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New Speaker for Panzer Headset to match with Intercom System

To match with the new Intercom system with volume adjustment knobs. A new thin 8 ohm 1.5W speaker is introduced to replace the old 6 ohm 16mm speaker. As the rubber earpads made the speaker away to the ears and forms a chamber for trapping sound, It allows the adjustment of the volume to counter…
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WH Restorer YouTube Channel

Recently opened a Youtube account under the name of WH Restorer. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLqyGKhu5fyx5s-K5CERmKA Mainly for storing my clips for attachment to this site and moving out from FB Page. Also to adds watermark ‘WH Restorer’ at lower right corner, as found my clips been use as someone posts without my approval. Not much on it now…
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Dream Came True–The Roots of the Panzer Personal Communication Set and Future Development

This is a box art cut out from a Tamiya 1/25 Panzer model kit by the famous artis Yoshiyuki Takani (高荷義之). I am keeping it since my youth under the clear cover of Brian David’s book ‘German Army Uniform & Insignia 1933-1945’. When I was young it was all new to me of this amazing…
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WHR Intercom System 1.0

Since the first launch of the Junction Box on Autumn 2017, to connect the headset and throatmic with normal two and three prong plugs to the walkie talkie and smartphone. The demand of an intercom system was constantly received, as the walkie talkie are unable to function inside a metal box. With the help from…
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How to mount Dfh.a and Dfh.f earpieces onto leather under helmet headband

Feedback coming in from buyers after received leather under helmet headbands. Concerning mounting their original Dfh.a or Dfh.f headsets onto the harness. The steps are as follow:   1. To remove the pair of housings from the spring steel headband. 2. To unscrew the Bakelite earpieces from the housings, some difficulty may encountered to loosen…
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Panzer Dfh.b Version P &version W Today (17 January 2023)

Three headsets are on its way to new homes. These are the hot selling headsets since launched on Sept 2016 long before the full set available. It is a two way transmission in single wire. Able to speaks and hear with on single cable. And both are upgradeable to single way headset with two prong…
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Feind hört mit! Hand Microphone was in WHITE letters (9 January 2023)

The letters on the red PTT button of the first batch hand microphone was painted in black wash, as all my four original samples are in that color. But Thomas told me that all letters was in WHITE, the dark grey to black are actually the dirt accumulated over the decades. That’s why this batch…
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All Kind of Brown Nylon Cables (2 January 2023)

Working on days to assembling cables with brown nylon sleeves according to orders. All with matching plugs for difference purposes. All cables are 4mm in diameter, only the hand mic is in 5mm diameter which is a nightmare to assemble. ‘

Dfh.a Replica Three Versions Available (1 January 2023)

Before goes into the difference version of the Dfh.a replica headsets.  Let’s check the comparison between replica and original. https://www.whrestorer.com/replica-vs-original-dfh-a-headset/ Same as the Panzer Kopfhörer Replica. The Dfh.a Kopfhörer replica also has three versions:   The Dfh.a with 170cm long brown nylon Y cable and true replica two prong plug–$168 (upgrade to textile fabric cable…
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The mounting of rubber earpads onto Dfh.a Kopfhörer (21 December 2022)

Yes and no to mount the rubber; The headband of the Dfk.a is close to head shape, there are no room for the rubber earpads. The earpiece of the Panzer Kopfhörer is 65mm in diameter. The earpiece of the Dfh.a is 63mm in diameter. The rubber earpads are designed to fits 65mm earpiece, so it…
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