SEARCH THIS INDEX, Roger Reinke's LIST OF TELEGRAPH MANUFACTURERS, and the BUG NAME and MAKERS LISTS to Access ALL Information.
(Numbers refer to the pages in the printed second edition.)
A TO Z NOVELTY CO. (Bugs): 26, 71, 72, 80
A. E. Co. (Bugs): 71
A-400 MODEL MCELROY BUG: 31, 76
ABERNATHY (Bugs): 71, 72
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: 2,
ADJUSTING KEYS: 84
ADMIRALTY (British Navy) KEYS: 40
ADVANCE RELAY (Bug): 72
AIR MINISTRY (British) KEYS: 40, 57
AIRCRAFT KEYS: 40, 50, 59, 62
ALBRIGHT, J. E. (Bugs): 26, 27, 72, 77, 80
ALL-STEEL LEVER KEY(S)
(See Steel Lever Keys)
AMATEUR MODEL-
MCELROY STREAM KEY: 44
AMATEUR RADIO (See HAM RADIO)
AMERICAN Military Keys: 48-55
(See Military Keys)
(Also see J-Series keys)
AMERICAN MORSE CODE / MORSE CODE: 5
AN/GSC-T1 MILITARY TRAINING SET: 55
ANTIQUE SHOWS/SHOPS: 2, 4
ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION: 87
APEX II, APEX HUNTER (Bug): 71, 72
APPRAISALS (ESTATE/INSURANCE): 4
ARC TRANSMITTER KEY (German): 60
ARMATURE: 6, 16, 17
ARMOR-ALL: 85
ARTIFAX BOOKS: 3
AUCTIONS: 2, 4
AUSTRALIAN MILITARY KEYS: 58
AUTO-DOT (Bug): 72
AUTOMATIC (FULL) KEYS: 34
(Also See SEMI-AUTOMATIC)
AUTOMORSE (Bug): 72
AUTOPLEX (Bug): 21, 72
AUTRONIC PADDLES: 36
B.A.L. (German Luftwafffe): 61
BALL-BEARINGS: 13, 43, 45
BALTIMORE-TO-WASHINGTON, D.C.
TELEGRAPH LINE: 5, 9
BARCLAY BOX KOB: 17
BASE WIDTHS OF VIBROPLEX KEYS: 80
BATHTUB (British) KEYS: 57
BATTERY: 5 (See voltage)
BAUMUSTER (German T-1) KEYS: 61
BC-654 RADIO KEY (J-48): 53
BEEKO: 16, 17, 19
BELL NOVELTY CO. (Bugs): 71
BELLOWS, BENJAMIN: 26, 76
BENT FRAME BUG (See DOW KEY)
BIBLIOGRAPHY: 86
BITER, ED (NS3E): 23, 65
BLINKER (See Signal Light)
BLUE RACER MOD. VIBROPLEX: 23,35,79,80
BLUE RACER 2000 MOD. VIBROPLEX: 25
BLUE VITRIOL (See COPPER SULFATE)
"BOSTON" KEY (See CLAPP-EASTHAM)
BOULTER (Bugs): 71, 72
BOWMAN, A.W. SPARK KEY: 41
BOX-TYPE KOB: 17
BRACH, L.S. KEYS: 50
BRASS-RACER MODEL VIBROPLEX: 25
BREEDLOVE (CODETROL Bug): 71
BRELCO KEY: 54
BRITISH:
Admiralty (Navy) Key: 40
Air Ministry Key: 40, 57
Bathtub Keys: 57
Dummy Signaller's Key: 57
Eddystone Bug: 35
Fullerphone Field Tel Set: 56
Kent Key: 47
Lightweight Key: 58
Land-Line Telegraph: 9
Military Keys: 56-58
Practice Keys/Sets: 57
WT-8A (Key WT 8 Amp) Keys: 56, 57, 59
BROOKLYN MTL STAMPING (Bug): 71, 72, 77
BROWN BROTHERS: 36, 46 (Bugs): 71, 72
BROWN, J. W.: 86
BROWN, ROLF (Xograph Canadian Bug): 80
BUG 140 (Bug): 72
BUGS (Also Called SEMI AUTMATIC KEYS)
(Defined: 7), 21-35, 40, 51, 65, 71-80
A TO Z Novelty Co.: 26, 71, 72, 80
A. E. Co.: 71
A-400 Model McElroy bug: 31, 76
Abernathy, 71, 72
Adjusting: 84
Advance Relay: 72
Albright, J. E.: 26, 27, 72
Apex II, Apex Hunter: 72
Auto-Dot: 72
Automorse: 72
Autoplex: 21, 72
Bell Novelty Co.: 71
Blue Racer Model Vibroplex: 23, 25, 35, 79, 80
Boulter: 71, 72
Breedlove (Codetrol): 71, 72
Brooklyn Metal Stamping Co: 71, 72, 77
Brown Brothers: 71, 72
Bug 140: 72
Bunnell Gold Bug: 27, 71, 72
Bunnell Speed Key: 73
Bunnell-Martin Flash Keys: 26, 71, 73, 74
Buzza: 73
Cardwell: 71
Cedar Rapids Bug (kit): 33, 71, 73
Champion Model Vibroplex: 25, 79, 80
CMK-26009 U.S.Navy McElroy: 30
Codetrol: 71, 73
Coffee Vertical Key: 26, 73
Colored Base Vibroplex: 22, 24
Conkling: 73
Cote. O. E.: 71
CP-500 Model McElroy(TAC): 32, 76, 78, 79
CP-800 Model McElroy(TAC): 32, 76, 78, 79
Damper: 23
Dinger Bug: 71, 73, 76
BUGS (Continued)
Direct Point Model Vibroplex: 79
Dot Contact: 23
Dot Spring: 23
Double-Lever Vibroplex: 22, 80
Doug Seneker's List of Known Bugs: 72-80
Dow Key Bent Frame Bug: 34, 71, 73
Dow Key Conventional/Standard: 34, 71, 73
Dow Key Rotating Frame Universal: 34, 71, 73
Dunduplex (Bug): 26, 71, 74,
Dununit: 74, 77
E. F. Johnson (See Speed-X): 28, 78
Eddystone Bug (British): 35, 74
Electric Specialty Bug (kit): 33, 71, 73
Electro-Bug: 33, 71, 74
Equable key: 71, 74
Extension Arm Model Vibroplex: 80
Fujiseikosha: 74
Full-Automatic Bug: 34
Go-Devil: 28, 71, 74
Hi-Mound: 35, 75
Hole-in-the-wall bug: 33, 78
Homemade bug: 65
How to Adjust Telegraph Keys: 84
Hulit: 75
J-36 Model by Brooklyn Metal Stampg: 71, 72
J-36 Model by Bunnell: 24, 53, 72, 81
J-36 Model by Lionel: 24, 53, 71, 75, 81
Lionel J-36 Lable: 24
J-36 Model by Vibroplex: 24, 53, 79, 81
Jelectro: 35, 75, 77
John Elwood's Research
on Vibroplex Mfg. Dates: 87
Johnson, E.F. Models 500-515 bugs: 28, 71
Junior Model Electro Bug: 33
Junior Model McElroy: 30, 75
Junior Model Vibroplex: 24, 79, 80
Kenco: 75
Kenwood: 75
Left-Handed: 23, 35
Legal Bugs: 27
Leiser's Simplex Bug: 77
Les Logan Models 500-515 bugs: 28, 71, 75, 78
Licensed Bugs: 27, 80
Lightning Model Vibroplex: 24, 79, 80
Like a flash bug: 75
Lionel (J-36) Bug: 24, 53, 71, 75
Lytle Triplex Bug: 79
MacDonald Pendograph Bug: 26, 71, 76, 77
McElroy Bugs: 29-33, 71, 75-76
Mecograph: 26, 71, 73, 76
Melehan Valiant: 34, 71, 76
Midget Model Vibroplex: 23, 79
"Mitch" Mitchell (Vibroplex Owner): 2,
Moto-Key Bug: 76
Mt. Auburn Specialty Co. Bug: 26, 71, 76
Muse Bug: 77
National Transmitter Co. Bug: 71, 77
Neal McEwen's List of Bug Manufacturers: 71
New Haven (Clock Co.) Bug: 77
Norcross Model Vibroplex: 80
Novaplex (German) bug: 77
BUGS (Continued)
Number 4 Model Vibroplex: 23, 79, 80
Number 6 Model Vibroplex: 24, 79, 80
Original Model Vibroplex: 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 80
P-500 Model McElroy: 32
Peerless Bug: 77
Pendograph (MacDonald) Bug: 26, 71, 76, 77
PMG (Pendograph Bug): 76
Postal Telegraph Co. Bug: 71, 77
Presentation Model Vibroplex: 25, 80
Pseudo-X Model Vibroplex: 23
Radio Speed Bug (kit): 33, 73
Rotoplex Bug: 77
S-600 Model McElroy: 32, 76
Sematic bug by Signal Electric Co.: 27, 71, 77
Shawplex Bug: 71, 77
Simplex Bugs: 77
Single Contact/Lever Model Vibroplex: 79
Skillman Japanese Bug: 35, 77
Speed Bug: 77
Speedoplex Bug: 77
Speed-X Models 500-515 bugs: 28, 71, 78
Standard Bug: 78
Standard Model Vibroplex: 22
Super Stream Speed McElroy: 32, 76
Swallow Bugs: 35, 77
Telegraph Apparatus Co. (TAC): 33, 71, 78, 79
Teleplex / Telespeed Bug: 79
Thomas Bug: 79
Tom French's - Vibroplex Base Widths: 80
Triplex, (Lytle) Bug: 79
Two-Lever Vibroplex (See Double-Lever)
Ultimate (73) Bug: 27, 71, 79
United Electrical Mfg. Co. Bug: 71, 79
Upright Model Vibroplex: 23, 80, 100
Vailograph Bug: 71, 79
Vertical Vibroplex: 23, 80, 100
Vibro-Mors (French) Bug: 79
Vibroplex Book (Tom French's): 21, 86
Vibroplex Book (Bill Holly's): 21, 86
Vibroplex Bugs: 21-27, 35, 71, 72, 79-80
Vibroplex Co.: 25, 27, 71, 72, 79-80
Wilcox (Canadian) Bug: 80
Wilson (Canadian) Bug: 80
Wirechief's Special Model Vibroplex: 23,80,100
X Model Vibroplex: 22, 23, 79, 80
Xograph (Canadian) Bug: 80
Zephyr Model Vibroplex: 25, 80
500 Model McElroy Bug: 31, 75
600 Model McElroy Bug: 31, 76
1934 Model McElroy Bug: 29, 75
1935 Model McElroy Bug: 29, 75
1936 Model McElroy Bugs: 30, 33, 75
1937 Model McElroy Bugs: 30, 33, 75
1938 Model McElroy Bugs: 31, 33, 75
1939 Model McElroy Bug: 31, 75
1940 Model McElroy Bugs: 31, 76
1941 Model McElroy Bugs: 31-32, 76
1942 Model McElroy Bugs: 32, 76
BUNNELL, JESSE: 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18
BEEKO Practice Sets: 16, 17
Bunnell-Martin Flash Keys: 26, 71, 73, 74
BUNNELL (Continued)
Camelback Practice KOB: 12
CJB-2009A (Navy Bug): 73
Gold Bug: 27, 71, 72
J-36 Model Bug: 24, 53, 73, 81
Miniature Key & Sounder: 13
Non-Electric Practice Sets: 17
Radio Keys: 45, 81
Registers: 18
Relays: 18
Sideswiper: 15
Speed Key (Bug): 73
Triumph Key: 7, 11, 13, 14, 17
Triumph Key Look-Alike: 13, 45
BUNNELL-MARTIN FLASH KEYS: 26, 72
BURLINGAME, LYNN (N7CFO): 2, 86, 87
BUYING:
Hamfests, Antique Shops, -
Flea Markets, Auctions, Internet: 4
Strategies & Decisions: 4
BUZZA (Bug): 73, 75
BUZZER: 19, 48, 56, 57, 59, 65
CABLE (Submarine Telegraph): 11
CABLE KEYS (Submarine Telegraph): 11
CAG-1169 FLAMEPROOF KEY: 50
CAMELBACK LEVER KEYS: 8, 10, 11, 12, -
15, 17, 64
CANADIAN MILITARY KEYS: 45, 59
CARDWELL (Bug): 71
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: 7, 15
CASALE, JOHN (W2NI): 2, 10
CAST-IRON BASES: 6
CEDAR RAPIDS BUG (kit): 33, 71, 73
CHAMPION MODEL VIBROPLEX: 25, 79, 80
CHINESE KEY: 62
CHROME FINISH: 22, 28, 32, 33, 44
CIGARETTE LIGHTER NOVELTY KEY: 65
CIRCUIT: 5
CIVIL WAR: 6, 7, 12, 18, 48
Camelback Keys: 11
Pocket Sets used by Spies: 6, 12, 18
CJB-26009A (Navy J-36 Bug): 73
CLAPP-EASTHAM "BOSTON" -
SPARK KEY: 41, 42
CLARK, JAMES: 71
CLEANING KEYS (See RESTORING)
CLIP-ON-THE-LEG KEYS: 52, 60
CMK-26009 U.S.Navy McElroy bug: 30
CODE (CONTINENTAL, -
INTERNATIONAL & MORSE): 5
CODE PRACTICE (See PRACTICE)
CODETROL (Bug): 71, 73
COE, L.: 86
COFFEE VERTICAL KEY: 26
COIL(S): 6, 7, 9, 17
COLE, RANDY: 2, 87
COLLECTORS (Telegraph): 2, 4, 85
COLORED-BASE VIBROPLEX: 22, 24
COMMUNICATION: 5
CONGRESS (U.S.): 5
CONKLING (Bug): 73
CONTACTS (Electrical): 6, 8, 10, 11
CONTENTS: (See TABLE OF CONTENTS)
CONTINENTAL CODE / (Also Called) -
INTERNATIONAL CODE: 5
COPPER SULFATE: 5
COPY-BY-EAR: 6
COPYRIGHT: 3
CORRECTIONS,
Corrections & Revisions of this Book: 2
Corrections & Revisions of this Price Guide: 2
CORRESPONDENT (First Key): 9
(Also see Lever Correspondent)
COTE, O. E. (Bug): 71
COUNTERFEIT KEYS (See REPRODUCTION)
CP-500 and CP800 MODEL MCELROY (TAC) -
BUGS: 32, 76, 78, 79
CROW'S FOOT BATTERY: 5
CURVED LEVER (See LEVER)
CW KEYS: (Continuous Wave -
[radio] transmission.): 43-47
(See Radio/Radiotelegraph Keys)
CXX-26003A NAVY KEY: 53, 61
CXX-26012A NAVY KEY: 53
CZECH Military key: 63
D & K Mfg. Co. (Dinger Bug): 71, 73
D-165581 MILITARY KEY: 54
DAMPER (Bug): 23
