Wireless of the Week - week 9

[cletrac (RIP)]

Pictures of my NOS Remote Control Unit A.

[nicholas dunford]

excellent stuff thanks very much it helps us mere mortals and radio virgins to understand exactly what the various parts i see for sale and the information found in WFW was actually used for well done
Nicky

[Ron Pier]

Could one of you wireless guys help me with what I have hear please. The two top boxes are empty and I can't find any dates. The bottom unit has a 1945 date on the webbing strap. Cheers Ron

[cletrac (RIP)]

The bottom one is a Telephone Set D. That 4 prong plug is the same as the Remote Control Unit A uses.
Does anyone have a spare handset for a Telephone Set D? I could use one to make up another connector for my second Remote Control Unit A.

[Mike K]

I have some of those 4 prong connectors - I had NOS ones , hopefully I can find one

The remote F is for a WS22 I think .

Who won the charging switchboard ?

[Ron Pier]

Not me! I tried hard but got pipped. Ron

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Ron Pier

Not me! I tried hard but got pipped. Ron

Oh bugger

Maybe David got it ..he's sleeping now I guess

Holy Cow it sold for 747 pounds

[cletrac (RIP)]

Somebody wanted the switchboard pretty bad. Over $1000. At least we have some pictures now.
Here's some pics of the remote connector. The numbers are the exposed wire lengths in inches.
The 31 inch one is two wires.
The wires are twisted together for 10 inches.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by cletrac

The bottom one is a Telephone Set D. That 4 prong plug is the same as the Remote Control Unit A uses.
Does anyone have a spare handset for a Telephone Set D? I could use one to make up another connector for my second Remote Control Unit A.

It's GPO "Plug No.406" and a common item. (I think the matching socket is Jack No.8, or something similar.)

I can almost certainly find you a spare plug, to save hacking up a handset.

Chris.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Ron Pier

Could one of you wireless guys help me with what I have hear please. The two top boxes are empty and I can't find any dates. The bottom unit has a 1945 date on the webbing strap. Cheers Ron

Remote Control Unit F No.1 is (in your case, was) the local "Set unit" part of the outfit, with the No.2 being the Remote unit for Wireless Set No.22.

Telephone Set "F" was an "office" telephone for headquarters use, mostly.
Your case is dated 10/55 (October 1955) but that's almost certainly a refurbishment date. Telephone Set "F" Mk.1 was built in a cast-alloy case with a full length piano hinge at the back and two captive screws holding the lid down. the Mk.II used a Bakelite case with a detachable lid and three screws to hold it on. Originally they had a combined buzzer/induction coil so that they could work with the earlier Telephone Sets 'D' using buzzer calling, but the buzzer was replaced later with an induction coil unit that gave better speech quality and the "Buzzer call" button does nothing on those instruments,

Telephone Set "D" Mark V is at the bottom of your photograph; this was the standard WW2 telephone for use in forward areas and at unit level. It's a buzzer call and buzzer/magneto ringing unit with buzzer morse facilities for use in poor conditions or on bad lines. A later change (D Mk. V*) deleted the headset, and required the headset terminals to be bridged with a shorting link. This set will work with Switchboards Universal Call 6 or 10 Line, and also Switchboards F&F (which probably stands for "Field & Fixed" though some references refer to it as "Field & Fortress"), both of which support buzzer and magneto signalling. It won't work with the 10-line Magneto switchboard, as far as I know, as I don't think the flags will drop on a buzzer signal.

Tele-D Mk. V is frequently mis-advertised as a Fullerphone, which it definitely is not.

Chris.

[cletrac (RIP)]

Chris, would you have any spares of the other plugs? Wishful thinking maybe.
Do you have one of those connector assemblies in your collection or is mine the only one?

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by cletrac

Chris, would you have any spares of the other plugs? Wishful thinking maybe.
Do you have one of those connector assemblies in your collection or is mine the only one?

I don't even have the connector assembly (or the webbing strap with pouch) for my own remote control unit 'A'.

The connectors are simple enough: No.9 plug for the headset, No.10 plug for the microphone, and what I assume is a WW2 vintage banana plug for the morse key (sharing the earth connection with the headset and microphone).

I can almost certainly find you the No.9 and No.10 jack plugs (and the actual specification of the connector cable from the VAOS and/or handbook).

Chris.