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Old 31st Mar 2009, 12:37 pm   #9
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Default Re: Need Help... N.E. Mk 1 WW2 1943 Field Telephones

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Originally Posted by ObltKg4 View Post
Thank you all for you assistance and reply.

Your British WWII Military Field-Telephone, Type 'F' Mk: II. is essentially similar to the Mk 1 with exception to some design modifications / enhancements.
I've just had a look at your thumbnail, and the hand-set appears to be that from a type 'D' instrument. Is that a 'push-to-talk' switch I see? I would suggest, if it is, that it isn't the original hand-set, as there is a cradle-switch for the hand-set mounted directly in front of the magneto generator (an older version than the British version, by the looks of it - has it got two horse-shoe magnets in it?). I 'blew' your circuit up to the best of my ability and the hand-set, shown pictorially, doesn't appear to have a switch fitted.

Our type 'F' (your instrument also?) was meant for 'back-office' duties, and was effectively a more robust desk instrument, hence the use of a cradle-switch. The type 'D' was a 'battlefield' telephone, and could function in any position.

Any chance of a picture of the schematic?
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