[Boatanchors] OT: Now that I have it, what do I use it for???

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a lot  for sale on ebay!
If  it  came to our  door  we  would give it a  home  with he other telco 
test  gear  at SMECC
 
The one we need really  bad  is the   teletype   test  box that generates 
signal etc...
 
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 
In a message dated 1/29/2017 5:31:10 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
frledda at att.net writes:

Uhm T1,  DS1....  Only the idea of a DS1 gives me a stomach ake!

Yes, it is  a perfect door stop!

-----Original Message-----
From: Boatanchors  [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Phil
Sent:  Sunday, January 29, 2017 5:56 PM
To: Boatanchors
Subject: [Boatanchors]  OT: Now that I have it, what do I use it for???

OK, sorry about the OT  post, but there is a lot of knowledgeable people 
here.  I don't  really know where else to ask.

I was visiting my neighbor today and he  was cleaning out his mobile home 
as he's getting married and moving out  (the trailer is a total piece of 
junk and will probably be torn  down).  A good neighbor, I'll miss him, 
but not the trailer . .  .

Anywhoo,  he was piling up junk to go to the dump, mostly old  'puters, 
monitors etc, things I wouldn't bring home for fear of  roaches.  But I 
spot small electronic looking metal box, about 10x6x9  inches.  Very 
rugged and heavy, I lift up the lid.  Lots of  buttons, switches, a 
gazillion LEDs, two digital displays (one in the lid)  and so forth.  He 
didn't know what it is, or even where he got it  from.  Probably a yard 
sale or something.

Turns out it is a  Phoenix Microsystems Model 5575 T1 MICRO BERT with the 
5565 DSO  Drop/Insert Lid option (and apparently the battery option due 
to it's  weight).  Some quick Google research shows that it is a TelCo T1 
line  tester.  Even though the model number doesn't have the "B", it is  
apparently the "B" version as it looks like pictures of one (the "A"  
version is different).

Now the 64,000 Dollar question (remember  that show?) is, WHAT USE IS IT 
TO A RADIO MAN who has a fairly well  equipped (even if vintage) test 
bench??

In other words, can I use it  for anything around the shack, other than 
parts?


-- 
73 de  Phil, KO6BB.
Specializing in DXing NDBs (Longwave  Beacons).

Location:  "The Beaconeer's Lair".
Merced, Central  California, 37,18,37N  120,30,6W  CM97rh
http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/

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Icom:     IC-7200  Xceiver, DSP IF & filters (~2015).
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