Perera's
TELEGRAPH COLLECTORS GUIDE
(3rd. Edition)
Tom Perera - W1TP
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Description of Book
Corrections and Revisions
Revised Downloadable Price Lists
SPECIAL FEATURES of the NEW ** THIRD EDITION **
104 PAGES:( 24 more than the first edition )
Crammed with Information and Updated on the Internet
300 PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS:
( 50 more than the first edition )
"Keyed" to High Quality Color Photographs on the Internet.
300 CURRENT PRICES:
( 50 more than the first edition )
The Prices an Average Collector Would Pay for an Item.
"Keyed" to a Frequently-Updated, Downloadable Internet List.
NEW 1600-item Cross-Referenced Index:
( 400 more than the second ediion )
(Complete index makes it easy to find obscure items)
NEW: Full Color Water-Resistant Cover:
Now its easy to find the guide quickly
AND, you can carry it with you to rainy outdoor events.
PUBLISHED by the RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain:)
INTRODUCTION
This guide is designed to serve as an inexpensive, portable, and
comprehensive source of basic information and reference material for
new and experienced collectors. As an additional aid to serious
collectors and historians, additional detailed descriptions and
color photographs of over 3000 telegraph items may be found in my
internet museum at:
http://w1tp.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Introduction:
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on prices
- Table of Contents
- How to Use This Book
- Historical Background
- Telegraph Key Lever Shapes:
- Pre-Morse Land-Line Telegraph: (1830's-1884)
- Morse Land-Line Telegraph: (1844-1881)
- Post-"Triumph Key" Land-Line Telegraph: (1881-1950's)
- Practice Sets and Practice Machines: (1881-1950's)
- Semi-Automatic Keys or "Bugs": (1904-present)
- Electronic Keyers and Paddles: (1950's-present)
- Spark and Wireless Keys: (1910-present)
- Radio Keys: (1920's-present)
- American Military Keys: (1910-present)
- British Military Keys: (1910-present)
- Canadian Military Keys: (1910-present)
- German Military Keys: (1910-present)
- Japanese & Chinese Military Keys: (1910-present
- Russian & Czech Military Keys: (1910-present)
- Homemade Keys and Novelty Items:
- Roger Reinke's Latest Early Telegraph Manufacturer's List:
- Neal McEwen's Updated List of Bug Manufacturers:
- Doug Seneker's Updated Bug List:
- Base Widths of Vibroplex Bugs - From Tom French:
- Larry Nutting's J-Series Key Identification List:
- Neal McEwen's Military Manufacturer's Codes List:
- How to Adjust Telegraph Keys:
- Notes on Restoring Telegraph Items:
- Bibliography and References:
- Internet Links to Telegraph Sites:
- A Few Vibroplex Manufacturing Dates from John Elwood's Published Research:
- Price Guide and Guide to Internet Museum Photographs:
- INDEX: A 1600-item Cross-Referenced Index:
CORRECTIONS AND REVISIONS:
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REVISED DOWNLOADABLE PRICE LISTS:
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