Very odd phone calls: shortwave number-station style

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[QUOTE=davidm]
There’s an old column about something like this. It’s from 1988 so I’m not sure how relevant it is. What causes “ghost rings” on the telephone?
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But if the phones the OP has are really old Western Electric models with an actual bell, it would a pretty big voltage spike to make it ring.

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[QUOTE=Maus Magill]
But if the phones the OP has are really old Western Electric models with an actual bell, it would a pretty big voltage spike to make it ring.
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Good point.