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Joe,

Hmmmm, is that SRP anywhere near Linkville International Airport....or Ferrelview Regional Control?

:shrug:

Ken.

Joe, You mentioned that you were going to link the house and outbuilding with a ringdown line using the 415 ktu's. I am planning on doing the same thing in the spring (if the snow ever melts.)

The cable pairs that I will be using run underground from my house to a small detached garage. Do I need to use some type of circuit protection on these pairs?

Joe, you wouldn't per chance be relocating to the Weston area, would you? Love their bourbon.

To "Godfather": Yes, you should provide protection on the underground cable pairs, but standard gas-tube units will be more than sufficient.

Ed,

Would the telephone company circuit protectors such as the 123 type and the ones used in the NID's be sufficient? Although I think some of these are carbon block not gas tube.

What would you recommend?

Thanks...Lou

The 123/128 units can use screw-in carbon or gas modules. If there is white paint on them, then they are gas. If just brass, then they are carbon. I'd prefer the gas ones, but keep in mind that 1A2 circuitry was designed to be pretty tough. Even carbon protection is better than nothing.

TTY Joe:

You need to join us HERE

@ Lightninghorse

Roosterville is actualy near the Kansas-Missouri border, and is about 10 miles North and thirty miles West of Roosterville. Roosterville is not on most maps anymore, as it is a ghost town, but the Roosterville airport is indeed on google maps and it does have some modern convienances, such as radio controlled lights, an attendant from (6:00 AM till dusk) and sheltered tie downs. It does not have a tower, however. There are over 90 planes that use the little airport as a base, and they get anywhere between 10 and 30 landings from non local planes a week. They do have aviation gas available as well. (Nice for high compression vintage street machines.)

I have not explored the Roosterville area yet, as it is covered in a foot of snow, but I bet when I do, I will find the remains of a water and mail stop on a railroad. Most of the little towns in West Missouri were rail stops from the days of yore.

Best,

Joe

Hi Arthur,

Yes, I have been contemplating Cnet for some time now. I want to get my 1A2 systems working first, then start on the impossible... a Strowger set up. If I can pull that off, I will most certainally join C-net.

I think that would really be a neat thing to do, as I have numerous single line 500 sets as well as a few older phones... such as a WECO space saver and the like.

Now, if I can only find some 23 inch racks and a handfull of selectors... (I actually have the heavy as heck ring generator for a CO switch, but it is an electric one, not a motor generator set...)

Joe

Ed,

One other thought that just occurred to me...

For an off premise extension like this where should the circuit protection/grounding be located? On the KSU side or the remote extension side?

Thanks...Lou