thanks Fred !
Bob
K6UJ
On Mar 15, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Sat afternoons [NA times] on the published frequencies. You can find
> them at www.radiomarine.org for KSM, and occasionally KPH ... same sites
> and transmitters. K6KPH guards 14050 Kc and 7050 Kc most of those
> t
Yes, the Speed-X uses a larger diameter but narrower weight. On the
Vibroplex it offers superior speed control. Unfortunately the pendulum arm
on the Vibroplex is just slightly larger than the Speed-X so, while the
weight will slip on, it's a tight fit and difficult to move, losing the easy
and qui
Sat afternoons [NA times] on the published frequencies. You can find
them at www.radiomarine.org for KSM, and occasionally KPH ... same sites
and transmitters. K6KPH guards 14050 Kc and 7050 Kc most of those
times, depending on operator availability. It's fun to copy them on 426 Kc.
They acc
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
I think a lot of the problems we hear on the air with folks using bugs
is contact maintenance. In the video, he clearly had taken very good
care of his keys and contact problems were not a problem.
Keying my K2 or K3 with my Lionel J-36 work
Ron,
I enjoyed seeing the pictures of KPH and realized that Point Reyes is
less than an hours drive away from us. Do you know if there is a museum there
still ?
If so I'll go check it out.
Bob
K6UJ
On Mar 15, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Thank you Stan. I've seen photogra
Some of you are old enough to remember that back in the mid 50s my "nemesis" in
the old ARRL CD Parties was my fellow Western New Yorker, Keith, W2FEB. But
Keith also gave me what is probably a collector's item for my old
garden-variety Vibroplex bug -- a special weight.
I, too, had a Vibrople
Hey, Tom lives!! Haven't heard you on the air in a month of Sundays.
At the coastal marine station, most of the OT's had Vibroplexes of
various flavors, all very shiny and in velvet-lined wood carrying cases.
They looked really cool to this 16 yr old. They all were very fast
and all my crew
I bought a Vibroplex original model from another ham who did not like it.
It was 1953 and I was a novice. I did not like it either. So I ground down
the width of the spring. Then used 4 inches of copper tubing over the end
and pinched to fit tight. Then I used a big fannestock clip with some
Hi Ron, et al:
I have an old bug used by a friend who was an HF op for the MO Hwy Patrol.
His Vibroplex runs nicely from about 18 WPM on up... BUT he (or
someone else) modified the leaf spring by thinning it (vertically) as
shown below:
-\___/-
_/---\_
This thinni
Thank you Stan. I've seen photographs of a vertical bug but I've never used
one.
I also have a Vibroplex bug - a standard model that came to me in the 1990's
through an old friend's widow when he became a silent key. My regular bug is
an E.F. Johnson Speed-X. The Speed-X slows easily to 10 to 15
I just want to share a recent discovery with other Elecraft listers who
appreciate 'bug' keys.
The following short video is a demo I made of my new vertical 'bug'
compared to the more traditional ones. This vertical key is a fabulous
slow speed performer and doesn't need a pipe wrench hanging
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