recording from phone

[Alex Snow]

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I probably could dig up some plans for one of the devices that 
connects to a wall jack...I think I may even have plans for building 
one with a week rf transmitter...only problem is they take some basic 
electronics knoledge to construct...i.e. knowing how to solder.
the advantage is they take only about a $5 trip to your favorite 
electronic parts supplier.
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:22:04PM -0500, Luke 
Davis wrote:
> I have never had good experiences with the transeducer style phone 
> pickups.  There is always a buz, the voices are frequently difficult to 
> make out, and as Greg said, getting them to stay connected to the back of 
> your receiver, is usually a losing battle.
> 
> Some places sell a little device, that connects between the receiver and 
> the base, which can be plugged into a recorder.  They are okay, but also 
> aren't the best, and they only work on a system, where the handset is only 
> a speaker and microphone, not the type with dialing apperatis, and most of 
> the other phone functions, in the handset.
> 
> These can be had from C. Crane (800-522-TUNE).
> 
> The best way I have found, is to use a device that is designed to connect 
> to the phone system directly, and not to any particular phone.  That is, 
> the sort that plug into a telephone wall jack.
> There are tape recorders made for this (I think C. Crane's Versacorder can 
> do this, but I'm not certain), and there are also small devices that 
> interface to a tape recorder, or other recording system, which you 
> provide.  That is the kind I have currently.  Cost about fourty bucks 
> including shipping, and worked quite well.
> 
> I get my stuff of this kind, from:
> 
> http://www.spytechagency.com
> 
> Luke
> 
> 
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> >My experience with those has been that:
> >
> >1. The quality of the recording isn't as good as I think it could
> >  be.
> >
> >2. I've found a very limited amount of hand sets that the cup will
> >actually suction to. The ear piece part has to have a perfectly flat
> >plain a bit bigger then the cup's size, otherwise, it won't stay
> >attached. There are supposedly things that are a tape deck, to which
> >you attach the phone line, and then you attach the phone. Sort of like
> >a record-only answering machine that doesn't pick up the phone and
> >play a greeting. However, I've never used one of these.
> >
> >Greg
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 01:49:10AM -0400, Jared Stofflett wrote:
> >>How about a phone aptch? It's a suction cup that sticks on the back of the
> >>phone, and plugs into a standard microphone jack, and records the audio as
> >>if it's a microphone.
> >>
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