Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/02

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Subject: [Leica] Dayton 2004 photos
From: pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein)
Date: Wed Jun 2 15:07:34 2004

Mike:  As Gene well knows, Collins and Vibroplex users and collectors have
a lot in common with Leica people.  The Collins S-Line was the Leica of
tube-based ham radio equipment.  The Vibroplex "bug" is a jewel of a
mechanical device.  For those unfamiliar, it's a semiautomatic telegraph
key that sends the Morse code "dots" by means of a vibrating spring.

Devotees of Collins and Vibroplex are fanatical.  The equipment is
technically obsolete but capable of the finest results when operated by
knowing hands.  And the average age of the users is. . . well, see the
other pictures :-)   Sound familiar?

--Peter Klein
Seattle, WA

Mike Durling <durling@cox.net> wrote:
> Just goes to show you, its not just Leica people.
re. Gene Duprey's: http://www.leica-gallery.net/k1gd/image-67979.html








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