GTD-5 and Roseville Tel
Tom:
Just stumbled across your site searching for some history; its great! I enjoyed reading a few items about GTD-5 and Roseville Tel (internal link). I was part of the design team on GTD-5 from 1982 --1986. We cutover the first GTD-5 in Banning, California in 1982. I and 2 other engineers tested, commissioned, and cutover the first GTD-5 Remote Switch Unit. The base unit was in Savannah, MO with the RSU about 15 miles away in Helena, MO. We were there for about 5 months and I got damned good at driving the route between installations at high speed! One day we had been making excellent progress with testing going well when the remote just went dead. We could not talk to the remote from the base for nothing. I hoped in the rental car and drove the cable route out to the remote. About halfway there I found the farmer with his backhoe along side the road!
Roseville Tel was also a great company to work with. I spent time in their main C.O. doing field service on their ITT 1210 and then returned a couple years later to work on the GTD-5 in Citrus Heights with an RSU at Roseville Main.
Your site stirred up some great memories; thanks!!! If you want to see the next great C.O. switch, visit http://www.santera.com( external link).
Thanks, Tom