Thread: Wanted: J-38 key part
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Old January 31st 07, 12:06 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.swap
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Default Wanted: J-38 key part

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I'm looking for the little brass screw-eye that screws
into
the bakelite base of a J-38 key. Do you have one that you
can spare? Once restored, this key will be installed at
the
radio operator's station on board the B-17.

Thanks and 73,

Dean Hemphill, K5DH
B-17G 44-8543A "Chuckie" Volunteer Crew Member
Vintage Flying Museum
Fort Worth, Texas

If you can't get the genuine article I am pretty sure
its a generic hardware part.
J-38 keys were used for code training, I don't think
they were ever used on aircraft. I don't know what the
correct key for a B-17 is but suspect its one of the
enclosed "explosion proof" type keys.
BTW, are you the folks who had a flying B-17 and B-24 at
the Burbank airport a couple of years ago? If so they were
nicely restored. The complete lack of any creature comforts
on these aircraft gives one even more respect for the crews
who spent so many hours in them on missions.



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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA



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