[David Dunlop]

Hi Jordan.

The complexity of some of this equipment is staggering at times, isn't it!

While I think of it again, the surviving documentation for various wireless vehicle installations provides two options for installation/storage of these Switchboards: either vertically mounted with its four brackets on a wall of the given wireless vehicle, or horizontally, under the wireless table.

Now being in possession of one of these switchboards, the actual size and weight is clearly evident and I cannot help but think that the under table installation must have been very uncomfortable on the Wireless Operators knees, not to mention risky for the Bakelite switch covers, or the simple challenge of holding the switchboard in place under the table while installing it/removing it from its four mounting posts, without dropping it, or losing any of the four retaining wing nuts. And for the final bit of excitement, imagine the stress on Battle Pants and thighs for anyone sitting at the wireless table who did not realize the switchboard was gone and just its four exposed mounting posts were there waiting to say 'Surprise'.

I now realize why in all the dozens of WIRE-5 bodies Princess Auto had in their Winnipeg compound years ago, less than a handful had under table mounting traces for the switchboard. There was pretty much an even split between a wall mount installation, or it was never mounted anywhere inside the WIRE-5 body at all.


David