DASH CONTACT: 29, 30, 84
DASH; DASHES: 5, 6, 9, 11
DBGM (German) KEYS: 60
DELANEY TEL. TRANSMITTER CO.: 71, 73
DELUXE MODEL:
(Also see Professional Model)
McElroy Bug: 31
McElroy Stream Key: 44
Speed-X, Les Logan, Johnson: 28
Vibroplex: 22
DENTSUSEIKI CO. (Swallow Bugs):
DETERGENT: 85
DINGER (Bug): 71, 73, 76
"DIME" SPARK KEY: 42
DIRECT POINT MODEL VIBROPLEX: 79
DOT CONTACT (Bug): 23, 29, 30, 84
DOT; DOTS: 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
DOT SPRING (Bug): 23
DOTS & DASHES NEWSLETTER: 86
DOUBLE LEVER VIBROPLEX: 22, 80
DOUBLE-SPEED KEY (See SIDESWIPER)
DOUG SENEKER (See SENEKER, DOUG)
DOW KEY BENT FRAME BUG: 34, 71, 73
DOW KEY CONVENTIONAL / (Also Called) -
STANDARD BUG: 34, 71, 73
DOW KEY ROTATING FRAME / (Also called) -
UNIVERSAL BUG: 34, 71, 73
DOW, PAUL: 34, 71, 73
DRP (German) KEYS: 60
DUMMY SIGNALLER'S KEY: 57
DUNDUPLEX (Bug): 26, 74
DUNN, THOMAS J. (Bug Mfgr): 26, 71
DUNUNIT (Bug): 74, 77
DUPLEX: 14, 18
EARTH (Ground): 5
EDDYSTONE BUG (British Bug): 35, 74
EE-1 BRASS RACER MODEL VIBROPLEX: 25
EL-KEY PADDLES: 36
ELECTRIC EYE EQUIPMENT CO.: 36
ELECTRIC SHOCKS: 9
ELECTRIC SPECIALTY CO. (kit Bug): 33,71,73
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH: 5, 9
ELECTRICAL CONTACTS (See CONTACTS)
ELECTRO-BUG & JUNIOR: 33, 71, 74
ELECTRO MANUFACTURING CO.: 33, 71, 74
ELECTROMAGNET: 5, 9, 33
ELECTRONIC KEYERS: 36
ELECTROPHYSICS CORP (Paddles): 36
ELECTROVOICE CORP. KEY: 55
ELWOOD, JOHN (WW7P): 2
John Elwood's Research on -
Vibroplex Mfg. Dates: 87
EMAIL: 3
EMERY, A. H. (See Go Devil Bug): 28, 71, 74
ENGLAND (See BRITISH)
EQUABLE (Bug): 71, 74
ESTATE APPRAISALS: 4
EUROPEAN KEYS: 8, 14
FAKE KEYS (See REPRODUCTION)
FEDERAL TELEGRAPH CO. -
WIRELESS KEY: 39
FIELD TELEGRAPH SETS: 48, 49, 56, 58
FIRE ALARM EQUIPMENT: 12, 18
FLAMEPROOF KEYS:
Flameproof Spark Keys: 39
Flameproof Radio Keys: 50, 53, 54, 55,61, 63,81
FLASH KEY (See BUNNELL-MARTIN FLASH)
FLEA MARKETS: 2, 4
FLERON PRACTICE SETS: 19
FOLDING-LEVER KEY: 49
FOOTE, PIERSON
Registers: 18
Twentieth Century Key: 15
FRENCH, TOM (W1IMQ): 2, 21, 29, 30, -
31, 32, 43, 86, 87
Artifax Books: 3, 86, 87
McElroy Book: 29, 30, 31, 32, 43
Tom French's - Vibroplex Base Widths: 80
Vibroplex and Other Books: 21, 86
FUJISEIKOSHA (BUG): 74
FULL AUTOMATIC BUG: 34
FULLER, A.C. (See Fullerphone)
FULLERPHONE BRITISH FIELD SET: 56
FYO PADDLES: 36
GALVANI: 9
GAMEWELL CO. (Fire Alarm Eqpt): 12, 18
GENERAL RADIO CORP.: 50
GERMAN KEYS:
Arc Transmitter Key: 60
Baumuster Key: 61
Clip-on-the-leg Key: 60
Junker Keys: 60
Land-Line Keys: 8, 15
GERMAN KEYS (CONTINUED)
Luftwaffe Keys: 61
Maus Keys: 61
Military Keys: 60-61
Radio Keys: 60
Spark Keys: 39
T-1, T-2, T-34 Military Keys: 61
GLASS ARM (See Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
GO-DEVIL (Bug): 28, 71, 74
GOLD BUG (Bunnell): 27
GOOSE-NECK RELAYS: 18
GRAVITY BATTERY: 5
GREELEY: 14
GRIMMER WILSON CANADIAN KEYS: 45, 59
HALL, THOMAS: 10
HARD-RUBBER: 12
HAM KEY: 46
HAM RADIO (Amateur Radio): 8, 41, -
42, 47, 54
Hamfests: 2, 4
HAMILTON PATENT: 14
HANSON, MEL (See MELEHAN VALIANT)
HARLOW, A. F.: 86
HEATHKIT (KEYERS): 36
HENRY, PROF. JOSEPH: 9
HERBERT, T. E.: 86
HI-MOUND (Bug): 35, 75
HILLS VARI-SPEED: 35
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: 4, 5-8
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL BUG: 33, 78, 79
HOLLY, BILL (K1BH): 2, 21, 22, 23, 24, -
25, 26, 27, 86
Vibroplex Book: 21, 86
HOMEMADE KEYS: 42, 64-65
HORIZONTAL-SPRING SOUNDERS: 12
HOW TO ADJUST TELEGRAPH KEYS: 84
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK: 4
Appraisals: Insurance & Estate: 4
Buying Decisions: 4
General Information: 4
Identification of Specific Instruments: 4
Selling Strategies: 4
HULIT (Bug): 71, 75
HUMPBACK KEYS (See CAMELBACK KEYS)
HUNTER, DAVID (Apex Bug Mfgr): 71, 72
IAMBIC-KEYER MODEL VIBROPLEX: 25
IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC ITEMS: 4
ILLEGAL BUGS: 26
INDEX: 88-97
INGRAM, D.: 86
INK PENS (For Registers): 6
INSTRUCTOGRAPH: 19
INSULATOR COLLECTORS WEB PAGES: 87
INSURANCE APPRAISALS: 4
INTERNATIONAL CODE / (Also called) -
CONTINENTAL CODE: 5
INTERNET,
Buying & Selling on the: 2, 4
Guide to location of the photographs in
this book on the internet. 98, 99
INTERNET (Continued)
Links: 86, 87
Museum (W1TP.COM): 1, 2, 3, 11, 24, 64
INTRODUCTION: 1
How to use this book: 4
Notes on prices: 2
ITU: 86
J-SERIES AMERICAN MILITARY KEYS -
(J-2 to J-51): 49-53, 81
Larry Nutting's J-Series list: 81
J-2, J-3, J-4: 49, 81
J-5, J-6, J-7, J-12: 50, 81
J-36 MODEL by BROOKLYN METAL: 71, 72
J-36 MODEL by BUNNELL: 24, 53, 81
J-36 MODEL by LIONEL: 24, 53, 71, 75, 81
Lionel J-36 Label: 24
J-36 MODEL by VIBROPLEX: 24, 53, 79, 81
J-37: 49, 51, 52, 55, 60, 81
J-38: 49, 51, 62, 81
JF-38, JJ-38: 51, 62
J-41A: 48, 52, 81
