The World of Ham Radio CD-ROM From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mcn.net!blpm01-140 From: vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Amsat Phase 3D Date: Mon, 01 Jan 96 01:51:20 GMT Organization: Montana Communications Network Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4c7en9$ibo@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blpm01-140.mcn.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96325 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32371 rec.radio.amateur.space:6056 Thanks to all who donated time and money to the Amsat Phase 3d project in 1995. Time before launch is getting short, and donations are still needed. Do what you can in 1996 to help us get the Phase 3D satellite off the ground. Thanks 73, & Happy new year! kb7adl@amsat.org From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iii.net!news From: "Thomas C. J. Sefranek" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Russ the SWL got it right. Date: 1 Jan 1996 01:55:56 GMT Organization: SRC Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4c7evv$5br@news.iii.net> References: <4c4b9k$sit@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: wa1rhp.iii.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: k1oik@ccsnet.com Burt Fisher wrote: >Russ the SWL got my question 100% correct on transistors. >That makes 2 correct fully , six 2/3 correct and about 5 dumb answers. > >And 1000 that did not try. > This number is FAR too small! Tom WA1RHP Ignorance can be fixed with education, Stupid is FOREVER! And very nice to hear from you again Dave. My Motorola book specifies .1 volt or less for currents under 100 ma. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!Randall From: trandall@mhv.net (Thomas Randall) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: FCC Database Question Date: Mon, 01 Jan 96 02:15:09 GMT Organization: MHVNet, the Mid Hudson Valley's Internet connection Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4c7g3h$24l@over.mhv.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: port114.mhv.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article , LVScott wrote: > >Is there any way to find out the station location of an amateur radio >station by looking up the callsign instead of just the mailing address? >I realize you can get the mailing address from things such as the QRZ >CD-Rom but since an amateur license contains both the mailing address and >station location address and since they may be different, I was wondering >if any database is available to find the station location too. > Point yor web browser to www.qrz.com Tom Tom Randall Amateur Radio - KB2SMS trandall@mhv.net Mt. Beacon Amateur Radio Club / ARRL Member: AAVSO Solar Division Opinions herein are mine and they are not that of MHV.NET! From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:53 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kb6axk From: kb6axk@netcom.com (Joe Cira) Subject: DX & QSL SOURCES Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 03:04:55 GMT Lines: 69 Sender: kb6axk@netcom16.netcom.com LOOKING FOR A QSL ROUTE DATABASE'S SOURCE, TRY THESE ...... ----------------------------------------------- QSL INFO COPENHAGEN DX CLUSTER,OZ1CTK DATABASE 80,000 ENTRIES. QSL MANAGERS REVIEW BY UA0KBZ 47,000 MGRS .... QSL MGR DIRECTORY 40,000 ENTRIES BY WB4KCL.... QSL MGR LIST BY AE4AP/KB4RGW MGRS+OPS DATABASE.. QSL ROUTES "DX-ROUTEBOOK" 1996 EDITION 55,500 ENTRIES BY KB6AXK. QSL ROUTES+QSL NEWS 70,000 MGRS/OPS IN BOOK FORM BY DG0ZB + OTHERS. R&R RUSSIAN CALLBOOK DATABASE 30,780 ON DISC BY RA6YR ,OCTAVIA CO.. DATAMATRIX QSL MGR DB 30,000 ROUTES, BY KI5OG ORDER 505-892-5669.. DX BULLETIN'S & NEWSLETTERS & MAGAZINES THAT LIST QSL ROUTES: ------------------------------------------------------------- QRZ DX BULLETIN BY W5KNE. QSL MGR LIST BY AE4AP/KB4RGW aka GOLIST. QST MAGAZINE BY W1AW/ARRL. DX BULLETIN+MAGAZINE BY VP2ML/WB2CHO. DX NEWS LETTER BY DL7VEE DX NEWS SHEET BY G4DYO+RSGB.. DX WORLD-GUIDE BY DJ9ZB.. DX-LOGGEN BY SM0CNS.. INSIDE DX NEWSLETTER BY N2AU+DAVE MILLER.. LES NOUVELLES DX NEWS BY FE6AJA+F6AJA EA-DX by U.R.E.(Union de Radioaficinados Espanoles) CQ HAM RADIO from JAPAN LONG ISLAND DX BULLETIN BY W2IYX (NOW SK !) TRY VP2ML/WB2CHO !. JAPAN DX NEWS/JDXN/ BY JH1FDP. WORLDRADIO MAGAZINE BY N6WR+KC6RUD+K6FO+KB6HP. LONG SKIP/CANADA DX NEWS BY VE3IPR CQ THE RADIO AMATEUR'S JOURNAL DXPRESS BY PA3FQA DAFK DX NEWS BY DARC+DL1SEB NOTIZIE DAL DX 425 NEWS BY IW6MCX+I1JQJ+IK1GPG+IK1IYU DARC DX BULLETIN BY DK7NP DXMB BY DL3RK OPDXB BY KB8NW MDXN/QSL-INFO-LIST BY DB1JAW IDXP BULLETIN BY OM3EI MRDXA BULLETIN by OH1NOA+OH1RBF 160 DX BULLETIN by OM3ZJW CHINA HAM NEWS by BZ1QL+BY1QH PY-DX by ???. LOW BAND MONITOR by ???. THE 59(9) DX Report by WB2YQH CD-ROM; ----------------------- CALLBOOK (FLYING HORSE) QRZ HAMCALL BUCKMASTER SAMS AMSOFT QSL ROUTES OTHER SOURCES: ----------------------------------- QSL ROUTES ON THE AIR BY INDEXA 14.236 MHZ AT 2300-0130Z EVERY DAY. _________________________________________________________________ EDITED AND COMPILED BY KB6AXK/ARRL/SW/LAX/ACC.......DEC-31-1995...| look for this list on the HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS at 1-818-584-1952. e-mail: kb6axk@netcom.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- US AMATEUR RADIO |sysop of the HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS| KB6AXK | at 1-818-584-1952,joe cira | PASADENA,CAL,91107| kb6axk@netcom.com | From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:54 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kb6axk From: kb6axk@netcom.com (Joe Cira) Subject: HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE*BBS Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 03:06:29 GMT Lines: 44 Sender: kb6axk@netcom16.netcom.com HELLO FELLOW HAMS:and FUTURE HAMS !!!!!!! HAM BBS dedicated to amateur radio !!!! There is a DEVOTED AMATEUR RADIO BBS in town ,from your ARRL/LAX affiliated club coordinator , JOE CIRA , KB6AXK ........... Everything and anything about AMATEUR RADIO will be found here, IF NOT ? Let me know and we will post it and file it !!!!!!!! HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS at 1-818-584-1952.... 24 hrs,8-n-1,anyspeed....... running 486/66 with 2.1 gig of space !!! cd/rom's soon and TNC/PACKET DOOR IS UP & RUNNING !!! qsl route database,clubs,newsletters,bulletins,shareware,utility mods,programs,test ques,lists,software and much more.... VEC/VE exam & class list for all So.Cal. sample exam tests and answers for all class's.. ARRL mirror of all there files ! Using Wildcat v4.11 software.. easy to log in and no FEE's it's FREE ! 5,800 FILES IN 115 FILE AREA'S..so far ! ***GOOD NEWS THE LANDLINE TO HAM PACKET DOOR IS UP AND RUNNING********** ARE YOU ON THE HAM USERS LIST ??????? 73's & 88's de kb6axk,joe cira,ARRL/LAX/ACC. INTERNET E-MAIL ADDRESS:> kb6axk@netcom.com /EX S -- US AMATEUR RADIO |sysop of the HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS| KB6AXK | at 1-818-584-1952,joe cira | PASADENA,CAL,91107| kb6axk@netcom.com | From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.sandia.gov!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!newshost.lanl.gov!usenet From: Gerald Schmitt Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: 1 Jan 1996 03:49:44 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4c7lko$h4d@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <4bt4f2$1rpu@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4bu6j3$2h7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4bv10g$g3b@newshost.lanl.gov> <4c016q$foi@crow.cybercomm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: transitory25.lanl.gov stever@raven.cybercom.com (Stephan Rashkin) wrote: > > > Hey are you using a government sponsored internet account to > broadcast your stupidity? We are paying taxes for your lame > posts... > > Either get your own account or stop wasting taxpayers money.. > Gerald Schmitt can be also be contacted at ggs@lanl.gov > or 505-667-3923 to discuss his abuse of government facilities > or you can contact his supervisor directly.. > Stephan, This news group is carried on a Lab news server I think we are intended to use that server. As you should know my access actually costs nothing so the issue is moot. I could use my personal account but this is much more convenient when I have to work after hours. Your attempt to attack a persons job is a new low and completely vilifies my previous opinions. Do you always try and bully people who don't agree with you? I checked my e-mail and no hate mail so far perhaps no one really cares about all this. I thought these groups were for debate and the exchange of ideas if that is in error please forgive me I didn't realize I was on 75 meters. An extremely personal attack like this does serve to weaken the position of the attacker as it makes it obvious there is no rational defense for their position. Congratulations on learning how to use finger by the way. Try and lighten up a little bit you're going to stress out. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:56 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!eskimo!eskimo.com!mole From: Frank Connelly Subject: Re: Ham God born In-Reply-To: <4c4nsg$2f46@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eskimo.com Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <4brf80$pcn@alterdial.uu.net> <4c1acc$do1@ssi.syspac.com> <4c4nsg$2f46@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 06:14:26 GMT Lines: 10 On 31 Dec 1995, Dave Ennes wrote: > I don't know the answer but the guy at the place I bought my computer > said "I have seen lots of Mac people change over to Dos but have never > seen it > the other way." > > > Probably because this guy doesn't sell Macs. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.cybercomm.net!usenet From: stever@raven.cybercom.com (Stephan Rashkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: no-code=no-brain Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 07:54:20 GMT Organization: CyberComm Online Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4c83h6$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net> References: <4arqhr$q0g@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> <4b0h9n$kq1@thrush.sover.net> <4b1i1r$14v@anomaly.ideamation.com> <4bf1tp$sak@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4bfbn9$io5@crow.cy <4bl0rf$oog@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4bl976$brr@crow.cybercomm.net> <4bm96l$oqk@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4c6dmj$949@shore.shore.net> <4c6g6e$gci@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sl-002.sl.cybercomm.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) wrote: >>Here ye! Here ye! Read all about it! Alligator hollars BIG MOUTH! >>POT CALLS KETTLE BLACK! FCC says, "CODE STAYS!" hehehehe >For now. >-Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM For now and including your next life where you come back as an iambic keyer.. Steve, Wa2NHZ From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.cybercomm.net!usenet From: stever@raven.cybercom.com (Stephan Rashkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 08:20:14 GMT Organization: CyberComm Online Services Lines: 60 Message-ID: <4c851n$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net> References: <4bt4f2$1rpu@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4bu6j3$2h7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4bv10g$g3b@newshost.lanl.gov> <4c016q$foi@crow.cybercomm.net> <4c7lko$h4d@newshost.lanl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: sl-002.sl.cybercomm.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Gerald Schmitt wrote: >stever@raven.cybercom.com (Stephan Rashkin) wrote: >> >> >> Hey are you using a government sponsored internet account to >> broadcast your stupidity? We are paying taxes for your lame >> posts... >> >> Either get your own account or stop wasting taxpayers money.. >> Gerald Schmitt can be also be contacted at ggs@lanl.gov >> or 505-667-3923 to discuss his abuse of government facilities >> or you can contact his supervisor directly.. >> >Stephan, >This news group is carried on a Lab news server I think we are >intended to use that server. As you should know my access actually >costs nothing so the issue is moot. I could use my personal >account but this is much more convenient when I have to work after >hours. >Your attempt to attack a persons job is a new low and completely >vilifies my previous opinions. Do you always try and bully >people who don't agree with you? I checked my e-mail and no hate >mail so far perhaps no one really cares about all this. I thought >these groups were for debate and the exchange of ideas if that >is in error please forgive me I didn't realize I was on 75 meters. >An extremely personal attack like this does serve to weaken the >position of the attacker as it makes it obvious there is no rational >defense for their position. Congratulations on learning how to use >finger by the way. >Try and lighten up a little bit you're going to stress out. Use your own personal account...I'm not stressing out and I am paying for your access...That is one of the problems of some people that work for the government...they think it doesn't cost anyone anything..There is no problem for using that account for the collecting and dissemination of useful information, but the nonsense that we ridiculously amuse ourselves with on rec.radio.amateur.misc. has no place on a government sponsored server..I also have a similar account and do use it properly, but I pay for and use my own personal account when I play "drive-by internet shootings" here. And to answer your question; yes.. :o> Happy New Year, Steve, WA2NHZ.. Try and smarten up a little bit before you do draw fire.. Steve, WA2NHZ From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:46:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.cybercomm.net!usenet From: stever@raven.cybercom.com (Stephan Rashkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo and RFI ??? Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 08:29:43 GMT Organization: CyberComm Online Services Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4c85jf$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net> References: <4c6h2b$aq0@kalypso.cybercom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sl-002.sl.cybercomm.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 wy1z@kalypso.cybercom.net (Scott Ehrlich) wrote: >I may be purchaseing a Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo in about 6 months, and >was wondering if there were any known RFI problems with it? > >-- >Scott Ehrlich Web: http://www.ehrlichtronics.com >E-mail: wy1z@ehrlichtronics.com scott@ehrlichtronics.com >Amateur Radio Callsign: wy1z I have a 1995 Jeep Cherokee Sport with straight six..absolutely no ignition noise or any other type of electrical problems on HF or VHF 144/220...on mine anyway..I ran shielded power cables through convenient grommet to passenger compartment.. I have heard of numerous problems with the Ford Explorer on here with the internal fuel pump.. Steve, WA2NHZ From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!jmatk.tiac.net!user From: jmatk@tscm.com (James M. Atkinson, Communications Engineer) Newsgroups: comp.security.misc,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,comp.security.unix Subject: TSCM Counter Surveillance, Privacy, & Security Page Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 08:42:16 -0500 Organization: tscm.com Lines: 10 Message-ID: Reply-To: jmatk@tscm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: jmatk.tiac.net Keywords: Security Counterintelligence Debugging Surviellance Wiretap X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.3 Xref: news.epix.net comp.security.misc:24516 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18162 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23287 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96340 comp.security.unix:23045 Happy New Year!!!!! TSCM, Counter Surveillance and Debugging Page new materials... Check it out... http://www.tscm.com/ Large section on TSCM test equipment Large section on TSCM training and career paths - James M. Atkinson "...shaken, not stirred" From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:01 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!kmp3.unix.asb.com!kmp3 From: kmp3@unix.asb.com (Ken) Subject: gunnplexers??? X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: ASB Lines: 4 Message-ID: X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sle1.asb.com Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 09:22:42 GMT Happy New Year..., I was wondering anyone use 10GHz gunnplexers with ethernet cards as a data link??? From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!aegis.nitco.com!moe16 From: jrsmith@nitco.com (James R. Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Scheduler With Output Function Date: Mon, 01 Jan 96 10:21:35 GMT Organization: Northwest Indiana Telephone Company Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4c7r9v$r2v@aegis.nitco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: moe16.nitco.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 I would like to know if the Creative Labs Soundblaster card, along with Scheduler, can be equipped with an output function. You know, to turn something on and off with. If not, do you know where I can obtain such a card and software? Thanks Jim From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!grumman.com!grumman.com!not-for-mail From: bat@gateway.grumman.com (Pat Masterson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need route for ZS6CAX please Date: 1 Jan 1996 10:40:57 -0500 Organization: Grumman Data Systems, Bethpage, New York, USA. Lines: 8 Sender: bat@grumman.com Message-ID: <4c8va9$f6f@gateway.grumman.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gateway.grumman.com I can't find ZS6CAX in any callbook here. If you can find a mailing address, please send it to me. Thanks. -pat -- * Pat Masterson B38-111, Northrop Grumman Corp.* Ham:KE2LJ * 1111 Stewart Ave., Bethpage NY 11714 * Packet: KE2LJ@KC2FD.NY * 516-346-6316 * President Grumman Amateur * email: bat@grumman.com * Radio Club WA2LQO From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: hamsome@aol.com (Hamsome) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Yaseu FT 890at Mod Date: 1 Jan 1996 11:16:16 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4c91cg$opr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: hamsome@aol.com (Hamsome) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Does anybody have experience with the Yaseu 890at mod to allow transmit on all freqs? Does it work? thanks From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: kf2ti@aol.com (KF2TI) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo and RFI ??? Date: 1 Jan 1996 12:49:04 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 17 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4c96qg$qpq@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4c85jf$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4c85jf$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net>, stever@raven.cybercom.com (Stephan Rashkin) writes: >I have a 1995 Jeep Cherokee Sport with straight six..absolutely no >ignition noise or any other type of electrical problems on HF or >VHF 144/220...on mine anyway..I ran shielded power cables through >convenient grommet to passenger compartment.. > > I also have a friend with a Cherokee Sport...we grounded everything. The power cables for VHF and HF are coaxial cable with the center condustor as hot and the outer braid as ground. no noise at all. I have another friend with an 1994 Grand Cherokee..no noise, but when he TX 2 meters on high power, the rear wiper activates. the antenna is in the rear of the vehicle. at this point no idea what to do to remedy From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!usenet From: Albert AERTS Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CQ CQ CQ de ON6TS Date: 1 Jan 1996 13:30:45 GMT Organization: INnet NV (post doesn't reflect views of INnet NV) Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4c8nm5$qr8@news.be.innet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool014-10.innet.be Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; I; 16bit) To: All *** Have a Happy and Healthy New Year *** I am looking for amateur radio contacts in pactor/amtor. Main target area: U.S.A - CARIBBEAN You can find me every day for many hours on: 14076.5 - 18106.5 - 21076.5 all mark carrier frequencies, depending on band conditions. Whenever I am at home but not in the shack, my personal mailbox is on and you can leave me a message. 73's and hope to talk to you soon. C U L de Albert ON6TS AX25 packet: ON6TS@ON5VL.LG.BEL.EU Internet: albertaerts@innet.be Homepage: fttp://www.club.innet.be/~pub01234 From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!usenet From: Albert AERTS Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CQ CQ CQ de ON6TS Date: 1 Jan 1996 13:31:29 GMT Organization: INnet NV (post doesn't reflect views of INnet NV) Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4c8nnh$qr8@news.be.innet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool014-10.innet.be Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; I; 16bit) *** Have a Happy and Healthy New Year *** I am looking for amateur radio contacts in pactor/amtor. Main target area: U.S.A - CARIBBEAN You can find me every day for many hours on: 14076.5 - 18106.5 - 21076.5 all mark carrier frequencies, depending on band conditions. Whenever I am at home but not in the shack, my personal mailbox is on and you can leave me a message. 73's and hope to talk to you soon. C U L de Albert ON6TS AX25 packet: ON6TS@ON5VL.LG.BEL.EU Internet: albertaerts@innet.be Homepage: fttp://www.club.innet.be/~pub01234 From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Drew wants them all dead. Date: 1 Jan 1996 13:37:09 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4c8o25$2qd@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: s205.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Drew sent me a message where he wished all gays would get AIDS and die. Now will you hams give Drew the response he deserves? Most likely you will do what hams do better than any other group (except the Germans of Nazi Germany) and LOOK THE OTHER WAY. #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!thumper.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: cmwang@thumper.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Wang) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Winter Park freqs? Date: 1 Jan 1996 14:04:24 -0600 Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas Lines: 14 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4c9eo8$eff@thumper.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: thumper.cc.utexas.edu Some friends and I will be going to Winter Park, Colorado in a few days, and I'd like to know which frequencies to use. I'll be taking a dual-band HT (2m/70cm) to the slopes. In the car I'll have an amplifier and an external antenna. I have an Anli antenna (about 12" long) for the HT. Should I get a different one (Hot Rod or other), or a Tiger Tail? I'd like to try to work a repeater from the slopes. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! Chris cmwang@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!wizard.pn.com!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!usenet From: ka1jy@usa.nai.net (Brian Ellsworth) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dummy up, Dummy down Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 14:27:49 GMT Organization: HamRadio Lines: 47 Message-ID: <30e7ee8b.2309691@a3bsrv.nai.net> References: <809028853901@ccsnet.com> <30e49c10.252004103@a3bsrv.nai.net> <4c4b59$sit@alterdial.UU.NET> Reply-To: ka1jy@usa.nai.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ka1jy.nai.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 On 30 Dec 1995 21:32:25 GMT, Burt Fisher wrote: >ka1jy@usa.nai.net (Brian Ellsworth) wrote: > >>>I cannot answer because you didn't give enough information. >>> >>>>If a tranistor is driven into saturation and the collector is attached >>>>to a 1000 ohm resistor with 10 volts Vcc what is Vce? >>> >>>Where is the emitter attached? >>> >>If the transistor is a npn it might be less than 10 volts. If it's a >>pnp, it might be more than 10 volts. I can't see where it matters much >>if by definition the transistor is saturated. Same goes for the other >>examples... > > >The comments are getting dumber and dumber. >How can it ever be more than 10 volts. >Might be less than 10v? If saturated that is an understatement. >The answers I got by direct E mail may not have all correct but >they were not out in left field. > >-- > Look cut me some slack on this one. I wasn't talking about the Vce. I THOUGHT that was obvious. For the record: Vce is whatever Vce sat is for the device 0.3; 0.6; hell maybe it's a darlington and Vcesat is 1.2v..... What i was talking about was where the emitter is attached. The guy asking where the emitter was attached was off base base a bit. I was merely pointing out that where the emitter was attached was almost irrelevant because the device was defined as saturated.... allow me to rephrase my comment a bit: THE EMITTER might be connected to less than 10 volts if the transistor is a npn. If it's a pnp, THE EMITTER might be connected to more than 10 volts. My point is that it doesn't matter (much) if by definition the transistor is saturated. gees... From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!miwok!news.wco.com!news From: acopac@hope.netwizards.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What hams know about electronics.( the survey said): Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 15:55:46 GMT Organization: West Coast Online's News Server - Not responsible for content Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4c901i$jh1@news.wco.com> References: <4c63e3$se0@alterdial.UU.NET> <4c6joo$juh@brickbat.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.99.115.35 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 John, Its obvious Burt wrote all he knew about Ham Radio. What makes this hobby interesting is the wide variety of professions, vocations and avocations (oops -might be too big a word for Burt- found in our hobby WB6CKT. mcdavid@bham.mindspring.com (John McDavid) wrote: >Burt Fisher wrote: >GEE burt does that apply to u ? I work for a large telleco co. >Providing pots to digital packet. Lets see about 1/3 of my co-workers >are hams....Education Novice to Extra.... B.S.E.E, M.B.A, P.E's and a >P.H.D. Naw we dont know beans about no tricity, but my dady had a TV >once. I Think I had a Teacher like you once.Check out IEEE >publications a bunch of those guys have ham calls, but that dont no >nothing! From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news.fgi.net!usenet From: "Brian D. Morgan, CPBE" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ham Homepages Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 16:17:52 -0800 Organization: FGInet, Inc., Springfield, IL USA Lines: 14 Message-ID: <30E879B0.761@fgi.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip25.fgi.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win16; I) I am compiling a list of Ham Radio Homepages for inclusion in my own. If you or your club has a page that youwould want included, drop me an e-mail message. My homepage address is listed in my signature. Thanks and 73. -- Brian D. Morgan, CPBE Assistant Chief Engineer The Center for Educational Television Southern Illinois University School of Medicine http://www.fgi.net/~bmorgan/wa9iaf.htm bmorgan@siumed.edu or bmorgan@fgi.net WA9IAF@W9YCI.#CIL.IL.USA.NA From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:12 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1!ts01-ind-24 From: mai@iquest.net (Patrick Croft) Subject: FROST FEST INFO WANTED X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ts01-ind-24.iquest.net Message-ID: Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: IQuest Network Services X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2.1 Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 16:45:03 GMT Lines: 9 FROSTFEST INFO PLEASE! WOuld appreciate an email on when and wher the "FrostF est" is. I've heard its a good hamfest, but little else. As I'm in Indiana, would appreciate some details as to how many attend, is it a HamFest or a computer show? Motel recommendations? Thanks i advance & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! WB9IQI/PATRICK From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!jbaltz From: jbaltz@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B Altzman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: 1 Jan 1996 17:31:39 GMT Organization: double ionizers association Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4c95pr$fei@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> References: <4bt4f2$1rpu@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4c016q$foi@crow.cybercomm.net> <4c7lko$h4d@newshost.lanl.gov> <4c851n$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu In article <4c851n$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net>, Stephan Rashkin wrote: >but the nonsense that we ridiculously amuse ourselves with on >rec.radio.amateur.misc. has no place on a government sponsored >server..I also have a similar account and do use it properly, but I Nor carried on government-sponsored T3's, using protocols and programs paid for by government-sponsored research, right? >Try and smarten up a little bit before you do draw fire.. Steve, I have two words for you: Prune Juice. >Steve, WA2NHZ //jbaltz jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 jbaltz@columbia.edu jbaltz@sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML (HEPNET) NEVIS::jbaltz From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.computek.net!news From: Robert Moren Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dummy up, Dummy down Date: 1 Jan 1996 17:48:58 GMT Organization: Compu-Tek International Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4c96qa$cn0@news.computek.net> References: <809028853901@ccsnet.com> <30e49c10.252004103@a3bsrv.nai.net> <4c4b59$sit@alterdial.UU.NET> <30e7ee8b.2309691@a3bsrv.nai.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal20229.computek.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: ka1jy@usa.nai.net I am attempting to enter the world of radio therefore I don't know the answer. I think that the real problem is one of Self Esteem. Why open ones mouth only to provide the evidence of stupidity and remove all doubt? From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jaring.my!genes!wired From: wired@genes.pl.my (Eugene Kang) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Transceivers in London Message-ID: <820518616.21865snx@genes.pl.my> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 96 17:50:16 GMT Organization: My_Organisation Lines: 5 Will I run into any problems if I brought two VHF HTs from the US into London during a holiday? Do I need any permit or letter? thanks From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!acd!Gary_Danaher From: Gary_Danaher@acd.org (Gary Danaher) Reply-To: Gary_Danaher@acd.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Distribution: world Subject: Re: Austin Amateur Radio Suppy Date: 01 Jan 1996 18:02:35 GMT Message-ID: <2303062014.47418053@acd.org> Organization: Apple Corps of Dallas Lines: 16 But mail order will save the sales tax. Like everything else in Texas, the sales tax is king-sized! Somewhere between 8-9%, last I heard, so the savings would be substantial. -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM Well here in Texas, not everything like taxes are as high as you might think. Sales tax is still in the 7 percent range. Car registration is cheaper than neighboring states, and I have yet to pay income tax in Texas. Most of the other readers of this can't say that, now can they? Things aren't quite as backward here as you might think. We ARE required to shoe our horses after all..... From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.math.psu.edu!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!Lehigh.EDU!Lehigh.EDU!not-for-mail From: c002@Lehigh.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Kenwood tm742 question!!! Date: 1 Jan 1996 18:47:27 -0500 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4c9rqf$mos@ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ns2-1.cc.lehigh.edu Hello, i was wondering if the mic connector on the TM-742a is a standard rj-45 phone connector? thanks! david |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | David Roseman | c002@lehigh.edu OUTTA ORDER! | | Saucon Valley Sen. HS | | | SysOp of NODE 3 BBS | The Flying HAm - BBS | | | Running OBV/2 Software | Technomage - BBS | | | | N3SQE/1 - HAm V | | | N3SQE@Nxxxx.FNxxxx.PA.USA.NA - Packet | From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.math.psu.edu!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!Lehigh.EDU!Lehigh.EDU!not-for-mail From: c002@Lehigh.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 8080 wefax question ??? Date: 1 Jan 1996 18:49:16 -0500 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4c9rts$mpe@ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ns2-1.cc.lehigh.edu hello, i was wondering what polorization the wefax on 8080 is i only have a 40m dipole pointing in the wrong direction for the best reception. and what is the best way to make an antenna for semi limited space for 8080? thanks! DAvid |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | David Roseman | c002@lehigh.edu OUTTA ORDER! | | Saucon Valley Sen. HS | | | SysOp of NODE 3 BBS | The Flying HAm - BBS | | | Running OBV/2 Software | Technomage - BBS | | | | N3SQE/1 - HAm V | | | N3SQE@Nxxxx.FNxxxx.PA.USA.NA - Packet | From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!csn!nntp-xfer-2.csn.net!yuma!holly.ACNS.ColoState.EDU!drranu From: drranu@holly.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (Emarit Ranu) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Yaseu FT 890at Mod Date: 1 Jan 1996 18:54:42 GMT Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4c9ali$2fm3@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> References: <4c91cg$opr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: holly.acns.colostate.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hamsome (hamsome@aol.com) wrote: : Does anybody have experience with the Yaseu 890at mod to allow transmit on : all freqs? Does it work? : thanks Yes, it works fine and is very simple to do. It involves "soldering" (shorting) a jumper and a few key presses. You can find the mod at ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/hamradio/mods/yaesu Good luck. -- -Emarit 73's drranu@holly.ColoState.EDU Electrical Engineering, Colorado State Univeristy KG0CQ _._ __. _____ _._. __._ Packet: KG0CQ@KF0UW.#NECO.USA.NOAM All generalizations are bad. Censorship: ###### From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!news.ping.at!rai.ping.at!kwp Date: 01 Jan 1996 21:18:00 +0200 From: kwp@rai.ping.at (Wolf Harranth) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <603F0FzF-jB@rai.ping.at> References: Subject: Re: Wind up Radio from ZS land ? X-Newsreader: CrossPoint v3.1 R/C11482 Lines: 23 Brian VE3EX wrote: > I have heard of a radio that is powered by a windup device. > It is for the AM Broadcast band and is being made in South Africa. > Has anyone got any details on this device. The rig was developed by Trevor Baylis, a UK inventor from Eel Pie Island, Twickenham. Production of the BayGen receiver just started. I saw and tested the prototype. A very poor AM and FM receiver for DX - but it is primarily meant for third world countries. Sales in UK (Harrods) have just started. Contact: ByGen Power Company, 89 St. Patrick Road, Johannesburg 2198, Re. South Africa. 73 Wolf -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wolf HARRANTH OE1WHC InterNet: kwp@rai.ping.at Radio Austria International Fido : 2:310/39.44 A-1136 Vienna Packet : OE1WHC@OE1XAB.AUT.EU Austria/Europe Fax : +43/1/87 87 8-44 04 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## CrossPoint v3.1 R ## From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gate.net!wthfl2-22.gate.net!grpowell From: grpowell@mailhost.gate.net (Gary R. Powell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Looking for Windows logging program Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 21:27:50 Organization: CyberGate, Inc. Lines: 8 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: wthfl2-22.gate.net Keywords: windows logging X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] I am looking for a decent logging program to run under windows. I am not looking for a contest logging program as I have CT. I would prefer share/freeware. If you know of a goof ftp or web page please drop me a note. Thanks Gary KJ4WH Lakeland, Fl From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: mjsilva@ix.netcom.com(michael silva) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Smart ass? Dumber than dumb Date: 1 Jan 1996 21:47:22 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4c9kpa$dot@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> References: <809028853901@ccsnet.com> <4bt54m$ouo@news.chattanooga.net> <4bufkk$3v2@alterdial.UU.NET> <4bvips$mgb@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: val-ca1-08.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jan 01 1:47:22 PM PST 1996 In jangus@netcom.com (Jeffrey D. Angus) writes: > >>Burt Fisher (k1oik@ccsnet.com) wrote: > >>: OK if the plate voltage is 100v and grid voltage goes to +100v from minus >>: 100v what happens? > >Nothing. The tube would be dead already. Just in the spirit of interesting exotica, the Rad Lab pushed the lowly 6SN7 to as much as +100v on the grid in pulse circuits, yielding ~ 200 mA grid current and 600 mA plate current. 73, Mike, KK6GM From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!pacifier!pacifier.com!narc From: narc@pacifier.com () Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Drew wants them all dead. Date: 1 Jan 1996 23:15:36 GMT Organization: Pacifier, public access Internet site. 360-693-0325 Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4c9puo$84e@news.pacifier.com> References: <4c8o25$2qd@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: pacifier.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Drew is not ALONE. Aids is the best hand clenser for the world ever developed. Takes care of the sinners, the fags, the druggies, and the abusers of premarital sex. So i would have to say GOD is also on our side. LONG LIVE AIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.netvoyage.net!usenet From: kdool@netvoyage.net (Kenneth D. Dool) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Windows logging program Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 23:33:04 GMT Organization: Netvoyage Internet Access Provider Lines: 20 Message-ID: <30e86ed3.27789557@news.netvoyage.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: culver_pm1_24.netvoyage.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 On Mon, 1 Jan 1996 21:27:50, grpowell@mailhost.gate.net (Gary R. Powell) wrote: >I am looking for a decent logging program to run under windows. I am not >looking for a contest logging program as I have CT. I would prefer >share/freeware. If you know of a goof ftp or web page please drop me a note. > >Thanks > >Gary KJ4WH >Lakeland, Fl Well, Gary, I 've been using A.R.S. Logbook 4.2 for about four years now with no problems at all. Give it a try. Good Luck! >73 de AB6ZR From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwgw.infi.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: dbeck7@aol.com (Dbeck7) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Cut the crap: Contesting Date: 1 Jan 1996 23:36:28 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cacoc$bar@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4c7ieq$2vb@alterdial.UU.NET> Reply-To: dbeck7@aol.com (Dbeck7) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com horsefeathers. it is useful. after contesting for years, to be able to apply that experience in sorting out messages after the watsonville quake of '89 was very useful. heres to contesting. 73 de K6ZX From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.voicenet.com!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ka9egw@aol.com (KA9EGW) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Drew wants them all dead. Date: 1 Jan 1996 23:42:50 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 26 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cad4a$bft@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4c9puo$84e@news.pacifier.com> Reply-To: ka9egw@aol.com (KA9EGW) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com of course. you're right. silly, ignorant me! i completely overlooked the fact that (conveniently) AIDS also rids us of those nasty hemophiliacs, paramedics, physicians, dentists, blood-bank employees and rape victims (to name the most prominent groups infected by accident). of course you right-wing maggots probably have some twisted pseudo-religious explanation for why those people all deserve to die too. that must fit in there with "love the sinner and hate the sin" and "love thy neighbor as thyself". how does a redneck who's ever had a blood transfusion reconcile his/her bigotry with the fact that the blood typing/crossmatching procedure which made transfusions possible was invented by a black doctor? (who, incidentally, died of injuries when a whites-only hospital emergency room wouldn't take him) so tell me--are brainless bigots like you morons the epitome of no-code licensees? i hope not or else amateur radio is doomed. of course, i'll probably get a ton of flamemail from people too stupid to recognize that "?" on the end of that sentence means it's a question, not a statement (the sentence immediately following IS a statement). Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an asshole. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!cygnus.com!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!uucp.primenet.com!stat!phx-az!daniel.meredith From: daniel.meredith@phx-az.com (Daniel Meredith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: F6FBB-LIST Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 00:29:14 GMT Message-ID: <9601011729233960@phx-az.com> Organization: ArizonaONE Distribution: world Lines: 31 Attention F6FBB Sysops/Networkers! Welcome! A Forum Is Available For F6FBB Sysops. The Purpose Of This Server To Provide Sysops and Networkers With Tricks/Tips/Help and New Software Updates Concerning The F6FBB Bulletin Board System. ---- To Add Yourself To This List, Please Send Electronic Mail To: F6FBB-LIST@PHX-AZ.COM And Include The Command: SUBSCRIBE As The SUBJECT of Your Message. ---- The F6FBB Server Has Been Established To Help Sysops and Networkers Alik Providing Help and Information In A Timely Manner. Sharing of Software Other Miscellaneous Information Via The Server Is Quite Alright. \---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel J. Meredith N7MRP Internet: DMeredit@phx-az.com P.O. Box 45378 Ax.25: N/A Phoenix, Arizona Voice: +1-602-912-5671 85064-5378 Data: +1-602-912-0225 Fax: +1-602-912-5671 From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwgw.infi.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Austin Amateur Radio Suppy Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:22:35 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 34 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ca1cr$11s8@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <2303062014.47418053@acd.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Gary_Danaher@acd.org (Gary Danaher) wrote: > >But mail order will save the sales tax. > >Like everything else in Texas, the sales tax is king-sized! >Somewhere between 8-9%, last I heard, so the savings would be substantial. > > >-Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM > >Well here in Texas, not everything like taxes are as high as you might think. >Sales tax is still in the 7 percent range. Car registration is cheaper than >neighboring states, and I have yet to pay income tax in Texas. Most of the >other readers of this can't say that, now can they? Things aren't quite as >backward here as you might think. We ARE required to shoe our horses after >all..... State sales tax rate is 6.25%, with an additional 1-2% locally. I was in the Dallas area last year, and the rate was 8.25%! But I know what you're saying about the lack of state income tax. I once lived in Florida (and will hopefully be heading back there soon) No state income tax there, either. The tourists pay it all :-) -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: cobra295@aol.com (Cobra295) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS: ALINCO DJ580/582 AA DRY CELL CASE $10 Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:53:17 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 25 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cakot$e9g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: cobra295@aol.com (Cobra295) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com FOR SALE: ALINCO 580/582 "AA" DRY CELL CASE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- I have for sale the EDH-6 AA dry cell case to fit the Alinco DJ 580/582 line. It holds 6 AA alkaline batteries, or could be manipulated to create a battery elimanator for the radio. Reason for selling: sold the radio long ago, and forgot to include this little accessory. Cost: **$10**, includes shipping to 48 states. Prepay required, USPS MO ONLY. I'll pay shipping on this item. If interested: Email: Cobra295@aol.com Call: 609-275-2965 Page: 609-895-7672 (Expect a collect call back for a $10 item. :) ) Do not leave public replies, I don't always catch all the messages in this newsgroup. Sean, N2ZJJ From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: armond@delphi.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: EA8/OH?BYB/P Dec. 31 1809Z? Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 02:36:25 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <4cai72$oll@omnifest.uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1e.delphi.com X-To: Rick Kissell Rick Kissell writes: >Did anyone work a station signing something like EA8/OH?BYB/P on Dec. 26 >around 1809Z around 18.074 MHz? I'm trying to get the second numeral in the >callsign, and a QSL route. > >TNX ES 73, there are some old timer purists who might feel that if you don't have a complete call sign that you don't have a valid qso to qsl off of. If you gave it some deep thought, would you agree with that? .....de N6WR From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.computek.net!news From: Robert Moren Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Smart ass? Dumber than dumb Date: 2 Jan 1996 03:27:02 GMT Organization: Compu-Tek International Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4ca8m6$h7j@news.computek.net> References: <809028853901@ccsnet.com> <4bt54m$ouo@news.chattanooga.net> <4bufkk$3v2@alterdial.UU.NET> <4bvips$mgb@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal20202.computek.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Burt seems to have elected himself the single representative of the Radio Licensing Community. From reading his effort to impress everyone with his inteligence. He has displayed a very big ego and an even greater need for the mental health clinic. Thank God for the domocary that we live in. I think that we are seeing the return of Hilter within the Radio Community. A Future Ham! From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.monad.net!usenet From: rlubash@top.monad.net (Richard Lubash) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo and RFI ??? Date: 2 Jan 1996 03:47:29 GMT Organization: MonadNet Lines: 12 Sender: -Not-Authenticated-[8736] Message-ID: <4ca9sh$fpm@news.monad.net> References: <4c6h2b$aq0@kalypso.cybercom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rlubash.top.monad.net X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0.7@rlubash.top.monad.net Xdisclaimer: No attempt was made to authenticate the sender's name. In article <4c6h2b$aq0@kalypso.cybercom.net> wy1z@kalypso.cybercom.net (Scott Ehrlich) writes: > I may be purchaseing a Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo in about 6 months, and > was wondering if there were any known RFI problems with it? I own a 94 Grand Cherokee and have used it with 2m and 440 equiptment. The only thing I have noticed is that a HT used in the Jeep can put a small Hum in the FM radio. Richard Lubash N1VXW From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.interport.net!usenet From: Michael Neidich Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FREE: Zenith Trans-O Model Number List vs. Features Date: 2 Jan 1996 03:48:47 GMT Organization: Interport Communications Corp. Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4ca9uv$9t3@park.interport.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: neidich.port.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Request via email. 73, K2ENN From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!delmarva.com!udel!gatech!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!news From: jhanson@yar.cs.wisc.edu (Jason Hanson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Indoor Antenna Help Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 04:04:24 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4cab0a$167a@news.doit.wisc.edu> Reply-To: jhanson@yar.cs.wisc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: f180-047.net.wisc.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18178 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96365 I have an Icom IC-730 with no tuner. I am trying to hook up some sort of antenna system to work in my apartment bedroom. I have purchased 100 ft of speaker wire, figuring I would be able to stretch it out and pick up something, but I can't get a thing! I can't even hear WWV for crying out loud. :) What should I do? The room is very small so I don't think I will be able to make much of a configuration on the ceiling. Am I doing something wrong with the wire? Would a tuner help? Can anyone direct me to an easy/small indoor antenna design on the web, or elsewhere? Thanks in advance! -- Jason J. Hanson | 641 W. Main St. #315 | (608) 251-0561 University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI 53703-4711 | Ham: N9LEA (Extra) -- jhanson@yar.cs.wisc.edu =*++*= Proud Democrat, Badger fan, speeder -- From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!bdt.com!miwok!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ka9egw@aol.com (KA9EGW) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Drew wants them all dead. Date: 2 Jan 1996 04:48:43 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 12 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cav1r$hm8@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: ka9egw@aol.com (KA9EGW) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com First off, let me say (as a research professional in the hematology [study of blood] field) that charles1's "statistics" are wildly exaggerated. Second, you totally missed my point...but I guess irony and sarcasm don't always play well. What I was trying to put across was how foolish this whole Burt/Drew/whatever chickenshit has become. Sincere apologies to anyone who took my post at face value rather than as an exercise in irony and sarcasm. I thought that was evident from the first sentence. Now, can we all ignore Burt, Drew and their ilk and get back to radios? From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!bdt.com!miwok!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ka9egw@aol.com (KA9EGW) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: PLEASE READ THIS Date: 2 Jan 1996 04:48:43 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 12 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cav1r$hm9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: ka9egw@aol.com (KA9EGW) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com First off, let me say (as a research professional in the hematology [study of blood] field) that charles1's "statistics" are wildly exaggerated. Second, you totally missed my point...but I guess irony and sarcasm don't always play well. What I was trying to put across was how foolish this whole Burt/Drew/whatever chickenshit has become. Sincere apologies to anyone who took my post at face value rather than as an exercise in irony and sarcasm. I thought that was evident from the first sentence. Now, can we all ignore Burt, Drew and their ilk and get back to radios? From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: Justin Bousquet Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: (no subject) Date: 2 Jan 1996 05:02:32 GMT Organization: PSGnet Portland,OR Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cae98$cn3@maureen.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-pdx12-57.teleport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) Can someone please mail me the callsigns used for the following repeater systems... 147.435/146.40 Los Angeles 147.435/146.40 San Francisco Thanks! Justin AB7NG -- Justin Bousquet - AB7NG justinb@psg.com - 449.00- From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: Justin Bousquet Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 147.435 Repeaters in CA Date: 2 Jan 1996 05:06:04 GMT Organization: PSGnet Portland,OR Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4caefs$di5@maureen.teleport.com> References: <4cae98$cn3@maureen.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-pdx12-57.teleport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) Can someone please mail me the callsigns used for the following repeater systems... 147.435/146.40 Los Angeles 147.435/146.40 San Francisco Thanks! Justin AB7NG -- Justin Bousquet - AB7NG justinb@psg.com - 449.00- From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: Justin Bousquet Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Kenwood tm742 question!!! Date: 2 Jan 1996 05:08:13 GMT Organization: PSGnet Portland,OR Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4caejt$di5@maureen.teleport.com> References: <4c9rqf$mos@ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-pdx12-57.teleport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) c002@Lehigh.EDU wrote: >Hello, i was wondering if the mic connector on the TM-742a >is a standard rj-45 phone connector? > >thanks! > >david yes From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:38 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!chronicle.mv.us.adobe.com!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!charles1 From: charles1@netcom.com (charles copeland) Subject: Re: Drew wants them all dead. Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <4c9puo$84e@news.pacifier.com> <4cad4a$bft@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 05:12:27 GMT Lines: 32 Sender: charles1@netcom4.netcom.com In article <4cad4a$bft@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, KA9EGW wrote: >of course. you're right. silly, ignorant me! i completely overlooked >the fact that (conveniently) AIDS also rids us of those nasty >hemophiliacs, paramedics, physicians, dentists, blood-bank employees and >rape victims (to name the most prominent groups infected by accident). of >course you right-wing maggots probably have some twisted pseudo-religious >explanation for why those people all deserve to die too. that must fit in >there with "love the sinner and hate the sin" and "love thy neighbor as >thyself". While this is TOTALLY off this newsgroup topic, I'll throw in a couple of facts ... 50% of gay men have HIV. 90% of hemophiliacs have HIV. >how does a redneck who's ever had a blood transfusion reconcile his/her >bigotry with the fact that the blood typing/crossmatching procedure which >made transfusions possible was invented by a black doctor? You assume rednecks don't like blacks. Fact is, they all wished they owned one. >so tell me--are brainless bigots like you morons the epitome of no-code >licensees? This is rich. Pot calling the kettle black. Talk about a bigot. You assume no-coders are brainless bigots. What a hypocrite. >of course, i'll probably get a ton of flamemail from people too stupid to >recognize that "?" on the end of that sentence means it's a question, not >a statement (the sentence immediately following IS a statement). Its a hypocritical suggestion made by you. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.seanet.com!monte.seanet.com!user From: monte@monte.seanet.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Wireless weather sensors Date: 2 Jan 1996 05:28:21 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Lines: 6 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: monte.seanet.com Does anyone have information and/or experience with a weather station that can report weather conditions via radio to the display unit. The distance does not need to be more than one mile. I've seen the Davis units, but am not sure if the sensors and the display can be linked by radio some way. Thanks in advance. Monte N7TAU From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:39 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uchinews!gw2.att.com!pacbell.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!charles1 From: charles1@netcom.com (charles copeland) Subject: Re: super morse Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <4c6aom$r7r@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 06:12:56 GMT Lines: 20 Sender: charles1@netcom4.netcom.com In article <4c6aom$r7r@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>, Jack Yazel wrote: > >I recently replied to a posting about the Super Morse software and >indicated that it did not work well with faster computers. > >I contacted the author and found out that I was trying a very old >version. He said that the problem is fixed in newer versions. > >I have obtained version 4.10 (file: SM410.ZIP from oak.oakland.edu) >and it appears to work very well. > >It seems to be a very good program. > SM410.ZIP seemed to have problem with my 486DLC-40 computer. Sometimes the dashes were a little short and sounded like dots. MA51N.ZIP, Morse Academy, did not have this problem. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ka9egw@aol.com (KA9EGW) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Drew wants them all dead. Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:31:19 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cb527$j0g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: ka9egw@aol.com (KA9EGW) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com obviously you can't read--I asked a question and you read it as a statement and called me a bigot. Which answers my question. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.dorsai.org!agis!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!usenet From: fitr%mimi@magic.itg.ti.com (Joe BV/N0IAT) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 10m,6m booming Date: 2 Jan 1996 10:10:39 GMT Organization: Taipei, TAIWAN R.O.C Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4cb0av$adi@tilde.csc.ti.com> References: Reply-To: joentam@transend.com.tw NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.167.36.115 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 In article , charles1@netcom.com says... > >10m, 6m were booming 25th, 26th, and we'll see about today. >First time in months for me. > >Any reports out there regarding unsual propogation? > Heard some very nice African DX on 10 meters while on Penang Island, Malaysia during the end of the year vacation....too bad I only had a small Grundig port able receiver...would have been nice to work a few from 9M2. Colleagues here in B V reported some HOT 10FM openings into JA and VK, but not much East/West stuff. -- 73 from Joe Fitter BV/N0IAT Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. Ex. 7J1AOF(Japan) KA0ZDH(novice) YU3/N0IAT(Slovenia) Licensed Radio Amateur since 1986 //comments are mine only From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:42 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!ftpbox!mothost!schbbs!news From: Paul Moller Subject: Re: Yaseu FT 890at Mod Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: MOTOROLA Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 12:09:56 -0600 Message-ID: <30E974F4.7140@csg.mot.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <4c91cg$opr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c9ali$2fm3@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) Nntp-Posting-Host: 144.188.36.8 Lines: 18 > > Yes, it works fine and is very simple to do. It involves "soldering " > (shorting) a jumper and a few key presses. You can find the mod > at ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/hamradio/mods/yaesu > > Good luck. > > -- > -Emarit 73's drranu@holly.ColoState.EDU > Electrical Engineering, Colorado State Univeristy > KG0CQ _._ __. _____ _._. __._ > Packet: KG0CQ@KF0UW.#NECO.USA.NOAM > All generalizations are bad. Censorship: ###### Yes, I have been inside the 890 a few times. Only trouble is that you have to watch that you don't pinch wires when you reasemble the radio. If you worked in the Yaesu factory with somebody telling you the secrets, and have 4 hands that would help. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!gw1.att.com!csn!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cgreenha From: cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Christopher K Greenhalgh) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Drew wants them all dead. Date: 2 Jan 1996 13:10:10 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4cbari$bd@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> References: <4c8o25$2qd@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu In article <4c8o25$2qd@alterdial.UU.NET>, Burt Fisher wrote: >Drew sent me a message where he wished all gays would get AIDS >and die. >Now will you hams give Drew the response he deserves? Nope...my new years resulotion is not to waste time with worthless, narrow-minded, insulting, name-calling liars. Besides, dru is taking care of his reputation in this group very nicely all by himself. 73 all, and happy new year. -- Christopher K. Greenhalgh, N8WCT Computer/Electronic Tech. II at The Ohio State University E-Mail: ckg+@osu.edu (cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Radio : n8wct@w8cqk.#cmh.oh.usa.noam From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1.sunbelt.net!udel!news.intercon.com!news.ssnet.com!news.internetMCI.com!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!NewsWatcher!user From: amn1@cornell.edu (Alex Nemeth) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Looking for Call Sign Map Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 13:33:06 -0500 Organization: Cornell University Lines: 28 Sender: amn1@cornell.edu (Verified) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 132 Does anyone have a gif (jpg,dxf,tif) of the map of the US showing how the FCC has split it into the different numerical call sign prefixes, or possibily where I might find one?? Sorry I don't remember the proper name of it. I've already scanned the arrl infoserver and downloaded all the HAM gifs from oak.oakland, still nothing. I really need this in an autocad drawing (dxf) format, but I have the conversion programs if needed to convert from gif,tif,jpg, etc. I suppose that I could digitize the one out of the ARRL General class manual, or scan it, if need be. 73's Alex ** Alex Nemeth : Senior Microcomputer Specialist ** amn1@cornell.edu : AutoCad Technical Specialist ** N2YEL (147.180 +) : College of Human Ecology/ ** NYS-EMS CFR : Division of Nutritional Science Computing Services Group G85 MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14853 607.255.1128 - Voice, 607.255.3794 - FAX From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!news.uky.edu!news From: Tfugate@pop.uky.edu (Terry Fugate) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 8080 wefax question ??? Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:33:44 GMT Organization: IT Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4cbq9o$2a4@service2.uky.edu> References: <4c9rts$mpe@ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.163.120.82 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6 In article <4c9rts$mpe@ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU>, c002@Lehigh.EDU says: > >hello, i was wondering what polorization the wefax on 8080 is >i only have a 40m dipole pointing in the wrong direction for the best >reception. and what is the best way to make an antenna for semi limited spac e >for 8080? >thanks! > >DAvid >|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| >| David Roseman | c002@lehigh.edu OUTTA ORDER! >| | Saucon Valley Sen. HS | | >| SysOp of NODE 3 BBS | The Flying HAm - BBS | | >| Running OBV/2 Software | Technomage - BBS | | >| | N3SQE/1 - HAm V | >| | N3SQE@Nxxxx.FNxxxx.PA.USA.NA - Packet | I think that NAM braodcasts vertical, but it does not make much difference unless you withen ground wave range. Here in central Ky, the polarization is constantly shifting around. Vertical, rotating around to near horizoantal then back. I normally use my 10mtr 1/4 wave ground plane to receive them. I use an R2000 with about 15' of coax to the antenna. Several years ago I built a real small loop to check out the polarization of WWV at 5,10 and 15. Out of general interest I checked out several other HF sources. They all have constant polarization shift. Yea, I know that a 10mtr antenna isn't ideal, but it works. Several years ago, a freind told me he was using his radio shack discknoe as a SW antenna. I told him he was nut, and checked it out. I still don't beleive it, but my diskcone works about 3 s-units worse than my former longwire(it and the tree supporting it, fell during last years ice storm). I use the 10mtr for most of my SWing but when I need two receivers,(the 2nd is a Panasonic RF2200) I use the Diskcone for with R2000 and the 10mtr with the RF2200. It works pretty darn good. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!topaz.sensor.com!topaz.sensor.com!ron From: ron@topaz.sensor.com (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: alt.romance.mature-adult,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.aviation.misc,rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Old Farmer's New Year's Song Followup-To: alt.romance.mature-adult,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.aviation.misc,rec.food.cooking Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:45:18 GMT Organization: Sensor Systems Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4cbqve$be9@topaz.sensor.com> References: <4c29mk$7cp@hg.oro.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.sensor.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net alt.romance.mature-adult:1675 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96402 rec.aviation.misc:41411 rec.food.cooking:220910 Jim Weir (rst-engr@oro.net) wrote: : Farmer Lang wanted to start an antique farm implements store on his : place down the road a piece. He went to the local zoning agency at : the county to get permission to put up a lighted sign for his business : and was turned down because of zoning. He appealed to the local board : and was told: : Should old ag quaintness be forgot and never have a light : Should old ag quaintness be forgot and shades on old Lang's sign. : For old Lang's sign my boys : For old Lang's sign : We'll take a vote : To rock the boat : And we'll put up old Lang's sign. There was a man named Mr. Lang, And he had a neon sign. And Mr. Lang was very old, So we called it Old Lang's Sign. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!mojo.eng.umd.edu!hertz.isr.umd.edu!not-for-mail From: tedwards@Glue.umd.edu (Thomas Grant Edwards) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.digital.misc,sci.space.shuttle Subject: SPRE Pre-Launch Orbital Elements Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:47:22 -0500 Organization: Project Glue, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 81 Message-ID: <4ccclq$a1e@hertz.isr.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hertz.isr.umd.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.space:6071 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96406 sci.space.shuttle:39361 [More info about SPRE at http://w3eax.umd.edu/spre.html] SPARTAN PACKET RADIO EXPERIMENT (SPRE) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Launch Orbital Elements By: Ken McCaughey (N3FZX) File: sore0obs.txt Date: 18-Dec-95 SPARTAN 206 ORBITAL ELEMENTS ---------------------------- The preliminary orbital elements below may be used to simulate or predict when SPRE will pass over your location. It can be loaded into most any satellite tracking program. For best results, be sure your simulations use the dates and time listed in the Mission Summary above. Note: These preliminary elements are for Spartan Spacecraft only, not the shuttle. They are subject to change. Satellite Name: SPRE-00 Satellite NORAD Number: #40000 <--(DUMMY VALUE) Element Set Number: 1 Elements Epoch: 96014.48984950 14 JAN 1996 @ 11:45:22.997 UTC Orbit # at Epoch: 1 Inclination: 28.4779 RA of Ascend Node: 71.7928 Eccentricity: .001131 Arg of Perigee: 189.8166 Mean Anomaly: 358.1771 Mean Motion: 15.85695266 Acceleration/Drag: .0000177 BSTAR Drag: 0 Two Line Element (TLE) Format: SPRE-00 1 40000U SPRE-00 96014.48984950 .00001770 00000-0 00000-0 0 11 2 40000 28.4779 71.7928 0011310 189.8166 358.1771 15.85695266 18 STS-72 ORBITAL ELEMENTS ----------------------- The following are pre-launch Keplerian elements for STS-72 based on a nominal launch on January 11, 1996: Satellite: STS-72 Catalog number: 99972 Epoch time: 96011.41818454 Element set: 1 Inclination: 28.4585 deg RA of node: 93.5775 deg Eccentricity: 0.0118687 Arg of perigee: 51.7790 deg Mean anomaly: 181.0111 deg Mean motion: 15.62052799 rev/day Decay rate: 5.0085E-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 1 Two Line Element (TLE) Format: STS-72 1 99972U 96011.41818454 .00005009 00000-0 38064-4 0 11 2 99972 28.4585 93.5775 0118687 51.7790 181.0111 15.62052799 16 [STS-72 info via Gary Morris, KK6YB] The End... From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!alpha.sky.net!winternet.com!dimensional.com!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!mojo.eng.umd.edu!hertz.isr.umd.edu!not-for-mail From: tedwards@Glue.umd.edu (Thomas Grant Edwards) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Shuttle Air-to-Ground Rebroadcast Information Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:49:29 -0500 Organization: Project Glue, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4cccpp$a21@hertz.isr.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hertz.isr.umd.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.space:6072 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96407 sci.space.shuttle:39363 Shuttle Mission Info: --------------------- Info: Goddard Amateur Radio Club, WA3NAN, Greenbelt Maryland, SAREX Bulletins and Shuttle Retransmissions 3860 KHz, 7185 KHz, 14,295 KHz, 21,395 KHz, 28,650 KHz and 147.45 MHz (FM) ARRL Amateur Radio Station, W1AW, Newington, CT SAREX News Bulletins 3990, 7290, 14,290, 18,160, 21,390, and 28,590 KHz and 147.555 MHz (FM) NASA Spacelink computer information system, Phone: (205) 895-0028 or via Internet: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov, ARRL BBS (203) 666-0578 JSC ARC BBS (713) 244-5625, 9600 baud or less. GSFC ARC BBS on internet: wa3nan.gsfc.nasa.gov WWW Home Pages: SAREX: http://www.nasa.gov/sarex/sarex_mainpage.html ARRL: http://www.arrl.org/ AMSAT: http://www.amsat.org NASA: http://www.ksc.nasa.gov SPRE: http://w3eax.umd.edu/spre.html Mission bulletins also available on internet via AMSAT ANS and through your local PBSS. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.ids.net!anomaly.ideamation.com!anomaly.ideamation.com!not-for-mail From: kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Drew wants them all dead. Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:51:14 -0500 Organization: Ideamation, Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4ccct2$5kc@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4c9puo$84e@news.pacifier.com> <4cad4a$bft@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anomaly.ideamation.com In article , charles copeland wrote: >While this is TOTALLY off this newsgroup topic, I'll throw in a couple of >facts ... 50% of gay men have HIV. 90% of hemophiliacs have HIV. Do you have sources for those two statistics? Both, especially the latter, seem awfully high. Also keep in mind that one of the two classifications you listed above involves a lifestyle choice (engaging in high-risk behaviours), while the other involves a life/death choice (receiving a blood transfusion). MD -- -- -- "Who needs looks when you've got taste?" -- From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: 2 Jan 1996 18:10:59 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4cbsfj$lqe$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com> References: <4cb48m$9pb@sol.zynet.net> >Reading this thread it sounds more like the War Zone >on Forty I used to hear when I lived in LA and it >saddens me somewhat to see what my >hobby has sank too. Lighten up Chaps and enjoy >73 Alan G3kfn >73 Alan Baker G3KFN >Plymouth, England Hi Alan, Actually the hobby hasn't sunk anywhere. These "folks" are so busy trading insults on internet that they really don't have time to be on the air. Forty is actually a pretty nice band these days! 73, de Hans, K0HB Plymouth, Minnesota -- - - - "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from magic." A.C.Clarke - - - Have you performed any radio magic this week? From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:53 1996 Date: 2 Jan 1996 18:49:24 EDT Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!rain.fr!jussieu.fr!pasteur.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!istar.net!infoshare!whome!gts!feline!humnet.humberc.on.ca!hduff Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: hduff@humnet.humberc.on.ca (Hugh Duff) Message-ID: <8206265664101@lss.humnet.humberc.on.ca> Organization: HumberNet LSS, Humber College, Canada References: <4c9rqf$mos@ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> Subject: Re: Kenwood tm742 question!!! Lines: 20 > Hello, i was wondering if the mic connector on the TM-742a > is a standard rj-45 phone connector? > > thanks! > > david > |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| > | David Roseman | c002@lehigh.edu OUTTA ORDER! Yes it is a standard 8 pin RJ-45 plug. Hugh Duff VA3TO Toronto --- þ NFX v1.3 [000] From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!innotts.co.uk!usenet From: asperges@innotts.co.uk (Jeremy Boot) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Can you pass the MOCK RAE? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 21:21:28 GMT Organization: innotts.co.uk Lines: 26 Message-ID: <30e99d4e.31104969@news.innotts.co.uk> Reply-To: asperges@innotts.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: seriald21.innotts.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:68329 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96403 rec.radio.amateur.space:6070 At the risk of getting flamed for self-publicity, I've added a MOCK Radio Amateurs' Exam to my pages to lighten them up a bit. Anyone who's had to suffer the awfulness of our UK City and Guilds - a nightmare of formality and silly legislation - will perhaps get a laugh out of this send-up. But will you pass it ????? I dare you to find out! Link thro' my homepage: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ A sincere thanks to all from this newsgroup who have recently mailed me. Happy New Year! Jeremy G4NJH asperges@innotts.co.uk [Homepage: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ ] From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!Bob From: biekert@phoenix.phoenix.net (Bob Biekert) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Amateur radio home pages Date: Tue, 02 Jan 96 21:25:07 GMT Organization: KA5GLX Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4cc7rj$2os_001@Bob.phoenix.net> References: <30e30735.15635939@news.innotts.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial147.phoenix.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96404 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13452 rec.radio.shortwave:68330 The Clear Lake ARC has had a www page for a year now.. http://www.phoenix.net/~biekert/index.html 73 Bob Bob Biekert Houston, Texas WorldWide Merchants http://www.texas.com/~wwm From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: dxtreme@ix.netcom.com (Bob Raymond) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Announcing: DXtreme Station Log Freeware DEMO Date: 2 Jan 1996 21:30:04 GMT Organization: DXtreme Software Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cc84s$cg3@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-19.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Jan 02 1:30:04 PM PST 1996 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6 Announcing the Freeware Demo Version of the DXtreme Amateur Radio Station Log System(tm) Version 2.0 A freeware Demo version of DXtreme(tm) is now available for your evaluation. Access the DXtreme Home Page for more information: http://www.geopages.com/TimesSquare/1702/ DXtreme lets you enter your contacts and track the DXCC performance of your st ation. It is designed for PC/AT-compatibles running an 80386DX or better processor an d MS-DOS 5.0 or greater. Happy New Year and 73, Bob Raymond, NE1I dxtreme@ix.netcom.com From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!demon!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this Newsgroup? Date: 2 Jan 1996 21:50:59 -0500 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4ccquj$ila@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4ccg51$gml@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Avery Russell (agross@erols.com) wrote: : For months now I have been following the message threads on this : Newsgroup. Instead of meaningful discussion regarding ANY number of : aspects of amateur radio, it appears that this is nothing more than a : sounding board for people to trash one another. This newsgroup is brought : to you by incredible technology. Why not use it for constructive : meaningful discussion? I don't get it. Of course, I can only imagine, let : the flames begin. : Greetings for a very good new year. It is a pity that the bandwidth is being wasted, but I find the subject or author entries are sufficient to keep me from wasting time and blood pressure on most of the material. And, as some have observed on the newsgroup, what about eighty meter phone? 73 and Happy New Year Gerry K8EF From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!multiverse!library.erc.clarkson.edu!eerie.acsu.buffalo.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hey you Burt-bashers! Read this! Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 21:52:23 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 8 Message-ID: References: <1995dec29.184306.2418@mrst.com> <4c46aa$1m36@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4c4uvm$8lm@elf5.wang.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com X-To: Dave Bushong Dave, many thanks for the most lucid and meaningful putdown I've read to date! We're all impressed, not only with the your statement of the facts and the argument(s) you put forth to back them, but also with the quality of the narrative. Excellent work. To paraphrase a wiser man than I with regard to burt, "Me thinks he doth protest too much!" - 73 de Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB sanderman@delphi.com From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:47:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.isp.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 147.435 Repeaters in CA Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 22:02:00 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <4cae98$cn3@maureen.teleport.com> <4caefs$di5@maureen.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com X-To: Justin Bousquet The call sign of the LA 147.435 repeater is AA6TK. Known as the "Animal Farm" repeater, it serves a wide area of the Pacific coast from San Diego to Santa Barbara. The machine used to be located on Mt. Wilson but no longer perched there. Roy Tucker, N6TK, is the chief control operator for the machine which bears his wife's call sign. Hope that is of some help to you. - 73 de Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB Stillwater, NY sanderman@delphi.com From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.isp.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: "This Week in Amateur Radio" to Return to Satellite Air Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 22:05:59 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 43 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com An agreement has been reached between the "Tech Talk Network" and operators of the Telesat Canada Anik E2 commercial communications satellite. All communications hobby programming of TTN including "This Week in Amateur Radio", will return to the air in January. The agreement awaits formal signing by the uplink carrier and SKYVISION, which underwrites the network uplink costs. "This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly on-the-air bulletin service in audio newsmagazine format. The service carries ARRL and RAC bulletins, contest and convention information, propagation forecast summaries, RAIN, the Radio Amateur Information Network, the Amateur Radio Newsline, and other features on over 100 nets and repeaters throughout North America. Once the agreement is signed, telephone lines will be secured and installation of the network audio uplink equipment can proceed. The network will utilize transponder 18, (9B vertical), at 5.8 MHz wideband analog audio (4.06 GHz). Anik E2 is located at 107.3 degrees west longitude in equatorial geosynchronous orbit and provides excellent coverage of North America with spot beams aimed at Alaska and Hawaii. But the best part is that Anik E2 is expected to remain operational into the 21st century and provide a more permanent home for the network. "This Week in Amateur Radio" is produced by Community Video Associates, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation based in Albany, NY. Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by donations from repeater operators, amateur radio clubs, and individuals. Further information is available from George Bowen, N2LQS, at 518/283-3665 (e-mail kxkvi@delphi.com) or Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB, at 518/664-6809 (e-mail sanderman@ delphi.com). You may also reach them @ WA2UMX.FN32AW.ENY.NY.USA.NA via amateur packet. Look for "This Week in Amateur Radio" to return to the air Saturdays at 8:00 PM (EST) early in 1996. Affiliates are asked to please acknowledge receipt of this bulletin. - Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB - Executive Producer ARRL Eastern New York Section Bulletin Manager P O Box 8592 Academy Station Albany, NY 12208-0592 518/664-6809 - packet: WA3RKB @ WA2UMX.FN32AW.ENY.NY.USA.NA e-mail: sanderman@delphi.com From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.cais.net!news.cais.com!news From: Avery Russell Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: What's with this Newsgroup? Date: 2 Jan 1996 23:46:41 GMT Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4ccg51$gml@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp60.erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) For months now I have been following the message threads on this Newsgroup. Instead of meaningful discussion regarding ANY number of aspects of amateur radio, it appears that this is nothing more than a sounding board for people to trash one another. This newsgroup is brought to you by incredible technology. Why not use it for constructive meaningful discussion? I don't get it. Of course, I can only imagine, let the flames begin. Greetings for a very good new year. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:02 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!torn!news.bc.net!lancelot.dowco.com!ppp28.dowco.com!user From: ve7zvz@dowco.com (Scott Leaf) Subject: For Sale Yaesu FT-790R II 70cm all mode portable Sender: news@dowco.com Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 01:16:58 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: ppp28.dowco.com Organization: Mountain DX Club Lines: 13 For sale Yasesu FT-790R II 70cm all mode portable $750 CDN or equivalent in US$ currently 38% = $465 US Also willing to trade this for Yaesu FT-690R II 6M all mode portable. You may respond via e-mail but I am not the seller. Seller is Don (VE7MDX) phone (604) 942-3278 -- Scott Leaf VE7ZVZ CN89os ve7zvz@dowco.com Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Mountain DX Club - "To boldy VHF where no ham has VHFed before" Coming up Summer '96 DX-pedition to rare grid CO80, on 6M, 2M & 70cm From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:03 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!torn!news.bc.net!lancelot.dowco.com!ppp28.dowco.com!user From: ve7zvz@dowco.com (Scott Leaf) Subject: Wanted Yaesu FT-690RII 6M allmode portable Sender: news@dowco.com Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 01:19:00 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: ppp28.dowco.com Organization: Mountain DX Club Lines: 12 Wanted Yaesu FT-690R II 6M all mode portable. Willing to trade Yasesu FT-790R II 70cm all mode portable You may respond via e-mail but I am not the seller. Seller is Don (VE7MDX) phone (604) 942-3278 -- Scott Leaf VE7ZVZ CN89os ve7zvz@dowco.com Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Mountain DX Club - "To boldy VHF where no ham has VHFed before" Coming up Summer '96 DX-pedition to rare grid CO80, on 6M, 2M & 70cm From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!micro.internexus.net!arther.castle.net!news.netrail.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.cybercomm.net!usenet From: stever@raven.cybercom.com (Stephan Rashkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 02:57:01 GMT Organization: CyberComm Online Services Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4ccr9i$fss@crow.cybercomm.net> References: <4bt4f2$1rpu@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4c016q$foi@crow.cybercomm.net> <4c7lko$h4d@newshost.lanl.gov> <4c851n$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net> <4c95pr$fei@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sl-050.sl.cybercomm.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 jbaltz@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B Altzman) wrote: Steve, I have two words for you: Prune Juice. >//jbaltz >jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 >jbaltz@columbia.edu jbaltz@sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML (HEPNET) NEVIS::jbaltz Hmmmm? Too much mercury in your gold fish lately Jerry? :o) Steve, WA2NHZ From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!micro.internexus.net!arther.castle.net!news.netrail.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.cybercomm.net!usenet From: stever@raven.cybercom.com (Stephan Rashkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo and RFI ??? Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 03:00:58 GMT Organization: CyberComm Online Services Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4ccrh1$fss@crow.cybercomm.net> References: <4c85jf$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net> <4c96qg$qpq@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sl-050.sl.cybercomm.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 kf2ti@aol.com (KF2TI) wrote: >In article <4c85jf$jeg@crow.cybercomm.net>, stever@raven.cybercom.com >(Stephan Rashkin) writes: >>I have a 1995 Jeep Cherokee Sport with straight six..absolutely no >>ignition noise or any other type of electrical problems on HF or >>VHF 144/220...on mine anyway..I ran shielded power cables through >>convenient grommet to passenger compartment.. >> >> >I also have a friend with a Cherokee Sport...we grounded everything. The >power cables for VHF and HF are coaxial cable with the center condustor as >hot and the outer braid as ground. no noise at all. >I have another friend with an 1994 Grand Cherokee..no noise, but when he >TX 2 meters on high power, the rear wiper activates. the antenna is in >the rear of the vehicle. at this point no idea what to do to remedy Steve, Only have him use 2 meter high power when it rains :o> Steve, WA2NHZ From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!usenet From: jtriolo@mci.newscorp.com (Jason D. Triolo) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Mid-Atlantic Hamfests Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 05:21:41 GMT Organization: News Corp./MCI Online Ventures Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4cd3q4$j5i@merlin.delphi.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: slip163-188.bb.delphi.