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mORE BON PIRBS
Correction- The 39K resistor us~d for #ttlng
the gain of the ampllfier ln last month's is-
sue is incorrect. It should be batw~n 5 and 6
thousand oluns in valne. Too large a velne will
cause a buzz in the ampllf$ar from too much gain.
l~et's clear up a few details in last month's
Blne Box constzuction plans. For those of you
without a lot of test equtptment, th$s might help
you a bit.
1- The Twin T oscillator has maximue stability for
voltage and temperature changes-when it is tuned
at least 5X above the initial osai~ating frequency
of the oscill~. Othen~rise, a voltage drop of a
volt or temperature drop of 20 degrees might turs~
it off. For example, tune in your resistor or cap-
acitor velues of the 1100 cycle oscillator so that
it starts oscillating at about 1000 or 1050 cyoles,
and tune it up to }100. The starting point of osc-
illation is always the purest sine wave, but the
oscillator is on the verge of turning off, so a
slight distortion of the wave can and must be tol-
erated ~n this circuit.
2- Tuning up to a tauch tone phone(freruencies given
last month) will result in greater tl~n LX accuracy.
A hammond organ should be even better. The MF rec-
eivers that process your calls will respond to an
error of 30 cycles or greater with a rsorder signal.
That's a wide margin, and it varies from place to
place. So if your tones come closer than 30 cycles
to the correct ones, you will have better success
and less of "I'm sorry, your call did not so thru~.
3- Repeat-Call only fram psy phones, never fran
your home phone! An exception is to call fron' a
phone that wi 11 probably never be boxed on again.
The phone company has records of 800 calls and
555-1212 calls that are abnormally long, and they
have been known to investigate.
4- If your call doesn rt go thru, it may be your
tuning, an excess of distortionttones will sound
very harsh),too loud or soft a tone, extra ncise
leaking into the phone, and most important, an
overload in Bell's circuits that night from all
the other blue-boxers making calls. Also remember
that if you initially dial and beep of f a 800 or
information number in the area code you will be
boxing, do not key in the area code, ~ust the 7
digits( 7D) .
5- The diodes are non~critical, small signal units
and don't have to be 1N914. The transistors are
small signal NPN type wich HFE of 50 or more The
transistors mentioned, and rnany others also will
all work perfectly.
sq.uare wave, generated by an on~off type
of device such as a multivibrator, has a
lot of harmonics, sounds harsh and is not
as effeccive as a sine wave, though often
easier to make.
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A pure s~ne wave, fran a Twin T oseillator, and
from ~ tauch tone phone is the best waveshape
for ac~civating Western Electric~s brain.
A Twin T oscillator slightly distorrted, because
it is tuned SX higher than its initaal frequency
of oscIllation. Its stability is excollent. It's
dynarr~ite for boxing.
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A triangle wave, generated by the Signeties
566 IC(Integrated Cireuit). Because it isn't
a pure sine wave, it sounds harsh because it
contains harrnonics, and it doesn't work as
well, thou~h it does work.
This is a sine wave with its peaLs flateened (or cut
off). It causes distortion, harshness, and trouble. A
telephone earpiece has a dual diode connected across the
terminals in newer units, and if the signal lavel is too
gr~eat the diodes absorb the peaks of thc slne wave, thus
causing the wovefonn to distort l~e this. Remove the
dioc~e before using.
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