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N7CFO Keyletter Issue Dates
and Highlights
| Keyletter number |
Date published |
Page range |
Major Topics |
| 1 |
6/8/92 |
1-2 |
McElroy |
| 2 |
7/9/92 |
3-13 |
Vibroplex, McElroy, Bunnell Dual Speed, ARTEC,
Thompson-Levering, Signal, Navy manufacturers code list and list of
keymakers. |
| 3 |
8/9/92 |
14-17 |
Navy manufacturers code list, ARTEC, Nye, Mac Teardrops, and
Bunnell Double Speed. |
| 4 |
10/30/92 |
18-31 |
Code practice machines (Teleplex, Instructograph, Ayers,
Omnigraph, etc.) Telegraph Apparatus Company, WT 8 AMP keys, Speed-X,
Navy manufacturers code list, Paul Seiler, and William Nye Company. |
| 5 |
2/12/93 |
32-54 |
Navy manufacturers code list, Paddles and Keyers, Speed-Bug, Ayers, Brelco,
Lionel, Close-up photography, El-Key, Globalman, Ni-Key, Ham-Key, Mon-Key,
Autronic, Codetrol, Palomar, Ten-Tec, Melehan, Eldico, Speed-X, Ultimate
Transmitter and light signaling. |
| 6 |
7/7/93 |
55-67 |
Heliograph, McElroy, Mon-Key history, light signaling,
Speed-X, Nacometer, J-36, TAC nameplates, Buzza, FYO, Rousseau, Parks Code
Wheel, Rotoplex, Teleplex, Code Board, Hills Vari-Speed, and Codome. |
| 7 |
10/15/93 |
68-80 |
Mon-Key update, J-3, Kungsimport, J-38FR, Speed-X, Mecograph,
Tillotson, Electro-Bug, and Omnigraph. |
| 8 |
2/28/94 |
81-94 |
Steiner key, McElroy, Speed-X history, William Nye
Company, Ultimate Transmitter, Electro-Bug, MESCO, Bunnell Flash Keys,
D&K Dinger, Wizard, and Tillotson Victor key. |
| 9 |
7/7/94 |
95-105 |
VE3QQ keys, Patent number list, Autronics, TAC, Omnigraph,
E.F. Johnson and ATKO. |
| 10 |
9/30/94 |
106-113 |
Vibroplex 2 meter FM radio, Bob Poucel and the El-Key and
Hi-Mound. |
| 11 |
11/30/94 |
114-123 |
Moto-Key, Keyers, Equable Key and Sematic Key. |
| 12 |
3/2/95 |
124-133 |
GPO museum, El-Key, Keyer history, Sematic Key, Restoration
tips and parts sources. |
| 13 |
7/10/95 |
134-144 |
Kitano Key, Bunnell Gold Bug, Wide Body Blue Racers,
Eldico, Ford Museum, cords and wedges, fire alarm keys, Electric Specialty
Manufacturing Co., spy radios, MESCO and Speed-X. |
| 14 |
10/6/95 |
145-154 |
Bunnell Gold bug, ARHCO keys, cloverleaf Vibroplex frames,
Peerless Signagraph, W6OWP keyers, Duomatic Keyer, bug cases, Kitano Key,
Wilcox bugs and Mac cord. |
| 15 |
11/10/95 |
155-164 |
J-37, Bunnell Gold Bugs, clover leaf Vibroplex frames, pin
striping techniques, Mecograph, Patrick & Carter, Teletek Paddles,
parts sources, Audible Alphabet Transmitter and Hal "FYO"
paddles. |
| 16 |
2/24/96 |
165-174 |
Blue Point key, Whiterock Products, Hills Vari-Speed,
Pinstriping techniques, thumbpiece repair, Bunnell Gold Bug census,
photography techniques, packing bugs for shipping, Buzza, key knob
fabrication and RCA tie tac. |
| 17 |
5/25/96 |
175-184 |
Lytle Triplex, Equable key, Globalman, Dow-Key, MK V
heliograph, fake keys, crackle painting, Palomar IC keyers and light
signalling. |
| 18 |
10/21/96 |
185-194 |
Buzza, J-45, plating, Albright, Bunnell Double-Speed key,
open circuit key and Victor key. |
| 19 |
12/14/96 |
195-204 |
Elwood Vibroplex serial number list. |
| 20 |
1/30/97 |
205-216 |
Tool sources, Vibroplex Norcross keys, Nesbit interview,
user markings, Wilson bug, Australian keys. |
| 21 |
5/30/97 |
217-230 |
Vibroplex Uprights, Paddlette, Cedar Rapids bugs, Brown
Bros., nameplate replacement, GHD bugs and Codetrol. |
| 22 |
11/28/97 |
231-240 |
Fleron, Burlingame Telegraphing Typewriter, Phillips code,
Lionel J-36 nameplate repair, Hi-Mound, and Dow-Key. |
| 23 |
2/14/98 |
241-250 |
Paddlette, spring winding, museums, Go-Devil, TAC, Fleron,
and Data Engineering. |
| 24 |
4/20/98 |
251-260 |
Marconi company rules, Palomar IC Keyer, Cal-Av labs,
