rare keys
The Continuing Saga of the ‘Cleaning of the Shack’ …*,.
Thursday, July 2, 2020 When I have a chance I have continued to sort and throw stuff away in the shack. And its been amazing the kind of stuff I’ve found tucked away in a […]
rare keys
CW keys
Today’s lesson: A Kent is a Kent is a Kent …
Hi fellow CW buffs, I’m back with an update. Remember the key I purchased some time ago that I noted “closely resembled” a Kent twin paddle iambic key? The contact arms on this particularly key […]
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Elusive Mac Key fills a hole in the collection …
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 — Since my last update, I have increased my level of radio-activity and tried to spend more time in the shack, rather than attempting to operate from my listening post here […]
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New HF rig, new keys arrive …
Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 — As I sat down here in the library to begin this entry, I glanced over at the bandscope on my IC-756PROII and wondered what was going on — set at […]
CW keys
“The Case of the Dah-ling Code Key” or “Mister Zedman Gets His Dream Key” . . .
Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 –– Sharp-eyed readers may have already identified an interesting issue with a CW key I recently acquired. I recently purchased a key I have wanted for years — a Vibroplex Square […]
CW keys
The rest of the story: More on not-so-common Brown Bros. keys . . .
Tuesday, July 4, 2017 — After my recent post about the rare Brown Brothers ES model — single-lever keyer — I received an email from author and key collector Ed Goss, N3CW. Ed forwarded an […]
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Key collecting newsletter great source for good info for the collector
Saturday, March 4, 2017 Among the top sources for information on collectible keys is Tom French’s (SK) newsletter, The Vail Correspondent, a quarterly key collector’s newsletter, from October 1992 through July 1998. Its available now […]
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KY4Z’s 2016 review of ‘The [recent] Ones That Got Away’ …
Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 — As with many collectors I know, we often neglect to delete the eBay auctions that have ended. There are times when I will go back through completed auctions and save […]
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One puzzle solved, the other — not so much ….
Sunday, July 24, 2016, 6:55 p.m. — Happy to report one of my antenna issues is repaired and will be back in the air tomorrow; the other one is still a work in progress. RINGO? […]
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‘KY4Z’s adventures in pounding brass’ … or … ‘Can KY4Z master the Nye Master Key?’
Sunday, July 17, 2016, 12:30 a.m. — After a busy Saturday I finally got into the shack about 8:15 p.m. … where I promptly fell asleep in my office chair listening to a Spotify playlist. […]