[GreenKeys] Telegraph sounder

[Lee Mushel]

I found this to be a thoroughly enjoyable thread.   I had forgotten that when you walked past the railroad depot with windows open in summer you would often hear the sound of such a device!   Then, a year and a half ago the entertainment program for a monthly ham radio meeting featured a gentleman who thought he was the last of the original railroad telegraphers put on a demonstration of his art using "the real thing."   Someone did offer to buy it but as I recall he replied that it had already been promised to a railroad museum upon his demise......

Regards,

Lee    K9WRU
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Christ 
  To: Derek Cohn/WB0TUA 
  Cc: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 9:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Telegraph "clicker" for actual sounder


  The thing you are looking for is a telegraph sounder.  There are currently several on ebay currently asking $10 up.  That is a place to start.


  I did run across a simple DIY set as well
  <http://www.makershed.com/Reinventing_Morse_Build_Your_Own_Telegraph_Kit_p/mkhe02.htm>


  A rather more ambitious and better sounding project is this
  <http://steampunkworkshop.com/telegraph.shtml>


  good luck


  David K0LUM



     
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