[TenTec] Re: How's the New Vibro...

[Carl Hyde]

They have offered for some time an extension kit that
puts another weight at the end of the arm.  works
great for slowing it down and you just remove it when
you speed up.  I have several in working order and
used the extension to get my code passed.  However I
like the brass racer the best of all the vibroplexes. 

--- Web Williams <kr4wm@sccoast.net> wrote:
> 
> I had two vibroplex keyers that hung on my wall for
> severalyears, and I finally
> sold them. Both were old and in need of
> repair, which I never got to. I had both of them
> working
> with "patches", and found it extremely difficult to
> get them
> adjusted to 5-8 WPM. (Bear in mind that I was a new
> novice
> and trying to build my code speed when I did this.)
> I finally
> stuck a clothspin on the end of the bar, and that
> slowed 'em
> down enough where I could use both keys without
> damaging
> them.
> 
> I think Vibroplex would benefit if they would
> introduce a
> bug that would slow down to 3-5 WPM with a high
> speed
> of 13-15 WPM. Then they could break-in (pardon the
> pun) a
> "new" customer base, who would upgrade their
> vibroplexes
> along the way to more "standard" higher speed bugs.
> Or
> perhaps "upgrade" the keys with different parts?
> 
> Just a thought, 73 all, -Web Williams in Myrtle
> Beach, SC
> 
> P.S. I bought my new Vibroplex Brass Racer for $57
> at the
> Charlotte hamfest from a dealer in 1985. Have they
> gone
> up that much?
> 
> > Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 03:29:03 -0700
> > From: dslosty <dslosty@pipeline.com>
> > Subject: [TenTec] Re: How's the New Vibro...
> >
> > I fear that the demand for new bugs has dropped
> quite a bit.
> > With the recent demise of martime CW, there are
> few commercial ops,
> > who often used bugs, left. The majority of hams
> are now used to
> > electronic keyers.
> >
> > In any event, I suspect that the "new" Vibroplex
> company is pricing
> > themselves out of business. Doesn't a new iambic
> paddle run over $175???
> > Also isn't the "original" bug now priced over
> $200??
> >
> > You can buy a new Bencher paddle for half the
> price....
> >
> > 73,
> > Doug/WA1TUT
> 
> 
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W2CSH

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