Re: Memories and other stories from Pye etc PMR engineers.
Pye had a comm site at Fulletby, Lincolnshire wolds. Well, a wooden shed about the size of a garage, surrounded by nettles and accessed through a farm yard. It was rare that I had to visit, as it usually covered by other engineers. However, among other gear, there was a BT paging rack inside. The usual QRO 153MHzish gear in a cream rack. There was a telephone dial installed on a panel as well. Nearby as a jack socket. Underneath this a telephone handset, curly lead and jack plug. YES, plugging in, gave me dial tone and useage, as it seemed to be an un-metered engineering line. However, a year or two later the handset had disappeared. I think somebody cottoned on to the useage when BT were NOT on site! Good while it lasted though!
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