Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While not up on Collins gear I have been an afficinado of the Vibroflex bug for many years, though I have lately let my skills lapse. Like my Leicas mine can most charitibly be described as a "good user". Both are wonderful devices in the hands of a skilled user. Likewise they require a certain amount of effort in the development of the craft. Mike D Peter Klein wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >