Sideswiper
Bunnell & Co., J.H.; Kings Park, NY
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Bunnell & Co., J.H.; Kings Park, NY
- Year
- 1900 ??
- Category
- Morse-Equipment & TTY, RTTY, TDD etc.
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 191884
- 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.
- Other Models
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Here you find 39 models, 38 with images and 2 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Bunnell & Co., J.H.; Kings Park, NY