John, You're better off replacing the mainspring with .010 steel stock - or if you can stainless steel stock. If the key is non-Vibroplex (Bunnell or Lionel)...
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John / G0RDO
morsemad
Jul 9, 2008 9:44 pm
OK David, many thanks for the advice. Thing is - the pendulum arm is missing (the part with 1 to 0 numbers on it) so I cannot fit a replacement spring ! I am...
973
NAQCC
va3rj
Jul 13, 2008 9:09 pm
NAQCC Sprint Wednesday night! This coming Wednesday evening will be the monthly NAQCC Sprint for July, 2008. I will refer you to the proper URL: ...
974
Larry Makoski W2LJ
w2lj_qrp
Jul 20, 2008 3:31 am
This Sunday night s the July Run For the Bacon, which is a friendly two hour QRP Sprint sponsored by the Flying Pigs QRP Amateur Radio Club International. It's...
975
n6vl
Jul 22, 2008 6:09 pm
After a few months of all sideswiper sending, my bug has again caught my attention. It is a 1953 Presentation, my favorite bug so far. A friend told me...
976
George Osier
herpie2003
Jul 22, 2008 6:13 pm
I just recieved this a few minutes ago ................ Anyone have an interest in what seems like a good promo for CW ???? Hello George! Vibroplex Mitch and I...
977
David Ring
djringjr
Jul 22, 2008 6:38 pm
Hello George, Thanks for sharing the message from Dave K4TWJ. It sounds like a grand plan. K4TWJ could always attend the 2008 ARRL New England Convention at...
978
David Ring
djringjr
Jul 22, 2008 6:49 pm
Buy a contact cleaner from Vibroplex or make one yourself out of a sheet of 800 grit (fine) emory cloth doubled back on itself and glued and cut into strips -...
979
k4oso
Jul 22, 2008 7:19 pm
Steve, Is that price for ALL of them or EACH of them? If its for each, that's approaching the price of a new bug! 73 es gud luk Milt k4oso ... own?...
980
n6vl
Jul 22, 2008 7:32 pm
Milt, $40.50 is the total price wo/ shipping. It includes replacing each post with a new contact, the contact spring, and a new sliding dash contact. I just...
981
k4oso
Jul 22, 2008 7:36 pm
Steve, I just looked at the Vibroplex page and the 40.50 price is for all the contacts. If all of yours are a wreck (??) and you need them replaced, that...
982
k4oso
Jul 22, 2008 7:43 pm
Steve, I have not had experience with Flitz. I do use the contact cleaning strips (from Ebay) and they do a great job. I also installed a capacitor across my...
983
David Ring
djringjr
Jul 22, 2008 7:50 pm
If the contacts are ruined, they can almost always be restored. What you need for that is a flat surface to put the fine crocus cloth on. (In my last email, I...
984
cloud runner
KT5X@...
Jul 23, 2008 5:15 pm
Contacts can be hopelessly pitted from use with high current transmitters. The silver contact has a pin on the end and is pressed into a hole in the screw....
985
David Ring
djringjr
Jul 23, 2008 6:39 pm
Excellent words, FD. Yes, I've been talking to Vibroplex for years about putting a convex surface on their contacts - they are much less problematic ...
986
Tim Soxman
tentec2002
Jul 24, 2008 12:14 am
steve, If you had a drill press you could drill out the conntacts and press fit the new ones I provide tsp with little ball peen hammer snd it's locked in...
987
k4oso
Jul 24, 2008 12:21 am
Tim, Could you restate your suggestion. I'm missing something. Thanks, Milt k4oso ... press fit the new ones I provide tsp with little ball ... with reley...
988
cloud runner
KT5X@...
Jul 24, 2008 4:19 pm
Well, DR, the buffing wheel I use if for jewelry. It is about six inches in diameter. i simply hold the screw facinto the wheel, it is a fabric that one puts...
989
elawson@...
eric995us
Jul 25, 2008 7:28 pm
... I use the rim to rim to rim Grand Canyon dayhike like you use the marathons.... I'm getting ready to head up Squaw Peak. It's a bit over a mile one way...
990
Bill
w2blc
Jul 28, 2008 1:42 pm
I have read many posts that make comments about Blue Racers tipping over, rocking, moving all over the desk, etc. What gives with that? I recently bought a '62...
991
Bill
w2blc
Jul 28, 2008 1:59 pm
I have said for a long time that one of the reasons I like my VizBug is that it is nearly silent in operation. Just the slightest ticking. Certainly nothing...
992
hermit
kb3omj
Jul 28, 2008 2:18 pm
Sounds like someone is slapping their bug with a vengence. I have a Vibroplex Anniversary bug and a VizBug and I get no movement at all. I remember some time...
993
hermit
kb3omj
Jul 28, 2008 2:24 pm
Hello Bill - If you have a digital camera maybe sometime you could take a picture or two of your mod. I know I would be interested in seeing it. 73 Dick...
994
k4oso
Jul 28, 2008 4:02 pm
Things mechanical make noise. In a situation that demands quiet, a paddle and keyer would be the best way to go. Some of my racers are quieter than others...
995
cloud runner
KT5X@...
Jul 28, 2008 5:25 pm
HI HI !!! (which, as you know, is actually, "HO HO" in American landline Morse. Yes, there are reasons for setting the gaps wide and slapping the bug. In...
996
Fernando Quinones
n2fq
Jul 28, 2008 6:16 pm
Hello. Here is a Youtube video. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mXrpkU7CCI> Skip to the middle and see her in action. enjoy. ... Fernando N2FQ ...
997
Bill
w2blc
Jul 28, 2008 6:31 pm
Must be the very secret flying red-nails style....
998
David Ring
djringjr
Jul 28, 2008 6:58 pm
I think what people mean is that it feels "tippy" as if it were going to fall over. What it actually does is slide around because the base is narrower and...
999
hermit
kb3omj
Jul 28, 2008 9:19 pm
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James Wades
wb8siw
Jul 29, 2008 2:16 am
Hi Bill: I think you hit the proper point when you say "set it very light." A properly adjusted Vibroplex should not be moving all over the table, and if it...
