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Old 25th Dec 2009, 11:56 pm   #22
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Default Re: Army Field Telephones and Compatibility?

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Originally Posted by Phil G4SPZ View Post
'I was just interested in confirming that my phones were not faulty, which seems to be the case.'
No, your 'phones aren't faulty.

It might be that there was some sort of signalling protocol established dependent on how they were set up. Many would be linked via a field-exchange using dolls-eye and magneto (hence the 'ring-off' clearing request on the label above the handle).

Perhaps buzzers were used for direct 'phone-phone' calling with strict instructions not to 'Buzz' during conversation? I notice the Soviets didn't fit buzzers to their TAI-43 telephones, and the type Fs were hardly suited to Morse signalling in the same way as the 'D', which actually had a little key rather than a button; I don't really know...
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