On Jan 31, 2006, at 12:13 PM, Chuck Guenther wrote:
It's not very pretty, but a great way to slow down your bug is to
clip an old-fashioned spring-type clothespin to the thumbscrews of
the weights. You can wrap solder around the ears of the clothespin
to add more weight and slow those dits down to match your dahs!
Back in my novice days (1952), I drilled a hole through a piece of
~1/2 x 1 / 1/8 in steel and attached it to the weight of my Vibroplex
Lightning Bug. It went so slow that today I'd probably fall asleep
between words. I also have an Original which came with a Vari-Speed
but had never heard of the Bug Tamer before. I did a Google search
and most of the hits were for mosquito netting, but I did find this
one with several nice pictures:
http://www.visradio.com/cata/vib-bt.html
73,
Bob N7XY
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