J-43, J-44, J-45, J-46, J-47: 52, 81
J-48, J-51: 53, 81
JACOBS, JOSEPH: 13, 86
JAPANESE KEYS:
Copy of J-38 (JJ-38): 51, 62
Copy of Signal Electric Key: 46
Copy of Triumph Key: 13
Japanese Radio Corp (JRC): 40, 47
Military Keys: 62
Wireless Key: 40
JAPANNED FINISH: 22
JELECTRO (bug): 75, 77
JOHNSON, E. F.: 14, 71, 78
Speed-X Models 500-515 bugs: 28, 78
JUNIOR MODEL ELECTRO BUG: 33
JUNIOR MODEL MCELROY BUG: 30, 75
JUNIOR MODEL VIBROPLEX: 24, 79, 80
JUNKER (German) KEYS: 60, 63
KAEMPFFERT, W.: 86
KEENKODE: (McClintock, Bug): 71
KELLOG FIELD SETS: 48
KELLY, JOHN (N3GVF): 2
KENCO (Bug): 71, 75
KENT (British) KEYS: 47
KENWOOD (Bug): 75
KEY-AND-BUZZER PRACTICE SETS: 19
KEY, TELEGRAPH (See Telegraph Key(s))
KEY, WT 8 AMP (See WT-8A KEY)
KEYERS, ELECTRONIC(also see paddles):25,36
KEYLETTER PERIODICAL: 86, 87
KING & CO. (Bugs): 75
KIT BUG: 33
KLEINMAN, RUSS (WA5Y): 2, 21, 26, 34, 87
KMK.2 (S. African & British) KEY: 58
KNIFE-EDGE PIVOT: 14
KNOB (Of Telegraph Key): 6
KOB (KEY [With Sounder] ON BASE)
(Defined: 6): 12, 16
BOX type KOB: 17
KOB (KEY [W/Sounder] ON BASE) (Continued)
Bunnell Miniature KOB: 13
Bunnell Practice Camelback: 12
Snare-Drum KOB: 17
KREUZER, JIM: 2, and Felicia: 38
KUNGSIMPORT PADDLES: 36
KY-116/U KEY: 52
KY-605/U KEY: 55
LABELS FOR:
Lionel J-36 bug: 24
Marconi Spark Key: 37
Massie Spark Key: 38
LAFAYETTE RADIO: 35
LAND-LINE TELEGRAPH: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-20
Baltimore-to-Washington telegraph line: 5
Circuits (Defined): 5
Morse: 8, 9-12
Post-"Triumph Key": 8, 13-20
Pre-Morse: 9
Roger Reinke's List of -
Early Manufacturers: 66-70
Telegraph Lines: 7
LEACH CO. (Speedoplex Bug Mfgr): 71, 77
LEACH SPARK RELAY: 40
LEFT-HANDED BUGS: 23, 35
LEG KEYS: 13, 14
(Also see Clip-on-the-leg keys)
LEGAL BUGS: 27 (See Licensed Bugs)
LEGLESS KEYS: 13, 14
LEGS (Of Telegraph Keys): 6, 11
LEISER'S SIMPLEX (Bug): 77
LES LOGAN (Bugs) (See LOGAN, LES)
LEVER (Telegraph key): 6
Camelback: 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17
Curved: 8
Shapes: 8
Step: 8, 11
Straight: 8, 10, 14
LEVER CORRESPONDENT (Key): 10
LEWIS (Patent) KEYS: 11
LICENSED BUGS: 27, 80
LIGHT KEYS (See SIGNAL LIGHT KEYS)
LIGHTNING MODEL VIBROPLEX: 24, 79, 80
LIGHTWEIGHT (British) KEY: 58
LIKE A FLASH (Bug): 73, 75
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM: 7
LINEMAN'S TEST SET (See POCKET SETS)
LINKS, Internet: 87
LIONEL ELECTRIC CO.: 24, 51, 71, 75, 81
Bugs/Semi-Automatic keys: 24, 53, 71, 75, 81
J-38 Military Keys: 51, 71, 75, 81
Label for Lionel J-36 bugs: 24
LIPPENCOTT (Bug Mfgr): 71
LOGAN, LES: 28, 71, 75, 78
Models 500-515 Bugs: 28, 78
LOOK-ALIKE (See REPRODUCTION)
LUFTWAFFE (German Aircraft) KEYS: 53, 61
LYTLE TRIPLEX (Bug): 79
MAC-KEYS (See McElroy)
MACDONALD:(Pendograph Bug ) 26,71,76,77
MAINLINE SOUNDERS: 16
MAIRA, GERRY (KA2MGE): 42
MALVASI, PETE (W2PM): 2, 27, 49, 85, 87
MANHATTAN ELECT. SUPPLY CO: 14, 18, 81
MANUFACURER'S CODES (NAVY): 82
MARBELITE FINISH: 31
MARBLE: 41
MARCONI, GUGLIELMO: 8
Fake/Reproduction/Counterfeit: 37
Miniature Spark Key: 37
Radiotelegraph Key: 43
Roadmap Spark Key: 37
Spark Keys: 37, 38, 39
Spark Relay: 40
MARLAND, E. A. : 86
MARTIN, HORACE G.: 21, 22, 26, 71, 72, 77
Bunnell-Martin Flash Keys: 26
Martin Flash Keys: 26
Patent: 21, 26
MARTIN RESEARCH & MFG. (Bugs): 71
MASSIE SPARK KEYS: 38
MAUS (German) KEYS: 61
MCCLINTOCK (KeenKode Bug Mfgr): 71
MCELROY, TED: 71, 75
A-400 Model McElroy bug: 31, 76
CMK-26009 U.S.Navy McElroy bug: 30, 75
CP-500 Model McElroy bug: 32, 76, 78, 79
CP-800 Model McElroy bug: 33, 76, 78, 79
Hole-in-the-wall bug: 33, 78
Junior Model McElroy bug: 30, 75
Label: 33
Marbelite Bug Finish: 31, 75
P-500 Model McElroy bug: 32
Professional Model Commemorative: 45
Radio Keys: 43, 44, 45
S-600 Model McElroy bug: 32, 76
Stream Keys: 43-45
Super Stream Speed McElroy bug: 32, 76
Telegraph Apparatus Co. (TAC): 33, 45, 78, 79
World's Fastest Telegrapher: 29
100 Model "Amateur" key: 44, 45
200 Model "Professional" key: 44
300 Model "Deluxe" key: 44
500 Model McElroy bug: 31
600 Model McElroy bug: 31
1934 Model McElroy Bug: 29, 75
1935 Model McElroy Bug: 29, 75
1936 Model McElroy Bugs: 30, 33, 75
1937 Model McElroy Bugs: 30, 33, 75
1938 Model McElroy Bugs: 31, 33, 75
1939 Model McElroy Bug: 31, 75
1940 Model McElroy Bugs: 31, 76
1941 Model McElroy Bugs: 31-32, 76
1942 Model McElroy Bugs: 32, 76
MCEWEN, NEAL (K5RW): 2, 38, 53, 55, 86, 87
Neal McEwen's digitization of
Roger Reinke's Mfgr's List: 66-70
Neal McEwen's List of Bug Manufacturers: 71
Neal McEwen's list of Military -
Manufacturer's Codes: 38, 82-83
MECOGRAPH: 26, 71, 73, 76
MELEHAN VALIANT BUG: 34, 71, 76
MENOMINEE ELECTRIC CO.: 14, 71, 77
(Became Signal Electric Co.): 14
MESCO: 14, 18, 81
(See MANHATTAN ELECTRIC SUPPLY.)
