Teleplex (1936)

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Radio Amateur's Handbook, 1937

Image: Radio Amateur's Handbook, 1937

Name/Title

Teleplex (1936)

Description

Morse Code Instruction Machine

Category

Code Practice Set

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Teleplex Company

Date made

1936 - 1943

Other Name

“Ham Special”

General Notes

Note

QST, Dec 1935, p. 92. QST, Mar 1936, p. 90. (No photo. "This new machine is remarkable.") Radio News, Mar 1936, p. 551. ("A Perfect Code Teacher") QST, Nov 1936, p. 98. (photo jives with the one in the 1937 handbook) Radio Amateur's Handbook, 1937, p. 501 (catalog section) Records and plays back by means of "visible dots and dashes." QST, Oct 1937, p. 96. A new "all electric" version of the Ham Special was released in 1937. QST, Nov 1942, p. 118. (looks a little different than the one shown here)