Dispatch console Vihur

Dispatch console Vihur

The dispatch console was manufactured around 1977 by the experimental factory “Vihur” in Tallinn, Estonian SSR. It is equipped with a telephone handset and a rotary dial of Polish origin, two VHF radio transceivers, a Vihur Kaja-3 (20MT2) multi-line telephone device, and a milliammeter, all integrated into the console’s front panel.

A handheld microphone unit (now missing) was located on the right side of the console’s front panel for VHF radio communication. There are four integrated speakers behind the front panel: one for the Kaja-3 multi-line telephone device, two for the radio transceivers, and one small speaker for the telephone. There is also a built-in microphone for the Kaja-3. It is currently unknown what was installed in the empty space on the right side of the front panel.

This rare example of Soviet-era Estonian industrial design was saved in 2026 from the Põdrangu collective farm (Põdrangu sovkhoz) in Estonia. In fact, the same collective farm had a complete set of different Kaja devices, all manufactured at the Vihur factory in the 1970s.

Year of manufacture: 1977

Manufacturer:
	ALMAVÜ Eksperimentaalne Tootmiskombinaat "Vihur" DOSAAF (Voluntary Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation and Navy) Experimental Factory "Vihur" Tallinn, Estonia