Nothing more than a DMM and PCScope!! How should I proceed next.....
Pop over to greed-bay, and see if you can find an auction for the
appropriate test gear. If it's just a simple noise or line-quality
measurement you're looking for, you can probably get away with something
like a Wilcom T236 (analog meter) or T336 (digital meter) subscriber
test set.
If you're really serious about this, as in wanting to do detailed
readings of noise, phase jitter, and other in-depth variables, search
ebay for 'Hekimian' or 'HLI,' and you will likely find any number of
their high-end transmission test sets that, while old (they date back to
the mid-1980's), are reasonably cheap and will still do the job.
If Hekimian hardware doesn't tickle your fancy (and fair warning
-- Hekimian Labs has been out of business for years, so there's really
no manufacturer support for their stuff), you could try for something
like an HP 4935A or 3551A transmission test set.
Keep in mind that, no matter what kind of test gear you have or
get, you still need the originating central office to send out a 1kHz
test tone on the line in question. For that, you would need the
cooperation of your local phone company (good luck!) in the form of
telling you what the local test number is to get said tone sent back.
If what I've said above only increases your confusion, then you
need more education than I'm in a position to give regarding phone lines
and TIM (Transmission Impairment Measuring).
Happy hunting.
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