Rafael Chute on several occasions asked me to tell how it began exporting to Australia. It took longer than expected because between Rafael and I have a slight disagreement about what year it initiated the export. Rafael thinks was in 1981, while I think it was in 1982. The reasons I have for thinking so are as follows: My first trip to Australia as did between 22 and 31 October 1981, and there is no doubt about it and I keep the passport with immigration stamps Australians. The reason for this trip was to negotiate the sale of Australian Telecomm Gondola. I was in Sydney and Melbourne. I also have references from my travels in those years, which confirms this. In any case if someone has more data would be grateful I send them or include in the blog.
By my memories, in a meeting held in STL (Harlow), on July 14, 1981, attended by a representative of Standard Telephones & Cables in Sydney, said Australian Telecomm he was interested in buying such phones Trendline, or gondola. I reported this to our Director General (Manuel Vidal). Once past the month of August began contacts with STC Sydney and ITTE and ITTNY, since the phone could be made both in Manchester and in Corinth (Mississippi). It got to be allocated to Malaga manufacturing and decided I was going to Sydney to negotiate Australian Telecomm. Obtaining a visa took some time and finally I made the trip on 22 October. I flew from Manchester to London with Iberia and there links to a Qantas flight, which took me to Sydney, with stopovers in the Gulf emirate (can not remember which), and Singapore. In total 34 hours of travel. I was careful to leave Spain on 22 October, Thursday. Just arrived in Sydney on 24, Saturday (have to consider the lag time of 8 hours) and had all weekend to recover from jet-lag. As I said we had meetings with Australian Telecomm both Sydney and Melbourne. It got the order and deliveries began in 1982. Later there were some quality problems.
For example, Juan Carlos Prieto reminds me of the shot pollution from coal oil hydraulic presses that closed the electrodes. The atmosphere was "oily" and at the time of manufacture, the values \u200b\u200bwere correct. Over time oil fell caking coal and efficiency. It was a timing problem. The solution was to make a "clean shop" with pneumatic presses that did not generate the problem. If they had renovated and properly maintained presses, it would have avoided the small disaster that forced us to Juan Carlos and me to go to Sydney on April 23, 1983. On this visit we thought we were going to put the row over the issue of quality, and was they threw us for delays in delivery. It was not an easy or comfortable visit, we had wrong, and to round out the joke on the penultimate day of the stay I fell and broke two ribs and broke my other. But then I did not know, so we went to Tokyo. Two months later, the pain continued so I went to clinic in CITES and the doctor looked at me for X-rays and sent me to the Mutual, where they discovered the cracks, but they told me at that point and did not do anything.
There were problems with dirt in the air gaps of the ring, and poor accommodation of the thin wire out of connection between the frame and base. To solve the problem Rafael Chute moved, he did a great job.
There was a static electricity problem that affected a dial CMOS. Naturally, all devices are inspected before being sent, but upon reaching Australia some not marked. It was found that the problem was with a dial CMOS coming destroyed. The problem was studied in Sydney, Harlow (STL), Málaga and in the laboratories of the manufacturer of CMOS (ITT Intermetall, Freiburg). Finally, in Málaga, José Antonio Maestre discovered the reason. Simply, one of the operatives to check some quality equipment, pulled the plastic that protected the quick mode handset, which originated a discharge of static electricity damaging the circuit. Rafael tells me Chute at STC were very impressed with the effectiveness of the intervention of Master.
STC also remember from Sydney sent an inspector, who was in Chile, and spent some time in Malaga.
was allowed to export it then began to make copies of the Gondola in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with very poor quality but at very low prices. Over time the quality improved and prices remained low ... and goodbye our exports. I believe that quality problems had no effect since in all cases react properly.
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