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Nation's last morse code station comes back to life

The "telegraph key" shown in the picture is a Vibroplex (semi?)-automatic "bug"....
Where's the straight keys?
There HAD to be a couple of J-38s used there....!!!
My first key was a J-38, given to me by my mentor -- an Army Colonel who was a "sparks" (radio operator)...
Yes....he DID use a spark-gap generator in his early days.....!!:)
BTW.....the J-38 telegraph key is NOT to be confused with the tiny K-ration can opener of the same name.....!!
 
Oldie919 said:
There HAD to be a couple of J-38s used there....!!!
My first key was a J-38, given to me by my mentor -- an Army Colonel who was a "sparks" (radio operator)...
Yes....he DID use a spark-gap generator in his early days.....!!:)
BTW.....the J-38 telegraph key is NOT to be confused with the tiny K-ration can opener of the same name.....!!
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I still have the J-38 key that the widow of a ham that was friends with my grandparents gave me in 1970, after I received my Novice ticket. Even though I haven't had a CW contact since 1990, It's connected to my rig for testing purposes.
 
I am a member of the MRHS and have worked at the KPH transmitter site since 2006. I am a member of the "transmitter crew". I have uploaded videos of the KPH transmitter site many times to my YouTube channel at www.modelaguy.com

The oldest transmitter there right now is a 1940/42-ish Press Wireless PW-15 that we run at 5KW in CW mode on 12 MHz.

Lots of mercury vapor rectifiers and thyrotrons in those transmitters, and so few people left who know how they work. I feel like part of an elite few who have the privilege to maintain those transmitters and that site and keep it operational. It is an honor just to be there, let alone be able to wrench on that equipment.
 
Wasn't there a station called KGEI down there that was also a Morse Code station?
 
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