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Krypton
16-06-2010, 07:06 PM
The comms that i have seem to be non standard roc comms. When i got them the WB1401 L/S and Speech Receiver were detatched and on closer inspection - the grey paint is all flaking off and it looks quite bad.

The board which they should be on is full of loads of other stuff i really have no idea what it is - although the white bt box is cool.

I think i should have a WB1401 Filter Unit?

I think the small board on the left is for the teletalk - but again - ive never seen that many connection boxes for it before.

The main question is - what do you think i should do?:

Swap them for an intact comms board already made up?
Somehow paint the WB1401's?
Get a new board and put some stuff on what looks good?

Anyhelp/suggestions?

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4706961790_03a42f774a.jpg
Peeling Reciever

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4706316133_2b068be4ea.jpg
White BT Box

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4706944244_e623d9167f.jpg
Small Board and L/S

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4706937632_cbc13cd506.jpg
The whole lot.

Waddya reckon?

TripleSix
16-06-2010, 07:20 PM
I don't know what the white one is or the grey plastic ones are, but I think something like this is what you should be aiming for.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4707018122_ec057dd01d.jpg

TripleSix
16-06-2010, 07:21 PM
Also I don't see any issues with painting them if its done right.

zimbob
16-06-2010, 10:51 PM
I agree with TripleSix on this one r.e. the painting...

Layout-wise, TripleSix's pic shows what I've experienced to be the most common, but the layout below (somewhat different) actually works - the only one I've seen that does...

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff309/zimbob1000/nairnshire%20roc%20etc/cawdorroc012.jpg

Goldie87
16-06-2010, 11:46 PM
Yes you need a filter unit. Standard pattern is to have a small board with one brown and one grey box. Then a larger board with filter, speaker, and reciever unit on. The light grey box (and presumably the other extra ones too) were later additions to sites which were used for nuclear testing ban monitoring etc. Get a couple of new boards and repaint anything that needs to be.

Tankman
17-06-2010, 05:28 AM
Yes you need a filter unit. Standard pattern is to have a small board with one brown and one grey box. Then a larger board with filter, speaker, and reciever unit on. The light grey box (and presumably the other extra ones too) were later additions to sites which were used for nuclear testing ban monitoring etc. Get a couple of new boards and repaint anything that needs to be.

I agree with Goldie:thumb That white box is something to do with Test ban monitoring equipment, possibly quite rare?
I suggest you ring the number up on the box and report a fault on the line! and see what happens:lol:

Krypton
17-06-2010, 07:00 AM
Cheers guys - anyidea what paint would be needed to do them?
I retraced with a pen the writing on the white bt box - it looks so cool lol

Tumbles
17-06-2010, 01:58 PM
That white box is a much more modern unit, it almost looks like the ISDN boxes BT used to do.

KingElvis
17-06-2010, 02:07 PM
^^ It is a BT private circuit ISDN box, an early version of the now familiar ISDN2E boxes.

I has nowt to do with the ROC as it was.

Tumbles
17-06-2010, 03:32 PM
^^ It is a BT private circuit ISDN box, an early version of the now familiar ISDN2E boxes.

I has nowt to do with the ROC as it was.

Interesting it has atomic weapons as the circuit reference though. Maybe something they were testing towards the end of the ROC.. comms over ISDN voice link? Having two ilnes they could talk to HQ and another post maybe?

KingElvis
17-06-2010, 03:37 PM
Possibly, the dp box in the pics is also a "toughended"version made of steel, these were used mostly in outside or semi-outside locations. They also had a damp seal if I remember but annoyingly, no customer confidence light :thumb

Krypton
17-06-2010, 06:12 PM
Possibly, the dp box in the pics is also a "toughended"version made of steel, these were used mostly in outside or semi-outside locations. They also had a damp seal if I remember but annoyingly, no customer confidence light :thumb

Whats the dp box?

TripleSix
18-06-2010, 10:13 AM
The post that that lot came out of was latterly used for seismic readings, so the more modern stuff was prolly used for that.

Goldie87
18-06-2010, 11:06 AM
The post that that lot came out of was latterly used for seismic readings, so the more modern stuff was prolly used for that.

Yep thats correct, the more modern stuff was put in when the posts in question were used for nuclear testing ban monitoring. Nothing to do with the ROC.