[TenTec] Award to Jack Curtis, K6KU

[Rick Prather]

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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