Correction HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Jan 1987 (v.4#1) pg. 4
Circuits for use with your telephone. (1) Replace the ringer with a blinking 117-VAC lamp. (2) Line-activated solid-state switch activates a control or external circuit each time a phone on the same line is taken off-hook. (3) In-use indicator lights an LED. (4) "Tap" to amplify or record a telephone call.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Sep-Oct 1986 (v.3#5) pg. 88
Circuit for a sound-operated switch that will sense the ringing of a telephone and translate this to a flashing lamp.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Nov 1986 (v.3#6) pg. 32
Circuit to cause a lamp to flash whenever the telephone rings.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Dec 1986 (v.3#7) pg. 22
Circuit for an electronic telephone ringer has three sound levels.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Feb 1987 (v.4#2) pg. 22
Phone Sentry allows the user to program the number of rings an incoming call must generate before your telephone is allowed to ring. Est. cost: $24.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Sep 1987 (v.4#9) pg. 78
Telephone alarm sounds a remote bell or horn to let you know the phone is ringing. Est. cost: $9.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [1] Jul 1978 (v.1#5) pg. 56
Circuit to provide for remote ringing of a bell as soon as the circuit is activated by an incoming call. Also can eliminate the occasional non-ringing of the telephone itself. Est. cost: $9.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [1] Sep 1978 (v.1#7) pg. 39
Mello-Phone: The super musical telephone ringer. Build-it-yourself project substitutes up to 200 selectable musical tunes of extended length for a standard telephone ringer. Est. cost: $44.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Nov 1985 (v.2#5) pg. 36
Automatic telephone ringer silencer is activated when the room lights go off and turns back on when the lights go on. Ideal for a bedroom telephone.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Nov 1986 (v.3#11) pg. 33
Solid-state telephone bell replacement and stand-alone incoming-call annunciator.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Mar 1987 (v.4#3) pg. 48
Automatic telephone flasher. Add-on accessory gives you a visual indication of an incoming telephone call.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Mar 1988 (v.5#3) pg. 40
Telephone ringer circuits built around Motorola's MC34012 family of tone-ringer ICs.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] May 1988 (v.5#5) pg. 67
Wireless remote ringer. Works with an FM radio to remotely signal when your telephone rings.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Aug 1988 (v.5#8) pg. 30
Phone-ring visual indicator. Lighting up a lamp when a phone call comes in is helpful for hearing-impaired, bedrooms, etc.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Oct 1988 (v.5#10) pg. 32
Correction MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Jan 1989 (v.6#1) pg. 7
High-tech telephone ringer sounds a more attention-getting, yet pleasant-sounding British-style phone signaling sequence.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Nov 1989 (v.6#11) pg. 38
Yuletide telephone ringer. Simple add-on device sounds "Deck the Halls" to signal an incoming call.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1989 (v.6#12) pg. 35
The fone sentry. Prevents your telephone from ringing for a preselected number of times (4 to 10) so that you will not be disturbed while sleeping.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Jan 1990 (v.7#1) pg. 35
Fone mate. This computerized telephone accessory provides hold, recall, warble-tone ringing, 12- or 24-hour clock display and dialed-digit display function.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Jul 1990 (v.7#7) pg. 22
Super tunes for telephones. Device gives your phone more answering appeal by playing a different melody (from a selection of 12) each time it rings.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Sep 1990 (v.7#9) pg. 45
Circuit will be activated by either a telephone pickup or a dynamic microphone. It will turn on a light in response to a noise (like a telephone or alarm clock ringing). Useful for people with hearing disabilities.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Mar 1978 (v.13#3) pg. 86
Low-cost solid-state electronic ringer circuits can replace the electromechanical ringer in a telephone. Est. cost: $25.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] May 1981 (v.19#5) pg. 70
Added Info POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Aug 1981 (v.19#8) pg. 7
Melodic telephone ringer. Design your own pleasant tune to replace the standard ring. Requires a direct connection to the telephone line.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Nov 1981 (v.19#11) pg. 57
Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Feb 1982 (v.20#2) pg. 12
Add a distinctive extension tone ringer to your telephone line. Est. cost: $12.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Apr 1982 (v.20#4) pg. 56
Ringer relay is designed to flash a lamp (or other signaling device) in cadence with a telephone's in-coming ring signal.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Sep 1989 (v.6#9) pg. 27
Replace a telephone bell with a light by using this home-made optocoupler (optoisolator) to separate the telephone from the light circuit.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Mar 1990 (v.7#3) pg. 104
Phone flasher circuit will flash a light when your phone rings.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] May 1990 (v.7#5) pg. 22
Phone-ring detector circuit allows you to change the number of rings that activates some device.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jun 1991 (v.8#6) pg. 19
Remote ringer in a central location overcomes the problem of exceeding REN (ringer equivalency number) because of too many extension telephones.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Sep 1991 (v.8#9) pg. 22
Telephone ring converter alters the ringing sound of a telephone so you can distinguish it from any other phone in the same room.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Apr 1992 (v.9#4) pg. 38
Telephone circuit parade. (1) Neon lamp acts as a ring indicator. (2) Telephone recording control will activate a tape recorder any time the phone is taken off hook. (3) Telephone indicator (tester) will tell when a phone is off hook, the dialing method used, and which digit was pressed or dialed.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Aug 1992 (v.9#8) pg. 76, 88
Telephone circuits. (1) Circuit uses a light-dependent resistor to sense when a phone with a built-in flasher is ringing. (2) Two circuits will tell others when a telephone line is in use by lighting an LED. (3) Two circuits sense when a phone rings and activates a loud fire bell. (4) Extension ringer sounds a bell in a remote location.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Nov 1996 (v.13#11) pg. 64
Added Info POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jan 1997 (v.14#1) pg. 6
Circuit for a telephone ring indicator which will drive a buzzer, light an LED, etc.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1997 (v.14#12) pg. 63
Circuit for a remote telephone alarm sounds a buzzer or Sonalert audible signal device whenever the telephone rings.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jun 1998 (v.15#6) pg. 18
20-Hz generator circuit to test the ringer on old telephones.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jul 1998 (v.15#7) pg. 16
Circuit to detect the ringing of a telephone and turn on an LED.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jul 1998 (v.15#7) pg. 52
Plug-in remote ringer. Use your house wiring to send a signal to a remote ringing device whenever the phone rings.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Nov 1977 (v.48#11) pg. 45
Circuit for a remote telephone ringer. Use it to trigger a bell or a light.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Oct 1983 (v.54#10) pg. 56
Telephone ringer IC examined.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Mar 1984 (v.55#3) pg. 88
Circuit for a musical telephone ringer which will play one of 28 tunes (as selected by the user). Incorporates General Instruments' AY-3-1350 melody-synthesizer IC powered by a 9-volt battery.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Feb 1985 (v.56#2) pg. 90
Circuits for a telephone-ring detector that is used to light an LED, power an optocoupler, or power a piezotransducer.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS May 1988 (v.59#5) pg. 73
Explanation of ringer-equivalency number, plus a telephone ring detector which uses an optocoupler for safety isolation.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Jul 1988 (v.59#7) pg. 72
Circuit of an electronic warbling telephone ringer to substitute for the conventional bell.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Sep 1988 (v.59#9) pg. 12
Circuit for a dedicated telephone ringer that can be powered by the phone line or a battery.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Jul 1990 (v.61#7) pg. 8
Added Info RADIO-ELECTRONICS Oct 1990 (v.61#10) pg. 14
Add a flashing light to your telephone bell.
SCIENCE & ELECTRONICS [1] Jun-Jul 1970 (v.28#3) pg. 47
Telechirp. Remote telephone ringer produces a low level chirp or warble instead of a clang or bong.
SCIENCE & ELECTRONICS [2] Mar-Apr 1981 (v.21#2) pg. 57
Build and install an inexpensive remote telephone bell.
SCIENCE & MECHANICS Spring 1979 pg. 89