Wednesday, June 6, 2018 — First I want to thank the Bunnell Gold Bug owners I’ve heard from recently who took time to submit their Gold Bug’s serial number and provide a photo or link to a photo of their Gold Bug. If you know other collectors who have Gold Bugs in their collections, please encourage them to forward their information.
100th ANNIVERSARY VIBROPLEX REGISTRY TOO. While I’m at it, let me put in a request for the serial numbers of the 100th Anniversary Vibroplex Originals that are out there. These keys were basically factory built collectibles, and I don’t know that many are regularly used. I have one on my desk that’s my “main” key, but I don’t use the other 100th Anniversary bugs in my collection.
While the 100th Anniversary is what I consider my “main” key, I’ve been putting a lot of secondary keys to work during the Georgia CW Net I 
participate in. Despite my criticism of the original Vibrocube when it was released, the key has become my main iambic on the desk. But even with iambics, I’ve been swapping keys in and out, recently putting one of my Code Warrior Jr. keys to work, which was followed by my Chrome Warrior Jr., and then a return to the key that started it all, the Wayne Smith, K8FF, winning design he entered into the 1997 NorCal Design Contest. The homebrew key works well of course, but when it comes to making adjustments, the more finished adjustments of the Code Warrior are easier and faster to adjust.
In the past couple of weeks I successfully bid on two 100th Anniversary bugs. One of the keys sold at low bid price due to its somewhat rough condition; the other I pursued because of its low serial number. I still want to acquire at least one more 100th Anniversary bug — one of the keys with the Knoxville nameplate (preferrably with the jeweled pivots upgrade). I was at Dayton a few years back and intended on buying one from Scott, but put it off and never made it back to his booth. Live and learn.
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