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 - 1972

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. Ham Radio, Dec 1971, p. 102. Ham Radio, Mar 1972, p. 70. The second commercially available CW keyboard, after the Autovolt AC-1 "Alphacoder". 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.