[CW] Really DC rather than CW: EFJ Telegraph Learner Sets

[Ron Youvan]

   jack wrote:

> would the spring from a ballpoint pen work?
> jack   ak7o

   I have been in hardware stores that had bins with an assortment of 
such springs of all lengths and diameters.


> Yesterday I bought two E. F. Johnson Telegraphy Learner Sets, Johnson
> Catalog Number 114-110, at a going-out-of-business sale held by a local
> private school.
>
> They are on reddish-stained pine bases. The keys both have shorting
> bars, and are made of brass. The sounders appear to be made of steel or
> iron, with the company name and location ("E. F. JOHNSON CO", "WASECA,
> MINN") stamped or engraved on one side of each armature bar. The
> underside of each base has a set of connection diagrams for single- and
> double-set operation.
>
> One set is missing the return spring for its key. Neither has been
> treated gently, and both have been grossly maladjusted in the setup. Any
> hints or links for getting a replacement return spring for the key will
> be gratefully accepted.
>
> Some images of them can be seen at <http://mikea.ath.cx/EFJ1>.
>
> Does anyone else here have any of these?



-- 
Ron - KA4INM