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Telephone Talk => Auction Talk => Topic started by: MagicMo on May 04, 2013, 06:34:12 PM

Title: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: MagicMo on May 04, 2013, 06:34:12 PM
I put up a Bellboy for auction.  Did I out it under the correct category?
Thanks,
Mo

http://tinyurl.com/bphrgr4
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: WesternElectricBen on May 04, 2013, 06:42:29 PM
Thats cool, I'm pretty sure its worth more that 14.99!
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: HarrySmith on May 04, 2013, 08:04:47 PM
It appears to be under the correct category. You may want to list it in the telephone category also. IIRC someone in one of the phone clubs was looking for one a few years back, maybe he still wants it!
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: MagicMo on May 04, 2013, 08:27:01 PM
Done!
Thanks
Mo
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: MagicMo on May 06, 2013, 09:50:54 PM
I found a picture of them testing the pager
Mo
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: WesternElectricBen on May 06, 2013, 10:17:48 PM
Where do you find these pictures?
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: MagicMo on May 06, 2013, 10:36:40 PM
Quote from: WesternElectricBen on May 06, 2013, 10:17:48 PM
Where do you find these pictures?

Hi Ben
In my Dad's pictures from work. He liked to take pictures. I have thousands!
Mo
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: WesternElectricBen on May 06, 2013, 10:39:21 PM
Quote from: MagicMo on May 06, 2013, 10:36:40 PM
Quote from: WesternElectricBen on May 06, 2013, 10:17:48 PM
Where do you find these pictures?

Hi Ben
In my Dad's pictures from work. He liked to take pictures. I have thousands!
Mo

Ah, ok. What did you dad do, I assume he wasn't a installer if he was at the lab...
Ben
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: MagicMo on May 06, 2013, 10:56:13 PM
He was with IL Bell for 40 years-he did many things, working his way up to management. The City of Chicago held many trials and testing of new Bell System products. My Dad was head of Mobile Radio Dept. at the time when they were testing out BellBoys before they went to market.
;) Mo
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: HarrySmith on May 07, 2013, 07:40:54 AM
Very cool! I like that you added it to the auction! Great description!
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: Jim Stettler on May 07, 2013, 12:15:02 PM
I met a Ham operator once who had a bell boy pager and transmitter. Without the antenna he could (illeagally )transmit around 3 miles.
Jim
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: rdelius on May 07, 2013, 01:08:49 PM
Have an old Bellboy pager but it is larger and i think it has the older 1960s Bell logo. built by Motorola though.
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: MagicMo on May 07, 2013, 01:21:01 PM
Motorola made the pagers for Bell System. This one was a pageboy by Motorola.
Mo
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: Jim Stettler on May 07, 2013, 04:22:41 PM
I have the larger one and the small one. Mine are not branded with the operating company.
Jim
I assume the large one is older. The Ham had a small one. The bell Boy's would just beep. You would then call your contact person to see who was paging you.
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: ESalter on May 07, 2013, 04:39:58 PM
We have a hand full of the clips off of these pagers, I think they came from a hamfest several years ago.  They were just cut off of the back of the metal cover on the pager.  IIRC ours say Indiana Bell.

---Eric
Title: Re: Bell System "Bellboy" pager
Post by: MagicMo on May 11, 2013, 11:41:29 PM
Bellboy sold for $35 to a new Forum member, I couldn't be happier!  :D
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