According to tracking I will get the Mac-Key tomorrow
11/12/14 (my son’s birthday!). The seller on eBay was reluctant to provide his
call sign because he said he had been inactive in the hobby for years, and he
did not recall the call sign of the man he got the key from.
Tom French,W1IMQ did confirm it was a 1938B Mac-Key and that it
had a replacement paddle, and the one piece brass pendulum weight is not
original either. The Mac-Keys had 2 weights right next to each other. From what
I learned from the seller, these two changes in the key were made prior to him acquiring
the key. So, for the key's history sake I will leave it unchanged for now.
I would be hard pressed to locate an original paddle and
weight anyway, unless I found a very poor condition “parts” key to get them
from.
Tom French, W1IMQ did add the key to his database of known Mac-Keys and
you will find the following entry listed on his page by order of date and serial number by clicking below;"1938B 2000 deluxe, thin dot stab, ckt closer. wrong paddle & weight. (ebay nov 2014)"
http://artifaxbooks.com/mcelroy/serialnos2.htm
Moore Later,
Tom, K2BEW
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