PERERA'S TELEGRAPH COLLECTOR'S GUIDE:

*** SECOND EDITION ***

Tom Perera - W1TP

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Availability - How to Order

Description of Book

Corrections and Revisions

Revised Downloadable Price Lists

DESCRIPTION OF THE
** SECOND EDITION **
OF THE GUIDE

100 PAGES:
( 20 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 1200-item Cross-Referenced Index:

Complete index makes it easy to find obscure items

NEW Orange-Colored Water-Resistant Cover:

Now its easy to find the guide quickly
AND, you can carry it with you to rainy outdoor events.

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 1000 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 Early Telegraph Manufacturer's List:
• Neal McEwen's List of Bug Manufacturers:
• Doug Seneker's 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 1200-item Cross-Referenced Index:

AVAILABILITY - HOW TO ORDER

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CORRECTIONS AND REVISIONS

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REVISED DOWNLOADABLE PRICE LISTS:

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Professor Tom Perera
Montclair State University

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