[CW] Signal Sematic Key

[Chris R. NW6V]

Thanks!

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 9:40 PM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>     Lets see if it comes through.  I have a (probably) later
> Signal catalog, for 1940, which does not include this key.
>
>
> 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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