A telegraph key is mainly an electric switch, used by a trained operator to transmit text messages in telegraph systems, generally using the Morse code. The telegraph keys were used in all electrical telegraphy systems, either "wired" or "wireless”. By tapping on a switch, the operator closes and opens an electrical circuit, thus creating electrical pulses of two different lengths called "dots" and "dashes"., thus allowing the operator to send encoded messages.
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