[SixClub] Phone problems

[Greg Grambor]

MessageIt's not six meters, but every ham alive will enjoy this story, especially you old tip & ring guys ..... don't flame me for being off topic, just enjoy the story, I'm still laughing from it ..... 73 & see you on six, Greg WB2GMK


  An elderly lady phoned her telephone company to
  report that her telephone failed to ring when her
  friends called and that on the few occasions when it
  did ring, her pet dog always moaned right before the
  phone rang.

  The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene,
  curious to see this psychic dog or senile elderly
  lady. He climbed a nearby telephone pole, hooked in
  his test set, and dialed the subscriber's house. The
  phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog
  moaned loudly and the telephone began to ring.

  Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman
  found:

  1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground
  wire via a steel chain and collar.
  2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
  3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling
  current when the phone number was called.
  4. After a couple of such jolts, the dog would start
  moaning and then urinate on himself and the ground.
  5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus
  causing the phone to ring.

  Which goes to show that some problems can be fixed by pissing and moaning .