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90 lines
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* The Tan Box *
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Introduction
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The Tan box allows you to make recordings from a phone line, and it will
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only record once the victim's phone is picked up.
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Basically, this is a modified linesman's handset, or "Beige Box." For a
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copy of the Beige Box file, ask your friendly local sysop. A Beige Box
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consists of a speaker and two wires, a red (ring) and a green (tip). The Tan
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Box also works on this principle.
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Construction
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Parts:
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A small cassette recorder, preferably a micro cassette recorder.
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(It MUST have both a microphone jack and a remote jack)
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A single line recording control. (Radio Shack part number 43-228)
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2 alligator clips (Radio Shack number 270-374)
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A plastic box to contain the above parts (also available at Radio Shack)
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Tan or Black spray paint
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7/16 inch hex driver
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1. Take the recording control and cut the modular plug off. Make sure you
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leave enough wire!
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2. Strip the red and green wires. (The yellow and black wires are not
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necessary, and can be removed.)
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3. Drill a hole on the end of the plastic box (enough for two wires to go
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through).
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4. Put the recording control in the box and run the red and green wires
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through the hole. Attach one alligator clip to each of the wires.
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5. Put the micro cassette recorder in the box and plug the remote and
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microphone wires from the recording control into it.
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6. Close the box.
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7. Spray paint the box and wires to make it look like it is supposed to be
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where it is. (BE SURE YOU LABEL THE WIRES BEFORE YOU PAINT THEM!)
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Installation
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You can either hook it up to the box on the side of their house or a
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bridging head. Use the 7/16" hex driver to open either of these. (On older
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houses, you may not have to use a hex driver.) Attach the red wire to the
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right terminal and the green to the left. (Remember: Red-Ring-Right) If you
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attached the box to a bridging head, there may be room to leave it inside.
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If you attached it to the side of a house, run the wires out of their box and
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close it. Attach the Tan Box to the side of their house.
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Make sure you come back and get the box pretty soon, or you may find it
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gone! Micro cassette recorders are not cheap!
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Be careful, wiretapping is a felony (2-20 years, a $10,000 fine, or
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both), and various other laws may be broken (i.e., recording without the
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other party knowing it, etc.)
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Ways to avoid being Beige/Tan Boxed
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A tap detector may be purchased at Radio Shack (of course). If you do
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detect a tap, find the box, and you will have just gotten a new tape
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recorder!
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Disclaimer
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This file was written for informational purposes only, so the authors
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will not assume any responsiblity for either the use or construction of the
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Tan Box.
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