field telephones

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally posted by Vic Eaton
HELL JON
Thanks for the reply does that mean that these cannot work without the switchboard i did have two other phones that had a signal generator just a small handle on the front to turn and they worked fine with just a single wire between them. they did not have a morse key though like these TYPE DV it doesnt sound as though these work in the same way.
REGARDS VIC UK.

Ummm, Vic...I don't think we can sort this out unless you can advise exactly what field tele and field switchboard we're talking about.

The D Mk Vs will work 'twixt each other with a 3V power source (2 x "D" cells).

The switchboard's voltage shouldn't interfere with the operation of either.

Carry on, mate!