Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Telegraph keys are electrical on-off switches used to send messages in Morse code. Until recently, “wireless” meant radio and this auxiliary hand sending key was made for US Navy by Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company in 1918. The key could handle power ratings of 2000 watts, alternating current.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co.
- date made
- 1918
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.255 cm x 24.13 cm
- Object Name
- wireless key
- telegraph key
