Lyle,
When my Dad was a radio operator for a Marine Air Group in the pacific
during WWII they wouldn't issue bugs!
He had to personally buy one off of a Navy operator and it was
allowed, but on the edge of the rules.
BTW, I still have that Vibroflex - chrome base and he soldered a
Japanese bullet to the speed adjuster weight to slow it down since
most other ops were using straight keys.
When I got my ticket in 1958 he wouldn't let me use that bug until he
was satisfied that I had gotten good enough with a straight key. I
got pretty good with it but 20 + years later when I dragged it out
after using a "Curtis Keyer" chipped keyer for years, I absolutely
could not use it!
Rick - K6LE
On May 2, 2008, at 3:26 AM, Lyle Dunlap wrote:
Thanks Donald, K6RV, for sharing the Jack Curtis award info with
us. I
used to get so disgusted with Naval Communications for not
sanctioning the
use of Paddle keying. All because of an early evaluation of a Mon-
key,
which simply used a couple of relays
I was speed key examiner for three different Navy Type Commanders.
Still
have my old Vibroplex bug but would of loved to have been able to
use a
paddle keyer.
Lyle W9FCX
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