Rich-     The "Gold Plate" is a brass plate that has been gold plated. I would be very careful when doing any polishing. I don't know for a fact how...
1550
richard_meiss
Jan 28, 2011 1:56 am
Hi, All - More smiles here - I checked my Original Presentation, and it has the La Hiff spring. Which brings me to the next question - is the gold base plate...
1549
wz4cw@...
ares1934
Jan 26, 2011 5:57 am
Milt-    That's why they're scarce - you have two!  LOL  I can't remember who, but I think it was you - Were you saying that you had an idea to make...
1548
k4oso@...
k4oso
Jan 26, 2011 5:33 am
Carl, I have seen the filed notch mod on a Vibroplex and it does indeed slow the oscillations. The one I owned would have been impossibly rigid without the ...
1547
wz4cw@...
ares1934
Jan 26, 2011 5:25 am
    Several days ago, two persons were telling how they each had modified the pendulum spring on a Vibroplex bug to slow its speed. One had filed...
1546
k5est
Jan 26, 2011 2:25 am
Wow, well done and great info, Rich! Many thanks for the tutorial that saves a lot of experimenting and crazy head scratching!!! 73....Walter - K5EST ... ...
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Tom
n1326e
Jan 25, 2011 3:21 pm
Good morning Richard, Thank you, thank you for all of the excellent info. I'm excited to get going on this voyage, especially after your comments. I can see...
1544
Tom
n1326e
Jan 25, 2011 3:02 pm
Hello Dick, Nope, not in that area, I live in Hartwell, GA. a small town situated on Lake Hartwell at the headwaters of the Savannah river. Also, not aware of...
1543
richard_meiss
Jan 25, 2011 3:14 am
Hi, Tom - Welcome to the world of magnets and reed switches. Good rare-earth magnets are available from several places on the web. I am a customer of K&J...
1542
F. Richard Burt
effarbee
Jan 24, 2011 3:00 pm
Good Morning, Tom: CQ W4TMW de W5QQM K Tom are you anywhere near Montecello Florida? I have a long-time ham friend named William Robert Moody, W4WSZ who is a...
1541
Tom
n1326e
Jan 24, 2011 2:10 pm
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...
1540
F. Richard Burt
effarbee
Jan 24, 2011 5:47 am
Good Morning, Rich, et al: By the time I get this letter into cyberspace, the sun, moon, and stars will convfirm that it is already Monday somewhere, so I can ...
1539
richard_meiss
Jan 24, 2011 1:57 am
Hi, Dick - I guess that it took a bit more nerve that I have to attack the mainspring of a bug, especially since it is riveted in place and your modification...
1538
F. Richard Burt
effarbee
Jan 23, 2011 7:10 pm
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...
1537
G2JL
mort.g2jl
Jan 21, 2011 11:37 pm
To paraphrase Carl ( while the overall speed needs to be slowed, the character speed should remain in the vicinity of 20) by saying: " IF overall speed needs...
1536
wz4cw@...
ares1934
Jan 21, 2011 11:08 pm
    I've examined the write up and photos of this device, and to me BugNapper seems to be pure genious. It's obvious that it will slow the oscillation...
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wz4cw@...
ares1934
Jan 21, 2011 10:29 pm
This device seems to be similar to the "Extend-A-Dot" bug slower. To increase the period of oscillation of a bug pendulum, either more weight can be added to...
1534
Pete Ferrand
cr88a
Jan 21, 2011 3:11 am
... I made one as well out of a common electrical grounding bar. Cheap and the screws are included. Just cut a couple pieces off the aluminum bar. I used a...
1533
TroyW6HV
w6hv
Jan 21, 2011 2:43 am
You can make your own very easily using brass rod and brass tubing from a hobby shop for very little cost. I have several on my bugs. I have a picture of one I...
1532
richard_meiss
Jan 21, 2011 2:21 am
Hi, Tony - I met this fellow (at least I think that was the same person) at the Fort Wayne (IN) Hamfest in November. He had some samples there, and they were...
1531
Tony Morgan
w7go
Jan 21, 2011 1:47 am
Just ran across this on ebay: ...
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Richard Meiss
richard_meiss
Jan 20, 2011 3:32 pm
Hi, Walter - Whatever works for you is best. This was something that has been running around in my mind for some time, and I just had to try it out. Yes, it is...
1529
k5est
Jan 20, 2011 2:04 pm
Hi Rich, very interesting BugNapper! Its nice but toooo much trouble for me to do all that stuff. Been using wooded clothes pins for 30 years to slow down a...
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Earl Needham
earl_needham
Jan 20, 2011 3:01 am
Looks interesting, wish I had time to really study it. 7 3 Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT...
1527
richard_meiss
Jan 20, 2011 2:55 am
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...
1526
cw_bugs@yahoogroups.com
Jan 20, 2011 2:38 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the cw_bugs group. File : /BugNapper...
1525
earl_needham
Jan 19, 2011 11:36 pm
Ah -- NO! This is trojan/spam/virus, so do NOT click on that link! Earl...
1524
Earl Needham
earl_needham
Jan 19, 2011 1:47 am
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,...
1523
NAQCC
va3rj
Jan 17, 2011 3:47 pm
NAQCC Sprint Wednesday night! Our January sprint is this coming Wednesday evening local time which, is Thursday, January 20, 0130-0330z time. I will refer you...
1522
Larry Makoski
w2lj@...
Jan 16, 2011 3:28 pm
Tonight is the first RFTB for 2011. I hope that all Flying Pigs and QRPers will take this opportunity to get on the air and have some fun. Maybe if we heat up...
