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Recent Posts

  • We’re back! Lots of changes
  • Driving a Telegraph Sounder from HF Audio
  • Another mongrel bug joins the stable – 1906 Clone
  • Pre-1918 Homebrew Double-Lever
  • 1914 A-to-Z Electric Novelty Company Bug (aka ATOZ)

Recent Comments

  • Excel Projector Corp., est. 1933 – Made-in-Chicago Museum on Max Levey – The man behind the ATOZ “Improved Vibroplex” Bug
  • Vibroplex Patent Wars: The Rise of the Albright bugs – The Vintage Nostalgia on Max Levey – The man behind the ATOZ “Improved Vibroplex” Bug
  • Thomas Bruzan on Head Copy CW, An Alternative Method: ‘Phonic Copy’
  • N6EV on Head Copy CW, An Alternative Method: ‘Phonic Copy’
  • George Nestojko on Head Copy CW, An Alternative Method: ‘Phonic Copy’

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