MEULSTEE, L.: 58, 63, 86
MEYER, F. I.: 86
MFJ (KEYERS): 36
MIDGET MODEL VIBROPLEX: 23, 79
MIGNON RADIO KEY: 43
MILITARY KEYS (Defined: 8): 14, 81-83
(Most are Radio or Practice keys)
American: 48-55, 81-83
(Also see J-Series Keys)
(Also see SE and CXX Series keys)
Clip-on-the-leg key: 52, 81
Field Telegraph Sets: 48
J-36 Model by Bunnell: 24
J-36 Model by Lionel: 24, 71, 75
Lionel J-36 Label: 24
J-36 Model by Vibroplex: 24
Navy Keys: 38, 39, 54, 82-83
Practice Sets - AN/GSC-T! & TG-34: 55
Service Buzzer Model 1914: 48
TG5 & 5A Field Set: 48, 52
Australian Z1/ZAA, Lightweight: 58
British: 40, 56-58
Admiralty (Navy) Key: 40
Air Ministry Key: 40, 57
Bathtub Keys: 57
Dummy Signaller's Key: 57
Eddystone Bug: 35
Fullerphone Field Tel Set: 56
Kent Key: 47
Land-Line Telegraph: 9
Lightweight Key: 58
Military Keys: 56-58
Practice Keys/Sets: 57
WT-8A Keys (Key WT 8 Amp): 56, 57, 59
Canadian: 59
Czech: 63
German: 39, 60-61
Arc Transmitter Key: 60
Baumuster: 61
Clip-on-the-leg Key: 60
Junker Keys: 60
Luftwaffe Keys: 61
Maus Keys: 61
Radio Keys: 60
T-1, T-2, T-34 German Keys: 61
Japanese: 62
Navy Keys: 40, 53
Larry Nutting's J-Series List: 81
NATO: 58
Neal McEwen's List of Military -
Manufacturer's Codes: 38, 82-83
Russian / E. German: 63
South African / British "KMK.2": 58
MILLENIUM BUG: Blue Racer 2000: 25
MINDANAO: 62
MINIATURE:
Bunnell Key / Sounder: 13
Homemade Keys: 64, 65
MINIATURE (Continued)
Japanese Key: 62
Marconi Spark Key: 37
Military Keys: 54, 58, 61
Test-Set Keys: 6, 12, 15, 18,
MITCHELL, "MITCH" (W4OA): 2
Owner of The Vibroplex Co. (See Vibroplex)
MODEL ("Modelname"):
(See specific "Modelname" Model)
MODEL ("Modelname") VIBROPLEX:
(See "Modelname" Model Vibroplex
(Also see "Modelname" under Vibroplex )
MON-KEY ELECTRONIC KEYER: 36
MONTGOMERY WARD: 41
MOREAU, LOUISE (W3WRE): 2, 86
MORSE:
Code / American Morse Code: 5
Morse Land-Line Telegraph: 8, 9-12
Pre-Morse Telegraph: 9
Samuel Finley Breese Morse: 5, 9
MORSE TELEGRAPH CLUB: 87
MORSUM MAGNIFICAT PERIODICAL: 86,87
MOTO-KEY (Bug): 76
MOUNT AUBURN SPECIALTY CO.: 26, 71, 76
MURDOCH SPARK KEY: 41
MUSE (Bug): 77
MT. AUBURN SPECIALTY (Bug): 26, 71, 76
MUSEUM (See INTERNET MUSEUM)
Guide to Museum Photographs: 98, 99
Museum of Communications (Scotland): 60
NATIONAL TRANSMITTER CO (Bug): 71, 77
NATO Key: 58
NATROMETER: 20
NAVY KEYS: 37, 38, 39, 40, 53, 54, 60, 62, -
82-83, 73, 75
Numbering System for Navy Keys: 82-83
Manufacturer's Codes: 82-83
NAVAL JELLY: 85
NEEDLE TELEGRAPH: 9
NEW HAVEN (CLOCK CO. Bug): 77
NEW JERSEY ANTIQUE RADIO CLUB: 87
NICKEL FINISH: 22
NON-ELECTRIC PRACTICE SETS: 17
NORCROSS MODEL VIBROPLEX: 80
"NOT INC.": 33
NOTES ON PRICES: 2
NOVAPLEX (German Bug): 77
NOVELTY (Telegraph) Items: 65
Cigarette Lighter Key: 65
Stapler Key: 65
Transistor Radio Key: 65
NUMBER 4 MODEL VIBROPLEX: 23, 79, 80
NUMBER 6 MODEL VIBROPLEX: 24, 79, 80
NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR NAVY KEYS: 82
NUTTING, LARRY: 2, 49, 50, 81, 86
Larry Nutting's J-Series Book & List: 81, 86
NYE, WILLIAM M.: 78
OLD TIMER'S BULLETIN (of AWA): 86
O. M. THOMAS ELECRIC CO.: 26, 71, 79
OMNIGRAPH: 20
ORDERING THIS BOOK: 3
ORIGINAL MODEL VIBROPLEX: 22, -
23, 24, 25, 32
P-500 MODEL MCELROY BUG: 32, 76
PADDLES: 25, 36, 46
Autronic: 36
Bencher: 36
Brown Brothers: 36
El-Key: 36
FYO Paddles: 36
Ham-Key Paddles: 36
Homemade: 64
Kungsimport Paddles: 36
MFJ Paddles: 36
Ten-Tec Paddles: 36
Vibroplex Brass-Racer: 25
Vibroplex EE-1 Brass Racer: 25
Vibroplex Iambic-Keyer: 25
Vibroplex Vibro-Keyer: 25
PALOMAR (KEYERS): 36
PAPER TAPE: 5, 6, 20
PAT PRODUCTS (Bugs): 71
PATENT:
Bunnell: 9, 13, 14
Martin: 21, 26
McElroy: 29
PEERLESS (Bug): 77
PENDOGRAPH, MacDonald (Bug): 71, 76, 77
PENNES, DAVID: 2
PERERA, TOM (W1TP): 1, 2, 84, 85, 86, 87
Acknowledgements: 2
How to Adjust Telegraph Keys: 84
Internet Museums: 87
Introduction: 1
Notes on Prices: 2
Notes on Restoring Telegraph Instruments: 85
PERIODICALS: 86
PHELPS, GEORGE: 11, 12
PHILADELPHIA THERMO INST. (Bugs): 71
PHOTOGRAPHS:
For Fire/Theft Insurance policies: 4
Of keys in this book on the internet: 98-99
PIGGY-BACK KEY: 74
PMG (Postmaster Genl) Pendograph Bug): 76, 77
POCKET SETS (POCKET RELAYS) -
(Defined: 6): 12, 18
POLECHANGER KEY: 14
POLISH & POLISHING: 2, 85
PONY RELAYS: 18, 65
POST- "TRIUMPH KEY" LAND-LINE -
TELEGRAPH: 8, 13-21
POSTAL TELEGRAPH CO. (Bugs): 71, 77
POT-METAL: 44
POUCEL, ROBERT (W2AYJ): 36
PRACTICE SETS & MACHINES: 17-20, 45, -
49, 55, 57, 59, 65
PRE-MORSE LAND-LINE TELEGRAPH: 9
PRE-TRIUMPH KEY -
LAND-LINE TELEGRAPH: 8
(See MORSE LAND-LINE TELEGRAPH)
PRECISION THERMOMETER CO-
(Manufacturer of Lytle Triplex Bugs): 79
PRESCOTT, G. B.: 86
PRESENTATON MODEL VIBROPLEX: 25
PRICES: 2, 4, 21
Notes on prices: 2, 4
