[SixClub] Kansas Phone Repair

[Chris Boone]

Bad joke as a phone line is NEVER grounded for ringing...it is a balanced
line....(It IS grounded when using Ground Start for dialtone which is never
used at a residence; only business/PBX use...but its never grounded  for
ringing!)

And believe me, 90V at 20Hertz HURTS!! 

Chris
WB5ITT
aka: "Dr Touchtone"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sixclub-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Pete
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:18 PM
> To: World Wide Six Meter Club
> Subject: [SixClub] Kansas Phone Repair
> 
> 
> >            PHONE REPAIR
> >
> > A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her
telephone
> failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few occasions,
when it
> did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.
> >
> > The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this
> psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed a 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 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 with 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 number
was
> called.
> >
> > 4.. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then
urinate.
> >
> > 5. The wet ground would improve the circuit ground, thus causing the
> phone to ring.
> >
> > Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pi**ing and
> moaning.
> 
> _________________________
> 
> de NL7XM