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- From: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Phone line monitor
- Message-ID: <27344@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 18:22:37 GMT
- References: <BxGK30.K71@mtholyoke.edu>
- Reply-To: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
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- In sci.electronics, kharstin@MtHolyoke.edu (Ken Harstine) writes:
- >I would not recommend that you tie any portion of
- >this circuit to ground, as this would unbalance the phone line, and might
- >cause distortion of the sound.
-
- This reminds me of a problem I had. I tried to use an oscilloscope once
- to look at a phone line and some phone interface circuits I was playing
- with. Hooking up the scope caused a large hum to be introduced in the
- circuit, which prevented me from making any useful measurements.
-
- So, my question. How do I use a scope to look at a phone line? Do I need
- an isolation transformer between the power and wall outlet? Or is there
- some type of probe I could buy that would provide the needed isolation?
-
- Curt Welch
-