Clapp-Eastham Boston Key, SQ-Auto Keyer, Kitano Katahdin, Mercury paddle,
Clapp-Eastham "Blitzen", Boston Key repro, and Fist fighter
keyer. |
| 25 |
8/28/98 |
261-280 |
Bakelite, Squeeze Key, Novosibirsk paddles, Fleron, Boston
Key repros, MESCO catalog reprint and K.E. Keyer. |
| 26 |
12/14/98 |
281-294 |
Dah-Ditter, Catlin method, Kitano Key, Navy keys, J-36
labels, TAC, Patrick & Carter, Leach brochure and Montgomery Ward
catalog. |
| 27 |
4/27/99 |
295-310 |
PLA key, Mecograph, Burlingame Telegraphing Typewriter,
Catlin Method, Self Winding Clock Company, AtoZ bugs, Mon-Key rehab,
TEL-E-DOT, Klass key, Speed-X weights. |
| 28 |
9/16/99 |
311-326 |
Fullerphone, Ford Museum, Nye Viking, Perfectograph,
Battery Oil, Radio Row, Buzza history, AtoZ bugs, Swedish T handle bugs,
Electro-Bugs Dodge School, and Nikey. |
| 29 |
11/29/99 |
327-342 |
Spark Key Project, Wrecking Box, Slaby-Arco, Electro-Bug,
Hills and Vari-Speed. |
| 30 |
1/3/00 |
343-356 |
Western Union Inside plant catalog of 1929 excerpts,
Lowenstein, Australian J-36, and WWII Vibroplexes. |
| 31 |
5/26/00 |
357-374 |
Dow-Key project, Buzza, Western Electric nomenclature,
Telegraphone, Western Union signs, Moisture and Fungus Proofing, Argentine
Keys, ARTA, Hills Vari-Speed, J-7Marconi Roadmap key, and Hamco paddles. |
| 32 |
11/20/00 |
375-392 |
E.F. Johnson history, James McElroy patents, Vibroplex
EK-1, Western Union glass signs, Leach Speedo-Plex, Biggs Key, RAF Bathtub
keys, Martin Loose coupler, Dunduplex, J-5 keys, FYO paddles, PMG
Vibroplexes, RAF keys, Postal Telegraph serial numbers, Dow-Key project
and Telespeed bug. |
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| 33 |
6/21/01 |
393-412 |
Martin Flash-Key project by Don Karvonen, K8MFO,
McElroy, TAC, and copy Streamkeys by Stan Riome, VE3STN, and J-38 (and
J38) variations by Scott Hill, K6IX. In addition, there is material
about prehistoric Indian heliography using shiny rocks (I am NOT
kidding....), a listing of Aussie keys by Ron McMullen, and a listing of
J.H. Bunnell addresses over the years by Joe Jacobs. |
| 34 |
10/8/01 |
413-430 |
Field Guide To the Mecographs by Doug Palmer, K4KEY. Signal
Electric time line. Spark Key Project. Levinson's Radio
Bugs. Spanish J-38. |
| 35 |
3/18/02 |
431-444 |
W9TO, Edison in Canada, J-37 Keys, Victor Key, Dundupex
single paddle, Mecograph, Maniflex Sideswiper, Levenson, Vibroplex Cases,
MESCO, Naval KOBs, Lindholm & Wikstrom, Standard Radio Bugs. |
| 36 |
4/23/03 |
445-456 |
R.T.S., Key & Plug Assembly No. 9, Jablonsky
Sideswiper, Murray Willer Toronto Star Article, SE01143 and
SE-4015, Vibroplex EK-1 update, MESCO bulkhead blinker, Wireless in
Submarines, Vibroplex Venus, A.W. Bowman Spark Keys, Hybrid Lionel J-36
bugs, Dunduplex, Great Northern Telegraph, Breedlove Codetrol, and
first Vibroplex advertisement. |
| 37 |
8/10/04 |
456-466 |
Spark equipment list, vintage bug net, Electric Specialty
Mfg. Co. bugs, finger keying, Diaphragm keys, Wilson Bugs, RCAF 10A/556,
Massie Keys, Key photography, Lytle Triplex census, Paruscio Jiggers, Vaile
Autoplex, Vibroplex Upright 3rd model and Vibroplex Battleship gray. |
| 38 |
5/22/05 |
467-479 |
Murray Willer obit, NI8G wake, George Bliss keys, early
N2DAN paddles, Marconi collection move, cleaning keys, removing rust from
screws, handling screws in acid, repairing an improper height pendulum
assembly, rust removal by electrolysis, 26003A navy keys, Mecograph #4,
Bunnell name tags, contact resurfacing, Phelps keys and Autronic paddles. |
| 39 |
3/27/06 |
480-484 |
Spies Electric Works, John La Hiff, Community, First
Telegraphic Train Order Monument and Novoplex. |
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