WORLDWIDE PHOTO WEEK: Part 702 - Mechanisms

Three of my Morse Code "mechanisms."

On the right is a version of the U.S. Army Signal Corps J-38 made by the Signal Electric Company of Menominee, Michigan.

In the center is a WW-II flameproof key made by the JH Bunnell Comapany for the U.S. Navy. The contacts are completely enclosed so there is no spark when it is keyed. This particular key was used on the USS Ranger (CV-4) in Fighter Squadron VF-66 in 1945.

On the left is a Vibroplex Iambic keyer. Combined with the appropriate radio, pushing one paddle creates "dots" and the other paddle creates "dashes." Depending on which paddle is press first, if you press both paddles at the same time, it will produce a "dot-dash" or a "dash-dot" sequence. It makes it easier to send Morse Code at 25-30 words per minute.

Great photo Tim of mechanisms I know absolutely nothing about though the history and your explanation is very interesting.

Timphoto wrote in post #19026861
Three of my Morse Code "mechanisms."

On the right is a version of the U.S. Army Signal Corps J-38 made by the Signal Electric Company of Menominee, Michigan.

In the center is a WW-II flameproof key made by the JH Bunnell Comapany for the U.S. Navy. The contacts are completely enclosed so there is no spark when it is keyed. This particular key was used on the USS Ranger (CV-4) in Fighter Squadron VF-66 in 1945.

On the left is a Vibroplex Iambic keyer. Combined with the appropriate radio, pushing one paddle creates "dots" and the other paddle creates "dashes." Depending on which paddle is press first, if you press both paddles at the same time, it will produce a "dot-dash" or a "dash-dot" sequence. It makes it easier to send Morse Code at 25-30 words per minute.

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As a kid my father used to let me play with the WW2 key.. He hooked it up to headphones so I could hear the dots and dashes.. I was so easily amused

Grizz1 wrote in post #19026869
Great photo Tim of mechanisms I know absolutely nothing about though the history and your explanation is very interesting.

Thanks!

I enjoy dusting off the J-38 once a year for an amateur radio on the air event called Straight Key Night where nothing but old fashioned keys are allowed. I have a 1950's 40 watt morse code transmitter and use a WW-II era radio to receive the signals. That's serious Retro Radio!

joayne wrote in post #19026875
As a kid my father used to let me play with the WW2 key.. He hooked it up to headphones so I could hear the dots and dashes.. I was so easily amused

"...easily amused." People say that about me all the time.

Timphoto wrote in post #19026878
"...easily amused." People say that about me all the time.

It is a gift...

Mechanism - seized:

Timphoto wrote in post #19026861
Three of my Morse Code "mechanisms."

On the right is a version of the U.S. Army Signal Corps J-38 made by the Signal Electric Company of Menominee, Michigan.

In the center is a WW-II flameproof key made by the JH Bunnell Comapany for the U.S. Navy. The contacts are completely enclosed so there is no spark when it is keyed. This particular key was used on the USS Ranger (CV-4) in Fighter Squadron VF-66 in 1945.

On the left is a Vibroplex Iambic keyer. Combined with the appropriate radio, pushing one paddle creates "dots" and the other paddle creates "dashes." Depending on which paddle is press first, if you press both paddles at the same time, it will produce a "dot-dash" or a "dash-dot" sequence. It makes it easier to send Morse Code at 25-30 words per minute.

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very cool - takes me back to my Telegraph Tech days...

Parts . . .

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Just a cell phone pic of one of my most useful mechanisms; my big lens, camera, gimbal head, and tripod. . To my thinking, together, these things combine to form a single working mechanism.

Taken last night at the marsh where I like to photograph Red-winged blackbirds. . Gonna head back down there right now and try for some ducks!

Nice, real nice looking rig Tom and sure does look like great RWB habitat, bet it gets noisy there in the spring.

Tom Reichner wrote in post #19027803
To my thinking, together, these things combine to form a single working mechanism.

Hmmm... a mechanism with no aim, no focus, no trigger, no direction, no subject and certainly no transport. Methinks you're missing the operator!

John_B wrote in post #19026182
With the Corona Virus (Covid-19) out, I might have to break out this old Mechanism

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use that and you might have more than just Covid-19 to worry about! looks a) rather rusty b) rather foody...

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