Pickering KB-1

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

Pickering KB-1

Description

CW Keyboard

Category

Keys, Electronic, Keys, Keyboards

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Pickering Radio Company

Date made

1969 - 1970

Valuations

Value

$265.00

General Notes

Note

QST, Jul 1969, p. 147. ("coming next month") QST, Sep 1969, p. 143. QST, Nov 1970, p. 150. First commercially available CW keyboard. The KB-1 was a little smaller than a modern computer keyboard (5” x 10”) and its layout was similar to, but not exactly the same as, a standard typewriter. It had no shift key or space bar, but Morse pro-signs such as AR and SK were included. An operator could send perfect, correctly spaced characters on its button-like keys.