This is an old Speed-X straight key that was
given to me many years ago by friend and ham Peter N4SXG (now SK). It doesn't handle very good, but it is usable. I use it from time to time, and on straight key night, as it does have a special meaning to me.
I am trying to find an approximate date of mfg, and the model #, if anyone out there should know what it is. It looks like the little cheapie plastic base unit that was sold by MFJ, Radio Shack, Ameco, etc....with a couple of exceptions. Those are:
It has Speed-X embossed into the lever...
It has Speed-X molded / raised in the plastic base, as well as a small raised rib in the base all the way around it's perimeter.
Pete made a wooden base for it and installed some felt on the bottom of it. When he was alive, he only worked a straight key, and could really hammer this thing. Pete was a Navy CW op and copied on a mechanical typewriter.
Dave WB4IUY
www.WB4IUY.net