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12505 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96430 sci.electronics:164707 cps@access.digex.net (Chris Smolinski) wrote: >I used to keep a schedule online of upcoming hamfests in the Mid-Atlantic >(roughly Northern Virginia to New York) area. I'd like to do the same >thing this upcoming hamfest season. >I would appreciate it if anyone who knows of an upcoming hamfest would >email me with the details, and I'll add it to the list. >Even though hamfest season is still some time away, it's never too early >to start! Well...about 90 miles south of Metro DC is the annual Frostfest in Richmond. Held at the Showplace...3000 Mechanicsville Tpk, Richmond, VA Sunday, 1/21/96 from 8:30 to 3:30. Take I-95 south to I-64 East (Exit 75) to US 360 East (Exit 192). Showplace is 1/2 mile on the left. Parking is free, admission is $5.00. No discounts for advance tickets. Licensing exams are usually conducted the day before. Not sure what is planned for this year. Info is available through the voice mail service of the Richmond Amateur Telecommunications Society at 804/739-2269. Enter box number 3378 (FEST) for general information and table reservations. Major retailers are expected there (most notably HRO, but there are many others), a number of manufacturers (not sure who has committed yet), and ample flea market space. Computer vendors will also be there. Hope to see you there! E-Mail me if you need more info. 73 de Jason, KD4ACG jtriolo@mci.newscorp.com From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:08 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!eskimo!eskimo.com!mole From: Frank Connelly Subject: Re: Drew wants them all dead. In-Reply-To: <4cad4a$bft@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eskimo.com Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <4c9puo$84e@news.pacifier.com> <4cad4a$bft@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 05:33:23 GMT Lines: 38 On 1 Jan 1996, KA9EGW wrote: > of course. you're right. silly, ignorant me! i completely overlooked > the fact that (conveniently) AIDS also rids us of those nasty > hemophiliacs, paramedics, physicians, dentists, blood-bank employees and > rape victims (to name the most prominent groups infected by accident). of > course you right-wing maggots probably have some twisted pseudo-religious > explanation for why those people all deserve to die too. that must fit in > there with "love the sinner and hate the sin" and "love thy neighbor as > thyself". > > how does a redneck who's ever had a blood transfusion reconcile his/her > bigotry with the fact that the blood typing/crossmatching procedure which > made transfusions possible was invented by a black doctor? > > (who, incidentally, died of injuries when a whites-only hospital emergency > room wouldn't take him) > > so tell me--are brainless bigots like you morons the epitome of no-code > licensees? > > i hope not or else amateur radio is doomed. > > of course, i'll probably get a ton of flamemail from people too stupid to > recognize that "?" on the end of that sentence means it's a question, not > a statement (the sentence immediately following IS a statement). > > Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an asshole. > > I'd love to reply in detail, but I've got to scurry on down to my travel agency to book a heavy guilt trip for being a white male. You're as screwed up as the guy you were replying to. Just goes to show there are bigots on both sides of the fence. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sparky.insinc.net!grumpy.insinc.net!KEY.globalx.net!pagesat.net!sloth.swcp.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.jersey.net!news.win.bright.net!brutus.bright.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!usenet From: jtriolo@mci.newscorp.com (Jason D. Triolo) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Re: Yaesu FT530 vs. Icom IC-W21AT (also WTB: used HT) Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 07:09:11 GMT Organization: News Corp./MCI Online Ventures Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4cda3i$fdb@klein.delphi.com> References: <4cd41n$4qb@elaine19.Stanford.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip110-104.bb.delphi.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96447 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23364 davidl@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Lee) wrote: >I'm also interested in purchasing a used dual-band HT (2m, 70cm) or used 2m >HT so if you have one in excellent condition that you'd like to sell >please send me e-mail. I have a Kenwood TH-79 with all the trimmings: 5w battery pack 3w double-life battery pack alkaline pack MFJ speaker/mic 2-pack rapid charger (75min on 5w pack, 90min on dbl-life pack) antenna soft case Radio has 80 memories +2 calls. Aside from 2 calls (one on each band), the 80 channels can be distributed between the two bands as you need them. It's not necessarily 40 per band. All channels can be labeled with a 7-character alphanumeric ID. PL encode/decode also included. If interested, make offer. E-mail please, to jtriolo@mci.newscorp.com 73 de Jason, KD4ACG From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.voicenet.com!netnews.upenn.edu!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!psuvax1!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: N3PGG@aol.COM Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Info-Hams Digest V95 #1218 Date: 3 Jan 96 13:10:56 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 13 Message-ID: <960103081056_83007752@mail02.mail.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu In a message dated 96-01-02 23:22:33 EST, you write: >Bob (VE7OR)" >Subject: (no subject) > >Has any-one received a certificate for the CQ-50 Awards? > > de Bob VE7OR Bob, I received the initial certificate but nothing as far as endorsements...maybe they were waiting for 1996 to arrive to compile all the endorsement data...Hopefully you'll get yours soon! 73 de Tom/N3PGG From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!pacifier!pacifier.com!narc From: narc@pacifier.com () Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: mods for alinco 6 mtr???? Date: 3 Jan 1996 14:07:23 GMT Organization: Pacifier, public access Internet site. 360-693-0325 Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4ce2ir$fmi@news.pacifier.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pacifier.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been looking for mods on the alinco 6mtr mobile for 6 months now. anybody have them. thanks jeff From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:11 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.eye.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!frankensun.altair.com!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.av.qnet.com!ibbs!js From: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) Subject: Re: What's with this Newsgroup? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: Coffee Radio Difference Committee Message-ID: References: <4ccg51$gml@news.cais.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:10:32 GMT Lines: 34 Avery Russell (agross@erols.com) wrote: : For months now I have been following the message threads on this : Newsgroup. Instead of meaningful discussion regarding ANY number of : aspects of amateur radio, it appears that this is nothing more than a : sounding board for people to trash one another. This newsgroup is brought : to you by incredible technology. Why not use it for constructive : meaningful discussion? I don't get it. Of course, I can only imagine, let : the flames begin. : Greetings for a very good new year. This is the typical Usenet news now that Usenet is carried by so many providers that DON'T CARE who or what they issue accounts to. Back in the old days of Usenet a flame was for a true LID. The same thing has happend to Usenet that happend to CB radio. It is exactly what happend to CB. Think about the history of both. Ham radio in general is heading in that direction too. It's just happening slower. Hams are a little smarter than Usenet guru's. Hams put a "high tech" system on the air and leave figuring it out to the users. If the users can't figure it out, they go away. With Usenet too many books are written on how to use it. Now any one that can read, can trash the net. :-) The best way to use the net these days is to screen what you read. You can tell by the subjects who and what is posted. Yes, it takes longer to read news but at least the heart ache is less. I guess thats why the call it the misc group :-) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Stillinger - KB6IBB js@ibbs.av.org PSC Box 3429 js@red-eft.la.ca.us Edwards AFB, CA 93524 +1 805 258 7303 8N1 Flight Test Center, crashing aircraft so you don't have too. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.gmi.edu!isclient.merit.edu!server3.mich.com!server2.mich.com!eddy From: eddy@mich.com (Eddy J. Gurney) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ACC RC-850 repeater controller mailing list? Date: 3 Jan 1996 14:46:08 GMT Organization: EddyWorks Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4ce4rg$7qg@server3.mich.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: server2.mich.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Is there a mailing list discussion group for the ACC RC-850 repeater controller? I'm curious if anyone has come up with any "nifty" mods for the controller, new ID ideas, problems, etc. Our club has one, but we're always looking for new and exciting things to do with it. I searched the web via Yahoo and didn't find anything related to ACC or the RC-850... 73, Eddy N8FPW From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.coast.net!news.dacom.co.kr!news.netins.net!linkcomm From: linkcomm@worf.netins.net (Link Communications) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ACC RC-850 repeater controller mailing list? Date: 3 Jan 1996 16:00:53 GMT Organization: Iowa Network Services, Des Moines, IA Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4ce97l$lp8@insosf1.netins.net> References: <4ce4rg$7qg@server3.mich.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: worf.netins.net In article <4ce4rg$7qg@server3.mich.com>, Eddy J. Gurney wrote : >Is there a mailing list discussion group for the ACC RC-850 >repeater controller? I'm curious if anyone has come up with >any "nifty" mods for the controller, new ID ideas, problems, >etc. Our club has one, but we're always looking for new and >exciting things to do with it. > >I searched the web via Yahoo and didn't find anything related >to ACC or the RC-850... As most of you probably know, ACC is no longer in business. We have purchased rights to their software for the RC-96 and RC-85 and can photocopy their manuals. Since the RC-850 was discontinued before ACC closed their doors, we did not receive anything for it except the Inspector program. It is now available on our ftp site (ftp.netins.net in directory showcase/linkcomm/acc). We also have a listserver for discussion of ACC's and our repeater controllers. To subscribe to the listserver, send a message to: majordomo@engrng.pitt.edu In the body of the text it must only have, all lower case. subscribe link You should receive an automated reply indicating that your subscription request was successful. To send information to the people on the list you must send mail to: link@engrng.pitt.edu. Steve Strobel Link Communications, Inc. linkcomm@netins.net (406) 482-7515 From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!watt.oedison.com!usenet From: wagnerj@watt.oedison.com (John Wagner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Best system for urban simplex communications??? Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 16:07:47 GMT Organization: Ohio Edison Company, Akron OH Lines: 50 Message-ID: <4ce9c5$rcs@watt.oedison.com> References: <4ccti7$q6h@ftp.netgate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: go-bus-appl-4-8x.oedison.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 On Wed, 03 Jan 1996 03:39:00 GMT larry@lmb-tech.com (Larry Brown) wrote: >I'm looking for the best and most economical way for mobile simplex >communications in an urban environment over about a 25 mile range. My >wife and I currently use 2m at about 30 watts and 1/4 wave antennas. >This has worked fine for the last few years over a range of about 10 >miles. My new job has a longer commute and this gives rise to an >increase in needed range. >We're not interested in bothering others chatting for 20 minutes on a >repeater, and I'm sure nobody wants to listen to us either. I've got >an Explorer with the antenna on the roof. A larger antenna won't work >well since I need to park in the garage. Our car could handle a larger >antenna though. >I was thinking of three options: >1) 10 meter radios >2) Increase power for both 2m radios and improve car antenna. >3) Build small private pl controlled repeater and install tall antenna >at our house. >Any comments? I imagine option 1 would be the least expensive. Would a >couple of 25w 10m radios provide the range? I've got no experience >with 10m. >Thanks, Larry, n6txx >Larry >larry@lmb-tech.com Options 2 and 3 are probably better bets if it's urban. I've found that 6 and 10 meters have much better groundwave characteristics than 2 meters, but if there are a lot of buildings in the way, it may be a problem. UHF seems to do a little better getting around in an urban area. 10 or 6 give great groundwave outside of the city. For an inexpensive repeater solution, you might look for a cheap dual band mobile, and set it on a building top somewhere. One of you then runs UHF simplex to it, and the other runs 2 meter simplex to it. Since you won't need a repeater duplexer and other associated expensive equipment, it should be a lot cheaper. Don't forget to pick up one of those $50 CW-ID boards for the dualband repeater to keep things legal! Good luck! ------------------------------------------------------------------- John Wagner wagnerj@watt.oedison.com For Encrypted Mail: PGP Public Key Available upon Request From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!usenet From: Andrew C Robertson Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dave proves he has no life. Date: 3 Jan 1996 17:00:57 GMT Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4ceco9$sr5@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <8095-312388501@ccsnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cerebus.mit.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12(Macintosh; I; PPC) X-URL: news:8095-312388501@ccsnet.com k1oik@ccsnet.com wrote: > > Putting me down raises you up? This question is more than just a little ironic, coming from someone who constantly displays their own contempt by putting down hams for having differing interests. drewbob aa1hx From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.dpc.net!news.heurikon.com!news.ahc.ameritech.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!van-bc!news.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: bob93@delphi.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: skywarn Date: Wed, 3 Jan 96 19:19:18 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 1 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1d.delphi.com Request address for skywarn listserver, for subscription. Tnx , ,73 From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!crchh327.rich.bnr.ca!b4pph13e!cnc23a From: cnc23a@b4pph13e.bnr.ca (Ken Edwards) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dave proves he has no life. Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:30:05 GMT Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 25 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cep0d$r5q@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca> References: <8095-312388501@ccsnet.com> <4ceco9$sr5@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: b4pph13e.bnr.ca In article <4ceco9$sr5@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>, Andrew C Robertson writes: |> k1oik@ccsnet.com wrote: |> > |> > Putting me down raises you up? |> |> This question is more than just a little ironic, coming from someone who |> constantly displays their own contempt by putting down hams for having |> differing interests. |> |> drewbob aa1hx |> |> Please do not try to point out the obvious, burt only will throw yet another tantrum and waste even more net bandwidth. -- ====================================================================== Ken M. Edwards, PE Bell Northern Research, Research Triangle Park, NC (919) 991-4769 email: cnc23a@bnr.ca Ham: N4ZBB Packet: n4zbb@n1gmv.nc DX PacketCluster (tm) Node : W4DW All opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer or co-workers, family, friends, congress, or president. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!skypoint.com!usenet From: "Neil A. Gjere" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,sci.engr.television.broadcast Subject: HELP!! Ham Needs WR-42 Waveguide Components Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:30:51 GMT Organization: GjereRig Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4cep1r$jog@stratus.skypoint.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial013.skypoint.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96451 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23373 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12512 sci.engr.television.broadcast:1146 I am in desperate need of a 50 or 60 db WR-42 fixed Waveguide attenuator as well as a 0 to 40 or 50 db WR-42 variable Waveguide attenuator. These are being used to set up some 18 Ghz Microwave Radios. My usual source for these type of components has gotten out of the as they put it, "Plumbing Business" I only need them for a short period of time, I will pay for shipping in both directions and will reward you both financially and with unending gratitude!!! Please respond via: ngjere@ktca.org 73s Neil A. Gjere N0PFZ From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsie.dmc.com!news.iii.net!news From: dts@peanut.senie.com (Daniel Senie) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Windows logging program Date: 3 Jan 1996 21:12:02 -0500 Organization: Daniel Senie Consulting Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4cfd1i$b2b@peanut.senie.com> References: <4cbbh7$pvu@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: peanut.iii.net Keywords: windows logging In article <4cbbh7$pvu@panix.com>, Clay Irving wrote: )In grpowell@mailhost.gate.net (Gary R. Powell) writes: ) )>I am looking for a decent logging program to run under windows. I am not )>looking for a contest logging program as I have CT. I would prefer )>share/freeware. If you know of a goof ftp or web page please drop me a note . ) )Check the "Products and Suppliers" or "FTP Sites" sections of the Amateur )Radio Reference, http://www.panix.com/clay/ham/ Did you have specific products or FTP sites in mind, or were you just advertising your pages? Your pages are certainly nice, and I'll browse them some more later, but your post really didn't answer the original question, and the pages you pointed to don't either. Dan -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie Internet: dan@senie.com, Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@senie.com http://www.senie.com Packet Radio: N1JEB@KA1SRD.MA From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsie.dmc.com!news.iii.net!news From: dts@peanut.senie.com (Daniel Senie) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Best system for urban simplex communications??? Date: 3 Jan 1996 21:38:25 -0500 Organization: Daniel Senie Consulting Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4cfej1$bfq@peanut.senie.com> References: <4ccti7$q6h@ftp.netgate.net> <4ce9c5$rcs@watt.oedison.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: peanut.iii.net In article <4ce9c5$rcs@watt.oedison.com>, John Wagner wrote: )On Wed, 03 Jan 1996 03:39:00 GMT larry@lmb-tech.com (Larry Brown) wrote: ) )>I'm looking for the best and most economical way for mobile simplex )>communications in an urban environment over about a 25 mile range. My )>wife and I currently use 2m at about 30 watts and 1/4 wave antennas. )>This has worked fine for the last few years over a range of about 10 )>miles. My new job has a longer commute and this gives rise to an )>increase in needed range. ) )>We're not interested in bothering others chatting for 20 minutes on a )>repeater, and I'm sure nobody wants to listen to us either. I've got )>an Explorer with the antenna on the roof. A larger antenna won't work )>well since I need to park in the garage. Our car could handle a larger )>antenna though. ) )>I was thinking of three options: ) )>1) 10 meter radios )>2) Increase power for both 2m radios and improve car antenna. )>3) Build small private pl controlled repeater and install tall antenna )>at our house. ) )>Any comments? I imagine option 1 would be the least expensive. Would a )>couple of 25w 10m radios provide the range? I've got no experience )>with 10m. I've another idea. Consider trying 2 meter SSB. You'll find it's got plenty of range for your needs, with 25 watt radios and sqloop antenna on the car(s). 10 meters would also be worth playing with, on SSB. Finally, do some more playing with the 2 meter mobiles you have, using better antennas. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie Internet: dan@senie.com, Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@senie.com http://www.senie.com Packet Radio: N1JEB@KA1SRD.MA From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsie.dmc.com!news.iii.net!news From: dts@peanut.senie.com (Daniel Senie) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Form 610 without license Date: 3 Jan 1996 22:40:53 -0500 Organization: Daniel Senie Consulting Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4cfi85$cd3@peanut.senie.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: peanut.iii.net In article , Don Christine wrote: )Hello, ) )I want to submit Form 610 to get a new callsign (I've moved )to Washington state from the midwest), but seem to have lost )my license. Can I submit the Form 610 to get a new callsign )without attaching my license? Yes. The FCC can handle this. Or at least they would if anyone was working. When (if) the bozos in Washington DC (they all seem to qualify either directly or by association), you should be able to get it taken care of. I believe the instructions on the full-sized 610 (the one with the instruction sheets still attached) explains the procedure. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie Internet: dan@senie.com, Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@senie.com http://www.senie.com Packet Radio: N1JEB@KA1SRD.MA From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!satisfied.apocalypse.org!news2.near.net!charlotte.wellesley.edu!sallie.wellesley.edu!pgeorge From: pgeorge@sallie.wellesley.edu (PETER Q. GEORGE, N1GGP) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 3 JAN 96 23:11:21 GMT Organization: WELLESLEY COLLEGE Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3JAN96.23112162@sallie.wellesley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sallie.wellesley.edu I have been hearing the same amateur radio bulletin now for the last two weeks. A station licensed as K1MAN seems to be providing a broadcast service...day in and day out in the middle of the VERY PRECIOUS AM window in and about 3885 (plus or minus a few KCs). I am totally for amateur radio bulletins. They DO provide a much needed service to the amateur service. But broadcasting for hours at a time with the same taped programming hour after hour seems to be a little redundant or if not.... very illegal. I am sure the IARN provides help to those who need it. But I tend to think that monopolizing the 80 meter AM window is not right, not in the least. Once in the morning, once in the evening is fine. But 10 hours a day ? Come on, Glen. Peter Q. George (N1GGP) Randolph, Massachusetts "AM is ALIVE.......on 3885 !" From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!david Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Message-ID: <199601040749.XAA20759@jobe.shell.portal.com> From: Gordon R Smith Subject: Utah statehood celebration Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 23:49:26 -0800 Approved: rec-radio-info@stat.com Sender: news Lines: 21 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96471 rec.radio.info:10631 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 23:49:26 -0800 From: Gordon R Smith Message-Id: <199601040749.XAA20759@jobe.shell.portal.com> Subject: Utah statehood celebration On January 4, 1996 the State of Utah will celebrate its centennial anniversary. To commemorate this event the Utah Amateur Radio Club (UARC) will operate W7SP from 1600Z to 2300Z on January 6, 1996. Operation will be from the State Capitol and will take place on or about 14.196 MHz. The history of Utah is as unique as its geography is diverse. Utah residents enjoy terrain that ranges from barren deserts to spectacular mountains. The first explorers entered the area that was to become the "Beehive" State in the late 1700's. By the mid 1800's settlements existed in the territory. Major settlement began when the first Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in July of 1847. In the following decades more settle rs arrived by the thousands. Today Utah has grown to include several modern cities with Salt Lake City as its Capitol. UARC invites you join us in this commemorative event. For QSL send QSL and SASE to UARC, 2671 Dolphin Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84121. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.orst.edu!wsrcc.com!wetware!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!svc.portal.com!shell.portal.com!shell.portal.com!not-for-mail From: gordon@shell.portal.com (Gordon R Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Utah statehood special event station Date: 3 Jan 1996 23:54:59 -0800 Organization: Portal Communications (shell) Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4cg14j$kgh@jobe.shell.portal.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jobe.shell.portal.com Keywords: UTAH STATEHOOD AWARD SPECIAL-EVENT On January 4, 1996 the State of Utah will celebrate its centennial anniversary. To commemorate this event the Utah Amateur Radio Club (UARC) will operate W7SP from 1600Z to 2300Z on January 6, 1996. Operation will be from the State Capitol and will take place on or about 14.196 MHz. The history of Utah is as unique as its geography is diverse. Utah residents enjoy terrain that ranges from barren deserts to spectacular mountains. The first explorers entered the area that was to become the "Beehive" State in the late 1700's. By the mid 1800's settlements existed in the territory. Major settlement began when the first Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in July of 1847. In the following decades more settle rs arrived by the thousands. Today Utah has grown to include several modern cities with Salt Lake City as its Capitol. UARC invites you join us in this commemorative event. For QSL send QSL and SASE to UARC, 2671 Dolphin Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84121. -Gordon, K7HFV From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this Newsgroup? Date: 4 Jan 1996 00:24:10 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4cf6na$9lh@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <4ccg51$gml@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-01.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 03 4:24:10 PM PST 1996 In <4ccg51$gml@news.cais.com> Avery Russell writes: > >For months now I have been following the message threads on this >Newsgroup. Instead of meaningful discussion regarding ANY number of >aspects of amateur radio, it appears that this is nothing more than a >sounding board for people to trash one another. You are right. It's been worse the last year or so, since posting privileges have been made available to more and more of the general public. But this newsgroup isn't unique - many of the other ones are the same way. That's why mailing lists - "reflectors" - are becoming more popular. People don't tend to be as rude when they know that they are e-mailing a message to dozens/hundreds, whereas here, it's more like spraying grafitti on a wall, with no recriminations. You might or might not be referring, as part of your comment about 'trashing', to a posting I recently made. The only thing it had to do with ham radio was that a certain individual was going around here looking for a fight and saying that all hams were stupid. I regret that I had the unfortunate experience of dealing with this particular person, but I thought I might share my experiences with anyone who might be interested, hopefully to save their time. It won't happen again, as I have made it so that I don't see anything that he spews. That's that. But it's over with.... I agree with you: let's use this technology to expand this already-fascinating hobby! What do we do next, Avery? 73, Dave KZ1O From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hey you Burt-bashers! Read this! Date: 4 Jan 1996 00:24:20 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4cf6nk$n52@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> References: <1995dec29.184306.2418@mrst.com> <4c46aa$1m36@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4c4uvm$8lm@elf5.wang.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-01.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 03 4:24:20 PM PST 1996 In Stephan M. Anderman writes: > >Dave, many thanks for the most lucid and meaningful putdown I've read to date! >We're all impressed, not only with the your statement of the facts and the >argument(s) you put forth to back them, but also with the quality of the >narrative. Excellent work. To paraphrase a wiser man than I with regard to >burt, "Me thinks he doth protest too much!" >- >73 de Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB Thanks, Stephan. Like I said, I couldn't believe that one person could generate so much ill will, but after going a few rounds with him, I realized that he's just a bully whom I don't have time for. I hope others can use my experience to save them time in the future. 73, Dave From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1.cris.com!news From: tcmedlin@cris.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Subject: SIMPLE SIMPLEX REPEATER....HELP Date: 4 Jan 1996 00:33:55 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4cf79j$559@spectator.cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cnc086035.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96463 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23384 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12522 I recently built the simple simplex repeater as described in 73 Amateur Radio Today, nov 1995 issue but i have one problem that i need help resolving. if the receiver receives a signal for about one half second or less, the simplex repeater keys up for the entire 20 second period then drops out. any received signal more than about a half second operates it correctly. example: if the receiver receives a signal for 5 seconds, after the rec signal drops, it then retransmits this signal for 5 seconds and then resets or drops out. it is only the very quick keying pulses that lock this thing up. the repeater is based on the ISD1000A voice record/playback IC which can be found at radio shack and about 30 simple parts. this chip is designed to record a maximun of 20 seconds. there are 2 rc delay circuits which i have tried to adjust but this does not seem to help. I dont think the problem is power related as i have a good supply, and plenty of filtering and bypassing on it. If anyone can help, please email me at tcmedlin@cris.com thanks, Tom WA5KUB email: tcmedlin@cris.com From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.voicenet.com!netnews.upenn.edu!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!psuvax1!news.math.psu.edu!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dave proves he has no life. Date: 4 Jan 1996 00:49:46 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 47 Message-ID: <4cf87a$j8k@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <8095-312388501@ccsnet.com> <4ceco9$sr5@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-01.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 03 4:49:46 PM PST 1996 In <4ceco9$sr5@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Andrew C Robertson writes: > >k1oik@ccsnet.com wrote: >> >> Putting me down raises you up? > >This question is more than just a little ironic, coming from someone who >constantly displays their own contempt by putting down hams for having >differing interests. > Putting burt down, with his room-temperature IQ, is as easy, and as accidental as falling off a log. Especially since the original statement was "Hell, you probably don't know [an electronics question]" and finally, he posted his retraction apologizing to all the "stupid hams" who "didn't know the answer." Meanwhile, he cast aspersions on me, my heritage, my masculinity, even my testicular count, my age, my favorite hobby, he compared me to Hitler, he challenged me to an on-the-air cussing session to see if my 'mouth is quick.' And I need to get a life? I feel sad for burt. I feel sad that he purposes to teach electronics but doesn't know what a transistor is; I feel sad that he posts to the world his ignorance; I feel sad that he lashes out at a total stranger, just like the guy who blew up the Federal building in Oklahoma, or the guy who poisoned Tylenol; I feel sad that he is preoccupied with my "balls" or how "quick" an anonymous male's mouth is (who knows, maybe if he spent more time thinking about women, he'd still be married); I am sad that he casts aspersions on someone because of his age, just like Abbie Hoffman did once; I am sad that he is so interested in seeing his own postings and how many followups he can generate, that he doesn't even engage his "brain", or what's left of it after the pharmacological 70's that he barely remembers; I'm sad that he wants to fill the airwaves (if he even gets on the air these days) with cussing and posturing - while I know what the outcome would be - instead of trying to fix what he bemoans is going down the tubes. I feel sad for burt. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!bdt.com!miwok!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!ntpcug.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: tom.blackwell@ntpcug.org Message-ID: <19960104.n2ce@ntpcug.org> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 96 01:09:00 -0600 Subject: Re: ACC RC-850 repeater controller mailing list? References: <4ce4rg$7qg@server3.mich.com> Organization: North Texas PC User's Group X-Newsreader: TPCB 0.8 21100010 Lines: 29 ========================================================================== ED> Is there a mailing list discussion group for the ACC RC-850 ED> repeater controller? I'm curious if anyone has come up with ED> any "nifty" mods for the controller, new ID ideas, problems, ED> etc. Our club has one, but we're always looking for new and ED> exciting things to do with it. ED> I searched the web via Yahoo and didn't find anything related ED> to ACC or the RC-850... ED> 73, ED> Eddy N8FPW I don't know if a mailing list has been assembled, except by ACC; and I could not speculate about whether it was sold along with the other equipment to their successor. If you want to create a mailing list, you can put me on it. I have an 850 on my repeater. Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, N5GAR, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225 tom.blackwell@ntpcug.org SGL-North Texas The NTPCUG's TI PRO BBS lives at (214) 361-5275 --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ ... ((((( This message in STEREO where available ))))) From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Nancy you really like this guy?. Date: 4 Jan 1996 01:36:44 GMT Lines: 46 Message-ID: <4cfavc$f6v@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <8095-312388501@ccsnet.com> <4ceco9$sr5@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> <4cf87a$j8k@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s202.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: kz1o@ix.netcom.com,nwebb@tiac.net kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) wrote: >Putting burt down, with his room-temperature IQ, is as easy, and as >accidental as falling off a log. There you go again with more low class insults. >Especially since the original statement was "Hell, you probably don't >know [an electronics question]" and finally, he posted his retraction >apologizing to all the "stupid hams" who "didn't know the answer." >Meanwhile, he cast aspersions on me, my heritage, my masculinity, even >my testicular count, my age, my favorite hobby, he compared me to >Hitler, he challenged me to an on-the-air cussing session to see if my >'mouth is quick.' You know there is actually a bit of truth in the ranting above. But it would be nice to quote me so we do not have to look with a tweezers to find the bit of truth. I think I did say the bit about a quick mouth. >I feel sad that he purposes to teach electronics but doesn't know what >a transistor is; I feel sad that he posts to the world his ignorance; I >feel sad that he lashes out at a total stranger, just like the guy who Mucho BS deleted >I feel sad for burt. Boy you really have a problem with all the venom you poured out on me. On and on you went and you feel sad for me, now that is sad. I cannot understand how a decent person like Nancy can read your venom and like you. EVEN IF I WERE ALL THE THINGS YOU ACCUSE ME of what does it say about YOU that you say them? #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:35 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!eskimo!news From: dbchris@eskimo.com (Don Christine) Subject: Form 610 without license X-Nntp-Posting-Host: tia1.eskimo.com Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 02:04:29 GMT Lines: 12 Hello, I want to submit Form 610 to get a new callsign (I've moved to Washington state from the midwest), but seem to have lost my license. Can I submit the Form 610 to get a new callsign without attaching my license? Thanks in advance, Don Christine NY9S From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.inc.net!news.sol.net!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Chris Boone <72732.2610@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ACC RC-850 repeater controller mailing list? Date: 4 Jan 1996 02:44:05 GMT Organization: ENTERGY/Gulf States Utilities Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4cfetl$63m$2@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> Steve maybe a Internet newsgroup would be a nice place to have some ACC/Linkco m discussion...... also have a question.....Paul N5TNS just ought a RLC3 from you...if I mod his audio for my flat mods with the unit still in warranty, will it void the warra nty? I told Paul I would ask you guys first... 73 Chris -- Senior Telecommunications Technician 72732.2610@CompuServe.com ENTERGY/Gulf States Utilities 1:106/4267 FIDOnet WB5ITT - Advanced Class BBS- 409-447-4267 (WBBS) PG-9-5322 FCC Commercial 409-525-2001 PhoneMail 24hr From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!chi-news.cic.net!news.uiowa.edu!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.sandia.gov!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!newshost.lanl.gov!usenet From: Jim Devenport Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Subject: Re: SIMPLE SIMPLEX REPEATER....HELP Date: 4 Jan 1996 03:17:09 GMT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4cfgrl$bt6@newshost.lanl.gov> References: <4cf79j$559@spectator.cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jdport.lanl.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) To: tcmedlin@cris.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96500 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23413 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12544 I couldn't believe I had this issue of 73 right in a small pile at my fingertips. Your description of the problem plus a perusal of the schematic makes me suspect some "squirrelies". I note the COS input line is bypassed with C3, a .22 uf capacitor. Is this in place and is it close to U4? If it is, I recommend the following: -Try installing .1 or .2 uf capacitors physically close to pins 4&5 of U3, pins 9 and 10 of U3, and pin 27 of U1. -I don't see it in the circuit but all your IC's, especially the logics (U3 and U4) should have the VCC pins bypassed with a 1 to 1 uf or so electrolytic mounted as close to the IC's as possible and with as short a connection to circuit ground or the IC ground as possible. I'd suggest this as your first priority. -You may also be experiencing RFI from your attached transceiver. It probably should be mounted in a good rf-proof box with incoming and outgoing wiring bypassed and/or choked with ferrite shells and other RFI reducing techniques. Good luck with the project. Hope some of this helps! -- |-------------------------------------------------------| |Jim Devenport WB5AOX | |All Standard Disclaimers Disclaimed | |My views rarely (if ever) reflect those of my employers| |-------------------------------------------------------| From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newshub.cts.com!usc!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: ad1c@tiac.net (Jim Reisert AD1C) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Boat Anchors mailing list - where? Date: 4 Jan 1996 03:43:38 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4cfida$a6@sundog.tiac.net> Reply-To: AD1C@tiac.net (Jim Reisert AD1C) NNTP-Posting-Host: ad1c.tiac.net Can someone please tell me the address of the Boat Anchors mailing list? Please REPLY rather than FOLLOWUP. -- Jim Reisert AD1C@tiac.net From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news.dacom.co.kr!news.netins.net!composer.inav.net!news From: Bruce Goldstein Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Headphones compatible with hearing aids Date: 4 Jan 1996 04:09:28 GMT Organization: Internet Navigator, Inc. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4cfjto$has@composer.inav.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dip42.inav.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) I have a friend who suffers from what he describes as bone loss conduction hearing deficiency. He is looking for headphones which would work well with or without his hearing aids. Any experience or ideas? Thanks and 73 - Bruce WA3AFS From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!golden.ncw.net!bing.ncw.net!av8r From: av8r@ncw.net (Greg Moore) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Crowbar circuit for PS Date: 4 Jan 1996 05:14:57 GMT Organization: North Central Washington Network Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4cfnoh$fdg@golden.ncw.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bing.ncw.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Does anybody have a good circuit for a PS crowbar? I have the general idea about how to build this, but I need the specifics...zener diode triggers gate of SCR, but I fried my last project by not using a current-limiting resistor of a large enough value. IF I do use a large enough resistor, the zener won't fire... I'm trying to get a cut-off voltage in the 14.5-15 volt range. Initially, this was for a home-built 30A supply, voltage variable from about 5 to 14 or so. I'm open to suggestion. I may now use a similar circuit to protect an as-yet-unbuilt smaller supply of about 5A, but haven't decided. Questions: 1. What voltage zener should I use? 2. What value resistor? 3. Any recommendations for an SCR for either supply? The 30A supply is being mothballed for the time being, as I may either re-wind the transformer or just get a new one, so I'm *really* interested in what would work for a 5-amp unit... Any assistance *gladly* appreciated! Greg -- ------------------ Near the fabulous Hanford Nuclear Reservation | av8r@ncw.net 1600 Square miles of sagebrush, blowing dust, | Greg Moore and leaky tanks of nuclear waste. | CPI-ASEL Gotta love it. | N0ODQ From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Gregg Fine <76460.551@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap Subject: Repairs - HF gear Date: 4 Jan 1996 05:19:10 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4cfo0e$8r0$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23408 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96496 rec.radio.swap:54614 Looking for a resonable and dependable techincian to repair Yeasu, Tempo, Swan, and Heath HF gear. Depended on local guy for years. Have needs at present. Gregg Fine KF4AUY From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!vtc.tacom.army.mil!news2.acs.oakland.edu!news1.cris.com!news From: "Lloyd A. Scott, Jr." Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Wanted: Information reference MAB Date: 4 Jan 1996 06:32:47 GMT Organization: Television ENG / NEWS Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4cfsaf$p1s@spectator.cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crc3.cris.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) Wanted: Any information concerning the WWII MAB Transceiver used by the US MArine Corps. Any help will be appreciated. Lloyd A. Scott, Jr. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.midplains.net!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!csn!carbon!hermes.cair.du.edu!mercury.cair.du.edu!not-for-mail From: awinterb@du.edu (Art Winterbauer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Best system for urban simplex communications??? Date: 4 Jan 1996 07:25:20 -0700 Organization: University of Denver Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4cgo0g$kic@mercury.cair.du.edu> References: <4ccti7$q6h@ftp.netgate.net> <4ce9c5$rcs@watt.oedison.com> <4cfej1$bfq@peanut.senie.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.cair.du.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Would cellular phones be less expensive (say, over a 5-year period) and useful for other needs, like calling a tow truck if your car breaks down on that long commute? -- Art awinterb@du.edu OR awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:48 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1!news From: Payne Subject: Re: Dummy up, Dummy down X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ts00-ind-26.iquest.net Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-------------------------------93702664829363" Message-ID: To: k1oik@ccsnet.com Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: IQuest Internet, Inc. References: <809028853901@ccsnet.com> <30e49c10.252004103@a3bsrv.nai.net> <4c4b59$sit@alterdial.UU.NET> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 08:07:40 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Lines: 67 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------------------93702664829363 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Ha! Ha! Ha! The 1000 ohm resistor was attached...But only at one end!!!The other end was left hanging in midair. The trick was in the wording. Now ! If you really want to explore the experiment lets out it in the CAD and have a coupl'a beers and of course start over... Have a good one Don Payne,Chief Engineer WZPL-FM/Indianapolis,IN...USA ---------------------------------93702664829363 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Dummy up, Dummy down Date: 30 Dec 1995 21:32:25 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <4c4b59$sit@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <809028853901@ccsnet.com> <30e49c10. 252004103@a3bsrv.nai.net> ka1jy@usa.nai.net (Brian Ellsworth) wrote: >>I cannot answer because you didn't give enough information. >> >>>If a tranistor is driven into saturation and the collector is attached >>>to a 1000 ohm resistor with 10 volts Vcc what is Vce? >> >>Where is the emitter attached? >> >If the transistor is a npn it might be less than 10 volts. If it's a >pnp, it might be more than 10 volts. I can't see where it matters much >if by definition the transistor is saturated. Same goes for the other >examples... The comments are getting dumber and dumber. How can it ever be more than 10 volts. Might be less than 10v? If saturated that is an understatement. The answers I got by direct E mail may not have all correct but they were not out in left field. -- #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) or call 508-385-3427 and download from file area 21 (free). ---------------------------------93702664829363-- From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!siemens!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: "C. J. Hawley Jr." Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 08:21:27 -0600 Organization: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Lines: 35 Message-ID: <30EBE267.1183@aries.scs.uiuc.edu> References: <3JAN96.23112162@sallie.wellesley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: antwerp-2.slip.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) PETER Q. GEORGE, N1GGP wrote: > > I have been hearing the same amateur radio bulletin now for the last > two weeks. A station licensed as K1MAN seems to be providing a broadcast > service...day in and day out in the middle of the VERY PRECIOUS AM window > in and about 3885 (plus or minus a few KCs). I am totally for amateur radio > bulletins. They DO provide a much needed service to the amateur service. > But broadcasting for hours at a time with the same taped programming hour > after hour seems to be a little redundant or if not.... very illegal. I > am sure the IARN provides help to those who need it. But I tend to think > that monopolizing the 80 meter AM window is not right, not in the least. > Once in the morning, once in the evening is fine. But 10 hours a day ? > Come on, Glen. Some people think they were chosen by God. Sometimes you just have to wait for nature to solve some of these problems. > > Peter Q. George (N1GGP) > Randolph, Massachusetts > "AM is ALIVE.......on 3885 !" PS, I am usually on 3875. I'm glad you're on 3885. I listen sometimes. When prop is good I like to open up my 850 (cringe) to 12KHz and the AM sounds nice. -- Charles Jack Hawley Jr. Amateur Radio KE9UW (A.K.A. 'Chuck' in Ham Radio) BMW K100RS, BMWMOA #224 (A.K.A. 'Jack' in Motorcycles) hawley@aries.scs.uiuc.edu Sr. Research Engineer Emeritus Univ of Ill, Urbana-Champaign From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!uucp.primenet.com!stat!david Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Message-ID: <4cgur4$119@kelly.teleport.com> From: John Nicholson Subject: KEIKO WHALE SPECIAL EVENT STATION Date: 4 Jan 1996 08:21:56 -0800 Approved: rec-radio-info@stat.com Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Sender: news Lines: 16 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96508 rec.radio.info:10645 From: John Nicholson Subject: KEIKO WHALE SPECIAL EVENT STATION Date: 4 Jan 1996 08:21:56 -0800 Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Message-ID: <4cgur4$119@kelly.teleport.com> Join the fun this Sunday and work K7FD, commemorating Keiko's arrival to the Oregon Coast Aquarium...will be working various bands SSB only from 10a - 6p PST...operators will be supplied by the Lincoln County ARC...QSLs of course...please send SASE business size... 73, John K7FD -- k7fd@teleport.COM Public Access User -- Not affiliated with Teleport Public Access UNIX and Internet at (503) 220-1016 (2400-28800, N81) From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!shore!northshore.shore.net!not-for-mail From: mc@shore.net (Michael Crestohl) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hey you Burt-bashers! Read this! Date: 4 Jan 1996 12:25:42 -0500 Organization: Shore.Net; a service of Eco Software, Inc. (info@shore.net) Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4ch2im$ae3@northshore.shore.net> References: <1995dec29.184306.2418@mrst.com> <4cf6nk$n52@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <4cge6m$2ht@alterdial.uu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: northshore.ecosoft.com Burt - why don't you learn how to use your news reader and send your postings ONCE! Better still, don't send them at all! We're sick of your negative attitude and bitching. Michael Crestohl, KH6KD/W1 mc@shore.net From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:52 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Form 610 without license Message-ID: <1996Jan4.132533.20401@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4cfi85$cd3@peanut.senie.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 13:25:33 GMT Lines: 25 In article <4cfi85$cd3@peanut.senie.com> dts@peanut.senie.com (Daniel Senie) w rites: >In article , Don Christine wrote: >)Hello, >) >)I want to submit Form 610 to get a new callsign (I've moved >)to Washington state from the midwest), but seem to have lost >)my license. Can I submit the Form 610 to get a new callsign >)without attaching my license? > >Yes. The FCC can handle this. Or at least they would if anyone was working. >When (if) the bozos in Washington DC (they all seem to qualify either >directly or by association), you should be able to get it taken care >of. I believe the instructions on the full-sized 610 (the one with the >instruction sheets still attached) explains the procedure. Yeah, all you have to do is write a letter telling them you lost your license (NY9S) and attach that to the 610. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!news.uky.edu!ukcc.uky.edu!WALLY From: WALLY@ukcc.uky.edu (Walter R Francis) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Best system for urban simplex communications??? Date: Thu, 04 Jan 96 13:30:36 EST Organization: The University of Kentucky Lines: 29 Message-ID: <17704BDFFS86.WALLY@ukcc.uky.edu> References: <4ccti7$q6h@ftp.netgate.net> <4ce9c5$rcs@watt.oedison.com> <4cfej1$bfq@peanut.senie.com> <4cgo0g$kic@mercury.cair.du.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ukcc.uky.edu In article <4cgo0g$kic@mercury.cair.du.edu> awinterb@du.edu (Art Winterbauer) writes: > >Would cellular phones be less expensive (say, over a 5-year period) and >useful for other needs, like calling a tow truck if your car breaks down >on that long commute? > > >-- >Art >awinterb@du.edu OR awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu > > This makes lots of sense.. Let's do some math here.. Say they purchased two brand new mobile antennas at $60 a piece, and/or purchased a mobile radio for cross-band repeating such as another person suggested at $600, this adds up to $720. Two cellular phones at say $40 a month, $450 startup fees, and 20 minutes 5 days of the week at $.25 a minute comes up to $2600 a year just for phone calls, and after 5 years this is 13000 + 4800 + 900 = $18,700. Yeah, what was I thinking, go cellular! --- Walter _ Wally@POP.UKY.EDU KE4UWN R _ // Wally@UKCC.UKY.EDU Alinco 580 2/70 Beam Francis ›X/ Francis@MIK.UKY.EDU Kenwood 530S DXCC Dipole From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: mclendon@ix.netcom.com(Mike McLendon) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 4 Jan 1996 13:36:29 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 45 Message-ID: <4cgl4t$qoc@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <3JAN96.23112162@sallie.wellesley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-rtp4-09.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jan 04 5:36:29 AM PST 1996 Peter, At the risk of eliminating most other broadcasts (ie W1AW bulletins, code practice etc.) your main LEGAL recourse is to complain to your congressional representatives in the state and federal government, the FCC and the ARRL that broadcasting should be prohibited within the amateur bands. Appealing to K1MAN to cease operation will not work. You must live near his station... Anyway - good luck 73 - Mike KE4END (PETER Q. GEORGE, N1GGP) writes: > > I have been hearing the same amateur radio bulletin now for the last >two weeks. A station licensed as K1MAN seems to be providing a broadcast >service...day in and day out in the middle of the VERY PRECIOUS AM window >in and about 3885 (plus or minus a few KCs). I am totally for amateur radio >bulletins. They DO provide a much needed service to the amateur service. >But broadcasting for hours at a time with the same taped programming hour >after hour seems to be a little redundant or if not.... very illegal. I >am sure the IARN provides help to those who need it. But I tend to think >that monopolizing the 80 meter AM window is not right, not in the least. >Once in the morning, once in the evening is fine. But 10 hours a day ? >Come on, Glen. > > >Peter Q. George (N1GGP) >Randolph, Massachusetts >"AM is ALIVE.......on 3885 !" From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Form 610 without license Date: 4 Jan 1996 14:56:36 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4cgpr4$5bt$1@mhafm.production.compuserve.com> References: <4cfio6$238j@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> >Can I submit the Form 610 to get a new callsign >without attaching my license? Yes. Attach a note explaining that it is lost. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- - - - "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from magic." A.C.Clarke - - - Have you performed any radio magic this week? From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Ed Ellers Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What Percent of the Market does Mac have...? Date: Thu, 4 Jan 96 14:57:54 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com X-To: Robert Beeman Robert Beeman writes: >I have a feeling, though, that PC people who try to quote Apple market >share are often trying to convince someone to buy a PC because "Apple is >going broke" or some such nonsense. This is ridiculous IMHO. There is a >lot of good evidence that Apple's share is increasing slowly, even without >counting the new authorized Power Mac clones.=20 Quite frankly, I expect the Mac as such to be extinct in another year and a half. There'll still be an Apple, and they will still sell so-called Macintos h computers, but they'll be based on the PowerPC Platform standard and won't really be any different, in terms of compatibility, from what IBM and others are selling. With one of these machines you'd be able to run MacOS, Windows NT, the Be OS or maybe even OS/2 Warp Connect, regardless of whether the box came from Apple or from somebody else. He who starts to dislike Windows NT will be able to switch to MacOS without much grief...or vice versa. (What you won't be able to do, according to Apple, is read 400K or 800K Mac diskettes on these new systems. They'll have PC-style floppy controllers only , since part of the idea of the PowerPC Platform is to get away from the proprietary chips that Apple has such a hard time obtaining.) From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nwgw.infi.net!news.infi.net!usenet From: "John L. Rouse" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this Newsgroup? Date: 4 Jan 1996 15:36:22 GMT Organization: Capital-Gazette Communications Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4cgs5m$p41@news.infi.net> References: <4ccg51$gml@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: h-agate.dc.infi.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; I; 16bit) >Avery Russell (agross@erols.com) wrote: >: For months now I have been following the message threads on this >: Newsgroup. Instead of meaningful discussion regarding ANY number of >: aspects of amateur radio, it appears that this is nothing more than a >: sounding board for people to trash one another. This newsgroup is brought >: to you by incredible technology. Why not use it for constructive >: meaningful discussion? I don't get it. Of course, I can only imagine, let >: the flames begin. >: Greetings for a very good new year. > ==================== It's really unfortunate that a small number of morons can dump so much trash on this newsgroup, forcing many to wade through childish diatribes and know-nothing displays of verbal backwardness. Fortunately, for many of us, I suspect, the old newsgroup reader filtering does work and we're spared most of the nonsense generated by the likes of the argumentative but ill-informed Cape Cod bore. Sadly, there's not much that can be done other than ignoring these childish rants. Eventually, I suppose they'll go away - perhaps to 80 meters....But then hope springs eternal... 73, John KA3DBN -- /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ John L. Rouse Packet: KA3DBN@KA3RFE.MD.USA.NOA Capital-Gazette Communications FAX: (301) 464-7027 jrouse@dc.infi.net VOICE MAIL: 1-500-346-0440 ............Baltimore-Washington-Annapolis-Bowie................. \--------------------------------------------------------------------/ From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.accessone.com!news From: vbook@vbook.com (Ed Mitchell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: [Survey] RFI in Suburus? Date: 4 Jan 1996 15:52:34 GMT Organization: Virtual Publishing Co. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4cgt42$r77@news.accessone.com> References: <4c8tdq$6al@kalypso.cybercom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: vbook.accessone.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 In article <4c8tdq$6al@kalypso.cybercom.net>, wy1z@kalypso.cybercom.net says.. . > > >I've opted to abandon the SUV market in favor of the car market. > >Several people on the 4x4 newsgroup recommend Suburus for my needs. > >Now, if I turn my attention to the Suburu market, what is your experience >with RFI in Suburu cars? The Impreza looks good, though I'm not holding >myself to that car. > >Thanks for your feedback. >-- >Scott Ehrlich Web: http://www.ehrlichtronics.com >E-mail: wy1z@ehrlichtronics.com scott@ehrlichtronics.com >Amateur Radio Callsign: wy1z We have an 87 Subaru wagon, 4x4. I operate 50 watts on 2, 40 watts on 440, and 50 watts on 6 meters. I have also at times operated 100 watts SSB on 40 m and 10 m mobile. The 2/440 antenna has been alternatively located on the roof or a t the left rear corner of the car. A ball mount is located at the right rear corner of the car and is used for either 6m, 10m or 40m antennas. I have had zero problems with RFI, either caused by the car or created to the car electronics. Ed, KF7VY ------------------------ personal email to vbook@vbook.com Visit Ham Radio Online, it's free, at http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:48:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!agate!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: wb8vbw@aol.com (WB8VBW) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Looking for a Cushman CE-3 Manual Date: 4 Jan 1996 16:15:05 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 8 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4chg0p$287@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: wb8vbw@aol.com (WB8VBW) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Hi, I am fixing up an old CE-3 service monitor for use by our radio club to fix repeaters. I dont have a manual... Any one out there have one? 73 Mike From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:00 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!crl.dec.com!caen!hookup!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!n1ist From: n1ist@netcom.com (Michael L. Ardai) Subject: Re: Morse code exam symbols Message-ID: Organization: Utopia Planetia Shipyards - Mars References: <9601041416.AA22291@bns101.bng.ge.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 16:26:26 GMT Lines: 62 Sender: n1ist@netcom5.netcom.com In article <9601041416.AA22291@bns101.bng.ge.com> socci@bns101.bng.ge.COM (Vin cent Socci ph2828) writes: -I'm a no-code tech, but I am working on the upgrade. Congratulations on getting your tech lisence, and good luck with the upgrages -1) What symbols do I need to learn to pass the 5wpm and 13wpm -exams? I know I need letters and numbers, but what about -punctuation and CW symbols? The exam will include the letters, numbers, some punctuation (period, comma [often between city and state], slash [usually in a callsign], and questionmark) and prosigns (BT, AR, SK). -3) What are the specs for the code that is used in the 5wpm and -13wpm exams? Contact the VE team where you will be testing; they should know. Ours (an ARRL team) uses the standard ARRL exam tapes. -Tone frequency? If needed, most teams can change this if they are given advance notice to make up a tape -Spacing? ARRL uses Farnsworth, with 18 WPM characters sent at 5 or 13 WPM -Words or random letters? Most teams will use a message that is part of a QSO, so it is like one chunk of a conversation. -dah to dit time ratio? Standard 3-1 CW -How long is the test transmission? We have a 1 minute practice session with about 5 minutes of code for the test. 5WPM tests are around 7 mins long, since it is hard to have a meaningfu l message in 25 words that include all the required characters -Are we given time to clean up our copy after transmission is complete? We give a minute or so to do that; once we hand out the questions, you can't write on your code copy sheet, since you might get some of the missing info from the questions. We also don't allow copying dots and dashes and translating them after the test is over. -How many mistakes are we allowed? For the questions, you must pass at least 7 out of the 10. They are either multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions, depending on the VE team, usually asking for stuff like callsigns, equipment, weather, bands/states worked, etc. You can also pass with one minute of perfect copy (25 chars for 5wpm, 65 for 13, numbers, punct, and prosigns count as 2 chars each, spacing doesn't count). -As you may be able to guess, I've never taken a code exam yet, -so I'm looking for all the insight I can get. You might try to take one for practice, just to get the feel of it (and you never know; without the pressure of doing it for real, you may do a lot better than you expected). I also recommend trying out one speed faster than you plan to take (except for 20WPM, of course). Again, you may surprise yourself and pass; however, after listening to 13, the 5 will sound slower than usual... Good luck on the code test. /mike -- \|/ Michael L. Ardai N1IST -*- ---------------------------------- /|\ n1ist@netcom.com From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!daily-planet.execpc.com!earth.execpc.com!not-for-mail From: rkissell@earth.execpc.com (Rick Kissell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 6m OPEN 1/4/96 2235Z WI to FL Date: 4 Jan 1996 16:42:20 -0600 Organization: Exec-PC Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4chl4c$pu3@earth.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.execpc.com Six meters is open right now (1/4/96, 2235Z) from southeastern Wisconsin to west-central Florida (EL87). 73, Rick WB9GYT Milwaukee From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!crchh327.rich.bnr.ca!b4pph13e!cnc23a From: cnc23a@b4pph13e.bnr.ca (Ken Edwards) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Now Dave the untruth teller? Date: 4 Jan 1996 17:36:26 GMT Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ch36q$jb2@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: b4pph13e.bnr.ca Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96480 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32418 In article <4cfacc$e6g@alterdial.UU.NET>, Burt Fisher write s: |> |> I NEVER ever said any hams were stupid. |> Show me ONCE. |> Try a fact or two. |> (June 1995) In article <3s57tk$2je@alterdial.UU.NET>, Burt Fisher write s: |> |> So if you watch a movie about murder you are a killer. |> I thought hams were boring, not stupid. |> Thanks to the ham that pointed me to burt's appartent lack of truth. -- ====================================================================== Ken M. Edwards, PE Bell Northern Research, Research Triangle Park, NC (919) 991-4769 email: cnc23a@bnr.ca Ham: N4ZBB Packet: n4zbb@n1gmv.nc DX PacketCluster (tm) Node : W4DW All opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer or co-workers, family, friends, congress, or president. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sparky.midwest.net!usenet From: gayle@ldd.net (Gayle Albert) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 18:02:28 GMT Organization: Midwest Internet Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4ch4mg$a5g@sparky.midwest.net> References: <3JAN96.23112162@sallie.wellesley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial4-17.midwest.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 K1MAN is not really any worse than the ARRL. Both of them: (1) Transmit hours of meaningless drivel (2) Power up and transmit in the middle of QSOs (3) Are under the impression that they own "their" frequencies (4) Provide some small amount of service (5) Get involved in on-the-air bashing of each other and other Hams (6) Do something that, IMHO, is prohibited by Part 97 and should be cited for their activities In the meantime, K1MAN and the ARRL are operating within the rules as the FCC has interpreted them. We can't allow the ARRL (or anyone else) to do something and then prohibit others from doing the same things. Enjoy Amateur Broadcast Radio! Marty Albert (Amatuer Radio Station KC6UFM) PO Box 717 Fredericktown, MO 63645 From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!rain.fr!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!hatch.sonalysts.com!hatch.sonalysts.com!gerheim From: gerheim@sonalysts.com (Al Gerheim) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dumber than dumb (what hams know about Date: 4 Jan 1996 18:23:42 GMT Organization: Sonalysts, Inc. Lines: 43 Message-ID: <4ch5ve$5el@hatch.sonalysts.com> References: <4c1avk$duo@cnn.MOTOWN.GE.COM> <4c1usp$2gk@cloner3.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hatch.sonalysts.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] michael silva (mjsilva@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > In <4c1avk$duo@cnn.MOTOWN.GE.COM> lweissma@motown.ge.com (Larry AD3Y) > writes: > > > >>If a tranistor is driven into saturation and the collector is > attached > >>to a 1000 ohm resistor with 10 volts Vcc what is Vce? > > > >Cliff Sharp wrote: > > > >>Where is the emitter attached? > > > >Good question! > > > >Also, is there a resistor attached between the emitter > >and it's bias voltage? If so, there would be an additional > >voltage drop there. > This sounds like pettifogging to me. Perhaps some of it is because of > Burt's usual antagonistic way of saying anything, but part of knowing > the material involves making reasonable assumptions. If you're worried > that the emitter isn't at 0 volts, you can still answer the saturation > question. If you want to take into account the leakage current thru > the load resistor than by all means do so. None of that changes the > fact that cutoff and saturation are basic concepts, and that hams > should understand them. In the 1995 Handbook they are discussed in the > *third* paragraph of the BJT article (and no doubt that discussion is > also plagued with ambiguities). Once again, this is *not* EE-level > material. > 73, > Mike, KK6GM If the transistor is in saturation, then Vce is roughly 0.2 volts, with the polarity depending on the type of transistor. This is independent of any other circuit parameters. -- *********************************************************************** Al Gerheim, N4QN |Opinions expressed here | Sonalysts Inc. POB 280 gerheim@sonalysts.com | are my own. | 215 Parkway North Work: (203)442-4355 | | Waterford CT 06385 *********************************************************************** From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: CBAX63A@prodigy.com (Roland Geter sr) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: "%%% WANTED COLLINS SC-101 %%%" Date: 4 Jan 1996 18:39:21 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 8 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ch6sp$15eu@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap4.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Will pay cash and shipping for "dead or alive" unit ANY CONDITION!! Call me @ 800-399-4383 x765 24hrs. - ROLAND S GETER SR WB6LNA CBAX63A@prodigy.com From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 4 Jan 1996 18:42:09 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ch721$nn8@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <3jan96.23112162@sallie.wellesley.edu> <30ebe267.1183@aries.scs.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 >PETER Q. GEORGE, N1GGP wrote: >> >> I have been hearing the same amateur radio bulletin now for the last >> two weeks. A station licensed as K1MAN seems to be providing a broadcast >> service...day in and day out in the middle of the VERY PRECIOUS AM window >> in and about 3885 (plus or minus a few KCs). Do you live in the immediate vicinity of this station? If do, do a little DF'ing. A pin in the coax can work wonders. -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!news.kreonet.re.kr!taebaek.nowcom.co.kr!imci3!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsrelay.netins.net!news.netins.net!linkcomm From: linkcomm@worf.netins.net (Link Communications) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ACC RC-850 repeater c Date: 4 Jan 1996 18:42:25 GMT Organization: INS Info Services, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4ch72h$7v7@insosf1.netins.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: worf.netins.net >Steve maybe a Internet newsgroup would be a nice place to have some >ACC/Linkcom discussion...... >also have a question.....Paul N5TNS just ought a RLC3 from you...if I >mod his audio for my flat mods with the unit still in warranty, will >it void the warranty? I told Paul I would ask you guys first... No problem - go ahead and make the modifications. Just be careful when de-soldering parts on the four-layer circuit boards so you don't pull the plating out of the holes. If you wouldn't mind posting them, there are a few of us that would like to know which mods you make. A discussion of the benefits of using flat audio might also be helpful. >73 >Chris Steve Strobel Link Communications, Inc. linkcomm@netins.net ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!ham From: ham@w3eax.umd.edu (Scott Rosenfeld NF3I) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Morse code testing Date: 4 Jan 1996 20:02:58 GMT Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Lines: 53 Message-ID: <4chbpi$jpc@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> References: <9601041416.AA22291@bns101.bng.ge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: w3eax.umd.edu >1) What symbols do I need to learn to pass the 5wpm and 13wpm >exams? I know I need letters and numbers, but what about >punctuation and CW symbols? All the letters and numbers, all punctuation (, . /) and prosigns (KN, AR, SK, BT). >2) Any general tips on the best way to learn and improve speed? >The CP program is excellent in its way of grouping letters in >it's beginner menu, but I still have difficulty in hearing, >decoding, and WRITING DOWN a letter before the next one starts. >I also occasionally misidentify "dahs" as "dits". (What can I say, >six years in the US Army Field Artillery will do wonders for the >ears). Should I be writing down letters as I hear them, or should >I use some sort of shorthand to write fast enough? Most people take these tests one letter at a time. Do you copy ENGLISH one letter at a time? No, one WORD at a time. At 13 wpm, however, it may not be possible to do this (below 18 wpm I can't remember the beginning of the word!). I've seen numerous people take laptops into test sessions, too. >3) What are the specs for the code that is used in the 5wpm and >13wpm exams? >i.e.: >Tone frequency? Varies, usually 600-750 Hz. >Spacing? Standard, longer if Farnsworth method is used. >Words or random letters? Most tests are QSO-format. >dah to dit time ratio? Usually the standard 3-1 ratio. >How long is the text? Depends on speed, I usually do 5 min. >Are we given time to clean up our copy after transmission is >complete? Usually, yes. Some give an unlimited time, some stop you. >How many mistakes are we allowed? All exams require a minimum passing score of 70%. >As you may be able to guess, I've never taken a code exam yet, >so I'm looking for all the insight I can get. Nearly everyone uses the Farnsworth method (5 or 13 wpm sending speed, 20 wpm character speed, leaving more time between characters). -- Scott Rosenfeld NF3I Burtonsville, MD FM19 QRV 40-10/6/2/440 ** Yes, you CAN do VHF contests with 25W and omni antennas ** Still stuck at 138 countries confirmed on HF w/dipoles... 72 & 73 from suburban DC 301-549-1022 (h) 301-982-1015 (w) From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!globalnet!usenet From: rlane@globalnet.co.uk (Robert J. Lane) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Dayton Hamvention ? Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 21:19:45 GMT Organization: A Global Internet client. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4chg7h$dks@pippin.globalnet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: client052b.globalnet.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I am thinking of visiting the states this year and I would like to time the visit during the period of the Dayton Hamvention (Hope thats correct title). Could someone please e-mail the actual dates for the event. Many thanks. Rob Lane G4NQX From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Morse code testing Date: 5 Jan 1996 04:36:11 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 46 Message-ID: <4ci9rr$pan@cc.iu.net> References: <9601041416.AA22291@bns101.bng.ge.com> <4chbpi$jpc@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-50.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4chbpi$jpc@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>, ham@w3eax.umd.edu (Scott Rosenfeld NF3 I) writes: >>1) What symbols do I need to learn to pass the 5wpm and 13wpm >>exams? I know I need letters and numbers, but what about >>punctuation and CW symbols? >All the letters and numbers, all punctuation (, . /) and >prosigns (AR, SK, BT). don't forget the "?"...KN's not on the test. >>2) Any general tips on the best way to learn and improve speed? send the character fast enough that you can't count parts, but put enough spac e between 'em so you can learn to write it down. gradually increase speed and reduce time between characters. try to listen to on-air code as well. copy what you can. >>ears). Should I be writing down letters as I hear them, or should >>I use some sort of shorthand to write fast enough? shorthand is OK if you know it...you want to get where you can copy behind, an d i suspect you'll need to be there before shorthand would be effective. >I've seen numerous people take laptops into test sessions, too. can be cumbersome..check with the VE team first to find out if there's any problem with bringing along the computer. >>3) What are the specs for the code that is used in the 5wpm and >>13wpm exams? the ones i have are about 18 WPM character speed with spacing for 5 and 13 WPM tests. 20 sounds like straight 20 to me. >>How many mistakes are we allowed? > > All exams require a minimum passing score of 70%. or you can get 1 minute of solid copy...with numbers/punctuation counting as 2 letters, you need 25 for 5, 65 for 13 and 100 for 20... Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From Unknown Fri Jan 05 11:49:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: super morse Date: 5 Jan 1996 04:38:48 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cia0o$pan@cc.iu.net> References: <4c6aom$r7r@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-50.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4c6aom$r7r@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>, jyazel@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Ja ck Yazel) writes: >I recently replied to a posting about the Super Morse software and >indicated that it did not work well with faster computers. >I have obtained version 4.10 (file: SM410.ZIP from oak.oakland.edu) i think there's a version 4.15 or 4.16 out there as well..believe morse academ y is at 5.2L right now as well. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!drivel.ics.uci.edu!ucivax!gateway From: turner@safety.ICS.UCI.EDU (Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG) Subject: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Message-ID: <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> Lines: 22 Date: 7 Jan 96 05:04:05 GMT Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc I am feeling more anal than usual, and my father used to beat me whenever I used a word "wrong" (not the way he considered proper) --- and here is the fallout. I go nuts whenever I hear hams call their amplifiers "linears". "Linear" is an adjective, not a noun. Lots of things can be linear. The adjective "linear" describes the way the amplifier amplifies. Calling a linear amplifier a "linear" is like calling an auto tuner an "auto" or a digital filter a "digital". Ahhhh, now I feel better. By the way, yes, I have done this myself. Lately I have noticed that it drives me crazy though, and now I call them "amplifiers" instead of "linears". My dad would have wanted it that way. :-) :-). Clark WA3JPG From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uchinews!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Date: 7 Jan 1996 06:27:42 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cnp4u$1pom@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 turner@safety.ICS.UCI.EDU (Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG) wrote: > >I go nuts whenever I hear hams call their amplifiers "linears". >"Linear" is an adjective, not a noun. Lots of things can be linear. >The adjective "linear" describes the way the amplifier amplifies. >Calling a linear amplifier a "linear" is like calling an auto tuner >an "auto" or a digital filter a "digital". Okay, we'll just call them "boots" or "footwarmers" from now on. -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:05 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news1.best.com!sdd.hp.com!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!indep1!clifto From: clifto@indep1.chi.il.us (Clifton T. Sharp) Subject: Re: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Message-ID: Organization: as little as possible References: <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 16:58:43 GMT Lines: 14 In article <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> turner@safety.ICS.UCI.EDU (Clar k Savage Turner WA3JPG) writes: >Calling a linear amplifier a "linear" is like calling an auto tuner >an "auto" or a digital filter a "digital". Or a danish pastry a "danish", or a willow tree a "willow", or a laptop computer a "laptop", or a television receiver a "television". Clark, as aggravated as I get over the daily flagrant misuse of English grammar on Usenet news, I can't agree with this one. English is defined by popular usage, you big silly. :-) -- Cliff Sharp There are days when no matter which WA9PDM way you spit, it's upwind. clifto@indep1.chi.il.us --The First Law of Reality From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:06 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uchinews!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!jlowman From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 01:41:18 GMT Lines: 32 Sender: jlowman@netcom.netcom.com Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG (turner@safety.ICS.UCI.EDU) wrote: : I am feeling more anal than usual, and my father used to beat me : whenever I used a word "wrong" (not the way he considered proper) : --- and here is the fallout. : I go nuts whenever I hear hams call their amplifiers "linears". : "Linear" is an adjective, not a noun. Lots of things can be linear. : The adjective "linear" describes the way the amplifier amplifies. : Calling a linear amplifier a "linear" is like calling an auto tuner : an "auto" or a digital filter a "digital". : Ahhhh, now I feel better. By the way, yes, I have done this myself. : Lately I have noticed that it drives me crazy though, and now I call : them "amplifiers" instead of "linears". My dad would have wanted it : that way. :-) Not only is "linear" an adjective, but a more incorrect usage comes up all the time when referring to an amplifier for VHF frequencies and up, most of which are not linear at all. The phrase that gets me is "first personal" instead of "name." Where the heck did this come from? Sounds like some combination of political correctness and military jargon. Jim jlowman@netcom.com | Jim Lowman * KF6CR* San Bernardino, CA Systems Analyst | San Bernardino City Unified School District (909) 881-8146 (O) | Unix: "It isn't supposed to be easy...If it (909) 862-0662 (FAX)| was, everyone would be doing it." -Unknown- From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:07 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Message-ID: <1996Jan8.140357.9312@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 14:03:57 GMT Lines: 27 In article <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> turner@safety.ICS.UCI.EDU (Clar k Savage Turner WA3JPG) writes: >I am feeling more anal than usual, and my father used to beat me >whenever I used a word "wrong" (not the way he considered proper) >--- and here is the fallout. > >I go nuts whenever I hear hams call their amplifiers "linears". >"Linear" is an adjective, not a noun. Lots of things can be linear. >The adjective "linear" describes the way the amplifier amplifies. >Calling a linear amplifier a "linear" is like calling an auto tuner >an "auto" or a digital filter a "digital". Gee, I guess we better quit calling television receivers "televisions", or just "TV", then, and quit calling stereo FM receivers "stereos". The English language is a living breathing thing, evolving by common usage. It is not a dead relic like latin, and there are no government language police as there are for French. It means what we say it means, and we've decided by common usage that television is now a noun, and so is stereo, and so is linear. Get used to it. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!reeve.research.aa.wl.com!decwrl!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!microvst.demon.co.uk From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Date: Mon, 08 Jan 96 08:22:06 GMT Organization: Microvest Limited, London Lines: 19 Message-ID: <821089326snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: microvst.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: microvst.demon.co.uk In article <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> turner@safety.ICS.UCI.EDU "Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG" writes: > I go nuts whenever I hear hams call their amplifiers "linears". > "Linear" is an adjective, not a noun. Lots of things can be linear. > The adjective "linear" describes the way the amplifier amplifies. > Calling a linear amplifier a "linear" is like calling an auto tuner > an "auto" or a digital filter a "digital". When did the noun "amplifier" become so very legitimate? I am sure it was an amplifying stage or circuit in Great Grandfather's time, after the first triodes became available. Maybe we should all have a moan about that too. Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gate.net!news.corpcomm.net!news.uoregon.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hp-cv!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!news.willamette.edu!news.orst.edu!news.PEAK.ORG!billn From: billn@PEAK.ORG (Bill Nelson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Date: 8 Jan 1996 03:44:13 GMT Organization: CS Outreach Services, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4cq3ud$d63@odo.PEAK.ORG> References: <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: peak.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG (turner@safety.ICS.UCI.EDU) wrote: : I go nuts whenever I hear hams call their amplifiers "linears". : "Linear" is an adjective, not a noun. Lots of things can be linear. : The adjective "linear" describes the way the amplifier amplifies. : Calling a linear amplifier a "linear" is like calling an auto tuner : an "auto" or a digital filter a "digital". : Ahhhh, now I feel better. By the way, yes, I have done this myself. : Lately I have noticed that it drives me crazy though, and now I call : them "amplifiers" instead of "linears". My dad would have wanted it : that way. :-) How is this any more accurate? There are many types of amplifiers, which are biased in various ways. For example, I have a Class C amplifier that is fine for CW or FM. However, it is not linear, so would not be good for AM or SSB (unless plate modulated - but that is another subject). The term "linear", when used in context, is not ambiguous at all - although the person using the term may be wrong (Such as the common CB "linear" that generally isn't). In this case, it is more precise than the general term "amplifier". Bill From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!news.ahc.ameritech.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!blue.weeg.uiowa.edu!rawiley From: rawiley@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (R. Wiley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Date: 9 Jan 96 03:47:33 GMT Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: black.weeg.uiowa.edu turner@safety.ICS.UCI.EDU (Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG) writes: >I am feeling more anal than usual, and my father used to beat me >whenever I used a word "wrong" (not the way he considered proper) >--- and here is the fallout. >I go nuts whenever I hear hams call their amplifiers "linears". >"Linear" is an adjective, not a noun. Lots of things can be linear. >The adjective "linear" describes the way the amplifier amplifies. >Calling a linear amplifier a "linear" is like calling an auto tuner >an "auto" or a digital filter a "digital". >Ahhhh, now I feel better. By the way, yes, I have done this myself. >Lately I have noticed that it drives me crazy though, and now I call >them "amplifiers" instead of "linears". My dad would have wanted it >that way. :-) >:-). >Clark >WA3JPG How do you feel about 2 meter ops who "kew are zed" the frequency or destinate? NE0R From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!nothing.ucsd.edu!brian From: brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Date: 9 Jan 1996 17:07:29 GMT Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4cu7ch$gj9@news1.ucsd.edu> References: <4862.820990964@safety.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nothing.ucsd.edu My RF amplifiers aren't linear. They're class-C. That's because they are used to amplify signals that don't need their amplitude characteristics preserved. Y'know, FM voice, FSK, etc. "Roger there oooh emmm. Running barefoot on the old rig here. Que Are Hex a minute while I shovel on the Kew Har Hoe. Gotta throw the big switch on this here classy. Hows my old signal hittin you now, Hoh Hem?" - Brian From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!Lehigh.EDU!Lehigh.EDU!not-for-mail From: c002@Lehigh.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 10 GHz data link NEED HELP!!!!!!!! Date: 7 Jan 1996 15:52:23 -0500 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4cpbq7$15ud@ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ns2-1.cc.lehigh.edu Hello, i got 2 10ghz gunplexers and got some papers on building a 2Mbps data link, but the how artical is not there..AND i dont know what book it is from i KNWO its not in the Microwave/UHF project manual and not in the arrl handbook i NEED the rest of the plans and a better stematic for this. all i know is that the pages i have are 32-70 PLEASE HELP! and please private reply DAvid |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | David Roseman | c002@lehigh.edu OUTTA ORDER! | | Saucon Valley Sen. HS | | | SysOp of NODE 3 BBS | The Flying HAm - BBS | | | Running OBV/2 Software | Technomage - BBS | | | | N3SQE/1 - HAm V | | | N3SQE@Nxxxx.FNxxxx.PA.USA.NA - Packet | From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 147.435 Repeaters in CA Date: Fri, 5 Jan 96 23:39:05 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 8 Message-ID: References: <4cae98$cn3@maureen.teleport.com> <4caefs$di5@maureen.teleport.com> <19960104.n2cd@ntpcug.