[GreenKeys] Need advice on telegraphing over a phone line?

Jeffrey D Angus jangus at socal.rr.com
Tue Aug 18 01:59:05 EDT 2009


Derek Cohn/WB0TUA wrote:
> There is a group of railroad telegraphers gathering in a very
> rural area of Missouri (Oran, MO) in about 3 weeks and they'd
> like me to bring my equipment and do a demo.  The demo will be
> under a pavillion that has power but no phone line.  There is
> a phone line I can use in a nearby house. I would guess the
> house is 200 - 300 feet away.
>   
Well, as long as the connection method is a telephone modem, 56K or less,
the extra 300 feet shouldn't make any difference. Even if it falls back 
to 14.4K

Considering the distance back to the central office.

Jeff-1.0
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