Any money raised goes towards telecomm related activities on the railway.
A recent example is replacement cables at Medstead.
The items below are available if "the price is right". Make an offer.
Dial speed tester Tester 43
Service manual for Telectron RL5 system, terminal type 4080
Small relay set rack, originally built to fit in a BT roadside cabinet.
Can mount 5 relay sets, which are not included.
Internal telephone cable - this is cream sheathed but has been stored in a loft for some time and is somewhat dirty, hence my lack of enthusiasm for uncoiling it and measuring its length.
3 coils of 60 wire formed as triples - ideal for wiring Strowger exchanges
1 coil of 40 pair and 1 coil of 60 pair.
AT5422 line tester. Diagram and notes available
Not sure of the model number, in working order. Was fitted with a plug for use in TXE2 exchanges but comes with a new boxed Plug 230 for Strowger equipment.
Book produced by the then Solent District of BT, gives various N series diagrams in one booklet, shown listed below, 111 pages A4 size.
Also produced at the same time A4 size booklets on early electronic switches and other items used in customers premises.
Viceroy 242/243 Kinsman 542/543
Ensign 1 + 2 Pentara
Pentara Plus Keymaster 1+5 2+10
Herald Herald - how it works
TXS50 Navigator
Cordless switchboard 2/2 2/3 2/4 Key and Lamp unit
Marquis S6022 Escort 2 + 6
Emblem S2616 Octara 32
Senator Minimaster
TXS50 UK3
also BT manuals for
Viceroy data entry book
BT 2 + 8
Kinsman data entry book
Premiere call connect system (PMBX 12)
TXS50 data entry, sales and configuration, planning and installation guide.
BT 2 plus 8 telephone
Toshiba CTX100 switch, no phones, equipped for 4 ISDN channels
10 line key and lamp units
SA9151 and 9152 relay sets for KLUs
Level measuring set 44C 20Hz - 120kHz
Portable call sender
One of 5 slave clocks, 6" x 4" x3" plus an electonic master clock. Informed it came from a ROC centre. Master clock was not working on arrival, it might be a simple matter to fix.
Tester 355 - call sender, notes shown above, can be used on 2 wire and 3 wire circuits also TXE2 and TXE4 exchanges.
Type 4 uni-selector tester diagram SWT 3259, developed to enable the Type 4 u/s to be given a more stringent test than the simple running test as specified in TI E6 H5111, these were constructed in the local areas.
Notes and diagram available, not showing up in the picture are 3 1000 type keys - size 9" x 6" x 4"
Digit display unit 12" x 9.5" x 6.5"
Recovered 100 pair IDC block
GPO tele 250 linesmans telephone - handle for hand generator missing
Meter from a test desk
Oscillator 143, replaced a mechanical tone generator in a Group Switching Centre.
Produces 2280Hz tone used on AC9 and AC11 trunk circuits.