• Year
  • 1900 ??
  • Category
  • Morse-Equipment & TTY, RTTY, TDD etc.
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 191884

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Power type and voltage
  • No Power needed
  • Loudspeaker
  • - - No sound reproduction output.
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Sideswiper - Bunnell & Co., J.H.; Kings
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Notes
  • Around 1900, Jesse Bunnell introduced a key that used a side-to-side movement and named it a "Sideswiper" or "Double-Speed key". It virtually eliminated "Telegrapher's Paralysis", and became very popular. They were still being made in the 1950s.
  • Mentioned in
  • Perera's "Telegraph Collectors Guide"
  • Author
  • Model page created by Bernd P. Kieck. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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