Old Headset Wanted
 

I need a headset for the Instructograpgh I am restoring. Something
along
the lines of what you see old telegraphers using. I remember seeing
some
that had two pins on the end instead of a plug.
Anyone have something like that ?

Tnx, Dick, W1KSZ

Old Headset Wanted
 

"Richard W. Solomon, W1KSZ" wrote in
message ...
I need a headset for the Instructograpgh I am restoring.
Something
along
the lines of what you see old telegraphers using. I
remember seeing
some
that had two pins on the end instead of a plug.
Anyone have something like that ?

Tnx, Dick, W1KSZ

The phones suppled with the Instructograph were common
magnetic phones as made by perhaps a dozen manufacturers.
Phones of this sort were made and sold up to perhaps the
1970s. They were never used for wire telegraph work only for
radio telegraphy. I seem them very rarely at the local ham
swap meet but eBay would do better. You will also need a
key. Most of the keys supplied by Instructograph appear to
have been made by Signal Electric Co., I had one which
disappeared in some move. These keys do not have circuit
closers on them. The Instructograph appears to be identical
to an earlier practice machine called the Teleplex. They use
wind-up phonograph motors to drive them. I have no idea of
what sort of oscillator Instructograph supplied, they don't
appear in the ads but undoubtedly they had something
available, maybe even just a buzzer.
Late magnetic phones are nearly identical to the early
ones so one must be careful not to pay collectors' item
prices for something that is just old.
Some brand names are Trimm, Brandes and Cannon-Ball
(same company), Utah, Western Electric, Baldwin (valuable),
and others. Check eBay, I rarely see old phones of any type
at the local ham swap meets.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Old Headset Wanted
 

"Richard W. Solomon, W1KSZ" wrote in message
...
I need a headset for the Instructograpgh I am restoring. Something
along
the lines of what you see old telegraphers using. I remember seeing
some
that had two pins on the end instead of a plug.
Anyone have something like that ?

Tnx, Dick, W1KSZ

Richard, I have an old pair of cans by C.F.Cannon. They have a cotton
covered cord, and it ends in a PL55 type plug that is made by Brach and
labelled shockproof. I can just see the ends ot a pair of pins on the cord,
inserted inside the plug.

These were a birthday present a good many years back from a fellow ham, but
I have never had a use for them and they have remained in a desk drawer
since I received them. (They are still functional.) They have been modified
very slightly by having the word "zippy" engraved on the metal back, just
above the C.F. Cannon "Cannonball" logo to make a set of phonetics I have
occasionally used in years past. I expect to be moving to smaller quarters
in the next few years, and I think your use of them would be more fitting
than anything I can use them for. Yours for the postage if they would be of
use.

Regards
W4ZCB