Hello to all, I would like to do some experimenting with telegraph keys incorporating magnets and sealed magnetic reed switches similar to those used in the...
Good Afternoon, Fellow Buggy Hams: My father and I liked to Rag Chew with other hams, even the Novice boys who were still having trouble with 5 words per...
Hi, All - As usual, I am a day late and a dollar short for the discussion on ways to slow a bug, but herewith is what has just come out of the workshop. In...
hello Just a couple of days ago we bought an Apple MacBook Pro MC024LL/Afrom ! this website: www.xmaswholesalers.com . It is indeed a fantastic machine,...
Our December Special NAQCC mW Sprint will be held this coming Wednesday evening local time which is Thursday, December 30, 0130-0330Z time. I will refer you to...
Good day I'm wanting to buy a Brooklyn metal stamping bug, I'll pay a price that reflexs condition, I have a number of bugs for trade if need be. Cheers! ...
Anyone on here own a Vibroplex with a Norcross label (with whom I have not already spoken)? I am seeking to gather serials of known specimens, and photos. I...
News Release - Please pass the word ... NAQCC - Lifetime membership is FREE!! Want to be part of the largest QRP CW club in the world? (4,800+ members from 85+...
Tonight's RFTB is dedicated to the memory of our departed brother K8DD. I hope that all Flying Pigs and QRPers will take this opportunity to get on the air and...
The Bug-Tamer as marketed by Vibroplex was a tube that fit over the lever, and put the weight at the far end, w-a-y out behind the bug. It slowed the bug...
Whilst unpacking from my trip to the Fort Wayne hamfest and a few more days seeing the sights of northwestern Ohio, I got to thinking of the bug tamer...
Hi, All - Have been silent, but lurking, as I work on a new family of bugs that I call "balanced bug." I have made videos of two of them (so far), for which...
Hello I have one of these and consider it as an aid to someone new to a bug. Whereas the Vari-speed is for someone familiar with the bug and uses it to change...
Let's make some CHATTER here... ;-) Fellow bug aficionados (who likely spell better than I do) ... I expect many of you are familiar with both Frank, W7IS,...
Hello Rich (WB9LPU), The device you saw at Fort Wayne was made and sold by "Norm's Fabrication"(normsfab.com). It's really sweet, I have five of them on ...
Test - no list activity seen for a while. 7 3 Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT Posted via...
If you're not too pooped from the QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party, then join in on the RFTB fun as a way to wind down and slowly cool off those calloused CW...
NAQCC 6th Anniversary Special Event Stations Operation. Tom/WY3H (NAQCC President) and John/K3WWP (NAQCC VP) would like to invite all operators to help the...
The September 2010 edition of the Run For the Bacon is this Sunday evening. Please join us for a fun time. This is the last RFTB for the Summer of 2010 -...
I'm seeing some changes in SOME groups and mailing lists on Yahoo. Thankfully it hasn't happened here yet -- but I'm asking everybody who has put photos and...
Afternoon My friend has this unusual bug, anyone care to look at the link and perhaps shed some light on who A E Currie was? did he make many bugs or was this...
I represent the widow of a silent key. There remain available some very nice antique keys at good prices. Write directly for list if you may have an interest...
I understand from a different list that the latest offerings from Vibroplex have silk-screened labels instead of the more traditional embossed labels. You can...
That's just so sad. However, the label is just a small part of the item -- IF it's being bought to be used as a tool for CW -- which is probably not the case...
The August 2010 edition of the Run For the Bacon is this Sunday evening August 15th. Please join us for a fun time. This will be the next to last RFTB for the...
In the past couple of months I've found two very good not-too-expensive bugs. One on eBay, a Vibroplex Lightning for $100. This one was made in the 70s and...
In the past couple of months I've found two very good not-too-expensive bugs. One on eBay, a Vibroplex Lightning for $100. This one was made in the 70s and ...
