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Old 27th May 2019, 4:27 pm   #35
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Default Re: "Butt" 'phone

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Originally Posted by rambo1152 View Post
One feature that bit phones tend to have that is absent on ordinary phones is the ability to monitor the line for speech and other noises without applying a DC loop. A silent wire-tap in fact.
This feature is also present on other linesman's 'phones such as the 704 and later 286
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