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com X-To: Sorry, Tom, I don't. Nor do I know if this is/was the former 01/61 machine. I don't live in the area, never did (at least, not since '56!) and my knowledge of the machine is based upon information from Roy, N6TK. They are one of our affiliates carrying "This Week in Amateur Radio". - 73 de Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB Stillwater, NY sanderman@delphi.com From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:15 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!frankensun.altair.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.ridgecrest.ca.us!usenet From: Del Perry Subject: 2-Meter Mobil/Toyota Camry X-Nntp-Posting-Host: annex052 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ridgecrest.ca.us (Ridgenet Usenet admin) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: RidgeNet - SLIP/PPP Internet, Ridgecrest, CA. (619) 371-3501 Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 01:56:55 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Lines: 15 My father has just ordered a new Kenwood TM-241 2-Meter radio to install in his 95 Camry. I have a 92 Camry and remember seeing something on this group about RFI from a 2-Meter rig damaging the computer in a Camry. It seems to me that the radio was mounted too close to the computer which is on the passanger side of the Camry. Does anyone know if this is still a problem? If so does it matter which radios are better/worse. Any information is appriciated. Thanks. -- Del Perry KD6ZUW E-Mail: perry@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!news.island.net!ham!rs From: rs@ham.island.net (Robert Smits) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Address of Canadian PTT? Message-ID: <010896215312Rnf0.79b6@ham.island.net> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 21:53:00 PST References: Reply-To: rs@ham.island.net Distribution: world Organization: The Curmudgeon's Cottage X-Newsreader: Rnf 0.79b6 Lines: 21 geertj@ripe.net (Geert Jan de Groot) writes: >If someone has the FAX number of the Canadian PTT at hand, >can you please send me an email message? I found that they >are probably 'Industry Canada, Radio Regularity branch', >but a FAX number would become very handy. > Canada doesn't need a Push To Talk, Jan, we spout off without one. Industry Canada is the licensing authority for radio in Canada, and they have offices from coast to coast. If you want a specific address, email me and I'll look it up, or try the Industry Canada homepage at http://info.ic.gc.ca/ic-data/ for more info. -- rs@ham.island.net Never make people laugh. If you would succeed in life, you must be solemn, solemn as an ass. All great monuments are built over solemn asses. - Thomas Corwin From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.crd.ge.com!rebecca!rpi!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.mnsinc.com!news From: "Thomas M. Schaefer" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ADMS for Yaeus FT-11R Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 19:22:46 -0500 Organization: Monumental Network Systems Lines: 11 Message-ID: <30F1B556.4FB5@mnsinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: toms.mnsinc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) I noticed on Yaesu's homepage that they have a WIndows program to program the FT-11R. This is seperate than the cloning feature they offer. I was wondering if anyone has any information on the serial cable that comes with it. They use a DB-25 connector (presumably RS-232C) on one end and a 1/8 in. connector to plug into earphone. I would like to make one of these cables to integrate the programming into a program I already have. Any help would be appreciated. -- Tom Schaefer Orange, Virginia tomms@mnsinc.com From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!insync!news.hal-pc.org!usenet From: sid@hal-pc.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Amateur radio exams Date: 9 Jan 1996 16:44:01 GMT Organization: Houston Area League of PC Users Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4cu60h$48r@news.hal-pc.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm0-36.hal-pc.org X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) I teach a few no-code tech. courses and would like to have some software that could generate some sample FCC exams. Does anyone have that kind of software they would like to c ontribute? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sid George, CPA sid@hal-pc.org AB5XU http://www.hal-pc.org/~sid ------------------------------------- From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet3!gene From: gene@buffnet.net (Eugene F. Kremzier) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: APRS + PK232 Date: 6 Jan 1996 20:57:13 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cmnn9$6a4@buffnet2.buffnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet3.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I have a PK232 tnc which I am having little luck in getting it to run APRS74e. I use PKGOLD as my regular packet communications program. I have tried all of the fixes that I have seen on packet but I still can not get the tnc to communicate with the APRS program. If anyone has the above combination running properly, I would appreciate it if you could mail me your shutdown.tnc file or mail me step by step instructions on how to get the system working properly. Thank you. gene@buffnet.net From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!agate!news.ossi.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLP001 Propagation de KT7H Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 6 Jan 1996 13:43:17 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 49 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlp001.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10655 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96538 SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP001 ARLP001 Propagation de KT7H ZCZC AP22 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 1 ARLP001 From Tad Cook, KT7H Seattle, WA January 5, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP001 ARLP001 Propagation de KT7H Back from vacation in Bahia, Brazil, your author is tanned, rested and ready for another year of propagation and solar observation. It is currently Summer south of the equator, and it was interesting to listen to the HF bands from PY6LA, with formerly distant stations suddenly local. In the northern hemisphere it is Winter, and we can expect 20 meters to still be the best band for worldwide communications during the day, peaking right after sunrise and again in the late afternoon. 30 and 40 meters should be good for DX in the late afternoon, along with 80 meters after dark. Low Winter static levels are a good factor for low frequency communications at this time. Over January look for the solar flux to gradually drop toward the low seventies by the 10th and back to the mid seventies by the end of the month. The only disturbance should be around January 20, caused by recurring coronal holes. Over the past few weeks average solar flux has been rising, but only a little. Last week was the first period in awhile where the average flux was above the average for the previous 90 days. Sunspot Numbers for December 14 through 20 were 13, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 11, with a mean of 5. 10.7 cm flux was 69.8, 70.2, 69.9, 69.3, 68.6, 69.2 and 70, with a mean of 69.6. Sunspot Numbers for December 21 through 27 were 12, 13, 11, 0, 25, 40 and 37, with a mean of 19.7. 10.7 cm flux was 70, 71.2, 72.3, 72.2, 72.5, 74.1 and 74, with a mean of 72.3. Sunspot Numbers for December 28 through January 3 were 23, 25, 12, 34, 25, 34 and 30, with a mean of 26.1. 10.7 cm flux was 76, 76.4, 75.3, 75.1, 75.1, 74.8 and 80.8, with a mean of 76.2. NNNN /EX From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tir.com!news From: dx@sun.tir.com (WB8OGM) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap Subject: Re: Austin Amateur Radio Suppy Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 05:32:23 GMT Organization: The Internet Ramp Lines: 63 Message-ID: <30ee07f4.2848245@news.tir.com> References: <49bsgm$deh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <49vf7o$dhe@hg.oro.net> <4a1t0n$eqr@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <4a2h30$e59@remus.rutgers.edu> <4a4bi7$h40@tivoli.tivoli.com> <4bi65n$sjf@madeline.INS.CWRU.Edu> <4bkarc$mdc@dub-news-svc-5.compuserve.com> <4c6dmh$949@shore.shore.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: an83.tir.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23509 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96621 rec.radio.swap:54800 On Sun, 31 Dec 1995 19:28:55 GMT, jjmartin@shore.net (Jim Martin) wrote: :>I had the opportunity to visit AARS in 1991 while attending school at :>Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin. Each time I visited the store was :>a pleasant experience. :> :>It is also my experience that sales people "have to be perfect" in :>every way for SOME hams and when or if one has a bad day/week (sales :>person or customer for that matter) there are those few who, either :>via packet or internet, paste their displeasure on the monitors of :>those who partake of these modes. :> :>There are some hams who actually go way out of their way to find :>something wrong with a ham sales establishment and end up amplifying :>the little things to many times their actual importance or :>un-importance...and they can't wait to share their negativism with the :>rest of us. :> :>We are all the sum of our experiences in life... and some of us have :>had a better life than others. But, just because the sales people :>don't stand at the door in tuxedos to greet everyone with hors :>d'oeuvres and free gifts and the customer's name up in lights doesn't :>make the place a bad place to shop. After all, if EVERYONE :>interpreted their visit experiences as that bad....these places :>wouldn't be in business for very long. :> :>Sales people are human too...just like next guy. If one has a genuine :>bad experience, call the owner or manager and let that person know of :>the experience? ...Or, run home and blast way with your keyboard :>phaser? :> :>just my two cents worth... :> :>jim martin, wk1v :>lowell, mass :> :>My opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer in any :>way, shape, or form. :> :> You are wrong ! Any sales person regardless of who they work for have the obligation of being as pleasant as possible to all customers. Being snotty and unpleasant does nothing for customer relations not to mention the company they work for. If they cant be pleasant and helpful then they have no damned business being in the sales field. I am the service manager for an alarm company so believe me I know about customer relations and what some of these ham radio dealers exhibit is far from good customer relations. Do you like talking to someone who has a chip on their shoulder and who talks down to you ? No, I dont either and if I get those kind of "vibes" I take my business elsewhere. My opinion is also my own but DOES reflect those of my employer ! -- Tim Amateur Radio: WB8OGM Internet Email: dx@sun.tir.com Packet Radio: WB8OGM@AA8GL.#nemi.mi.usa.noam "Sometimes imagination is better than knowledge" From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: dykstrar@aol.com (DykstraR) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Best system for urban simplex communications??? Date: 6 Jan 1996 06:44:51 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4clnbj$khk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4ce9c5$rcs@watt.oedison.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader You can also upgrade the Explorer antenna. There is a motorized antenna mount on the market now, advertised in the ham mags. I bought one, and put it on a magnet mount base, and put it on top of my pickup. A switch in the cab tilts the antenna over so I can get in my garage. Rick KD8CP From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!news.asi.fr!news From: Pierre-Paul RAOULT Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Bonjour a tous... Date: 7 Jan 1996 10:28:37 GMT Organization: Acces et Solutions Internet - Tel: 7893.0000 - Fax: 7893.0099 Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4co78l$m78@s2.asi.fr> References: <4cieu3$el4@sunserver.Generation.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp4.asi.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12(Macintosh; I; 68K) To: hamibj@generation.net X-URL: news:4cieu3$el4@sunserver.Generation.NET 73, cela fait bien plaisir d'avoir des OM francophone sur Internet. Meilleurs voux pour 1996 et à bientot sur l'air... F1JMN Pierre-Paul. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Burt in bed. Date: 7 Jan 1996 15:44:10 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4copoa$ev6@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <4c7ieq$2vb@alterdial.UU.NET> <4cdqge$mq0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4cen36$jkr@alterdial.UU.NET> <4cfhva$of@i-2000.com> <4ci0pi$r8m@alterdial.UU.NET> <4cnluv$aq0@feenix.metronet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s202.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) mkittles@metronet.com (MIKE KITTLES) wrote: >HEY WHEN WAS THE THE LAST TIME YOU LISTENED TO HAM RADIO. When I get ready for bed and want to fall asleep. #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: kwyatt@tcf.COM (Keith Wyatt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Change to 433.95 Date: 7 Jan 96 19:21:30 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 18 Message-ID: <199601071939.LAA06343@fletch.fix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu >Subject: Canadian radio frequencies > >I'm planning to return to Canada in the next year or so, and if the 418 is >a cleaner frequency there than 433.92 I may just leave things as they >are. I understand that 420 to 470 MHz is reserved for amateur radio in >Canada. Do any of you know about 418? > I would just stick with the 418.00 since you will be back in the Americas soon . You may also have more interfernce since this area of the band is heavily us ed in North America. Good Luck, Keith -- Keith Wyatt < kwyatt@fix.net > Visit my home page with info on Ham/SWL, PGP shells and help files, NASA and l ots of interesting stuff with more to come! http://www.tcf.com:80/~kwyatt --------- From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ns.mad.servicom.es!news From: Jordi Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Computer interface for YAESU G-800SDX Date: 6 Jan 1996 10:41:08 GMT Organization: SERVICOM Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4cljk4$qsf@ns.mad.servicom.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp_16.bcn.servicom.es Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Hi and thanks for reading this message I would like to control my YAESU G-800SDX rotor via my computer without buying an expensive controller (like KCT ,...). Is that possible? . I'll be grateful for any information. Please send E-mail to: ea3aqr@bcn.servicom.es Best 73 from Barcelona From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!winternet.com!guitar.sound.net!news From: joelh@sound.net (Joel Herbsman (N0AOM)) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CQ, first Usenet Message... de N0AOM Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 16:04:14 GMT Organization: Sound Advice Limited's Internet Access for KC Lines: 9 Message-ID: <30f290dd.4333307@news.sound.net> Reply-To: joelh@ditmco.com NNTP-Posting-Host: max1-05.sound.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 CQ from N0AOM, in Independence, Missouri. Trying my Usenet interface for the first time. Hope it is working correctly? HAPPY NEW YEAR All! 73. Joel Herbsman DIT-MCO International, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, USA From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rgutknecht@aol.com (RGutknecht) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CTCSS Endoder for ICOM 2AT Date: 7 Jan 1996 10:45:06 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4copq2$qgs@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader I have an IC-2AT with DTMF. However, I recently moved to an area where nearly all the repeaters use CTCSS encoding. Does anyone have any mods for the IC-2AT or SOMETHING that would get me back on the air? I'm suffering from mikeabstinancitis! Thanks '73 Rick Nz2I From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:30 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!world!mv!wd1v.mv.com!user From: john@wd1v.mv.com (John Seney) Subject: Digital Scope.FAQ Message-ID: Organization: MV Communications, Inc. Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 10:39:55 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: wd1v.mv.com Lines: 19 Come to my home page or send me an EMAIL with "subscribe scope.faq" in the subject field and you'll automatically receive the faq as an attached <35k> text file. 73, FYI: The latest version of Digital Scope.FAQ <304> is on my WWW Home Page. (All opinions are my own, including Digital Storage Scope.FAQ) John D. Seney |_|_|_|_| john@wd1v.mv.com 144 Pepperidge Dr. |_| |_| www http://www.mv.com/ipusers/wd1v Manchester, NH 03103-6150 |_|_ _|_| wd1v@wb1dsw.nh.usa.noam LeCroy Sales Engineer | | | | | 800-553-2769 (H) 603-668-1096 (F) 603-627-1623 (P) 800-SKYPAGE #5956779 From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!yama.mcc.ac.uk!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!fdn.fr!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Dave'Doc'Reid <101454.3715@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: DRCP ham radio kits on WWW Date: 6 Jan 1996 04:10:37 GMT Organization: D.R.Computer Products Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4cksnt$ib0$3@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12561 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96535 uk.radio.amateur:9940 Hi all, a new update to the pages of D.R.Computer products radio related kits is now available on the WWW. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/drcp we have an Iambic Keyer on a 1 inch PCB.... and a morse tutor on a 1 inch PCB... and details of other developments... Have a wander around and enjoy.... If you want more detail - I can email direct text versions for those of you without WWW access... just ask 73 de Dave'Doc'Reid email 101454.3715@compuserve.com packet G0BZF @ GB7DEO (not for business) cheers -- Dave 'Doc'Reid Owner and proprieoter of D.R.Computer Products Bringing radio amateurs everywhere into the digital age Callsign G0BZF GQRP # 3677 RSGB (UK organiser of LY96BDX) From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.flinet.com!news1.inlink.com!usenet From: raiar@inlink.com (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: DSP filters Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 22:23:53 GMT Organization: Inlink Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4ck8iu$7l9@news1.inlink.com> References: <4bnl36$s2l@acme.sb.west.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip20.inlink.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 pryack@west.net (Paul R. Ryack) wrote: >I'm having a terrible problem with line noise that the local power >company has been only partially successful in solving. Does anybody >have any comments pro or con on using any of the outboard DSP units in >knocking down line noise. TNX. >Paul R. Ryack, W1ETH/6 >pryack@west.net >W1ETH@K6TZ.#SOCA.CA.USA.NOAM Hi Paul I purchased RSs DSP, which is about the bottom of the line as far as DSPs go. At first I was frustrated with the unit and didn't think much of it, however, just moments before I was going to return it I was in a QSO on 6-meters with a station that was hitting me with less than 1 s-unit when the noise level from local electrical and medical machines rose to over 5 s-units, using this cheap little DSP I was able to knock out the noise and still continue my QSO. Needless to say, I still have the unit. However, it does not knock out all line noises on SSB and functions best for filtering out everything except a CW signal you are interested in. Would I part with it? NO! Would I recommend it to someone? Again NO! There are much better units than RS on the market that perform much better. Would I recommend owning a good DSP? Absolutely!!! Gary From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.dsndata.com!backbone!crcnews.unl.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!gbrown From: gbrown@unlinfo.unl.edu (gregory brown) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dumber than dumb Date: 6 Jan 1996 16:15:59 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4cm77v$8pb@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <4ci5g3$e8p@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <4c4n26$29ii@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <820 <9601050901495608@mogur.com> <4ckmep$6u1@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo2.unl.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Burt Fisher (k1oik@ccsnet.com) wrote: : rick.edwards@mogur.com (Rick Edwards) wrote: : > : >I think Burt is a refreshing breath of air and I wish he was my : >neighbor. We would probably get along great! : > : >73 de KD6HRT : Boy will the hams here blast you for daring to agree with me. : I get plenty of PRIVATE messages that say "go get 'em" but almost : no hams will have the guts to say it in public. : : | Burt Fisher | Heh, heh. To paraphrase an old saying, "You can pull-the-leg of some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can't pull-the-leg of all the people all of the time." This certainly qualifies Burt as "some of the people", doesn't it?? hook.line.sinker From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gate.net!news.corpcomm.net!news.uoregon.edu!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!sdd.hp.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip137.phx.primenet.com!ah0w From: ah0w@primenet.com (Frank R. Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DXpedition to Midway Island KH4 Date: 7 Jan 1996 21:36:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Lines: 9 Sender: root@primenet.com Distribution: world Message-ID: X-Posted-By: ip137.phx.primenet.com Bill Myerson, NH6D, will be returning to Midway Island KH4 January 15th for a 2-week stay there. This time he will concentrate on the low bands, using equipment supplied by Wayne Mears WB6EQX. QSL via KL7H/W6. Bill reports that he has personally sent out over 2,000 QSL cards from his December 1995 operation from Midway. 73 de Frank Smith AH0W OH2LVG ZA9B From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.continuum.net!usenet From: "Christopher A. Bowne" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: East Coast Old Military Radio Net Now On 160 and 75 Meters Date: 6 Jan 1996 06:01:19 GMT Organization: Continuum Communications Inc. Lines: 48 Message-ID: <4cl37f$qvp@news.continuum.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cd-15.continuum.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 32bit) The Old Military Radio Net is a forum for collecters of such boatanchors as the ART-13, BC-375, ARC-5, to meet on the air, usually using restored examples of such classics. It's the place you are most likely to hear the largest number of these fine old radios operating together on a net since the end of World War II! Anyone intersted in joining the fun is welcome. Most stations operate on AM, as few of the sets can transmit SSB. Check ins on SSB and even CW (such as from that pip squeak GRC-9 field radio on a 15 foot whip antenna from out in the boondocks!)are also welcome. Operation of the old military sets on the net is encouraged, but is not a prerequiste. The net is run on a round-robin basis, with a net control station taking check ins, and establishing a rotation. New check ins are solicited by the NCS between rounds, please do mot break for check in except when requested by the NCS. Due to the current propagation conditions, which cause 75 meter propagation to be way too long at 0500 Eastern time, the net is now meeting at 0500 Saturdays on 1995 kHz. At about 0700, we will shift up to 3885 kHz (or nearest clear spot) to accomodate those who do't have 160 meter capability. 1995 kHz was chosen as a 160 meter frequency because most of the military sets that nominally cover frequencies of 2 mHz and up are able to tune down to this frequency. Propagation on 160 at 0500 Eastern time has been excellent. On 12/31/95, we had the entire net on low power TCS units (20 watts AM) with excellent propagation from OHIO to DC to Northern NY and New England. Set your alarm clock, grease up those dynamotors, knock loose the carbon in those T-17s, and join us! Chris, AJ1G Stonington, CT. radiobwn@q.continuum.net From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!micro.internexus.net!arther.castle.net!news.netrail.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!istar.net!infoshare!passport.ca!grumpy.insinc.net!sunserver.Generation.NET!usenet From: hamibj@generation.net (Dany Bouchard) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Encore Salut Date: 6 Jan 1996 12:37:07 GMT Organization: génération.NET Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4clqdj$e6n@sunserver.Generation.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: portb16.generation.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 ReSalut mon Phil, dis-moi, est-ce que ca fonctionne? VE2DBM From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:38 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!world!mv!wd1v.mv.com!user From: john@wd1v.mv.com (John Seney) Subject: Free Ham Test Simulators Message-ID: Organization: MV Communications, Inc. Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 10:41:16 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: wd1v.mv.com Lines: 52 FREE - NEW Macintosh HAM TEST SIMULATORS Studying for a ham test and have access to an Mac? Upgrade Fast! Simulate the test and get S T I M U L A T E D! The new Macintosh Ham Test Simulators are HERE (and THERE if you can FTP)! o Novice Ham Test 5.0 SA.sea o Technician Ham Test 5.0 SA.sea o General Ham Test 5.0 SA.sea o Advanced Ham Test 5.1 SA.sea o Extra Ham Test 5.0 SA.sea You may obtain a version "5" Ham Test Simulator by mailing me a *FORMATTED disk (1 per test) and include a Self Addressed and Stamped disk mailer for the return. Or: connect to my home page WWW http://www.mv.com/ipusers/wd1v Or: ftp://oak.oakland.edu//pub3/hamradio/mac/theory-and-morse/AdvancedHamTest.sea. bin (Aug 30th) ftp://oak.oakland.edu//pub3/hamradio/mac/theory-and-morse/ExtraHamTest.sea.bin ftp://oak.oakland.edu//pub3/hamradio/mac/theory-and-morse/GeneralHamTest.sea.b in ftp://oak.oakland.edu//pub3/hamradio/mac/theory-and-morse/NoviceHamTest.sea.bi n ftp://oak.oakland.edu//pub3/hamradio/mac/theory-and-morse/TechnicianHamTest.se a.bin or: WWW http://hargravea.baylor.edu/BARC/binhex_files/download.html Your comments and suggestions for future versions are always welcome. Stay in touch and good luck with YOUR next test! FYI: The latest version of Digital Scope.FAQ <304> is on my WWW Home Page. (All opinions are my own, including Digital Storage Scope.FAQ) John D. Seney |_|_|_|_| john@wd1v.mv.com 144 Pepperidge Dr. |_| |_| www http://www.mv.com/ipusers/wd1v Manchester, NH 03103-6150 |_|_ _|_| wd1v@wb1dsw.nh.usa.noam LeCroy Sales Engineer | | | | | 800-553-2769 (H) 603-668-1096 (F) 603-627-1623 (P) 800-SKYPAGE #5956779 From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: clefebvr Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FT-757GX Computer Control? Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 02:54:03 -0500 Organization: walldata.com Lines: 10 Message-ID: <30EF7C1B.13F9@hq2.walldata.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dd61-008.compuserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) Has anyone out there successfully interfaced any of the common Windows rig control pakages (ProCat, RigWindows, CAT757, etc...)with a Yeasu 757GX? I have not had much luck to date. If so, what hardware interface did you use and what software package(s) were you successful with. Feel free to send Email: Thanks, Carl Internet: clefebvr@hq2.walldata.com Amprnet: wb1eyg@amgate.net.plattsburgh.edu AX25 : wb1eyg @ kc4hqs.#orl.fl.usa.noam From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: ko4gx@ix.netcom.com(Bill Patton ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham guts Date: 6 Jan 1996 16:31:26 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 45 Message-ID: <4cm84u$1k@cloner3.netcom.com> References: <4cm6t6$8h4@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-hou2-07.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 06 8:31:26 AM PST 1996 In <4cm6t6$8h4@alterdial.UU.NET> Burt Fisher writes: > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >---------------------------------199523924346 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > >---------------------------------199523924346 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Type: text/plain > > A man went to a guts store to get some guts for dinner. He sees a sign >remarking on the quality of guts offered at this particular gut >store. So he asks the butcher: "How much for Engineer guts?" > "3 dollars an ounce." > "How much for teacher guts?" > "4 dollars an ounce." > "How much for ham operator guts?" > "100 dollars an ounce." > "Why is ham operator guts so much more?" > "Do you know how many hams you need to kill to get one ounce of guts? Pretty Cool but there are a lot of hams out there that do not use the net for such a flamboyant pulpit of their intestinal knowledge. I've been a ham since 1958, but have never met any hams (with ham etiquette) that were putting down novices or hams with lesser understanding that might be new to the ham community. I always thought of hams as helping, kind, yet experts in their own right. If we all use the net as a classroom to exhibit our exemplary knowledge, then where do the new hams, regardless of what area of the hobby they choose, get their experience. The only thing that comes from exhibitive intestinal guts is a lot of crap! Anyone for a dissertation of Direct-mapped, fully-associative, two-way set associative or four-way set associative computer cache architecture and how it applies to an internet server? Bill Patton Compaq Computer Corporation ko4gx@ix.netcom.com From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!gunner.wpe.com!news From: Eddie Caffray Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham guts Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 11:36:29 -0500 Organization: Oneonta Amateur Radio Club Lines: 30 Message-ID: <30EEA50D.3743@magnum.wpe.com> References: <4cm6t6$8h4@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp4.wpe.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) To: Burt Fisher Burt Fisher wrote: > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > A man went to a guts store to get some guts for dinner. He sees a sign > remarking on the quality of guts offered at this particular gut > store. So he asks the butcher: "How much for Engineer guts?" > "3 dollars an ounce." > "How much for teacher guts?" > "4 dollars an ounce." > "How much for ham operator guts?" > "100 dollars an ounce." > "Why is ham operator guts so much more?" > "Do you know how many hams you need to kill to get one ounce of guts? That was the worst shot at Amateur Radio I have ever herd. I am new to these H am news groups, but have read many posts about you Burt. At first I felt that your views were just very diffrent then most Hams, which is ok, we all have the right to our own views. But that "Guts Joke" was uncalled for. What is the big deal about "GUTS" Im a Ham, I also was a Cop in NYC for 1 0 years on the 12-8 shift, till my knee was shot up. Does that mean I have guts? Also before you s tart yelling that I am just a No-Code tech, I do believe in morse code, I will advance in class as I learn the theory and code which I study each day (Not questions and answers either). Also you c ould have been more original in you joke telling, that was an old joke, you just added the Ham ope rator in place of the origional text. -- Eddie N2XDS http://www.wpe.com/users/caffray/ham.html From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: RSmall01@aol.COM Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ham Trader & Yellow Sheets Date: 5 Jan 96 13:50:50 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 4 Message-ID: <960105085048_107196236@emout05.mail.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu I would appreciate information on how to subscribe to these publications. Thanks and 73 Dick From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!sislnews.csc.ti.com!usenet From: craigs@ti.com (Craig S. Young) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HamCom '96 Speaker's Forums Date: 8 Jan 1996 15:42:51 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4cre1r$eiv@superb.csc.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s1263188.dseg.ti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 The HamCom '96 amateur radio convention is expanding its focus this year, with a theme of "Computers, Satellites, and Microwaves in Today's Amateur Radio" and is looking for speakers who can address these topics. Of particular interest are programs which bridge these topics (High speed packet on the microwave bands, packet operation via satellite, etc.). Speaker sessions are typically 20 to 30 minutes in length. HamCom ‘96 runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 7 - 9, with speaker’s forums all day Saturday and morning on Sunday. If you are interested in speaking at HamCom ‘96, or have suggestions for speakers, please contact me at email address craigs@ti.com, or via phone at (214) 952-4616. Craig S. Young, KA5BOU -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig S. Young "I speak only for me, not TI" Texas Instruments Incorporated 2501 W. University, MS 8041 email: craigs@ti.com McKinney, TX 75070 phone: (214) 952-4616 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet7.buffnet.net!gene From: gene@buffnet.net (Eugene F. Kremzier) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HELP APRS + PK232 Date: 6 Jan 1996 20:43:20 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 1 Message-ID: <4cmmta$5ui@buffnet2.buffnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet7.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!coconut!aloha.com!spinbird From: Spinbird Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Hobby URLS Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 10:44:13 -1000 Organization: FlexNet Inc, HAWAII Lines: 9 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: mango.aloha.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi! Is anyone finding and keeping a list of Hobby related URLS (websites)? If you are, please publish them here or e-mail to me. Much thanks! spinbird@aloha.com KE6DJH <>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--- From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!daily-planet.execpc.com!usenet From: JP Taylor Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: IRCs Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:19:59 -0800 Organization: Exec-PC BBS - Milwaukee, WI Lines: 7 Message-ID: <30EF822F.6855@execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: saintbernard.execpc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4a (Win16; I) A while ago, someone mentioned that, at times, IRCs are available from some QSL managers at a discount. I would appreciate any information as to who may have some available. Thanks, Jim Taylor, K9JT jptaylor@execpc.com From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!gatech!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Chris Boone <72732.2610@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Is ACC (Advanced Computer Controls) still around? Date: 6 Jan 1996 01:30:18 GMT Organization: ENTERGY/Gulf States Utilities Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4ckjba$p9n$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: <4ch2rb$b0s@tbd120.tbd.ford.com> ACC sold out as of July 25 1995 to LinkCom....they were basically closed anyway for months before that... I have a RC850 with V3.8 in it.....the software can be obtained free at LinkCom's FTP site (ftp.netins.net in directory showcase/linkcomm/acc). I have docs on 3.5 to 3.8 changes if you need them...I dont think LinkCom got copies of the manuals.. btw LinkCom is on the Net......you can drop them a line here and Steve or Alan will be happy to help as much as they can.. Linkcomm@netins.net is their address I currently own RC850 sn363, two SM100 Shackmasters, and a ITC32 and two RLC 3s from Linkcomm.... I dont think there was an update for the DVR... 73 Chris -- Senior Telecommunications Technician 72732.2610@CompuServe.com ENTERGY/Gulf States Utilities 1:106/4267 FIDOnet WB5ITT - Advanced Class BBS- 409-447-4267 (WBBS) PG-9-5322 FCC Commercial 409-525-2001 PhoneMail 24hr From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!ntpcug.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: tom.blackwell@ntpcug.org Message-ID: <19960107.n2e2@ntpcug.org> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 96 01:44:00 -0600 Subject: Re: Is ACC (Advanced Computer Controls) still around? References: <4ch2rb$b0s@tbd120.tbd.ford.com> <4ckjba$p9n$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Organization: North Texas PC User's Group X-Newsreader: TPCB 0.8 21100010 Lines: 18 ========================================================================== Ed Ingber, former owner of ACC, is available on the Internet and has been answering questions from his former customers. This is likely the best mechanism for technical information... If I had his address handy, I would post it now. Link Com purchased the existing inventory of ACC; some items they have, and some they don't. This will present some challenges for us over time, particularly when we experience lightning damage. Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, N5GAR, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225 tom.blackwell@ntpcug.org ARRL SGL-North Texas The NTPCUG's TI PRO BBS lives at (214) 361-5275 --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ Where a Mc is a stereo, not a computer. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 6 Jan 1996 18:17:57 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cmecm$lj@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4ch721$nn8@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan39.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > > > Do you live in the immediate vicinity of this station? If do, do a > little DF'ing. A pin in the coax can work wonders. > > -Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM > here we gp again. Hey drew?? is there ahything you can suggest besides somet hing that is illegal?? how would you feel if someone, like chris, came down and pinned your CB coax?? then you wouldn't be able to work your illegal CB DX on 5 watts with a 102" steel whip? get a grip, suggest useful stuff From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 7 Jan 1996 15:08:15 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4conkv$56c@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4cnpv2$13km@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan54.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > And what would you suggest? "Call the FCC?" Yeah, right! A lot of good > that's going to do. If you're lucky, he might get a "please discontinue > your apparent illegal activity" form letter like they send out to 1KW > CB'ers these days. He asked for a solution to his problem and I provided > one. If you'd rather play footsie with the guy by "asking him nicely" > and waste time with the FCC, go ahead. A carefully-placed pin in the > coax will solve the problem...inexpensively and immediately. > > -Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM > Be my guest..just let me know where to send flowers and donations after you've been shot for trespassing. Obviously this sort of thing is what y'all do down there...BTW do you also go cow tipping??? i got to party with you guys steve From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 7 Jan 1996 15:53:06 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 43 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4coq92$f40@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4cnpv2$13km@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4conkv$56c@jupiter.planet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) wrote: > >> VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > >> And what would you suggest? "Call the FCC?" Yeah, right! A lot of good >> that's going to do. If you're lucky, he might get a "please discontinue >> your apparent illegal activity" form letter like they send out to 1KW >> CB'ers these days. He asked for a solution to his problem and I provided >> one. If you'd rather play footsie with the guy by "asking him nicely" >> and waste time with the FCC, go ahead. A carefully-placed pin in the >> coax will solve the problem...inexpensively and immediately. >> >> -Drew in Charlotte- >> KF4DDM >> > > >Be my guest..just let me know where to send flowers and donations after you've been shot for trespassing. Oh yeah...I forgot to add the (obvious) disclaimer: DON'T GET CAUGHT! If you're stupid enough to get caught, you deserve whatever punishment you may receive. >Obviously this sort of thing is what y'all do down there...BTW do you also go cow tipping??? No. They don't do that down here. But they did when I lived in Iowa. I have some friends up there who would love to teach you. They also like to drive around in the beds of pickup trucks, drink beer, and throw the bottles at road signs ("sign targets") Interested? -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.socketis.net!usenet From: albraun@socketis.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 7 Jan 1996 21:02:56 GMT Organization: SOCKET Internet Services INN site Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4cpce0$3l@news.socketis.net> References: <4ch721$nn8@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4cmecm$lj@jupiter.planet.net> Reply-To: albraun@socketis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: op015.socketis.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4cmecm$lj@jupiter.planet.net>, adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing , NJ writes: >> VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > >> >> >> Do you live in the immediate vicinity of this station? If do, do a >> little DF'ing. A pin in the coax can work wonders. >> >> -Drew in Charlotte- >> KF4DDM >> >here we gp again. Hey drew?? is there ahything you can suggest besides some thing that is illegal?? how would >you feel if someone, like chris, came down and pinned your CB coax?? then yo u wouldn't be able to work your >illegal CB DX on 5 watts with a 102" steel whip? > >get a grip, suggest useful stuff > Agreed, especially since K1MAN has previously demonstrated a tendency to sue anyone who makes comments or does things even remotely threatening to him or his activities. 73 - Alan Braun NS0B From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news.microsoft.com!news From: danialaa@microsoft.com (KB7ZHA) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: KPC Command set Date: 5 Jan 1996 01:58:03 GMT Organization: . Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4ci0jb$qnb@news.microsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 157.57.12.223 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 Does anyone have a sofy copy of the Kantronics KPC series command set? By this I mean a text file or Word document... Email to danialaa@microsoft.com thanks, Dan KB7ZHA From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!night.primate.wisc.edu!news.crd.ge.com!usenet From: sutliff@crd.ge.com (John A. Sutliff) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Like your comments on "Code Quick" CW Training program Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 14:16:04 GMT Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4cr8t7$hfh@rdsunx.crd.ge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: backscatter.crd.ge.com Please let me know what you think of the Code Quick CW training program. thanks and 73 KB2WFW John Sutliff From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.magicnet.net!news.supernet.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!newsserv.grfn.org!pm088-01.dialip.mich.net!user From: matt@grfn.org (Matt Overholt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Mac Packet Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 18:25:23 -0500 Organization: Grand Rapids Free-Net Lines: 10 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm088-01.dialip.mich.net I was wondering if anyone has any experience in packet radio with the macintosh, and can lead me into the right direction for such things and packet modems and software. Thanks, Matt Overholt KC8BMI -- Matt Overholt From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:42:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!bab00110.slip.digex.net!user From: cps@access.digex.net (Chris Smolinski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Macintosh Radio Control Beta Testers wanted Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 13:19:40 -0500 Organization: Smolinski Scientific Systems, Inc. Lines: 32 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bab00110.slip.digex.net X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.1 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96582 rec.radio.shortwave:68514 Beta Testers for Macintosh Radio Control Software for Yaesu and Kenwood radios are wanted. You must have a Macintosh (color display required) and a radio with the necessary computer interface, and be willing to test many versions of the software. (I don't have either of these radios, so I am unable to test it out myself) What will you get out of it? Well, besides the satisfaction of helping debug some shareware Macintosh software, you'll get a free registered copy of the final version, and the ability to provide input to the design, which means the software will have the features you're interested in. I will also be looking for Beta Testers for Lowe, Drake, Japan Radio, and AOR radios in the future, as soon as I obtain the protocol information and modify the software to support those rigs. If anyone has copies of the protocols for these radios, I'd appreciate getting a copy, or finding out where I can get the information (is it online?) Thanks, Chris N3JLY -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Check out my WWW page at http://www.access.digex.net/~cps/ for scientific | |software for the Mac, Free Radio, Shortwave Radio, and Spy Numbers Stations | |information. | |Finger me (cps@access.digex.net) for my PGP Public Key | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: Jack Satterfield Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: MARS info Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 18:33:33 -0800 Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 9 Message-ID: <30F3257D.3CEF@ebpa.com.sg> References: <4bko8u$kki@news.socketis.net> <4blag5$cqg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4cg45m$1j32@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <4ckok5$1un2@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dd66-135.compuserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win16; I) Can anyone advise if they know of a way to send a email to a MARS station for packet delivery to a final MARS destination? Or, any other way to send a email that would ultimately be delivered by a specific MARS location. Tnx Jack WA4GRJ satterfield@ebpa.com.sg From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!istar.net!infoshare!passport.ca!grumpy.insinc.net!sunserver.Generation.NET!usenet From: hamibj@generation.net (Philippe, VE2IBJ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Message pour VE2DBM Date: 6 Jan 1996 15:01:32 GMT Organization: generation.net (Montréal) Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4cm2sc$nf1@sunserver.Generation.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: porta05.generation.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Salut Boul, tu m'enverras tes messages dans le newsgroup mtl.test n'oublie pas rpondre a tous pour me confirmer la reception 73 -- Philippe Maynard (hamibj@generation.net) Beloeil, Qc CANADA Indicatif Radio Amateur: VE2IBJ From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.coast.net!torn!granite.sentex.net!usenet From: lazeraud@sentex.net (Tedd Doda) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: mods for alinco 6 mtr???? Date: 6 Jan 1996 13:21:46 GMT Organization: Lazer Audio and Electronics Lines: 76 Message-ID: <4clt1a$kqa@granite.sentex.net> References: <4ce2ir$fmi@news.pacifier.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p25.silicon.sentex.ca X-Newsreader: NetSuite News for OS/2 [version: 4.0] In message <4ce2ir$fmi@news.pacifier.com> - narc@pacifier.com () writes: :> :>HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! :>I have been looking for mods on the alinco 6mtr mobile for 6 months now. :>anybody have them. :>thanks :>jeff :> Hi Jeff. This was taken from the nasa site: Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk (Mike Gathergood) Subject: Re: Mods for Alinco DRM06? References: <3k0qur$pth@acmex.gatech.edu> Organization: CQ-BBS +44 1753 595468 Reply-To: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 Lines: 42 X-Posting-Host: g4kfk.demon.co.uk Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 15:24:49 +0000 Message-ID: <795194689snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Hi William, > Anyone have any information on the new Alinco DRM06 6 meter radio. I have one of those here. The bands a bit quiet over here, and as you might have seen in uk.radio.amateur there is a very heated debate over the proposed repeater network on 51 MHz. > According to a very informed source there is a mod, but this person would > not tell me what it is. I would like to know the frequency range transmit > and receive. To any Net Police out there warming up your flamers. I might > need a signal genarator and want the radio to do double duty. E-mail me if > you like. Simple trick to extend receive range to 40.00 - 59.99 MHz: 1/ Power the radio off 2/ Power on whilst holding in the CALL / CH. SP. button That's it! To go back to 50.00 - 53.99 just repeat the above steps. I have done this to my DRM06 and can confirm it works. There's a hardware mod for extended transmit/receive. I have NOT done this, but have been assured by the Technical Editor of a respected UK ham radio magazine that it's ok. The coverage will become 40.000 to 72+ MHz, though I understand that the power falls off at the top end, and the receiver performance is lousy on the (UK only) 70.000 to 70.500 (4m) ham band: 1/ Remove the front panel (I know that's easier said than done. That's why I haven't tried it yet!) 2/ Locate a pair of solder blobs on the pcb directly behind the display and short them together. 3/ Re-assemble (again, easier said than done). Hope this helps. 73 Mike G4KFK The CQ Centre BBS Node 1 - 44 1753 595468 Node 2 - 44 1753 593524 Hope this helps. I'll try this mod next time I can get the radio out of my wifes car (or should I say, next time I *GET* my wifes car, hi!) Best 73 Tedd From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: dxtreme@ix.netcom.com(Bob Raymond ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: New Address for DXtreme Home Page Date: 7 Jan 1996 05:07:10 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4cnkdu$a4g@cloner3.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-08.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 06 9:07:19 PM PST 1996 New Address for the DXtreme Home Page The DXtreme Home Page has the following new address: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1702/ A freeware, Demo version of the DXtreme Amateur Radio Station Log System(tm) is available from the DXtreme Home Page. DXtreme(tm) lets you enter your contacts and track the DXCC performance of your station. 73, Bob Raymond, NE1I dxtreme@ix.netcom.com From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:06 1996 Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.ufl.edu!zeno.fit.edu!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Subject: Re: New Plastic IMPERVIOUS to LASERS? Message-ID: Sender: news@zeno.fit.edu (USENET NEWS SYSTEM) Nntp-Posting-Host: netport-71.iu.net Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 References: Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 04:54:43 GMT Lines: 14 Xref: news.epix.net alt.conspiracy:72606 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96554 In , feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes: >Netcom crashed yesterday and I lost files. One of the files >was a report on a new plastic developed in England that has >unprecedented ability to resist lasers and other radiation. >(i.e. real suitable for protecting satellites, missiles, etc. >from high energy attack.) sounds like a mirror to me...or a solar cell. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:07 1996 Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!feustel From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) Subject: Re: New Plastic IMPERVIOUS to LASERS? Message-ID: Followup-To: alt.conspiracy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Organization: DAFCO X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:47:28 GMT Lines: 52 Sender: feustel@netcom18.netcom.com Xref: news.epix.net alt.conspiracy:72728 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96584 Here is the original article I was looking for: ------------------------------------------------ MAURICE WARD AND THE PLASTIC THAT CAN RESIST A NUCLEAR BLAST by David Levenson [IMAGE] Maurice Ward of London, England, who was once a hairdresser, has been a recycler of plastics for several years. He has invented a plastic that can resist the heat of a nuclear blast. He calls the plastic "Starlite". It is as stiff as rubber sheeting and is waxy to the touch. [IMAGE] Starlite has been tested by shooting it with laser beams with enough energy to produce spot temperatures of over 10,000C. Scientists say that nothing should slough off that much energy. The hardiest metals vaporize above 2,000C. Scientists were amazed when a major British industrial lab couldn't damage Starlite with a plasma torch. The same torch can cut through 18 inches of steel. Scientists are impressed with Ward's invention. No one knows the secret to this plastic except a few of Ward's family members. It is speculated that the plastic contains silicon carbide which is an excellent heat conductor. It is conceivable, scientists say, that someone could create something like this in their home just by combining various non-polymeric materials with flame-retarding chemicals and existing plastics. Starlite could possibly be used to protect spy satellites from laser weapon or the shields on tanks that could fend off the heat of a nuclear blast. Starlite is also being test for use as a shield on ballistic missiles to prevent overheating when reentering the atmosphere. _________________________________________________________________ [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [Previous|Black Star Home Page|Photo Resources|Next] _________________________________________________________________ Copyright 1995 Black Star Publishing Co., Inc. All photographs are the property of the photographers and the text/html files are the property of Black Star. The photographs and texts are protected under United States and international copyright laws and may not be reproduced, stored, manipulated, and/or digitized without the written permission of Black Star. Last Modified June 13, 1995 -- feustel@netcom.com *** Web Page Access now FIXED *** Dave Feustel N9MYI For PGP Public Key, finger feustel@netcom.com Fort Wayne, IN Or else access http://www.mixi.net/~feustel/ 219-483-1857 From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!rodent.ecn.uoknor.edu!major From: major@rodent.ecn.uoknor.edu (Dan Major) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Plastic IMPERVIOUS to LASERS? Date: 8 Jan 1996 03:47:09 GMT Organization: rodents and vermin anonymous Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4cq43t$3n4@norm.uoknor.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rodent.ecn.uoknor.edu Xref: news.epix.net alt.conspiracy:72789 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96605 In article , David Feustel wrote: >Here is the original article I was looking for: >------------------------------------------------ >MAURICE WARD AND THE PLASTIC THAT CAN RESIST A NUCLEAR BLAST > >by David Levenson > >[IMAGE] Maurice Ward of London, England, who was once a hairdresser, >has been a recycler of plastics for several years. He has invented a >plastic that can resist the heat of a nuclear blast. He calls the >plastic "Starlite". It is as stiff as rubber sheeting and is waxy to >the touch. > >[IMAGE] Starlite has been tested by shooting it with laser beams with >enough energy to produce spot temperatures of over 10,000C. Scientists >say that nothing should slough off that much energy. The hardiest >metals vaporize above 2,000C. Scientists were amazed when a major >British industrial lab couldn't damage Starlite with a plasma torch. >The same torch can cut through 18 inches of steel. > >Scientists are impressed with Ward's invention. No one knows the >secret to this plastic except a few of Ward's family members. It is >speculated that the plastic contains silicon carbide which is an >excellent heat conductor. It is conceivable, scientists say, that >someone could create something like this in their home just by >combining various non-polymeric materials with flame-retarding >chemicals and existing plastics. > Well, my reaction is: if it don't melt, how can you mould it? If it is the toughest stuff ever made, how do you cut it? If it's an acid so strong it will eat through anything, what do you keep it in? I think the key is probably the heat dissipation. Ever try to melt a penny with a torch? It's very difficult because the copper can dissapate the heat so well. Copper blocks are also notoriously difficult to weld/solder to. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:11 1996 Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!ncrgw2.ncr.com!ncrhub6!daynews!corsair!news From: Anonymous Subject: Re: New Plastic IMPERVIOUS to LASERS? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 149.25.226.24 Message-ID: Sender: news@corsair.daytonoh.attgis.com (News administrative Login) Organization: Anonymous References: Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 20:10:49 GMT Lines: 58 Xref: news.epix.net alt.conspiracy:72881 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96624 >==========David Feustel, 1/7/96========== > >Here is the original article I was looking for: >------------------------------------------------ >MAURICE WARD AND THE PLASTIC THAT CAN RESIST A NUCLEAR BLAST > >by David Levenson > >[IMAGE] Maurice Ward of London, England, who was once a hairdresser, >has been a recycler of plastics for several years. He has invented a >plastic that can resist the heat of a nuclear blast. He calls the >plastic "Starlite". It is as stiff as rubber sheeting and is waxy to >the touch. > >[IMAGE] Starlite has been tested by shooting it with laser beams with >enough energy to produce spot temperatures of over 10,000C. Scientists >say that nothing should slough off that much energy. The hardiest >metals vaporize above 2,000C. Scientists were amazed when a major >British industrial lab couldn't damage Starlite with a plasma torch. >The same torch can cut through 18 inches of steel. > >Scientists are impressed with Ward's invention. No one knows the >secret to this plastic except a few of Ward's family members. It is >speculated that the plastic contains silicon carbide which is an >excellent heat conductor. It is conceivable, scientists say, that >someone could create something like this in their home just by >combining various non-polymeric materials with flame-retarding >chemicals and existing plastics. > >Starlite could possibly be used to protect spy satellites from laser >weapon or the shields on tanks that could fend off the heat of a >nuclear blast. Starlite is also being test for use as a shield on >ballistic missiles to prevent overheating when reentering the >atmosphere. > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >[IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] >[Previous|Black Star Home Page|Photo Resources|Next] >_________________________________________________________________ > >Copyright 1995 Black Star Publishing Co., Inc. All photographs are the >property of the photographers and the text/html files are the property >of Black Star. The photographs and texts are protected under United >States and international copyright laws and may not be reproduced, >stored, manipulated, and/or digitized without the written permission >of Black Star. >Last Modified June 13, 1995 >-- >feustel@netcom.com *** Web Page Access now FIXED *** >Dave Feustel N9MYI For PGP Public Key, finger feustel@netcom.com >Fort Wayne, IN Or else access http://www.mixi.net/~feustel/ >219-483-1857 who needs a new plastic? haven't you seen that car wax commercial that protects against lasers? From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nuhou.aloha.net!newshub.cts.com!news1.crl.com!nntp.crl.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.earthlink.net!pool062.max18.los-angeles.ca.dynip.alter.net!user From: email@domain.com (Your Name) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Plastic IMPERVIOUS to LASERS? Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 18:35:23 -0800 Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pool062.max18.los-angeles.ca.dynip.alter.net Xref: news.epix.net alt.conspiracy:72938 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96643 In article , wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) wrote: ! In , feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes : ! >Netcom crashed yesterday and I lost files. One of the files ! >was a report on a new plastic developed in England that has ! >unprecedented ability to resist lasers and other radiation. ! >(i.e. real suitable for protecting satellites, missiles, etc. ! >from high energy attack.) ! ! sounds like a mirror to me...or a solar cell. ! ! Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group ! Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio ! Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: ! Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. I actually saw this on television about 6 months ago. The guy demonstrated the heat resistance of the plastic live on TV. Sorry I can't remember the program or network that carried it. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!msunews!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!news From: b w edginton Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 9 Jan 1996 07:45:46 GMT Organization: University of Queensland Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4ct6fa$b7c@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup7.om.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96654 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32454 rec.radio.cb:25479 rec.radio.scanner:43411 vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) wrote: > > > 10-4 ?? > God...I wish I had said that. Brian From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: gjdtb@ix.netcom.com(JERRY DERMODY ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: old science teacher Date: 8 Jan 1996 01:21:24 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4cprik$gi2@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-bst-ma4-16.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Jan 07 5:21:24 PM PST 1996 does anyone know of or the wherabout of K1CZQ? he was my teacher when i was in school many years ago. we use to talk 2 meters from the top of mountains in new hampshire. please respond to e-mail gjdtb@ix.netcom.com From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.datasync.com!news From: "G.D.Fender" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Power for Heathkit HA-14 linear? Date: 6 Jan 1996 16:52:44 GMT Organization: Eureka Labs Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4cm9cs$8f0@osh2.datasync.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: os-ppp8.datasync.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Does anyone know the power supply voltages for the Heathkit HA-14 H.F. Linear? I am particularily interested in the bias supply voltage. Please send e-mail to eureka@datasync.com Thanks, W6SZX Gary From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.euro.net!usenet From: "A.J.R. Toonstra" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Computer Interface Protocols Wanted Date: 8 Jan 1996 16:36:56 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4crh78$ffp@news.euro.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p023.mas.euronet.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12(Macintosh; I; PPC) X-URL: news:cps-0701961321190001@bab00110.slip.digex.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96632 rec.radio.shortwave:68575 cps@access.digex.net (Chris Smolinski) wrote: >I am looking for information about the protocols used by Lowe, Drake, >Japan Radio, and AOR radios for their computer interfaces. I plan on >modifying the shareware Macintosh radio interface software I already have >for Icom rigs. (Kenwood and Yaesu versions are already under development) > Chris, Try this URL (http://www.demon.co.uk:80/javiation/ar8000.html) Good luck Ardon. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: socci@bns101.bng.ge.COM (Vincent Socci ph2828) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: radio humor Date: 8 Jan 96 17:09:02 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 60 Message-ID: <9601081709.AA05706@bns101.bng.ge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu Not necessarily ham-related, but interesting nonetheless. An oldy, but a goody. (No verification of source) From: Frank_Zardezed_at_MI-Devel@mapinfo.com Date: Mon, 08 Jan 96 10:47:14 EST Encoding: 33 Text, 37 uuencode, 32 Text Message-Id: <9600088211.AA821125912@smtpgate.mapinfo.com> To: yule@bng.ge.com Subject: FW: Joke of the Day!: navigating by net? ====================================================================== Actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations, 10-10-95. ====================================================================== Voice #1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision. Voice #2: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision. Voice #1: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course. Voice #2: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course. Voice #1. THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW! Voice #2. This is a lighthouse. Your call. ____________________________________________________________________ / Vince Socci / Lockheed Martin Control Systems /| /==============================/====================================/ / / 600 Main Street / Systems Engineer / / / Johnson City, New York / Advanced Controls Engineering / / / 13790-1888 / Email: socci@bns101.bng.ge.com / / / / Callsign: KB2UXU / / / Tel (607) 770-2828 / Marcall Tel: 8*255-2828 / / / Fax (607) 770-2213 / Marcall Fax: 8*255-2213 / / /______________________________/____________________________________/ / |_____________________________/\____________________________________|/ __ __ ________ \ \ / / / ____ / \ \ / / / / /_/ \ \ / / / / \ \/ / \ \ \ / \ \ \/ \ \ /\ / / \ \ / / \ \/ / \ / \/ From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!micro.internexus.net!arther.castle.net!news.netrail.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!istar.net!infoshare!passport.ca!grumpy.insinc.net!sunserver.Generation.NET!usenet From: hamibj@generation.net (Dany Bouchard) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Salut Phil Date: 6 Jan 1996 12:35:27 GMT Organization: génération.NET Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4clqaf$e6n@sunserver.Generation.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: portb16.generation.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Salut Philippe, mes messages ont pas l'air a se rendre, je sais pas ce qui cloche, tu me répondras si tu en recois. Salut, VE2DBM From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur Subject: So Silly: Vancouver newspaper blames Ham Radio Ops for Police Jamming Date: 9 Jan 1996 12:45:49 GMT Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cto1t$nso@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: s201.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) That is so silly, no ham would ever interfere with anybody with something hams have no interest in. -- .-. .-. / \ .-. .-. / \ / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ /--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / `-' `-' From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!news.eunet.cz!vse470.vse.cz!manes.vse.cz!xrysf03 From: Frantisek Rysanek Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Soundcard spectrum analyzer software? Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 11:17:15 +0100 Organization: Prague University of Economics Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <4cee4e$lf9@netnews.upenn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: manes.vse.cz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4cee4e$lf9@netnews.upenn.edu> Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96609 sci.electronics:164993 > > Somewhere I remember seeing software that lets you use a PC soundcard, like > a SoundBlaster, as an AF spectrum analyzer. I'm not sure if it required > you to have your own noise generator, or if it generated noise or had > a tracking generator simulator built in or what. Anyone know anything > about it? Anyone have it? Does it work well? How does it work? > I was using a modplayer called Visual Player by a Spanish guy whose name I don't remember some time ago. It was running completely in VGA graphics and was controlled by a mouse. It could only play 4-channel MODs unfortunately. The point is, that the registered version included so called ADC mode, which allowed the spectrum analyzer to be used on about any input signal. The only trouble was, that you couldn't set the sampling rate (I've got a SB16), which was preset at an unknown value. As far as I know, there are no further versions available. I also remember noticing several files in MS-DOS/sound part of SIMTEL archive, that claimed to contain spectrum analyzers for SB/PAS soundcards. Check out your favourite mirror. Some useful info might also reside somewhere on x2ftp.oulu.fi , probably in the /pub/msdos/programming/ directory. Hope this helps. Frank BTW.: Has anyone come across audio signal equalization algorithms? I mean I'm just a rookie interested in how it works, I have some general ideas. I'm not interested in buying books. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!usenet From: jackwy@clark.net (John Frank) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Soundcard spectrum analyzer software? Date: 9 Jan 1996 22:36:25 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4cuql9$q89@clarknet.clark.net> References: <4cee4e$lf9@netnews.upenn.edu> <197cc$9b33.e0@mediasoft.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: jackwy.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.11 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96668 sci.electronics:165094 In article <197cc$9b33.e0@mediasoft.net>, Lanier.r.a@nort.bwi.wec.com says... > >>Somewhere I remember seeing software that lets you use a PC soundcard, like >>a SoundBlaster, as an AF spectrum analyzer. I'm not sure if it required >>you to have your own noise generator, or if it generated noise or had >>a tracking generator simulator built in or what. Anyone know anything >>about it? Anyone have it? Does it work well? How does it work? > >>Please respond by email. Thanks. > >> --- Jeff >>-- >>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=- >> Jeff DePolo WN3A Twisted Pair: H:610-337-7383 W:215-387-3059 x300 >> depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu RF: 442.1 442.2 442.4 443.45 443.8 444.15 linked >> Claim to Fame: I got the first speeding ticket on the information superhighway One source is Pioneer Hill Software, 24460 Mason Rd., Poulsbo, WA 98370, 206-697-3472. They have two version of their software called Spectra and Spectra Plus. I uses Windows 3.1 and any sound board that is windows compatible. It is a single channel analyzer. Have the Spectrum Plus and it works very well. Jack WB3ICL jackwy@clark.net From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.ids.net!pslip016.ksc-fl.ids.net!kc4yer From: Philip Chien Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.digital.misc,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: SPRE Pre-Launch Orbital Elements Date: 6 Jan 1996 03:31:04 GMT Organization: Earth News Lines: 42 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ckqdo$62u@paperboy.ids.net> References: <4ccclq$a1e@hertz.isr.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pslip016.ksc-fl.ids.net X-Newsreader: Nuntius Version 1.2 X-XXMessage-ID: X-XXDate: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 02:31:03 GMT Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.space:6084 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96519 sci.space.shuttle:39468 In article <4ccclq$a1e@hertz.isr.umd.edu> Thomas Grant Edwards, tedwards@Glue.umd.edu writes: > >The preliminary orbital elements below may be used to simulate or predict >when SPRE will pass over your location. It can be loaded into most any >satellite tracking program. For best results, be sure your simulations >use the dates and time listed in the Mission Summary above. > >Note: These preliminary elements are for Spartan Spacecraft only, not > the shuttle. They are subject to change. > >SPRE-00 >1 40000U SPRE-00 96014.48984950 .00001770 00000-0 00000-0 0 11 >2 40000 28.4779 71.7928 0011310 189.8166 358.1771 15.85695266 18 Be extremely cautious before making firm plans with these preliminary elements. A reliable source has told me that the Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU) has had some problems, so the shuttle will almost certainly have to use a different rendezvous profile to reach SFU. This will certainly require more propellant. And the OAST-FLYER's flight plan will probably change. It may be as simple as a higher orbit, but probably will involve some shifting of the orbital plane for the freeflight period. Preliminary elements are excellent for calculating the lengths of passes, look angles, and to a lesser degree adequate for calculating sun angles and lighting conditions. But always rely on the true post-launch keps whenever possible. (I did run the above keps, and it turns out I've got nine excellent passes for the predicted time. But all in the middle of the night. Now if I can only delay the mission long enough for SFU's orbit to precess in to daylight passes ....) Philip Chien, Earth News - space writer and consultant PCHIEN@IDS.NET __ __^__ __________ | \ +---/ \---+ (========= |____\___________ +---\_____/---+ // >____)| | \__ \ \______//___ >/ |________| \ [ _____\ >|____________________\ \_______/ Roger, go at throttle up CHR$(32) the final frontier From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.one.net!news From: Jim Nance Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: super morse 404 Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 11:19:16 -0500 Organization: OneNet Communications (one.net) Lines: 17 Message-ID: <30EEA104.2D98@mail.one.net> References: <4chgkv$1nb@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <30ECDD6D.6939@mail.one.net> <4cjjdp$hpk@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: port-5-24.access.one.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) Jack Yazel wrote: > > : For many months now I see many posts referring to SM 4.10 and SM 4.15 is > : mentioned here. I don't know the current version but as info, I > : downloaded SM 4.16 about a year ago. > > : KE4WY > > Where did you get it? > > W8RAG Jack I knew someone was going to ask me that. Honestly I can't remember. I thought it was AOL. KE4WY From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.continuum.net!usenet From: "Christopher A. Bowne" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Suscribing to Boatanchors Mail Reflector Date: 6 Jan 1996 06:15:25 GMT Organization: Continuum Communications Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4cl41t$qvp@news.continuum.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cd-15.continuum.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 32bit) I have not been sucessful (so far as I can tell) in actually suscribing to the boatanchors mail reflector. While I have sucessfully received the FAQ, welcome, and help lists, suscribing using the message "suscribe boatanchors name" format specified in the help list has not produced anything. When I tried to set the digest mode, "set boatanchors digest" message, I got an error message saying that I wasn't suscribed. Anyone have any idea as to what, if anything, I am doing wrong? The welcome message implies that "voluntary" contributions are required "to ensure continued receipt" of the list. Is a contribution a prerequisite for suscribtion to the list? 73, Chris, AJ1G Stonington, CT radiobwn@q.continuum.net From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!merlion.singnet.com.sg!lantana.singnet.com.sg!rescue From: rescue@merlion.singnet.com.sg (Rescue International) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Temp Licence in Taiwan ? Date: 6 Jan 1996 08:35:50 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4clc96$7b5@lantana.singnet.com.sg> NNTP-Posting-Host: merlion.singnet.com.sg X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Does anyone here know if foreign licenced ham (eg. I'm a 9V) are allowed short period licence in Taiwan, ROC ? I'm interested to operate there for a few weeks sometime in June this year. Perhaps some of you chaps have done this before. - Chew / 9V1YP NNNN From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: The makeup of hams. Date: 7 Jan 1996 15:42:00 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4copk8$ev6@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <960105100024380@digcir.cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s202.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) ej.johnson@digcir.cts.com (Ej Johnson) wrote: > >Good comments! I could'nt agree more! if we ignore them they will go >away...just like all jammers. It takes guts to ignore somthing that angers you. And we all know how much guts hams have. #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!winternet.com!alpha.sky.net!ip180 From: gvince@sky.net (Greg Vincent) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: This news group Date: Sun, 07 Jan 96 18:36:26 GMT Organization: SkyNET Online Lines: 1 Message-ID: <4cp756$a49@alpha.sky.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip180.sky.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Looks like Fido Net trash not internet... Just a bunch of bickering. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hookup!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: This Week in Amateur Radio #145 (for air through 1/12/96) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 96 23:43:14 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 46 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com Here is a summary of news items covered on edition #145 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered audio bulletin service, for the week ending 12-Jan: - 1. DOVE OSCAR 17 Satellite Fails Again, Problem May Be On-Board 2. WD4ASW KO-23 Satellite Gateway Node Back in Operation 3. License Applications Pile Up as Shutdown Keeps FCC Closed 4. Congress Reaches Agreement on Telecommunications Law Reform 5. Apple Experiences License Renewal Problems - with Microsoft 6. Well Known Australian RTTY DXer Succumbs to a Heart Attack 7. Upcoming Special Event Stations with George Bowen, N2LQS 8. "The RAIN Dial-up" from Chicago 9. Kansas City Broadcasters Test New Emergency Alerting System 10. "This Week" Moves to Telesat Canada Anik E2 Later This Month 11. Weekly Propagation Forecast 12. New DX Program to be Carried by Shortwave Station 13. "Amateur Radio Newsline" - Edition #960 from Los Angeles 14. "Gateway 160 Meter Net Report" with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR - "This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur voice bulletin service, produced by Community Video Associates, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation based in Albany, NY. The program is heard each Saturday at 8:00 PM (EST) and carried on VHF/UHF repeaters throughout North America and on 160 meters at 1860 kHz. Contact your local amateur radio club or repeater operator if "This Week in Amateur Radio" is not being heard in your area. - Here in the Capital District, "This Week in Amateur Radio" is heard on our "flagship" repeater, WA2OQE/R in Troy, on 145.33 MHz, courtesy of the Niagara-Mohawk Amateur Radio Club. The program is repeated Mondays at 8:00 PM. - Due to the loss of satellite facilities, the service is being carried exclusively on 160 meters and on the local 145.33 repeater. The "Tech Talk Network" awaits the signing of a contract with the new satellite uplink carrier. "This Week in Amateur Radio" should return to satellite air later this month. Details will be posted as conditions warrant. All affiliates are requested to contact the producers for further information. - Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by donations from repeater operators, amateur radio clubs, and individuals. Further information is available from George Bowen, N2LQS, at 518/283-3665 (e-mail kxkvi@delphi.com) or Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB, at 518/664-6809 (e-mail sanderman@delphi.com). You may also reach them @ WA2UMX.FN32AW.ENY.NY.USA.NA via amateur packet. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!quagga.ru.ac.za!uct.ac.za!ucthpx!uct.ac.za!iafrica.com!ticsa.com!cstatd.cstat.co.za!usenet From: Sean McDonald Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: TimeWave DSP - 599ZX or MFJ-784B DSP Date: 5 Jan 1996 22:27:17 GMT Organization: Internet Africa Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4ck8k5$dv@grovel.iafrica.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slipper101135.iafrica.com Hi. I am interested in the above DSP units for an addition to my ham shack. I would be interested in hearing from anyone with experience in using any one of the above units, or anyone who has compared the two units, or has information on them, which one is recommended. Thanks Sean McDonald ZS5TM email: seanmcd@iaccess.za From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: dsnider@access.digex.net (Don Snider) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: TimeWave DSP - 599ZX or MFJ-784B DSP Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 00:27:17 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 13 Message-ID: <30edc1b5.3018449@newsreader.digex.net> References: <4ck8k5$dv@grovel.iafrica.com> Reply-To: dsnider@access.digex.net NNTP-Posting-Host: dsnider.digex.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.168 Sean McDonald wrote: >Hi. >I am interested in the above DSP units for an addition to >my ham shack. I would be interested in hearing from anyone >with experience in using any one of the above units, or >anyone who has compared the two units, or has information on >them, which one is recommended. > I've had a 599zx on order for months and still haven't seen one. Timewave reports that it will be available this month. Don From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.unicomp.net!usenet From: jdeloach@unicomp.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: TNC EPROM needed Date: 6 Jan 1996 14:16:56 GMT Organization: UniComp Technologies International Corp -- Internet Service Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4cm08o$ck8@news.unicomp.net> References: <4ci0i9$qnb@news.microsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: unicomp44.unicomp.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > danialaa@microsoft.com (KB7ZHA) writes: > I just picked up a Kantronics KPC-1 TNC but is only has ver 2.83. I need > version 3.0 or better. I would like to get a soft copy of the the EPROM > and then just burn my own. Email info to danialaa@Microsoft.com > > Thanks in advance... > > Dan > KB7ZHA > > >>>> Why don't you jus call Kantronics and buy one? Probably about $30. I think that would be better than copying the software and definitely more eth ical. Just my 2 cents. Regards, James (jdeloach@unicomp.net)  From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Top Ten ARRL resolutions for 1996 Date: 6 Jan 1996 02:26:59 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4ckmlj$6u1@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <4ck27s$aj@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: s202.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: totoro@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu totoro@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Mary Lee) wrote: > >And the number on 1996 ARRL resolution: > >1. Turn hams into mindless zombies with stupid new self serving ideals. That one is done. #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: GCLL54A@prodigy.com (Gary Judd) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Top Ten ARRL resolutions for 1996 Date: 7 Jan 1996 02:20:19 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 7 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cnal3$4ji@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4ck27s$aj@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <4ckpeq$nhq@cloner3.netcom.com> <4cm753$m9q@ssi.syspac.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap1.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 >>Not a problem; it wouldn't fit on his tricycle. > >Nor could he tattoo it on any appendage! Anyway, his memory is too >short to remember it.. > If it was tatooed on his rear, you could call it a mural From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Top Ten ARRL resolutions for 1996 Date: 7 Jan 1996 15:35:38 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4cop8a$ev6@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <4ck27s$aj@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <4ckpeq$nhq@cloner3.netcom.com> <4cm753$m9q@ssi.syspac.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s202.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: dnorris@k7no.com dnorris@k7no.com wrote: >Nor could he tattoo it on any appendage! Anyway, his memory is too >short to remember it.. I could fit it into your 2" #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: TV disturbs radio Date: 7 Jan 1996 00:30:04 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 52 Message-ID: <4cn46c$q66@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> References: <4cmpc4$m2p@pf2.phil.uni-sb.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-19.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 06 4:30:04 PM PST 1996 Hi Manfred, In <4cmpc4$m2p@pf2.phil.uni-sb.de> mvogel@134.96.68.11 (Manfred Vogelgesang) writes: >My problem is: >Listening to shortwave (this also means the ham bands), I get a lot of >trouble with TV sets in our house (and to a less degree from the >neighbourhood, too). About every 15 kHz, I get a lot of interference >by TV when listening to my shortwave radio. DXing is considerably >restricted then. You're not alone - TVs have a horizontal sweep at 15.575 (or is it 15.750? I forget). It's 15 kHz and some change :) Anyway, your problem is one that we all share. >So what could I do? I know that there might be some filters, although >I can't find them in any shop here. There is a company called JPS Communications, Inc. that has some filter produc ts that might help. I received a catalog from them today in the mail. They have a WWW page at http://emporium.turnpike.net/J/JPS/jps.html You can look at what they have. I haven't heard much from anyone who owns them, but what I have he ard is very positive. >Are audio filters, notch filters ... also effective against TV >interference? What about preselectors? Well, notch filters might help some, but the signal is so raspy that it's hard to null out if you are trying to receive something like CW (Morse code). If you are trying to get AM broadcast, you might be able to use a simple DSP unit, like the one Radio Shack sells. But you have to remember that the signal that you are receiving sounds like a legitimate signal to your receiver, so it tries to get it just as hard as it tries to get the "real" signal. A preselector would just make the interference not get interfered with :( >If someone might give me a hint, I would be very glad. But please >consider that I am not very talented or experienced in constructing >devices on my own. That depends. Do you have access to the TV (is it yours, or a neighbors)? There is a metallic spray that you can use - it looks like a can of spray paint - that you can spray on the inside of the TV cabinet, and it will help reduce interference of this kind. You can also glue aluminum foil to the inside of the cabinet (be careful to keep vent holes clear). Hope this helps, and 73! Dave KZ1O From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.sol.