Astral telephone - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

sydney08 · 25th Mar 2015, 7:40 am

I have an Astral telephone, it will ring but has no dialling tone so won't connect. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Dave Moll · 25th Mar 2015, 11:31 am

If you lift the handset when it's ringing, does it stop ringing? And can you hear a "burr, burr" in the receiver?

Also, when you lift the handset (when it's not ringing), do you get any sidetone (i.e. making sound, or blowing, into the transmitter being audible in the receiver)?

Answers to these questions may help to narrow down the search for the problem.

dagskarlsen · 25th Mar 2015, 11:52 am

Are this phone wired for English jacks. Among a few other countries UK has separated ringing and voice in a master jack. Most others use only 2 wires.

sydney08 · 25th Mar 2015, 8:20 pm

When I pick up it stops ringing it has no sound.

McMurdo · 25th Mar 2015, 11:42 pm

If you've checked the obvious things like dry joints, cradle switch, mic & earpiece and cabling, a common fault with the astrals is the speech circuit IC which is unfortunately discontinued.
The astrals were a high-end repro phone and I'm rather fond of them.

25th Mar 2015, 7:40 am	#1
sydney08 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, UK. Posts: 2	Astral telephone I have an Astral telephone, it will ring but has no dialling tone so won't connect. Can anyone help? Thanks Last edited by Mike Phelan; 25th Mar 2015 at 10:24 am. Reason: Made it a question.

25th Mar 2015, 11:31 am	#2
Dave Moll Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Cumbria (CA13), UK Posts: 6,127	Re: Astral telephone If you lift the handset when it's ringing, does it stop ringing? And can you hear a "burr, burr" in the receiver? Also, when you lift the handset (when it's not ringing), do you get any sidetone (i.e. making sound, or blowing, into the transmitter being audible in the receiver)? Answers to these questions may help to narrow down the search for the problem. __________________ Mending is better than Ending (cf Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)

25th Mar 2015, 11:52 am	#3
dagskarlsen Heptode Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hakadal, Norway Posts: 643	Re: Astral telephone Are this phone wired for English jacks. Among a few other countries UK has separated ringing and voice in a master jack. Most others use only 2 wires.

25th Mar 2015, 8:20 pm	#4
sydney08 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, UK. Posts: 2	Re: Astral telephone When I pick up it stops ringing it has no sound.

25th Mar 2015, 11:42 pm	#5
McMurdo Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Staffordshire Moorlands, UK. Posts: 5,271	Re: Astral telephone If you've checked the obvious things like dry joints, cradle switch, mic & earpiece and cabling, a common fault with the astrals is the speech circuit IC which is unfortunately discontinued. The astrals were a high-end repro phone and I'm rather fond of them. __________________ Kevin