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Interesting keys arrive in the day’s mail

Sunday, June 3, 2012 — The mailman brought a couple of interesting keys this morning; nothing exceeding rare, but just nice keys just the same. 1934 VIBROPLEX ORIGINAL. I generally look at every telegraph key […]

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100th Anniversary Vibroplex roundup …

Saturday, May 26, 2012, 2:15 p.m. — I should be outside enjoying the summer sunshine, but like most good hams, I’m working in the shack trying to … well, “clean.” UPDATE Oct. 15, 2012: While […]

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Gold Bug weight dimensions … (I think!)

Monday, May 21, 2012, 10:30 a.m. — I finally completed a rather rough (emphasis on rough) diagram with dimensions of the weight found on the Bunnell Gold Bug. I thought the weight was rather ingeniously […]

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Dayton Hamvention key spotting …

Friday night, May 18, 2012 — I’m sitting in my hotel room listening to “American Pickers” while my wife reads a book. We spent the day at Hamvention, and had a great time! The only […]

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Bunnell Gold Bug weight

Sunday, May 13, 2012 — I’ve had a request for dimensions for the weight that is used with the famous (infamous?) Bunnell Gold Bug. The Gold Bug was a 1920’s key designed to get around […]