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!news.dfn.de!news.coli.uni-sb.de!pf2.phil.uni-sb.de!usenet From: mvogel@134.96.68.11 (Manfred Vogelgesang) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: TV disturbs radio Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 21:22:51 GMT Organization: CIP-Pool der Philosophischen Fakultaet, Uni des Saarlandes Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cmpc4$m2p@pf2.phil.uni-sb.de> Reply-To: mvogel@coli.uni-sb.de NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.96.68.169 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hi, although I am no radio amateur (at least so far), I thought, it would be a good idea to ask a question in this group, where experts might read it. My problem is: Listening to shortwave (this also means the ham bands), I get a lot of trouble with TV sets in our house (and to a less degree from the neighbourhood, too). About every 15 kHz, I get a lot of interference by TV when listening to my shortwave radio. DXing is considerably restricted then. So what could I do? I know that there might be some filters, although I can't find them in any shop here. Are audio filters, notch filters ... also effective against TV interference? What about preselectors? If someone might give me a hint, I would be very glad. But please consider that I am not very talented or experienced in constructing devices on my own. Hoping to get answers Best 73 Manfred From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!usenet From: tedlee@direct.ca Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur Subject: Vancouver newspaper blames Ham Radio Ops for Police Jamming Date: 8 Jan 1996 21:32:33 GMT Organization: Internet Direct Lines: 60 Message-ID: <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca> Reply-To: tedlee@direct.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.174.243.113 X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 From: The Province Newspaper, page A21 Dated: Sunday, January 7, 1996. Reprinted without permission. Non-copyrighted story. By-line: AURAL SEX TUNED IN By: Roberta Staley, Staff Reporter A ham radio operator is endangering lives by jamming police radio channels with recordings of a couple having sex. "It's extremely dangerous," Vancouver police Insp. Al Forbes said last night. "It not only puts the people we're trying to protect in jeopardy by jamming the channel, it also puts our own members at risk," Forbes said. The pornographic sounds and two blasts of country music were first heard Thursday night about midnight. The second incident happened several times last night starting about 7 p.m., said Forbes. "I think it's a video and they're playing the sound-track over the channel." Police switch the channel off and begin communicating on another one. The cheeky radio operator also switches over, jamming the new channel. "They obviously know all the frequencies," Forbes said. In emergencies, police can be heard over the interference, although it remains distracting, he added. The inspector said it's unlikely the radio pervert will be caught. End of story. ================================================================= To reach the Province newspaper to comment on this story: Fax: 732-2720 or 732-2099 Telephone: (604) 732-2063 Email: tabtips@ppress.wimsey.com page2@ppress.wimsey.com provsports@wimey.com provmoney@ppress.com provshow@ppress.wimsey.com provedpg@ppress.wimsey.com promo@ppress.wimsey.com end of message. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.ids.net!anomaly.ideamation.com!anomaly.ideamation.com!not-for-mail From: kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Vancouver newspaper blames Ham Radio Ops for Police Jamming Date: 8 Jan 1996 20:03:24 -0500 Organization: Ideamation, Inc. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4csess$e8b@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: anomaly.ideamation.com In article <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca>, wrote: > A ham radio operator is endangering lives by jamming police >radio channels with recordings of a couple having sex. If I didn't know any better, I'd guess that Drew was up in Vancouver pinning coaxes. MD -- -- -- "Who needs looks when you've got taste?" -- From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.accessone.com!news From: vbook@vbook.com (Ed Mitchell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Vancouver newspaper blames Ham Radio Ops for Police Jamming Date: 9 Jan 1996 03:56:51 GMT Organization: Virtual Publishing Co. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4csp23$lf1@news.accessone.com> References: <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: vbook.accessone.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 In article <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca>, tedlee@direct.ca says... > >From: The Province Newspaper, page A21 >Dated: Sunday, January 7, 1996. > >Reprinted without permission. >Non-copyrighted story. > >By-line: AURAL SEX TUNED IN > >By: Roberta Staley, Staff Reporter > > > A ham radio operator is endangering lives by jamming police >radio channels with recordings of a couple having sex. > Yuck. Besides setting the newspaper straight, it would be useful for the local Amateur community to assist the police with radio direction finding efforts in locating the source of the interference. That's been done elsewhere and turned an ugly situation into a great one. Good luck, Ed, KF7VY ------------------------ personal email to vbook@vbook.com Visit Ham Radio Online, it's free, at http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.ramlink.net!news From: subich@ramlink.net (Joe Subich) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: 6 Jan 1996 05:03:07 GMT Organization: RAMLink Internet Access Service Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> References: <4cjdj6$pik@tbsnames.turner.com> Reply-To: subich@ramlink.net (Joe Subich) NNTP-Posting-Host: hun25.ramlink.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4cjdj6$pik@tbsnames.turner.com>, Steve Bramham writes: >I have the option of applying for previously held call signs >WA4MPD or KH6HCR. > Unless you are in Hawaii (or at least have a mailing address there), you don't have a choice. The Commission annoncements indicate that they will not issue "off shore" vanity calls to anyone in the continental 48. 73, ... Joe Subich, AD8I (subich@ramlink.net) From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: 8 Jan 1996 03:02:02 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cq1fa$pmj$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com> References: <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> >The Commission annoncements indicate that they will not >issue "off shore" vanity calls to anyone in the >continental 48. Well, that isn't EXACTLY what they said. They WILL issue an offshore call to you IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY HELD that call, no matter where you live now (assuming the call is not currently assigned to someone else). 73, de Hans, K0HB -- - - - "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from magic." A.C.Clarke - - - Have you performed any radio magic this week? From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!calvino.alaska.net!nntp.alaska.net!news.accessus.net!news.uoregon.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Jason Reighard Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: Sun, 7 Jan 96 21:57:03 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 7 Message-ID: References: <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> <4cpq9c$a2a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com X-To: K1UM K1UM writes: >anyone know how long the FCC keeps a callsign around after it has >expired? The call I would like expired Feb, 95. It would be >nice if they cancelled it in Feb 96! Thanks .. Tom I think the call has to be dead 5 years beore they re-issue it. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!tbsnews.turner.com!usenet From: Steve Bramham Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: 9 Jan 1996 19:17:00 GMT Organization: Turner Broadcasting System Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4cuevc$6d8@tbsnames.turner.com> References: <4cjdj6$pik@tbsnames.turner.com> <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: engpc12450.turner.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) subich@ramlink.net (Joe Subich) wrote: > >>I have the option of applying for previously held call signs >>WA4MPD or KH6HCR. >Unless you are in Hawaii (or at least have a mailing address there), you don' t >have a choice. The Commission annoncements indicate that they will not >issue "off shore" vanity calls to anyone in the continental 48. >INCORRECT. Since the KH6 call was a previously held call I AM eligible for re assignment of this call under the Vanity Call Program. The question is if you had the choice which call would you prefer? I am eligible for either call sign under the existing rules for vanity call sign assignment. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!felix.teclink.net!usenet From: Thomas Martin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: VB3_VB4 Date: 7 Jan 1996 13:01:55 GMT Organization: Martin Enterprises Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4cog83$bgm@felix.teclink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tc1_3.teclink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) Does anyone know if VB3 and VB4 will coexist on the same machine? I have a large user base that needs to remain servicable while I make the transition to 32 bits. I can't take ver 3 off at this time. Thanks Thomas Martin N5ZNO tmartin@teclink.net From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!cornellcs!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!newshub.gmr.com!news.delcoelect.com!usenet From: Tom Pfaffenbach Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Wanted: Information reference MAB Date: 5 Jan 1996 19:05:06 GMT Organization: Delco Electronics Lines: 12 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4cjsp2$eqj@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com> References: <4cfsaf$p1s@spectator.cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: koprpc05.delcoelect.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; I; 16bit) "Lloyd A. Scott, Jr." wrote: >Wanted: Any information concerning the WWII MAB Transceiver used by >the US MArine Corps. Any help will be appreciated. >Lloyd A. Scott, Jr. > Fair Radio (Lima, Ohio) has been selling the MAB transcievers for $6 to $12, f or the past few years. The carbon element microphone has been cut off.It is descr ibed as a WWII paratroop transceiver operating at approximately 4 Mhz. It uses tube s of the 1R5,1S4 variety. I believe that they supply a schematic diagram, and also advertise a headset and collapsible whip antenna. They describe the case as black molded p lastic, which sounds unusual for that period of time. It requires 1.5v "A" and 135v "B" dc p ower. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.continuum.net!usenet From: "Christopher A. Bowne" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Wanted: Information Reference MAB Date: 7 Jan 1996 09:52:50 GMT Organization: Continuum Communications Inc. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4co55i$bhs@news.continuum.net> References: <4cfsaf$p1s@spectator.cris.com> <4cjsp2$eqj@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cd-3.continuum.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 32bit) You might want to get in touch with Mike, WB2UID, in New Hampshire (don't know if he has E-mail address). You can get at least his snail mailing address from the QRZ casllsign locator site on the Web. Mike had an MAB running on 75 meters at a New Hamphire Hosstraders hamfest a few years ago, and it was quite an amazing little set! The receiver was very good on it, as I recall. Another source might be W7VG Vintage Manuals in Bartlesville, OK. (Gary Gompf) Gary has a lot of military manuals. His phone number is about as easy as any for a ham to remember - 1-800-807-6146. I take that back - I'll bet that there are lots of hams operating rice-boxes that dont know an 807 from a 6146 from anything behind the front panels of their tiny little boxes! 73, Chris, AJ1G Stonington, CT From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!news1.cris.com!news From: "Lloyd A. Scott, Jr." Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Wanted: Information Reference MAB Date: 9 Jan 1996 04:30:01 GMT Organization: Television ENG / NEWS Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4csr09$ooi@spectator.cris.com> References: <4cfsaf$p1s@spectator.cris.com> <4cjsp2$eqj@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com> <4co55i$bhs@news.continuum.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cnc022052.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) To: radiobwn@q.continuum.net Hi Chris: Many thanks for the MAB info, I will check out the leads, Thanks again Lloyd A. Scott, Jr. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!news1.cris.com!news From: "Lloyd A. Scott, Jr." Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Wanted: Information reference MAB Date: 9 Jan 1996 04:32:13 GMT Organization: Television ENG / NEWS Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4csr4d$ooi@spectator.cris.com> References: <4cfsaf$p1s@spectator.cris.com> <4cjsp2$eqj@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cnc022052.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) To: tvpfaffe@mail.delcoelect.com Thanks for the info, the original radio was purchased from Fair and was in good condition, however I did not receive a diagram or any information with the radio. Your information is helpfull. Thanks again Lloyd A. Scott, Jr. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.accessone.com!news From: vbook@vbook.com (Ed Mitchell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WANTED: Stories on the Blizzard of '96 Date: 9 Jan 1996 04:00:05 GMT Organization: Virtual Publishing Co. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4csp85$lf1@news.accessone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vbook.accessone.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 We are looking for any information about the Blizzard of '96, especially if i t involves ham radio communications or any radio communications for that matter. Please visit our web site and then send email to let us know if we can use you r story at our web page. Thanks and 73, Ed, KF7VY ------------------------ personal email to vbook@vbook.com Visit Ham Radio Online, it's free, at http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!alpha1.csd.uwm.edu!not-for-mail From: herb@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Nathan Ryan Gingras) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: WANTED: Stories on the Blizzard of '96 Date: 9 Jan 1996 06:13:56 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4ct134$j81@uwm.edu> References: <4csp85$lf1@news.accessone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.169.1 X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Ed Mitchell (vbook@vbook.com) wrote: : We are looking for any information about the Blizzard of '96, especially if it : involves ham radio communications or any radio communications for that matte r. : Please visit our web site and then send email to let us know if we can use y our : story at our web page. There was a blizzard. It snowed. and snowed. and snowed. and snowed. and snowed. It was really cold. It sucked hard-core. I'm moving to Arizona. That's how bad it sucked. I hate snow. Nate. KB9LSX You can reprint this if you want. From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!newshost.convex.com!news.dfw.net!news From: David Mclean Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Web Page with MODs, Calls lookup, Ham links, Swap page, and more!! Date: 8 Jan 1996 00:34:53 GMT Organization: Road Kill Cafe! Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4cpord$gok@fnord.dfw.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dfw.dfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96612 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18314 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13531 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23497 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12589 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32440 rec.radio.amateur.space:6094 I would like to welcome all of you to my web page. The address of my web page is "http://www.dfw.net/~dmclean". I have many links that you will like. Here is a list of things that I have on my Web page: 1. Swap Page 2. Mods page 3. QRZ call lookup 4. Repeters freqs. 5. Links to F.C.C, A.R.R.L, and many more. Check it out. You will like it. -- David Mclean From The World of Hamradio KC5NNV is Clear! _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!newshub.cts.com!crash!digcir!ej.johnson From: ej.johnson@digcir.cts.com (Ej Johnson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this News Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 15:03:00 GMT Message-ID: <960105100024380@digcir.cts.com> Organization: The Digital Circus BBS (619) 223-5348 Distribution: world Lines: 14 TL}}Perhaps what is needed is another newsgroup, rec.radio.amateur.flame, TL}}since many here haven't apparently heard of alt.flame. I suspect TL}}it is like a jammer, instant audience. And when the jammer gets a TL}}response, he's succeeded. If everyone ignored the inane taunts of folks l i TL}}Burt, the noise level in this newsgroup would be greatly reduced. TL}}73, TL}}Todd TL}}N9MWB Good comments! I could'nt agree more! if we ignore them they will go away...just like all jammers. EJ! --- * OLX 2.1 TD * "Not tonight baby.....I have a modem." From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!peer-news.britain.eu.net!xara.net!news.cais.net!news.cais.com!news From: Avery Russell Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this Newsgroup? Date: 6 Jan 1996 16:30:14 GMT Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4cm82p$rp3@news.cais.com> References: <4ccg51$gml@news.cais.com> <4cf6na$9lh@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp80.erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) To: kz1o@ix.netcom.com I wasn't making reference to any one posting with regards to "trashing". I just think there are so many positive elements that surround the amateur radio hobby that fall fay beyond that of the technology itself. I don't want to preach, but I find the hobby as a way to put back into society a sense of community. Now I am now referring to community service, but just plain old community. The kind I experienced as a child while walking down the main street in my home town. Now we have no main streets, we have shopping malls. So, my belief is that our society's fabric is torn, and amateur radio helps maintain something that was once taken for granted. Now this has nothing to do with technology or code vs no-code etc. It has to do with a bunch of folk getting together who REALLY want to know how each other are doing.... Doe this make sense? Your comments please. Avery From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!kiwi.crown.net!usenet From: thor@dodo.crown.net (Lincoln Thormahlen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Which Code Practice Oscillator? Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 02:08:50 GMT Organization: Crown Net Inc. Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cklf9$abc@kiwi.crown.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: crown29.crown.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I was wondering if the code practice oscillator in the ARRL "Now Your Talking" book is worth building, since the MJF 557 CPO costs only $25 plus shipping? CPO comments welcome, CW flames NOT! Lincoln Thormahlen thor@crown.net Ham call sign NOT1YET From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: benji123z@aol.com (Benji123Z) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Which Code Practice Oscillator? Date: 6 Jan 1996 18:03:16 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 8 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cmv3k$4js@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4cklf9$abc@kiwi.crown.net> Reply-To: benji123z@aol.com (Benji123Z) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com DON'T BUILD THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUY THE MFJ CODE PRATICE OSCILLATOR ($24.95) I HAVE ONE, IT WORKS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 73, benji123z@aol.com (Benji Jack) From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:43:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!idir.net!port29.idtslw1.idir.net!user From: medcalf@idir.net (gloria medcalf) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Which Jack for HF Radio-to-TNC Cables? (new article) Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 10:27:49 -0600 Organization: Internet Direct Communications - Lawrence, Ks - (913) 841-2220 Lines: 18 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: port29.idtslw1.idir.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13518 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96591 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23485 Subject: Which Jack for HF Radio-to-TNC Cables? (new article) Newsgoups: Many HF radios have more than one jack that can be used to cable the radio to the TNC. How do you decide which one to use? The article "Which Jack for HF Radio-to-TNC Cables?" describes the transmit methods (AFSK, FSK, CW), and things to consider for each jack. Article URL: http://www.idir.net/~medcalf/ztx/hf2tnc.html From the home page at http://www.idir.net/~medcalf/ztx/ you can link to other articles, including one with sound files of the TOR modes. The articles may be reprinted in amateur radio club newsletters provided that credit is given to the author. The site also contains diagrams for wiring radios to tncs. 73 gloria ka5ztx medcalf@idir.net From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:44:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: tmille1@grfn.ORG (Tim Miller) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Winpack & MSYS Date: 7 Jan 96 08:00:16 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 12 Message-ID: <199601070800.DAA14037@grfn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu Is anyone out there using Winpack on a BBS that is running MSYS software. If so have you been able to configure it for automatic mail and bulletin down & uploads? I would like some assistance with this if you know how. Thanks in advance! _____ _ __ __ |_ _|| || \/ | Tim Miller - Dynamic Consulting | | | || | Packet - KB8ZGU@AA8ES.#NEMI.MI.USA.NOAM |_| |_||_|\/|_| tmille1@grfn.org KB8ZGU MIME Ok From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:44:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: k1um@aol.com (K1UM) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTB: Ham Radio License Plates Date: 6 Jan 1996 19:21:11 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cn3ln$5vu@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: k1um@aol.com (K1UM) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Hi, I collect ham radio license plates, and would like to buy or trade for yours! I especially need plates from NJ, KY, or SASK. Thanks, Tom k1um@aol.com From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:44:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: bigjon1@ix.netcom.com(Jon Shay ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Young Ham of the Year Award 96 Date: 8 Jan 1996 16:47:12 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4crhqg$920@cloner3.netcom.com> References: <199601071618.kaa21630@rrnet.com> <4cqb4h$r08@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tuc-az1-19.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jan 08 8:47:12 AM PST 1996 In <4cqb4h$r08@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > >> Any continental United States (FCC licensed) ham radio operator >>aged 18 and younger who has used Amateur Radio to significantly >>contribute to the benefit of the service, to the sate of the >>communications art, to their community or the nation is eligible to be >>nominated. > >But does he need to know Morse Code? > >-Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM > Yeah, and he must also know CPR and be a Veteran of the Boy Scouts Of America.... Big Jon/....KC5MOP Tucson,Az From Unknown Tue Jan 09 18:44:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!catseye.bluemarble.net!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Young Ham of the Year Award 96 Date: 8 Jan 1996 05:46:57 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cqb4h$r08@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <199601071618.kaa21630@rrnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 > Any continental United States (FCC licensed) ham radio operator >aged 18 and younger who has used Amateur Radio to significantly >contribute to the benefit of the service, to the sate of the >communications art, to their community or the nation is eligible to be >nominated. But does he need to know Morse Code? -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "Linear" versus "Amplifier" Date: 9 Jan 1996 22:03:34 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4cuonm$8lf@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4cnp4u$1pom@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan38.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > > Okay, we'll just call them "boots" or "footwarmers" from now on. > > -Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM That's a big 10-4 good buddy how's it looking over your shoulder!!??? :-) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: <72527.01012@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "linear" vs "amplifier Date: 10 Jan 1996 20:40:41 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4d1889$n0i@dub-news-svc-1.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dd62-168.compuserve.com Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: linear amplifier Content-length: 402 X-Newsreader: AIR Mosaic (16-bit) version 4.00.08.32 >Lately I have noticed that it drives me crazy though, and now I call >them "amplifiers" instead of "linears". My dad would have wanted it >that way. He might really go nuts if I "Xeroxed" a printout of his post on my Sharp copier. But first I have to "Celophane" my half-eaten sandwich with Glad wrap. Not to worry, I can always re-heat it on my "Teflon" pan that I got from Tupperwear! From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!news.island.net!news.qb.island.net!usenet From: johna Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: (no subject) Date: 11 Jan 1996 21:29:32 GMT Organization: Island Internet Inc. - (604) 753-2383 Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4d3vfs$6i8@nash.qb.island.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip28.qb.island.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Can anyone email me the attenuation figures for rg8 coax for 10 meters? johna@qb.island.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!news.dpc.net!novia!news.inc.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news.net99.net!news.cyberg8t.com!host25.cyberg8t.com!user From: wb6siv@cyberg8t.com (Raymond Sarrio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: **Inovative Ham Classified Page Opens on the Web** Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:00:41 -0800 Organization: Raymond Sarrio Co. Lines: 26 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: host25.cyberg8t.com The Raymond Sarrio Company¹s Ham Radio WWW site is proud to announce a FREE Ham Radio classified advertising page at http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html. This new classified page will allow Hams to find equipement with the help of a search engine--no need to scroll through 100¹s of listing before you find that special piece of gear. Plus, when you find the gear you'er interested in, you are also provided with easy point-and-click e-mail access, directly to the Ham that listed the item. For those Hams with gear to sell, take note! there is NO charge to list your equipment within Ham Classifieds, and there will be no posting time delays. Your posting(s) will go on-line in our classified search engine immediately. All you need do is fill out a simple forms page, and upon its (point-and-click) submission your ³For Sale² classified is immediately on-line. I will be purging the classified listings initially, about once every month, but that timeline will shorten as our classified numbers grow. Give it a try, and let me know how you like it (we are still beta testing) 73¹s Ray -- Visit the Raymond Sarrio Co. Ham Radio Web site http://www.csz.com/sarrio.htm l Extensive discount Catalog, New Cool Links Page Ham Poll--New poll questions asked monthly From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!Bob From: biekert@phoenix.phoenix.net (Bob Biekert) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 150' Tower For Sale Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 00:25:22 GMT Organization: KA5GLX Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4d49pi$2fk_003@Bob.phoenix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial122.phoenix.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 Please contact as directed below.. I"m just posting it for information, Do NOT contact me regarding this forsale. What you read here is all the data I have or can get. Bob The Anahuac Independent School District is offering for sale a one hundred fifty foot Rohn Tower that was originally purchased for InterAct television with the Region IV Education Center. Sealed bids will be accepted until 10:00am Wednesday, April 3, 1996. Please clearly makr bid: Bid/InterAct Tower, Anahuac ISD, Box 638 (804 Cummings St), Anahuac, TX 77514. Contact person is Dick N. Waler, Business Manager. The District reserves the right to reject any bid not in the best interest of the District. Bids shall be accompanied by a written plan as to how the bidder will dismantle the tower and proof of necessary insurances covering District and works: 1) Worman's compensation as required by law 2) Public liability in minimum limits of $100,000/$300,000. 3) Property damage in minimum limits of $100,000/$100,000. Bob Biekert Houston, Texas WorldWide Merchants http://www.texas.com/~wwm From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: <.,@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: A Philadelphia area repeater group (DCARA) Web site Date: 9 Jan 1996 18:22:21 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cubot$30j@dub-news-svc-6.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ad45-129.compuserve.com Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: repeater philadelphia club Content-length: 448 X-Newsreader: AIR Mosaic (16-bit) version 4.00.08.32 The Delaware County Amateur Radio Association is a club of amateur operators whose main purpose is to operate and maintain repeaters open to all amateurs in the Philadelphia area. Check out our Web site at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wa3rvt Let us know what you think, or give us the URLs of other clubs similar to ours! 73 de WA3RVT, Steve Eklund Technical committee chairman of the DCARA From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.eznet.net!news.enterprise.net!btnet!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: A Philadelphia area repeater group (DCARA) Web site Date: Tue, 9 Jan 96 19:32:16 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <4cubot$30j@dub-news-svc-6.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1e.delphi.com X-To: <.,@compuserve.com> Steve, what happened to PARA (Philadelphia Area Repeater Association)? Aren't they still in business? They used to operate and maintain: 146.76 W3PHL/R Valley Forge (with inputs there on the mountain and in Southern NJ, Lower Bucks, Paoli, and Hilltown) 146.94 Paoli 146.88 Hilltown 146.97 Neshaminy 146.82 Camden 224.94 W3PHL/R Valley Forge 440.?? W3PHL/R Valley Forge = PARA was one of the premier repeater clubs back in the 70's and 80's and I had the privilege to serve on their Board of Directors as NW Quadrant Director in the late 70's. Please don't tell me they have gon the way of the dinosaur...! - 73 de Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB Stillwater, NY sanderman@delphi.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:40 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news From: rjager@bvh.nl (Ruurd Jager) Subject: Re: Address of Canadian PTT? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ldn98-2.leiden.nl.net Message-ID: Sender: news@inter.NL.net (News at news) Organization: Bloemenveiling Holland X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ References: Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 21:37:39 GMT Lines: 19 In article , geertj@ripe.net (Geert Jan de Groot) say s: > >If someone has the FAX number of the Canadian PTT at hand, The mail address for amateur licenses is Industry Canada 473 Albert Street 4th Floor, Trebla bldg Ottawa, Ontario K1R 5B4 From the Netherlands: tel: 001-613-998-4149 fax: 001-613-998-5919 This is the address where I received last summer my reciproce amateur license from. Ruurd, PE1DXQ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:41 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!geertj From: geertj@ripe.net (Geert Jan de Groot) Subject: Address of Canadian PTT? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ncc.ripe.net Message-ID: Sender: news@inter.NL.net (News at news) Organization: RIPE Network Coordination Centre Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 00:08:35 GMT Lines: 9 If someone has the FAX number of the Canadian PTT at hand, can you please send me an email message? I found that they are probably 'Industry Canada, Radio Regularity branch', but a FAX number would become very handy. Thanks, Geert Jan From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!not-for-mail From: clay@panix.com (Clay Irving) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Amateur radio exams Date: 9 Jan 1996 22:00:06 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cva3m$q8l@panix.com> References: <4cu60h$48r@news.hal-pc.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com In <4cu60h$48r@news.hal-pc.org> sid@hal-pc.org writes: >I teach a few no-code tech. courses and would like to have some software that could generate some >sample FCC exams. Does anyone have that kind of software they would like to contribute? Sid, if you have access to the Web, check the "Testing" section of the Amateur Radio Reference, http://www.panix.com/clay/ham/ -- If you don't have Web access, let me know and I'll help you get the programs. 73s, -- See the happy moron, He doesn't give a damn, Clay Irving, N2VKG (clay@panix.com) I wish I were a moron, http://www.panix.com/clay My God! perhaps I am! From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.eas.asu.edu!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: HWDX09A@prodigy.com (Robert Reed) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARRL employees live in fear Date: 9 Jan 1996 22:59:06 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 27 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4curvq$uvi@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4cto94$nso@alterdial.uu.net> <4cu4qe$149@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap4.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Hi Luck, I wondered for a long time what had happened regarding your dismissal from ARRL HQ. Now we can see more of what is going on up there. As you know I talk regularly with many of the staff and have over the last 10 years been hearing so many terrible comments from staffers leaving either voluntarily or by force that it is really rediculous. Granted I had heard that more of the problems regarded some of the Directors that walk around ARRL HQ spouting orders and expecting the staff to cringe in fear. I truely wish that we would stop the hand- shaking popularity contest that elects these Directors and get some people with business experience. Some of these people have never held any position anywhere compable and never will in the professional field where performance earns position. Being a good audio tech doesn't give someone the qualifications to run a multimillion dollar corporation. Unfortunately the list of long serving ARRL HQ staff keeps growing at a tremendous pace. The amateur public should some day hear of the tactics used at HQ on some people. I can think of one personal friend that was dismissed after I think 18 years of service there but fortunately he opened his own business in Hartford and can buy and sell I'll bet several ARRL bigshots. 73, Bob, WB2DIN From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ky1tluck@aol.com (KY1T Luck) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARRL employees live in fear Date: 9 Jan 1996 11:23:42 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 47 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cu4qe$149@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4cto94$nso@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader Burt Fisher writes with regard to Ed Hare, KA1CV: > >I could be worse and be you. >A puppet of Dave Sumner. I heard from a former ARRL employee that >the troops at ARRL are not happy campers and live in fear of Mother Dave >and mutha Palm. > >Care to Comment? > > > K1OIK wrote (to the group) about KA1CV: >>I could be worse and be you. >>A puppet of Dave Sumner. I heard from a former ARRL employee that >>the troops at ARRL are not happy campers and live in fear of Mother Dave >>and mutha Palm. >>Care to Comment? He might WISH to comment, Burt, but unfortunately the the subject line above says it all. Indeed, they do live in fear. Especially those who really, truly CARE about the Amateur Radio Service, and who wouldn't really be happy doing anything else. And it must be absolutely terrifying for those who are left there, given the numbers that have been canned. The PRIME reason (there were several) I was fired was because I wouldn't knuckle under to Dave Sumner's written mandate that all of our outgoing mail (electronic and written) be censored. Another reason was because I wouldn't sign a document which stated that I'd cease all "harmful external communications". "Harmful", of course, translated into anything that wasn't censored. If anybody thinks for a second that I'm making any of this up, just ask about the lengthy period of time during which I was forced to endure the dreaded "review panel" in Dave's office. The purpose of this review panel was solely to review my outgoing mail, so as to assure it's "appropriateness". I kid you not... Luck Hurder, KY1T From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:46 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!eskimo!eskimo.com!mole From: Frank Connelly Subject: Re: ARRL employees live in fear In-Reply-To: <4cto94$nso@alterdial.UU.NET> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eskimo.com Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <1996Jan5.151001.25177@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4ckihj$843@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4crqlb$vcu@mgate.arrl.org> <4cto94$nso@alterdial.UU.NET> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 05:50:43 GMT Lines: 32 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96708 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32471 On 9 Jan 1996, Burt Fisher wrote: > Ed Hare wrote: > > >>I like the old boy, really I do. Maybe he should turn 73 over to me. >I' ll turn it back into the mag it once was in 1977! > > > >I think he should turn it over to Burt. After all, Wayne's editorials > >keep saying the same thing over and over and over and over and . . . > > I could be worse and be you. > A puppet of Dave Sumner. I heard from a former ARRL employee that > the troops at ARRL are not happy campers and live in fear of Mother Dave > and mutha Palm. > > Care to Comment? > > > > .-. .-. > / \ .-. .-. / \ > / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ > /--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ > \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / > \ / `-' `-' \ / > `-' `-' > > > > Care to identify your source? Or does he fear termination by the League's super secret assination squad? From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!pacsat.demon.co.uk!slewis From: Simon Lewis Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARRL Handbook Superkeyer Address Please Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 22:11:48 +0000 Organization: European Microwave News Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pacsat.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pacsat.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 1.10 Can anyone please give me the current address of the Company 'Idiom Press' which makes the kit for the Superkeyer please email: slewis@pacsat.demon.co.uk Thanks -- Simon Lewis From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!a2i!news.erinet.com!in-news.erinet.com!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: Jim O'Connell Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARRL Handbook Superkeyer Address Please Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:29:37 -0800 Organization: Netcom Lines: 15 Message-ID: <30F59D61.6EB1@ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi9-13.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jan 11 1:30:17 PM PST 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win16; I) CC: slewis@pacsat.demon.co.uk Simon Lewis wrote: > > Can anyone please give me the current address of the Company 'Idiom > Press' which makes the kit for the Superkeyer please > > email: slewis@pacsat.demon.co.uk > >Idiom Press P.O. Box 1025 Geyserville, CA 95441 The August 1995 QST has an article on the latest version of the Logikeyer. I love mine. 73, Jim, W9WU From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.magicnet.net!news.supernet.net!news.cais.net!news.cais.com!news From: Avery Russell Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Blizzard of 96 - Amateur Radio NO PUBLICITY Date: 10 Jan 1996 17:49:29 GMT Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4d0u79$crs@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp97.erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) I have asked this question of people here in Montgomery County MD, and have NEVER agreed with their answer. The DC area had been snow covered and shut down for the past three days. With hours and hours of commercial news coverage discussion how volunteers with four wheel drive vehicles where helping out the area hospitals, there was not even ONE mention how the amateur radio community was working with the drivers of these vehicles as navigators and supplying crucial communications. As amateur radio operators we need not have to boast, but a little recognition goes a long way toward community goodwill. In an environment of increasing regulation and antenna restrictions, shouldn't the public know how we can be of help in trying times? I disagree with the people who don't believe that amateur radio shouldn't be in the news media. It is wrong and doesn't make sense. What do you think. I believe the folks at Montgomery County RACES did a great job here in Maryland. Why Shouldn't their efforts get some press. Avery From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jrouse@ix.netcom.com(John Rouse) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Blizzard of 96 - Amateur Radio NO PUBLICITY Date: 11 Jan 1996 16:41:57 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 44 Message-ID: <4d3ekl$r6c@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <4d0u79$crs@news.cais.com> <30F43521.6E5F@magnum.wpe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-col-md3-20.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jan 11 8:41:57 AM PST 1996 Someone said: RACES did a great job here in Maryland. Why Shouldn't their >> efforts get some press. >> Avery > > Someone else said: >Hey I could not agree with you more on this one! People should be made aware of what Amateur >Radio does for the community. It could do nothing but help us out. > >-- > Eddie N2XDS > ============== I say: The ham community constantly moans and groans about an alleged lack of favorable publicity, usually blaming the media for not paying attention to their supposed contributions to mankind. Well, as a newspaper editor here in blizzardy Maryland, with four publications, I have yet to hear from any amateur radio operator, ARRL official, or grateful soul saved from the snow by a ham and his handheld as to these selfless acts. I'm not denying they actually took place; but instead of griping on the Internet, why didn't you call your local newspaper and inform its reditors of the assistance rendered by hams during the emergency? Editors, after all, do have more pressing chores than to sit and wonder whether the local ham (if he even knows what a ham is) community has rendered a service during the Blizzard of `96. They have to be told! If you didn't tell, don't fault them. As a ham, I've long wondered just what it is these ARRL section PIOs do. I have yet to hear from one in two decades (excluding the brief time I acted as one, hi). Someone should tell these appointees that part of their job should be informing the local press of good human interest stories involving ham operators. The occasional press releases from the ARRL on what it considers big issues are generally of no interest at all to local news editors -- a call or press release involving the activities of local hams (ie, hams in the newspaper's or radio station's immediate area) would be of interest. Don't complain, do something! 73, John KA3DBN From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:51 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!peer-news.britain.eu.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!bbnews1!eanews1!rsvl_ns!ernie!ernie.rsvl.unisys.com!ted1 From: ted1@rsvl.unisys.com (Edward Stafford) Subject: Re: Bonjour a tous... Sender: news@rsvl.unisys.com (News Admin) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 10:51:18 GMT Lines: 21 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ted1 References: <4cieu3$el4@sunserver.Generation.NET> Organization: CSA X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] In article <4cieu3$el4@sunserver.Generation.NET> hamibj@generation.net (hamibj) writes:>From: hamibj@generation.net (hamibj) >Subject: Bonjour a tous... >Date: 5 Jan 1996 06:02:43 GMT >Bonjour a vous tous. Je m'appelle Philippe et mon indicatif est VE2IBJ. Je >fais présentement mes premiers pas sur Internet et ceci est en quelque sorte un >test pour voir si tout fonctionne bien. >J'attends de vos réponses... Salut Mec 73 de Edward Stafford AA0QG UNISYS Corp. MS 4963 P.O. Box 64942 Phone: [612] 635-7725 St. Paul, MN 55164-0942 FAX: [612] 635-7523 From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news2.acs.oakland.edu!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!imaginet.fr!usenet From: Olivier Le Cam Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Bonjour a tous... Date: 9 Jan 1996 23:08:12 GMT Organization: ImagiNET Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4cusgs$gjr@avalon.imaginet.fr> References: <8233267992301@dproducts.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: national03.imaginet.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: sysop@dproducts.be sysop@dproducts.be wrote: > > >JP>73, cela fait bien plaisir d'avoir des OM francophone sur Internet. >JP>Meilleurs voux pour 1996 et à bientot sur l'air... >JP>F1JMN >JP>Pierre-Paul. > >Il y en a bien d'autres. > >73 de Pierre - ON4KNN Meilleurs voeux egalement. Best wishes too ... ------------------------------------------------------ Olivier Le Cam Email : olecam @ imaginet.fr AX25 : F5MZN @ F6KPF.FBRE.FRA.EU ------------------------------------------------------ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!main03!landisj From: landisj@nad.com (Joe Landis - Systems & Network Mgr) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Bringing HTs into Britain Message-ID: <1996Jan3.114344.433@nad.com> Date: 3 Jan 96 11:43:43 EST References: <820214876.21787snx@genes.pl.my> <4ca28i$6ni@klein.delphi.com> Distribution: world Organization: North American Drager - Telford, PA Lines: 22 In article <4ca28i$6ni@klein.delphi.com>, jtriolo@mci.newscorp.com (Jason D. T riolo) writes: [snip] > I may be wrong, but I think that you may have a hard time accessing > repeaters in the UK and the rest of Europe. Most (perhaps all) > repeaters requite a 1750Hz tone burst to access. Look at the manual > that came with your HT, and you may see different specifications for > US, European, and general market radios. European radios have a tone > burst function. Most US radios have PL selection in place of tone > burst. > > If you can find something to simulate a 1750Hz tone, you'll be ok. > It's just an initial burst, not a continuous tone like PL is. Just > enough to open the squelch until you stop transmitting... > > 73 de Jason, KD4ACG I understand that it can be done with a whistle, if you're not tone deaf :) 73, Joe - AA3GN -- Joe Landis - Systems and Network Manager - North American Drager - Telford, PA landisj@nad.com ..speaking only for myself, of course.. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:54 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!rutgers!njitgw.njit.edu!hertz.njit.edu!scw1118 From: scw1118@hertz.njit.edu (steve c walko ee stnt) Subject: Can I turn off battery saver on TH-25/45? Message-ID: <1996Jan10.043541.18171@njitgw.njit.edu> Sender: news@njit.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hertz.njit.edu Reply-To: scw1118@hertz.njit.edu (steve c walko ee stnt) Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J. Distribution: usa Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 04:35:41 GMT Lines: 15 Hello all and thanks for reading this. I own a Kenwood TH-45 440 handheld. I figured out how to program it without a manual (I don't have one). When it is left unattended for about 30 minutes, it beeps and then shuts off automatically. Does anyone know any way to disable that feature. I use it to monitor a rather quiet repeater and it keeps shutting off on me. Thanks in advance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Walko scw1118@hertz.njit.edu New Jersey Institute Of Technology Newark, New Jersey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!news1.vancouver.istar.net!news.vancouver.istar.net!pacificcoast.net!usenet From: "Bob (VE7OR)" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CQ 50 Digital Award ? Date: 9 Jan 1996 15:43:41 GMT Organization: Pacific Coast NET Inc. Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4cu2fd$ojf@pcnet.pacificcoast.net> References: <4cfvok$3ks@push.stack.serpukhov.su> <4ck1qp$6p2@idefix.eunet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial72.pacificcoast.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) To: Jorma@salor.pp.fi tnx for the info Jorma de Bob From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.comm.net!imci3!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk From: Mike Gathergood Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CQ, first Usenet Message... de N0AOM Date: Mon, 08 Jan 96 14:10:39 GMT Organization: CQ-BBS +44 1753 595468 Lines: 11 Message-ID: <821110239snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> References: <30f290dd.4333307@news.sound.net> Reply-To: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk In article <30f290dd.4333307@news.sound.net> joelh@ditmco.com "Joel Herbsman (N0AOM" writes: > CQ from N0AOM, in Independence, Missouri. 59+ in Datchet, Berkshire (about 5 miles West of Heathrow Airport) 73 Mike * QRV around 0800 and 1800 most weekdays on GB3HL * G4KFK * (Hillingdon 433.075/434.675) and also 51.83 MHz * From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:57 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!pirates!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: CTCSS Endoder for ICOM 2AT Message-ID: <1996Jan8.150647.9763@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4copq2$qgs@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 15:06:47 GMT Lines: 22 In article <4copq2$qgs@newsbf02.news.aol.com> rgutknecht@aol.com (RGutknecht) writes: >I have an IC-2AT with DTMF. However, I recently moved to an area where >nearly all >the repeaters use CTCSS encoding. Does anyone have any mods for the >IC-2AT or SOMETHING that would get me back on the air? I'm suffering from >mikeabstinancitis! Thanks '73 Rick Nz2I Circuit Specialists offers a tiny CTCSS encoder which will tuck inside the IC-2AT nicely. I've seen several nice installations. It is dip switch controlled, so if you want to be able to change the tone frequency without opening the radio, some case surgery is required. The neatest install I've seen had a slot cut in the battery mount plate. You had to remove the battery to change the tone, but it was an invisible modification, and easily reversed by installing a replacement battery mount plate. HRO usually has them. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.muohio.edu!usenet From: Carl Morgan Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CTCSS Endoder for ICOM 2AT Date: 11 Jan 1996 17:28:15 GMT Organization: Miami University Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4d3hbf$5igo@rose.muohio.edu> References: <4copq2$qgs@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.53.21.58 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Communications Specialists (CA firm) markets an encoder that fits, nicely, inside the 2AT. While I don't recall the pertinent data, I do have the part number and company address at home. If you don't otherwise come across it, E-Mail me and I'll get it together for you. 73 <> Carl K8NHE From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:13:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Cut the crap: Contesting Date: 3 Jan 1996 19:57:26 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4cen36$jkr@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <4c7ieq$2vb@alterdial.UU.NET> <4cdqge$mq0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s206.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: w8fn@aol.com w8fn@aol.com (W8FN) wrote: > By its very definition, a hobby doesn't have to be "useful." How "useful" >is the yammer of the "shack on a belt" crowd on the 2 meter repeaters? Or This hobby by law damn well better be useful. We are using public frequencies. But it isn't. ake that person **inferior** to you. I like contesting. I do it well. It >makes me a **far** better than average radio operator. And I don't have to >justify that to you or anybody else. Talking to 200 people an hour makes you a better what? Certainly makes you sound like a jerk to NORMAL people. #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!zippy.intcom.net!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!rbeavers From: rbeavers@infinet.com (R. Beavers) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Dayton - Cols. 5.11 link still DOWN Date: 10 Jan 1996 19:33:47 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4d14ar$c24@horus.infinet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.infinet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Thanks for trying, but still don't work. -- | Randy Beavers | If you Love, read | | rbeavers@infinet.com | Men are from Mars, | | 75000.1703@compuserve.com | Women are from Venus | | rbeavers@freenet.columbus.oh.us | By | | www.infinet.com/~rbeavers | John Gray | From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.eden.com!matrix.eden.com!n5kzw From: "Edwin J. Bailen (& sometimes Irene Beattie)" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dayton Hamvention ? Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 22:44:52 -0600 Organization: Adhesive Media, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <4chg7h$dks@pippin.globalnet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: matrix.eden.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4chg7h$dks@pippin.globalnet.co.uk> On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, Robert J. Lane wrote: > Date: Thu, 04 JAN 1996 21:19:45 GMT > From: Robert J. Lane > Newgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc > Subject: Dayton Hamvention ? > > > I am thinking of visiting the states this year and I would like to > time the visit during the period of the Dayton Hamvention (Hope thats > correct title). > Could someone please e-mail the actual dates for the event. > Many thanks. > > Rob Lane G4NQX > > > May 17th thru May 19th. Ed Bailen -- N5KZW / Irene Beattie -- KA5DYF His religion? Geek Orthodox! From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.exodus.net!aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.netgate.net!d2.netgate.net!user From: joe@killerowls.com (Joe Mastroianni) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DogX-Ray Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 21:01:53 -0800 Organization: Killer Owls Productions Lines: 16 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: d2.netgate.net Dog X-Ray 1.0d1 is a free TNC interface for the PowerMac and the PK-232. Its primary purpose is to aid the DXer in perousing the DX packet cluster. It currently runs only on power macintosh and only supports the PK232. Our goal is to evolve DogXRay into a full featured DX cluster interface/logger, with varying degrees of alert, analysis, and logging. The d1 version simply provides TNC interface capabilities and DX spotting announcing through MacinTalk. DogXRay should be available on the InfoMac mirrors by the time this message is distributed. Please check it out and feel free to send me e-mail with comments and or problems. DogXRay 1.0d1 is freeware, copyright 1996 by Joe Mastroianni, AA6YD Thanks! From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.netgate.net!d4.netgate.net!user From: joe@killerowls.com (Joe Mastroianni) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DogXRay Freeware Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 07:03:05 -0800 Organization: Killer Owls Productions Lines: 12 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: d4.netgate.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13586 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96808 DXray, a packet TNC interface for the PowerMac and the PK232 is now available on the info-mac mirrors. Try: DXray is free. Any and all comments about it are welcome at joe@killerowls.com 73 AA6YD From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Everything about ham radio Date: 10 Jan 1996 03:18:42 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4cvb6i$7f5$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> References: <30F2CFCF.54ED@generation.net> It is indeed a nice place. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- - - - Visit my homepage at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/k0hb From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!micro.internexus.net!arther.castle.net!news.netrail.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!istar.net!infoshare!passport.ca!grumpy.insinc.net!sunserver.Generation.NET!usenet From: Philippe Maynard - VE2IBJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Everything about ham radio Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 15:27:59 -0500 Organization: génération.NET Lines: 20 Message-ID: <30F2CFCF.54ED@generation.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: portb35.generation.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) First of all, excuse my poor english, I'm one of these frogs! I just finished a visit to what I call the best site on the net for anyone who wants to know everything about ham radio. I won't extend this message, I'm not easy writting english. If you wanna know more about this site, just take a look at it. I'm sure this won't be the last time! The adress of this site is: http://user.itl.net/~equinox/ Questions? Comments? E-Mail me! -- Nom Philippe Maynard Real Name Emplacement Beloeil, Qc, CANADA Location Adresse Internet hamibj@generation.net E-Mail Adress Radio Amateur VE2IBJ Amateur Radio Callsign From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uchinews!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: EZEB86A@prodigy.com (Ronald Shapiro) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: for the "new" WA2NHZ.......... Date: 9 Jan 1996 18:41:42 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 2 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cuct6$2rug@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap3.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 I finally found this discusting news group. de N2CQT From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!sea-ts4-p42 From: jhardin@wolfenet.com (John Hardin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Form 610 over the 'net? Date: Mon, 08 Jan 96 23:27:21 GMT Organization: Organization? We don't need no steenking Organization! Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4ct2ca$2jm@news1.wolfe.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sea-ts4-p42.wolfenet.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 It getting to be that time again, and I was wondering if the FCC has any provision (I know they don't have any money...) for processing forms 610 any way besides paper. Does anyone know if I can renew my license over the 'net? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hardin jhardin@wolfenet.com PGP fingerprint: A3 0C 5B C2 EF 0D 2C E5 E9 BF C8 33 A7 A9 CE 76 finger for PGP key Linux: the choice of a Gnu generation ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every 1.5 years computers double in speed. ...then Windows slows them down again. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:07 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.eye.com!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!indep1!clifto From: clifto@indep1.chi.il.us (Clifton T. Sharp) Subject: Re: Ham guts Message-ID: Organization: as little as possible References: <4cm6t6$8h4@alterdial.UU.NET> <4cm84u$1k@cloner3.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 04:06:58 GMT Lines: 11 In article <4cm84u$1k@cloner3.netcom.com> ko4gx@ix.netcom.com(Bill Patton ) wr ites: >Anyone for a dissertation of Direct-mapped, >fully-associative, two-way set associative or four-way set associative >computer cache architecture and how it applies to an internet server? I'd love to see it, but it's probably off-topic here. :-) -- Cliff Sharp There are days when no matter which WA9PDM way you spit, it's upwind. clifto@indep1.chi.il.us --The First Law of Reality From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!dnaco.net!root From: Greg Smith Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HAM WEB PAGE!!!! Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 21:39:48 -0500 Organization: Frusterated INC. Lines: 6 Message-ID: <30F47874.515D@dnaco.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: @uhura-8.dnaco.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) http://www.dnaco.net/~gsmith/ham.html repeater freqs for the Dayton, Ohio area, and some other stuff, it's a work in progress. Check it out, let me know what you want to see on it. -73- De Greg, N8PPZ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:09 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!news.dpc.net!novia!news.inc.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.corpcomm.net!news.pe.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kb6axk From: kb6axk@netcom.com (Joe Cira) Subject: HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE*BBS Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 03:15:10 GMT Lines: 44 Sender: kb6axk@netcom7.netcom.com HELLO FELLOW HAMS:and FUTURE HAMS !!!!!!! HAM BBS dedicated to amateur radio !!!! There is a DEVOTED AMATEUR RADIO BBS in town ,from your ARRL/LAX affiliated club coordinator , JOE CIRA , KB6AXK ........... Everything and anything about AMATEUR RADIO will be found here, IF NOT ? Let me know and we will post it and file it !!!!!!!! HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS at 1-818-584-1952.... 24 hrs,8-n-1,anyspeed....... running 486/66 with 2.1 gig of space !!! cd/rom's soon and TNC/PACKET DOOR IS UP & RUNNING !!! qsl route database,clubs,newsletters,bulletins,shareware,utility mods,programs,test ques,lists,software and much more.... VEC/VE exam & class list for all So.Cal. sample exam tests and answers for all class's.. ARRL mirror of all there files ! Using Wildcat v4.11 software.. easy to log in and no FEE's it's FREE ! 5,800 FILES IN 115 FILE AREA'S..so far ! ***GOOD NEWS THE LANDLINE TO HAM PACKET DOOR IS UP AND RUNNING********** ARE YOU ON THE HAM USERS LIST ??????? 73's & 88's de kb6axk,joe cira,ARRL/LAX/ACC. INTERNET E-MAIL ADDRESS:> kb6axk@netcom.com /EX S -- US AMATEUR RADIO |sysop of the HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS| KB6AXK | at 1-818-584-1952,joe cira | PASADENA,CAL,91107| kb6axk@netcom.com | From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nwgw.infi.net!news.infi.net!usenet From: "John L. Rouse" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: 9 Jan 1996 18:24:34 GMT Organization: Capital-Gazette Communications Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4cubt2$9ks@news.infi.net> References: <4bks5q$ur0@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4bo61l$5d4@anomaly.ideamation.com> <4bpjqk$t6q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4bq57s$5sp@anomaly.ideamation.com> <4c7eor$s51@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4cp6bh$fd6@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: h-alberta.dc.infi.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; I; 16bit) Hasn't this foolishness gone on long enough? Give it a break..... John KA3DBN -- /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ John L. Rouse Packet: KA3DBN@KA3RFE.MD.USA.NOA Capital-Gazette Communications FAX: (301) 464-7027 jrouse@dc.infi.net VOICE MAIL: 1-500-346-0440 ............Baltimore-Washington-Annapolis-Bowie................. \--------------------------------------------------------------------/ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.ahc.ameritech.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!info.ucla.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!moritz From: moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de () Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Help identify strange morse key? Date: 12 Jan 1996 09:55:04 GMT Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4d5b5o$2su0@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de Hello, I have a strange morse key, of which I should like to know the origin. It is a straight key. The body forms a case, made of brouwn bakelite. The actual key is mounted upside down on the lid inside the case. The bottom of the case is basically a cover, with the shape of a bath tub (square with a hinge in the back and rounded in the front with a clip for the lid). The knob and two isolated contact screws protrude through the cover, so it appears to be designed for operation under adverse conditions and for keying high voltages. the individual components are marked with reference numbers. Thanks for any help, 73, Moritz DL5UH From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.pe.net!news.corpcomm.net!newspeak.ultratech.net!worldlinx.com!news.worldlinx.com!news From: evincent@mediom.qc.ca (Eric Vincent) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: How make a T/R Swich??? Date: 10 Jan 1996 05:18:45 GMT Organization: Personnel Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4cvi7l$8p6@news.worldlinx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.101.89.39 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 I have a TH-78A, I want to drive a T/R Swich with my radio and I don't have any idea to make that. My PA is a Marconi, and I want to drive this PA with low power. Please help me!!! Thanks, Eric VE2-VXT (evincent@mediom.qc.ca) Eric Vincent 164, Carignan-Salieres Québec, Qc G1L 2E6 Suite #2 From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!alpha.sky.net!winternet.com!news.minn.net!skypoint.com!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: bobdaney@ix.netcom.com(Robert B. Daney, Jr. ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo and RFI ??? Date: 7 Jan 1996 19:32:48 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 43 Message-ID: <4cp750$og8@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> References: <4c6h2b$aq0@kalypso.cybercom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-tol-oh2-01.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Jan 07 11:32:48 AM PST 1996 In <4c6h2b$aq0@kalypso.cybercom.net> wy1z@kalypso.cybercom.net (Scott Ehrlich) writes: > > >I may be purchaseing a Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo in about 6 months, and >was wondering if there were any known RFI problems with it? > >I am aiming for a new model, but may purchase a used one. > >I'm primarily a VHF/UHF user, but HF is not out of the question. > >I'm also considering a Ford Bronco or Explorer. Any recommendations >about the SUV (sport/utility vehicle) purchase would also be appreciated. > >I am in the Boston, MA area - I am interested in these SUVs primarily for >the Winter and snow. > >73, and Happy New Year to all! > > >-- >Scott Ehrlich Web: http://www.ehrlichtronics.com >E-mail: wy1z@ehrlichtronics.com scott@ehrlichtronics.com >Amateur Radio Callsign: wy1z I have a '93 Grand Cherokee Laredop w/ V-8. VHF OK, HF bad news. Cruise control, theft alarm a d transmission will all perform erratically when transmitting above 25 watts. Wasn't worth the hassle. Stick to 2m under 25 watts WITH OUTSIDE antenna, preferable a mag mount so you can move it around for best performance. WD8LIC, BOB Toledo, OH From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!usenet.hana.nm.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: n3ntjmatt@aol.com (N3NTJMatt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Kenwood TS-440s/AT tuner problem Date: 10 Jan 1996 00:49:38 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 13 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cvk1i$iam@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: n3ntjmatt@aol.com (N3NTJMatt) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Hi all.. Does anyone know of a Kenwood auto tuner problem? I know of a rig that will draw lots of current when you get to 20 thru 10 m and the AT will not tune for about 5 or 10 min. Then, it is fine. On 40 and 80m there is no problem. Has anyone ever heard of this problem or know what it may be? I am think the tuner but I dunno. Also, any good, fast Kenwood service areas near Cleveland or Pittsburgh? thx and 73s Matt N3NTJ n3ntjmatt@aol.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!hydra.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!jekucfjc From: jekucfjc@hydra.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE (Jens Kurrat) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics,sci.electronics.misc,alt.cellular-phone-tech,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Looking for Digital PLL/Receiver chips! Date: 12 Jan 1996 10:13:00 GMT Organization: TU Berlin Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4d5c7c$34v@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: hydra.zrz.tu-berlin.de Keywords: Digital PLL, Receiver chips, Baseband Signal Xref: news.epix.net sci.electronics.components:1170 sci.electronics.misc:96 alt.cellular-phone-tech:9275 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13582 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96796 Does anybody know which company makes digital PLL/receiver chips that provide clock extraction (correction of the local ossc.) as well as the data of the incoming baseband signal of about 3 Mbps? In particular I'm looking for a small and simple chip, possibly in CMOS with low power consumption to be used in wireless communications. Thanks for your help! Jens From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.datasync.com!news From: "G.D.Fender" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Looking for Tom N6XLV Date: 9 Jan 1996 18:55:03 GMT Organization: Eureka Labs Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4cudm7$rvj@osh2.datasync.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: os-ppp8.datasync.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Does anyone know where Tom, N6XLV is? I lost track of him and he hasn't updated his address with the FCC.. Please e-mail eureka@datasync.com Thanks Gary - W6SZX From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!con-nntp-gw!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.isp.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip21-065 From: davie@primenet.com (Dave Easton) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Looking:: Shareware Pgm for Grid Square Work??? Date: 7 Jan 1996 15:56:00 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 15 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4cpj20$c9f@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> X-Posted-By: ip21-065.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Hi, I'm really into Grid Squares. I would like to find a program that is orientated toward this more than the popular logging/contest programs. I would really like to have something that would keep track of Squares in many different ways and could PRINT GRID SQUARE MAPS showing various conbinations of Squares, Squares contacted, Squares needed, etc. I would also like to be able to see detailed versions of these type of maps on my screen. Most of the logging programs I have tried just had Grid Squares as an after thought, if they handled them at all. I really need a specialized program. Anyone seen such an item? Thanks, Dave in Phoenix From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.muohio.edu!usenet From: Carl Morgan Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mac Packet Date: 11 Jan 1996 17:35:44 GMT Organization: Miami University Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4d3hpg$5igo@rose.muohio.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.53.21.58 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Greetings Matt: I usually use a PC but have used a Mac on a few occasions. The software has been Kermit (a Columbia University ackage), MacPacket, and Red Ryder. Don't know what is now available, but I'd guess any communications (modem) package would do. The TNCs have been Kantronics' KPC-2 and KAM, MFJ, and PacComm. All work well with the software described. As I recall, all of the above packages required minimal computer power ... a 512K if I recall correctly. Hope this is some help. 73 <> Carl K8NHE matt@grfn.org (Matt Overholt) wrote: >I was wondering if anyone has any experience in packet radio with the >macint osh, and can lead me into the right direction for such= things and >packet modems and software. > >Thanks, >Matt Overholt >KC8BMI > >-- >Matt Overholt From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news.dacom.co.kr!news.netins.net!mcrware.microware.com!dennisg From: dennisg@microware.com (Dennis Gabler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: MARS info Date: 10 Jan 1996 13:56:10 GMT Organization: Microware Systems Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4d0ghq$3gl@mcrware.microware.com> References: <4bko8u$kki@news.socketis.net> <4blag5$cqg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4cg45m$1j32@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <4ckok5$1un2@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> <30F3257D.3CEF@ebpa.com.sg> NNTP-Posting-Host: wahz.microware.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 (NOV) In <30F3257D.3CEF@ebpa.com.sg> Jack Satterfield writ es: >Can anyone advise if they know of a way to send a email to a MARS station for >packet delivery to a final MARS destination? Or, any other way to send a >email that would ultimately be delivered by a specific MARS location. For which service and what destination? How traffic is passed varies from service to service. I am in Navy MARS and all is passed either via PACTOR or voice. Some members do have email and would probably accept outgoing 3rd party traffic via email, there is nothing to prohibit that. It would be up to the individual member. I don't know about the other services but I would assume they are the same. -- Dennis Gabler --o--------------------------=o=--------------------------o-- | dennisg@microware.com KB5HVN/NNN0BQG___________| KB5HVN@WB0UGO.IA.USA.NA From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.packet.net!bsd00.tscs.com!daver!news.cerf.net!ccnet.com!usenet From: mliston@ccnet.com (Mike Liston) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Maybe a Dumb Question? Date: 12 Jan 1996 02:02:15 GMT Organization: CCnet Communications (510-988-7140 guest) Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4d4ff7$e8n@ccnet2.ccnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: h108-6-112.ccnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 I am not a ham, but I have a good friend that is. He asked me if I could find out where the term HAM originated. He thought it might come from High Amplitude Modulation or maybe it is short for "hamateur". Could somebody help us out? Thanks. Mike mliston@ccnet.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.dpc.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uchinews!news.luc.edu!newsfeed.acns.nwu.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!istar.net!infoshare!passport.ca!grumpy.insinc.net!sunserver.Generation.NET!usenet From: hamibj@generation.net (Dany Bouchard) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Message pour VE2DBM Date: 7 Jan 1996 05:27:21 GMT Organization: génération.NET Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4cnljp$1ju@sunserver.Generation.NET> References: <4cm2sc$nf1@sunserver.Generation.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: portb23.generation.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 >Salut Boul, Slut L'vieux >tu m'enverras tes messages dans le newsgroup mtl.test >n'oublie pas rpondre a tous pour me confirmer la reception O.K C'est pris en note et je confirme en meme temp.. >73 Toi Aussi Dany Bouchard Beloeil, Qc. 140, Du Buisson J3G5N9 Callsing Hamradio (VE2DBM) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!a2i!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Morse code exam symbols Date: 10 Jan 1996 20:43:09 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4d18ct$ve0@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <9601041416.aa22291@bns101.bng.ge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap6.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 >>I guess I'm what a lot of people are calling a "wanna-be"tech, That's their problem, not yours. You are every bit as much a licensed amateur operator as they are. Don't let "YE OLDE FAHRTZ" convince you otherwise. -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.netnet.net!news.inc.net!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.pe.net!news.corpcomm.net!gate.net!wthfl2-2.gate.net!grpowell From: grpowell@mailhost.gate.net (Gary R. Powell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need QSL info for 9A7A Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 21:11:11 Organization: CyberGate, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: wthfl2-2.gate.net Keywords: QSL 9A7A X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] I NEED THE QSL INFO FOR: 9A7A - THE INFO I HAVE SAYS VIA YU2HDE BUT I CANT FIND HIS ADDRESS. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. ALSO NEED: HR1KAS UL7LG VK4SID YO2BM YO4NF Z32JA AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST ZA1Z THANKS, GARY KJ4WH From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:25 1996 Message-ID: <447610@280.chatlink.com> From: Peawee@sys280.chatlink.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.chatlink.com!netaccess Date: 10 Jan 1996 05:11:32 PST Subject: Need QSL info: 3DA0NX Lines: 5 Need QSL info for 3DA0NX Where'd you come up with a call like that? Never heard of a call starting with a number. Better check again and see if you got it right. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Need QSL info: 3DA0NX Date: 10 Jan 1996 13:23:11 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4d0ek0$cph@jupiter.planet.net> References: <447610@280.chatlink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan51.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > Peawee@sys280.chatlink.com writes: > Need QSL info for 3DA0NX > > Where'd you come up with a call like that? Never heard of a call > starting with a number. Better check again and see if you got it right. > > >>>> Where'd these come from??? :-) 3A Monaco 3x Guinea 4S Sri Lanka 4X Israel 5A Libya 5W Western Samoa etc, etc, etc Better check on that 3D..rumor has it that it is/was a pirate station steve KF2TI 200,000 countries and 5 galaxies confirmed From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.eye.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!newshost.convex.com!news.dfw.net!news From: David Mclean Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: New ham web Page!!!!!!! Date: 7 Jan 1996 03:31:32 GMT Organization: Road Kill Cafe! Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4cneqk$939@fnord.dfw.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dfw.dfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96772 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23623 Hello I have a new ham web page that I have been working on. My web address of "http://www.dfw.net/~dmclean". Please take a look. I call it D/FW hams but other hams outside of D/FW are Welcome. I have are list of serves that will have any and all types of mods. If you do look at my web page please send my comments about that page. I hope you like it!!! -- David Mclean From The World of Hamradio KC5NNV is Clear! _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dacom.co.kr!news.uoregon.edu!waikato!kcbbs!planet!wilkes!tony Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <122@wilkes.ak.planet.co.nz> References: Reply-To: tony@wilkes.ak.planet.co.nz (Tony Wilkes) From: tony@wilkes.ak.planet.co.nz (Tony Wilkes) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 01:06:25 GMT Subject: Re: New Plastic IMPERVIOUS to LASERS? Lines: 6 Xref: news.epix.net alt.conspiracy:73105 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96723 >who needs a new plastic? haven't you seen that car wax commercial that >protects against lasers? > Does that mean if I polish my Toyota with it Lasers will not run into me ? ;-)) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Wilkes --- Whangaparaoa, North Island, New Zealand Interests - Ham Radio ZL3SLH- Royal Forest & Bird - Croquet From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!wizard.pn.com!sundog.tiac.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!not-for-mail From: clay@panix.com (Clay Irving) Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Site:: Check it Out Date: 9 Jan 1996 21:57:59 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cv9vn$q0f@panix.com> References: <30F19B69.1F4D@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.swap:54914 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96694 In <30F19B69.1F4D@aol.com> Alex Bain writes: >http://www.atlantic.net/~mode/donor Forget it. This jerk has been posting this same site about sperm donors in several newgroups -- It has nothing to do with amateur radio, unless, of course, you *really* like your radio! :) -- See the happy moron, He doesn't give a damn, Clay Irving, N2VKG (clay@panix.com) I wish I were a moron, http://www.panix.com/clay My God! perhaps I am! From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: No guts Dave the real bully? Date: 4 Jan 1996 01:23:15 GMT Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4cfa63$e6g@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <1995dec29.184306.2418@mrst.com> <4c46aa$1m36@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4c4uvm$8lm@elf5.wang.com> <4cf6nk$n52@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s202.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: kz1o@ix.netcom.com,nwebb@tiac.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96735 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32478 kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) wrote: >Thanks, Stephan. Like I said, I couldn't believe that one person could >generate so much ill will, but after going a few rounds with him, I >realized that he's just a bully whom I don't have time for. > >I hope others can use my experience to save them time in the future. > >73, >Dave I am the bully? That is a hoot. You are the name caller. Your response to my challenge to meet on the air was to put me in a kill file. How come? Afraid that you cannot think on your feet, afraid you will be at a loss of words when you cannot use name calling. Do you always need to have Nancy Webb at your side to talk. #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!news From: Gary KF9CM turtle@wwa.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Nocoders get HF go-for-it Date: 12 Jan 1996 01:33:31 GMT Organization: WorldWide Access (tm) - Chicagoland Internet Services (http://www.wwa.com) Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4d4dpb$3vg@kirin.wwa.com> References: <4csbkb$lsc@online.dct.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vh2-061.wwa.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) > bcrier@online.dct.com (AA9OO Brent) writes: > On 20 Oct 1995 16:05:58 GMT, Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net (Thomas > Randall) wrote: > > >Jim Smith (smithj@innet.com) wrote: > >: In article <45f61r$7nk@swen.emba.uvm.edu>, > >: gdavis@griffin.emba.uvm.edu (Gary Davis) wrote: > >: > A local club is letting nocodes operate on HF to rack up points durin g > >: >ARRL contests. I'm told its perfectly legal. > >: .. > >: >NOCODES are operating fully equipped HF stations on SSB and on every H F > >: >band. I'm told a loop hole in part 97 permits this. > > > Sure give the no-coders HF But only CW on 40,80 meter bands. > >>>> Whats the loop hole in part 97 your referring to? Gary KF9CM turtle@wwa.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Not the code, not the test Date: 10 Jan 1996 19:30:08 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4d1440$d7t$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96731 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32476 When will we all wake up and realize that good amateurs were NEVER made by the examination system that happened to be in vogue at any given time. ALL good amateurs became good amateurs by watching other good amateurs do it right. (You can classify that as a "flat statement".) Newcomers imitate what they hear and see on the bands. So be an example... get on the air and do it right, or take a newcomer under your wing and play Elmer. (Or continue to pee and moan here about how "they don't make 'em like they used to make 'em when I became a ham".....) In other words, go out and make 'em like they ought to be made.... do you remember? 73, de Hans, K0HB 73, de Hans, K0HB -- -- My homepage is at: "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/k0hb" -- It's still a hardhat area... under construction From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Now Dave the untruth teller? Date: 4 Jan 1996 01:26:36 GMT Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4cfacc$e6g@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <4ccg51$gml@news.cais.com> <4cf6na$9lh@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s202.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: kz1o@ix.netcom.com,nwebb@tiac.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96736 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32479 kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) wrote: >You might or might not be referring, as part of your comment about >'trashing', to a posting I recently made. The only thing it had to do >with ham radio was that a certain individual was going around here >looking for a fight and saying that all hams were stupid. I regret >Dave KZ1O I NEVER ever said any hams were stupid. Show me ONCE. Try a fact or two. #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mel.aone.net.au!OzEmail!usenet From: vk8mr@ozemail.com.au (VK8MR (Mike)) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL Information Site Wanted Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 03:50:18 GMT Organization: OzEmail Pty Ltd - Australia Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4d03ct$89@oznet07.ozemail.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: slali1p16.ozemail.com.au X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.46 Does anyone out there know of a Web site that offers QSL information? I know of the QRZ Web site, but I'm looking mainly for a site that has more callsigns and QSL info in it. QRZ appears to be just getting started. I've got about half a dozen QSL cards to send that I cannot get addresses for. I know I like to receive QSL cards and dont want to disappoint anyone who feels the same way as I do. Any help would be most appreciated! Best 73's de Mike VK8MR / KG0NG Making friends through Amateur Radio VK8MR@ozemail.com.au From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tac63@aol.com (Tac63) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RADIO SHOW IN N.Y.??` Date: 9 Jan 1996 06:25:10 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4ctjam$p4o@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: tac63@aol.com (Tac63) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Can anyone please advise me if there is a radio show or swap meet type thing in the N.Y. area, preferably in the downstate area. Thanx in advance. Ron TAC63@AOL.COM TAC63@AOL.COM From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!micro.internexus.net!arther.castle.net!news.netrail.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!miwok!news.scruz.net!usenet From: Jeffrey Pawlan Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap Subject: Re: Repairs - HF gear Date: 9 Jan 1996 15:16:30 GMT Organization: scruz-net Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4cu0se$98s@news.scruz.net> References: <4cfo0e$8r0$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.139.15.114 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) X-URL: news:4cfo0e$8r0$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23610 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96757 rec.radio.swap:54980 There is no time better than the present to learn how to repair your own equipment. You do have an amatuer license? From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: ne.weather,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Someone pretending to be me SPAM Date: 11 Jan 1996 00:31:06 GMT Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4d1loa$iq5@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: s201.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net ne.weather:4962 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96762 I have been advised that someone saying they are me is posting money letters to several newsgroups. Mostly likely a disgruntled HAM RADIO operator, not me. .-. .-. / \ .-. .-. / \ / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ /--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / `-' `-' From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mainelink.net!sol.caps.maine.edu!news3.near.net!bigboote.WPI.EDU!