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Hi All I'm trying to find out how Australian exchanges were interlinked around the time that STD was introduced. Basically the only information I have is from...
Hi Bob Many thanks for that wealth of information - It will take me a while to digest it all! I should explain that I look after the setting up of STD codes...
Were the brass bits on 150 type phones: - Always black like the rest of the phone? - Sometimes brass? - I don't think so. - Sometimes Nickel? If something...
Thanks for that. That is what I have heard before - but I have seen several like this No 38 http://www.britishtelephones.com/aus/38.htm (the brass/copper bit...
Hello Jack. I have just added a file to the files/questions that may help a little, but it doesn't go close to identifying all components and I've been unable...
Hi Dave, Thanks for the reply. Sadly, the link takes me to the dead letter office so there must be a problem somewhere. Jack ... I've ... Issue 2 ... elsewhere...
Thanks for the information Dave. I have been trying to put together a history of Australian and US Western Electric telephones - not just the phones themselves...
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i bawb ar y rhestr/A Happy New Year to everyone on the list. Now the festivities are over ? :-) A question? Does anyone know which 'first...
Hi Ian, Most of the Commanders only use proprietary phones and require special (and now hard to obtain) cards for analogue phones. They came from manufacturers...
Re: [australasian_telephones] Australian PABXsI've suggested to Richard that he keeps his eyes open for a Panasonic system. I do know the both the earlier KXT...
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Hello Pholks. ATCS Brisbane branch are arranging an auction on 10th May to assist Jim's widow dispose of his collection. See the uploaded .pdf document and...
Hello all. I have updated the .pdf file for Jim's auction. In response to feedback, I've added some approximate reserves and also tried to make it easier to...
Hello all, Perhaps someone can help. As an undergraduate I learnt about resistance and the more general term impedance. The reciprocal of impedance is...
Does anyone know where I can buy eletret 21A (electronic) transmitters/microphones suitable for replacing carbon granule microphones used in 300 series...
Hi Jack, Interesting EBAY item. I am not sure if the stick phones used in Australia were ever Brass, I thought we adopted the BT standard of having Black ones....
Hi Rich, I don't know if I will bid for it - its just an interesting example of a refurbished phone. I don't claim to be an expert in anything but here is my ...
Howdy group! I am new to your group, and collect (eclectically) desk and wallsets between 1930 and 1965. I have a bit of different 700 serie, but no ...
Hello Jack, Nice to have you on board. You might find the link to a friends site an interesting experience. I must warn you, I can not be held responsible if...
Hello Jack, Welcome to the group! I see Ron pointed you to britishtelephones.com. There is lots of information there but I think is stops in about 1960 (AU)...
Hi i'm from Albany WA and looking for a pay phone for my red phone box that I'm restoring. Would like to get the right phone for the box I have a tasman style...
Hello Jody. A "Long Tom" would probably be the most appropriate. You do see them occasionally on eBay, but they do attract a bit of interest. As your in WA, I...
Howdy group, I am having an issue with a press button 700 series NZPO phone. It doesn't ring. I have checked the wiring against diagrams, and I haven't seemed...
Hi Jack, The NZ 700 phone might have been "converted" to the newer wall connection. This is like the UK versions where the bell connection is seperate. Have a...
Hi All, 1. What is the difference between a No. 2 and a 38MT? (No 2 is in the bottom picture on page 79 of Dave's book "Telephone Talk"). The number 2 has the...
Hi Jack I assume that the description of the Telephone No 2 is a British Post Office designation as these also seem to appear in Oz. The BPO telephone No 2...
