Re: DTMF tones

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From: Anthony M Petro
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 1990 18:41

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>  I also came across some undocumented but supposedly valid tones.
>Anyone have an idea or care to guess what they do?
>Fo = 697Hz & 1633Hz
>F  = 770Hz & 1633Hz
>I  = 852Hz & 1633Hz
>P  = 941Hz & 1633Hz
> 
>watmath!focsys!brad

this is a wild guess from somewhere in the recesses of my memory, but...

those tones were logical completions of the 4x4 matrix of frequencies, and
while not found on most telephones were sometimes used by the military
for purposes i can't recall...

as i said, my recollection is quite fuzzy; can anyone elaborate?

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From: v118hj3d@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony M Petro)
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Subject: Re: DTMF tones
Summary: Un-documented tones?
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