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.pcix.com!root From: sscherme@capecod.net (Skid Schermerhorn, W1TTY) Newsgroups: ne.weather,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Someone pretending to be me SPAM Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 13:34:20 GMT Organization: In the land of the happily retired! Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4d5o5c$bv7@alpha.pcix.com> References: <4d1loa$iq5@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: ost49.capecod.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net ne.weather:5013 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96806 Burt Fisher wrote: >I have been advised that someone saying they are me is posting >money letters to several newsgroups. >Mostly likely a disgruntled HAM RADIO operator, not me. > > .-. .-. > / \ .-. .-. / \ > / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ >/--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ > \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / > \ / `-' `-' \ / > `-' `-' Hey, Burt, This is about the fifth message I have seen on ne.weather in a week. What a surprise. Guess a feed got fixed. 73, From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:39 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!mediasoft.net!not-for-mail From: Lanier.r.a@nort.bwi.wec.com (Robert A. Lanier) Subject: Re: Soundcard spectrum analyzer software? Message-ID: <197cc$9b33.e0@mediasoft.net> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 14:16:59 GMT Organization: Westinghouse Electro-Optics References: <4cee4e$lf9@netnews.upenn.edu> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Lines: 24 >Somewhere I remember seeing software that lets you use a PC soundcard, like >a SoundBlaster, as an AF spectrum analyzer. I'm not sure if it required >you to have your own noise generator, or if it generated noise or had >a tracking generator simulator built in or what. Anyone know anything >about it? Anyone have it? Does it work well? How does it work? >Please respond by email. Thanks. > --- Jeff >-- >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =- > Jeff DePolo WN3A Twisted Pair: H:610-337-7383 W:215-387-3059 x3 00 > depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu RF: 442.1 442.2 442.4 443.45 443.8 444.15 linke d > Claim to Fame: I got the first speeding ticket on the information superhighw ay Jeff, I know of the software you are talking about, but since I am at work, I cannot find the info for you. I believe if you look in QST, 73, etc you might find the ad for the product. Tony KE4ATO lanier.r.a@nort.bwi.wec.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: flanders@GroupZ.NET (Jerry Flanders) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Subscription to mailing list INFO-HAMS@UCSD.EDU Date: 10 Jan 96 04:00:55 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 2 Message-ID: <199601100359.TAA07145@UCSD.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu SUBSCRIBE INFO-HAMS From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!bfs.uwm.edu!pff From: pff@bfs.uwm.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: super morse 404 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:27:38 UNDEFINED Organization: Business & Financial Services Lines: 4 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.26.237 X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] Does anyone know where I might get a copy of super morse version 4.04? I tried to down load the copy on the internet thats associated with the Finley article on morse code, but the download does not work correctly. What I need is an FTP site that has it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!jmatk.tiac.net!user From: jmatk@tscm.com (James M. Atkinson, Communications Engineer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,comp.security.unix,de.comp.security Subject: TSCM Counter Surveillance & Technical Security Page Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:20:24 -0500 Organization: tscm.com Lines: 21 Message-ID: Reply-To: jmatk@tscm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: jmatk.tiac.net Keywords: Counterintelligence Debugging Surviellance Counter-Terrorism X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.3 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18372 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23619 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96764 comp.security.unix:23372 de.comp.security:3663 We now have over 600 pages of materials on-line, over 200 photographs, hundreds of frequencies... and we're growing rapidly http://www.tscm.com/ Detailed listing of tools Comprehensive reviews of TSCM equipment Huge Publications listing Comments on TSCM training courses =============================================================== James M. Atkinson "...Shaken, not Stirred..." TSCM.COM 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 URL: http://www.tscm.com/ E-Mail: jmatk@tscm.com =============================================================== The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and the Most Complete TSCM Counterintelligence Site on the Internet =============================================================== From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!mrnews.mro.dec.com!est.enet.dec.com!randolph From: randolph@est.enet.dec.com (Tom Randolph) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: TV disturbs radio Date: 10 JAN 96 13:28:23 Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4d11kq$b01@mrnews.mro.dec.com> References: <4cmpc4$m2p@pf2.phil.uni-sb.de><4cn46c$q66@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> <98@ibbs.av.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipa.enet.dec.com In article <98@ibbs.av.org>, js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) writes... >I did this a while back. It works really well. With my TV's I turned them >all off! What I did was setup education time with the kids and wife. For >three hours every night the kids do homework, read books, or make music. I >did ham radio. The rule is simple, find something you like to do other than >watch TV, and do it. I'll second that. I stopped watching TV about 3 years ago, before I got married. Now my wife and I only watch the occasional movie on the VCR. It's GREAT, one of the best things we ever did for ourselves, and I highly recommend it! The funniest part is, we're much BETTER informed of world, national, and local events than ever before, because we don't have to sift through all the TV hype and outright lies to get to the meat. We both have plenty of time to pursue our hobbies... in my case, building a QRP 2-band HF station from scratch, now nearing completion. I learned more about radios than I ever thought possible. So all you folks who want a technical ham population - do something! Shut off the toob, warm up the soldering iron, and get to work. Build your next radio instead of buying. It's fun, you'll learn a lot, and have the satisfaction of using a piece of equipment you put together yourself. You'll even have something to talk about besides what's on TV (OJ trial? Who cares?). ============================================================================== Tom Randolph N1OOQ NE-QRP 419 QRP-L 87 ARRL randolph@est.enet.dec.com ============================================================================== From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:45 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.ufl.edu!zeno.fit.edu!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Subject: Re: Un francis esta buscando contacto Message-ID: Sender: news@zeno.fit.edu (USENET NEWS SYSTEM) Nntp-Posting-Host: netport-87.iu.net Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 References: <30d28af5.6972@planete.net> <4c27r4$bpm@spectator.cris.com> <4cnq92$gsc@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 03:07:25 GMT Lines: 18 In <4cnq92$gsc@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>, VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: >>me llamo Karla Sofia y estoy viva en HAMBURGO. > >Uh, yeah...I'd like a hamburger, too. Actually, make mine a cheeseburger, > would ya? And an order of fries...to go, please. >-Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM i take it they didn't have spanish in the schools up there in NC, eh? rough translation: my name is Karla Sofia and i live in Hamburgo... however, i don't use spanish enough so Karla probably said she lives for hambu rgers.. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.ahc.ameritech.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!news.exodus.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!bcm.tmc.edu!newshost.convex.com!cnn.exu.ericsson.se!news From: Fergal Purcell Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: US Hams want to operate in UK Date: 11 Jan 1996 14:25:14 GMT Organization: Ericsson North America Inc. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4d36ka$5pq@cnn.exu.ericsson.se> References: <4d1t4q$g3u@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: b02e23.exu.ericsson.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) X-URL: news:4d1t4q$g3u@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu (1) You'll have to get reciprocal licences. The ARRL should be able to get you the correct information for applying for the licences. (2) The 2m band in the UK is 144-146 MHz. (3) Most of the repeaters (if not all) are open. You'll need a 1750 kHz tone to open the tone burst repeaters. This can be done easily by a varied pitch whistle. (4) I believe that the UK is been divided into areas with CTCSS. Repeaters will slowly move over to implementing CTCSS. (5) Repeater frequencies are... R0 145.600 R1 145.625 R2 145.650 R3 145.675 R4 145.700 R5 145.725 R6 145.750 R7 145.775 Input: - 600 kHz Enjoy! Fergal VE2IRL/N5 From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!qns3.qns.com!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.ualr.edu!athena.ualr.edu!pjgraziani From: pjgraziani@ualr.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Valentine Special Event Date: 9 Jan 96 15:26:26 CST Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock Lines: 27 Message-ID: <1996Jan9.152626@ualr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: athena.ualr.edu exit ****Valentine Special Event Station**** The Metropolitan Amateur RAdio Club of central Arkansas will sponsor the 5th annual special event Valentine's Day operation from Romance, Ar. Call will be N5RLJ(N5 Romeo Loves Juliet) Date: 10 February 1996 Time: 1500 UTC to 2200 UTC Frequencies: 40 and 20 meter general phone and cw bands. QSL info: N5RLJ Callbook address or Ronamce, Ar Special Event c/o Metropolitan Amateur Radio Club P. O. Box 1793 North Little Rock, Ar 72115 SASE please. Hope to make a contact with you and Happy Valentine's Day! 73, Paul Graziani wd5biv@kk5aa.#cenar.ar.usa.noam From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!usenet.hana.nm.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!vyzynz!news1.cris.com!news2.acs.oakland.edu!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: k6cblhater@aol.com (K6CBLhater) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vancouver "Ham" Jamming Police? Date: 12 Jan 1996 01:41:56 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4d4vrk$3da@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4d3jmb$6or@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: k6cblhater@aol.com (K6CBLhater) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Local police raided a ham who was reported by an unknown person (also a ham?) to be the guilty party. When the police found several scanners and a VHF transceiver "capable of doing the jamming" they arrested him, sans warrant and took him to jail. He is not the person who was doing the jamming, as his transceiver did not even operate in the police bands. But tell that to a judge! From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.netnet.net!news.inc.net!uwm.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vancouver newspaper blames Ham Radio Ops for Police Jamming Date: 9 Jan 1996 13:14:26 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ctpni$omi@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca> <4csess$e8b@anomaly.ideamation.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 >If I didn't know any better, I'd guess that Drew was up in Vancouver >pinning coaxes. You don't know any better. That's the problem. -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!news.island.net!usenet From: hunter@comox.island.net (hunter) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur,can.general Subject: Re: Vancouver newspaper blames Ham Radio Ops for Police Jamming Date: 11 Jan 1996 21:44:50 GMT Organization: Island Internet Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4d40ci$kr@cliff.island.net> References: <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca> <4csp23$lf1@news.accessone.com> <4d2k2r$p8m@grid.direct.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip5.comox.island.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96777 can.general:81167 In article <4d2k2r$p8m@grid.direct.ca>, tedlee@direct.ca says: > >In <4csp23$lf1@news.accessone.com>, vbook@vbook.com (Ed Mitchell) writes: >>In article <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca>, tedlee@direct.ca says... >>> >>>From: The Province Newspaper, page A21 >>>Dated: Sunday, January 7, 1996. >>> >>>Reprinted without permission. >>>Non-copyrighted story. >>> >>>By-line: AURAL SEX TUNED IN >>> >>>By: Roberta Staley, Staff Reporter >>> >>> >>> A ham radio operator is endangering lives by jamming police >>>radio channels with recordings of a couple having sex. >>> >> >> >> >>Yuck. Besides setting the newspaper straight, it would be useful for the loc al >>Amateur community to assist the police with radio direction finding efforts in >>locating the source of the interference. That's been done elsewhere and turn ed >>an ugly situation into a great one. >> >>Good luck, >>Ed, KF7VY >>------------------------ > As a HAM operator myself, someone is assuming an awful lot by stipulating that the perpetrator of the "sensual" messages is a HAM operator. Anyone can have access to this type of tranceiver and are able to buy them legal- ly. There is no requirement to prove that you are a HAM in order to buy the stuff. It's just as possible that one of the "finest" was lying on the mike button while engaged in a "search" operation in his vehicle. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!news.eas.asu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!usenet From: tedlee@direct.ca Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur,can.general Subject: Re: Vancouver newspaper blames Ham Radio Ops for Police Jamming Date: 11 Jan 1996 09:08:43 GMT Organization: Internet Direct Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4d2k2r$p8m@grid.direct.ca> References: <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca> <4csp23$lf1@news.accessone.com> Reply-To: tedlee@direct.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.174.243.8 X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96779 can.general:81174 In <4csp23$lf1@news.accessone.com>, vbook@vbook.com (Ed Mitchell) writes: >In article <4cs2hh$dei@grid.direct.ca>, tedlee@direct.ca says... >> >>From: The Province Newspaper, page A21 >>Dated: Sunday, January 7, 1996. >> >>Reprinted without permission. >>Non-copyrighted story. >> >>By-line: AURAL SEX TUNED IN >> >>By: Roberta Staley, Staff Reporter >> >> >> A ham radio operator is endangering lives by jamming police >>radio channels with recordings of a couple having sex. >> > > > >Yuck. Besides setting the newspaper straight, it would be useful for the loca l >Amateur community to assist the police with radio direction finding efforts i n >locating the source of the interference. That's been done elsewhere and turne d >an ugly situation into a great one. > >Good luck, >Ed, KF7VY >------------------------ >personal email to vbook@vbook.com >Visit Ham Radio Online, it's free, at >http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm > For more on this thread read, can.general Ted Lee VE7LEE From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!in-news.erinet.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!s2.GANet.NET!usenet From: Rick Tressler Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: 9 Jan 1996 13:21:44 GMT Organization: Global Access Network ISP (614)717-1700 Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4ctq58$3cu@s2.GANet.NET> References: <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> <4cpq9c$a2a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp3-31.ganet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; U; 16bit) I did some research, but could not find exactly what I was lookinng for in the rule book. From what I can see, the FCC will not re-issue a callsign. The vanity callsign pro gram is still pending, so we wait. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:53 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.ufl.edu!zeno.fit.edu!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Message-ID: Sender: news@zeno.fit.edu (USENET NEWS SYSTEM) Nntp-Posting-Host: netport-87.iu.net Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 References: <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> <4cpq9c$a2a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 03:08:52 GMT Lines: 12 In <4cpq9c$a2a@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, k1um@aol.com (K1UM) writes: >anyone know how long the FCC keeps a callsign around after it has >expired? The call I would like expired Feb, 95. It would be >nice if they cancelled it in Feb 96! Thanks .. Tom the grace period is 2 years. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!buffnet2.buffnet.net!bga.com!news From: jimwills@ballistic.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 06:15:43 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications - Bob Gustwick and Associates Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4d22sv$19n@giga.bga.com> References: <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> <4cpq9c$a2a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4d0vpq$3qb@giga.bga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tpm0-84.ballistic.com X-RTcode: a0b9e3c330df8e59e5f48ea3 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 jimwills@ballistic.com wrote: >k1um@aol.com (K1UM) wrote: >>anyone know how long the FCC keeps a callsign around after it has >>expired? The call I would like expired Feb, 95. It would be >>nice if they cancelled it in Feb 96! Thanks .. Tom >call signs become available two years after expiration. I am the guy >who pushed the vanity call sign system thru Congress when the FCC >refused my petitions. Good luck. >jimwills@ballistic.com The FCC 610-V can be obtained from W5YI at P.O.Box 565101, Dallas, TX 75356-5101, 817-461-6443, 351-1297@mcimail.com. The FCC uses prision labor to do their publishing, W5YI received a plate of the new form and reproduced his own. He charges $1.00 for the form. 73... jimwills@ballistic.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!hgea01.hgea.org!usenet From: Wayne Jones Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: W2 QSL bureau address Date: 10 Jan 1996 05:40:52 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4cvjh4$pih@hgea01.hgea.org> References: <4crn2u$l8l@convex.convex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp71.hgea.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; U; 16bit) tonyp@convex.com (Tony J. Podrasky) wrote: >GE > >Anybody got it - and how much $ to send? > >73, >WA2EAA - tony > ARRL 2nd District : N.J.D.X.A. PO BOX 599 Morris Plains NJ 07950 They are supposed to sell stamps and envelopes. Sens a SASE to find out rates. You also could send a stack of SASE -- I recommend no smaller than 5-1/2 x 7 inches -- some of the DX cards are quite large. Definitely do not send the small standard size envelopes -- they are just too small. I also recommend that you put no more than two ounces worth of postage on an envelope until you get a little experience in knowing how many cards to expect. Two ounces is $0.55, and will get you about 12-14 cards. Hope this helps! Aloha from the 50th State! Wayne, NH6GJ Manager, KH6 Bureau. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!bcm.tmc.edu!newshost.convex.com!convex!tonyp From: tonyp@convex.com (Tony J. Podrasky) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: W2 QSL bureau address Date: 10 Jan 1996 17:06:37 GMT Organization: Coyotes R Us - ask me about my Coyotes Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4d0rmt$mga@convex.convex.com> References: <4crn2u$l8l@convex.convex.com> <4cvjh4$pih@hgea01.hgea.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: convex1.convex.com RGR - tnx for the info. (I did reply with E-MAIL but it bounced). 73 es BCNU WA2EAA / tonyp -- The Coyote's | I'm the voice of all the Wildest West, the Patti of the Plain s; Song | I'm a wild Wagnerian opera of diabolic strains; Ernest Thompson| I'm a roaring, ranting orchestra with lunatics becrammed; Seton, 1913 | I'm a vocalized tornado - I'm the shrieking of the damned! From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: W2 QSL bureau address Date: 10 Jan 1996 13:30:51 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4d0f2b$cph@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4cvjh4$pih@hgea01.hgea.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan51.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > Wayne Jones writes: > tonyp@convex.com (Tony J. Podrasky) wrote: > >GE > > > >Anybody got it - and how much $ to send? > > > >73, > >WA2EAA - tony > > > ARRL 2nd District : > > N.J.D.X.A. > PO BOX 599 > Morris Plains NJ 07950 > > They are supposed to sell stamps and envelopes. Sens a SASE to find out > rates. You also could send a stack of SASE -- I recommend no smaller than > 5-1/2 x 7 inches -- some of the DX cards are quite large. Definitely do > not send the small standard size envelopes -- they are just too small. > > I also recommend that you put no more than two ounces worth of postage on > an envelope until you get a little experience in knowing how many cards to > expect. Two ounces is $0.55, and will get you about 12-14 cards. > > Hope this helps! > > Aloha from the 50th State! > > Wayne, NH6GJ > Manager, KH6 Bureau. > > >>>> just so happens i have an application in hand $5.00 for 10 postal credits they supply envelopes and stamps 73, steve From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.NVI.NET!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!jaxnet.jaxnet.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Belgium.EU.net!ping.be!news From: Geert Pirens Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WANTED graphic packet v2.? beta Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 04:23:19 -0800 Organization: PING Belgium Lines: 11 Message-ID: <30F3AFB7.64C0@ping.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup26.hasselt.eunet.be Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win16; I) Hello, Whho is so kind to help me ? Loking for Graphic Packet v2.? beta version. All reply's are welkom !! Bye Geert Pirens From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:14:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!newshost.cyberramp.net!news.iadfw.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!mn5.swip.net!usenet From: Martin.Rask@mailbox.swipnet.se (Martin Rask) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Wants mods for IC736 ,IC737(A) and IC738 Date: 9 Jan 1996 23:31:43 GMT Organization: - Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4cutsv$fb8@mn5.swip.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tty17-07.swipnet.se Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 Hello and thanks for reading this !! :-) is there anyone outthere who has any mods for anyone of these three radio´s ?? could be anyting from improving RX to how to get expande TX. I would really appriciate any mod at all for these radio´s (havent seen any at all passing arround) so is there anyone who has a mod outthere please send it to me. Best 73´s De SM7VHS /Martin hope to hear you on the bands. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:15:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.i2020.net!root From: "Arthur H. Williams, Jr." Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: What CW keyboards are available? Date: 10 Jan 1996 19:53:34 GMT Organization: I-2020Net. (800) 628-0100 Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4d15fu$6rk@gateway.i2020.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: onramp1-24.i2020.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) There are CW keyboards available from MFJ, but are there other sources? From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:15:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!ccnet.com!rwilkins From: rwilkins@ccnet.com (Bob Wilkins n6fri) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this Newsgroup? Date: 3 Jan 1996 23:29:53 GMT Organization: home in the cAVe listening to 147.435 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4cf3hh$45i@ccnet2.ccnet.com> References: <4ccg51$gml@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ccnet3 Avery Russell (agross@erols.com) wrote: : Greetings for a very good new year. This group is a little bit stronger in the flaming trash than the amateur service as a whole. The flamers and trolls get beat off their favorite two meter trash boxes or their 75 meter nets and come here to release their pent up hostilities. At least you can hit you d key or create kill file filters...no different than spinning the dial on your transeiver. Most of the lamers in this newsgroup would never last on our local two meter trash box... Enjoy the sport! Bob -- Bob Wilkins home n6fri@uhf.org Berkeley, California work bwilkins@cave.org 94712-2354 play n6fri@n6eeg.#nocal.ca.usa.noam From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:15:02 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!news.westnet.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!charles1 From: charles1@netcom.com (charles copeland) Subject: Where to get Morse Academy 5.2? Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:47:02 GMT Lines: 2 Sender: charles1@netcom9.netcom.com Where can I get get Morse Academy 5.2? From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:15:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.2sprint.net!news.iadfw.net!adonis.tdi.net!agis!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.gmi.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tac63@aol.com (Tac63) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTB: USED/AFTERMARKET PROGRAMMING CABLE FOR RADIUS/MAXTRAC Date: 11 Jan 1996 11:28:39 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4d3drn$41l@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: tac63@aol.com (Tac63) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Looking to buy a used or after-market programming cable for a Motorola Radius(Mobile Radio) or a Motorola Maxtrac(mobile radio). Please e-mail me with details. Thanks in advance. Ron TAC63@AOL.COM TAC63@AOL.COM From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:15:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ns.mad.servicom.es!ns.bcn.servicom.es!news From: "Jordi C." Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Yaesu G-800SDX computer control. Date: 10 Jan 1996 09:35:49 GMT Organization: SERVICOM Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4d019l$k2s@ns.bcn.servicom.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp_11.bcn.servicom.es Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Hi I would like to control my Yaesu G-800SDX rotor via my PC without buying an expensive control card.Do you know how ? Thanks in advance for all information. Jordi Carné ea3aqr@bcn.servicom.es From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:15:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!jaxnet.jaxnet.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!safn2!pmm From: pmm@safn2.saf.com (Penn McClatchey) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Yaesu G-800SDX computer control. Summary: Kenwood computer control Message-ID: <950@safn8.UUCP> Date: 11 Jan 96 15:06:52 GMT References: <4d019l$k2s@ns.bcn.servicom.es> Organization: SAF Customer Service, Atlanta GA Lines: 14 In article <4d019l$k2s@ns.bcn.servicom.es>, ea3aqr@bcn.servicom.es (Jordi C.) writes: > Hi > I would like to control my Yaesu G-800SDX rotor via my PC without buying > an expensive control card.Do you know how ? I'm sorry, but I don't know. I have the same question for Kenwood rig. The RS232 level adapter is $130. Anyone know of a less expensive way to do this? Any help much appreciated, 73 de Penn -- Penn M. McClatchey (Southern Aluminum Finishing Co, Atlanta, GA, USA) Architectural Aluminum. Custom Fabrication. Paint, Powder Coating, Anodizing. pmm@saf.com Amateur Radio WB4DPT Voice: 404-355-1560,ext231 From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 12 14:15:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!news From: doob@solder-it.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Your QSL Card on The Web Date: 9 Jan 1996 23:28:38 GMT Organization: APK - Internet Provider for Ohio. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4cutn6$q6o@wariat.wariat.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: fdoob.apk.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Get your QSL on the Web. Send it to: QSLs on The Web Solder-It Co. P.O. Box 20100 Cleveland, OH 44120 Write your e-mail address on back o card with permission to post. See your card at... http://www.solder-it.com Most votes for best card (monthly) will get free Solder-It 73, Fred, AA8FQ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!crl.dec.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!lince.lander.es!news From: jagon@lander.es (Jose Antonio Gonzalez) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: "DX-ROUTEBOOK"-COPYRIGHT 1995/KB6AXK Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 13:30:21 GMT Organization: Lander Internet Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4d5npj$p29@lince.lander.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp071.lander.es X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hello! Does anyone know when and where is going to be available the 1996 edition? Best 73 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: zaax@aol.com (ZaaX) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: "Phillips Code" abbreviations needed Date: 13 Jan 1996 16:00:49 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4d96i1$l1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: zaax@aol.com (ZaaX) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Does anyone out there know where I can get a listing of the "Phillips Code"? It is a list of abbreviations that use to be used by landline telegraph operators. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated! 73 Zack Schindler N8FNr From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!news2.acs.oakland.edu!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!info-server.surrey.ac.uk!usenet From: Philip Manning Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: (no subject) Date: 15 Jan 1996 12:53:55 GMT Organization: University of Surrey, Guildford, England Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4ddip3$o6g@info-server.surrey.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: balrog.ee.surrey.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3 sun4c) X-URL: news:rec.radio.amateur.misc Information, sources, and typical prices required on a suitable 220 mhz amateu r mobile radio for use in the States. I have a friend you is coming over to the States for a while. All replies to me, Please. Phil Manning G1LKJ Packet Radio BBS GB7GFD From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!news2.acs.oakland.edu!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!info-server.surrey.ac.uk!usenet From: Philip Manning Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: (no subject) Date: 15 Jan 1996 13:00:15 GMT Organization: University of Surrey, Guildford, England Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4ddj4v$o6g@info-server.surrey.ac.uk> References: <4ddip3$o6g@info-server.surrey.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: balrog.ee.surrey.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3 sun4c) To: P.Manning@ee.surrey.ac.uk X-URL: news:4ddip3$o6g@info-server.surrey.ac.uk Sorry folks left the subject off...oops: 220 mhz rigs availability? From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!usenet From: John Passaneau Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Re: ***Ham WEB page For all people to use! Give it a TRY*** Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 15:47:00 -0800 Organization: Penn State University Lines: 20 Message-ID: <30FC38F4.2EEC@leps.phys.psu.edu> References: <4df36s$3lt@fnord.dfw.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: thing-two.phys.psu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win16; I) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23827 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18501 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13643 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12755 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96988 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32577 rec.radio.amateur.space:6142 David Mclean wrote: > > Hello to all: > > Come a take a look at my new web page. I have been working on it for > the last 4 weeks. I have lots of thing that you will like. Some of the > things that I have are: MODs, Swap Shop, Dfw repeter list, comment page, > links to other good ham pages, call looks ups (updated by the sec), radio > pricing, Links to QRZ,FCC,HRO, and many more. If you are a ham and would > like you web page added to my list just send me e-mail. Please tell me > what you like and dislike about the page. I want all types of comments. > Hope you like what I have. > > -- > David Mclean > From The World of Hamradio > KC5NNV is Clear! > _________________________________________________________________________> - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It might have been nice to put the address in the message. John Passaneau, WB8EIY, State College Pa. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news.net99.net!news.cyberg8t.com!host12.cyberg8t.com!user From: wb6siv@cyberg8t.com (Raymond Sarrio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: **FREE Ham Classified Page Opens on the Web** Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 20:52:30 -0800 Organization: Raymond Sarrio Co. Lines: 26 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: host12.cyberg8t.com The Raymond Sarrio Company¹s Ham Radio WWW site is proud to announce a FREE Ham Radio classified advertising page at http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html. This new classified page will allow Hams to find equipement with the help of a search engine--no need to scroll through 100¹s of listing before you find that special piece of gear. Plus, when you find the gear you'er interested in, you are also provided with easy point-and-click e-mail access, directly to the Ham that listed the item. For those Hams with gear to sell, take note! there is NO charge to list your equipment within Ham Classifieds, and there will be no posting time delays. Your posting(s) will go on-line in our classified search engine immediately. All you need do is fill out a simple forms page, and upon its (point-and-click) submission your ³For Sale² classified is immediately on-line. I will be purging the classified listings initially, about once every month, but that timeline will shorten as our classified numbers grow. Give it a try, and let me know how you like it (we are still beta testing) 73¹s Ray -- Visit the Raymond Sarrio Co. Ham Radio Web site http://www.csz.com/sarrio.htm l Extensive discount Catalog, New Cool Links Page Ham Poll--New poll questions asked monthly From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!phoenix.phoenix.net!jmaca From: jmaca@phoenix.phoenix.net (John Maca) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 160m mailing list? Date: 12 Jan 1996 09:21:15 GMT Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4d596b$3rr@gryphon.phoenix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Does anyone have the e-mail address to subscribe to the 160m "Top-Band" mailing list? I had it at one time but lost it... Please reply to jmaca@phoenix.net Thanks in advance! John AB5SS From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!microvst.demon.co.uk From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 160m mailing list? Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 16:31:10 GMT Organization: Microvest Limited, London Lines: 30 Message-ID: <821464270snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: <4d596b$3rr@gryphon.phoenix.net> Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: microvst.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: microvst.demon.co.uk In article <4d596b$3rr@gryphon.phoenix.net> jmaca@phoenix.phoenix.net "John Maca" writes: > Does anyone have the e-mail address to subscribe to the > 160m "Top-Band" mailing list? I had it at one time but > lost it... The Topband reflector is: topband@frontier.net Administrative traffic (subscription, etc.) should go to: topband-request@frontier.net To subscribe send an e-mail message containing the single line "subscribe" in the text to "topband-request@frontier.net." Further information is available by sending an e-mail message containing the single line "info" to the same address. > Please reply to jmaca@phoenix.net Done. 73. -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!phoenix.phoenix.net!jmaca From: jmaca@phoenix.phoenix.net (John Maca) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 160m mailing list? Date: 15 Jan 1996 14:54:03 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4ddpqc$bcl@gryphon.phoenix.net> References: <4d596b$3rr@gryphon.phoenix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Thanks to all who responded! I'm back on the list. John AB5SS John Maca (jmaca@phoenix.phoenix.net) wrote: : Does anyone have the e-mail address to subscribe to the : 160m "Top-Band" mailing list? I had it at one time but : lost it... : Please reply to jmaca@phoenix.net : Thanks in advance! : John : AB5SS From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.hol.gr!news From: sv1dkd@hol.gr (Andrew Georges) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 2-m on tour in Greece? Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 22:38:14 GMT Organization: Hellas on line Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4db8sb$v45@newsflash.hol.gr> References: <4crba6$j4f@news-2.csn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tia@cronos.hol.gr X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <4crba6$j4f@news-2.csn.net>, alexlane@csn.net (Alex Lane) wrote: >If I were to go on vacation to Greece, how might I go about getting a >temporary ticket to work 2-m, say, near the Albanian border? >Cheers... >KD6JJA >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > finger/email: alexlane@csn.net | voice: (970) 731-3051; fax -3058 > Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA | bbs: (970) 731-3064 > PGP 2.7 fingerprint: 7F DB 06 E2 47 84 79 B4 32 3C A9 48 65 AA 5B C2 > Home page for Alex Lane >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Well thats a long story but I have a copy of all the information you need some were also you can send a packet radio message to the R.A.A.G. and ask for info they have a detailed file which you can look at. tha packet address is: SV1SV @ SV1SV.ATH.GRC.EU I try to get that file to put on the net.... 73's de Andrew... Bye VA .. 73's DE SV1DKD (Andrew Georges) -------------------------------- Ham Radio Station Amateur Radio Spans The Globe... -------------------------------- Mailing Addresses: Internet: sv1dkd@hol.gr ax.25 : SV1DKD@SV1BKN.ATH.GRC.EU (packet radio) Snail : P.O.BOX 3564 C.P. 10210 Athens Greece --------------------------------------------------- 73DX73DX73DX73DX73DX73DX73DX73DX73DX73DX73DX73DX73 --------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!nntp.igs.net!usenet From: mdonohue@renc.igs.net (Michael Donohue) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 20m Radio Nets Date: 14 Jan 1996 11:47:01 GMT Organization: IGS - Information Gateway Services Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4daqfl$pkc@nntp.igs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mdonohue.renc.igs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 Hi: A few years ago, perhaps later there was a Net run out of the West Coast area around 14.300+ for Kenwood/Yaesu Users. I have yet to hear these nets on recently. Have they gone by the wayside? Is there currently any such type of nets running. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 73 De Michael VE3DMJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!ns.etri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!info-server.surrey.ac.uk!usenet From: Philip Manning Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 220 Mhz Amateur radio mobile rig information required Date: 15 Jan 1996 17:43:17 GMT Organization: University of Surrey, Guildford, England Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4de3nl$sg1@info-server.surrey.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: olympus.ee.surrey.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3 sun4m) X-URL: news:rec.radio.amateur.misc A Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society member Roger G4CNW requires information on 220 mghz amateur radio rigs, re availability, sources,typical prices new etc. All replies to Phil Manning G1LKJ RNARS 2954 also at GB7GFD Packet radio bbs. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: pmarkiew@whq.wizcom.COM (Peter Markiewicz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Address for World Radio Magazine Date: 16 Jan 96 16:12:20 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 15 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu Does anyone know the Address or Telephone # for World Radio Magazine? If so, can you please E-mail it to me.. Thanks - Peter =========================================================================== Peter Markiewicz wizpm01@whq.wizcom.com Avis Rent-A-Car (516) 222-4839 900 Old Country Road Garden City, NY 11530 =========================================================================== From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!news.eas.asu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!nntp0.brunel.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: ee95ajm@brunel.ac.uk (Andrew John Murrell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Alinco dj-580 Date: 15 Jan 1996 14:45:20 -0000 Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4ddpa0$27h@ccsp-22.brunel.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ccsp-22.brunel.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23807 uk.radio.amateur:10105 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96957 Hi, I've got a alinco dj-580 handheld that appears to be playing up. When i turn it on it works ok for a few seconds, then it seems to go deaf on 2, and not transmit on 70 (but still tx's on 2, and rx's on 70). I have notice d that when it is acting up, and you tx on 70 (or at least try to :-)), the on a irlight flashes. has anyone got any ideas what wrong? andy, g7ueh email - ee95ajm@brunel.ac.uk www - http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~ee95ajm bbs (ax25) - g7ueh@gb7bst (or at least it will be in & when i get the radio working :) ) From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!globe.indirect.com!indirect From: lenwink@indirect.com (Len Winkler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: APRS discussed on national show! Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 15:32:50 GMT Organization: Ham Radio & More Show Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4dds5e$6p6@globe.indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s169.phxslip4.indirect.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 APRS will be the topic this Sunday, 1/21/96, on the Ham Radio & More Show. Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, originator of the software will be the special guest. Don't miss this exciting show on the Talk America Radio Network and via shortwave as well as satellite. The show airs live at 6:00pm ET (2300utc). 73, Len Len Winkler, KB7LPW lenwink@indirect.com P.O. Box 9219 kb7lpw@n7mrp.az.usa.na Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219 Ham Radio & More Show info at: http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html The show airs LIVE at 6:00pm ET, 2300utc, Sundays on the Talk America Radio Network in over 62 cities. Check WWW page for list. The show also airs on WWCR shortwave. Check 5.065mhz for our live show or tape d delay on Saturdays at noon ET (1700utc) on 12.160, and Mondays at 1000utc on 7.435. Also, LIVE on C-band satellite....Spacenet 3, Transponder 9, 6.8 audio. Support "WOG". Written only General!!! From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!mojo.eng.umd.edu!thrash.src.umd.edu!not-for-mail From: tedwards@Glue.umd.edu (Thomas Grant Edwards) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital,sci.space.shuttle Subject: APRtrak - SPRE part-II Date: 13 Jan 1996 04:24:56 -0500 Organization: Project Glue, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 57 Message-ID: <4d7tp8$9kv@thrash.src.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: thrash.src.umd.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.space:6126 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96840 sci.space.shuttle:39650 [See http://w3eax.umd.edu/spre.html for more SPRE info] APRtrak - SPRE part-II ====================== By: Bob Bruninga (WB4APR) File: aprthlp2.txt Date: 11-Jan-96 Once you have APRtrak unzipped, loaded, and working with your TNC, and have READ all the files in the README directory, you will be able to rapidly move between the APRtrak screens to see the packets being parsed using several single Key commands: SPACE BAR displays the map. Use PgUP/DN, HOME and arrows to ZOOM L - LATEST. Will only display the LAST packet seen per station. P - POSITS. Holds the posits of any stations reporting same. A - ALL BEACONS. This is the chronological page of all NEW packets. It does NOT update in real time, so you have to keep pressing "A" each time you want to see the latest. V - This is a conventional scrolling text display of raw packets D - DIGIPEATERs. This display shows the packet headers being used. alt-T - This page displays the telemetry. Z - HORIZON. This is an interesting display showing what the SKY looks like from your backyard or wherever the MAP cursor is. To see the default horizon (Annapolis), center the map on your station and press Z. You can customize this HORIZON following the steps in SYSTEM\HORIZON.DAT. alt-F FAST. This will make the satellites move FAST. It is interesting to watch on the HORIZON display. NOTE!!!! I just discovered that APRtrak defaults to Mcom OFF. This will prevent you from capturing the REFLEX and other non APRS packets! Without Mcom ON, you also will not see the full packets on the ALL PAGE. To toggle MCOM ON, use the APRtrak CONTROLS-MCOM command. APRtrak will then try to set MCOM on in your TNC. AEA TNC's use a different command which you will have to set yourself using the OPS-COMM mode to talk to your TNC directly. Not only does MCOM in APRtrak turn on MCOM in your TNC, but within APRtrak it also ENABLES the saving of ALL packets including the HEADERS on the ALL page and subsequently that is what is saved in the LOG files. So even if you can't get MCOM ON in your TNC, be sure it is ON in APRtrak. When it is ON you will see it in the CONTROLS display (Hit the TAB key to show it). Hope to see you on the map! From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!mojo.eng.umd.edu!thrash.src.umd.edu!not-for-mail From: tedwards@Glue.umd.edu (Thomas Grant Edwards) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.space.shuttle Subject: APRtrak and SPRE part III Date: 13 Jan 1996 04:26:28 -0500 Organization: Project Glue, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 54 Message-ID: <4d7ts4$9li@thrash.src.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: thrash.src.umd.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.space:6127 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96841 sci.space.shuttle:39651 [for more SPRE info, go to http://w3eax.umd.edu/spre.html] APRtrak and SPRE part III ========================= By: Bob Bruninga (WB4APR) File: aprthlp3.txt Date: 11-Jan-96 At the bottom of this file are the latest KEPS for STS-72 and MIR. In APRtrak, use the FILES-KEPS command to update your KEPS from this file. NOTES: 1) Use a DOS editor to change one of the existing satellite object numbers in APR.ORB to the object number for STS-72. That is 23762 2) Now use the FILES-KEPS (NASA format) to update from this file. 3) Do NOT use the AMSAT format for updating, because it appears to wipe out all the satellites and only bring in the new one... 4) If you accidentally wipe out all your satellites, you can copy the APR.BAK file to APR.ORB and you will be back in business... Be sure your DATE, TIME and TIME ZONE are correct. Once SPRE is deployed, do NOT update your KEPS if you want to keep tracking SPRE. If you want to update the shuttle KEPS, then use an editor to change the name from STS-72 to SPRE and give it a fake OBJ number. Then change another satellite to 23762 and do an update. But remember that the shuttle does have to come back to the SPRE position to pick it up. KEPS STS-72 1 23762U 96001A 96011.54980208 .00018263 14056-8 12334-4 0 25 2 23762 28.4456 92.8486 0209086 53.8763 124.4554 15.83397765 37 Mir 1 16609U 86017A 96011.21448032 .00001907 00000-0 31939-4 0 3827 2 16609 51.6436 195.5557 0005535 197.3708 162.7101 15.57665536565383 Satellite: STS-72 Catalog number: 23762 Epoch time: 96011.54980208 Element set: 2 Inclination: 28.4456 deg RA of node: 92.8486 deg Eccentricity: 0.0209086 Arg of perigee: 53.8763 deg Mean anomaly: 124.4554 deg Mean motion: 15.83397765 rev/day Decay rate: 1.82628e-04 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 3 Check sum: 324 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!news.tcst.com!dildog.lgc.com!news.sesqui.net!oitnews.harvard.edu!newsfeed.rice.edu!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Are hams law abiding? Date: 12 Jan 1996 01:32:01 GMT Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4d4dmh$11t@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: s204.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) More than any other group. .-. .-. / \ .-. .-. / \ / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ /--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / `-' `-' From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!news.eas.asu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLB002 Ham License Issuance Still Stalled Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:29:05 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 36 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlb002.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10680 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96832 SB QST @ ARL $ARLB002 ARLB002 Ham License Issuance Still Stalled ZCZC AG81 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 2 ARLB002 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 12, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB002 ARLB002 Ham License Issuance Still Stalled The budget impasse is over for now, but FCC issuance of new ham radio licenses remains stalled, this time by bad weather. The FCC reopened Thursday, January 11, but closed Friday, January 12, as more snow hit Washington, DC. Monday, January 15, is a Federal holiday, Martin Luther King Day. While it was open January 11, the FCC accepted electronic amateur license application files for processing from VECs, including more than 1800 records from ARRL/VEC. The FCC will expedite the application backlog, but some temporary software adjustments were needed before licenses are granted. It could take several days after Monday s holiday for the FCC to get back up to speed. The earliest word on call sign assignments and upgrades is not expected until Wednesday, January 17. ARRL suggests applicants wait until then to call ARRL at 860-594-0300, 8 AM to 5 PM EST. The same information will be available on Internet sites, including the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, WEB site at http://www.ualr.edu/doc/hamualr/callsign.html. NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLB003 FCC proposes to suspend amateur use of 76-77 GHz Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 15 Jan 1996 23:06:22 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 41 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlb003.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10696 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96978 SB QST @ ARL $ARLB003 ARLB003 FCC proposes to suspend amateur use of 76-77 GHz ZCZC AG82 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 3 ARLB003 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 16, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB003 ARLB003 FCC proposes to suspend amateur use of 76-77 GHz In a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in ET Docket 94-124, issued just before the Federal shutdown in mid-December, the FCC has proposed amending Part 97 of its rules to ''temporarily disallow amateur use of the 76-77 GHz band,'' which the FCC hopes to open for commercial development along with other ''millimeter wave'' frequency bands above 40 GHz. The band in question is part of the 75.5 to 81 GHz allocation, which the amateur and amateur satellite services share with other users on a primary basis from 75.5 to 76 GHz, and on a secondary basis from 76 to 81 GHz. The primary allocation of 76-81 GHz is assigned to radiolocation, including radar. The commission says the change will permit development of vehicle radar systems in the 76-77 GHz band that could be used in conjunction with Intelligent Transportation Systems. The FCC says restricting ham use of 76-77 GHz will prevent potential interference to these developing systems. At the same time, the FCC proposes to upgrade amateur status in the 77.5-78 GHz band from secondary to co-primary with government and nongovernment radiolocation services. In earlier comments, the ARRL objected to limiting the 76-77 GHz band to vehicle radar systems. The League said it wanted to maintain existing ham allocations from 75.5 to 81 GHz to spur development of short-range, high-speed data links. Because of the Federal government shutdown, the deadline for comments on the FCC proposal has not been set but will be 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.scott.net!acara.snsnet.net!HiWAAY.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLD002 DXCC update Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 9 Jan 1996 19:37:52 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 29 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arld002.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10683 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96868 SB DX @ ARL $ARLD002 ARLD002 DXCC update ZCZC AE44 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 2 ARLD002 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 10, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD002 ARLD002 DXCC update Documentation for the following operations has been received and approved: 3A/I1YRL 3A/IK1OWC 3A/I2MOV 3A/I1ZB 3A/I8FXT 3W5FM 4B9CQ 6Y5/DL1DA 7P8CW 7Q7DC 8Q7CW 9J2CE 9N1AN 9N1SXW 9R1A CN2NI D2RU DU1/SM5ENX HI/DL1DA HS0ZCJ HS/DF8AN HS/KM4P J3J J3X J3Y TT8BP TY8G VK9LX VK9LZ VK9NM VK9XRS VR2/DF8AN VU2/DJ9RB XT2DP XZ1A XY1HT XZ1X XZ1Z ZA5B ZA9B ZA/PB0AIO ZA/PA0HTR ZK1DI ZL7CW ZL7PYD ZV0TI NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!news.eas.asu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLP002 Propagation de KT7H Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:29:09 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 29 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlp002.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10681 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96833 SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP002 ARLP002 Propagation de KT7H ZCZC AP23 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 2 ARLP002 From Tad Cook, KT7H Seattle, WA January 12, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP002 ARLP002 Propagation de KT7H Solar activity was up a bit last week, while geomagnetic activity was quite low. This is a nice combination for HF propagation, giving us a little better conditions on higher frequencies while absorption is lower. Low activity is expected to continue, with a gradually declining solar flux rising slightly again after January 22. A recurring coronal hole is expected around January 20, but it should not cause a great disturbance. Sunspot Numbers for January 4 through 10 were 48, 69, 57, 45, 53, 27 and 13, with a mean of 44.6. 10.7 cm flux was 85.9, 84.9, 82.7, 82.5, 79.3, 75.9 and 73.8, with a mean of 80.7. NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!bga.com!realtime.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: ARRL employees live in fear Date: 11 Jan 1996 00:35:06 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4d1lvq$iq5@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <1996Jan5.151001.25177@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4ckihj$843@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4crqlb$vcu@mgate.arrl.org> <4cto94$nso@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: s201.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96900 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32543 Frank Connelly wrote: > >Care to identify your source? Or does he fear termination by the >League's super secret assination squad? > He posts here. KY1T. .-. .-. / \ .-. .-. / \ / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ /--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / `-' `-' From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:53 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARRL Handbook Superkeyer Address Please From: dan.hrehov@prostar.com (Dan Hrehov) Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!news2.acs.oakland.edu!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!news.csl-gmbh.net!zippo!zdc!news4.noc.netcom.net!prostar.com Message-ID: <0000121F000007E4@prostar.com> Date: 13 Jan 96 15:39:58 PDT Organization: ProStar Plus Internet Lines: 11 Here is the address as of about last summer. IDOM Press PO Box 1025 Geyserville, CA 95441 I had to replace the chip. I really like the keyer 73's Dan N7VOE N7VOE@aol.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!hookup!news.nstn.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!sunqbc.risq.net!news.riq.qc.ca!news From: mcaron@riq.qc.ca Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARRL VHF Sweepstake Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 01:37:01 PDT Organization: Reseau Internet Quebec Lines: 34 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: riq-128-96.riq.qc.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage ARRL JANUARY VHF SWEEPSTAKES. ----------------------------- From VA2MRX (FN46) The upcoming VHF contest, the station VA2MRX will be contesting as a Limited Multioperator from January 20st 1900UTC to the 22nd 0400UTC. 5 Operators will be working the station. Our goal is to make over 100 QSO's. We will be on these frequencies. 2m: SSB: 144.200 Mhz FM: 146.550 Mhz 70cm: SSB: 432.100 Mhz FM: 446.000 Mhz 10 Gig: WFM: 10250.000 Mhz. We think we should be able to work people over 150km if conditions are not too bad. This means that stations from FN47, FN57, FN36, FN46, FN56, FN35 and FN45 should be able to ear us. Here are the operators: VA2MRX, VE2ETX, VA2OLM, VE2JTX, VE2LTX Hope to ear from you and good luck with conditions. We can be contacted for SKED (time/frequ.): Packet: VA2MRX@VE2GPQ.#QBC.PQ.CAN.NA Internet: mcaron@riq.qc.ca Compuserve: 76162,3430 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!news.interlog.com!news.dra.com!news.id.net!condor.ic.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!tcsi.tcs.com!news From: Ronald Ross Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ATV Shuttle-Rebroadcast in Bay Area?? Date: 11 Jan 1996 16:03:52 GMT Organization: TCSI, Berkeley, California Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4d3cd8$6dm@tcsi.tcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rossrslip.tcs.com Hi , I was wondering if any rebroacasts of Shuttle/Nasa Select TV is exist in the Bay Area, and if so on what frequency??. thanks Ronald Ross. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ralph.vnet.net!usenet From: Gary Pearce KN4AQ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Blizzard of 96 - Amateur Radio NO PUBLICITY Date: 13 Jan 1996 17:18:08 GMT Organization: MMS Information System Lines: 63 Message-ID: <4d8pgg$ai6@ralph.vnet.net> References: <4d0u79$crs@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 166.82.249.11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) To: agross@erols.com Avery Russell wrote: >I have asked this question of people here in Montgomery County MD, and >have NEVER agreed with their answer. The DC area had been snow covered >and shut down for the past three days. With hours and hours of commercial >news coverage discussion how volunteers with four wheel drive vehicles >where helping out the area hospitals, there was not even ONE mention how >the amateur radio community was working with the drivers of these >vehicles as navigators and supplying crucial communications. As amateur >radio operators we need not have to boast, but a little recognition goes >a long way toward community goodwill. In an environment of increasing >regulation and antenna restrictions, shouldn't the public know how we can >be of help in trying times? I disagree with the people who don't believe >that amateur radio shouldn't be in the news media. It is wrong and >doesn't make sense. What do you think. I believe the folks at Montgomery >County RACES did a great job here in Maryland. Why Shouldn't their >efforts get some press. >Avery > Hi Avery You're right... amateurs not only deserve positive stories in the media, we NEED them. These stories are seen by your neighbors, who then might tolerate your antennas a bit more. And they are seen by legislators at all levels (ESPECIALLY in D.C.), who might look more favorably on things like antenna restrictions at the local level, to frequency allocations at the federal level. But it won't happen by itself. Someone has to keep making your media outlets aware of what's happening, with specifics: WHO's doing WHAT, WHERE, WHEN and WHY. Names, addresses, telephone numbers! Make it easy for them to tell a positive human-interest story... and the WILL. That person is usually called the PIO - Public Information Officer, aka PR Director, PR Flak, mouthpiece, ... oops, getting negative here :>) The ARRL has field positions called PIO in each section. Is there anyone doing it in your area. Individual clubs can also appoint PIOs, but I recommend they go for the ARRL appointment as well. Check with your county EC or your section manager. The League supplies a "how-to" manual and lots of sample press releases, plus a newsletter with updates every month called "QSO Media." (It's one of the things the League does every month that only a few hear about). It's not that hard. As the ice storm developed here in NC, I faxed a press release about the Skywarn operation to the papers and local TV stations, and we got on the news on one station with an interview with the Skywarn EC. He looked great! Good Luck, 73 Gary KN4AQ NC ARRL Section Public Info Coordinator -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Gary Pearce AVID Editor KN4AQ + + Raleigh, NC Franklin Video Amateur Radio + + + + kn4aq.gary@mms.net + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:42:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!news2.acs.oakland.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!caen!reeve.research.aa.wl.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!usenet From: little@pecan.enet.dec.com (Todd Little) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Blizzard of 96 - Amateur Radio NO PUBLICITY Date: 15 Jan 1996 17:05:01 GMT Organization: ObjectBroker/COM Lines: 43 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4de1ft$5bs@usenet.pa.dec.com> References: <4d0u79$crs@news.cais.com><4d8pgg$ai6@ralph.vnet.net> <119@ibbs.av.org> Reply-To: little@pecan.enet.dec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: imapc.chi.dec.com X-Newsreader: News for Windows NT X1.0-73 In article <119@ibbs.av.org> js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) wrote: > The big question is why should hams get extra media coverage and turned into > heros for doing the job the FCC has assigned us to do? For the same reason everything else gets media coverage. I don't think "extra" media coverage is warranted, but coverage commensurate with the coverage given other organizations would be nice. You see all these other groups getting coverage for doing their jobs, why should amateurs be any different? > Media coverage is reserved for hams that go above the norm. Says who? If the only news was about people that "go above the norm" we'd have very little news to read or see. An awful lot of the news (perhaps all of it?) is to inform the readers or viewers about some subject they presumably are interested in and may not know much about. So when the Jaycees volunteer to fill sandbags to hold back flood waters, that is news. When a fire fighter rescues someone from a burning building, that is news. Did those individuals do something that wasn't expected of them? No, they were doing their "assigned" or agreed to role. Is it news? Watch the evening news and you decide. > So I ask, what did these hams do that was above the norm? What makes them > any better than say the camra man shooting the CNN viedo? What does the camera operator have to do with the news *content*? When the folks that bring you the news become the news, then something is seriously wrong. > Here is my point. Those hams that used ham radio for it's intended purpouse > are doing what they should be. They are the norm, not the exception. The > ones that abuse the spectrum are the ones to be drawing attention to. Yikes! I hope I'm not interpreting that correctly. I hear you saying that the abusers of the rules should be making the news? That will certainly leave a positive impression on the general public. 73, Todd N9MWB From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Blizzard of 96 - Amateur Radio NO PUBLICITY Date: 16 Jan 1996 01:33:36 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4dev9g$4kn@cc.iu.net> References: <4d0u79$crs@news.cais.com><4d8pgg$ai6@ralph.vnet.net> <119@ibbs.av.org> <4de1ft$5bs@usenet.pa.dec.com> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-43.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4de1ft$5bs@usenet.pa.dec.com>, little@pecan.enet.dec.com (Todd Little) wri tes: >For the same reason everything else gets media coverage. I don't think >"extra" media coverage is warranted, but coverage commensurate with the >coverage given other organizations would be nice. You see all these other >groups getting coverage for doing their jobs, why should amateurs be >any different? the other groups make sure the press knows about what's going to happen before the event takes place. over the 24 years i've been in amateur radio, mo st publicity is an afterthought...people get out to FD and autopatch back into someone to try to get on the schedule of known events a reporter may be trying to cover. too late -- you needed to tell 'em a couple of weeks earlier .. in general, publicity is an afterthought in amateur radio. you need to be a su pplier of known quantity and quality - for example, i've been doing the press release s on the radio exams for the last 10 years or so. not fancy but it helps keep a drone of information going into the newspapers/radio/tv and that helps keep amateur radio in the 'Current File'. the notice for Feb's exam will go out just after the exam in january. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!ub!csn!csn!nntp-xfer-2.csn.net!symbios.com!kthompso.wichitaks.ncr.com!ken.thompson From: ken.thompson@KS.Symbios.COM (Ken Thompson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Blizzard of 96 - Amateur Radio NO PUBLICITY Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:16:32 Organization: Symbios Logic Lines: 9 Distribution: usa Message-ID: References: <4d0u79$crs@news.cais.com><4d8pgg$ai6@ralph.vnet.net> <119@ibbs.av.org> <4de1ft$5bs@usenet.pa.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kthompso.wichitaks.ncr.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] So when the Jaycees volunteer to fill sandbags to hold back flood >waters, that is news. When a fire fighter rescues someone from a >burning building, that is news. These are things that make for good pictures. Someone talking on a radio is BORING to see and is over in a flash. No film at 11. Ken. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.accessone.com!news From: vbook@vbook.com (Ed Mitchell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Blizzard of 96 - Amateur Radio NO PUBLICITY Date: 15 Jan 1996 20:30:41 GMT Organization: Virtual Publishing Co. Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4dedhh$rke@news.accessone.com> References: <4d0u79$crs@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vbook.accessone.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 In article <4d0u79$crs@news.cais.com>, agross@erols.com says... > >I have asked this question of people here in Montgomery County MD, and >have NEVER agreed with their answer. The DC area had been snow covered >and shut down for the past three days. With hours and hours of commercial >news coverage discussion how volunteers with four wheel drive vehicles >where helping out the area hospitals, there was not even ONE mention how >the amateur radio community was working with the drivers of these >vehicles as navigators and supplying crucial communications. As amateur >radio operators we need not have to boast, but a little recognition goes >a long way toward community goodwill. In an environment of increasing >regulation and antenna restrictions, shouldn't the public know how we can >be of help in trying times? I disagree with the people who don't believe >that amateur radio shouldn't be in the news media. It is wrong and >doesn't make sense. What do you think. I believe the folks at Montgomery >County RACES did a great job here in Maryland. Why Shouldn't their >efforts get some press. >Avery > I will gladly publish news on the Blizzard at Ham Radio Online. We created HR Online as a place to promote Ham Radio in a positive way. I even had a banner on our masthead looking for blizzard stories. Unfortunately, we didn't receive any substantial news on the subject. We welcome stories and can get them on th e web quickly. We typically run 300 to 400 readers a day, both ham and non-ham. Take a look and let me know what you think. You can find us on the web at http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm To get coverage in the "Real" press, you need to call the editor's desk and promote yourself. I've been at disaster scenes and successfully collared reporters and handed them a stash of notes on paper to give them something to work from. Be aggressive. Issue press releases. They are hungry for news but sometimes need help in finding it. Ed, KF7VY ------------------------ personal email to vbook@vbook.com Visit Ham Radio Online, it's free, at http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tncnet.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news-2.csn.net!alexlane From: alexlane@csn.net (Alex Lane) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Blizzard of 96 - Amateur Radio NO PUBLICITY Date: 15 Jan 1996 15:32:55 GMT Organization: SuperNet Inc. (303)-296-8202 Denver Colorado Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4dds37$co2@news-2.csn.net> References: <4d0u79$crs@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.117.27.22 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Avery Russell (agross@erols.com) wrote: : [...] I disagree with the people who don't believe : that amateur radio shouldn't be in the news media. : [...] Um, that means...you think amrad should *not* be in the news media? I don't think that was what was meant. But you bring up a valid point. Modern hams seem to have become a "forgotten" group, unless you are in a "ham-rich" environment (say, in the neighborhood of Johnson Space Center). One person I spoke with recently expressed surprise that hams even still existed!? By all means, hams have *got* to get better exposure, or else we run the risk of ceasing to exist. Cheers... KD6JJA +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ finger/email: alexlane@csn.net | voice: (970) 731-3051; fax -3058 Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA | bbs: (970) 731-3064 PGP 2.7 fingerprint: 7F DB 06 E2 47 84 79 B4 32 3C A9 48 65 AA 5B C2 Home page for Alex Lane +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsrelay.netins.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mvenable@aol.com (MVenable) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Blizzard of 96 - Amateur Radio NO PUBLICITY Date: 15 Jan 1996 22:55:11 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4df7iv$hqv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dedhh$rke@news.accessone.com> Reply-To: mvenable@aol.com (MVenable) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com The media does pay attention if they get the information. Last Saturday's Hartford Courant had a front page article about a local ham's involvement in Skywarn. It was a very good human interest story, in part, because the ham is blind. The story tells a lot about the best part of being a ham. Overcoming personal obstacles, contributing to the community, etc. If your newsmedia hasn't found your story, feed it to them. 73 Mark Venable From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!bga.com!realtime.net!news.mindspring.com!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!xara.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!bobndawn.demon.co.uk From: "C:WINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Bringing HTs into Britain Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 11:34:59 GMT Organization: None Lines: 24 Message-ID: <496427697wnr@bobndawn.demon.co.uk> References: <820214876.21787snx@genes.pl.my> Reply-To: g7paf@bobndawn.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: bobndawn.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Wednesday, Jan 10, 1996 11.34.59 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!bobndawn.demon.co.uk In article: <820214876.21787snx@genes.pl.my> wired@genes.pl.my (Eugene Kang) writes: > > Will I run into any problems if I brought two HTs from the US into > Britain during a holiday? > > They are VHF Motorolas. > > > thanks > > > Hi there I dont see why you should have a problem bringing your two HT`s into the uk al though you will need to apply for a reciprical licence. As to the 1750hz tone burst a varied pitch whistle will open most of the uk re peaters others require the tone and voice before there are opened. 73 de Bob G7PAF / 2E1AQN / N9YGF in the Republic of west yorkshire England From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!news2.acs.oakland.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: pcarter@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Philip Carter) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Commercial License Exams, Columbus OH Date: 14 Jan 1996 12:51:58 -0500 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4dbfru$n9n@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Commercial radio license exams will be offered in Columbus, Ohio on January 20, 1996. For information or to register, call 614-240-0059. -- pcarter@freenet.columbus.oh.us Philip L. Carter, WD8QWR wd8qwr@w8cqk.#cmh.oh.usa.na From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Communications Procedures was(Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B.) Date: 12 Jan 1996 20:40:51 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4d6h0j$o5v$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> References: <1996Jan12.174014.29795@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Gary, KE4ZV expressed the opinion that: >I also think that use of 20 meter HF procedures on VHF+ >repeaters is rude, and a mark of ignorance on the >part of the operator. Gee Gary, would you settle for "is INAPPROPRIATE, and a mark of INEXPERIENCE" instead of "rude" and "ignorance"? A newcomer to VHF (either a new license, or coming from a background on HF) is likely to do things which are not strictly in tune with VHF+ procedural conventions, but that hardly makes them "rude" or "ignorant" by my standards. It identifies them as someone who might benefit from some "Elmering" rather than "labeling". Hopefully you don't think I'm rude for bringing this up. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- -- My homepage is at: "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/k0hb" -- It's still a hardhat area... under construction From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mtu.edu!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip129.phx.primenet.com!w5gyj From: w5gyj@primenet.com (James E. Bromley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Communications Procedures was(Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B.) Date: 12 Jan 1996 19:43:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Lines: 37 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4d4p0k$t6m@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Posted-By: ip129.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96863 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32521 rec.radio.cb:25640 rec.radio.scanner:43723 In article <1996Jan12.174014.29795@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: [deleted] >I find this somewhat insulting, IE that you are saying that HF procedure >is somehow "grownup" while VHF+ procedure is not. Many amateurs find VHF+ >a perfectly satisfactory permanent home, and some have even migrated >*from* HF to VHF+ since it better suits what they consider to be good >operating fun and good operating practice. Perhaps we should teach good >repeater etiquette to HF operators, so that when they finally graduate >from frequencies near DC they'll know how to behave. (Does that strike >you as absurd? It should, and is as insulting as your statement.) Oh, if we had just done this 25 years ago. Back then we had a tight little operation on VHF FM with its own crisp procedures taken mostly from public safety. But the HF, appliance-operating, code-sending, ARRL-supporting scumbags: (a) decided that there was something to FM after all and, (b) found they didn't have to be professional-level land-mobile radio technicians to put something on the air (due to the burgeoning importation of rice-burning radios from Yaecomwood). Since these assholes had "real" licenses, they couldn't be taught a thing. And their sheer numbers overwhelmed any attempt to limit their access to the good systems and thereby maintain high standards. Now, we have reaped the bitter fruit of the vulgarization of the mode - long-winded transmissions that routinely timeout the machine, grossly inappropriate and horribly ineffective operating procedures, total cluelessness concerning system and unit technology ("SINAD???") and an overwhelming arrogance toward long-time, highly competent system operators. The situation is hopeless now. But, if we had just been diligent back then and kept anyone with a loading coil on his car off of FM, we could still be enjoying evenings monitoring the local repeater in peace and quiet. W5GYJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nuclear.microserve.net!news.paonline.com!usenet From: VJKunesJr@spacetech.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Communications Procedures was(Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B.) Date: 14 Jan 1996 04:47:09 GMT Organization: Pennsylvania Online [Usenet News Server for Hire] Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4da1sd$6ja@news.paonline.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.25.244.99 X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > w5gyj@primenet.com (James E. Bromley) writes: > In article <1996Jan12.174014.29795@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> > gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: > > [deleted] > > > > Oh, if we had just done this 25 years ago. Back then we had a tight > little operation on VHF FM with its own crisp procedures taken mostly > from public safety. But the HF, appliance-operating, code-sending, > ARRL-supporting scumbags: (a) decided that there was something to FM > after all and, (b) found they didn't have to be professional-level > land-mobile radio technicians to put something on the air (due to the > burgeoning importation of rice-burning radios from Yaecomwood). Since > these assholes had "real" licenses, they couldn't be taught a thing. > And their sheer numbers overwhelmed any attempt to limit their access > to the good systems and thereby maintain high standards. Now, we have > reaped the bitter fruit of the vulgarization of the mode - long-winded > transmissions that routinely timeout the machine, grossly inappropriate > and horribly ineffective operating procedures, total cluelessness > concerning system and unit technology ("SINAD???") and an overwhelming > arrogance toward long-time, highly competent system operators. The > situation is hopeless now. But, if we had just been diligent back then > and kept anyone with a loading coil on his car off of FM, we could > still be enjoying evenings monitoring the local repeater in peace and > quiet. > > W5GYJ > >Testy, aren't we. 73s anyway. N2YZS > >>>> From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mv!barney.gvi.net!news.netrail.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!news1.vancouver.istar.net!news.vancouver.istar.net!pacificcoast.net!usenet From: "Bob (VE7OR)" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CQ 50 Digital Award ? Date: 8 Jan 1996 15:54:23 GMT Organization: Pacific Coast NET Inc. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4crenf$5k@pcnet.pacificcoast.net> References: <4cfvok$3ks@push.stack.serpukhov.su> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial72.pacificcoast.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) To: vvv@radio.stack.serpukhov.su Hi Victor Here is the CQ magazine address: CQ COMMUNICATIONS, INC 76 NORTH BROADWAY HICKSVILLE, N.Y. 11801-2953 U.S.A. GOOD LUCK TO YOUR FRIEND IN THE CQ AWARDS. 73 de BOB VE7OR From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-ulm.de!news.belwue.de!fu-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!uni-muenster.de!news From: Oliver Welp Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DL0ART/am - 4th launch scheduled (01-14-96) Date: 13 Jan 1996 15:31:53 GMT Organization: Westf. Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster Lines: 57 Message-ID: <4d8j99$1gbg@majestix.uni-muenster.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: pppe179.uni-muenster.de X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) We finally can do it... DL0ART/am - The Nienberge Amateur Radio Group (Germany) plans another balloon launch on Sunday, 01-14-96. This is our fourth flight and will be the first one carrying a "user access". We`ll have a 70 cm/2 m crossband repeater aboard. All hams are invited to use this facility. Please, show appropriate ham spirit while using the repeater! Planned ARTOB launch 01-14-96: Launch: # 4 Launch date: 01-14-96 (Sunday) Launch time: 1200 UTC Launch site: Nienberge near Muenster, Germany, JO32SA Call sign: DL0ART/am QRG/mod.: (1) Telemetry beacon: 145.200 MHz (F2D & F2A) (2) Crossband repeater (F3E): Uplink: 432.570 MHz Downlink: 144.470 MHz (3) RX for remote control on 70 cm and 10 m Power: (1) 2 W (2) 2.5 W Antennas: (1) groundplane (2) big wheel - one for 70 cm, one for 2 m (3) 70 cm: groundplane / 10 m: lamda/4 Diameter ballon: ca. 8 ft Talk back of DF teams and ground control via repeater Muenster, DB0PD (R 84). Reports are welcome, please call DL3YBQ or DL9QJ. Or send QSL to DL9QJ via bureau, via PR or via Internet. Each report will be confirmed by a special QSL card of the balloon. Any suggestion or response is always welcome! Best 73, Oliver [Oliver Welp, DL9QJ, N3NSF Internet: n3nsf@amsat.org or welp@uni-muenster.de PR: DL9QJ@DB0EA.#NRW.DEU.EU phone/fax: +49-2533-7312] From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsie.dmc.com!news.iii.net!news From: shustak@parkcomm.iii.net (Christopher Shustak) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Does anyone have control codes for Motorola Cell phones? Date: 13 Jan 1996 00:19:22 GMT Organization: The ParkComm Group Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4d6tqt$mun@news.iii.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: parkcomm.iii.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Rumor has it that Motorola cell phones can be manipulated through a myriad of codes punched into the keypad on the front of the radio. Does anyone know where I might be able to find a info file on this type of thing? Thanks Chris From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.exodus.net!aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.netgate.net!d8.netgate.net!user From: joe@killerowls.com (Joe Mastroianni) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: DogX-Ray Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 19:21:07 -0800 Organization: Killer Owls Productions Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <821439517snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: d8.netgate.net In article <821439517snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk>, Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk wrote: >In article > joe@killerowls.com "Joe Mastroianni" writes: > >... and I always though Dog Xray was Superman's pet Dobermann! > >73 >Mike * QRV around 0800 and 1800 most weekdays on GB3HL * >G4KFK * (Hillingdon 433.075/434.675) and also 51.83 MHz * He is. Look at the cool startup screen! Joe From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.socketis.net!usenet From: albraun@socketis.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Drew for SOTCH (was:K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 17 Jan 1996 00:21:31 GMT Organization: SOCKET Internet Services INN site Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4dhfeb$sqg@news.socketis.net> References: <4d1892$ioi@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4d3b8j$5af@jupiter.planet.net> <4d5koi$5d8@anomaly.ideamation.com> <4d6qqq$iiq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4df2tj$h9v@shore.shore.net> Reply-To: albraun@socketis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: op015.socketis.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4df2tj$h9v@shore.shore.net>, jjmartin@shore.net (Jim Martin) writes: >VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) wrote: > >>:kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) wrote: >>:> >>:>In article <4d3b8j$5af@jupiter.planet.net>, >>:> Steve - KF2TI wrote: >>:> >>:>> I will agree with you here..you don't fit *ALL* the notions...just 99 >>:99/100% of them...the only thing to your >>:>>credit is that you have 5WPM, which by the way is know code. If >>:Ignorance is bliss...you must be in a constant >>:>>state of sexual ecstacy!!! Be sure not to ever puncture an eardrum >>:Drew...you'll let the vaccum out :-) >>:> >>:>The only think Drew passing a 5wpm shows is that we have to do away >>:with >>:>multiple-choice code examinations. >>:> > >>:You don't own the bands, you don't make the rules. Get used to it! >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>:-Drew in Charlotte- >>: KF4DDM > >I know you are but what am I? Real intelligent response Drew... > >DREW FOR PRESIDENT OF SOTCH!! Society of Totally Clueless Hams > > :) WK1V > This thread long since quit talking about what its title says it's about. Perhaps it's time to rename it. Or, perhaps it's time for all of us to start behaving like adults and stop calling each other names in public... 73 - Alan NS0B From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!snooze.ser.bbnplanet.com!news.mountain.net!usenet From: "Timothy E. Connolly" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DXCluster on the web: Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 14:49:51 -0500 Organization: Vienna Computer Services Lines: 12 Message-ID: <30F95E5F.625E@access.mountain.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip3-1.mountain.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win95; I) http://www.clinet.fi/~jukka/webcluster.html -- -- Timothy E. Connolly Amateur Radio Callsign KB8EHT (since 1988) http://www.arrl.org -- Internet Address: kb8eht@access.mountain.net Home Page http://wvnvm.wvnet.edu/~u5dd8 -- AMPR Net kb8eht@w8sp.wv.usa.noam (Amateur Radio Packet Network) -- Online resume: http://wvnvm.wvnet.edu/~u5dd8/resume.html -- Looking for small programming jobs. JAVA/HTML/CGI, Unix/Linux, C++, Ada, QBASIC, PERL, etc. -- From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!bigboote.WPI.EDU!news3.near.net!news.ner.bbnplanet.net!usenet.teradyne.com!ttd.teradyne.com!rice From: rice@ttd.teradyne.com (John Rice) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Subject: Re: Electonic flash unit problem Date: 12 Jan 96 17:13:33 CDT Organization: Teradyne Inc., Telecommunications Division Lines: 23 Message-ID: <1996Jan12.171333.1@ttd.teradyne.com> References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> NNTP-Posting-Host: riker1.ttd.teradyne.