A selection of my Morse keys.
Type 51 - Morse key
Made by Walters Electrical Manufacturing Company Ltd. This key could be found on the jet aircraft of the RAF, such as the Vulcan bomber and the like.
Type K Mk2 - Morse key
Made by Larkspur and used extensively by the UK Army on all sorts of mobile units from the back of jeeps to tanks.
Type D - Morse key
A favourite of the RAF and used extensively in training schools and Radio Rooms. Made by Marconi
TKF - Morse key
Made in Cherkassy, Ukraine. This is a key from the old Soviet Union.
DC/163/16 - Morse key
Manufactured by SEL (Trade name of J.L. Randall of Potters Bar). This was a commercial key from the 1940's based on a GPO type 17.
Unkown - Morse key
An unknown key type but certainly looks to have been made for CW Training purposes.
WT 8 AMP No 2 - Morse key
This particular key is a MkIII/1. There are numerous variants of this key and they were manufactured in the thousands during WW2.
WT 8 AMP No 2 - Morse key
This particular key is a MkIII and made by CEL.
RACAL Leg - Morse key
Made by Racal and strapped to the leg for ease of use. Designed to be used with the portable Clansman Radio.
Type F - Morse key
Known as the Bathtub, this key was used on Lancaster Bombers during WW2. The clip with ball seen on the right hand side was used in dire emergency. It would be pushed forward and onto the bottom plate of the key, thereby holding the key in the transmitting position. This would result in a continuous tone whereby DF (Direction Finding) Stations could get a fix on the location of the aircraft. This key was donated by me to the Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre, where Lancaster's of 106 Sqn RAF operated out of from November 1943 until the end of the war.
Magnetic Loop can be seen 3ft off of the ground whilst I was testing the rig. QSO between an operator in Northern Serbia and others. 5 and 9 is a report on Signal Strength and Readability.