WTB: "Vintage" Rotary phone

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#322588 2-Sep-2025 10:21

Hiya,

Does anyone have an old school rotary phone (in good condition) they wish to part with? I have an ATA that is pulse dial capable, I want to hook up an old school phone to it... via VOIP 'cos it's kinda cool.

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#3410383 2-Sep-2025 10:32

There are usually many on trademe in the antiques and collectable area.

When I tried it with an ATA the numbers were all backwards from what the phone was labeled because of course NZ did things wrong back in the day.

Be aware that if you get a red one, it has to be called the bat phone and put under a glass lid.

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#3410388 2-Sep-2025 10:46

Cool idea.... I have a Grandstream HT801.... checking to see if it will handle NZ rotary....

Edit: my question answered here...

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=11&topicid=300586

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#3410391 2-Sep-2025 10:53

Gordy7:

Cool idea.... I have a Grandstream HT801.... checking to see if it will handle NZ rotary....

Looks like it does NZ, and Swedish ...... "Børk! Børk! Børk",

"Pulse Dialing Standard
Allows users to use Swedish pulse dialing standard and New Zealand Standard.
Default is General Standard."

https://www.grandstream.com/hubfs/Product_Documentation/ht80x_administration_guide.pdf

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#3410409 2-Sep-2025 12:28

Something like this? Not sure if it works - I bought it off Trade Me for $30 with plans to do something interesting. But it's just been gathering dust for the last three years!

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#3410410 2-Sep-2025 12:45

richms:

Be aware that if you get a red one, it has to be called the bat phone and put under a glass lid.

Don't worry it will soon be called lots of things and put under a rubbish tin lid.

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#3410411 2-Sep-2025 12:52

Also you have to look out for things like this that appear to be rotary but then are not https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/electronics-photography/phone-fax/corded-phones/listing/5493734372

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#3410412 2-Sep-2025 13:02

richms:

Also you have to look out for things like this that appear to be rotary but then are not https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/electronics-photography/phone-fax/corded-phones/listing/5493734372

Ta, that's cheating. :-)

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#3410413 2-Sep-2025 13:03

Dial Type Old Telephone Pulse Signal TO Dual Tone Multiple Frequency Audio DTMF Converter FOR Network / Fiber Rotary Telephone - AliExpress will do the trick ;-)

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#3410480 2-Sep-2025 16:10

I have a few in my parents garage, both 746 and 706 models

As mentioned by others your ata adapter would need to support NZ Reverse Dial

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#3410485 2-Sep-2025 16:31

Get two that way if it fails, you can stick a 9V battery on the pairs and talk between them.

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#3410486 2-Sep-2025 16:37

MadEngineer:

Get two that way if it fails, you can stick a 9V battery on the pairs and talk between them.

So that's how the bat phone works :), but can you make the red case glow ....

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#3410493 2-Sep-2025 18:32

This "vintage" rotary phone is new! :D

https://www.lego.com/en-nz/product/retro-telephone-31174

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#3410556 2-Sep-2025 20:20

Assume 'telepermit' no longer a consideration 😂

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#3410619 2-Sep-2025 23:31

mentalinc:

Assume 'telepermit' no longer a consideration 😂

TBH it never was for me. Hell back when we had to pulse dial we had a phone we got from dick smith in australia that was opened up and had the buttons swapped around to be what they really dialed.

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#3411288 4-Sep-2025 18:07

richms:

mentalinc:

Assume 'telepermit' no longer a consideration 😂

TBH it never was for me. Hell back when we had to pulse dial we had a phone we got from dick smith in australia that was opened up and had the buttons swapped around to be what they really dialed.

Did those conversations back in the 1980s and when the keypads were made of rubber with fixed buttons I got quite good at rewiring the keypads

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