[CW] Signal Sematic Key

[Richard Knoppow]

    Its too large for the list unless the moderator makes an 
exception. Your personal address is via the ARRL mirror and I 
suspect its too large for that too.
    I could try another address or see if its possible to reduce 
the size.

On 8/3/2021 9:04 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Could you scan it and send it?
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 9:19 PM Richard Knoppow 
> <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
>
>         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.
>
>     -- 
>     Richard Knoppow
>     1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
>     WB6KBL
>
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Richard Knoppow
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WB6KBL