General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

28.3 cm

Width

11.3 cm

Height

11.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ELECTRIC

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Danville

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS ONE USED IN THE 1950S

Canada

THIS UNIT WAS OWNED BY BUD PUCHARD VE3UD. A VICE PRESIDENT OF BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, BUD WAS A LEADING RADIO AMATEUR. HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN RADIO TECHNICAL PLANNING BOARD (CRTPB), & WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1979 WARC DELEGATION TO GENEVA. HE DIED IN MARCH 1982 [REF 1]

Function

USED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS TO SEND MORSE CODE SIGNALS

Technical

THIS WAS THE MOST POPULAR COMMERCIAL VERSION OF A KEYER & MAY HAVE WELL BEEN THE 1ST COMMERCIALLY BUILT UNIT OF IT KIND. IT IMPROVED AN OPERATOR'S ABILITY TO SEND MORSE AS IT PRODUCED PERFECTLY SHAPED (I.E LENGTH & NUMBER) DOTS &DASHES.IT TOOK THE WORK OUT OF SENDING MORSE. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DECAL ON SIDE: 'MON [DRAWING] KEY'/ STAMPED IN BOTTOM: 'ELECTRIC EYE EQUIPMENT CO./ DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A./ 110 VOLTS A.C. OR D.C.'/ STICKER ON BOTTOM: 'PROPERTY OF JOHN GILBERT'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE - PIECE BROKEN OFF AND STORED IN BAG

Finish

BODY BLACK PAINT - TEXTURED; GLOSS BLACK BASE; CLEAR PLASTIC COVER ON FRONT; SHINY METAL TOP PANEL; BROWN CORD

Decoration

N/A