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VK6BE > CWKEY 21.03.08 08:00l 25 Lines 1073 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : B92184VK6BE
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Subj: RE:KB2VXA ..the Brass Pounder
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Sent: 080321/0537Z @:VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC #:34713 [Kempsey, QF68JX] $:B92184VK
From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : CWKEY@WW
The "straight" key I use is an ex army job which came from one of the army
sets, probably a 101 or 109 about 1940 vintage, by Amalgamated Wireless
Australia. I used one or other of the same keys for most of the time I was
in the Army in WW2. I went to the biggest of the radio stores in Perth in
1943 and asked to buy a "bug" but the answer was that the Yanks in town
had bought them all!! I later got hold of a bug made by a Perth firm
(Skinner?)in the 1930s but some years ago I found that it happened to be a
museum piece and so I gave ti to a friend who had a valuable collection of
old keys of all kinds.
The HF and 6 metre rig has an electronic keyer and so I use an automatic
key with that rig, side swiper, I heard some Yanks call them.
Cheers,
Bob VK6BE.
>
> No...Not named after moi. I found an old key at my friend's
> place and we took measurements and went to the machine shop'
> where they did the work. It now has a metal base and
> all wired and is solid and great for sending...only he
> doesn't.
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