| Pictures and Circuit Diagrams of Australian Telephones | SUBSTATION TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN HANDBOOK | 33MB
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Hello Pholks - Thanks again for being buyers of my book.
I've pretty much decided that a future edition of my book won't be
practical. I do plan though, to publish anniversary updates each year. I get
occasional feedback from readers and that prompts me to fill in some gaps, where
I can. I have now written a few
"additions" to my book that have come from your questions/comments as buyers/readers of the book.
You will be able to download these additions to various chapters in the book, but they will hopefully make sense as documents that stand alone.
I will probably be making them available in November/December each year.
The only "condition" is that the additions are only intended for people who actually bought the book - please don't indiscriminately share the details (at least electronically). By all means share a printed copy.
(mid 2008) I have presently recovered almost 50% of my capital outlay to produce the book. The book was never a commercial venture to me, but it would be nice to almost recover my costs.
I'm more likely to do that if "Book Buyers" keep the additions for their own use.
| Title | Chapter | Description | File |
| 2006 | |||
| UK Skeleton No16 Restoration | Chapter 6 page 55 | Do as little work as possible - retain the original character | 800KB
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| Strowger Automatic Electric | Chapter 9 | Additional circuit description - unusual features | 800KB
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| Plastics restoration | Chapter14 page 159 | Plastics restoration (Superman and Ronald McDonald) | 650KB
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| Building a Replica Biscuit Barrel | Chapter 18 page 209 | Describes the process, parts and availability, circuit diagram | 8MB
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| 2007 | |||
| The reverse dial used in NZ and Norway | This explanation adds to Chapter 9 | Explains the difference in the way the telephone exchange switching equipment behaves in response to a "Reverse" dial to a conventional dial. Ignore my assumption about WHY the developers would have created the dial that way. I will possibly change that part of the document after consultation with a NZ expert. | 300KB
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| Skeleton telephone variations | This description adds to Chapter 6 page 56 | Characteristics of various different Skeleton telephones | 1.75MB
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| BWE Eiffel Tower | This description adds to Chapter 6 page 57 | Some history of a particular British Western Electric Eiffel Tower |
330KB .pdf |
| The Autodialler | Miscellaneous Equipment | Mechanically the same, but slightly different cases in UK and Europe. There is also a much later version - same mechanically but with a more modern housing |
800KB .pdf |
| Keycaller | Miscellaneous Equipment | Speed dialling device, primarily used by switchboard operators |
500KB .pdf |
| 2008 | |||
| Gecophone | Chapter 10 | Ivory Bakelite GEC telephone used on the Queen Mary (I) | 270KB
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| Australian Telephones | Chapter 5,6,7,8 | Australian Telephones 1910 to 1930 | 2.9MBLosRes
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| LME - their first Bakelite telephone 1931 | Chapter 10 | Most information gained from "THE ERICSSON CHRONICLE" | 1.75MB
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