Morse Code Keyer

Object/Artifact

Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Morse Code Keyer

Entry/Object ID

1000.1971.1

Description

Keyer, Morse Code

Made/Created

Manufacturer

H. O. Boehme Inc.

Notes

where made: New York, NY model name: Boehme Automatic Keying Head model number: 4-E serial number: 2793

Color

Black

General Notes

Note

Also keying head drive. Donation arranged by Ron Murphy. These WWII era keyers were used to transmit naval messages encoded on punched paper tape for Morse code radio (up to 20 words per minute shore to ship) and interstation land transmission at speeds up to 400-500 words per minute.