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

[Paul A. Pennington]

    It should work.  The important thing is to test it at your house now. 
When you get out in the boonies you can't run to the store for more wire. 
Home Depot sells phone wire in 1000 foot spools. Run some of it halfway down 
the block and back and give it a try.

    Paul Pennington
    Augusta, Georgia


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek Cohn/WB0TUA" <vibroplex at mindspring.com>
To: "Greenkeys ((E-mail))" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 11:47 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] Need advice on telegraphing over a phone line?


Hi Everyone,

I know there are a lot of tele
As many of you know, I'm the resident telegrapher on this mailing list.  Our 
club has two methods of telegraphing with others:

1) On a telephone line using AFSK tones from a Bell 103 modem
2) Over the internet using software to simulate a telegraph wire

Either way, I need a phone line.

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.  This area is so rural, I 
don't think there's any chance there is DSL on the line that I could pick up 
as a WiFi hotspot with a wireless router.

Those of you who are knowledgeable about this....can I run an extension from 
the phone jack to the pavilion if the distance is that long?  Does the 
signal attenuate significantly over that distance?  Can I string together 
phone extension cords to cover that distance or will Iose too much of the 
signal?  If so, are there inline amplifiers that can be inserted?  Is there 
a wireless solution that I might try instead of having to string a phone 
line?.

If you guys have any suggestions for trying to bring the phone line down to 
the pavilion so I can telegraph with others around the country for my demo, 
I'd really appreciate it.

By the way, I also plan to bring my Model 15 with the TD and Typing 
Reperforator so teletypes will be represented too!

Thanks and 73,

Derek Cohn
Morse Telegraph Club - Alton Chapter
Office UD, Sine DJ
Amateur Radio Station - WBØTUA