Ty Ford <tyreeford.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:40:47 -0500, Scott Dorsey wrote
>> DeserTBoB <desertb.TakeThisOut@rglobal.net> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 08:20:07 -0500, Ty Ford <tyreeford.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone have one sitting around collecting dust? <snip>
>>>
>>> Are you talking about WECO 111C repeat coils? Those were used for 900
>>> ohm hybrid service by the ton back in the old days.
>>
>> He wants a nice box with a 111C, a loading network, and some attenuators
>> in it. I have my Heathkit away a couple months ago, otherwise I would have
>> volunteered it.
>>
>> There are a lot of commercial hybrids available for cheap right now because
>> of the digital stuff becoming popular.
>
>Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of a Telos One digital hybrid
>for recording separate channels of audio in a phone conversation.
To be honest, the Telus One doesn't give you very much more separation than
a 111C in a box. What it does give you is instant separation without having
to fiddle with the loading controls for each call.
The older analogue hybrids that require manual setup are, as I said, very
cheap right now because everyone is going the digital route. And if you
can spend half a minute tweaking a knob for best rejection (or two knobs
in the case of some of the older ones), they are just as effective.
Orrtronics, formerly Harris-Allied's used guys have shelves of older analogue
hybrids that they can't get rid of most of the time. 800-300-0733.
--scott
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