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96882 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12698 In article <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com>, archive@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Co m (DCG Mktg Docmnt (Ivrea)) writes: > > I have an electronic flash unit purchased in 1970. After being unused for > many years, I find that now it does not function correctly. The lamp is > powered by 250 Vcc and the flash is triggered by a pulse. I have > checked the capacitor, which is in good condition. Has the lamp failed > through again?? Does anybody have the answer? How did you 'check the cap' ? Were you able to determine that it would hold a charge, or did you just check that it wasn't shorted ? The most likely failure is that the cap is indeed open and will not take a charge. That's always been the problem in the 3 or 4 that I've had die on me over the years. -------- John Rice - K9IJ | "I speak for myself, not my employer". k9ij@avsoft.com | Miracles, Magic and Sleight-of-hand done here. k9ij@amsat.org | Licensed since 1959 (708)-438-5065 - (bbs ) | Ex: K8YZR, KH6GHC, WB9CSP, W9MMB, WA1TXV From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!frankensun.altair.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!ip-vanc2-05 From: jrhodes@teleport.com (John D. Rhodes) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Subject: Re: Electonic flash unit problem Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 00:44:43 GMT Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4d9jlu$mm7@maureen.teleport.com> References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> <1996Jan12.171333.1@ttd.teradyne.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-vanc2-05.teleport.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96907 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12709 In article <1996Jan12.171333.1@ttd.teradyne.com>, rice@ttd.teradyne.com (John Rice) wrote: >In article <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com>, archive@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (DCG Mktg Docmnt (Ivrea)) writes: >> >> I have an electronic flash unit purchased in 1970. After being unused for >> many years, I find that now it does not function correctly. The lamp is >> powered by 250 Vcc and the flash is triggered by a pulse. I have >> checked the capacitor, which is in good condition. Has the lamp failed >> through again?? Does anybody have the answer? I've had trouble with the trigger transformer in several (cheap) flash units. Tthe transformer is supposed to develop an 1-2 kv pulse. I think the failure mode is an internal short (probably between layers of the secondary). A cheap (often free) replacement can be had from your local color print processor. Those throw-away cameras have complete flash units. Often, you can get a couple of cameras just for the asking. The trigger transformer is easy to identify. John D. Rhodes - AA7HL Vancouver, WA jrhodes@teleport.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: Anthony_M._Werdein.Wbst139@xerox.COM Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Element spacing on a beam antenna? Date: 10 Jan 96 16:39:10 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 19 Message-ID: <"10-Jan-96.11:39:03".*.Anthony_M._Werdein.wbst139@Xerox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu Can any one help me? Trying to homebrew a simple 3 element 1/4 wave beam antenna, and using the formula that the reflector element is 5% greater than the driven element, and the director element is 5% less than the driven element. My question is, what should the spacing of the elements be from each other, and what can the boom be made of, eg. wood, pvc, etc? I just remembered that somebody said that the impedence at the driven element would be 25 ohms, would that be a correct assumption, or would that be frequency dependent, or specific? If so than a balan would be considered necessary? The possible wave lenghts I was going to try these beams on are 2 meter, 70 centimeter, and 23 centimeter. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 73 Tony N2TRV ps I was also wondering if the elements composition (brass, copper, etc) and diameter might or would play a part in the part of the formula too, would I be correct? From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!siemens!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: "C. J. Hawley" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding power line noise source Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 16:35:27 -0600 Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 15 Message-ID: <30FC282F.5B2A@aries.scs.uiuc.edu> References: <4dgo6p$lnf@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ruger-16.slip.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win95; I) WB7ASR wrote: > > Im trying to track down an S-9 AC power line noise source Im having > on 40 meters. I pulled my home main AC breaker while my HF xcvr was onsnip > Anyway, I have found several "hot" noise spots the next block over, > however I can't pin-point the exact direction where the noise is coming > from. The two meter yagi is not directional on 40 meters no matter which > way I point it, for I might as well be using a vertical. What other type > of directonal antenna can I use to pin-point the location of the noise > source? You need to use a 2Meter receiver on AM with the yagi. And, a 440MHz receiver on AM with a 440MHz yagi when you narrow it down to a few power poles. A scanner with selectable modes works. Chuck, KE9UW From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!ccnet.com!usenet From: "C. Wheeler" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Fisher excessive signature (two!) returned (Re: ARLB002 ...) Date: 15 Jan 1996 05:40:31 GMT Organization: CCnet Communications Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4dcpcf$8p@ccnet2.ccnet.com> References: <$arlb002.1996@arrl.org> <4d94ps$4va@alterdial.UU.NET> <30f9048e.331959394@192.80.84.4> NNTP-Posting-Host: h98-164.ccnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) jbl@levin.mv.com (Joel B Levin) wrote: >-- >Nets: levin@bbn.com | "GO TO JAIL. Go directly to jail. Do not pass > or jbl@levin.mv.com| Go. Do not collect $200." >POTS: (617)873-3463 | >ARS: KD1ON | -- Parker Brothers I thought it was Milton Bradley.... From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.2sprint.net!news.iadfw.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.cybercomm.net!usenet From: stever@raven.cybercom.com (Stephan Rashkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: for the "new" WA2NHZ.......... Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 04:00:55 GMT Organization: CyberComm Online Services Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4d7aqk$set@crow.cybercomm.net> References: <4cuct6$2rug@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sl-037.sl.cybercomm.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 EZEB86A@prodigy.com (Ronald Shapiro) wrote: >I finally found this discusting news group. de N2CQT Hey Ron...Happy New Year..Now if only Jack was here!! 73 UR Pal NHZ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.2sprint.net!news.iadfw.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!uucp.primenet.com!stat!david Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <4d7bcs$9rp@cloner3.netcom.com> From: dxtreme@ix.netcom.com (Bob Raymond) Subject: FREE DEMO:DXtreme Station Log System V2.0 Date: 13 Jan 1996 04:11:08 GMT Approved: rec-radio-info@stat.com Organization: DXtreme Software Sender: news Lines: 22 From: dxtreme@ix.netcom.com (Bob Raymond) Subject: FREE DEMO:DXtreme Station Log System V2.0 Date: 13 Jan 1996 04:11:08 GMT Organization: DXtreme Software Message-ID: <4d7bcs$9rp@cloner3.netcom.com> Announcing the DXtreme Amateur Radio Station Log System(tm) Version 2.0 Designed for HF DXers, this affordable logging program lets you enter your contacts and track the DXCC performance of your station. DXtreme(tm) features attractive, easy-to-use screens, and a full range of inquiries and reports. PC/AT-compatibles, 80386DX+, MS-DOS 5.0+. Write for a copy of the data sheet and more information, including how to obtain the free Demo version of DXtreme. Contact me at dxtreme@ix.netcom.com. Thanks and 73, Bob Raymond, NE1I From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.accessone.com!news From: stevek@accessone.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Free Ham Classified Ads on the Web Date: 13 Jan 1996 20:36:06 GMT Organization: Web Publishing Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4d953m$poe@news.accessone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stevek.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Please visit The Virtual Hamfest at http://www.webcom.com/webpub/ Free classifieds, an organized listing that appears for 1 month, with email ho tlink back to ad author. Equipment photos optional Hamfest listings (Please submit any that you are responsible for) Stolen Equipment List (Please submit yours) Email me your ad to me if you don't surf the Web. Thanks Steve WB8HNC From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.interport.net!usenet From: Michael Neidich Newsgroups: rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.ant Subject: FREE: Zenith TransOceanic List of Model Nrs. etc. Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 06:02:03 -0800 Organization: Interport Communications Corp. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <30F7BB5B.5F67@interport.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: neidich.port.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win16; I) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.scanner:43678 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96834 For newcomers to boatanchors, request via email my handy reference list of model numbers and salient characteristics of the Zenith Trans-Oceanic series of short wave radios. I also act as a clearing house for tubes. If you have any of the T-O tube line-up (now on my latest list) let me know, and $ wanted. I will be offering a color photo series of the L600-L soon. Let's hear from you! To get my list, just put "Free List" in the body of the text. 73, K2ENN From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.interport.net!usenet From: Michael Neidich Newsgroups: rec.antiques.marketplace,rec.antiques,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.scanner Subject: FS: '34-'35 Radio News Magazines Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 15:18:09 -0800 Organization: Interport Communications Corp. Lines: 5 Message-ID: <30F83DB1.423C@interport.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: neidich.port.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win16; I) Xref: news.epix.net rec.antiques.marketplace:11511 rec.antiques:32690 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23732 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96869 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18431 rec.radio.shortwave:68808 rec.radio.swap:55176 rec.radio.scanner:43738 For sale: 5 issues in perfect condition, "Radio News & Short Wave Radio" Nov. '34, Dec. '34, Jan. '35, Feb. '35, Apr. '35. $25 ea. ppd. First come first served. Enclose s.a.s.e. and I will return your check. See what radio listening was 60 years ago! K2ENN From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!news.ia.net!zeus.ia.net!kovar From: kovar@zeus.ia.net (Jack Kovar KE0AX) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS: or TRADE CELLPHONE EQUIPMENT Date: 14 Jan 1996 17:02:08 GMT Organization: InterAccess Networking Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4dbcug$3kt@hera.ia.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.ia.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I have boxes full of proper working Motorola cellular phones to sell or or trade for ham equipment. Mostly 3watt bag and mobile phones. One flip phone, and other types of hand helds. SOFTWARE TOO! Please call if interested! Jack Kovar ke0ax@ia.net 319-378-9852 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.oz.net!news.wwa.com!news From: {Gary} KF9CM turtle@wwa.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS:Vhf High Power Duplexer Date: 13 Jan 1996 02:10:07 GMT Organization: WorldWide Access (tm) - Chicagoland Internet Services (http://www.wwa.com) Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4d749v$gsp@kirin.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vh1-035.wwa.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) I have for sale a Sinclair 4 cavity high power VHF duplexer Model# Q-202GC. T o my knowledge it's never been used. The cavities are inclosed in a steel cabnet w ith (3) three conectors on the side. The frequency tuning range is from 132 to 17 4 Mhz and I have the complete tuning manual. The Electrical Specifications are as follows: INSERTION LOSS= Tx 1.5 db Rx 1.5 db ISOLATION, Tx Noise at Rx frequency = 80 db Tx Frequency at Rx Terminal = 80db MINIMUM ISOLATION Between Tx and Rx Frequencies = 50db MINIMUM SEPARATION = 500Khz This is a top of the line duplexer and lists from Sinclair for $1730.... I wil l take $850 or best offer. This is for local pickup or I can deliver within a 100 mile rad ius of Chicago Il. You can "E" mail me at turtle@wwa.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.isp.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!wmunsil From: William W. Munsil Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Genealogy on Ham Radio? Date: 11 Jan 1996 21:46:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet (602)395-1010 Lines: 11 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4d4p2a$8r0@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> X-Posted-By: wmunsil@usr6.primenet.com Is there a genealogy net on the Ham radio HF bands? Please respond by email. from N7AOU/ATV. -- --- NOTE the new Email Address! Lernu Esperanto-n! Bil from Yarnell, AZ Learn Esperanto! wmunsil@primenet.com 800-828-5944 or elna@netcom.com /----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!news2.acs.oakland.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!columba.udac.uu.se!sabik!t90jwe From: t90jwe@sabik.tdb.uu.se (Johan Wennerberg) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: GPS antenna design Date: 15 Jan 1996 15:54:12 GMT Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4ddtb4$1p2e@columba.udac.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: sabik.tdb.uu.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] [ Article crossposted from sci.geo.satellite-nav ] [ Author was Johan Wennerberg ] [ Posted on 15 Jan 1996 12:53:10 GMT ] I would like some hints on constructing antennas and antenna amplifiers for my Garmin 45 GPS receiver. If anyone have information on where I can get circuit descriptions I would be grateful to know. Johan Wennerberg email: jowe@teknikum.uu.se From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cheatum.frontiernet.net!Empire.Net!news.net99.net!news.corpcomm.net!news.pe.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xavier.cybersmith.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.rediris.es!power.ci.uv.es!usenet From: Esteban Sanchis Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: great circle map Date: 15 Jan 1996 10:33:40 GMT Organization: Universitat de Valencia, Spain Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4ddai4$k5l@power.ci.uv.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: dxer.eleinf.uv.es Hi vereybody I am looking for a great circle map or azimuthal equidistant map centered in Valencia (Spain). Does somebody know where is a ftp site where I can retrieve a psotrcipt file o r a program which generates them which enough accuracy. I amlooking or something more accurate then the gcp program a have found. Thanks, Stefan (EA5GMI). From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.2sprint.net!news.iadfw.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!in-news.erinet.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!watt.oedison.com!usenet From: wagnerj@watt.oedison.com (John Wagner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HAM Encryption outside the US? Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 16:06:10 GMT Organization: Ohio Edison Company, Akron OH Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4ddu84$1mlg@watt.oedison.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: go-bus-appl-4-8x.oedison.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 In the US, it is illegal to encrypt any communications on the ham bands. Is this true in other countries? Is it an international thing? There was a post on packet over the weekend from someone outside the US suggesting the use of PGP for encryption on packet. I suppose it would be OK to use PGP for digital signatures, but using it for encryption is a no-no here in the states. How about elsewhere? ------------------------------------------------------------------- John Wagner wagnerj@watt.oedison.com For Encrypted Mail: PGP Public Key Available upon Request From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: msaundrs@ix.netcom.com (Mike Saunders) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham Radio in the Grand Canyon Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 05:55:41 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4d4tgv$d28@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> <4d4gbe$jjt@watnews2.watson.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: esc-ca1-07.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jan 11 10:02:07 PM PST 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 nielsen@vnet.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) wrote: >I am getting ready for a hike in the Grand Canyon and I'm trying to decide >if it is worth taking my 2M HT with me. Are there any repeaters that I can >use while I am in the canyon? Is there likely to be anyone else listening? >Somehow it seems unlikely to me that I will be the only ham who hikes the >canyon. >Thanks! >Karl Nielsen - KC7LVV I went rim to rim a year and a half ago and had fairly good coverage from the repeater Hopi Point on the South Rim (147.320+). It is especially usable from the area around Phantom Ranch. I believe it is where most of the park rangers communicate too also. Unfortunately, if you are further north or south in the canyon, the repeater will not be of much use to you and it is the only near there that I am aware of. Hope this helps out and Happy Hiking!!! -- Mike Saunders - KC6RSF From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.inc.net!news.sol.net!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!frijoles.tucson.ibm.com!nielsen From: nielsen@vnet.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ham Radio in the Grand Canyon Date: 12 Jan 1996 02:17:18 GMT Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Lines: 9 Sender: nielsen@frijoles.tucson.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4d4gbe$jjt@watnews2.watson.ibm.com> References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> NNTP-Posting-Host: frijoles.tucson.ibm.com I am getting ready for a hike in the Grand Canyon and I'm trying to decide if it is worth taking my 2M HT with me. Are there any repeaters that I can use while I am in the canyon? Is there likely to be anyone else listening? Somehow it seems unlikely to me that I will be the only ham who hikes the canyon. Thanks! Karl Nielsen - KC7LVV From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.netvoyage.net!usenet From: kdool@netvoyage.net (Kenneth D. Dool) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham Radio in the Grand Canyon Date: 13 Jan 1996 17:29:13 GMT Organization: Netvoyage Internet Access Provider Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4d8q59$ieq@news.netvoyage.net> References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> <4d4gbe$jjt@watnews2.watson.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: culver_pm1_14.netvoyage.net X-Newsreader: Cyberjack News 7.00 In article <4d4gbe$jjt@watnews2.watson.ibm.com>, nielsen@vnet.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) wrote: > Path: news.netvoyage.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.inc.net!news.sol.net!spool .m > u.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!ausnews.aus ti > n.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!frijoles.tucson. ib > m.com!nielsen > From: nielsen@vnet.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) > Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc > Subject: Ham Radio in the Grand Canyon > Date: 12 Jan 1996 02:17:18 GMT > Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center > Lines: 9 > Sender: nielsen@frijoles.tucson.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) > Distribution: world > Message-ID: <4d4gbe$jjt@watnews2.watson.ibm.com> > References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> > NNTP-Posting-Host: frijoles.tucson.ibm.com > > I am getting ready for a hike in the Grand Canyon and I'm trying to decide > if it is worth taking my 2M HT with me. Are there any repeaters that I can > use while I am in the canyon? Is there likely to be anyone else listening? > Somehow it seems unlikely to me that I will be the only ham who hikes the > canyon. > > Thanks! > > Karl Nielsen - KC7LVV Karl, that's a good question. I would assume that simplex is used quite extensively in the Grand Canyon due to line of site restrictions. Good luck. 73 de AB6ZR From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: dmeredit@primenet.com (Daniel Meredith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham Radio in the Grand Canyon Date: 13 Jan 1996 15:09:02 -0700 Organization: ArizonaONE BBS: +1-602-912-0225 Lines: 43 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4d9ahu$82g@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> <4d4gbe$jjt@watnews2.watson.ibm.com> <4d8q59$ieq@news.netvoyage.net> Reply-To: dmeredit@primenet.com X-Posted-By: ip234.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 kdool@netvoyage.net (Kenneth D. Dool) wrote: >In article <4d4gbe$jjt@watnews2.watson.ibm.com>, nielsen@vnet.ibm.com (Karl A . >Nielsen) wrote: >> Path: news.netvoyage.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.inc.net!news.sol.net!spoo l.m >> u.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!ausnews.au sti >> n.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!frijoles.tucson .ib >> m.com!nielsen >> From: nielsen@vnet.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) >> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc >> Subject: Ham Radio in the Grand Canyon >> Date: 12 Jan 1996 02:17:18 GMT >> Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center >> Lines: 9 >> Sender: nielsen@frijoles.tucson.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) >> Distribution: world >> Message-ID: <4d4gbe$jjt@watnews2.watson.ibm.com> >> References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> >> NNTP-Posting-Host: frijoles.tucson.ibm.com >> >> I am getting ready for a hike in the Grand Canyon and I'm trying to decide >> if it is worth taking my 2M HT with me. Are there any repeaters that I can >> use while I am in the canyon? Is there likely to be anyone else listening? >> Somehow it seems unlikely to me that I will be the only ham who hikes the >> canyon. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Karl Nielsen - KC7LVV > > Karl, that's a good question. I would assume that simplex is used > quite extensively in the Grand Canyon due to line of site restrictions. > Good luck. > > 73 de AB6ZR You can use the 147.320+ repeater and 442.075+ 100.0 Hz PL, both work well quite a ways down into the Canyon. Daniel From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!frijoles.tucson.ibm.com!nielsen From: nielsen@vnet.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham Radio in the Grand Canyon Date: 12 Jan 1996 18:20:13 GMT Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Lines: 29 Sender: nielsen@frijoles.tucson.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4d68ot$13j4@watnews2.watson.ibm.com> References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> <4d4gbe$jjt@watnews2.watson.ibm.com> <4d4tgv$d28@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: frijoles.tucson.ibm.com msaundrs@ix.netcom.com (Mike Saunders) writes: |> nielsen@vnet.ibm.com (Karl A. Nielsen) wrote: |> |> >I am getting ready for a hike in the Grand Canyon and I'm trying to decide |> >if it is worth taking my 2M HT with me. Are there any repeaters that I ca n |> >use while I am in the canyon? Is there likely to be anyone else listening ? |> >Somehow it seems unlikely to me that I will be the only ham who hikes the |> >canyon. |> |> >Thanks! |> |> >Karl Nielsen - KC7LVV |> |> I went rim to rim a year and a half ago and had fairly good coverage |> from the repeater Hopi Point on the South Rim (147.320+). It is |> especially usable from the area around Phantom Ranch. I believe it is |> where most of the park rangers communicate too also. Unfortunately, |> if you are further north or south in the canyon, the repeater will |> not be of much use to you and it is the only near there that I am |> aware of. Hope this helps out and Happy Hiking!!! |> |> -- Mike Saunders - KC6RSF |> Thanks! Now I just hope that the budget gets figured out so that the canyon is open! - Karl Nielsen - KC7LVV From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ralph.vnet.net!usenet From: Gary Pearce KN4AQ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham Radio Saturn Car Computer Problems Date: 13 Jan 1996 17:31:38 GMT Organization: MMS Information System Lines: 48 Message-ID: <4d8q9q$aij@ralph.vnet.net> References: <4d3pnv$13k@tech.mm.occ.cccd.edu> <4d5jeg$1uvs@news.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 166.82.249.11 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) To: chaw@lib.occ.cccd.edu,leon@gate.net,kn4aq@aol.com leon@gate.net (Leon D. Zetekoff) wrote: >Connie Haw (chaw@lib.occ.cccd.edu) wrote: >: Does anyone have any experiences/expertise to offer regarding the >: installation of my ham radio in my new Saturn SL2. I have been told >: that it could interfere with the car's computer - even activate the >: airbags! > >I have a 93.5 Saturn SC2 coupe and haven't had any problems with my >2m/440 dualbander. Saturn has a bulletin describing what you need to do >for radio installations - check with your service dealer. I don't think I >totally followed everything they said. > >73 leon When I bought my '92 SL2, I first asked the dealer about radio installation. We went back to the shop and talked to the service manager, and reviewed the Service Notes. The only warnings were the usual ones about not connecting power thru the existing fuse wiring. No problems with the computer, etc. They even showd me how to pull the headliner down and remove moldings and seats to route the antenna and power wires. I have a 45 watt dual-band mobile, a 25 watt 220 mobile and a 25 watt 10 meter mobile installed, with no adverse effects to the car. (The fuel pump makes a lot of RF noise in the 28 MHz area, though, masking weaker 10 meter signals -- I need to get that filtered). I tapped 12 volt power from the bolt that connects the fuse block under the engine to the battery (there's about a 6" run of heavy guage wire from there to the battery). I punched a small hole for the wire in the grommet that surrounds the steering wheel -- I think -- and filled in around the hole with a sealer. Things may have changed a bit since '92, but I'm sure you'll have no problems. 73, Gary KN4AQ -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Gary Pearce AVID Editor KN4AQ + + Raleigh, NC Franklin Video Amateur Radio + + + + kn4aq.gary@mms.net + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!news.aa.net!tsunami.ixa.net!news.ironhorse.com!fury.berkshire.net!op.net!agis!news.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!wang!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham Radio Saturn Car Computer Problems Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 23:05:23 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <4d3pnv$13k@tech.mm.occ.cccd.edu> <4d5jeg$1uvs@news.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1d.delphi.com X-To: Leon D. Zetekoff I have heard (strictly 2nd and 3rd hand information, mind you) that Saturns present some rather unique problems. First, many of the body panels are made of a material other than ferous metals or aluminum. This can cause some problems in the installation of roof mounted antennas where the roof surface i s expected to perform as the "ground plane" for the popular 1/4 or 5/8 wave radiators. If they're not metal, they won't conduct. This would become obvious if a "mag mount" antenna base wouldn't "stick" to a rooftop; a problem I encountered in the early 1970's with the first Honda imports. In the 1972 coupe models, a mag mount antenna would stick to the roof, but only up to abou t 60 MPH. (Speed limits on some Eastern US highways were 70 MPH at that time!) Hope this was helpful, and that others can provide further enlightenment. - Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB Stillwater, NY sanderman@delphi.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!isc-newsserver.isc.rit.edu!jdc3538 From: jdc3538@osfmail.isc.rit.edu (CRONIN) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham Radio Saturn Car Computer Problems Date: 15 Jan 1996 04:43:15 GMT Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4dcm14$qkk@news.isc.rit.edu> References: <4d3pnv$13k@tech.mm.occ.cccd.edu> <4d5jeg$1uvs@news.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: grace.isc.rit.edu In article , Stephan M. Anderman wrote: >I have heard (strictly 2nd and 3rd hand information, mind you) that Saturns >present some rather unique problems. First, many of the body panels are made >of a material other than ferous metals or aluminum. This can cause some >problems in the installation of roof mounted antennas where the roof surface is >expected to perform as the "ground plane" for the popular 1/4 or 5/8 wave On Saturns horizontal panelsl are steel. Vertical panels are plastic. I used a 1/4 wave mag mount on my 92 SL2 until I got fed up with dangling cords and drilled through the roof for a permanent installation. Back to the original question. I haven't had any problems with a dual band mobile in the Saturn. After all, airbag electronics have to tolerate driving by 950,000 watt TV transmitters without exploding. 73..Jim N2VNO From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.math.psu.edu!psuvax1!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.av.qnet.com!ibbs!js Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <118@ibbs.av.org> References: <4d3pnv$13k@tech.mm.occ.cccd.edu><4d5jeg$1uvs@news.gate.net> Reply-To: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) From: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:10:37 GMT Subject: Re: Ham Radio Saturn Car Computer Problems Lines: 32 In article <4d5jeg$1uvs@news.gate.net>, Leon D. Zetekoff (leon@gate.net) write s: >Connie Haw (chaw@lib.occ.cccd.edu) wrote: >: Does anyone have any experiences/expertise to offer regarding the >: installation of my ham radio in my new Saturn SL2. I have been told >: that it could interfere with the car's computer - even activate the >: airbags! > >I have a 93.5 Saturn SC2 coupe and haven't had any problems with my >2m/440 dualbander. Saturn has a bulletin describing what you need to do >for radio installations - check with your service dealer. I don't think I >totally followed everything they said. > >73 leon > It's all of the plastic they use in the car. The only noted problem with my moms car was when we took it to Las Vegas one weekend. It seemed that the transmission failed to shift, and the cruse control also malfunctioned during the trip. This after transmitting 5 watts from a HT. Once the car stopped, the computer reset it's self. I think these problems occured due to a lack of sheilding the onboard computer from the world. There is also a limited ground system in those cars. The lack of a hardend steel frame can cause ground loops from hell. Since there is no frame to ground things to, wire needs to be ran. You may find antenna problems too. Not so much with tuneing them, but with proper patterns. All in all I am glad I got my Jeep. I almost got a Saturn. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Stillinger - KB6IBB js@ibbs.av.org PSC Box 3429 js@red-eft.la.ca.us Edwards AFB, CA 93524 +1 805 258 7303 8N1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:45 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.ahc.ameritech.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!bug.rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!pirates!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Ham Radio Saturn Car Computer Problems Message-ID: <1996Jan16.140201.20893@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4d3pnv$13k@tech.mm.occ.cccd.edu> <4d5jeg$1uvs@news.gate.net> <4dcm14$qkk@news.isc.rit.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:02:01 GMT Lines: 27 In article <4dcm14$qkk@news.isc.rit.edu> jdc3538@osfmail.isc.rit.edu (CRONIN) writes: > >Back to the original question. I haven't had any problems with a dual band >mobile in the Saturn. After all, airbag electronics have to tolerate >driving by 950,000 watt TV transmitters without exploding. Yeah, but the car is more than 1000 feet from the radiator of that TV signal (vertical separation), and our good friend the inverse square law says the signal strength of a 1 watt radio in the car will equal the strength delivered to the car by that megawatt transmitter over 1000 feet away (the broadcast field strength will actually be even less than that because the main lobe of the antenna will be aimed at the horizon (about 30 miles away) and you'll be well below it). If you run more than 1 watt in the car, you'll have to contend with field strengths *in the car* that are greater than you'd get driving by any TV broadcast facility. That's why a 5 watt HT can disturb car electronics, but driving by a megawatt TV broadcast transmitter plant won't. Antenna height is your friend, something we should never stop reminding the public, and public officials. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!lori.albany.net!news1.cris.com!news2.acs.oakland.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!biosci!news.alaska.edu!orion.alaska.edu!auchd From: auchd@orion.alaska.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HANDIHAMS HELP Date: 9 Jan 96 21:01:05 AST Organization: University of Alaska Lines: 8 Message-ID: <1996Jan9.210105.1@orion.alaska.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: orion.alaska.edu Hi, I am working with a student with a disability who is interested in becoming a ham. Does anyone have any addresses or names of individuals within Handi-hams that I could get in touch with? James Wiedle WL7N0 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!nntphub.cb.att.com!ssbunews.ih.att.com!not-for-mail From: jma@ih4gp508.ih.att.com (Ed Schaefer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Heathkit Grid Dip Meter Date: 16 Jan 1996 16:53:55 GMT Organization: AT&T Lines: 14 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4dgl73$q0q@ssbunews.ih.att.com> References: <30FAF4A0.C3C@earth.execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ih4gp508.ih.att.com In article <30FAF4A0.C3C@earth.execpc.com>, Chuck Curran wrote: >I need help to identify the model number on an old Heathkit Grid Dip >Meter from the early 1960's I believe. I would like to use it but I This sounds like a GD-1. I think they had some variants identified by suffix letters through GD-1B. Mine has the model printed in the middle of the front panel near the legend for the switch on the bottom. Mine still works well and is in regular use. 73 and good luck with yours. -- This posting is purely the personal opinion of Ed Schaefer jma@ih4gp.att.com ham radio: K9JMA From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!xyberlynx.net!zenox.com!grumpy.insinc.net!news.bconnex.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!usenet From: little@pecan.enet.dec.com (Todd Little) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Heathkit Grid Dip Meter Date: 16 Jan 1996 17:07:35 GMT Organization: ObjectBroker/COM Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dgm0n$hub@usenet.pa.dec.com> References: <30FAF4A0.C3C@earth.execpc.com> Reply-To: little@pecan.enet.dec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: imapc.chi.dec.com X-Newsreader: News for Windows NT X1.0-73 In article <30FAF4A0.C3C@earth.execpc.com> Chuck Curran wrote: > I need help to identify the model number on an old Heathkit Grid Dip > Meter from the early 1960's I believe. I would like to use it but I > can't get a photocopy of a manual from Heath unless I already have > the model number. It should be labeled right in the middle of the unit on the front panel. They made 3 variations of the GD-1. The original was the GD-1, followed by the GD-1A, and finally the GD-1B. Look for the model number just below the dial readout. 73, Todd N9MWB From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:50 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!hookup!swrinde!gatech!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hplextra!hplb!hpwin055.uksr!hpqmoea!dstock From: dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com (David Stockton) Subject: Re: Help identify strange morse key? Sender: news@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com (SQF News Admin) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 17:25:15 GMT References: <4d5b5o$2su0@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> Nntp-Posting-Host: hpqmocc.sqf.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard LTD, South Queensferry, Scotland X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.8] Lines: 28 moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de wrote: : Hello, : I have a strange morse key, of which I should like to know : the origin. It is a straight key. : The body forms a case, made of brouwn bakelite. The actual key is : mounted upside down on the lid inside the case. The bottom of the case is : basically a cover, with the shape of a bath tub (square with a hinge in : the back and rounded in the front with a clip for the lid). : The knob and two isolated contact screws protrude through the cover, : so it appears to be designed for operation under adverse conditions : and for keying high voltages. the individual components are marked with : reference numbers. It is British, military, and a little over 50 years old. It's usually called "The bathtub key" One trick with them is that the lid clip can be pulled over the disc part of the knob to lock the thing in the key-down position. Cheers David GM4ZNX From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.magicnet.net!news.supernet.net!news.cais.net!nntp.uio.no!fizban.solace.mh.se!demos!satisfy.kiae.su!sovam!petronet From: petronet@sovam.com (Petronet Networks) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HELP me! Schematick diagram RCI-2950 Date: 12 Jan 1996 19:57:04 GMT Organization: Sovam Teleport Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4d6eeg$19k@news.sovam.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: scylla.sovam.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] HELP ME! I need schematic diagram of RANGER tranceiver (RCI-2950). Please send to: Box 980, 185020, Petrozavodsk-20, Republic of Karelia, Russia. 73! RK1NA (ex UN1CD) Konstantin Gvozdev Thanks you! From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.orst.edu!wsrcc.com!wetware!nss.mag-net.com!canada!ve7tcp.ampr.org!ve7tcp.ampr.org!not-for-mail From: lyndon@ve7tcp.ampr.org (Lyndon Nerenberg) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: I am looking for a good Ham Radio FTP Site!!!! Date: 11 Jan 1996 17:27:16 -0800 Organization: VE7TCP Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4d4ddk$3og@ve7tcp.ampr.org> References: <4b1h3d$jit@news.unicomp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ve7tcp.ampr.org charles1@netcom.com (charles copeland) writes: >In article <4b1h3d$jit@news.unicomp.net>, Ken Allen wrote : >> >>If you know of any good Ham Radio FTP sites, please let me know. >>The only one that I have is: "ftp.ucsd.edu" >The best one I've seen was the HAM area in AOL. Maybe, but you can't get to it via anonymous FTP. --lyndon From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.packet.net!bsd00.tscs.com!daver!news.cerf.net!NewsWatcher!user From: ittg@cerfnet.com (Ed Reitan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Info Needed on World Radio Laboratory and Globe Products Date: 14 Jan 1996 06:43:00 GMT Organization: ITT Gilfillan Lines: 26 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.17.248.58 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96891 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23747 Could I get your help in locating information on the products of the World Radio Laboratories (WRL) of Council Bluffs, Iowa. A book is now being written on the life of founder Leo Meyerson and WRL. WRL built and sold popular amateur transmitter products and electronic parts from 1937 to 1972. Originally known as Wholesale Radio Labs before WW II, WRL sold the popular Globe King, Champion, and Scout Transmitters now prized by collectors. Although many WRL catalogs are in the Amateur Radio Collection at the Omaha History / Western Heritage Museum, a number of catalog years are missing: 1937,1938,1939,1946,1947,1948,1950,1963,1968,1972. If you have these catalogs, would you contact me for some questions? I want to index product model numbers and prices for each year. Also, does anyone know the wherabouts of Samual J. Fidone, the designer of the WRL Globe transmitters during the 1940's and 1959's? His call sign was W0QAB. Thanks for any help! -- Ed Reitan (UCLA Film and TV Archives) ITT Gilfillan Ph: 818-902-2075 Fax: 818-901-2536 7821 Orion Ave. Email: ittg@cerfnet.com (Ed Reitan) Van Nuys, California 91409 Eudora: BinHex From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: randall518@aol.com (Randall518) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: INFO WANTED ON HEATH MOHICAN RCVR Date: 10 Jan 1996 23:41:22 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4d24di$hd8@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: randall518@aol.com (Randall518) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Hi all- Just purchased this 1960 solid state classic from a local estate sale. Anyone have any experience wit it, know of any mods, or any problems? Any information is appreciated. It seems to be advanced for its' time. 73 Randy N2VQD From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gate.net!news.corpcomm.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!news.cerf.net!news.titan.com!news.tcst.com!op.net!en.com!mstar!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!wvanho From: wvanho@infinet.com (W. E. Van Horne) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Is Wayne Green losing it ? Date: 8 Jan 1996 12:50:02 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4cr3tq$hnl@horus.infinet.com> References: <4c6a3f$acm@ramp2.tir.com> <4ckd8o$m0j@maureen.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.infinet.com Frank Connelly (mole@eskimo.com) wrote: : instead. Wayne is hurting ham radio recently. He is : not helping it. Say goodbye, Wayne. "Recently" !!?? I remember more than 40 years ago when the young Wayne Green became the editor of CQ magazine. He was the first to bring the techniques of yellow journalism to the ham radio field; I let my subscription lapse, in response. Down through the years, several times I looked at a copy of his latest efforts and found that he hadn't changed much, and what changes there were were not for the better. I have always found that, as people get older, their bad habits don't get better, they get worse. Green is another manifestation of that. I also have to admit that the same applies to me! :-) 73, Van - W8UOF wvanho@infinet.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!crusher.ici.net!tsmith From: tsmith@ici.net (Tim Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Is Wayne Green losing it ? Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 18:33:22 GMT Organization: From the home front Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4d6cuf$2cj@crusher.ici.net> References: <1996Jan5.151001.25177@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4ckihj$843@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialups169 X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <4ckihj$843@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, horrock@aol.com (Horrock) wrote: >I like the old boy, really I do. Maybe he sold turn 73 over to me. I'll >turn it back into the mag it once was in 1977! Now that's an understatement! Remember the series of CB to 10 articles? What a magazine it was! N1BTQ Tim Smith Email: tsmith@ici.com WWW: http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/tsmith/tsmith.html Fax: 508-758-9605 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!bga.com!realtime.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: ko4ta@mindspring.com (Don Simpson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Is Wayne Green losing it ? Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 14:15:59 GMT Organization: ASAP Protective - Woodstock, Ga. 770-516-7196 Lines: 43 Message-ID: <4cttcl$41c@stealth.mindspring.com> References: <1996Jan7.181028.5461@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4csbt8$8pj@maureen.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ko4ta.mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Everett Curry wrote: {>That's better than if he were to be caught up in religion {>which is totally non-rational. If he suddenly starts {>spouting religion, then we'll know he has well and truly {>lost it. {> {>Gary {>-- {>Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary {>Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary {>534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us {>Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | {Even folks who support Wayne's many contributions could differ on other {issues. Right? Gary. {The Rev. Everett Curry {K6VGL {Hillsboro OR I prefer the 73 magazine over qst's catalog and contesting reports. Wayne may be loosing contact with the rest of us but I still get a kick out of reading him. Don't mean to interfere with your bashing here but imagine when and if '73 is gone. That will leave qst and ....... ughhhhhh. Some thought huh? Then the potential ham can really get a all too true version of what the hobby is... Overpriced equipment and contests... Keep it up Wayne!!!!!! 73 from DON DON KO4TA --- See you on the radio... From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: sshumway@ix.netcom.com (Steve Shumway ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Is Wayne Green losing it ? Date: 13 Jan 1996 20:58:30 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4d96dm$r6d@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> References: <4c6a3f$acm@ramp2.tir.com> <4d3k6s$70r@hg.oro.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: akr-oh2-03.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 13 12:58:30 PM PST 1996 In <4d3k6s$70r@hg.oro.net> rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) writes: > > ..snip... >BTW, >anybody noticed the horrendous job of proofreading they are doing >these days? The new editor must be getting paid what he is worth. > >Jim > > > >Jim Weir VP Engineering | "We seem to be standing on >RST Engineering | the foreskin of technology." >Grass Valley CA 95945 | (Gen. Chuck Yeager) >voice/fax 916/272-1432 | >rst-engr@oro.net AR Adv WB6BHI CFI A&G/Comml Inst A&G/A&P/C-182A N73CQ > The quality of the photo content has also hit the bottom! Steve Shumway N8SHP sshumway@ix.netcom.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:43:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Is Wayne Green Losing it? Date: 16 Jan 1996 01:40:53 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4devn5$4kn@cc.iu.net> References: Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-43.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In , johnl@world.std.com (John W Langner) writes: >The rate for a 1/9 page ad in 73 Magazine recently jumped from >$149 to $365. I would expect to see a large drop in the number >of advertisers. on the other hand, such a price rise is on the order of the increase in the co st of paper and distribution costs in the last few years...at $150, i could even spr ing for an ad from time to time... Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!nntp.igs.net!usenet From: cpeckham@igs.net (Clarence Peckham) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo and RFI ??? Date: 14 Jan 1996 21:57:07 GMT Organization: IGS - Information Gateway Services Lines: 45 Message-ID: <4dbu7j$ff2@nntp.igs.net> References: <4c6h2b$aq0@kalypso.cybercom.net> <4cp750$og8@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cpeckham.igs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 In article <4cp750$og8@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, bobdaney@ix.netcom.co says... > >In <4c6h2b$aq0@kalypso.cybercom.net> wy1z@kalypso.cybercom.net (Scott >Ehrlich) writes: >> >> >>I may be purchaseing a Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo in about 6 months, >and >>was wondering if there were any known RFI problems with it? >> >>I am aiming for a new model, but may purchase a used one. >> >>I'm primarily a VHF/UHF user, but HF is not out of the question. >> >>I'm also considering a Ford Bronco or Explorer. Any recommendations >>about the SUV (sport/utility vehicle) purchase would also be >appreciated. >> >>I am in the Boston, MA area - I am interested in these SUVs primarily >for >>the Winter and snow. >> >>73, and Happy New Year to all! >> >> >>-- >>Scott Ehrlich Web: http://www.ehrlichtronics.com >>E-mail: wy1z@ehrlichtronics.com scott@ehrlichtronics.com >>Amateur Radio Callsign: wy1z > > I have a '93 Grand Cherokee Laredo with six and auto transmission. I use VHF as well as HF. The only problem I have is that on 40M the rear window wiper turns on when I transmit. On all other bands no problem. I use an FT900 with outbacker Perth antenna mounted to the Hatch. I ground the antenna with a wire to the roof. Had very good luck on 20 meters. Clarence NT7V/VE3 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.av.qnet.com!news.qnet.com!news.cais.net!xara.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sbt.net!news.ia.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 11 Jan 1996 15:44:19 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4d3b8j$5af@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4d1892$ioi@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan47.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > > It really bugs the $%^#!! out of you old guys that I don't "fit" all your > pre-conceived notions and tidy little package (no-code tech, technically > illiterate, little radio experience, etc.), about who a proponent of > eliminating the Morse requirement is supposed to be, doesn't it? > > -Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM > I will agree with you here..you don't fit *ALL* the notions...just 99 99/100% of them...the only thing to your credit is that you have 5WPM, which by the way is know code. If Ignorance is bliss...you must be in a constant state of sexual ecstacy!!! Be sure not to ever puncture an eardrum Drew...you 'll let the vaccum out :-) steve From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: 12 Jan 1996 23:28:26 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4d6qqq$iiq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4d1892$ioi@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4d3b8j$5af@jupiter.planet.net> <4d5koi$5d8@anomaly.ideamation.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) wrote: > >In article <4d3b8j$5af@jupiter.planet.net>, > Steve - KF2TI wrote: > >> I will agree with you here..you don't fit *ALL* the notions...just 99 99/100% of them...the only thing to your >>credit is that you have 5WPM, which by the way is know code. If Ignorance is bliss...you must be in a constant >>state of sexual ecstacy!!! Be sure not to ever puncture an eardrum Drew...you'll let the vaccum out :-) > >The only think Drew passing a 5wpm shows is that we have to do away with >multiple-choice code examinations. > You don't own the bands, you don't make the rules. Get used to it! -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1.channel1.com!wizard.pn.com!sundog.tiac.net!shore!news From: jjmartin@shore.net (Jim Martin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: K1MAN ...... is this guy for real ? Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 05:36:20 GMT Organization: WK1V Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4df2th$h9v@shore.shore.net> References: <4ch721$nn8@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4cmecm$lj@jupiter.planet.net> <4cpce0$3l@news.socketis.net> <4cusev$a1c@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <4d1892$ioi@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> Reply-To: jjmartin@shore.net NNTP-Posting-Host: slip-7-22.shore.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) wrote: >:>How any amateur radio operator could be so immature to wander all over >:>promoting the pinning of coax is beyond me. I guess others are right in >:>that some no-coders really are CBers in disguise. >:I see we have yet another one on here who cannot read a callsign database. >: I am not a "no-coder." Better look again; you're making yourself look >:foolish with your (incorrect) assumptions. >:It really bugs the $%^#!! out of you old guys that I don't "fit" all your >:pre-conceived notions and tidy little package (no-code tech, technically >:illiterate, little radio experience, etc.), about who a proponent of >:eliminating the Morse requirement is supposed to be, doesn't it? >:-Drew in Charlotte- >: KF4DDM Drew, I formally nominate you for president of SOTCH....Society of Totally Clueless Hams.... :) WK1V From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wco.com!news From: Larry Martin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics,sci.electronics.misc,alt.cellular-phone-tech,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Digital PLL/Receiver chips! Date: 14 Jan 1996 00:23:47 GMT Organization: West Coast Online's News Server - Not responsible for content Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4d9iej$22m@news.wco.com> References: <4d5c7c$34v@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury8.calon.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: jekucfjc@hydra.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE Xref: news.epix.net sci.electronics.components:1237 sci.electronics.misc:166 alt.cellular-phone-tech:9320 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13610 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96879 Try Qualcomm, GEC-Plessey and Phillips. I would need more details before I could provide more detailed info. Larry -- _ __ __ _____ | | | \ / | / ___ \ Larry Martin Consulting | | | \ \ / / | / / \_\ Analog - RF - Microwave | | | |\ \/ /| | | | | | | | \ / | | | | __ Frequency Synthesizers | |____ | | \/ | | \ \___/ / |______| |_| |_| \_____/ Voice: 707-829-0633 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: mawyatt@ix.netcom.com(Michael A. Wyatt ) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics,sci.electronics.misc,alt.cellular-phone-tech,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Digital PLL/Receiver chips! Date: 14 Jan 1996 05:14:01 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4da3ep$q1v@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <4d5c7c$34v@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> <4d5k3v$1ger@info.estec.esa.nl> <821589268snz@tcontec.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-stp-fl4-19.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 13 9:14:01 PM PST 1996 Xref: news.epix.net sci.electronics.components:1245 sci.electronics.misc:173 alt.cellular-phone-tech:9328 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13614 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96887 In <821589268snz@tcontec.demon.co.uk> "Paul E. Bennett" writes: > >In article <4d5k3v$1ger@info.estec.esa.nl> > lars@t.estec.esa.nl "Lars Erup" writes: > >> Stanford Telecom (has a wide range of IC's for all kinds of digital >> communications applications). Others (whom I know less of) include e.g. >> Advanced Micro Devices, Analog Devices and PCSI, >> > >In addition you should also try Plessey Electronics in the UK (Swindon) who do >a range of PLL devices for receivers and transmitters. Also part of their range >are full synthesizers, VOGAD's IF amplifiers, Pre-scaler dividers atc. > >One phone number I have is for the Plymouth office who should be able to re- >direct you to the right department in Swindon. (Tel: UK 01793-518000) > > >-- >Paul E. Bennett >peb@transcontech.co.uk >Going Forth Safely Don't forget National Semiconductors new PLL chips, I understand they are some of the lowest phase noise PLL chips available. Mike Wyatt From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!tcontec.demon.co.uk From: "Paul E. Bennett" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics,sci.electronics.misc,alt.cellular-phone-tech,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Digital PLL/Receiver chips! Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 03:14:28 GMT Organization: Transport Control Technology Ltd. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <821589268snz@tcontec.demon.co.uk> References: <4d5c7c$34v@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> <4d5k3v$1ger@info.estec.esa.nl> Reply-To: peb@transcontech.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: tcontec.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.30 X-Mail2News-Path: tcontec.demon.co.uk Xref: news.epix.net sci.electronics.components:1264 sci.electronics.misc:208 alt.cellular-phone-tech:9344 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13621 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96923 In article <4d5k3v$1ger@info.estec.esa.nl> lars@t.estec.esa.nl "Lars Erup" writes: > Stanford Telecom (has a wide range of IC's for all kinds of digital > communications applications). Others (whom I know less of) include e.g. > Advanced Micro Devices, Analog Devices and PCSI, > In addition you should also try Plessey Electronics in the UK (Swindon) who do a range of PLL devices for receivers and transmitters. Also part of their rang e are full synthesizers, VOGAD's IF amplifiers, Pre-scaler dividers atc. One phone number I have is for the Plymouth office who should be able to re- direct you to the right department in Swindon. (Tel: UK 01793-518000) -- Paul E. Bennett peb@transcontech.co.uk Going Forth Safely From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!news.eas.asu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!isar.de!news From: obartels@ (Oliver Bartels) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics,sci.electronics.misc,alt.cellular-phone-tech,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Digital PLL/Receiver chips! Date: 14 Jan 1996 23:29:04 GMT Organization: Oliver Bartels, Bartels System GmbH Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4dc3k0$agg@nixe.isar.net> References: <4d5c7c$34v@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> <4d5k3v$1ger@info.estec.esa.nl> <821589268snz@tcontec.demon.co.uk> <4da3ep$q1v@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: obartels@bartels.de NNTP-Posting-Host: beta.bartels.de X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Xref: news.epix.net sci.electronics.components:1286 sci.electronics.misc:229 alt.cellular-phone-tech:9370 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13625 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96936 In <4da3ep$q1v@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, mawyatt@ix.netcom.com(Michael A. Wyatt ) writes: > Don't forget National Semiconductors new PLL chips, I understand >they are some of the lowest phase noise PLL chips available. Just to add another manufacturer: Check Temic Telefunken, e.g. U2784 dual PLL up to 2,2GHz. Ciao Oliver From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!lily.redrose.net!l24.redrose.net!user From: CSanders@RedRose.net (Curt Sanders) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mac Packet Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 17:07:09 -0600 Organization: a Digital Internet AlphaServer Site Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: matt@grfn.org NNTP-Posting-Host: l24.redrose.net In article, matt@grfn.org (Matt Overholt) wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has any experience in packet radio with the > macintosh, and can lead me into the right direction for such things and > packet modems and software. > > Thanks, > Matt Overholt > KC8BMI > > -- > Matt Overholt I use a Quadra 605 with a KPC-3 and a Radio Shack HTX 202. For software I use ZTerm which works great! -- 73s de N3TLJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!gatekeeper.barclaycard.co.uk!usenet From: Andrew Austin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: MAXON SL70 UHF Handportable - SMP4001 Program Plug Date: 16 Jan 1996 16:45:33 GMT Organization: Barclaycard Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4dgknd$ktv@gatekeeper.barclaycard.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 32bit) Can any one help with this one - I need to get the circuit for the program plug that is used with the SMP4001 program software. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tac63@aol.com (Tac63) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Maxtrac-100 2 Channel to 32 Channel???? Date: 13 Jan 1996 07:59:31 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4d8abj$ilg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: tac63@aol.com (Tac63) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I know you can reprogram a Maxtrac-100 2 channel VHF high band to a 16 channel, but how about to a 32 channel?? It has a 5 pin connector in the rear. Any technical advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance. Ron TAC63@AOL.COM From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:14 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cheatum.frontiernet.net!Empire.Net!news.net99.net!news.zNET.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Maybe a Dumb Question? Message-ID: <1996Jan12.165903.29533@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4d4ff7$e8n@ccnet2.ccnet.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 16:59:03 GMT Lines: 61 In article <4d4ff7$e8n@ccnet2.ccnet.com> mliston@ccnet.com (Mike Liston) write s: >I am not a ham, but I have a good friend that is. He asked me if I could >find out where the term HAM originated. He thought it might come from >High Amplitude Modulation or maybe it is short for "hamateur". Could >somebody help us out? Thanks. This question seems to come up every few weeks, Mike. You'll hear the tale of little amateur radio station HAM, the call sign supposedly formed by the initials of 3 students at Harvard, who supposedly single handedly saved amateur radio back in the teens. Unfortunately, there's no proof whatsoever that these students ever existed, or that they operated a station with the call sign HAM. They supposedly testified before Congress, but a careful scrutiny of the Congressional Record for the period has turned up exactly zero evidence to back this claim. You'll also hear the story of Home Amateur Mechanic, a magazine published in early radio days which featured plans for simple amateur radios, thus one might say that he operated a HAM radio. Home Amateur Mechanic certainly did exist, and it did publish radio plans, but there's no solid record that this is the origin of the term. (Though I tend to lean toward this explanation as the most plausible.) And finally you'll hear the story of the use of the term "ham", as in hamfisted, as a derogatory term for unprofessional wireline telegraphers. The story goes that the term became associated with amateur radio operators when commercial wireless telegraphy first started. There's also no proof that this is true, though the term "LID" certainly did originate from wireline operators. That stemmed from the practice by poor operators of putting a tobacco can lid on the sounder to make the code easier to copy. The term "fist" also came from wireline slang. The only real answer is that the origin of the term has been lost in the mists of antiquity. Nobody really knows how the term ham came to be, nor where it originated. You'd think this would be simple, with QST dating back to before WWI, surely there would be some mention there, but no, there isn't. QST was steadfastly stuffy in the early days, and didn't use the term until *much* later, after it had become well established in common usage. The one thing we can say, however, is that the term is almost certainly of American origin. That's because it was in wide use here before the advent of regular international contacts. Thus the Cockney "hamateur" origin is almost certainly wrong. And we can also say it had nothing to do with voice modulation since the term was in wide use back in the spark days before voice transmissions were common. Is it HAM (for Home Amateur Mechanic), or is it ham (as in hamfisted)? No one knows. But typical practice today is to *not* write it in all caps as an acronym, but rather to use it as a simple noun. That's just modern usage, however, in the Morse days, there was no case distinction, so HAM or ham, they were the same over the air. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:15 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!thunder.mgl.ca!granite.sentex.net!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!news3.noc.netcom.net!zdc!zippo!usenet From: Lanier.r.a@nort.bwi.wec.com (Robert A. Lanier) Subject: Re: Morse code exam symbols X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Sender: usenet@news.zippo.com Nntp-Posting-Host: 129.228.232.106 Organization: Westinghouse Electro-Optics Message-ID: References: <9601041416.AA22291@bns101.bng.ge.com> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 14:40:01 GMT Lines: 67 >I guess I'm what a lot of people are calling a "wanna-be"tech, >I'm a no-code tech, but I am working on the upgrade. >I am currently practicing code using a morse code trainer on the >PC (cp.exe shareware), but I'm having some difficulty. Any >help in the following areas would be greatly appreciated. >1) What symbols do I need to learn to pass the 5wpm and 13wpm >exams? I know I need letters and numbers, but what about >punctuation and CW symbols? >2) Any general tips on the best way to learn and improve speed? >The CP program is excellent in its way of grouping letters in >it's beginner menu, but I still have difficulty in hearing, >decoding, and WRITING DOWN a letter before the next one starts. >I also occasionally misidentify "dahs" as "dits". (What can I say, >six years in the US Army Field Artillery will do wonders for the >ears). Should I be writing down letters as I hear them, or should >I use some sort of shorthand to write fast enough? >3) What are the specs for the code that is used in the 5wpm and >13wpm exams? >i.e.: >Tone frequency? >Spacing? >Words or random letters? >dah to dit time ratio? >How long is the test transmission? >Are we given time to clean up our copy after transmission is >complete? >How many mistakes are we allowed? >As you may be able to guess, I've never taken a code exam yet, >so I'm looking for all the insight I can get. >73 >Vince Vince, The best advice ANYONE can give you is to practice, practice, practice! However, remember only perfect practice will yield perfect results. Its been a while since I've had a code test (i'm now an Advanced class), but I do know you will need to know all numbers and letters, the period, the slash mark, question mark and several "special" codes (ar, dn, etc.). These were all I remember being tested on. After the code is sent, usually for about 4-5 minutes, I had a test. Mine was multiple choice; others can be fill-in-the-blank! The test asked simple questions like what was the calling person's callsign, what was the weather, the signal strength, etc. Don't worry about missing some letters - not many people can copy perfect code! But if you copy enough characters you will get the idea of the message. Be sure to copy the call signs as accurate as possible. I'm not sure if shorthand is allowed, but then again my handwriting looked like shorthand when I was done!!! Code tapes are helpful. As a matter of fact, I passed both the 5 and 13 WPM tests without ever being on the air! The best tapes that I used were from ARRL. I started out with the Radio Shack tapes. The testing center that I went to used a form of the ARRL tapes, so I recommend those highly. And remember, practice, practice, practice! Tony, KE4ATO Lanier.r.a@nort.bei.wec.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!io.org!winternet.com!news.interlog.com!news.dra.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!feenix.metronet.com!fohnix.metronet.com!not-for-mail From: nmcewen@fohnix.metronet.com (Neal McEwen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need parts for Telegraph Keys Date: 13 Jan 1996 21:56:18 -0600 Organization: Texas Metronet, Inc (login info (214/488-2590 - 817/571-0400)) Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4d9ut2$nl1@fohnix.metronet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fohnix.metronet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello Gang, I've got some telegraph key restorations going and need a few parts to finish up. 1. Bunnell Gold Bug -- need the circuit closing lever and mounting hardware. 2. McElroy A-400 bug -- need thumbpiece and weights. A-400 or P-500 parts OK 3. Signal Electric Semantic -- need the pendulum stop post. 4. Electro Bug -- need weights. need one thumbscrew and jam nut. 5. Levinson Radio "Like-A-Flash" -- need finger pieces, binding posts. 6. Logan SPEED-X reverse frame -- need finger pieces 7. Clapp-Eastham -- need binding posts 8. Independent Wireless -- need binding posts Would buy parts off your junkers or buy your junkers for the parts. -- 73 de K5RW - Neal McEwen - Richardson, TX (Dallas) ******** I collect old telgraph and wireless telegraph keys ********* HomeNet - nmcewen@metronet.com - OS/2 tcp/ip SLIP HomePage - http://fohnix.metronet.com/~nmcewen/k5rw.html From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!calvino.alaska.net!nntp.alaska.net!usenet From: Henry Ayre Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Plastic IMPERVIOUS to LASERS? Date: 13 Jan 1996 20:31:33 GMT Organization: Internet Alaska Inc. Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4d94r5$hfg@byatt.alaska.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: sol-p1-57.alaska.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: feustel@netcom.com Xref: news.epix.net alt.conspiracy:73494 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96856 Yes, I read about that some time ago in a magazine somewhere, perhaps at the barbershop. Seems that a hairdresser was dabbling with plastics and came up with a certain combination that defies logic. Saw the post on alt.conspiracy just a few days ago. Try "Earlier Posts" or "Earliest Posts" if you are using Netscape. Or try a search engine. Should be there somewhere. Best wishes, Henry. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!calvino.alaska.net!nntp.alaska.net!usenet From: Henry Ayre Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Plastic IMPERVIOUS to LASERS? Date: 15 Jan 1996 21:35:58 GMT Organization: Internet Alaska Inc. Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4dehbu$ejj@byatt.alaska.net> References: <4cq43t$3n4@norm.uoknor.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sol-p1-55.alaska.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net alt.conspiracy:73962 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96970 The last I heard of this subject the hairdresser was talking to several major corporations... through a lawyer, to be sure. I think the British government was in the wings, wringing its hands... or was it MI5? H. Ayre. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!brighton.openmarket.com!wizard.pn.com!sundog.tiac.net!jmatk.tiac.net!user From: jmatk@tscm.com (James M. Atkinson, Communications Engineer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.radio.scanner,misc.survivalism Subject: New USENET group - alt.security.tscm Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 20:58:14 -0500 Organization: tscm.com Lines: 17 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: jmatk.tiac.net X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 8.1.1 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96830 alt.radio.scanner:26468 misc.survivalism:16884 New USENET group announcement, There is now a USENET newsgroup dedicated to the TSCM industry, check it out. alt.security.tscm =============================================================== James M. Atkinson "...Shaken, not Stirred..." TSCM.COM 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 URL: http://www.tscm.com/ E-Mail: jmatk@tscm.com =============================================================== The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and the Most Complete TSCM Counterintelligence Site on the Internet =============================================================== From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sparky.insinc.net!news.bc.net!news.uoregon.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news2.acs.oakland.edu!nntp.coast.net!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!ccnet.com!ccnet.com!not-for-mail From: cwheeler@ccnet.com (C G Wheeler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Date: 11 Jan 1996 14:24:27 -0800 Organization: CCnet Communications (510-988-7140 guest) Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4d42mr$pef@ccnet3.ccnet.com> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4cssdl$dog@cloner3.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ccnet3 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96821 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32505 rec.radio.cb:25586 rec.radio.scanner:43655 >From: > corrigad@adsnet.net (booboo) >Organization: > Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C. Callsign: KB7SVP Name: DAVID M CORRIGAN Addr1: 1900 BROOK LN APT J7 Addr2: ELLENSBURG WA 98926 Country: USA Class: Technician Effective: 23 Feb 1993 Expires: 23 Feb 2003 Born: 16 Aug 1968 Email: [unknown] From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mcn.net!blpm01-200 From: vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Sat, 13 Jan 96 00:26:09 GMT Organization: Montana Communications Network Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blpm01-200.mcn.net Keywords: code X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96824 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32509 rec.radio.cb:25600 rec.radio.scanner:43665 In article <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com>, bherder@netport.com (Bruce Herder) wrote: > So all you Extras (and to a certian extent Advanced) class operators out >there... go ahead and post your stupid little posts...and complain, whine, >and bitch on 20 and 40 meters.... and sit on your big soft fat asses, and >bask in the "glory" of how much BETTER you are than the rest... >just think about all the others YOU have driven away with your ATTITUDES, >and wonder where all the hams have gone when the FCC is selling off your >precious frequencies! > de Bruce - KD6SKA >> > I was not refering to codeless techs. I was refering to individuals that want to eliminate code all-to-together. Has America gotten stupid? Forty years ago you could find people who could do CW at speeds better than 35 wpm. Today, we have major problems with 5, 13, and 20 wpm. 73 de KB7ADL From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.uoregon.edu!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: kc7gnm@primenet.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 12 Jan 1996 21:11:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 24 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4d7bcm$e9d@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d603o$o04@lucky.innet.com> Reply-To: kc7gnm@primenet.com X-Posted-By: ip181.fhu.primenet.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96864 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32527 rec.radio.cb:25645 rec.radio.scanner:43732 In <4d603o$o04@lucky.innet.com>, hamradio@innet.com (Tony Davee) writes: >vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) wrote: > > > >> 10-4 ?? > >_ _ . . _ . _ . _ . . . . . . _ . . G E T A L I F E > >_ _ _ _ _ !!!!!!!! > O M And to think I'm a no-coder who didn't even look this up. 73 de KC7GNM Greg From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.eye.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.tcd.net!news From: randolph@tcd.net (Roger) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 10:14:35 GMT Organization: The Computer Den, Inc. Evanston WY Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4ctf6r$2de@news.tcd.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip3.cheyenne.tcd.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96867 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32531 rec.radio.cb:25647 rec.radio.scanner:43735 vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) wrote: {:->>> 10-4 ?? Sounds like this is coming from somebody who THINKS he's better than others JU ST because he happens to know a few dots and dashes and a little electronic theor y. Or. it's somebody wishing to start some sort of useless dribble on an otherwis e useful newsgroup. Roger Randolph - Cheyenne Wyoming randolph@tcd.net Web Page - http://www.tcd.net/~randolph/ Country Artist Fan Club listings and Links to HitMakers WWW pages Soon to have Scanner Freqs and Links From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!earth.planet.net!billsohl From: billsohl@earth.planet.net (Bill Sohl Budd Lake) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Date: 14 Jan 1996 06:20:21 GMT Organization: Planet Access Networks - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.planet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96888 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32536 rec.radio.cb:25659 rec.radio.scanner:43756 Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL (vfiscus@mcn.net) wrote: : I was not refering to codeless techs. I was refering to individuals that : want to eliminate code all-to-together. : Has America gotten stupid? Forty years ago you could find people who could : do CW at speeds better than 35 wpm. Today, we have major problems with : 5, 13, and 20 wpm. : 73 de KB7ADL Your comments point out the clear reason why code has little, if any, relavence for today's testing. It is simply being used less and less, it is no longer needed for any service outside the amateur bands and it, therefore, no longer needs to be made a mandatory requirement (beyond a 5wpm test for international treaty regm'ts.). 40 years ago everyone drove manual gearbox automobiles and everyone knew how do to so...today we have major problems with drivers ability to shift a stick shift....so what. If it isn't important to be sure everyone that can drive must have the ability to use an outdated manual gearbox, then why is it so important that every ham on HF learn CW at 13wpm to have access to the majority of ham HF frequencies? -- Cheers, --------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Sohl K2UNK (Budd lake, New Jersey) (billsohl@planet.net) ARRL Local Government Liason, Mount Olive Township ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.dorsai.org!agis!news3.noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!innet.com!news From: hamradio@innet.com (Tony Davee) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 14:49:12 GMT Organization: Internet Network Corporation Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4d603o$o04@lucky.innet.com> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tex-75.innet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96890 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32538 rec.radio.cb:25664 rec.radio.scanner:43762 vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) wrote: > 10-4 ?? _ _ . . _ . _ . _ . . . . . . _ . . _ _ _ _ _ !!!!!!!! From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwgw.infi.net!imci3!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nwlink.com!tsunami.ixa.net!news.aa.net!ratty.wolfe.net!usenet From: @adsnet.net (6 land sucks!!) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:35:40 GMT Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4d95vf$t9e@news1.wolfe.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4cssdl$dog@cloner3.netcom.com> <4d42mr$pef@ccnet3.ccnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: a037.adsnet.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96897 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32540 rec.radio.cb:25669 rec.radio.scanner:43771 cwheeler@ccnet.com (C G Wheeler) wrote: Callsign: KD6ELA Name: CURTIS G WHEELER Addr1: PO BOX 5054 Addr2: SAN RAMON CA 94583 Country: USA Class: Technician Effective: 26 Jun 1995 Expires: 07 Jan 2002 Born: 02 Jan 1965 Email: cgwh@chevron.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!carbon!hermes.cair.du.edu!mercury.cair.du.edu!not-for-mail From: awinterb@du.edu (Art Winterbauer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 14 Jan 1996 07:11:05 -0700 Organization: University of Denver Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4db2tp$p3v@mercury.cair.du.edu> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.cair.du.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Keywords: code Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96901 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32544 rec.radio.cb:25676 rec.radio.scanner:43782 C'mon, Bruce. Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel about Extra Class licensees. --Art N0OQS -- Art awinterb@du.edu OR awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.eye.com!news.sprintlink.net!castle.nando.net!news From: dfinn@nando.net (Dan Finn ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:54:38 GMT Organization: Unaffiliated Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4d0glc$7nf@castle.nando.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4cshem$9mh@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <4cu709$gih@news1.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: vyger317.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96927 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32549 rec.radio.cb:25699 rec.radio.scanner:43829 brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) said: >In <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net>, vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) writes: >> >> 10-4 ?? >> >Professional radio operators (police, fire, taxi, EMS dispatchers) >use 10-codes to make voice traffic more brief. >Amateur radio operators use telegraphy abbreviations on voice. >Which is more appropriate to use? > - Brian Either should be OK. Actually, there would be nothing wrong with hams using 10 codes...it simply would not be "HAM PC"...but it is more correct for hams to use voice "10 codes" than to vocalize the telegraphy Q codes (just IMHO). But in saying that, I used to live in Miami and believe it or not, Metro Dade (Miami) was using "Q" codes, not 10-codes. 73 KR4AJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM!usenet From: rfm@urth.eng.sun.com (Rich McAllister) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Date: 12 Jan 1996 18:43:10 GMT Organization: SunSoft, Inc. (of course, opinions here are my own) Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4cssdl$dog@cloner3.netcom.com> <4d42mr$pef@ccnet3.ccnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: urth.eng.sun.com In-reply-to: cwheeler@ccnet.com's message of 11 Jan 1996 14:24:27 -0800 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96947 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32558 rec.radio.cb:25720 rec.radio.scanner:43853 In article <4d42mr$pef@ccnet3.ccnet.com> cwheeler@ccnet.com (C G Wheeler) writ es: >>From: >> corrigad@adsnet.net (booboo) >>Organization: >> Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C. > > >Callsign: KB7SVP > Name: DAVID M CORRIGAN > Addr1: 1900 BROOK LN APT J7 > Addr2: ELLENSBURG WA 98926 > Country: USA > Class: Technician > Effective: 23 Feb 1993 > Expires: 23 Feb 2003 > Born: 16 Aug 1968 > Email: [unknown] Oooh, this looks like fun! Can I play? Callsign: WB7PRR Name: CALVIN C WHEELER Addr1: 8203 SW MATTHEW PARK ST Addr2: TIGARD OR 97224 Country: USA Class: Novice Effective: 31 Aug 1993 Expires: 31 Aug 2003 Born: 25 Aug 1946 Email: [unknown] Update Email Address -- Rich McAllister (rfm@eng.sun.com) From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1.channel1.com!wizard.pn.com!sundog.tiac.net!shore!news From: jjmartin@shore.net (Jim Martin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 05:36:26 GMT Organization: WK1V Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4df2tn$h9v@shore.shore.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d603o$o04@lucky.innet.com> <4d7bcm$e9d@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> Reply-To: jjmartin@shore.net NNTP-Posting-Host: slip-7-22.shore.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96976 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32566 rec.radio.cb:25739 rec.radio.scanner:43882 kc7gnm@primenet.com wrote: >:In <4d603o$o04@lucky.innet.com>, hamradio@innet.com (Tony Davee) writes: >:>vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) wrote: >:> >:> >:> >:>> 10-4 ?? >:> >:>_ _ . . _ . _ . _ . . . . . . _ . . >: G E T A L I F E >:> >:>_ _ _ _ _ !!!!!!!! >:> >: O M >:And to think I'm a no-coder who didn't even look this up. >:73 de KC7GNM >:Greg We are so very proud of you!! :) From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!news3.noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!pendragon!fullfeed!tricia!news.atw.fullfeed.com!online.dct.com!usenet From: bcrier@online.dct.com (AA9OO Brent) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Nocoders get HF go-for-it Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 00:04:47 GMT Organization: Green Bay Online Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4csbkb$lsc@online.dct.com> References: <45f61r$7nk@swen.emba.uvm.edu> <46721l$3pu@lucky.innet.com> <468hd6$8f0@over.mhv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gbol57.dct.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.168 On 20 Oct 1995 16:05:58 GMT, Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net (Thomas Randall) wrote: >Jim Smith (smithj@innet.com) wrote: >: In article <45f61r$7nk@swen.emba.uvm.edu>, >: gdavis@griffin.emba.uvm.edu (Gary Davis) wrote: >: > A local club is letting nocodes operate on HF to rack up points during >: >ARRL contests. I'm told its perfectly legal. >: .. >: >NOCODES are operating fully equipped HF stations on SSB and on every HF >: >band. I'm told a loop hole in part 97 permits this. Sure give the no-coders HF But only CW on 40,80 meter bands. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.ids.net!anomaly.ideamation.com!anomaly.ideamation.com!not-for-mail From: kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Not quite on topic Date: 15 Jan 1996 16:05:34 -0500 Organization: Ideamation, Inc. Lines: 58 Message-ID: <4defiu$o9@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4de2a8$sej@alterdial.UU.NET> <4de2gv$t8e@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: anomaly.ideamation.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96966 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32561 In article <4de2gv$t8e@alterdial.UU.NET>, Burt Fisher wrote: >There is a BBS network called RIME that thinks it is pretty hot stuff but I d o >not. They think they are far better than NEWSGROUPS but ON RIME tin Gods >act as "hosts" that stifle all debate. Send a message to fhagen@pe.com if you >agree with me that the Internet is where it is really "happening." > >I realize I am not Mr. Popularity here but those that are here are not >afraid to speak their piece and with rare >exceptions no one really gets foul. RIME is composed of a bunch of loud-mouth blow-hards. If you don't like a topic, critize the moderator of the conference, or post something that is "off topic" you risk getting blackballed. > þ Personalized: with RIME conferences, you can address a message > to a specific person, as well as to "ALL." With the Usenet, you > are forced to leave messages to "ALL," even when responding directly > to someone. There is no such thing as an "ALL" routing on USENET. All messages posted to a newsgroup are readable by everyone by default. You can reply to a specific person's posting, and threaded newsreaders will allow you to read messages by subject and reply order if you do have the correct software. This comment from RIME just demonstrates their ignorance. > þ Routed: like e-mail, RIME messages may be routed to a specific > person, bypassing most other people. There really is no "private" > mail in cyberspace, as the system operators can usually read every > message that appears on their systems. "EMAIL" on RIME is just as readable as email on a system connected to the Internet. Anytime anyone has the keys to the house they are free to look around with impunity. > þ Family Orientated: RIME doesn't have ANY conferences dedicated > to child pornography, beastiality, fetishes or other "adult" topics > like the thousands that exist in the Usenet. Instead, RIME has > adults, teens and children conversing about topics without using > profanity, "flames," obscenity and other objectionable language. Ask RIME about the time one of their network Sysops was arrested for sexually molesting two teenage boys, and later plead guilty to a reduced felony morals charge. Even after the conviction RIME allowed him to continue to run a BBS on their network (great place to troll for new victims, huh?) MD -- -- -- "Who needs looks when you've got taste?" -- From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Not quite on topic Date: 16 Jan 1996 11:20:39 GMT Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4dg1m7$ade@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <4de2a8$sej@alterdial.UU.NET> <4de2gv$t8e@alterdial.UU.NET> <4defiu$o9@anomaly.ideamation.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s201.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com,bonnie.anthony@rime.com,fhagen@pe.