Price Guide: 98-99
PRINCE ALBERT TOBACCO CAN: 16
PRIVATE LINE SETS: 6
PROFESSIONAL MODEL:
McElroy Commemorative Key: 45
McElroy Stream Key: 44
Speed-X, Les Logan, Johnson: 28
PROVENANCE: 38
PSEUDO-X MODEL VIBROPLEX: 23
PUBLICATIONS (See Periodicals / Bibliography)
PULL-DOWN SPRINGS (See Tension Springs)
PUMP-HANDLE KEY: 15
QUADRUPLEX: 14, 18
R.A.F. (Canadian Aircraft) Key: 59
RADIO/RADIOTELEGRAPH KEYS: 43-47
(Defined: 8):
(See Military & J-Series keys)
Brown Brothers: 46
Chinese: 62
German: 60
Ham Key: 46
Japanese: 62
Japanese Radio Corp. (JRC): 47
Kent (British) Key: 47
Marconi Radiotelegraph Key: 43
McElroy Stream Keys: 43, 44
Mignon Radio Key: 43
Signal Electric Co.: 46
Speed-X: 46
Swedish Radio Key: 47
Telegraph Apparatus Co.: 45
RADIO-LUNE (French Bugs): 79
RADIO SHACK CO.: 35
RADIO SILENCE: 59
RADIO SPEED BUG (kit): 33
RADIO TRANSMITTERS: 8, 43
RAILROAD: 9, 16
RAVEN, GREG: 2, 87
RCAF: 80
REFERENCES: 86
REGISTERS (Defined: 5): 6, 9
Spring-Driven: 6, 12, 18
Weight-Driven: 6, 12
REINKE, ROGER: 2
Early Equipment Manufacturer's List: 66-70
RELAY(S) (Defined: 7): 12
Goose-Neck: 18
Pony: 18
Repeating: 18
REPEATERS (Also See RELAYS): 18
REPRODUCTION KEYS: 37, 38
Fake McElroy Keys: 44
Triumph Key Look-Alikes: 13, 45
Signal Electric Key Look Alike: 46
Spark: 37, 38
RESONATORS: 16
With Prince Albert Tobacco Can: 16
RESTORATION: 2, 85
Cautions: 2
Notes on Restoring Telegraph Items: 85
REVISIONS:
Revisions & Corrections of this Book: 2
Revisions & Corrections of this Price Guide: 2
ROADMAP (MARCONI SPARK) KEY: 37
ROLAND: 18
ROTATING FRAME BUG (See DOW KEY)
ROTOPLEX (Bug): 71, 77
ROUSSEAU, HUGO: 65
RUSSIAN MILITARY KEYS: 63
S-600 MODEL MCELROY BUGS: 32, 76
SALVA: 9
SARNO, J. J. (Bug Mfgr): 71
SCHLEHMAN, GIL (K9WDY): 2, 21
SCISSORS-STYLE KEY (J-51): 53
SCUBA DIVING TO RECOVER CABLES: 11
SE-11 SIGNAL LAMP KEY (J-51): 53
SE-68 & SE-68A SPARK KEYS: 38
SE-653 SPARK KEY: 39
SE-1443A SPARK KEY: 39
SEARS ROEBUCK CO.: 41
SELLING:
Strategies: 4
To: Collectors, Hamfests, Internet: 4
SEMAPHORES: 5
SEMATIC BUG (SIGNAL ELECTRIC):27,71,77
SEMI-AUTOMATIC KEYS (See BUGS)
21-35, 40, 51, 65, 71-80
SENEKER, DOUG (N0WAN): 2, 21, 86
Doug Seneker's List of Known Bugs: 72-80, 86
SERVICE BUZZER MODEL 1914: 48
SHAWPLEX (Bug): 71, 77
SHEET METAL: 16, 30
SHORTING LEVER: 6
SIDESWIPER (Defined: 7):
Bunnell Land-Line Sideswiper: 15
Bunnell Wireless Sideswiper: 41
SIGNAL ELECTRIC CO.: 71
Look-Alike: 46
Radio Keys: 46
Sematic Bug: 27, 71, 77
Spark Key: 42
SIGNAL FIRES: 5
SIGNAL FLAGS: 5
SIGNAL LIGHT KEYS: 50, 52, 53, 59
SILENCED INSTRUMENT KEY: 49
SILVER (Key Contacts): 8, 11, 37, 38, 40, 42
SIMPLEX (Bugs): 77
SINGLE CONTACT MODEL VIBROPLEX: 22
SINGLE LEVER MODEL VIBROPLEX: 22, 79
SINGLE POINT MODEL VIBROPLEX: 22
SKILLMAN JAPANESE BUG: 35, 77
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: 10, 87
SMOKE SIGNALS: 6
SNARE DRUM KOB: 17
SOUNDERS (Defined: 6): 12, 16, 18
Bunnell "Miniature" Sounder: 13
Bunnell Sounder/Spark Relay: 42
SOUNDERS (Continued)
Homemade: 64
Horizontal-Spring Sounders: 12
In Resonators: 16
Prince Albert Tobacco Cans: 16
Vertical-Spring Sounders: 16
Voltage to operate: 5, 6, 12, 16
SOUTH AFRICAN KMK MILITARY KEYS: 58
SPARK KEYS (Defined: 8): 37-42
Bowman, A.W.: 41
Bunnell Spark Key: 41
Clapp-Eastham "Boston" Key: 41, 42
Fake/Counterfeit/Reproduction: 37
German Spark Key: 39
Marconi Spark Keys: 37, 38
Massie Spark Keys: 38
Murdoch Spark Key: 41
SE-68, SE-68A Navy: 38
SE-653 Navy: 39
SE-1443A Navy: 39
Signal Electric Co.: 42
Wireless Specialties Co.: 39
SPARK RELAYS: 40, 42
SPARK TRANSMITTERS: 8, 37, 41, 42, 43, 48
SPECIALTY SHOE MACH. (Bugs): 71, 77
SPEED BUG (Bug): 77
SPEEDOPLEX (Bug): 71, 77, 78
SPEED-X: 14
Model 500-515 Bugs: 28
Radio Keys: 46
SPIES (Polechanger Key): 14, 65
SPRING-DRIVEN REGISTERS: 6, 12, 18
SPRING TENSION ADJUSTING -
SCREW: 10, 11, 84
SPY KEYS: 15, 58
STANDARD MODEL:
Dow Key Bug: 34
McElroy Bug: 31
Speed-X, Les Logan, Johnson Bug: 28
Vibroplex Bug: 22
STANDARD RADIO CO. (Bugs): 71, 78
STANDARD WIRELESS KEY: 42
STAPLER: NOVELTY KEY: 65
STARKINS, W. R. (Equable Bug Mfgr): 71, 74
STEEL LEVER KEY(S): 7, 8, 13, 14, 17
STEINER KEY: 14, 47
STEP LEVER KEYS: 8, 11
STRAIGHT LEVER KEYS: 8, 10, 14, 40, -
43, 46, 47, 49, 50, 57
STRAP KEYS: 5, 9, 15, 52, 81
STRAP-ON-THE-LEG-KEYS: 55, 57
STREAM KEY (McElroy): 43, 44, 45
STROMBERG CARLSON: 48
STYLUS (For Registers): 6
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE: 11
Submarine Cable Keys: 11
SUPER STREAM SPEED MAC BUG: 32, 76
SWALLOW (Bugs); 35, 77, 78
SWEDISH RADIO KEY: 47
T-1, T-2, T-34 (German) KEYS: 61
T-HANDLE/FRAME BUGS: 28, 29, 31, 74, 75, 78
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1, 3
TAC (See Telegraph Apparatus Co.)
