[BC] "live" feeds

[Tom]

Putting a tone on it is really easy, if you feed it with an M-67... 
built-in oscillator.  Just don't forget to 1) flip switch on back to 
enable tone or mic as needed 2) leave it on, and the levels up, and 
3) plugged in.

Same or similar, of course, if you stick an MP3 player or whatever on 
it between uses....

Broadcast List USER wrote:
>All good ideas, but it might be easier to just have them install a 
>T-1.  Most campus IT/phone departments speak digital today much 
>better than analog.  Also, the T-1 or fractional won't go away as easily.
>Funny thing about dry pairs...
>
>IF you use a dry pair, put tone on it when it isn't in use.  Today 
>you could put a digital play back device on the line.  I have used 
>very inexpensive MP3 players for this application.  Just record a 
>file of what the line is used for, and maybe even a few test tones 
>so you know it is still good, say 50 Hz, 100 Hz, 200, 400, 1kHz, 
>2.5k Hz and 5 kHz.  That way you can hang a meter on the line from 
>time to time and see how is is doing.