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96986 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32574 kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) wrote: >RIME is composed of a bunch of loud-mouth blow-hards. If you don't like >a topic, critize the moderator of the conference, or post something that >is "off topic" you risk getting blackballed. That is exactly what happens. You have been there. Contact Bonnie Anthony at bonnie.anthony@rime.com >"EMAIL" on RIME is just as readable as email on a system connected to >the Internet. Anytime anyone has the keys to the house they are free to >look around with impunity. But they like to lie and think otherwise. >Ask RIME about the time one of their network Sysops was arrested for >sexually molesting two teenage boys, and later plead guilty to a reduced >felony morals charge. Even after the conviction RIME allowed him to >continue to run a BBS on their network (great place to troll for new >victims, huh?) You think that is bad there was a host of the legal conference that said he wa s a lawyer. It was exposed he was not but RIME refused to dismiss him, the guy finally was abused enough by users he left on his own. Of course if he use a 3 line sig he would have been history in 10 seconds. .-. .-. / \ .-. .-. / \ / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ /--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / `-' `-' From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:36 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!icon!greg From: greg@core.rose.hp.com (Greg Dolkas) Subject: Re: Not the code, not the test Sender: news@icon.rose.hp.com (News Administrator) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 01:59:22 GMT References: <4d1440$d7t$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> Organization: HP - Information Networks Division X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6] Lines: 29 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96866 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32529 Hans Brakob K0HB (71111.260@CompuServe.COM) wrote: : When will we all wake up and realize that good : amateurs were NEVER made by the examination : system that happened to be in vogue at any : given time. : : ALL good amateurs became good amateurs by watching : other good amateurs do it right. (You can classify : that as a "flat statement".) : I wasn't going to get into this code debate, but Hans' said it so well that I feel the need to support him. Well said! Let me also through out my $.02 for a possible new "test", based on this philosophy.... The idea came after reading an article in QST about how things are done in other countries - Spain to be exact. They apparenly have the usua l tests, *and* you need to have completed some number of QSOs with some number of countries. For us, how about "no code" privileges with limited HF access (perhaps a subset of the Tech+ privileges on 10m phone and 40m CW (yes, CW!)), and upgrad e with testing *and* verified QSOs to gain access to more spectrum space. The idea behind this is that it forces hams to be hams and interact with hams (hopefully good ones) to upgrade, and it also allows the ham community at larg e to police the upgrade process by not returning the needed QSL cards to anyone who doesn't deserve it. Greg KO6TH From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.ids.net!anomaly.ideamation.com!anomaly.ideamation.com!not-for-mail From: kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Not the code, not the test Date: 14 Jan 1996 16:19:40 -0500 Organization: Ideamation, Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4dbs1c$8n0@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4d1440$d7t$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anomaly.ideamation.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96929 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32550 In article , Greg Dolkas wrote: >For us, how about "no code" privileges with limited HF access (perhaps a >subset of the Tech+ privileges on 10m phone and 40m CW (yes, CW!)), and upgra de >with testing *and* verified QSOs to gain access to more spectrum space. I've always been a proponent of giving all current Novice CW subbands to no-code techs so they have a place to "study" and send. This really wouldn't violate the spirit of the ITU treaty since they would have to "know" CW to use those bands. MD -- -- -- "Who needs looks when you've got taste?" -- From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk From: Mike Gathergood Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Not the code, not the test Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 10:14:36 GMT Organization: CQ-BBS +44 1753 595468 Lines: 35 Distribution: world Message-ID: <821787276snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> References: <4d1440$d7t$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <821468235snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> <4d6m6s$c47@usenet.pa.dec.com> <821718332snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> <4demmh$8c5@usenet.pa.dec.com> Reply-To: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96992 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32582 In article <4demmh$8c5@usenet.pa.dec.com> little@pecan.enet.dec.com "Todd Little" writes: > If that doesn't imply that those who complain are lazy, then perhaps > British english really is a completely different language. ;-) Seems to be a minority language these days, a bit like CW :-) > Perhaps you weren't trying to imply that all who push for change > are lazy, but I ask: How do you know *anyone* is lazy simply > by observing them promote change? To help you out: You can't. Agreed. But I never said otherwise, did I? We seem to have gone off at a complete tangent here Todd, but that always seems to happen when an emotive issue is discussed in Usenet. What is it that you're actually trying to change, in what way are you trying to change it, and why do you think it'll be better if you succeed? Unless I've misunderstood (in which case please correct me) you seem to want to set one technical standard, and reduce (or do away with?) the morse requirement, in which case you'll end up with a system of licensing more like the UK's. Meanwhile, similar discussions in uk.radio.amateur seem to tend towards agreement that we in the UK should look towards the US system of licensing for examples of how to do it right. If nothing else, it shows that the grass is greener on the other side :-) 73 Mike * QRV around 0800 and 1800 most weekdays on GB3HL * G4KFK * (Hillingdon 433.075/434.675) and also 51.83 MHz * From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: SCRUZA.SHF476@HW1.CAHWNET.GOV (CRAIG HARLAMOFF SHF4) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: NOTE 01/12/96 19:39:00 Date: 13 Jan 96 03:39:19 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 10 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu To: OAS --HW1SSW1 Internet Addressee FROM: CRAIG HARLAMOFF SHF476 SUBJECT: subscribe rec.radio.amateur.misc Jail Farm CRAIG 454 3515 Sun-Weds From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!sun!oucsboss!gw2.att.com!pacbell.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: Frederick Ruecker Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Problem with Alternator whine Date: 13 Jan 1996 19:16:25 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4d90ea$fur@bolivia.it.earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool061.max1.st-louis.mo.dynip.alter.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) I am experiencing a problem with alternator whine on the outgoing signal of a Kenwood 2m rig installed in a 1985 Ford Taurus with a direct power connection to the battery. I have tried a Radio Shack noise filter installed in the power lines to the rig but the problem was not corrected. The alternator has been checked out and all the diodes, etc. are OK. Anyone have any suggestions on what I could try next to clean up the signal? Rick WQ0R faruec@earthlink.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!gatekeeper.barclaycard.co.uk!usenet From: Andrew Austin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Program Plug for MAXON SL70 Date: 16 Jan 1996 16:50:02 GMT Organization: Barclaycard Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4dgkvq$ktv@gatekeeper.barclaycard.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 32bit) To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Can any one help - I require the circuit diagram for the program plug that is supplied with the SMP4001 program software to enable setup of a UHF SL70 handheld From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!gatekeeper.barclaycard.co.uk!usenet From: Andrew Austin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Program Plug for MAXON SL70 Date: 16 Jan 1996 16:50:21 GMT Organization: Barclaycard Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4dgl0d$ktv@gatekeeper.barclaycard.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 32bit) Can any one help - I require the circuit diagram for the program plug that is supplied with the SMP4001 program software to enable setup of a UHF SL70 handheld From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!news.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!news-admin From: Gregg Houck Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSO Scheduling Section added to www.houck.com/ham Date: 13 Jan 1996 17:58:41 GMT Organization: InternetMCI Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4d8rsh$ask@news.internetmci.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup767.washington.mci.net Trying to setup a Schedule for EME, scatter, Oscar etc can be a lot of trouble... Check out the QSO Scheduling section at "www.houck.com/ham"... You Post your schedule request then other hams checking in to this site can list the Posted requests and contact them via e-mail.. Check it out and leave me your comments and any other sugestions for the site.. http://www.houck.com/ham 73's Gregg WA3WNE From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!hookup!nntp.et.byu.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!microvst.demon.co.uk From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Control -- How to turn on something from 500 feet? Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 07:05:51 GMT Organization: Microvest Limited, London Lines: 32 Message-ID: <821775951snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: <4df66u$7sg@watt.electriciti.com> Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: microvst.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: microvst.demon.co.uk In article <4df66u$7sg@watt.electriciti.com> mlipsky@effecteng.com "Mark Lipsky" writes: > I'm working on a project where I need to have a hand-held radio control > gadget (like a garage door opener) that I can use to turn something on > (an AC load) from a distance of 500 feet. It needs to be "secure" > (i.e. resistant to people "accidentally" turning it on with their own > garage door opener). > > This is for a commercial application and is not that cost sensitive; > I'm more concerned about security and reliability. I only need one so > I would like to avoid re-inventing the wheel. Any ideas? There is equipment like this which uses portable battery-powered remote control transmitters to switch the contactors of overhead electric cranes, the type that run along rails high up along the insides of factories and wharehouses. This frees the driver to do other chores, when nothing is being moved, without having to climb down a 40ft ladder each time. The manufacturer I recall was Telemotive which came from the mid-west, but there may be others. These are designed and built with industrial quality and are highly "secure" in your terms. Make contact with crane or switch gear manufacturers for leads on this. If all else fails, a lawyer or paralegal could do a trademark search on "Telemotive" for you. Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!powergrid.electriciti.com!news From: mlipsky@effecteng.com (Mark Lipsky) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Radio Control -- How to turn on something from 500 feet? Date: 16 Jan 1996 03:31:42 GMT Organization: EFFECTive ENGINEERING Lines: 20 Sender: -Not-Authenticated-[6508] Message-ID: <4df66u$7sg@watt.electriciti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip02.cs1.electriciti.com X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0.7@slip02.cs1.electriciti.com Xdisclaimer: No attempt was made to authenticate the sender's name. I'm working on a project where I need to have a hand-held radio control gadget (like a garage door opener) that I can use to turn something on (an AC load) from a distance of 500 feet. It needs to be "secure" (i.e. resistant to people "accidentally" turning it on with their own garage door opener). This is for a commercial application and is not that cost sensitive; I'm more concerned about security and reliability. I only need one so I would like to avoid re-inventing the wheel. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lipsky, San Diego, CA EFFECTive ENGINEERING ****IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, WE CAN BUILD IT**** E-Mail: mlipsky@effecteng.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!david Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Message-ID: <9601151930.AA28264@races.sandiego.ca.gov> From: W6WWW@bbs.races.sandiego.ca.gov Subject: RB413 Emergency Mgt 1/6, The OA Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 11:30:16 PST Approved: rec-radio-info@stat.com Sender: news Lines: 49 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96962 rec.radio.info:10692 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 11:30:16 PST Message-Id: <9601151930.AA28264@races.sandiego.ca.gov> From: W6WWW@bbs.races.sandiego.ca.gov Subject: RB413 Emergency Mgt 1/6, The OA To: Emergency Management Agencies via Amateur Radio Info: Communications Volunteers in Government Service Info: Amateurs U.S. (@usa:Information), ACS, CAP, MARS, RACES By: Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS), the volunteer communications reserve of the State of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services Bulletin 413: MGT-Emergency Management, 1/6. For release 1/15/96 [First of a six part series to be issued over a 6 week period.] Query: What is an "Operational Area"? Response: An Operational Area (OA) is an organization for emergency management. It is more or less synonymous with a county, yet different. The OA is a functional organization, and NOT a jurisdiction. Its boundaries are normally those of a county (Sec 8559 CA Gov. Code). An OA is not necessarily a county government; it could be several cities, or a city and a county, a county government; or several county governments that undertake to coordinate the flow of mutual aid and information within the defined area. The OA is the backbone of a statewide emergency management system. Operational Areas in California serve 58 counties and geographical sub-units such as the Tahoe Basin. The Operational Area (OA) serves as an integral aspect of a STATEWIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT system. Although code defined in California, it can apply to other jurisdictions in function as well as conceptual form. A STATEWIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT system is the means of adjusting flow of resources (both human and material) and information BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS of all levels of government in a state. It speaks to what resources and information are needed, how these resources and information are requested; from whom, by whom, using what forms, what terms. This is called a Mutual Aid system in some states and in California. More about that system in part two of this series, next week. Want help, info? E-mail to crm@oes.ca.gov or seh@oes.ca.gov. Ph: 916-262-1600. FAX 916-262-1677. Packet: W6SIG@WA6NWE.CA Origination Stn: W6WWW@KM6PX.#NOCAL.USA.NA. BBS 916-262-1657 ACS c/o State OES, 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA. 95832. EOM From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: ko4ta@mindspring.com (Don Simpson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap Subject: Re: Repairs - HF gear Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 15:14:01 GMT Organization: ASAP Protective - Woodstock, Ga. 770-516-7196 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4d8i6d$16r@brickbat.mindspring.com> References: <4cfo0e$8r0$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4cu0se$98s@news.scruz.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ko4ta.mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23717 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96860 rec.radio.swap:55146 Jeffrey Pawlan wrote: {There is no time better than the present to learn how to {repair your own equipment. You do have an amatuer license? I have a friend that has an amateur repair do it yourself video selection. That will teach you how to do simple repairs on the most common hf equipment. He has a web page and you can order it off the web I think..... His address is ..... The Radio Doctor's Homepage http://www.mindspring.com/~n4da/top.html Good Luck.... You are cordially invited to stop by the World Wide Web Page for A.S.A.P. Prot ection Company at.... http://www.mindspring.com/~ko4ta/alarm.html Burglar/Fire Alarm Equipment for Sale at "Installer Direct" Pricing! From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!citicorp.com!news.new-york.net!earth.njcc.com!usenet From: sra@pluto.njcc.com (Seth) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Repeaters Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 05:40:07 GMT Organization: New Jersey Computer Connection, Lawrenceville, NJ Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4d7d6b$235@earth.njcc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: adler.njcc.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I'm looking to setup a repeater and I was wondering if anyone had ideas as to what equipment is good. It will be 2m band with autopatch and other little goodies. thank you. Seth, KB2WLU From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.midplains.net!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!earth.njcc.com!usenet From: Neil Vachharajani Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Repeaters Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 19:31:55 +1130 Organization: Micro Systems Laboratories Lines: 7 Message-ID: <30F766F3.1F395D5D@pluto.njcc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pluto.njcc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (X11; I; Linux 1.3.55 i586) CC: nvachhar@localhost Does anyone know of any repeaters in the Trenton, NJ area. I would prefer 2-meter repeaters but any information would be great. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neil Vachharajani Micro Systems Laboratories Phone:(609)587-9533 nvachhar@pluto.njcc.com Computer Parts & Service Fax:(609)587-9568 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!sloth.swcp.com!news.dgsys.com!usenet From: Joe Stevens Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Repeaters Date: 16 Jan 1996 21:42:47 GMT Organization: WL7AML Radio Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4dh64n$ffh@news.dgsys.com> References: <4d7d6b$235@earth.njcc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kodiak_19.dialups.ptialaska.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) To: sra@pluto.njcc.com sra@pluto.njcc.com (Seth) wrote: >I'm looking to setup a repeater and I was wondering if anyone had >ideas as to what equipment is good. >It will be 2m band with autopatch and other little goodies. >thank you. > Seth, KB2WLU > I have been very happy with the Hamtronics REP-200 repeater. We have one in a commercial site with about 30 other transmitters and with a good 6 cavity reject duplexer and an extra pass cavity on the receiver it performs very well with little or no received interference. It contains a good controller with autopatch and a couple of other remote control functions. It is easily re-configured over the air with DTMF. Our site is at 1300 feet amsl and is a walk-in with snowshoes for 3 to 6 months of the year. The repeater has never given any trouble whatsoever. It is on 146.28/88 with carrier squelch. It's also very tiny. Don't scrimp on the duplexer and antenna. We bought top of the line commercial stuff. A good surplus radio for conversion to a repeater is the General Electric Custom MVP mobile. It's essentially the same circuitry as their big MASTR II repeater. A minor wiring modification on the audio-squelch board and viola! a duplex radio. Add a controller and you have a repeater. Actually, they even sold a version of this that ran 5 watts AS A repeater. The normal mobile is 25 watts. I recently saw these on the used market for less than $200 each. You need to send the channel elements to International or other crystal company and they will re-crystal the element to your frequency for a few bucks. I've converted a few to the 440 band with no problems, just re-tune. I haven't tried it on 146. If the front- end helical resonator won't re-tune, it can be difficult to modify. The transmitter shouldn't be much problem. Good luck, Regards, j0e WL7AML Kodiak, Alaska From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: peter laakmann Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RF Engineer Wanted Date: 13 Jan 1996 04:20:34 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4d7bui$f1d@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sea7-22.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Jan 12 8:20:34 PM PST 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) My company located in Seattle, Wa. is looking for a highly experienced and motivated RF circuit designer with solid state and vacuum tube experience from 100 W to 10 KW +. Must have good analytical skills, self starter. Ham ticket would not hurt. BSEE plus 10 years experience min. 100 + employee company with world class reputation building RF excited CO2 lasers. Peter Laakmann, WB 6 IOM PLaakmann @ AOL.COM From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ionews.ionet.net!usenet From: Art Roberts Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Rio Grande Valley activity Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 09:05:31 -0800 Organization: IONet Lines: 17 Message-ID: <30F937DB.2601@ionet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: osip75.ionet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4a (Win16; I) Hi OM's & YL's My wife and I are heading south, to the Rio Grande Valley area, in late April. I was curious about the packet and 2m - 440 FM activity. And, of course, I would like to make a contact, or two, with the local amateurs, to learn more about the area. Thanks for reading, an hope to hear from you soon. Art W1GOM -- ///////////////////////////// / Arthur & Elaine Roberts / / Norman, OK / / hitech@ionet.net / ///////////////////////////// From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!Belgium.EU.net!chaos.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be!pluto!lambert From: lambert@pluto.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Emmanuel Lambert) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Routing with AX.25-utils Date: 10 Jan 1996 10:58:19 GMT Organization: Department of Computer Science, K.U.Leuven Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4d064b$bgg@idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: pluto.cs.kuleuven.ac.be X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Could someone tell me how I can use the ax25-utils to set up a default route for ax25 as follows : ==> all packet have to go by default to ON1KUL-10 VIA ON4CP-6 I tried to do this with axparms -add 1 ON1KUL-10 ON4CP, but all the packets for ON1KUL-10 go directly to it instead of VIA ON4CP-6... We have been searching on this for several hours now, but we can't work it out... Who can help us with this please ?? Thanks for the reply. Emmanuel.Lambert@cs.kuleuven.ac.be (PLEASE send a copy of your reply via e-mail. Thanks) From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!connix.com!news From: hcbacon@connix.com (Chet) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: S-Com 7K Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 23:21:11 GMT Organization: Connix - The Connecticut Internet Exchange Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4decfo$mls@comet.connix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hcbacon.connix.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I just bought an S-Com 7K controller for my repeater.. DTMF keypad'n is giving me mushroom fingers.. is there a shareware/free ware program way for programing this puppy? tnx 73 KA1ILH From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.flinet.com!usenet From: Charles Bolland Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: SHORTWAVE, MEDIUMWAVE, LONGWAVE, BROADCAST RADIO STATION DATABASE Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:15:06 +0000 Organization: Florida Internet Lines: 23 Message-ID: <30FBB2EA.5D1C@flinet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wpb34.flinet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) Hello, If you would like a full feature Broadcast Radio Station Database with at least 4,000 records already entered, send your Postal Address via Email to chuck@flinet.com. The program will be send back in return Email.. The address is for registration purposes and is necessary to receive the program.. This program is a stand alone program that runs from the C prompt of your computer. No other programs are necessary... The program can be edited and updated with an indefinite number of records. Don't forget the Postal Address.... hope to hear from you Chuck KA4PRF From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ralph.vnet.net!cabothome.vnet.net!luvautm From: luvautm@vnet.net (James Rimmer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Shuttle Repeater Freqs in NC? Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:19:16 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Charlotte, NC - info@char.vnet.net Lines: 12 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: cabothome.vnet.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] Hi All! Does anyone have or can point me to where I can find the repeater freq. in the Charlotte, NC area on which I can listen to shuttle audio rebroadcast on my scanner? Any info will be greatly appreciated. Also, hopefully by the end of next month I will be ready to test for my Tech-Plus license. Can anyone recommend a good mobile rig for a beginner in the $300.00 range(new or used). It must have autopatch capability and can I find a dual-bander in this price range? Also, what are some of the better mobile antennas out there? Thanks very much in advance! James From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:44:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.pe.net!news.corpcomm.net!gate.net!news-adm From: Rick Lehman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Slow Scan TV Date: 13 Jan 1996 09:03:16 GMT Organization: CyberGate, Inc. Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4d7sgk$1nfs@news.gate.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dffl7-24.gate.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) To: amaclean@melbpc.org.au Try http://www.gate.net/~rlehman/ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:00 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!clio.trends.ca!io.org!winternet.com!hookup!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!news.gil.com.au!news From: Helmut Strickner Subject: Re: Soundcard spectrum analyzer software? Sender: news@gil.com.au Message-ID: Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:04:16 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: cs4p10.ipswich.gil.com.au Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <4cee4e$lf9@netnews.upenn.edu> <197cc$9b33.e0@mediasoft.net> <4cuql9$q89@clarknet.clark.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Organization: Global Infolinks Internet Server, Ipswich Qld Australia Lines: 39 jackwy@clark.net (John Frank) wrote: >In article <197cc$9b33.e0@mediasoft.net>, Lanier.r.a@nort.bwi.wec.com >says... >> >>>Somewhere I remember seeing software that lets you use a PC soundcard, >like >>>a SoundBlaster, as an AF spectrum analyzer. I'm not sure if it >required >>>you to have your own noise generator, or if it generated noise or had >>>a tracking generator simulator built in or what. Anyone know anything >>>about it? Anyone have it? Does it work well? How does it work? >> >>>Please respond by email. Thanks. >> >>> --- Jeff >>>-- >>>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >=-=-=-=- >>> Jeff DePolo WN3A Twisted Pair: H:610-337-7383 >W:215-387-3059 x300 >>> depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu RF: 442.1 442.2 442.4 443.45 443.8 444.15 >linked >>> Claim to Fame: I got the first speeding ticket on the information >superhighway > One source is Pioneer Hill Software, 24460 Mason Rd., Poulsbo, >WA 98370, 206-697-3472. They have two version of their software >called Spectra and Spectra Plus. I uses Windows 3.1 and any sound >board that is windows compatible. It is a single channel analyzer. >Have the Spectrum Plus and it works very well. > > Jack WB3ICL jackwy@clark.net > Is there a demo software available from this company? Are they on the internet? Helmut From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:01 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!torn!utnut!wave.scar!92dyhein From: 92dyhein@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (DY HEINRICH) Subject: Re: Soundcard spectrum analyzer software? Message-ID: Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics Organization: Scarborough Campus, U. of Toronto X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <4cuql9$q89@clarknet.clark.net> <4d7lun$cd5@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 05:20:40 GMT Lines: 14 RRRath (rrrath@aol.com) wrote: : There are several-the best I have tried are: : freq4.zip -on Simtel works graet especially with Pro Audio Spectrum 16 , : up to 80 db dynamics, rapid online : cool152.zip -- offline up to 120db : hpwfft1.zip offline demo up t0 140 db Where can we find these last two? I have been on the lookout for these two for some time now. Heinrich 92dyhein@wave.scar.utoronto.ca From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!minfox!tom.alldread From: tom.alldread@minfox.com (Tom Alldread) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Soundcard spectrum analyzer software? Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 15:30:00 GMT Message-ID: <96011618203935285@minfox.com> Organization: MINFOX Courtenay, BC (604)-337-2023 Distribution: world References: <4d7lun$cd5@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4cuql9$q89@clarknet.clark.net> Lines: 16 >freq4.zip -on Simtel works graet especially with Pro Audio Spectrum 16 , >up to 80 db dynamics, rapid online Greetings Robert: Thank you for the above posting! I do not know what a Pro Audio Spectrum 16 sound card is. Could I expect similar results with a Creative Labs 16 card? 73 de VE7TMA --- * QMPro 1.53 * Very Best Regards, tom.alldread@minfox.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!pendragon!ames!cronkite.cisco.com!usenet From: jgaelens@cisco.com (Johnny Gaelens) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Strono tranceiver : Info please Date: 16 Jan 1996 11:29:31 GMT Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc. Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dg26r$4p2@cronkite.cisco.com> References: <93.9008.7585.0NFBB361@woodybbs.com> Reply-To: jgaelens@cisco.com NNTP-Posting-Host: jgaelens-ssclx.cisco.com Hello, Can someone deliver me more info about a Storno 2000. This is a portable tranceiver with a Gal where the frequenties are programed. I`m looking for a GAL with some usefull frequenties in the 2m band. Does anyone know how to program that, or how I can get those e-proms ? Regards Johnny From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!hookup!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!news.tju.edu!usenet From: Joe Cardani Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Tech Question on Motorola Trunking Date: 15 Jan 1996 18:47:32 GMT Organization: Thomas Jefferson University Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4de7g4$l2f@mail.TJU.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: hocker1.tju.edu A few years ago, an excellent technical overview w relating to how Motorola Type I trunking systems operated was posted. From the posting, I understood the following: On the system data channel, a "channel grant" is transmitted to the mobile/handheld radio. This grant (or outbound signaling word) "OSW" is sent twice in rapid sucession. IThe word s 84 bits in length and is sent at 3600 bits per second. It includes the following info: 1. Individual ID of radio 2. Fleet/subfleet of radio 3. Type of Call (individual or group) 4. Number of voice channel to be used (ie channel to switch to) My questions are relating to this OSW: and are: 1. Is the above data transmission sync or async? If async, are there any start or stop bits associated? If sync, what is the best way to identify the start of the word? 2. Is there any parity or error correction included in the OSW for the channel grant? If so is it at start or end? 3. What are the length and positions of the elements within the channel grant osw? (eg. the radio id is the first position and is x bits long , etc) 4. In addition, in the absence of the channel grant OSW 's , background OSW's are transmitted by the data channel. How can I indentify these OSW's a as well as the channel grant ones? Thank you so much in advance. This information will provide extremely helpful in my understanding of the system. Joe Cardani From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!news.aa.net!tsunami.ixa.net!news.ironhorse.com!fury.berkshire.net!op.net!agis!news.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!wang!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: This Week in Amateur Radio #146 (for air through 1/19/96) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 23:07:01 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 45 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1d.delphi.com Here is a summary of news items covered on edition #146 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered audio bulletin service, for the week ending 19-Jan: - 1. STS-72 Shuttle Launch Successful with Packet Experiment Aboard 2. MIR Ham-Cosmonauts Unpack More Amateur Radio Gear 3. Canadian Amateurs Take First Step Toward Self-regulation 4. Industry Canada Approves Special Amateur Prefixes 5. AMSAT Phase 3-D Team Looking for Specialized Construction Help 6. "Amateur Radio Newsline" - Edition #961 from Los Angeles 7. Weekly Propagation Forecast with George Bowen, N2LQS 8. FCC Approves DBS Frequency Auction, Despite Federal Shutdown 9. OPDX Reports Delay on Mount Athos DXAC Vote, New DXAC Member 10. "Gateway 160 Meter Net Report" with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR 11. "The RAIN Dial-up" from Chicago 12. Upcoming Special Event Station 13. Update on "This Week's" Pending Move to Canadian Satellite - "This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur voice bulletin service, produced by Community Video Associates, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation based in Albany, NY. The program is heard each Saturday at 8:00 PM (EST) and carried on VHF/UHF repeaters throughout North America and on 160 meters at 1860 kHz. Contact your local amateur radio club or repeater operator if "This Week in Amateur Radio" is not being heard in your area. - Here in the Capital District, "This Week in Amateur Radio" is heard on our "flagship" repeater, WA2OQE/R in Troy, on 145.33 MHz, courtesy of the Niagara-Mohawk Amateur Radio Club. The program is repeated Mondays at 8:00 PM. - Due to the loss of satellite facilities, the service is being carried exclusively on 160 meters and on the local 145.33 repeater. The "Tech Talk Network" awaits the signing of a contract with the new satellite uplink carrier. "This Week in Amateur Radio" should return to satellite air later this month. Details will be posted as conditions warrant. All affiliates are requested to contact the producers for further information. - Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by donations from repeater operators, amateur radio clubs, and individuals. Further information is available from George Bowen, N2LQS, at 518/283-3665 (e-mail kxkvi@delphi.com) or Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB, at 518/664-6809 (e-mail sanderman@delphi.com). You may also reach them @ WA2UMX.FN32AW.ENY.NY.USA.NA via amateur packet. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!lince.lander.es!news From: jagon@lander.es (Jose Antonio Gonzalez) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: TO REF MEMBERS Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:25:57 GMT Organization: Lander Internet Lines: 7 Message-ID: <30fa55de.558806@lince.lander.es> Reply-To: jagon@lander.es NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp071.lander.es Hello! Is there any logging soft for the next CW REF Contest? Merci 73 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.magicnet.net!news.supernet.net!news.cais.net!news.structured.net!news.tbcnet.com!pagesat.net!decwrl!spool.mu.edu!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10.cs.du.edu!not-for-mail From: rdavis@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Robert Davis) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: TS 700 add ons? Date: 12 Jan 1996 10:47:43 -0700 Organization: Nyx.net, free public access to the Internet Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4d66rv$lto@nyx10.cs.du.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nyx10.cs.du.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] -- rdavis@nyx.net Robert (Bob) Davis Amateur Radio K0FPC Emporia, Kansas From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!not-for-mail From: powersd@ksu.ksu.edu (David Alan Powers) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: TS700 improvements ?? Date: 12 Jan 1996 14:09:59 -0600 Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4d6f6n$76v@cbs.ksu.ksu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cbs.ksu.ksu.edu Summary: request for info Keywords: Kenwood TS700 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) I have just purchased a TS700 S and another ham has a TS700 A . They both drift off frequency in at least SSB mode as they warm up. They also tend to be a little deaf. I have been told that there were some mods or circuit changes to stop / slow the drift and a circuit addition of a preamp to improve reception. Any sources for the mods or the magazine name, article title, page etc. for these would be appreciated. email to me at - powersd@unix.ksu.edu - From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!xpat.postech.ac.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!pravda.aa.msen.com!fu-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!news.coli.uni-sb.de!usenet From: mvogel@134.96.68.11 (Manfred Vogelgesang) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: TV disturbs radio Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 15:59:52 GMT Organization: Computational Linguistics Dept., U Saarbruecken Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4ddttv$4kh@coli-gate.coli.uni-sb.de> References: <4cmpc4$m2p@pf2.phil.uni-sb.de> Reply-To: mvogel@coli.uni-sb.de NNTP-Posting-Host: wb-pc7.coli.uni-sb.de X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 mvogel@134.96.68.11 (Manfred Vogelgesang) wrote: >Hi, >although I am no radio amateur (at least so far), I thought, it would >be a good idea to ask a question in this group, where experts might >read it. >My problem is: >Listening to shortwave (this also means the ham bands), I get a lot of >trouble with TV sets in our house (and to a less degree from the >neighbourhood, too). About every 15 kHz, I get a lot of interference >by TV when listening to my shortwave radio. DXing is considerably >restricted then. >So what could I do? I know that there might be some filters, although >I can't find them in any shop here. >Are audio filters, notch filters ... also effective against TV >interference? What about preselectors? >If someone might give me a hint, I would be very glad. But please >consider that I am not very talented or experienced in constructing >devices on my own. >Hoping to get answers >Best 73 >Manfred Hi, I'd like to thank all of you for your help as to my problem that TV sets disturb shortwave reception. If someone still wants to express his/her own ideas concerning this issue, he/she may still do it. Manfred From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:10 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.emi.net!news From: fsimonds@emi.net Subject: Re: TV disturbs radio Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: news@emi.net (EmiNet Domain News Admin) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: EmiNet Domain Internet Services (407)731-0222 Message-ID: References: <4cmpc4$m2p@pf2.phil.uni-sb.de> <4ddttv$4kh@coli-gate.coli.uni-sb.de> X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ttye1.emi.net Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 13:34:03 GMT Lines: 8 The "every 15 kHz or so" you refer to is actually every 15.750 kHz, which happens to be the horizontal sweep frequency. Very steep wavefronts are generated in the flyback circuit, which produces RFI all over the place! Good luck on avoiding it! Terry/WB4FXD From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!primus.ac.net!news.cais.net!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: buch@exis.net (Joe Buch) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: TV disturbs radio Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 17:40:58 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4dgns0$b0f@grouper.Exis.Net> References: <4cmpc4$m2p@pf2.phil.uni-sb.de> <4ddttv$4kh@coli-gate.coli.uni-sb.de> Reply-To: buch@exis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 33.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 fsimonds@emi.net wrote: >The "every 15 kHz or so" you refer to is actually every 15.750 kHz, which >happens to be the horizontal sweep frequency. Very steep wavefronts are >generated in the flyback circuit, which produces RFI all over the place! >Good luck on avoiding it! >Terry/WB4FXD 15.750 KHz was the frequency when black and white TV was the standard. When the NTSC standard for color was adopted, the horizontal sweep frequency was changed to 15,734.264 Hz + or - .044 Hz. The frequency is chosen to be 2/455 times the chrominance subcarrier frequency which is 3,579,545 Hz + or - 10 Hz. This relationship is required to minimize the visibility of the color subcarrier when seen on the wide bandwidth black and white receivers that existed before color was introduced. It also helps modern receivers using comb filter techniques to remove subcarrier induced artifacts in the color picture while still allowing broad bandwidth luminance signals through the receiver. The tolerances quoted here apply to USA broadcast transmission standards. Signals originating from consumer VCR's and video cameras may vary. For further study, you may want to consult the Reference Data for Radio Engineers. In the fifth edition the information quoted here is in Chapter 28 Broadcasting and Recording. ~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~' Joe Buch N2JB Editor, NASWA Journal Technical Topics buch@exis.net -*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!news.dseg.ti.com!usenet From: Marty Jones Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Uniden HR2600 - Where to buy one! Date: 16 Jan 1996 15:38:43 GMT Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4dggq3$kov@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mw17.dseg.ti.com X-Newsreader: NCSA Mosaic Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.cb:25757 rec.radio.swap:55410 rec.radio.amateur.misc:96998 Are there any mail-order houses selling new (not refurb) units? If so, who and what price? Best Regards, Marty Jones mjones@ms3.dseg.ti.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!druid.borland.com!ico.net!news1.best.com!pravda.aa.msen.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu!nntp.ucsb.edu!nntp.ucsb.edu!not-for-mail From: probert@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu (Dave Probert) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: US Hams want to operate in UK Date: 10 Jan 1996 18:37:14 -0800 Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4d1t4q$g3u@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nspace.cs.ucsb.edu Keywords: United Kingdom, reciprocal licensing Two of my sons have the opportunity to go with me on a trip to Great Britain later this month. All three of us are licensed U.S. hams, and we would like to operate over there (at least on two meters). Questions: Anybody know what we need to do? Are 144-148 valid amateur frequencies in the UK? Are most 2m repeaters open like they are here? Do they operate with PL tones like in the U.S.? Anybody have a list of repeaters near London and Bristol? Plus My oldest wants to operate 2m aboard the aircraft while overflying the U.S. Is my understanding correct that: Operation of radio equipment is not allowed within 15 minutes of takeoff and landing under any circumstance? Otherwise operation while airborne only requires the consent of the captain? Thanks. -- Dave Probert KE6JRS From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!news2.acs.oakland.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news-2.csn.net!alexlane From: alexlane@csn.net (Alex Lane) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: US Hams want to operate in UK Date: 14 Jan 1996 17:58:50 GMT Organization: SuperNet Inc. (303)-296-8202 Denver Colorado Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4dbg8q$e6c@news-2.csn.net> References: <4d1t4q$g3u@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.117.27.22 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Dave Probert (probert@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu) wrote: : My oldest wants to operate 2m aboard the aircraft while : overflying the U.S. Is my understanding correct that: : Operation of radio equipment is not allowed within : 15 minutes of takeoff and landing under any circumstance? : Otherwise operation while airborne only requires the : consent of the captain? My understanding is that equipment that *may* emit spurious radio signals (laptops, CD and tape players) may not be operated for takeoff and landing, and that radio transcievers are flat-out prohibited during *all* phases of flight. Cheers... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ finger/email: alexlane@csn.net | voice: (970) 731-3051; fax -3058 Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA | bbs: (970) 731-3064 PGP 2.7 fingerprint: 7F DB 06 E2 47 84 79 B4 32 3C A9 48 65 AA 5B C2 Home page for Alex Lane +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.math.psu.edu!CTCnet!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk From: Mike Gathergood Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: US Hams want to operate in UK Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 09:37:38 GMT Organization: CQ-BBS +44 1753 595468 Lines: 33 Message-ID: <821439458snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> References: <4d1t4q$g3u@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu> Reply-To: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk In article <4d1t4q$g3u@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu> probert@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu "Dave Probert" writes: > Are most 2m repeaters open like they are here? Yes > Do they operate with PL tones like in the U.S.? Some support CTCSS, but those that do also have the more conventional 1750 Hz tone access (like yours use to have 1800 Hz back in the 80s) > Anybody have a list of repeaters near London and Bristol? GB3WL West London (near Heathrow Airport) In 145.025 Out 145.625 GB3WS West Sussex (near Gatwick Airport) In 145.150 Out 145.750 GB3NL North London In 145.175 Out 145.775 GB3EL East London In 145.000 Out 145.600 GB3WR Wells, Somerset (South of Bristol) In 145.000 Out 145.600 GB3BC South Wales (West of Bristol) In 145.150 Out 145.750 and in-between you'll also find: GB3RD Reading, Berkshire In 145.075 Out 145.675 GB3WH near Swindon, Wiltshire In 145.100 Out 145.700 IMHO you'll have more fun on 70cm repeaters (nicer class of people :-) Let me know if you want some frequencies for those. 73 Mike G4KFK From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!news.ia.net!zeus.ia.net!kovar From: kovar@zeus.ia.net (Jack Kovar KE0AX) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Used Cellphones for sale. Date: 16 Jan 1996 06:16:08 GMT Organization: InterAccess Networking Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4dffr9$t93@hera.ia.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.ia.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Will trade cellphones for Ham equipment. ke0ax@ia.net 319-378-9852 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!hookup!nntp.et.byu.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: kd1yvjim@aol.com (KD1YVJim) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Vancouver "Ham" Jamming Police? Date: 11 Jan 1996 13:08:11 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4d3jmb$6or@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4ctpni$omi@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> Reply-To: kd1yvjim@aol.com (KD1YVJim) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com If they haven't caught anybody ("unlikely that he will be caught") then where do they get off saying it was a ham. I think that newspaper should be taken to task for spreading falsehoods, but if you did that, there would be no more "news" media. Jim KD1YV From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:18 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!frankensun.altair.com!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.ufl.edu!zeno.fit.edu!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Message-ID: Sender: news@zeno.fit.edu (USENET NEWS SYSTEM) Nntp-Posting-Host: netport-4.iu.net Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 References: <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> <4cpq9c$a2a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4d0vpq$3qb@giga.bga.com> <4d22sv$19n@giga.bga.com> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 04:51:12 GMT Lines: 19 In <4d22sv$19n@giga.bga.com>, jimwills@ballistic.com writes: >The FCC 610-V can be obtained from W5YI at P.O.Box 565101, Dallas, TX >75356-5101, 817-461-6443, 351-1297@mcimail.com. The FCC uses prision >labor to do their publishing, W5YI received a plate of the new form >and reproduced his own. He charges $1.00 for the form. 73... >jimwills@ballistic.com prison labor, eh? not the government printing office? (maybe it's the same...) of course, the guy could pull down the vanity callsign forms from the fcc web system (www.fcc.gov, dig into the wireless branch until you find the forms downloading area..) for his time. why should you pay someone for a form the government will give you for free? Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu!decwrl!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: 13 Jan 1996 16:47:58 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4d8nnu$6ec$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> References: <4d6irj$151@jupiter.planet.net> In answer to the fellow who asked how long FCC "holds" a call.... Under the vanity program, the call must be vacant for a period of two years to be claimed by someone else. There are two exceptions: 1 -- If the call was held by a deceased close relative of yours, you can claim it (as soon as gate 1 opens). You must be eligible for the call format. 2 -- A club can claim the call of a deceased member before the two year limit. They need to get the written permission of relatives of the deceased, and must already have a call sign. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- -- My homepage is at: "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/k0hb" -- It's still a hardhat area... under construction From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!rain.fr!starbase1.ping.ch!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!realtime.net!bga.com!news From: jimwills@ballistic.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:16:43 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications - Bob Gustwick and Associates Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4d0vpq$3qb@giga.bga.com> References: <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> <4cpq9c$a2a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tpm0-81.ballistic.com X-RTcode: c9ee4e70307a1b654ef40204 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 k1um@aol.com (K1UM) wrote: >anyone know how long the FCC keeps a callsign around after it has >expired? The call I would like expired Feb, 95. It would be >nice if they cancelled it in Feb 96! Thanks .. Tom call signs become available two years after expiration. I am the guy who pushed the vanity call sign system thru Congress when the FCC refused my petitions. Good luck. jimwills@ballistic.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!sun!oucsboss!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!csn!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!mn5.swip.net!usenet From: Martin.Rask@mailbox.swipnet.se (Martin Rask) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Want mods for IC736, IC737(A) and IC738 Date: 11 Jan 1996 23:29:11 GMT Organization: - Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4d46g7$709@mn5.swip.net> Reply-To: Martin.Rask@mailbox.swipnet.se NNTP-Posting-Host: tty17-65.swipnet.se Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 Hello and thanks for reading this !! :-) is there anyone outthere who has any mods for anyone of these three radio´s ?? could be anyting from improving RX to how to get expande TX. I would really appriciate any mod at all for these radio´s (havent seen any at all passing arround) so is there anyone who has a mod outthere please send it to me. Best 73´s De SM7VHS /Martin hope to hear you on the bands. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!usenet.hana.nm.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: zaax@aol.com (ZaaX) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What CW keyboards are available? Date: 13 Jan 1996 15:44:58 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4d95ka$9g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4d15fu$6rk@gateway.i2020.net> Reply-To: zaax@aol.com (ZaaX) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com MFJ makes a few. The MFJ-451 is $99.95. They go up in price from that. 73 Zack Schindler N8FNR From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean? Date: 14 Jan 1996 09:30:27 -0500 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4db423$cnf@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Bradley Granger (bradleyg@sydney.DIALix.oz.au) wrote: : SEEK YOU. SEEK YOU. Sorry, but I doubt this. It only makes sense in spoken English, and CQ goes back to international morse, and many of the signals wereto be understood by a person speaking any language. Gerry K8EF From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!atlas.axiom.net!usenet From: Dave Nulton Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: 14 Jan 1996 22:06:19 GMT Organization: Axiom Communications Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4dbuor$90q@atlas.axiom.net> References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> <30F7A85E.5F1E@generation.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: node094.axiom.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: hamibj@generation.net In an issue of QST last year sometime (I think it was) they say the CQ originated from "seek you". Sounds good to me. I guess it developed out of CW shorthand 73s de KI5XW From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk From: Mike Gathergood Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 11:19:33 GMT Organization: CQ-BBS +44 1753 595468 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <821704773snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> Reply-To: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk In article <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> l38217@alfa.ist.utl.pt "Pedro Pedroso" writes: > I've been an amateur for 4 years and I've always known > that CQ means general call! I've always believed it to originate from the old (very old) maritime distress signal CQD (Come Quick, Disaster). 73 Mike * QRV around 0800 and 1800 most weekdays on GB3HL * G4KFK * (Hillingdon 433.075/434.675) and also 51.83 MHz * From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.islandnet.com!salmon!clinton.peebles From: clinton.peebles@saloon.bcbbs.net (Clinton Peebles) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: What does CQ mean??? Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 13:36:00 GMT Message-ID: <96011414082015809@saloon.bcbbs.net> Organization: Salmon Siding Saloon BBS 604-357-9942 Distribution: world References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> Lines: 8 L> I've been an amateur for 4 years and I've always known L> that CQ means general call! CQ - Seek You --- þ QMPro 1.53 þ This tagline is SHAREWARE! To Register, send me $10 From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.2sprint.net!news.iadfw.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.ssd.intel.com!chnews!vegas.ch.intel.com!cmoore From: cmoore@vegas.ch.intel.com (Cecil A. Moore~) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: 15 Jan 1996 13:00:48 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ddj60$10fl@chnews.ch.intel.com> References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: vegas.ch.intel.com In article <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt>, Pedro Pedroso wrote: > That's what I would like to find out, if anybody knows > the true story of our so used CQ please drop me a line. Could be it comes from the military "Call to Quarters". 73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC (not speaking for my employer) From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!cygnus.com!cambridge-news.cygnus.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: 13 Jan 1996 16:42:36 -0500 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4d990c$pb9@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Pedro Pedroso (l38217@alfa.ist.utl.pt) wrote: : I've been an amateur for 4 years and I've always known : that CQ means general call! : Nevertheless I still wonder if CQ are the inicials for : something like Calling Query ...??? CQ was originally used where amateurs now use QST - calling ALL stations. I don't know when it became calling ANY station, as amateurs understand it now. Coastal stations seem to use it just to announce their availability, which is very close to the amateur usage. I only guess that you may be right, that it was derived from the idea of "calling an unknown station". I don't know why it was picked. Originally there was a related distree call CQD, which was changed to the character three dots three dashes three dots, usually but slightly wrongly called SOS (there aren't any spaces in the distress signal). Happy New Year and 73 Gerry K8EF From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!news1.digex.net!news.fgi.net!usenet From: "Brian D. Morgan, CPBE" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 05:56:09 -0800 Organization: FGInet, Inc., Springfield, IL USA Lines: 31 Message-ID: <30FA5CF9.4E53@fgi.net> References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip20.fgi.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win16; I) Pedro Pedroso wrote: > > I've been an amateur for 4 years and I've always known > that CQ means general call! > Nevertheless I still wonder if CQ are the inicials for > something like Calling Query ...??? > That's what I would like to find out, if anybody knows > the true story of our so used CQ please drop me a line. > One more thing, what about DX, is it just an abreviation > for Distance...??? > > 73 + Good DX > > -- > > | Pedro Pedroso | | > | l38217@alfa.ist.utl.pt | CT1ELP | > | Eng. Electrotecnica e Comp. | Founder member of GPDX | > | (Telecomunicacoes e electronica) | > ------------------------------------------------------------- When I was getting into ham radio 33 years ago I asked the question too and got this response. CQ = "Seek You" makes sense to me. 73 -- Brian D. Morgan, CPBE Assistant Chief Engineer The Center for Educational Television Southern Illinois University School of Medicine http://www.fgi.net/~bmorgan/wa9iaf.htm bmorgan@fgi.net WA9IAF@W9YCI.#CIL.IL.USA.NA From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.ssd.intel.com!chnews!usenet From: tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: 15 Jan 1996 20:49:47 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4deelb$1cqg@chnews.ch.intel.com> References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> <4ddj60$10fl@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tboza.ch.intel.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) cmoore@vegas.ch.intel.com (Cecil A. Moore~) wrote: >In article <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt>, >Pedro Pedroso wrote: > >> That's what I would like to find out, if anybody knows >> the true story of our so used CQ please drop me a line. > >Could be it comes from the military "Call to Quarters". > >73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC (not speaking for my employer) Is started with the merchant marine, "Come Quickly!" WB7ASR... From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!microvst.demon.co.uk From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 14:53:41 GMT Organization: Microvest Limited, London Lines: 22 Message-ID: <821717621snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> <4d990c$pb9@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: microvst.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: microvst.demon.co.uk In article <4d990c$pb9@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us "Gerard Foley" writes: > I only guess that you may be right, that it was derived from the > idea of "calling an unknown station". I don't know why it was picked. > Originally there was a related distree call CQD, which was changed to > the character three dots three dashes three dots, usually but slightly > wrongly called SOS (there aren't any spaces in the distress signal). ___ I concur that CQD was current before the SOS prosign was introduced, but I had always assumed that the former signal was CQ/Distress and that it was dervied from the pre-exisiting CQ call and not the reverse. Also CQ and CQD were always sent as discrete letters and never as a single prosign. Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!sun!oucsboss!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!csn!ub!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!access2!bote From: bote@access2.digex.net (John Boteler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: 13 Jan 1996 23:45:01 -0500 Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: access2.digex.net l38217@alfa.ist.utl.pt (Pedro Pedroso) writes: > I've been an amateur for 4 years and I've always known > that CQ means general call! > Nevertheless I still wonder if CQ are the inicials for > something like Calling Query ...??? "Seek You". Say it enough times quickly and it will start to sound like the letters "C-Q". -- V.S.F. guru finger bote@access.digex.net for PGP key to encrypt email to me. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!grumpy.insinc.net!sunserver.Generation.NET!usenet From: Philippe Maynard - VE2IBJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 07:41:02 -0500 Organization: génération.NET Lines: 18 Message-ID: <30F7A85E.5F1E@generation.net> References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: portb34.generation.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) To: Pedro Pedroso Pedro Pedroso wrote: > > I've been an amateur for 4 years and I've always known > that CQ means general call! > Nevertheless I still wonder if CQ are the inicials for > something like Calling Query ...??? > That's what I would like to find out, if anybody knows > the true story of our so used CQ please drop me a line. > One more thing, what about DX, is it just an abreviation > for Distance...??? CQ: Seek you... that is the true story. -- Nom Philippe Maynard Real Name Emplacement Beloeil, Qc, CANADA Location Adresse Internet hamibj@generation.net E-Mail Adress Radio Amateur VE2IBJ Amateur Radio Callsign From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: 17 Jan 1996 03:57:02 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4dhs2e$rtc@cc.iu.net> References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> <30F7A85E.5F1E@generation.net> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-20.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <30F7A85E.5F1E@generation.net>, Philippe Maynard - VE2IBJ writes: >Pedro Pedroso wrote: >> I've been an amateur for 4 years and I've always known >> that CQ means general call! you got it...nothing more to say...i think the memory aid folks have problems when things are simple enough to not need something like an "Eli the Ice Man" or "Power is easy as PIE" approach to stuff. it just is. no good reason or clever planning. probably picked for the "sing-songiness" of the prosign. >> One more thing, what about DX, is it just an abreviation >> for Distance...??? also the same here. DX - just an abbreviation -- initially radio didn't have very good range. this was due to a combination of frequency used, transmitter and receiver design. distance was everything. consequently, it got a short abbreviation. tx for transmitter and rx for receiver also exist. >CQ: Seek you... that is the true story. > Nom Philippe Maynard Real Name well, maybe. got any source references (like about 75-90 years old) to substantiate it? Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!fdn.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.rccn.net!news.ist.utl.pt!alfa.ist.utl.pt!l38217 From: l38217@alfa.ist.utl.pt (Pedro Pedroso) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: What does CQ mean??? Date: 12 Jan 1996 19:32:27 GMT Organization: Instituto Superior Tecnico Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: alfa.ist.utl.pt X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I've been an amateur for 4 years and I've always known that CQ means general call! Nevertheless I still wonder if CQ are the inicials for something like Calling Query ...??? That's what I would like to find out, if anybody knows the true story of our so used CQ please drop me a line. One more thing, what about DX, is it just an abreviation for Distance...??? 73 + Good DX -- | Pedro Pedroso | | | l38217@alfa.ist.utl.pt | CT1ELP | | Eng. Electrotecnica e Comp. | Founder member of GPDX | | (Telecomunicacoes e electronica) | ------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: <72527.01012@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this newsgroup--and Prodigy and AOL Date: 16 Jan 1996 17:17:52 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4dgmk0$4cb@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dd71-026.compuserve.com Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: compuserve prodigy aol news group Content-length: 977 X-Newsreader: AIR Mosaic (16-bit) version 4.00.08.32 >When you have outfits like Prodigy and AOL spamming mailboxes across the >USA, not to mention including diskettes or CD-ROMs with magazines, offering >Internet access to anyone and everyone, what can you expect? >Jim - KF6CR I dumped Prodigy because I got sick and tired of them using up all of my connect time to place advertising, that I did not care to see, on each page. I had a hard time getting rid of them too. I got charged for two months after I cancelled. I got a nasty phone call from their collection department threatening me with disconnection if I did not pay up. I told them that is what I wanted in the first place and now they don't bother with me. I have been basically happy with Compuserve. I have been using them since almost their beginning, but I wonder what it will take to make them fix Wincim 2.0.1. Too many bugs and too slow!! I have never used America Online. How are they, by the way? 73 de WA3RVT, Steve From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.socketis.net!usenet From: albraun@socketis.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this newsgroup--and Prodigy and AOL Date: 17 Jan 1996 00:27:35 GMT Organization: SOCKET Internet Services INN site Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4dhfpn$sru@news.socketis.net> References: <4dgmk0$4cb@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> Reply-To: albraun@socketis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: op015.socketis.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4dgmk0$4cb@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com>, <72527.01012@compuserve.com> wr ites: > >>When you have outfits like Prodigy and AOL spamming mailboxes across the >>USA, not to mention including diskettes or CD-ROMs with magazines, offering >>Internet access to anyone and everyone, what can you expect? > >>Jim - KF6CR > > > I dumped Prodigy because I got sick and tired of them using up all >of my connect time to place advertising, that I did not care to see, on >each page. I had a hard time getting rid of them too. I got charged for >two months after I cancelled. I got a nasty phone call from their >collection department threatening me with disconnection if I did not >pay up. I told them that is what I wanted in the first place and now they >don't bother with me. > > I have been basically happy with Compuserve. I have been using them >since almost their beginning, but I wonder what it will take to make them >fix Wincim 2.0.1. Too many bugs and too slow!! > > I have never used America Online. How are they, by the way? > >73 de WA3RVT, Steve > My own experience with AOL has been pretty dismal. I've joined it 3 times over the years, once when it first started and twice since. Each time I dumped it at the end of the trial period. The first time was because they really didn't have much of anything in terms of files and other info. The other two times were both because I had trouble logging on. In both cases they'd just spammed the world with diskettes and had more new members than their system could handle, and people could not get connected to the system after their local number answered. I didn't see the point in paying to join a service I couldn't connect to. The fact that AOL did not have (and still doesn't have) a node faster than 2400 baud in my city was also a contributing factor. I've talked to a number of other folks in different places who had the same connect-time woes with them that I've had who also dumped them for the same reason. 73 - Alan NS0B From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this newsgroup--and Prodigy and AOL Date: 17 Jan 1996 04:00:23 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4dhs8n$rtc@cc.iu.net> References: <4dgmk0$4cb@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-20.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4dgmk0$4cb@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com>, <72527.01012@compuserve.com> wr ites: > I have been basically happy with Compuserve. I have been using them >since almost their beginning, but I wonder what it will take to make them >fix Wincim 2.0.1. Too many bugs and too slow!! >73 de WA3RVT, Steve well, since CIS will be going 100% HMI only in the near future, you'll have to get used to CIM (assuming that they don't do something to screw up the "competitio n" that would also supply access software to CIS...). of course, the os/2 version I have seems to be OK so far...but i tend to use t apcis for forum mongering...for BBS type of stuff, GEnie is still the best for that in terms of organization (amazingly similar to a newsgroup in a very general sort of wa y.) Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsie.dmc.com!news.iii.net!news From: dts@peanut.senie.com (Daniel Senie) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Yaesu G-800SDX computer control. Date: 13 Jan 1996 23:11:16 -0500 Organization: Daniel Senie Consulting Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4d9vp4$g73@peanut.senie.com> References: <4d019l$k2s@ns.bcn.servicom.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: peanut.iii.net In article , Ron Long wrote: )In article <4d019l$k2s@ns.bcn.servicom.es>, "Jordi C." ) wrote: ) )> Hi )> I would like to control my Yaesu G-800SDX rotor via my PC without buying )> an expensive control card.Do you know how ? )> Thanks in advance for all information. )> )> Jordi Carné )> ea3aqr@bcn.servicom.es ) )Check the following Web site. There is an article there. )http://www.teleport.com/~n7ryw/asatpage.html ) )I think you can also access the information as an ftp ) ftp.teleport.com etc. The article mentioned covers a Satellite antenna/radio tracker. It's $370, which is in the ballpark of the Yaesu interface. It works with the Yaesu 5400, but has a less sophisticated interface for other rotors. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie Internet: dan@senie.com, Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@senie.com http://www.senie.com Packet Radio: N1JEB@KA1SRD.MA From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.crd.ge.com!rebecca!rpi!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.mnsinc.com!news From: "Thomas M. Schaefer" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Yaesu Home Page Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 18:58:07 -0500 Organization: Monumental Network Systems Lines: 8 Message-ID: <30F6F58F.6232@mnsinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: toms.mnsinc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win95; I) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:96893 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23749 Based on a request I put on this newsgroup for info regarding Yaesu FT11-R information, I have received quite a few email requests for Yaesu's homepage. The homepage for Yaesu is http://www.yaesu.com -- Tom Schaefer Orange, Virginia tomms@mnsinc.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.eznet.net!news.enterprise.net!btnet!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.interlog.com!news From: algollom@interlog.com (Alan Gollom) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: You Know You're a Ham When ... Date: 11 Jan 1996 05:35:44 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4d27jg$il1@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: algollom.interlog.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6 With all the arguements and back-stabbing going on in this newsgroup I thought I'd try to inject a little humour. You know you're a ham when... you find yourself mentally undressing your rig. you'd rather turn on your rig instead of your wife. your definition of high fashion is a baseball cap with your call letters on it. your shack actually begins to look like one. at a party, after you've told a joke, you say "hi hi". you're happy to be considered just another bean for the pot. your idea of sightseeing is checking rooftops for antennas. you check for your packet messages before you check your answering machine. you think carrying an HT is more of a status symbol than a portable cellular phone. you have the need to explain to someone that being a ham is not the same as being a CBer. And remember, keep a joke in your heart and a hand in your pants and you'll always have a smile on your face. 73 one and all. Alan VE3XAG From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.netrail.net!barney.gvi.net!mv!shore!northshore.shore.net!not-for-mail From: mc@shore.net (Michael Crestohl) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: You Know You're a Ham When ... Date: 13 Jan 1996 07:01:03 -0500 Organization: Shore.Net; a service of Eco Software, Inc. (info@shore.net) Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4d86tv$ea5@northshore.shore.net> References: <4d27jg$il1@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: northshore.ecosoft.com Thank you Alan for reminding us once again: ".....its only a hobby!" 73, Michael Crestohl, KH6KD/W1 (also VE2XZ) mc@shore.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!bt!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk From: Mike Gathergood Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: You know you're a ham... (additions) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 13:26:28 GMT Organization: CQ-BBS +44 1753 595468 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <821798788snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> References: <960114000432_75471.3642_FHQ32-1@CompuServe.COM> Reply-To: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk You know you're a ham when... * Your pet parrot's first words are "CQ CONTEST!" (Happened to G8ZBL in 1981) * You tell your mates you have a new girlfriend, and they ask "What's her callsign?" (Happened to me in 1983) 73 Mike * QRV around 0800 and 1800 most weekdays on GB3HL * G4KFK * (Hillingdon 433.075/434.675) and also 51.83 MHz * From lwbyppp@epix.net Wed Jan 17 14:45:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!news From: links@solder-it.com [AA8FQ] Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: YOUR FAVORITE SITES PLEASE Date: 12 Jan 1996 16:32:19 GMT Organization: APK - Internet Provider for Ohio. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4d62ej$j2h@wariat.wariat.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: fdoob.apk.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Please e-mail your favorite Ham Radio Web Sites to: links@solder-it.com so that we may connect through our growing Web Site at http://www.solder-it.com 73, Fred, AA8FQ From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: bucherj@aol.com (BucherJ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: AD: 1000's of mods for scanners/ham radios Date: 16 Jan 1996 10:27:46 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dgg5i$3h7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader I have accumulated thousands of mods many which are hard to find. Send me a listing of the unit you have and I will send a description of the mods I have for that radio. If I have something you want I will send you the information for $5 per radio. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!buffnet2.buffnet.net!bga.com!news From: jimwills@ballistic.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Alert: FCC Wants to TAX the Internet Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:43:32 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications - Bob Gustwick and Associates Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4dh65e$sso@giga.bga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tpm0-80.ballistic.com X-RTcode: f0cda17430ee4c354ffc1b51 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 FCC listen to us. The internet isn't broken so don't try to fix it. If you want to kill something, TAX it. I quote from the W5YI Report of January 15, 1996: "Be prepared for an internet "Access Tax." The FCC is said to be very concerned that users can bypass long distance companies to make calls through the use of internet telephone schemes. The FCC believes that at some point they will have to address the economic impact of Internet technology on the nation's telephone companies. Being considered is a flat tax fee levied on the number of users served by Internet Service Providers. Another suggestion has ISPs paying a fee based on the amount of Internet traffic passing through their systems. ISPs would pass along the extra cost to their customers." We already pay tax on our phone bill, then another tax on the Internet service here in Texas. Will we permit this to happen? Write your Congressmen. jimwills@ballistic.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!buffnet2.buffnet.net!bga.com!news From: jimwills@ballistic.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Alert: FCC Wants to TAX the Internet Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:56:56 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications - Bob Gustwick and Associates Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4dh6uh$49@giga.bga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tpm0-80.ballistic.com X-RTcode: f0cda17430114c354ffc1f51 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 FCC listen to us. The internet isn't broken so don't try to fix it. If you want to kill something, TAX it. I quote from the W5YI Report of January 15, 1996: "Be prepared for an internet "Access Tax." The FCC is said to be very concerned that users can bypass long distance companies to make calls through the use of internet telephone schemes. The FCC believes that at some point they will have to address the economic impact of Internet technology on the nation's telephone companies. Being considered is a flat tax fee levied on the number of users served by Internet Service Providers. Another suggestion has ISPs paying a fee based on the amount of Internet traffic passing through their systems. ISPs would pass along the extra cost to their customers." We already pay tax on our phone bill, then another tax on the Internet service here in Texas. Will we permit this to happen? Write your Congressmen. jimwills@ballistic.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!news.westnet.com!stevens-tech.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!newsserver2.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Alert: FCC Wants to TAX the Internet Date: 20 Jan 1996 22:25:20 -0500 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4dsbn0$b2p@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4dh6uh$49@giga.bga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Erik K.Sorgatz (sorgatz@avatar.tti.com) wrote: : The governemnt is so entreanched, and so rife : with nepotism - it's a career path filled with cousins, uncles, aunts, in- : laws and favored-offspring. Erik Sorgatz' local government may be as he describes it, but the US ( federal ) government is not. Only tiny fraction of federal employees are appointed. The others get their jobs through a civil service system that has been remarkably free of corruption. Another poster has said that the FCC has no taxing power. In a sense that is probably correct, but the FCC has jurisdiction over all interstate and international communications from and to the U.S., and regulates rates. There may alsready be statutory authority for the kind of FCC fee regulation with respect to the Internet that is being discussed here. You will have to be an attorney specializing in communications law to have a useful opinion on this Gerry K8EF From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLB004 FCC shrinks backlog Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 17 Jan 1996 16:36:42 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 33 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlb004.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10703 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97038 SB QST @ ARL $ARLB004 ARLB004 FCC shrinks backlog ZCZC AG83 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 4 ARLB004 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 17, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB004 ARLB004 FCC shrinks backlog The Federal Communications Commission reports it is making good progress on processing a backlog of more than 2800 ham radio license applications filed electronically, including almost 2000 from ARRL. The commission was back on the job again January 16, in the wake of a month-long shutdown begun by the budget impasse and extended by bad weather and a Federal holiday after the commission first reopened for a day January 11. A spokesman said the FCC expects to be up to date with electronically filed applications for new and updated licenses by Thursday, January 18. The furlough and the snow days have delayed implementation of the vanity call sign program, however. New and upgraded license information is available from ARRL by calling 860-594-0300. Applicants also can check the University of Arkansas at Little Rock FCC database at http://www.ualr.edu/doc/hamualr/callsign/html NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!kiwi.crown.net!usenet From: jessica Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: baycom info wanted Date: 18 Jan 1996 19:01:46 GMT Organization: Crown Net Inc. Lines: 4 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dm5eq$8k6@kiwi.crown.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: crown71.crown.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) To: news:rec.radio.amateur.misc i looking for a good place to find baycom info here on the wed. and any orther ham software.. like rtty,cw pactor.amtor...ect. de n9fdf... From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!kiwi.crown.net!usenet From: jessica Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: baycom info wanted Date: 18 Jan 1996 19:02:13 GMT Organization: Crown Net Inc. Lines: 4 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dm5fl$8k6@kiwi.crown.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: crown71.crown.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) i looking for a good place to find baycom info here on the wed. and any orther ham software.. like rtty,cw pactor.amtor...ect. de n9fdf... From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!moritz From: moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de () Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: baycom info wanted Date: 22 Jan 1996 07:51:10 GMT Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4dvfle$14r2@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> References: <4dm5fl$8k6@kiwi.crown.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de In article <4dm5fl$8k6@kiwi.crown.net>, jessica wrote: >i looking for a good place to find baycom info here on the wed. >and any orther ham software.. like rtty,cw pactor.amtor...ect. >de n9fdf... You find Baycom where you would expect it: http://www.baycom.de I checked it a minute ago. As to ham software in general, it depends on your location, which server is most convenient. 73, Moritz DL5UH From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!kiwi.crown.net!usenet From: jessica Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: baycom packet users Date: 18 Jan 1996 18:54:27 GMT Organization: Crown Net Inc. Lines: 5 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dm514$8k6@kiwi.crown.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: crown71.crown.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) To: all name is toby here looking for any baycom users ,,would like to know where i can find some good ham software here on the www. like cw ,rtty,pactor,,,,de n9fdf From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!kiwi.crown.net!usenet From: jessica Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: baycom packet users Date: 18 Jan 1996 18:55:36 GMT Organization: Crown Net Inc. Lines: 5 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dm538$8k6@kiwi.crown.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: crown71.crown.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) To: rec.radio.amatuer.misc name is toby here looking for any baycom users ,,would like to know where i can find some good ham software here on the www. like cw ,rtty,pactor,,,,de n9fdf From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: codyspc@aol.com (Codys PC) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CB jargon Needed Date: 22 Jan 1996 13:57:40 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4e0mn4$e8o@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4e04r6$ek2@bull.hkstar.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader Check out rec.radio.cb! They will be CHOCK FULL of advice they can give you. Good luck! 73's! 88's if you got 'em! We're QRT. And 10-7! [Ahemn...] ;-)! From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:42 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!world!wdr From: wdr@world.std.com Subject: Re: Communications Procedures // CQ on VHF Message-ID: Organization: Swamp-Castle Press, Boston References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d0glc$7nf@castle.nando.net> <4d12g6$j7n@news.service.uci.edu> <1996Jan12.174014.29795@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 16:38:19 GMT Lines: 57 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.policy:32600 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97036 Gary's usually right, but I'm going to stick my neck out on one minor point. Gary Coffman wrote: > believe many people only object to its use on repeaters, where it is ^^^ CQ long call > redundant. Simply keying up and speaking your call sign is sufficient > to alert all others monitoring the repeater to your presence and your > willingness to talk. Anything more is excess, unnecessary, and a mark > of poor operating procedure on a limited resource. For a call into a machine with a QSO going on or otherwise expected to be hoping with activity at that time, exactly. For a directed net, follow instructions to avoid doubling. For other situations where "limited resource" may not be as applicable as at peak time, other procedures might apply. In an urban environment with multiple repeaters at off-peak hours, where getting a call-back on any particular machine is chancy, where some of us use either an auxiliary scanner or the scan-modes of a appliance transceiver to monitor several machines simultaneously, it can be useful to say "WA1BCD monitoring on .23" if no-one answered your first call, or even on the first call if it's a really slow time. I've heard "WA1BCD monitoring" on the scanner and by the time I could get a hand from the steering wheel to the scanner [light] button it was gone, so I couldn't get back to him -- I didn't know which machine he'd keyed up, so I didn't know where to QSY the 2m rig to. (I may open up the delay AND rig the light to be on whenever the scanner is on external power, but it'd still be safer driving if I didn't have to look -- I can usually QSY by touch.) The other thing that helps both with a linked network of repeaters and with scan-mode is pausing or saying "this is" between key-up and the callsign; it may take a half second for all the links to come up or for my scanner to wrap around to your frequency. This is bad form during peak usage periods, of course, when it IS a scarce resource. Off peak in this vicinity, vacant 2m repeaters are hardly scarce. (Lots of folks monitoring who'll answer their friends, and lots of " monitoring" but not many QSOs.) [NOTE: I've clipped the newsgroups to just r.r.a.m/r.r.a.p, since it's NOT CB or scanner related. Not sure it's really policy related either, unless the fellow suggesting teaching manners to us uncouth code-free VHF+ vermin was suggesting the FCC should do it. From the sound of the 2m rptrs up here in 1-land, there's no correlation between good/bad operators and callsign class. I've even heard good 2m operations from 2x1's. :-)] 73 -- Bill Ricker N1VUX wdr@world.std.com "The freedom of the press belongs http://world.std.com/~wdr to those who own one."