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.
These handset components are from an 802 telephone.
TELECOM/PMG - 802 Series Rotary Dial Telephone Spare Part
Transmitter Bucket (or well) for the Capsule
Identification: TAO-1 (153660)
Moulded plastic construction with a metal cable clamp for the handset "curly cord" support
Two colours are available, Grey or Cream (a selection box is provided on this page)
54mm topside diameter x 26mm depth
Two slots for the transmitter capsule terminal access
Weight: 12g
Fits the 4538 (and other) transmitter capsule perfectly
USED
CLEAN (completely sterilised with ISO alcohol)
NO physical damage to the body at all
NO discolouration is apparent on either bucket
I have now safely packed these buckets into individual sealed clear plastic packs, patiently they wait to serve their purpose in life - to support a transmitter capsule.
