Need a telephone line "simulator"

[normanstrong]

I'm looking for a device that can be connected in place of the
telephone line that will perfectly simulate making an outgoing
telephone call. The purpose is to make it possible to fool the person
making a telephone call into thinking that is what he's doing, only he
will always be talking to the person using the device. A mechanical
switch will substitute this device for the real telephone line, and
the person in the house will never know. This device is the key to a
mentalist trick that involves "random" phone calls.

Is there such a device on the market, or one that can easily be built?

Norm Strong

 

[Ben Bradley]

I'm looking for a device that can be connected in place of the
telephone line that will perfectly simulate making an outgoing
telephone call. The purpose is to make it possible to fool the person
making a telephone call into thinking that is what he's doing, only he
will always be talking to the person using the device. A mechanical
switch will substitute this device for the real telephone line, and
the person in the house will never know. This device is the key to a
mentalist trick that involves "random" phone calls.

Is there such a device on the market, or one that can easily be built?

It shouldn't be too much trouble, just order the LSGGR, or is that
the LSSGR, and make a simulator that follows it.
Seriously, there are simulators made by Teltone, ISTR years ago
they were in the several hundred dollar range, that are made for
testing equipment manufactured for the phone line, they won't be
'perfect' but they should be adequate for this job.

 

[Ken Taylor]

It shouldn't be too much trouble, just order the LSGGR, or is that
the LSSGR, and make a simulator that follows it.
Seriously, there are simulators made by Teltone, ISTR years ago
they were in the several hundred dollar range, that are made for
testing equipment manufactured for the phone line, they won't be
'perfect' but they should be adequate for this job.

Googling 'telephone simulator' gains an adequate response.

Ken

 

[Dave VanHorn]

Teltone's TLS-2, or similar boxes.
They work nicely.