Here it is!

My "new" rare Vibroplex double-lever, circa 1920. Takes your breath away,

doesn't it? The "Bug" decal (a bit faded) is behind the yoke. Serial # 76291.

(Thanks Paul K4MSG for dating the key.)

Check this out! A homemade bug! It has a "borrowed" Vibroplex nameplate and looks to be

totally hand-fabricated. The Dash spring is a strip of spring steel.

Operating this key would require considerable skill!

This is a kind of telegraph key! It was used with light signaling systems during W.W.II.

Thanks, Gene, K6OJ!

This semi-automatic "bug" was obtained at a swap meet. It was manufactured for the military in 1942.

It has the designation: "J-36".

There were several variations of J-36's. The Bunnell is not the most rare,

but "rarer" than the Lionel.)

This key is exceptionally well made with highly polished parts and graceful curves and points.

I just obtained this "leg key" manufactured by the New Hampshire Clock Company in 1880! It is a wireline key, perhaps in use by Western Union, or a railroad, newspaper, etc.

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