[CW] Signal Sematic Key

[Richard Knoppow]

    I found a brochure from Signal Electric in my files. I don't 
know where I got it. Its entitled "Fundamentals of Wireless 
Telegraphy" There is no indication of the date. About half of it 
is a catalog of Signal products, among them is a key which they 
call the Sematic, it is billed as Semi-Automatic or Double Action 
and its indicated it will work as a sideswiper. It looks like a 
bug but has two levers, one on each side. One is almost certainly 
a circuit closer but the other may be a lever to switch the key 
from "bug" mode to "sideswiper" mode. Its price is listed as 
$18.00 which would not have been cheap for any date from the 
1930s to 1950s. I wonder if anyone knows anything about this key 
or perhaps has one. I have never seen one. As above I don't 
remember the source of the brochure but could post it to the list 
if anyone is interested. I thought this might be a good place to 
ask about it.

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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL