A History of Hellschreiber

The information I previously provided in this section has been copied without permission so often that I have decided to discontinue offering it. The information represented a huge research effort, made doubly difficult by the distance from the remaining Europeans who remember its use, and because most of the original documents are in German.

If you are genuinely interested in this information, contact the author at the email address below. I recommend you also contact Andrew SM6MOJ who has a huge collection of original articles on Hellschreiber in many languages.

You might also be interested in the following bibliography which forms just part of the ground I covered in research:

Historical Bibliography

  • "Murray Printing Telegraph" by Donald Murray, M.A. Sydney, 23/2/1905.
    Published by Unwin Bros., The Gresham Press, Woking, London (G.P.O. Library).
  • "Die Entwicklung des Hell-Schreibers" (The Development of Hell Writers), Rudolf Hell in
    Hell Techniche Mitteilungen number 1/1940 pp 2-11.
  • "Der Siemens-Hell-Feldschreiber" (The Siemens-Hell Field Writer), G. Ege & H. Promnitz in
    Hell Techniche Mitteilungen number 1/1940 pp 11-20.
  • "Der Siemens-Hell-Schreiber" (The Siemens-Hell Writer), Siemens & Halske AG, in
    Siemens Fernmelde Technik SH 8354.443.TT1, 1943.
  • "Stand der Siemens-Hell-Fernschreibtechnik" (The Status of the Siemens-Hell Printing Technology), by R. Zimmerman, Siemens & Halske AG, in Siemens Fernmelde Technik SH 7997.0,5..8.40.TT1, 1940.
    Specially reprinted in Techniche Mitteilungen der Fernmeldewerks Abterilung für Telegrafengerät, May 1940.
  • "Der Feldfernschreiber" (The Field Text Writer, technical manual for Siemens model A1/A2 Feldschreiber), printed in Gothic script by the Deutschen Zentraldruckerei, Berlin D 748/1 dated 1/4/41.
  • "Bernhard Anlage", from unknown German publication, more information being sought (thanks to Jan ON4ASZ).
  • "Nostalgia or Reality?", Helmut Leiblich DL1OY, published in Amateur Funk.
  • "Hellschreiber, What it is and How it Works", Stan Cook G5XB, in
    Radio Communication April 1981.
  • "The Hellschreiber", by Richard König, Radio Bygones No. 51, Feb/Mar 1998.
  • Letters, photographs, emails and personal experiences from DL1OY, G4AKD, ON4ASZ, PA0AOB, PA0SE, PE1AQB, SM6MOJ.
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