TANNENBAUM CATALOG OF RADIO: 87
TASTE (German word for “key”): 61
TBY RADIO SET KEY: 54
TELEGRAPH APPARATUS -
COMPANY. (TAC): 33, 71, 78-79
TELEGRAPH KEY(S) (Defined: 5)
How to Adjust Telegraph Keys: 84
Lever shapes: 8
TELEGRAPH LINES (See Land-Line Telegraph)
Baltimore-to-Washington Line: 5, 9
TELEGRAPH OFFICES: 16
TELEGRAPH/TELEPHONE SETS: 48, 58
TELEGRAPHER(S): 6
TELEGRAPHER'S CRAMP
(See Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
TELEGRAPHER'S PARALYSIS
(See Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
TELEPLEX: 20, 79
TELESPEED (Bug): 79
TEN-TEC (KEYERS): 36
TENSION (Pull-Down) SPRINGS: 14, 37, -
47, 49, 50, 57
TEST-SET KEYS: 6, 12, 15, 18, 54
TG5A FIELD TELEGRAPH SET: 48
TG-34 MILITARY PRACTICE SET: 55
THE VAIL CORRESPONDENT (Periodical): 86
THOMAS (Bug): 79
THOMAS, O. M. ELECT. CO. : 26, 71
TIFFANY & CO.: 11
TILLOTSON:
Registers: 18
Victor Key: 14
TIME-CONSTANT (Submarine Cable): 11
TITANIC SPARK KEY: 37
TOY CODE PRACTICE SETS: 19
TRAINING KEYS/SETS (See Practice Sets)
TRANSATLANTIC SUBMARINE CABLE: 11
TRANSISTOR RADIO-KOB: 65
TRANSMITTERS (Spark, Wireless, Radio): 8
TRIPLEX, (Lytle Triplex Bug): 79
TRIUMPH KEY (Defined: 7): 8, 11, 13, 14, 17
(See Bunnell, Jesse, it's inventor)
Bunnell "Miniature" Key: 13
Look-Alike ALERT!: 13
Novelty Key Copy: 65
Post-"Triumph Key" Land-Line -
Telegraph: 13-20
Triumph Key Lever Shape: 8
Triumph Style Wireless Key: 41
Triumph Style Military Keys: 50, 51
Triumph Style Radio Key: 43, 45, 46
TRUNNION (Bearing pin): 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 47
TWENTIETH CENTURY KEY: 15
TWO LEVER VIBROPLEX (See Double Lever)
TYPE-NUMBERING OF NAVY KEYS: 82
U. S. ARMY/NAVY (See Military & Navy)
ULTIMATE (73) BUG: 27, 71, 79
UNITED ELECTRIC MFG. (Bugs): 71, 79
UNIVERSAL MODEL (See DOW KEY)
UPRIGHT MODEL VIBROPLEX
(See VERTICAL VIBROPLEX)
VAIL, ALFRED: 9, 87
VAIL CORRESPONDENT (Key): 86
VAILOGRAPH (Bug): 71, 79
VALIANT (Melehan Bug): 26, 71, 76
VALUES: (See PRICES)
VARI-SPEED (See HILLS Vari-Speed)
VERTICAL SPRING SOUNDERS: 16
VERTICAL VIBROPLEX: 23, 80, 100
VIBRO-KEYER MODEL VIBROPLEX: 25
VIBRO-MORS (French Bug): 79
VIBROPLEX BUGS: 21-25, 26, 27, 71, 79-80
(Also see Semi-Automatic keys)
Autoplex: 21, 72
Blue Racer Model Vibroplex: 23, 35, 79, 80
Brass-Racer: 25
Champion Model Vibroplex: 25, 79, 80
Colored Base Vibroplex: 22, 24
Damper: 23
Dot Contact: 23
Dot Spring: 23
Double-Lever Vibroplex: 22, 80
Doug Seneker's List of Known Bugs: 72-80
EE-1 Brass Racer: 25
Extension Arm Model Vibroplex: 80
How to Adjust Telegraph Keys: 84
Iambic Keyer: 25
J-36 Model Vibroplex: 24, 53, 79, 81
John Elwood's Research -
on Vibroplex Mfg. Dates: 87
Junior Model Vibroplex: 24, 79, 80
Left-Handed: 23
Lightning Model Vibroplex: 24, 79, 80
Midget Model Vibroplex: 23, 79
"Mitch" Mitchell (Vibroplex Owner): 2,
Neal McEwen's List of Bug Manufacturers: 71
Norcross Model Vibroplex: 80
Number 4 Model Vibroplex: 23
Number 6 Model Vibroplex: 24
Original Model Vibroplex: 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 80
Presentation Model Vibroplex: 25, 80
Pseudo-X Model Vibroplex: 23
Single Contact/lever/pt Model Vibroplex: 22, 79
Standard Model Vibroplex: 22
Straight Key: 25
Tom French's - Vibroplex Base Widths List: 80
Two Lever Vibroplex (See Double Lever)
Upright Model Vibroplex: 23, 80, 100
Vertical Model Vibroplex: 23, 80, 100
Vibro-Keyer: 25
Vibroplex Book (Tom French's): 21
Vibroplex Book (Bill Holly's): 21-26
Vibroplex Bugs: 21-27, 35, 71, 79-80
Vibroplex Co.: 25, 27, 71, 80 87
Vibroplex Web Pages: 87
Wirechief's Special Model Vibroplex:23,80 ,100
X Model Vibroplex: 22, 23, 79, 80
Zephyr Model Vibroplex: 25, 80
VIBROPLEX COMPANY: 25, 27, 71, 80 87
VICTOR KEY: 14
VOLTAGE, VOLTS: 5, 6, 12, 16, 37
WASHINGTON, D.C.-TO-BALTIMORE -
TELEGRAPH LINE: 5, 9
WEDGE (Bug Connection Device): 53
WEIGHT-DRIVEN REGISTERS : 6, 12
WESTCLOX (Canadian) KEY: 59
WESTERN ELECTRIC: 14, 15, 18, 71
Miniature Test Set Key: 15
Relays: 18
Test Set: 15
WESTERN UNION: 14, 19, 87
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE (Bugs): 71
WHEATON RES & DEV. (Go-Devil Bug): 71
WHEATSTONE, CHARLES: 9
WHITE, ED (W1NPL): 2
WIDTHS OF VIBROPLEX KEYS: 80
WILCOX (Canadian) Bug: 80
WILLER, MURRAY (VE3FRX): 2
WILLIAMS, JOHN: 2
WILSON (Canadian) Bug: 80
WIND-UP REGISTERS: 6, 12, 18
WINKER LAMP (Aircraft) KEYS: 50
WIRE-BRUSH (Don't Use): 2, 85
WIRE CHIEF'S KEY
(See VERTICAL VIBROPLEX)
WIRELESS KEYS (Defined: 8): 37-42
British Admiralty (Navy) Key: 40
British Air Ministry Key: 40
Bunnell "Triumph Style" Wireless Key: 41
Bunnell Wireless Sideswiper: 41
Federal Telegraph Co.: 39
Japanese Key: 40
Signal Electric "Standard": 42
WIRELESS SPECIALTIES CO.: 39
WIRELESS TRANSMITTERS: 8
WORLD WAR I: 14, 38, 48, 49, 50, 51, -
52, 54, 56, 60
WORLD WAR II: 14, 24, 40, 48, 49, 50, 51, -
52, 53, 56, 57, 60, 61
WORLD'S FASTEST TELEGRAPHER
(See McElroy): 29, 43
WRINKLE-FINISH: 22, 28, 31, 32, 44, 45, 46, 59
WT-8A BRITISH MILITARY KEYS: 56, 57, 59
X MODEL VIBROPLEX: 22, 23, 79, 80
XOGRAPH (Canadian) Bug: 80
Z1/ZAA AUSTRALIAN MILITARY KEY: 58
ZEPHYR MODEL VIBROPLEX: 25, 80
"ZERO" (Japanese) FIGHTER KEY: 62
ZINC: 5
ZIP-STRIP: 85
2-LEVER VIBROPLEX: (See Double Lever)
73 BUG (Ultimate Bug): 27, 71, 79
75.2 Words-Per-Minute: 29
100, 200, 300 MODEL -
MCELROY STREAM KEYS: 44, 45
500 MODEL MCELROY BUG: 31, 75
600 MODEL MCELROY BUG: 31, 76
1881: INVENTION OF TRIUMPH KEY: 7
1934-1942 MODEL MCELROY BUGS: 29-33, - 75, 76
THE PRICES:
The prices in this list represent the MEDIAN prices that an experienced and
auction-savvy collector would readily pay for an item in 2006.
The MEDIAN is a value that represents the MIDDLE of the prices paid for
similar items. The MEDIAN, unlike the Mean, is Not affected by a few Very
High or Very Low priced sales. The MEAN (also called the AVERAGE) is Not
being used because it is dramatically influenced by a few Very High or Very
Low Priced sales. This price guide is designed to show the "typical" price of
an item but not unusual or extreme prices. For example: If a particular
model of key is sold in 5 different sales for $100, $100, $100, $100, and
$3,000, The MEDIAN of these 5 sales is $100 but the MEAN is $680 !
AUCTION PRICES:
Internet auctions with their huge bidder base often
bring much higher prices or conversely, they turn up so many of an item that
its price drops as bidders realize that the item is not as scarce as they
thought. However, the prices of rare and desirable items remain higher than
the prices of less desirable items despite these short-term shifts.
(In other words; a low value key will remain proportionally lower in value
than a high value key even though the OVERALL prices may shift upward
or downward in response to the economy or to internet auctions.)
