On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:33:59 UTC, Stefek Zaba
wrote:

At the phone incoming location, I made up a compatibly-wired
BT-plug-to-RJ45 socket, by butchering a couple of BT-to-BT leads and a
couple of RJ45 patch cables; joint made using small terminal block
inside an adaptable box

I found a neat little short cable with BT plug on one end and small IDC
box on the other; ideal for the job.

way to go; be warned that UK phone-style cables are often wired in
weirdo (litz?) wire - hard-to-connect-to copper strands interwoven with
a fibre substrate of some sort, which you won't be able to solder to -

Used for flexibility, but it isn't Litz wire. Litz is individually
insulated strands that move from the surface to the middle of the weave
and back again, to lessen 'skin' effects at RF. Not that the name
matters...as you say, the phone wires are a pig.

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