1923 Vibroplex Bug
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The outboard weight to slow the speed down as
these were made for
faster speeds
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A Navy Key
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Note: This is a US Navy flameproof key that is
from the
aircraft carrier USS Forrestal.
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Dee and His Weapon of Choice
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One way to hang an antenna on top of 40 ft trees.
Dee uses a crossbow to string fishline.
He then ties the antenna wire braid line and pulls it through.
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Dee and His Weapon of Choice (con't)
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If you look carefully, you can see the arrow being shot
with the line attached.
Dee has a swivel on a blunt weighted arrow attached to the fish line.
The fish line is placed on the rod to his right.
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Dee and His Weapon of Choice (con't)
The Arrows
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Look carefully to see how the arrows were modified.
The arrow is a blunt weighted arrow with a swivel attached on the right.
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Dave, W7QH, using a straight key
for SKN 2025
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"I made some nice contacts on SKN running 5w
into the 125ft long G5RV using this Speed-X key
with the poker chip knob improvement."
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Mike, KG7BF, using a 1923 bug with
an IC 730 for SKN 2025
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Please stand by.
Other pix and interesting topics will
be updated shortly.
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