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    The Line Relay is a s~mple yet interesting device you
    can put on your phone line. It will do almost anything
    you want when your phone rings, such as t=-n on a
    light, answer the phone, turn off your stereo~etc.
    We will show some extension projects in future isoues.
    
    The phone ringlog is 90 volts AC, often superimpos-
    ed on 45 ~rolts DC. This 90 volts will operate a 115 V
    AC relay, which can in turn supply power from the
    power lines to any ordinary appliance. The relay is
    commonly available. However, a capacitor is needed
    to D~ isolate the relay coil from phone line. Without
    
    DEAR YIPL
    On the new type pay phones (single slot) you can
    make a local 10 cent =11 for a nickell Just when it's
    about to hit the triggering mechanism bang on the
    dial then bang it a few more times chan tap the
    reciever button till you get your dial tone. When you
    hear the dial tone the rli~ will not react to it so dial
    by hitting the reciever button. For example, if the
    number is 648-6003 tap the button 6 t~mes-4 times-8
    tirnes and so on waiting a few seconds between each
    number. You c~n also get the number by tapping it
    10 times for Operator, in some areas you can get the
    Operator by tspping out 211.
    
    -P. R. BROOKLYN-
    
    DEAR Y1PL
    The call hack no. in Chicago is 571-6, its the only
    Imown no. in existence. Also some new loop nos.
    work on the superNrised-unsuper~nsed me thod. Ihe
    last four digits are 9973-74. Any ex-. ~tween
    271 and 973 are effecLiYe. For those tbat care, here
    are some switchman nos. (all of this is Chi- town)
    EM- 9952, LA 5-9952. J~st screw ar~nnd wich the
    exchanges and use 9952, and your bound to come up
    with a swiLchman somewhere in this city.
    Also for those who might like to know,a majority of
    t~e system here works on cross 1 paneling. I'm sorr~;
    at the passing of the ~rty in N. Y., back in January.
    I know, I hung ~n the night ihey fuckec around w~th the
    volume. But no need to worry, I'm ~ the process of
    establishi~g a party line in Chicago!
    
    -B from CXECA&O~
    Also: the telephone co. news wire ser~ce no. printe~
    in issue no. 16 is not free. Here's ore in Chicago
    
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    it Ihe relay will dra~v a dial tone even with the phone
    on-hook. The capacitor should be noc-electrolytic,
    and as many microfarads as possibLe; 5 should do
    nicely.
    
    The contacts of the relay can operate any circuit
    you want. The diagram shows how the normally-
    open and the normally~closed coulacts cen be used
    to light Lamp B and extinguish~a good word to know)
    Lamp A when the phone rings. In order to prevent
    the relay from "chattering" (vibrang rapidly up &
    down) you can loosen the relay spring slight~y or
    lncrease tte stze of the capacitor.
    
    The infLationary spiral is ~cing its toll around lhe
    world today, especially in the U. S. We blame greedy
    corporations, the prime exa~nple being AT&T.
    
    With aJ1 the profits thev are making, why are ceoole
    borrowing more and saving less? Because, friends, our
    public utility, the phone company, does not use the profits
    to improve phone service. As you can see by the chart,
    ~lore than 45lc of your #14 brass washer pays for profit
    and expenses wEich are unnecessary in a tme public
    service giving ~ee local service to e`7eryonetmarketing,
    ~art of accounting, interest, and regressive t~tion).
    In a socialist economy, the phone company wouldn't have
    to advertise(marketing expenses). It doesn't have to now I

    





    There's no competitionl As fAr as taxation goes, a poor
    person pays ~e same amount of tax on a monthly hasic
    charge as someone better off, even ~ough the tax goes
    straight to the governwent(and to the mi3;~ry waste).
    
    And local telephone serv~ce costs the phone company tba~t
    same 45~! Which means tbat a socialist economy would
    provide service improvements like ~is in the o~er so-
    called public utilities in this country.
    
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