WD8DAS Telegraph Keys


Interesting "piano key" paddles from Kitano Key Company:


Very similar in concept to an iPod-Touch Morse keyboard app:



Begali Simplex paddles:







WD8DAS homebrew combo mini-paddles and straight key:







Key I built using hardware-store items when I found myself keyless in a hotel room:



Chinese Army Key:



Begali "Spark" key:



Tiny Western Electric Field Test Set key:



CT Asia Key made in Ukraine:



CT-1 miniature key:



Russian military leg key:





British leg key:



US military KY-116/U (J-45) leg key:



Japanese import J-38 clone:



Bulgarian MM-3 military desk key:



Vibroplex Original-Standard (1962):



Japanese WWII Navy key:



Chinese UniHam Paddles:



My first key:



Landline telegraph sounder:



Wm H. Nye Co. "Speed-X" key:





Another Wm H. Nye Co. "Speed-X" key:





UK Military Hand Key:





Kent Hand Key (built from a kit):





J-37 from US Military:





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