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CZ 100 F Set

Aegis

1986

The CZ1000 is an instrument used by telecommunications technicians when repairing telephone cable faults. The Aegis ‘F-Set’, as it is commonly known, has been standard equipment for most Australian electricians and telecommunication technicians since it was first developed in 1986. Aegis is a family owned company and one of Australia’s pioneering radio manufacturers established at the height of the radio boom of the 1930s. In the 1980s Telecom Australia, as a government enterprise, provided many opportunities for companies such as Aegis to develop innovative electronic instruments. This electronic instrument is remarkably still manufactured in Melbourne at the Aegis factory in Nunawading.

Photo credit: Courtesy of Ian Wong Collection.