[SixClub] Kansas Phone Repair

[Howard Bingham]

Still is a funny story..

In some northern New Mexico farming communities, ranchers use fence wire 
& old style crank phones to talk to neighbors, can't reach your 
neighbor, better get in the pickup, as a downed fence means roaming cattle..

I forget the town, was near the Capulin Volcaco site in NE New Mexico in 
1970's..

Howard Bingham

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On 1/20/2011 6:46 PM, Chris Boone wrote:
> 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
>