Remember the day?
Good old rotary dial telephones that just about every Australian home had at least one of (no mobiles back then) and often they were the centre of social life, especially for the kids. Most often in the hallway sitting on its own little "telephone table" with a great big thick telephone directory sitting next to it!
Stick your finger in the dial, wind her back and let go ... the sweet whirring sound of the dial returning and hopefully, you are eventually connected to the called party....sometimes you may "get lucky" as cross-talk was a problem at times, where you would have other uninvited people drop into your conversation or you into theirs - Ah, the wonders of "modern" analog switching telephony.
I used to gather together all sorts of telephone subscriber and exchange related equipment and components from NZ (my younger days) and Australia because I worked in the industry during my early career in electronics. Slowly I have found new owners for some of the "special" complete equipment (Railway communications equipment, Manual phones, bakelite manual and rotary dial telephones, massive group and final selectors from SXS exchanges and now these more humble bits and pieces from subscriber instrument, the Australian 802 telephone.
This handset component is from an 802 telephone.
TELECOM/PMG - 802 Series Rotary Dial Telephone Spare Part
Handset Screw On Cap - Receiver
Note: although intended for the receiver end of business (small 8x holes in a single circular pattern), if you were desperate this cap is just as useable at the transmitter end of the handset. Exactly the same size fitting, same thread etc - the only difference is the twin circular pattern of holes. If used with the transmitter, possibly the user may need to speak a little louder because of the lesser number of holes for the air pressure waves to reach the transmitter capsule when speaking.
Colour is Cream
Identification: RCC-1
Moulded plastic construction
Threads directly onto the mating handset thread, at EITHER end of the handset.
64.5mm diameter x 45mm depth
Weight: 16g
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN (completely sterilised with ISO alcohol)
NO physical damage to the cap at all
Yes, there is some light scuff marks on the cap but none are serious, this cap will still look great on another Cream handset.
I have now safely packed this screw on cap within a sealed clear plastic packet.
