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[WoodChuckDad]

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What do the keys look like?.. Can you post some pics?

I just put some shorts on and went out in the garage to take pictures.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

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What do the keys look like?.. Can you post some pics?

 

[seaneastok]

Woodchuck...Those are some beautiful key's...You should have no problem turning them on QRZ or EHAM.net..Me ? I am one of the last slow code General class holders(5 wpm to pass) before they did away with the code requirement..One of these day's I mean to become proficient again..
73's DE KD5JXF

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Woodchuck...Those are some beautiful vintage key's...You should have no problem turning them on QRZ or EHAM.net..Me ? I am one of the last slow code General class holders(5 wpm to pass) before they did away with the code requirement..One of these day's I mean to become proficient again..
73's DE KD5JXF

Thanks. They were in my father's collection. I put one of the keys in with my father's ashes and kept one of the old mid 30's vibroplex keys for myself to sit on my desk. The rest of the stuff I need to get rid of. I simply don't have room for it.
There were also about a dozen or so miniature keys....so small they looked and felt like toys....but they just vanished. I'm not sure if they got swept into a trash bag or if one of the great grandkids pocketed them as a plaything......these things happen.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

The rest of the stuff is more modern Nothing really sought after. His E3 went to his buddy (per my father's wishes.)
Kenwood G707
Astro power supply RS-35A
Kenwood TS-8705 DSP
ICOM IC-R75 receiver
ICOM V8080
Kenwood TM V71A
LDG AT-11MP auto tuner
LDG IT-100 memory tuner 125 W 160-6 meter
LDG Z-100 auto tuner
Radio Shack 13.8 V 3 amp
MFJ 969 deluxe versa tuner II
MFJ 407D Electronic keyer
MFJ 544classroom code practice oscillator
MFJ 971 portable tuner
MFJ Morse Keyboard Keyer
WMZ QRP watt meter

 

[k0ua]

Thanks. They were in my father's collection. I put one of the keys in with my father's ashes and kept one of the old mid 30's vibroplex keys for myself to sit on my desk. The rest of the stuff I need to get rid of. I simply don't have room for it.
There were also about a dozen or so miniature keys....so small they looked and felt like toys....but they just vanished. I'm not sure if they got swept into a trash bag or if one of the great grandkids pocketed them as a plaything......these things happen.

Do you know what they are worth?

 

[k0ua]

What do you want for the WM2 QRP wattmeter? Oak Hills Research correct?

 

[k0ua]

That Mike March paddle is well thought of. Hand made you know.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Do you know what they are worth?

I have looked on the net and have a fair idea. I have a small handheld 2 meter kenwood that my father gave me years ago. I have listened to it many hours on my morning commute, but never spoken because I am not licensed. I have toyed with the idea of keeping the kenwood 870s to set up in my office once the house is built but the reality is that I have many years of hard work to do on the farm before I have enough leisure time to use the radio.....and I also don't know enough about it to know what else I would need. Or how large of an antenna I would have to have.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Let me look thru the boxes and verify that it is in there and I'll message you. There were several cabinets of stuff....and a full wall of bins with antenna pieces/parts. I simply didn't have room to take it all so I just grabbed up the radios and keys.

As for the Mike March paddle, I remember my father telling me about the show that he went to where he talked to him and told him what he wanted, and it was built for him. Not sure if he picked it up at another show or not. He and his buddy used to go up and down the east coast to those things.