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The irresistible gleam of chrome …
“The gleam of chrome is as irresistible to a man as the word ‘sale’ is to a woman” – Raymond Loewy, automotive designer Sunday, July 17, 2011 — There’s no truer statement when it comes to […]
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Chrome, chrome on the way / My new bug came in the mailbox today …
Though the XYL confirmed My butt may get burned If she catches me buying more on eBay …. Friday, July 15, 2011 — So much for my revised lyrics, eh?? Oh well, the important point […]
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“Cigareets and whuskey and buying bugs off-a eBay …
… it’ll drive you crazy, it’ll drive you insane …” Pardon me while I steal a line from the title of an old Homer & Jethro song about the misery of cigarettes, whiskey and wild […]
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Rain, rain, go a-way, come again during the IARU HF contest day …
Friday, July 8, 2011 — It’s a rainy morning here in the Ohio Valley, and I probably should be on the air instead of on the computer! My main key at the operating position is […]
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A little patriotic McElroy history on a July 4 weekend …
Saturday, July 2, 2011 — Having read Tom French’s book on T.R. McElroy, the world’s fastest radio telegrapher who designed and launched his own line of bugs in 1934, I’m fascinated by Mac’s moxie as […]
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* Bug Collector Warning Level CODE RED *
June 30, 2011 (REVISED July 1) — Unhappy camper here this noonhour — just unpacked a key I picked up worth the money — a not-so-common T.R. McElroy P-500 bug. The key was in very […]
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‘I don’t care what they say, I won’t stay in a world without bugs’
`June 30, 2011 — I’m finally back to offer some views of my latest acquisitions … or did they acquire me? (Sometimes I can’t help but wonder if there isn’t a “Twilight Zone” episode buried […]
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New — and impressive bug joins the Bug Collective …
June 28, 2011 — “We are the Bug. Resistance is futile.” Yes, that’s the stuff of legends, and the stuff that has infected this carbon-based life form. It happened when a dash lever return spring […]
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When everything appears to be said and done, this guy keeps saying it …
Sunday, June 19, 2011 – I had a close encounter of the eBay kind this weekend … remember the guy who sold me the Vibroplex Champion? The one that arrived damaged due to his poor […]
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Now appearing on our midway … “KY4Z’s Home for Wayward CW Keys”
Saturday, June 18, 2011 — Another elderly gent graced my door today when I went out to check the mail … a 1927 Vibroplex Original. This venerable old key has worked for a living; however […]