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Old January 1st 08, 05:20 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors
Tim Shoppa Tim Shoppa is offline
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Default J-38 key: What's the screw eye for?

A few nights ago I got my J-38 out to help with Straight Key Night.
(Had a blast!).

The J-38 isn't particularly new to me... I got it from my Elmer before
I was licensed, probably when I was 9 years old.

But... as I look at it, I see it has a screw eye and two posts in the
back, and realize that I never knew what they were for. The two posts
in the back might be some kind of shield tie-down (or maybe something
I have no conception of related to land-line telegraph wiring), but
what the heck is the screw eye there for?

Tim.