then there's the Zephyr, which is a Lightning Bug on a narrow base.
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The narrow-base bugs (Zephyr and Blue Racer) were supposedly prized because
they take up a few less
square inches of desk space. I never liked them because they weigh less and you
wind up chasing the dern
thing all over the desk.
73 de Jim, N2EY
(personally I prefer the Original. But then again, I prefer the painted
Standard ("Bailey") versions
to the gaudy plated Deluxe and Presentation ("Jennifer") models.
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