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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRONIC
- DATE
- 1952
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0032.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ELECTRIC EYE EQUIPMENT CO.
- MODEL
- MON-KEY
- LOCATION
- Danville, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL AND SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.3 cm
- Width
- 11.3 cm
- Height
- 11.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ELECTRIC
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Danville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS ONE USED IN THE 1950S
- Canada
-
THIS UNIT WAS OWNED BY BUD PUCHARD VE3UD. A VICE PRESIDENT OF BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, BUD WAS A LEADING RADIO AMATEUR. HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN RADIO TECHNICAL PLANNING BOARD (CRTPB), & WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1979 WARC DELEGATION TO GENEVA. HE DIED IN MARCH 1982 [REF 1] - Function
-
USED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS TO SEND MORSE CODE SIGNALS - Technical
-
THIS WAS THE MOST POPULAR COMMERCIAL VERSION OF A KEYER & MAY HAVE WELL BEEN THE 1ST COMMERCIALLY BUILT UNIT OF IT KIND. IT IMPROVED AN OPERATOR'S ABILITY TO SEND MORSE AS IT PRODUCED PERFECTLY SHAPED (I.E LENGTH & NUMBER) DOTS &DASHES.IT TOOK THE WORK OUT OF SENDING MORSE. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL ON SIDE: 'MON [DRAWING] KEY'/ STAMPED IN BOTTOM: 'ELECTRIC EYE EQUIPMENT CO./ DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A./ 110 VOLTS A.C. OR D.C.'/ STICKER ON BOTTOM: 'PROPERTY OF JOHN GILBERT'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE - PIECE BROKEN OFF AND STORED IN BAG
- Finish
- BODY BLACK PAINT - TEXTURED; GLOSS BLACK BASE; CLEAR PLASTIC COVER ON FRONT; SHINY METAL TOP PANEL; BROWN CORD
- Decoration
- N/A
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ELECTRIC EYE EQUIPMENT CO., Keyer, circa 1952, Artifact no. 1999.0032, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0032.001/
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