CONDITION:
The prices listed are for telegraph items in AVERAGE condition. An item in
AVERAGE condition has all of its original parts and most of the original
finish. No parts are broken. For instruments in MINT condition, add about
15% to the stated price. For items in POOR condition subtract 30%. Since
parts for old telegraph items are impossible to find and must be hand-made,
subtract an additional 50% for major ...and 30% for minor missing parts.
USING THIS LIST:
The following list shows the ITEM NUMBER in the Telegraph Collectors
Guide Book (3rd Edition).
(These item numbers are found embedded in the description of each item in the
book.)
To the right of the Collectors Guide Item Number, you will find:
The MEDIAN VALUE of the item in 2006.
This is the Value that an experienced and auction-savvy collector would
readily pay for the item in 2006.
Then you will find the MUSEUM ITEM NUMBER in the www.w1tp.com
museum and in the Telegraph Collectors Reference CD.
(You may use this Museum Item Number to locate additional pictures and
more detailed descriptions of the item in the museum and the CD.)
BOOK 2006 MUSEUM ITEM # VALUE: ITEM NUMBER: PRE-MORSE TELEGRAPH 001 $50 0000 004 $350 0010 MORSE TELEGRAPH 009 $---- 0050a 010 $---- 0050b 012 $650 0280 016 $850 0067 018 $850 0060 020 $450 0056 030 $350 0081 034 $275 0225 040 $175 0235 050 $850 0190 060 $75 9925 064 $20 9950 070 $2500 0055 070a$150 2520 070b$50 ---- 075 $200 0085 075a$50 0650 080 $450 0080 080a$150 0260 090 $650 0203 095 $75 0800 POST-TRIUMPH KEY TELEGRAPH 102 $25 1350 104 $20 1460 108 $350 1551 108a$350 1551 108b$350 1551 108c$350 1552 108d$550 1550 108e$350 1555 110 $5 5460 116 $150 1325 118 $150 1055 120 $45 1457 122 $20 1464 130 $100 1225 130a$125 0171 134 $150 1441 136 $750 1080 138 $5 1282 139 $25 4582 139A$25 4582A 140 $15 2060 142 $125 2030 142a$150 2035 150 $35 1832 152a$15 1850 152b$15 1850 154 $25 1862 156a$10 1863 156b$10 1863 160 $125 0325 162 $100 0315 164 $125 2815 164a$650 0285 166 $125 2820 170 $250 0206 174 $15 2599 176 $35 2562 178 $150 2520 178a$50 ---- 190 $15 1872 192 $15 3332 194 $75 3060 194a$50 3066 198 $15 3070 SEMI-AUTOMATIC BUGS 200 $5000 6005 202 $4500 6010 204 $250 6020 204a$45 6580 208 $200 6260 212 $200 6123 213 $200 6340 214 $250 ---- 215 $350 6401 216 $150 6331 216a$125 6860 220 $2000 6265 224 $2500 6345 226 $125 6460 228 $45 ---- 230 $125 7900 232 $125 7910 234 $125 7920 238 $45 ---- 240 $125 ---- 242 $New ---- 244 $New ---- 246 $New ---- 248 $New ---- 250 $New ---- 252 $125 7160 254 $+++++ ---- 256 $350 7141 258 $400 7140 260 $75 ---- 262 $75 ---- 264 $250 7192 266 $300 7265 268 $350 7120 270 $75 7337 270a$65 7330 270b$65 7335 270c$50 7340 270d$45 7350 272 $45 7310 272a$45 7314 274 $125 7220 278 $600 ---- 278a$300 ---- 278b$250 7620 280 $2500 7600 281 $300 ---- 281a$250 ---- 281b$250 7629 281c$275 7628 281d$200 7631 281e$225 ---- 281f$175 7640 281g$200 7650 281h$150 ---- 282 $250 7680 282a$300 7682 284 $125 7720 284a$125 7722 284b$125 ---- 284c$125 7740 286 $75 7750 286a$65 7760 288 $250 ---- 288a$225 7245 288b$225 7240 290 $45 7480 292 $3000 7940 294 $200 7960 294a$175 7962 294b$150 7965 295 $275 7820 296 $30 7980 297 $35 7998 298 $250 6700 KEYERS & PADDLES 302 $15 5640 304 $45 5510 310 $75 5550 320 $85 5566 330 $125 5580 340 $125 ---- 341 $125 ---- 350 $15 5570 360 $20 ---- SPARK KEYS 402 $2500 4015 406 $450 4025 408 $450 4030 410 $150 ---- 412 $550 ---- 414 $3000 ---- 416 $200 4035 418 $2500 ---- 420 $350 4037 422 $500 4058 424 $400 4070 426 $650 4078 428 $350 4080 430 $350 4100 432 $300 4102 433 $250 4103 434 $250 4104 436 $200 4220 438 $75 4230 440 $450 4232 442 $25 4490 444 $500 ---- 446 $250 4040 448 $175 4050 448a$125 ---- 450 $150 4114 450a$175 ---- 452 $65 4140 454 $100 4142 456 $300 ---- 458 $25 4144 460 $35 4170 492 $25 4148 496 $35 ---- 498 $35 4480 RADIO KEYS: 502 $175 4255 508 $100 4130 508a$25 ---- 520 $125 ---- 522 $50 ---- 524 $125 4558 526 $45 4568 528 $35 4559 530 $35 4559a 532 $35 4562 534 $75 4560 536 $5 4567 538 $25 9220 540 $25 4565 542 $250 4570 546 $20 4144 548 $5 5460 550 $10 4552 552 $1 5480 554 $5 4554 556 $15 ---- 558 $15 ---- 560 $125 5585 562 $15 5200 564 $65 5020 570 $75 1125 574 $45 5010 AMERICAN MILITARY KEYS 606 $85 8020 608 $75 8040 610 $25 8120 620 $85 8210 622 $100 8230 624 $150 8235 626 $45 8260 626a$100 8250 628 $150 8220 630 $75 8240 632 $50 8270 634 $10 8360 636 $25 8340 636a$35 ---- 636b$25 9850 638 $25 8320 640 $15 8120 642 $25 ---- 644 $15 8370 646 $25 8520 648 $35 8380 650 $15 8390 652 $75 8420 654 $50 8540 660 $35 8280 662 $35 8700 670 $150 8201 672 $25 8620 674 $20 8680 692 $75 8810 694 $20 8870 696 $25 8880 697 $35 8900 697a$15 8905 698 $20 8920 BRITISH KEYS 704 $125 9020 708 $25 9080 710 $25 9140 712 $25 9141 714 $25 9142 716 $30 9143 720 $35 9120 721 $25 9155 724 $125 9040 726 $25 9112 728 $5 9116 730 $25 9130 732 $25 4585 734 $25 4586 735 $25 4586a 742 $35 9195 744 $35 9160 746 $85 9185 CANADIAN MILITARY KEYS: 754 $15 9240 760 $25 9220 764 $20 9230 770 $65 9300 GERMAN MILITARY KEYS: 802 $800 ---- 806 $150 9420 810 $150 9460 812 $35 9468 814 $150 9470 818 $200 9500 820 $125 9520 821 $100 9525 824 $75 9480 826 $65 9491 828 $50 9542 JAPANESE & CHINESE MILITARY KEYS 860 $200 9640 864 $150 9651a 870 $200 9660 870a$150 9660 874 $150 9670 896 $25 9850 898 $30 9690 RUSSIAN/CZECH MILITARY KEYS 910 $25 9710 912 $10 9720 920 $25 9714 922 $30 9716 924 $35 9717 926 $45 9469 946 $30 9740 HOMEMADE & NOVELTY ITEMS 954 $5 9805 956 $5 9810 958 $75 9825 959 $35 9818 960 $10 9820 962 $5 9830 968 $75 9835 969 $---- 9898 970 $30 9860 971 $35 9870 972 $50 9880