--A.J.Liebling From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.west.net!usenet From: pryack@west.net (Paul R. Ryack) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap Subject: Dentron GLA1000 power wsitch Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 04:57:12 GMT Organization: West.Net Communications Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4dkk3f$dg2@daffy.sb.west.net> Reply-To: pryack@west.net NNTP-Posting-Host: term2-29.sb.west.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97043 rec.radio.swap:55487 I'm looking for a the power switch section of the function switch on the Dentron GLA1000. It's a high current SPST that is the last gang on the rotary function switch. If you have one, or a suggestion on where I could pick one up, I'd appreciate it. TNX & 73, Paul, W1ETH Paul R. Ryack, W1ETH/6 pryack@west.net W1ETH@K6TZ.#SOCA.CA.USA.NOAM From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.dorsai.org!news.ilx.com!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wco.com!news From: acopac@hope.netwizards.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Subject: Re: Electonic flash unit problem Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 16:16:17 GMT Organization: West Coast Online's News Server - Not responsible for content Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4dba3d$a9g@news.wco.com> References: <4d3541$nej@olivea.ATC.Olivetti.Com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.99.115.35 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97074 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12810 Its possible the tube is bad - However are you sure the trigger is operating - the you might see if you can draw an arc from the trigger transformer (4kV) if you trigger the flash. Replacement tubes are usually available - but not cheap. In the US Mouser Electronics sells them... Also you might want to list on the rec.photo.misc ----- or other photo groups Noland archive@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (DCG Mktg Docmnt (Ivrea)) wrote: > > >I have an electronic flash unit purchased in 1970. After being unused for >many years, I find that now it does not function correctly. The lamp is >powered by 250 Vcc and the flash is triggered by a pulse. I have >checked the capacitor, which is in good condition. Has the lamp failed >through again?? Does anybody have the answer? > > > > > > > > From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!news.westnet.com!stevens-tech.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!newsserver2.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!news.voicenet.com!news From: Ray Wilson Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eliminating auto spark ignition nosie Date: 21 Jan 1996 11:39:30 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4dt8li$kik@news.voicenet.com> References: <4dol1t$qd4@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ivyland43.voicenet.com tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com (WB7ASR) wrote: > > Im having a background spark ignition nosie problem that is > interfering with weak signal reception on 2 meters. I have > insured everything is chassis grounded properly, radio, antenna, > and neg side of DC power cables. My radio DC power is fed direct > from the battery terminals, and I have wrapped the DC power > cable in aluminum foil. I have also added iron toriod cores to > the spark plug wires, both at the distributor and plug ends. > I have changed the distributor cap, rotor, and plugs, and the > plug wires all appear to be in good visual physical shape > (not dry rotted or cracked). > > What else can I try, short of running the vehical off a cliff? > > WB7ASR... > I'm in the same boat.... Thinking about buying a diesel ;) 73 and good luck. Ray, N3RKH From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:47 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!world!mv!usenet From: jbl@levin.mv.com (Joel B Levin) Subject: Re: Excessive heade: ARLB004 FCC shrinks backlog Message-ID: <3102719f.54257112@quartz.mv.com> Reply-To: jbl@levin.mv.com Organization: At home. Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 17:14:39 GMT References: <$arlb004.1996@arrl.org> <4dpdpe$bqr@alterdial.UU.NET> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/16.168 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: levin.mv.com Lines: 41 Exessive header _and_ .signature: In <4dpdpe$bqr@alterdial.UU.NET>, Burt Fisher > wrote: |This is a multi-part message in MIME format. | |---------------------------------13913863218816 |Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit |Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii | |w1aw@arrl.org wrote: [snip] | | .-. .-. | / \ .-. .-. / \ | / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ |/--Burt Fisher |K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ | \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / | \ / `-' `-' \ / | `-' `-' | | |---------------------------------13913863218816 |Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit |Content-Type: text/plain With the usual complaint he makes at least once a month. |The F.C.C. said the following: The FCC has nothing to do with headers in bulletins. And the rest of this rant seems to have nothing to do with headers in ARRL bulletins. Since you seem to complain about the bulletin headers on a regular basis, next time, you may take it as read that I will have responded similarly, so I won't be actually doing it. /KD1ON From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:48 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!ns.etri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!ghiscox From: ghiscox@netcom.com (George L. Hiscox) Subject: Re: Finding power line noise source Message-ID: Sender: ghiscox@netcom7.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 References: <4dgo6p$lnf@chnews.ch.intel.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:10:14 GMT Lines: 47 tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com (WB7ASR) wrote: >Im trying to track down an S-9 AC power line noise source Im having >on 40 meters. I pulled my home main AC breaker while my HF xcvr was on >battery, so I have eliminated the possibily that the noise is coming from >somewhere within my own house. >The noise is only there at night, so I suppect it must be some >security light that comes on in my neighborhood via a photo switch, >because right after sun up, the noise goes away. >Anyway, I have found several "hot" noise spots the next block over, >however I can't pin-point the exact direction where the noise is coming >from. The two meter yagi is not directional on 40 meters no matter which >way I point it, for I might as well be using a vertical. What other type >of directonal antenna can I use to pin-point the location of the noise >source? Instead of trying to DF the noise on 40 meters you might get yourself a VHF AM (aircraft?) handheld/scanner and use your VHF yagi to track down the noise. It's important to use an AM receiver or one of those multi-mode units. FM just doesn't work for this job. Using that technique you can easily point to the source. 73 and good luck! George ----- | George L. Hiscox | When I die I want to go quietly in | | ghiscox@netcom.com | my sleep like my grandfather, not | | WA6RIK @ WB6YMH | screaming like the people in his car.| -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAy+bSKUAAAEEANkRbX+VvaqMkAu3zmLRI6cyM9IEc58Kg8sZQgrpyLRkooai EIs58+I+s95J9KPelZvo1ypTEPAKSFjsEBgWkCtxYQAd/1XNRTY4gyhX/Ey64QYl hgwVq2SpJpqFL4DCWzR5p1lcQtlgXH9YRMW0HhWvWB8GjbSznDWONbLSoFedAAUR tCVHZW9yZ2UgTC4gSGlzY294IDxnaGlzY294QG5ldGNvbS5jb20+ =f3/O -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!alpha.sky.net!solar!artburke From: artburke@solar.sky.net (Arthur Burke) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Finding power line noise source Date: 22 Jan 1996 16:07:54 GMT Organization: SkyNET Online Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4e0coq$gmc@alpha.sky.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: solar.sky.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sometimes you can get lucky just using a portable AM/FM radio, preferably tuned on the AM band. Try tuning to a frequency not used by a local station and look for nulls off the end of the built-in loopstick antenna. While it isn't as accurate as a VHF rig with Yagi, it's a lot more convenient and can often "get you in the neighborhood." Art Burke Lenexa, KS NE4F From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: FS: BC2500XLT Date: 17 Jan 1996 15:52:34 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 35 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dj602$28mi@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4diqk6$16k@ramp2.tir.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 > >I have a BC2500XLT in Excelent condition. It has never been used outside the house. All known MODs have been applied. > >All original packing materials and box are present along with accessories: >Antenna, Charger, Leather Carrying case, Belt Clip, Operating guide and Registration form. > > >The features include: >100 channel/second Turbo Scan >VFO Control >Direct Keypad entry >400 channels >20 banks >25MHz - 1.3GHz >10 Priority channels >Auto Scan for Weather channels >Auto Store while scanning >Auto Sort >Retains programming with battery removed. > > >Asking $300.00 I'll pay shipping. > >-| Jason Gottschalk OS2@TIR.COM >-| SYO Computer Engineering >-| OS/2 Warp - Computing circles around Windows95 Cellular capable? -Drew in Charlotte- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!arther.castle.net!news.netrail.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!microvst.demon.co.uk From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: GB7FBH TCP/IP BBS < > AX25 Gateway. - shack1.gif (0/7) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 12:49:54 GMT Organization: Microvest Limited, London Lines: 15 Message-ID: <821623794snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: <4d9g4v$1lb@swordfish.fastnet.co.uk> Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: microvst.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: microvst.demon.co.uk In article <4d9g4v$1lb@swordfish.fastnet.co.uk> ecat3@fastnet.co.uk "ECAT 3" writes: > This is the home of GB7FBH TCP/IP BBS and Ax25 Gateway in Sussex. Yuck! I'm sure glad I killfile everything over 299 lines. Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: vbook@vbook.com (Ed Mitchell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Ham Radio Online Magazine Has a Whole New Look! Date: 21 Jan 1996 18:50:50 GMT Organization: Virtual Publishing Co. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4du1ua$7c0@news.accessone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vbook.accessone.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97084 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32629 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13683 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18566 rec.radio.scanner:44064 rec.radio.shortwave:69066 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23910 Check out our new layout at Ham Radio Online magazine. As always, its free and free of ads. The coolest and classiest Ham Radio site on the web. Check out th e new articles this week - Reviews of HF propagation prediction software, an article on a proposal to reinstate the low power Class D commercial broadcast FM license and much more! We are not just pointers to cyberspace - we've got content - real stories on everything having to do with radio telecommunications! http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm ------------------------ personal email to vbook@vbook.com Visit Ham Radio Online, it's free, at http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:53 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!sagepub.sagepub.com!usenet From: doug@sagepub.com Subject: Ham Radio Science Project Organization: Sage Publications, Inc. Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 18:08:58 GMT Message-ID: X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dial07.sagepub.com Sender: usenet@sagepub.com (Usenet News Poster) Lines: 14 Dear Fellow Hams, I am a thirteen year old General class ham. I am performing a science experim ent to study the effects of changes in the ionosphere on radio waves. To perform this experimen t I need four volunteers, one one-hundred miles away or less, one five hundred miles, one one-thousand miles , and one two-thousand miles away. (Further away would also be fun!) I live in Thousand Oaks, CA, whi ch is about 50 miles north-west of Los Angeles. I plan to contact four hams at different distances from my station, at differ ent times of the day and record the RSTs in order to see the effects the ionosphere has on the radio wa ves. I'd like to do these QSOs during February. If you would like to volunteer for some QSOs with me, or have any suggestions , you can reach me here or e-mail me at doug@sagepub.com. 73, Doug McCune, KE6WXM From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!peer-news.britain.eu.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!interramp.com!usenet From: wdecker@interramp.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HELP: WHICH PREFIX / SUFFIX? Date: 19 Jan 1996 00:03:32 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4dmn4k$ibg@usenet2.interramp.com> Reply-To: wdecker@interramp.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.13.121.119 X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.09 Hi there! I am staying in the US for a couple of months and so I applied for the guestli cense. No Problem to get it, but the FCC didn't tell me which Prefix or Suffix I need to use in addition to my own call sign. Is anybody out there, who can give me a hint? By the way, I am operating from Wheeling, Illinois. Thanks Wolfgang DL3ECA wdecker@interramp.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsrelay.netins.net!news.netins.net!linkcomm From: linkcomm@worf.netins.net (Link Communications) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: IDs Date: 18 Jan 1996 00:36:44 GMT Organization: INS Info Services, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4dk4ms$t18@insosf1.netins.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: worf.netins.net To: ERA.ERARAT@MEMO.ERICSSON.se Era.erarat@memo.ericsson.se > In reference to our phone conversation on Monday about what > I believe seems to be a problem with the rotating ID's, I > have today investigated further. > 7. Then for the next half hour the only automatic rotating > ID's that are sent are shortly (a few minutes) after > the carrier had dropped. The repeater does not send ID > by itself if there is no traffic. (And that can go on > for hours. I tested that yesterday evening.) > What's the problem? To my understanding we were talking > about continous ID's whether there is traffic or not. There is no problem. This is exactly how it is (and always was) supposed to be. It may have worked differently for you in the past, but we can't figure out why. There are several things you can do to make it ID regardless of activity: - use a scheduler to send the IDs. Four hourly events set to go off at the top, 15 minutes after, half past and 15 till the hour would do it. - use a user timer to send a message and start the timer again. - use an output line to pull the cor line low occasionally, to make the controller think that someone is keying it up. > Regards > RAINER Steve ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!news.tcst.com!op.net!agis!news.tacom.army.mil!news2.acs.oakland.edu!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hpuerci.atl.hp.com!news From: Rahul Patel Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Is there a Mod for TR7850 Kenwood 2m radio? Date: 16 Jan 1996 00:52:41 GMT Organization: HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. Lines: 7 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dessp$jrl@hpuerci.atl.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: f3142rhp.ssr.hp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: all Does anyone know of any Mods for my 9 year oold Kenwood TR7850 2m radio? I wo od greatly appreciate it if you can send me an e-mail. Thanking you in advance. 73, Rahul - N4RWZ From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!micro.internexus.net!news.bconnex.net!alpine.valleynet.com!news.net99.net!news.corpcomm.net!news.pe.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!infoserv!asacomp!mike.anderson Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: mike.anderson@asacomp.com (Mike Anderson) X-Mailer: NetXpress 2.53 Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 15:10:00 -0500 Organization: ASA Compucom Subject: Re: Is Wayne Green Losin Message-ID: <35.39133.1427@asacomp.com> Lines: 28 JG>I don't know what is going on. I almost feel sorry for him. But, I do JG>think he said it best a few months ago, "That he had out lived ham JG>radio." and I am not so sure that I havent also. JG>Jim, WA7NDD Well, Jim, you could use my approach, although I didn't plan it this way. Licensed in the 60's, I was an avid operator through my teens. Went away to college and dropped radio for years. A friend got me back into it in the 70's and once again I was very active. Hit some killer sunspot cycles and worked a lot of DX on dipoles. Then I lost interest again. At 47 I thought 'hey! I should get back into ham radio!' Bought an Icom 2000H mobile and a Yaesu FT-11R ht and do a lot of listening and a little operating now. The advantage to this approach is you can dump all the old technology radios and start over with state of the art rigs every ten years, and you tend to be more forgiving of the hobby. VY 73, de WA8JDW - Mike --- * WR 1.31 # 44 * I'm just trying out this life ... I'll register it if I d ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: mike.anderson@asacomp.com (Mike Anderson) This message was processed by NetXpress from Merlin Systems Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: KPIG Radio will be on the air January 21st Date: 18 Jan 1996 18:02:24 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dm1vg$10do@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <199601180530.vaa03454@jobe.shell.portal.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 >Amateur Radio Expose: > >o Learn why Ham Radio has outlived its useful purpose and is now taking > valuable spectrum away from the public in order to allow drunk radio > amateurs the ability to use their overpriced CBs to chat with themselves. I guess he's been listening to 75-meters in between his pirate broadcasts! -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:00:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!bt!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!jobe.shell.portal.com From: anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: KPIG Radio will be on the air January 21st Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 21:30:47 -0800 Lines: 43 Message-ID: <199601180530.VAA03454@jobe.shell.portal.com> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jobe.shell.portal.com Comments: This message is NOT from the person listed in the From line. It is from an automated software remailing service operating at that address. THE PORTAL SYSTEM DOES NOT CONDONE OR APPROVE OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS POSTING. Please report problem mail to . X-Mail2News-Path: nova.unix.portal.com!jobe.shell.portal.com ********************************************************************* * The San Francisco Bay Area's most powerful pirate radio station * * * * K P I G -- 88.9 on your FM dial * * * * p r e s e n t s * * * * An evening of exposes * ********************************************************************* This month's broadcast will begin at 10:00 PM this Sunday, January 21st. Highlights include: Scientology Expose: o Hear all about the "secret" documents the Church of Scientology is trying to keep secret o Learn what L. Ron Hubbard said about Scientology just before he died. PETA Expose: o Hear PETA members torture innocent animals while making a propoganda film. Amateur Radio Expose: o Learn why Ham Radio has outlived its useful purpose and is now taking valuable spectrum away from the public in order to allow drunk radio amateurs the ability to use their overpriced CBs to chat with themselves. With over 300 watts ERP, we are the most powerful pirate radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area. We have as much or more power than many smaller commercial stations in this area. It should be possible to hear us all along the Penninsula and well into the South Bay. We welcome reception reports and other listener feedback on the KPIG Squeal Line. The phone number will be announced several times during the broadcast. Note to potential DF-ers. Our use of special ECM equipment will defeat all known DF-ing techniques and will render it impossible for anyone to locate the source of our signal. Save yourself some time and frustration and stay at home. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk From: Mike Gathergood Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: KPIG Radio will be on the air January 21st Date: Thu, 18 Jan 96 14:29:29 GMT Organization: CQ-BBS +44 1753 595468 Lines: 17 Message-ID: <821975369snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> References: <199601180530.VAA03454@jobe.shell.portal.com> Reply-To: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk In article <199601180530.VAA03454@jobe.shell.portal.com> anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com writes: > With over 300 watts ERP, we are the most powerful pirate radio station Pirate Radio Expose: Learn why pirate radio has outlived its useful purpose, and is now taking valuable spectrum away from the public in order to allow drunk and inept Disk Jockeys the ability to use spectrally-dubious transmitters to pollute the airwaves with a load of nonsense that nobody wants to listen to anyway. 73 Mike * QRV around 0800 and 1800 most weekdays on GB3HL * G4KFK * (Hillingdon 433.075/434.675) and also 51.83 MHz * From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hookup!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!sunrise.gv.ssi1.com!oronet!news From: rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics,sci.electronics.misc,alt.cellular-phone-tech,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Digital PLL/Receiver chips! Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 06:01:51 GMT Organization: RST Engineering Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4dkno6$i1n@hg.oro.net> References: <4d5c7c$34v@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> <4d5k3v$1ger@info.estec.esa.nl> <821589268snz@tcontec.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: rst-engr.oro.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net sci.electronics.components:1373 sci.electronics.misc:356 alt.cellular-phone-tech:9444 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13660 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97047 >In addition you should also try Plessey Electronics in the UK (Swindon) who d o >a range of PLL devices for receivers and transmitters. Also part of their ran ge >are full synthesizers, VOGAD's IF amplifiers, Pre-scaler dividers atc. [snip in consideration of bandwidth] I'll be glad to discuss the use of Plessey on a one-on-one basis with anybody who wants to find out just how they treat their customers. I won't write it down for libel reasons. Jim Jim Weir VP Engineering | "We seem to be standing on RST Engineering | the foreskin of technology." Grass Valley CA 95945 | (Gen. Chuck Yeager) voice/fax 916/272-1432 | rst-engr@oro.net AR Adv WB6BHI CFI A&G/Comml Inst A&G/A&P/C-182A N73CQ From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!news1.h1.usa.pipeline.com!usenet From: kb7et@usa.pipeline.com(Jim Sheffield) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Opinions re. Ramsey SX-20 Date: 21 Jan 1996 16:56:57 GMT Organization: Jim Sheffield Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4dtr8p$qd2@news1.usa.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe7.h1.usa.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Pipeline USA v3.2.0 Hello out there: Being a ham, I know we hams have plenty of opinions, so please give me yours on the Ramsey SX-20 20M SSB/CW HF Transceiver. Anyone built and/or operated one? I am particularly interested in the CW performance. Thanks and 73, Jim, KB7ET kb7et@usa.pipeline.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!news.ahc.ameritech.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!gatekeeper.barclaycard.co.uk!usenet From: Andrew Austin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Program Plug for MAXON SL70 Date: 16 Jan 1996 16:50:15 GMT Organization: Barclaycard Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4dgl07$ktv@gatekeeper.barclaycard.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 32bit) To: all Can any one help - I require the circuit diagram for the program plug that is supplied with the SMP4001 program software to enable setup of a UHF SL70 handheld From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Date: 18 Jan 1996 03:39:31 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-25.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 so i'm reading through the feb issue of QST tonight and come across a letter by steve licht, wf2s, calling for a strange new QSL etiquette. one where anyone who contacts a station and then sends a reception report to that station (usually marked with a PSE QSL, 73 or so) is also expected to pay for the return mailing of the other guys card (as an SASE for a postcard n o less.) Am I the only one that thinks Mr Licht is just a tiny bit nuts? Here he is, a domestic US station, working a special event (the HPM 126 affair), and he expects other US stations to pay to get his card after they sent theirs to him? wf2s, a US s tation in the country with the lowest postal rates in the world and probably the cheapest QSL card sources in the world (anything from process 4 color to badly printed on an old dot matrix will do), working a popular event, and now wantin g to welch on his part of the QSL duties. steven, ol' buddy, ol' pal...the folks that sent you the cards already did you the honor of paying to get their cards to you. you should return the favor. (and next time be doubly clear that you're one of those pretend hams that doesn't QSL even a received QSL). I've always tried to QSL 100%...especially to domestic stations. i guess if yo u have one of those funky 2x1 calls, you can con people into thinking you're rea lly DX that needs the green stamps to survive. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!newshost.cyberramp.net!news.iadfw.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!susx.ac.uk!mpfb8 From: mpfb8@central.susx.ac.uk (Peter Reed) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RTTY "Reflector"?? Date: 16 Jan 1996 08:49:00 GMT Organization: University of Sussex Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4dfops$mhg@infa.central.susx.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: solx1.central.susx.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi all. So we have contest, ct, DX, topband, VHF and others Reflectors. Does anyone know if there is one for RTTY and, if so, what the address is? Thanks, Peter, G4BVH e-mail: P.L.Reed@sussex.ac.uk From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!thunder.mgl.ca!granite.sentex.net!torn!istar.net!news1.vancouver.istar.net!news.vancouver.istar.net!uniserve!van-bc!news.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!innotts.co.uk!usenet From: asperges@innotts.co.uk (Jeremy Boot) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: SWL new pages project Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 22:49:26 GMT Organization: innotts.co.uk Lines: 27 Message-ID: <30fad1d2.17297686@news.innotts.co.uk> Reply-To: asperges@innotts.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: seriald13.innotts.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 Many readers from this group have already visited the radio amateur pages below: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ and left about 250 messages for me since December '95. Thanks. I have replied to all of them individually. I'm thinking about making a new page for SWLs, who don't seem to be catered for quite so well elsewhere, but I should like some feedback before doing so: should there be FAQs? links? Should there be pointers to schedules etc etc. Should the style be same or different from the other pages? If you have some ideas for SWLs, please e-mail me from the pages. I am still collecting links for the "Friends on the net" for other amateurs with home pages they would like networked. 73 de Jeremy G4NJH asperges@innotts.co.uk [Homepage: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ ] From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!news.umbc.edu!news.ums.edu!haven.umd.edu!purdue!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!pravda.aa.msen.com!fu-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!news.coli.uni-sb.de!usenet From: mvogel@134.96.68.11 (Manfred Vogelgesang) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Thanks - TV disturbs radio Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 15:59:04 GMT Organization: Computational Linguistics Dept., U Saarbruecken Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4ddtsf$4kh@coli-gate.coli.uni-sb.de> Reply-To: mvogel@coli.uni-sb.de NNTP-Posting-Host: wb-pc7.coli.uni-sb.de X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hi, I'd like to thank all of you for your help as to my problem that TV sets disturb shortwave reception. If someone still wants to express his/her own ideas concerning this issue, he/she may still do it. Manfred From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news.microsoft.com!news From: jimsc@microsoft.com (Jim Schoeggl) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: TM-331A. 220Mhz Date: 22 Jan 1996 17:06:52 GMT Organization: Microsoft Corporation Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4e0g7c$l9c@news.microsoft.com> References: <4dv23e$6qa@booz.bah.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 157.55.70.150 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 In article <4dv23e$6qa@booz.bah.com>, k1zat@booz.bah.com says... > >I have a TM331a for 220 Mhz, the "dial" light has given >up the ghost. The operator's manual doesn't tell me how >to change it. Anyone have that information ? > > jd > I replaced one of these just the other day. The bulb is soldered to the display board. To get to it you have to remove the front of the radio. Remove both top and bottom covers. You should see 4 screws which attach the front pannel assy to the frame. Remove these screws. Next remove the knobs and uncscrew the retaining nuts from the mic connector and tuning knob. The face should come off now and you can see the 2 bulbs on each end. I desoldered mine, but after thinking about I think the best thing to do is to just cut the old bulb out and solder the new one on. The bulbs cost about $3 each and are available from the Pacific Cost Parts at 800-262-1312 (I think they have an east cost outlet too). They'll ding you $6.50 for S&H. Good luck Jim N7EWD -- The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views and do not reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!alpha.sky.net!solar!artburke From: artburke@solar.sky.net (Arthur Burke) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: TV disturbs radio Date: 22 Jan 1996 16:05:34 GMT Organization: SkyNET Online Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4e0cke$gmc@alpha.sky.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: solar.sky.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] There are several possible reasons for TVs to interfere with shortwave receivers: (a) 15734 Hz mis-shapened squarish waves (created by the horizontal deflection system) These can also create "birdies" every 15734 Hz! (b) 3.58 MHz color oscillator (c) harmonics of either of the above depending on proximity of the television. (d) "leaky" cable systems. Art Burke Lenexa, KS NE4F From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!buffnet2.buffnet.net!bga.com!news From: jimwills@ballistic.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:54:05 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications - Bob Gustwick and Associates Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4dh6p6$3i@giga.bga.com> References: <4ckvqb$kbc@ram2.ramlink.net> <4cpq9c$a2a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tpm0-80.ballistic.com X-RTcode: b6f9fa633066572508fc1e8a X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 k1um@aol.com (K1UM) wrote: >anyone know how long the FCC keeps a callsign around after it has >expired? The call I would like expired Feb, 95. It would be >nice if they cancelled it in Feb 96! Thanks .. Tom Tom, The FCC posts calls to the availability list after 2 years. I obtained my 610-v from W5YI who sells them for $1.00. His cost of repo is $.50 plus postage $.32 = $.82......thus he sells for $1.00. I purchased in bulk so I too sell them for $1.00. The FCC uses prison labor and todate has not released the form. jimwills@ballistic.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!calvino.alaska.net!nntp.alaska.net!news.accessus.net!news.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: 15 Jan 1996 15:31:13 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4dds01$lt9$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> References: <4d22sv$19n@giga.bga.com> >The FCC 610-V can be obtained from W5YI at P.O.Box 565101, >Dallas, TX 75356-5101, 817-461-6443, 351-1297@mcimail.com. >The FCC uses prision labor to do their publishing, W5YI >received a plate of the new form >and reproduced his own. He charges $1.00 for the form. FCC 610V forms are available free from ARRL (save your dollar). Send an SASE to: ARRL 610V 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 -- -- My homepage is at: "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/k0hb" -- It's still a hardhat area... under construction From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!barney.gvi.net!mv!news.NH.Destek.Net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!DIALix!sydney.DIALix.oz.au!not-for-mail From: bradleyg@sydney.DIALix.oz.au (Bradley Granger) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: What does CQ mean? Date: 14 Jan 1996 23:02:49 +1100 Organization: DIALix Services, Sydney, Australia. Lines: 1 Sender: bradleyg@sydney.DIALix.oz.au Message-ID: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: bradleyg@sydney.dialix.oz.au SEEK YOU. SEEK YOU. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.av.qnet.com!ibbs!js Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <145@ibbs.av.org> References: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> <4db423$cnf@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4dia4o$bt5@atlas.axiom.net><4dmmao$go0@netman.ens.tek.com> Reply-To: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) From: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 14:26:37 GMT Subject: Re: What does CQ mean? Lines: 27 In article <4dmmao$go0@netman.ens.tek.com>, Terry Burge (terrybu@netman.ens.te k.com) writes: >Sounds better than saying... > > 'Is anyone there'... > 'Hello, hello, hello'... > 'Calling the [world]'... you substitute Peoria, N.Dakota, Oz, etc. > 'Want to talk with you, over'... > >(smiley) > >Terry >KI7M > > It's original use was on board ship. It is the general call to quarters for radio operators. Quarters being the radio console in the old days, there was always a bed and bath in the radio mans office. Since most don't bother to learn code anymore, you need to know what it sounds like to have it make any sense. It's use in ham radio because there was no standard at the time. Since most hams at the time where ship board radio people, they simply used what that had always used. Over the years it was adopted by hams due to the way it sounds, and not based on it's meaning. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Stillinger - KB6IBB js@ibbs.av.org PSC Box 3429 js@red-eft.la.ca.us Edwards AFB, CA 93524 +1 805 258 7303 8N1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!newspump.wustl.edu!news.starnet.net!wupost!news1.inlink.com!usenet From: raiar@inlink.com (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean? Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:17:10 GMT Organization: Inlink Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4dr4qh$fmc@news1.inlink.com> References: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip30.inlink.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 bradleyg@sydney.DIALix.oz.au (Bradley Granger) wrote: >SEEK YOU. SEEK YOU. | 4Q2 | From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!service-2.agate.net!usenet From: John Wilcox/NS1Z Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WINPAC5? Date: 21 Jan 1996 17:33:35 GMT Organization: Agate Internet Services (AIS) Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4dttdh$egf@service-2.agate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ns1z.sdi.agate.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Has anyone seen the latest WINPAK for packet operation in Windows. A URL would be great if some one could give it to me. Thanks! -- John Wilcox / NS1Z INTERNET :204.117.6.48 ns1z@agate.net Work :5018901@mcimail.com TCP/IP :44.118.6.4 ns1z@ns1z.ampr.org AX-25 :ns1z@kb1bsc.fn44rn.me.usa.noam From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!mr.net!news.mr.net!msc.edu!apctrc!paperboy.amoco.com!cronkite!usenet From: Chester Mccarter Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Yaesu FIF-232c information and/or help Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 02:54:34 -0800 Organization: Amoco Corp Lines: 9 Message-ID: <31036CEA.5D9B@amoco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6a (Win16; I) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97089 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12824 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23916 I have a Yeasu FT747GX and am trying to find a diagram of the FIF-232c CAT cable. I'm sure that there is someone out there that has built a similiar type cable. Please reply via e-mail also. -- Chester Mccarter, CNE [Team OS/2] jcmccarter@amoco.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Jan 22 20:01:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!purdue!yuma!holly.ACNS.ColoState.EDU!drranu From: drranu@holly.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (Emarit Ranu) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Re: Yaesu FIF-232c information and/or help Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Date: 22 Jan 1996 18:00:48 GMT Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4e0jcg$22kk@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> References: <31036CEA.5D9B@amoco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: holly.acns.colostate.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97094 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12826 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23919 Chester Mccarter (jcmccarter@amoco.com) wrote: : I have a Yeasu FT747GX and am trying to find a diagram of the FIF-232c : CAT cable. I'm sure that there is someone out there that has built a : similiar type cable. Please reply via e-mail also. Try February QST, 1993 page 37. Less than $10 to make and works damn well. : -- : Chester Mccarter, CNE : [Team OS/2] : jcmccarter@amoco.com -- -Emarit 73's drranu@holly.ColoState.EDU Electrical Engineering, Colorado State Univeristy KG0CQ _._ __. _____ _._. __._ Packet: KG0CQ@KF0UW.#NECO.USA.NOAM All generalizations are bad. Censorship: ###### From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: "This Week in Amateur Radio" Returns 1/27/96 Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 11:58:29 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 42 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com "This Week in Amateur Radio" returns to satellite air this Saturday, January 27th, at 8:00 PM (EST). The weekly on-the-air bulletin service will be carried by the "Tech Talk Network" on Telesat Canada Anik E2 commercial communications satellite. The network will utilize transponder 18, (9B vertical), at 5.8 MHz wideband analog audio (4.06 GHz). Anik E2 is located at 107.3 degrees west longitude in equatorial geosynchronous orbit and provides excellent coverage of North America with spot beams aimed at Alaska and Hawaii. The bird is expected to provide a permanent home for "This Week in Amateur Radio" into the 21st century. The service carries ARRL and RAC bulletins, contest and convention information, propagation forecast summaries, RAIN, the Radio Amateur Information Network, the Amateur Radio Newsline, and other features in audio newsmagazine format on over 100 nets and repeaters throughout North America. It had been off of satellite air since Thanksgiving weekend. You can also hear "This Week in Amateur Radio" four nights a week on the "Gateway 160 Meter Net" via WA0RCR in Wentzville, Missouri, on 1860 kHz, and in the Greater Capital District of New York Saturdays and Mondays at 8:00 PM on WA2OQE/R on 145.33 MHz. "This Week in Amateur Radio" is produced by Community Video Associates, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation based in Albany, NY. Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by donations from repeater operators, amateur radio clubs, and individuals. Satellite space and uplink services are provided by Skyvision, Incorporated as a service to amateur radio. Further information is available from George Bowen, N2LQS, at 518/283-3665 (e-mail kxkvi@delphi.com) or Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB, at 518/664-6809 (e-mail sanderman@ delphi.com). You may also reach them @ WA2UMX.FN32AW.ENY.NY.USA.NA via amateur packet. Affiliates are asked to please acknowledge receipt of this bulletin. - Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB - Executive Producer ARRL Eastern New York Section Bulletin Manager P O Box 8592 Academy Station Albany, NY 12208-0592 518/664-6809 - packet: WA3RKB @ WA2UMX.FN32AW.ENY.NY.USA.NA e-mail: sanderman@delphi.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!sparky.wrlc.org!netnews.com!news.intercon.com!news.iac.net!news.iac.net!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!cs.tu-berlin.de!informatik.uni-bremen.de!nordwest.pop.de!news.hamburg.pop.de!usenet From: Peter Lemken Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.tasteless Subject: (no subject) Date: 23 Jan 1996 20:35:22 GMT Organization: Point of Presence GmbH (http://www.pop.de/) Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4e3gqa$5s6@popcorn.hamburg.pop.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plemken.hb.provi.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: k1oik@ccsnet.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97153 alt.tasteless:100680 Burt Fisher, the supreme master of humor, wrote, > Peter Lemken wrote: > > >No, no, no, Al, they are watts! You probably are not a member of the > >CDRCC (Californian Death Row Contest Club). Every time there is a > >candidate for frying, they arrange a meeting in their club home and bring > >their Californian Kilowatt-Amps along. They have a direct feed to the > >chair with Flexwell Coax. All amps are then switched parallelly and on > >the sign from the executioner, the head of the club (K1LL) takes the > >TS850SAT (SaveAltTasteless) and yells "CQ Contest". It is watts, not > >volts killing our friends. > > > >Peter Lemken > >DF5JT > > You Germans have come along. > Electricity instead of gas. Burt And you - as a person, not as a representative of the American people - have such a sublime way of showing your superior wit, intelligence and overwhelming understanding of humor and replying appropriately to it. I admire you. Will you adopt me? Bwaaahaaaahaaaa..... And next time you followup one of my posts you should not change my _very_ short (incomparison) sig.line. Understand? Peter Lemken DF5JT/KE4UNQ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: stein@oku-ro.cz (Milos Stein) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: (none) Date: 24 Jan 96 14:32:43 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 1 Message-ID: <199601241417.PAA12954@okuro.oku-ro.cz> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu help From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:30 1996 Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom.tech,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.emi.net!scifi!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!newsjunkie.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!ruck From: ruck@netcom.com (John R. Ruckstuhl) Subject: 1 km range wireless telephone product available? Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 07:44:46 GMT Lines: 26 Sender: ruck@netcom20.netcom.com Xref: news.epix.net comp.dcom.telecom.tech:21209 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97154 I checked rec.radio.amateur.misc FAQ; no luck there, perhaps there's a better place to check? What's the longest range wireless telephone available without special FCC licensing (amateur radio) required for operation? I want a mobile telephone to carry around a small college campus. A range of 1 km in bldgs around a base-station is probably about right. It appears that the expected air-time would make the ordinary cell-phone solution cost-prohibitive. I know the 900 MHz telephones available, and I'll investigate whether their range is adequate, but, is there another technology I should be looking at? Is there a clear winner or product line among 900 MHz telephones? For a solution, I wouldn't blink at $400, and would probably be able to spend much more than that. I'm hoping that some kind readers can point me towards the right product-line. Thanks for any recommendations, John Ruckstuhl -- John R. Ruckstuhl ruck@netcom.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Alert: FCC Wants to TAX the Internet Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 04:31:46 GMT Organization: Planet Access Networks - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 48 Message-ID: <4e1oa8$1r9@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4dh6uh$49@giga.bga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan10.planet.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 jimwills@ballistic.com wrote: >FCC listen to us. The internet isn't broken so don't try to fix it. >If you want to kill something, TAX it. >I quote from the W5YI Report of January 15, 1996: "Be prepared for an >internet "Access Tax." The FCC is said to be very concerned that users >can bypass long distance companies to make calls through the use of >internet telephone schemes. The FCC believes that at some point they >will have to address the economic impact of Internet technology on the >nation's telephone companies. Being considered is a flat tax fee >levied on the number of users served by Internet Service Providers. >Another suggestion has ISPs paying a fee based on the amount of >Internet traffic passing through their systems. ISPs would pass along >the extra cost to their customers." >We already pay tax on our phone bill, then another tax on the Internet >service here in Texas. Will we permit this to happen? Write your >Congressmen. >jimwills@ballistic.com While one or two other posters have since made statements essentially downplaying the above concern, I offer the following text from the Jan 22, 1996 issue of Network World from an article entitled PC Rampage will restructure telecommunications service. The article was written by David Buerger, a telecom industry consultant. Begin quoted text: Even the Federal Communicatons Commission has guns pointed at PC Internet users. FCC Chairman Reed Hundt is worried that the use of Internet phone applications will ROB local phone companies of revenue because they bypass long-distance companies, which in turn won't pay mandated access fees to local phone companies. Hundt is considering a digital services surcharge to help finance universal telephone service. End quoted text. From the above quoted text, it would appear that Commissioner Hundt has made public statements along the lines as reported both by the W5YI report as well as the latest issue of Network World (1/22/96 issue, page 67). As such, I think we should all stay tuned for what may become one of the hot issues for 1996 FCC action. Bill Sohl K2UNK ARRL Local Gov't Liason, Mt. Olive Township, NJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:32 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.netnet.net!en.com!in-news.erinet.com!bug.rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Alert: FCC Wants to TAX the Internet Message-ID: <1996Jan19.141103.5783@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4dh65e$sso@giga.bga.com> <30fdacf2.1778398@199.3.25.5> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:11:03 GMT Lines: 55 In article <30fdacf2.1778398@199.3.25.5> gbaron@sparc.isl.net (Gilbert Baron) writes: >jimwills@ballistic.com wrote: >+GDB:I quote from the W5YI Report of January 15, 1996: "Be prepared for an >+GDB:internet "Access Tax." The FCC is said to be very concerned that users >+GDB:can bypass long distance companies to make calls through the use of >+GDB:internet telephone schemes. The FCC believes that at some point they >+GDB:will have to address the economic impact of Internet technology on the >+GDB:nation's telephone companies. Being considered is a flat tax fee >+GDB:levied on the number of users served by Internet Service Providers. >+GDB:Another suggestion has ISPs paying a fee based on the amount of >+GDB:Internet traffic passing through their systems. ISPs would pass along >+GDB:the extra cost to their customers." >+GDB: >+GDB:We already pay tax on our phone bill, then another tax on the Internet >+GDB:service here in Texas. Will we permit this to happen? Write your >+GDB:Congressmen. >+GDB:jimwills@ballistic.com > >Don't pay attention to this un thought out post. The phone companies >are in no danger whatsoever. The internet will never be able to carry >even close to the traffic that the phone companies can carry. This >method is not and never will be close to the telephone system in >quality and reliability. The FCC has no taxing power either. This is >flame bait pure and simple. >_ >Gil Baron W0MN gbaron@sparc.isl.net Web http://www.isl.net/~gbaron The phone companies are in no danger *now*, because they are the primary carriers for internet traffic, but that may change as alternate local providers come on stream. The CATV people are drooling at the thought of cutting into the local operating companies' territories, and new wireless networks, like Ricochet, are springing up which will also put pressure on the local operating companies. With the addition of those alternate carriers, Internet traffic may indeed come to exceed POTs traffic. If the FCC has no taxing power (and they don't directly, it devolves to them through authorizing legislation passed by Congress), then how come there's a long distance access charge on your phone bill? The FCC *can* impose fees (a nice word for taxes), on certain tele- communications activities. This isn't as far fetched as it may at first seem. The FCC is mandated to preserve universal service at the dialtone level for POTs users. They have traditionally juggled allowed rates to subsidize dialtone for POTs users from revenues created by LD and business usage. With the internet now becoming a major user of telecommunications infrastructure, don't be surprised if it is looked at as a source of subsidy for POTs dialtone in the same manner. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:33 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!micro.internexus.net!arther.castle.net!news.netrail.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!icon!greg From: greg@core.rose.hp.com (Greg Dolkas) Subject: Re: Alinco dj-580 Sender: news@icon.rose.hp.com (News Administrator) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 01:33:04 GMT References: <4ddpa0$27h@ccsp-22.brunel.ac.uk> Organization: HP - Information Networks Division X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6] Lines: 24 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23922 uk.radio.amateur:10177 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97095 Andrew John Murrell (ee95ajm@brunel.ac.uk) wrote: : : Hi, : : I've got a alinco dj-580 handheld that appears to be playing up. : When i turn it on it works ok for a few seconds, then it seems to go deaf on : 2, and not transmit on 70 (but still tx's on 2, and rx's on 70). I have noti ced : that when it is acting up, and you tx on 70 (or at least try to :-)), the on airlight flashes. : Isn't the "on-air light flashing" the radio's way to tell you that the SWR is too high? I seem to remember that (but of course the manual isn't near by). If so, this could be the "broken center pin on the BNC connector" problem. An easy check is to wiggle the antenna as you receive a moderate signal, and see if it cuts in and out. Fixing the bloody thing isn't that hard, as long as you have steady hands, good eyes, and a very small soldering iron. If you want a blow-by-blow walk through, let me know. I think I've still got the write up I did after my first experience with this problem. Good luck, Greg KO6TH From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.eye.com!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!bigboote.WPI.EDU!wpi.WPI.EDU!gkd From: gkd@wpi.WPI.EDU (Gregory K Doerschler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Alinco dj-580 Date: 20 Jan 1996 10:35:24 GMT Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4dqghc$5cc@bigboote.WPI.EDU> References: <4ddpa0$27h@ccsp-22.brunel.ac.uk> <1996Jan18.121251.1@evax01.d51.lilly.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23978 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97135 In article <1996Jan18.121251.1@evax01.d51.lilly.com>, wrote: >Greg KO6TH brings up a recurring problem with my DJ-580.... the danged BNC >connector gets really sloppy... of course, any BNC does this but the 580 seem s >to be worse than others...Anybody solved the problem? You'll notice that center conductor of the BNC connector on the DJ-580 is shaped kind of like a little fork, and only makes contact with the mating pin on two sides. Higher quality BNC connectors have contacts which completely surround the center pin. I replaced the one in my DJ-580 with one of these, and it's made the connection much more reliable. I did have to file the hole in the case a bit and eliminate the rubber grommet that fits over the connector since it prevented the antenna attaching. The other problem with the DJ-580 BNC is that internally the center contact is soldered directly to a rigid pin protruding from the PC board such that there is nothing in the system that will flex when stress is placed on the connector. That's why the solder connection between the pin and center contact tends to break. When I installed the new connector, I added a small, flexible piece of wire with a little bit of slack in it between the BNC and PC board pin to take up any stress. So far, it's worked fine. Be aware that replacing the BNC does require a good deal of disassembly. Unless you're someone like me who's constantly swapping antennas and sticking the radio in a pocket, the stock BNC connection might well prove to be completely adequate. Greg N1DEM From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLB006 FCC call sign update Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 25 Jan 1996 17:02:55 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 41 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlb006.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10727 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97239 SB QST @ ARL $ARLB006 ARLB006 FCC call sign update ZCZC AG85 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 6 ARLB006 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 25, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB006 ARLB006 FCC call sign update The following is a list of the FCC's most recently issued call signs as of January 1. District Group A Group B Group C Group D Extra Advanced Tech/Gen Novice 0 AB0AF KI0AB ++ KB0UTH 1 AA1PC KE1DS N1WJF KB1BVV 2 AA2ZR KG2FF ++ KB2WPX 3 AA3NB KE3VP N3WOS KB3BMG 4 AE4OS KT4HY ++ KF4FPQ 5 AC5GA KK5VS ++ KC5SCZ 6 AC6RK KQ6CS ++ KF6ALC 7 AB7OA KJ7TD ++ KC7OIX 8 AA8VK KG8UQ ++ KC8BUT 9 AA9QV KG9FA ++ KB9MGY N. Mariana KH0U AH0AW KH0EP WH0ABD Guam WH2R AH2DB KH2PL WH2ANO Hawaii ++ AH6OJ ++ WH6CZE Amer. Samoa AH8O AH8AH KH8CK WH8ABE Alaska ++ AL7QH ++ WL7CRH Virgin Is. WP2U KP2CJ NP2IS WP2AIA Puerto Rico ++ ++ ++ WP4NHG ++All call signs in this group have been issued in this area. NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLD006 BS7 start date Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 25 Jan 1996 17:02:51 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 26 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arld006.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10724 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97224 SB DX @ ARL $ARLD006 ARLD006 BS7 start date ZCZC AE48 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 6 ARLD006 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 25, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD006 ARLD006 BS7 start date Today the DXCC Desk announced that the start date for Scarborough Reef is January 1, 1995. Only QSOs made on, or after, that date will be eligible for DXCC credit. The first accredited operation took place in April of 1995. The 1994 DXpedition did not qualify as a ''land based operation.'' As previously announced, QSL cards will be received by the DXCC Desk starting April 1, 1996. Cards received before that date will be returned without action. NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chaos.aoc.nrao.edu!orion.aoc.nrao.edu!usenet From: dfinley@newshost.aoc.nrao.edu (Dave Finley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Atlas Radio? Date: 24 Jan 1996 09:04:28 -0700 Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4e5lac$c8r@orion.aoc.nrao.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: orion.aoc.nrao.edu Atlas Radio (in San Diego, I believe) is advertising their 400X HF rig in several magazines. At $800 for an all-band, 150 watt radio, it seems like a possibly nice candidate for a mobile rig. Has anyone seen one of these rigs? Used one? Own one? If so, what were your impressions? Has it been reviewed anywhere? Thanks, Dave Finley, N1IRZ dfinley@nrao.edu From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.infinet.com!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.sandia.gov!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!newshost.lanl.gov!usenet From: Gerald Schmitt Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Atlas Radio? Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 12:24:06 -0700 Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 24 Message-ID: <31068756.2CB4@eule.lanl.gov> References: <4e5lac$c8r@orion.aoc.nrao.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: eule.lanl.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6a (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.01 9000/735) Dave Finley wrote: > > Atlas Radio (in San Diego, I believe) is advertising their 400X > HF rig in several magazines. At $800 for an all-band, 150 watt > radio, it seems like a possibly nice candidate for a mobile rig. > > Has anyone seen one of these rigs? Used one? Own one? If so, > what were your impressions? Has it been reviewed anywhere? > > Thanks, > > Dave Finley, N1IRZ > dfinley@nrao.edu Hi there old brass pounder, There has been a large ammount of traffic on packet with reference to the new Atlas Radio almost exclusively negative. They are said to have taken a lot of money and have yet to deliver a radio. Get a used TS-50 and crank it up to 200 watts or get one of the new Alincos they are under $1000 new. --... ...-- Jerry From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!sgiblab!news.spies.com!genmagic!bug.rahul.net!a2i!rahul.net!a2i!ccnet.com!usenet From: James Bond Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ATV Equip. SWAP for LAPTOP Date: 25 Jan 1996 04:04:30 GMT Organization: James Bond & Associates [Private Investigators] Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4e6vge$7gs@ccnet2.ccnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: h98-214.ccnet.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) SWAP: P.C. Electronics Amatuer TV tranmitter 1200MHZ + transmit/receive antennas, 40 ft/ hardline (purchased 9 months ago, and barely used. In storage since we moved in July) for 486 Laptop Computer. Looking for 50MHZ +, color screen, case, modem. I have a camera, tripod, and other goodies too....depends on what you have to offer: If interested let me know immediatley. Cash offers will be considered. Name your price! James Bond KE6PXQ http://www.ccnet.com/~jbond jbond@ccnet.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.crd.ge.com!rebecca!rpi!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!globe.indirect.com!s82 From: barry@indireect.com (Barry Rose) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: AZ Repeater Association Home Page Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 00:07:40 GMT Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4e6p72$r9j@globe.indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s82.phxslip4.indirect.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 http://www.indirect.com/www/ara Comments and suggestions are welcome. Thank you Barry Rose K7YYM From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nuhou.aloha.net!news.hi.net!anjo!amcleod Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: amcleod@anjo.hi.net (Angus Mcleod) X-Mailer: NetXpress 1.53 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 07:56:00 -0640 Organization: The ANJO BBS Subject: bincancel:21 large bi Message-ID: <414.55.37@anjo.hi.net> Lines: 13 DFN+| I think this was unnecessary and uncalled for in this particular news gr ou | The information appears to have been relevant to | rec.radio.amateur.misc. I've not seen any complaints in the news | group about this posting. | Please check with the users of the group before you cancel a posting. This is not a 'binaries' group. Relevant or not, large unsolicited binaries shouldn't be posted here. 73, de Gus 8P6SM Barbados - The easternmost isle. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The ANJO BBS - amcleod@anjo.hi.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!not-for-mail From: sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart) Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 23 Jan 1996 12:23:59 -0500 Organization: Society for the Promulgation of Cruelty to the Clueless Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4e35jf$l5q@panix3.panix.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:31349 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97131 In article , Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote: >I think this was unnecessary and uncalled for in this particular news group. >The information appears to have been relevant to >rec.radio.amateur.misc. I've not seen any complaints in the news >group about this posting. >Please check with the users of the group before you cancel a posting. At this site, binary newsgroups typically have a 1-day expire, discussion newsgroups around 1 week. Newsgroups that allow binaries are binary newsgroups, no matter what their names are. This isn't the only site with that sort of policy. Seth From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mathworks.com!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!chi-news.cic.net!news.math.psu.edu!barr From: barr@math.psu.edu (Dave Barr) Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 23 Jan 1996 20:17:13 GMT Organization: Mathematics Department, The Pennsylvania State University Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4e3fo9$8vv@dodgson.math.psu.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: augusta.math.psu.edu Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:31444 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97148 In article , Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote: >I think this was unnecessary and uncalled for in this particular news group. >The information appears to have been relevant to >rec.radio.amateur.misc. That doesn't matter. Binaries don't belong in a discussion group. I've seen far too many good discussion groups get dropped by sites because people started posting binaries to it. > I've not seen any complaints in the news >group about this posting. Consider this a complaint. --Dave From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!wariat.org!hookup!news.join.ad.jp!news.imnet.ad.jp!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.ssd.intel.com!chnews!usenet From: Cecil Moore Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 24 Jan 1996 15:28:11 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4e5j6b$195l@chnews.ch.intel.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: cmoore.ch.intel.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:31655 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97172 faunt@netcom16.netcom.com (Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604) wrote: >I think this was unnecessary and uncalled for in this particular news group. >The information appears to have been relevant to >rec.radio.amateur.misc. I've not seen any complaints in the news >group about this posting. >Please check with the users of the group before you cancel a posting. > >73, doug Hi Doug, this is a text-only group. A lot of us pay by the minute to download the unread articles. A large binary file costs hundreds of thousands of dollars for something only a handfull of people are interested in. This is not the place for binary files. 73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC (not speaking for my employer) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!academ!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp.cntfl.com!books From: books@rtssec1.dms.state.fl.us (Roger Books) Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 24 Jan 1996 22:14:50 GMT Organization: CMDS News machine Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4e6b0q$if8@server.cntfl.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.90.27.7 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:31677 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97180 Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 (faunt@netcom17.netcom.com) wrote: > OK, I was wrong. There's never been a problem in the past that I know > of, and appropriate binary postings have no good place, but I'm sure > brian@nothing.ucsd.edu will be willing to provide an FTP home for any > such files. > 73, doug alt.binaries.misc alt.binaries.pictures alt.binaries.pictures.misc alt.binaries.ComputerSystem (If it is software) Do any of these look like they might work Mr. "There's never been a problem in the past that I now of, and appropriate binary postings have no good place"? If these groups don't show up on your server expect r.r.a.m. to go away if binaries start getting posted. Roger (Did I get my mothers tone of voice for when I made a smart-allecky comment?) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!terra.net!news.bitstream.com!tristram.edc.org!news3.near.net!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!nothing.ucsd.edu!brian From: brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 25 Jan 1996 16:15:43 GMT Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: nothing.ucsd.edu Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:31918 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97221 Hmm. So should I create alt.ham-radio.binaries - and would it get used? Or should that be alt.binaries.ham-radio? - Brian From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!nothing.ucsd.edu!brian From: brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 24 Jan 1996 18:14:36 GMT Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4e5suc$ql8@news1.ucsd.edu> References: <4e3fo9$8vv@dodgson.math.psu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nothing.ucsd.edu Binary postings are not welcome in this newsgroup. They never have been. - Brian From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:48 1996 Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!netcom17!faunt From: faunt@netcom17.netcom.com (Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604) Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM In-Reply-To: faunt@netcom16.netcom.com's message of Mon, 22 Jan 1996 17:01:00 GMT Message-ID: Followup-To: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Sender: faunt@netcom17.netcom.com Organization: at home, in Oakland References: Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 19:18:26 GMT Lines: 6 Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:32028 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97253 OK, I was wrong. There's never been a problem in the past that I know of, and appropriate binary postings have no good place, but I'm sure brian@nothing.ucsd.edu will be willing to provide an FTP home for any such files. 73, doug From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.electrotex.com!academ!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!nothing.ucsd.edu!brian From: brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 26 Jan 1996 16:15:10 GMT Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4eaume$np2@news1.ucsd.edu> References: <4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu> <4e948u$ms@newsworthy.West.Sun.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: nothing.ucsd.edu Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:32096 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97267 "Dana H. Myers" writes: >I've been on the verge of creating alt.radio.amateur.flame for quite >a long time. Already exists, albeit with a slightly different newsgroup title, among the alt.ham-radio hierarchy (to which I've just added the binaries group): alt.ham-radio.am alt.ham-radio.amtor alt.ham-radio.atv alt.ham-radio.binaries alt.ham-radio.digital-voice alt.ham-radio.dxing alt.ham-radio.eme alt.ham-radio.exotic-modes alt.ham-radio.fax alt.ham-radio.flame alt.ham-radio.fm alt.ham-radio.hf alt.ham-radio.mods alt.ham-radio.morse alt.ham-radio.nocode alt.ham-radio.packet alt.ham-radio.rtty alt.ham-radio.slowscan alt.ham-radio.spread alt.ham-radio.ssb alt.ham-radio.uwave alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf - Brian From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!informatik.uni-bremen.de!nordwest.pop.de!news.hamburg.pop.de!usenet From: Peter Lemken Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.tasteless,alt.peeves,alt.flame,alt.support.depression.maniac,alt.sex.movies,sci.psychology.psychotherapy Subject: Re: Cape Cod Teacher Fired Date: 23 Jan 1996 21:36:52 GMT Organization: Point of Presence GmbH (http://www.pop.de/) Lines: 43 Message-ID: <4e3kdk$904@popcorn.hamburg.pop.de> References: <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: plemken.hb.provi.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: k1oik@ccsnet.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97128 alt.tasteless:100640 alt.peeves:92257 alt.flame:244847 alt.sex.movies:89398 sci.psychology.psychotherapy:2625 >>In article <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> Burt Fisher writ es: >> >>A Cape Cod Teacher was fired after producing some videos. >>(a long time teacher in the Dennis-Yarmouth school system). >>Many students demonstrated for him. >>No hams did. Why should they demonstrate for a porn producer? Why should they demonstrate for YOU? -- #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | ^^^^^^^ Ex-Teacher? | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | The less you say, the more people will remember | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ......Bwahaaahaaaahaaaa ROTFLMFAO! #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com | #======================================================================# Poor Burt, out of a job, eh? Peter Lemken DF5JT/KE4UNQ alt.research.psychopaths.k1oik [nntp-server message: No such group] What??? From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.syspac.com!usenet From: dnorris@k7no.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Cape Cod Teacher Fired Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 02:49:10 GMT Organization: Systems Solutions Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4e1b6d$kea@news.syspac.com> References: <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.181.56.148 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Burt Fisher wrote: >A Cape Cod Teacher was fired after producing some videos. >(a long time teacher in the Dennis-Yarmouth school system). >Many students demonstrated for him. >No hams did. >-- >#================#=====================================================# >| Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | Just shows t' go ya that kids are more easily led (like sheep?) than are hams. C. Dean Norris, Esq. Amateur Radio Station K7NO e-mail to dnorris@k7no.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!fury.berkshire.net!op.net!agis!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!k1log.ultranet.com!commo From: commo@k1log.ultranet.com (Norm Commo) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Cape Cod Teacher Fired Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 23:00:44 GMT Organization: UltraNet Communications, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: k1log.ultranet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> Burt Fisher writes : >A Cape Cod Teacher was fired after producing some videos. >(a long time teacher in the Dennis-Yarmouth school system). More detail needed - very incomplete picture to anyone on the net not in the news are where this is beign covered! The school teacher had produced and starred a mix of soft and hardcore porn videos done in CA. and had allegedly solicited a student to appear in a video. The story was in the Thursday issue of the Boston Globe, page 25. There was also an a follow up issue in the Saturday Globe (page 20) that a second student had come forward and alleged that the teacher had solicited her appearance in a video. The paper pointed out that both students were over 18 at the time of the alleged solicitations. >Many students demonstrated for him. >No hams did. Not very surprising to me. Unless any ham happenening to live in the Dennis-Yarmouth area and has a strong opinion on the matter one way or the other why would he or she? The school superintendant did was he thought was right and teacher (claiming innocence of solicitation) asked the students to go back to school. Apparently both the superintendant and the teacher are following, or are expected to follow, the accepted protocols for handling this sort of problem. -ricK1log From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!bull.hkstar.net!b1!wbc From: wbc@b1.hkstar.com (Bunda Cheung Willie) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CB jargon Needed Date: 22 Jan 1996 13:52:38 GMT Organization: Hong Kong Star Internet Ltd. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4e04r6$ek2@bull.hkstar.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: b1.hkstar.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello Out There! I'm a complete newbie and I was told that there's some kind of jargon or codes that are used over the CB such as like 10/4 for Roger and Out. Stuff like that. Like they use "Smokey" or codes to describe stuff and CB users are well versed in this lingo. Anyone kind enough, please send me or direct me to where I could get such jargon or lingo codes. Tia! Willie Bunda ( wbc@hkstar.com ) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!usenet From: Joe Fitter BV/N0IAT Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.antenna Subject: Re: CB to Ham Transformation. Date: 26 Jan 1996 06:23:08 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Asia, Taipei TAIWAN R.O.C. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4e9s0c$lbj@tilde.csc.ti.com> References: <4e8bj0$qoe@reader2.ix.netcom.com> <4e8nji$hob@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4e9rsj$lbj@tilde.csc.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.167.36.115 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97248 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18657 Anyone out here in Rec.Radio land able to help Alex? How about anyone in the NYC area? Please email to the below address, not the one in the top of this message (it was posted elsewhere). Thanks in advance to any elmer who helps. Joe ---------------------------------------- alex948739@aol.com (Alex948739) wrote: The reason I did not get my licence is because I am only 15. When I have time to study and learn stuff, I will get a licence. I was wondering, can you transform portable CB radio that I have from GE to Ham? How did you transformed it?Is it a good ham or a bad ham? Also, on cb since i live in NY i hear alot of spanish itallian people speaking in other languages on most channels and there is alot of profanity. I am wondering is there anythink like that on HAm? Please send me plans on how to transform. Thank You ------------------------------------------ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:54 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.emi.net!news From: fsimonds@emi.net Subject: Re: check Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: R.acerbi@pn.itnet.it Sender: news@emi.net (EmiNet Domain News Admin) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: EmiNet Domain Internet Services (407)731-0222 Message-ID: References: <4dnk5t$ung@alpha.it.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ttyes.emi.net Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 22:03:06 GMT Lines: 4 Nope... never saw it! 73 Terry/WB4FXD From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:56 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!clio.trends.ca!io.org!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!saluki-news.wham.siu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: DSP Noise Filter - Which is Best???? Message-ID: <1996Jan24.194414.2683@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4e34gq$b6l@nntpa.cb.att.com> <4e3o2s$al0@hg.oro.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 19:44:14 GMT Lines: 58 In article <4e3o2s$al0@hg.oro.net> rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) writes: >From another perspective ... does anybody have a reference (or even >better, a bibliography) on DSP Design For Dummies? I've been touted >that DSP is the greatest thing since sliced bread and bottled beer and >am trying to find out how to apply it to my version of POTS (Plain Old >radioTelephone Signals). Remember, I'm an analog RF cat in a digital >room full of rocking chairs, so one-syllable words are important. Ok, Jim, since you aren't interested in processing digital signals, l'll refrain from referring you to _Digital Modulation and Coding_ by Stephen Wilson (my favorite) or to _Digital Communications Techniques, Signal Design and Detection_ by Simon, Hinedi, and Lindsey (comprehensive) though I would recomend them highly to anyone wanting to understand digital signaling systems. Instead, what you need are the following _Digital Signal Processing_ by Roberts and Mullis _Analog and Digital Filter Design using C_ by Thede _Wavelets and Subband Coding_ by Vetterli and Kovacevic (this is more useful for image processing than audio, but it is an advanced technique with application to any complex signal) and a couple of good nuts and volts industry volumes _Digital Signal Processing Applications using the ADSP-2100 Family_ vols I and II from Analog Devices (includes diskettes of practical example code) and _ASDP-2100 Family User's Manual_ also by Analog Devices. TI and Motorola also produce applications manuals for their chipsets, so you'll want those if that's the way you're going to go, but the Analog Devices books are much better reads and you'll learn stuff that'll transfer to the other processors by studying them. The $89 Analog Devices EZkit is also a quick and easy development platform. Recomended. Naturally there are other books, and I wouldn't mind seeing other people's lists of favorites. Plus for speech processing you may want some books on vocal tract modelling and prediction. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!feenix.metronet.com!news From: raki@metronet.com (Glenn Johnson (KB5VQI)) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DTMF decoding software? Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 04:49:57 GMT Organization: Texas Metronet, Inc (login info (214/705-2901 - 817/571-0400)) Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4e726q$ib6@feenix.metronet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fw21.metronet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Anyone have DTMF software for the PC? Thanks, Glenn KB5VQI **************************************************** Raki - Glenn Johnson - KB5VQI - Fort Worth Texas USA HM - raki@metronet.com WK - glenn.johnson@ast.com WWW - http://www.metronet.com/~raki/raki.html From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chaos.aoc.nrao.edu!newshost.nmt.edu!rutgers!news.columbia.edu!news.new-york.net!news.wctc.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!cornellcs!uw-beaver!uw-coco!nwnews.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: "Gary P. Fiber" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eliminating auto spark ignition nosie Date: 23 Jan 1996 04:52:42 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4e1piq$q8a@news.halcyon.com> References: <4dol1t$qd4@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm14-ip11.halcyon.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) Have you also done the bonding routine of the hood to the fenders, and fenders to firewall, fenders to radiator support, all to the vehicle frame etc. doing this lessened my ignition noise from about an S-9 to about an S-2 to 3 depending on the load. I did not believe it would work, but had a spare sunday afternoon and some old coax. I sandwiched the bonds netween shake proof lock washers, also scraped a bit of paint where I attached the ground. I use No. 8 stainless steel sheet metal screews. phillips head. Try it. Gary From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:16:59 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!fconvx.ncifcrf.gov!mack From: mack@ncifcrf.gov (Joe Mack) Subject: Re: Eliminating auto spark ignition nosie Message-ID: Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center References: <4dol1t$qd4@chnews.ch.intel.com> <4e1piq$q8a@news.halcyon.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 14:16:31 GMT Lines: 23 In article <4e1piq$q8a@news.halcyon.com> "Gary P. Fiber" writes: >Have you also done the bonding routine of the hood to the fenders, and >fenders to firewall, fenders to radiator support, all to the vehicle frame >etc. doing this lessened my ignition noise from about an S-9 to about an >S-2 to 3 depending on the load. I did not believe it would work, but had a >spare sunday afternoon and some old coax. I sandwiched the bonds netween >shake proof lock washers, also scraped a bit of paint where I attached the >ground. I use No. 8 stainless steel sheet metal screews. phillips head. > >Try it. > >Gary > > I did the same thing (including the muffler at several points) and only got down to S5-7. I relied on the noise blanker after that. It was a noticable improvement but not impressive. Joe Mack NA3T mack@ncifcrf.gov From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cyberspace.com!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alterdial.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Excessive heade: ARLB004 FCC shrinks backlog Date: 20 Jan 1996 00:42:22 GMT Lines: 62 Message-ID: <4dpdpe$bqr@alterdial.UU.NET> References: <$arlb004.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: s201.ccsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-------------------------------13913863218816" X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------------------13913863218816 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii w1aw@arrl.org wrote: > >SB QST @ ARL $ARLB004 >ARLB004 FCC shrinks backlog > >ZCZC AG83 >QST de W1AW >ARRL Bulletin 4 ARLB004 >From ARRL Headquarters >Newington CT January 17, 1996 >To all radio amateurs > >SB QST ARL ARLB004 .-. .-. / \ .-. .-. / \ / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ /--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / `-' `-' ---------------------------------13913863218816 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 35 ARLB035 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 5, 1995 To all radio amateurs Read the above. Are ANY ARRL bulletins (except the propagation report) not from ARRL headquarters? Does Newington have to be on each one? Are ANY bulletins addressed to any one OTHER than "To all radio amateurs?" Why does the ARRL and hams in general use 1000 words when 100 will do? Aren't we "into" communications? The F.C.C. said the following: ''The amateur service community in the United States generally considers the current telegraphy speed requirements as necessary and appropriate,'' the FCC said. Who the hell is running the FCC, the hams or the government? The FCC is using as justification for keeping CW the fact that hams want it. Can't the FCC make a decision for the public good and merely consider the hams opinion rather the be dictated to by the ARRL and other hams? Should I write my Congressman to see who is in charge? (by the way I support the current CW/no code position). From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnews.wa.com!uw-coco!uw-beaver!cornellcs!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.ultranet.com!k1log.ultranet.com!commo From: commo@k1log.ultranet.com (Norm Commo) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Excessive heade: ARLB004 FCC shrinks backlog Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 22:32:52 GMT Organization: UltraNet Communications, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <$arlb004.1996@arrl.org> <4dpdpe$bqr@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: k1log.ultranet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4dpdpe$bqr@alterdial.UU.NET> Burt Fisher writes : >Who the hell is running the FCC, the hams or the government? The FCC is >using as justification for keeping CW the fact that hams want it. Can't >the FCC make a decision for the public good and merely consider the hams >opinion rather the be dictated to by the ARRL and other hams? Should I >write my Congressman to see who is in charge? (by the way I support the >current CW/no code position). Actually, I believe that the FCC's opinion is formed ("compliant with" might be a better choice of words) by the ITU (or some other such similar international "regulatory" body). Someone else on the net more knowledgable about this than me might have some words to speak about this one way or 'tother. -ricK1log From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!rain.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!mother.usf.edu!ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us!scfn!sfrpq From: sfrpq@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us (Bill McLeish) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding a ham operator. Date: 25 Jan 1996 00:50:31 GMT Organization: Suncoast Free-Net Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4e6k4o$3jm@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> References: <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jean S. Hall (sfrhb1cs@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us) wrote: : How do I go about finding somebody local who is a ham? Check with a local commercial radio station, or tv, to see whether one of their engineers is a ham. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!rain.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!mother.usf.edu!ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us!scfn!sffmsc From: sffmsc@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us (John Mengel) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding a ham operator. Date: 25 Jan 1996 00:59:38 GMT Organization: Suncoast Free-Net Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4e6klq$3kr@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> References: <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ask at Radio Shack if they know of a local ham or ham club. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!clio.trends.ca!io.org!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!mother.usf.edu!ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us!scfn!sfrhb1cs From: sfrhb1cs@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us (Jean S. Hall) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Finding a ham operator. Date: 25 Jan 1996 00:42:29 GMT Organization: Suncoast Free-Net Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] How do I go about finding somebody local who is a ham? From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:05 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!news.service.uci.edu!ttinews!avatar!sorgatz From: sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (Erik K.Sorgatz) Subject: Re: Finding a ham operator. Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ttinews.tti.com Nntp-Posting-Host: avatar Organization: Citicorp TTI References: <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 19:34:20 GMT Lines: 14 In article <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> sfrhb1cs@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us (Jean S. Hall) writes: >How do I go about finding somebody local who is a ham? > Check your telephone book for a retail outlet that markets amateur radio equipment. Once you find them, call and ask about local clubs, there's sure to be one in your area. Alternatively, write the ARRL - they can direct you to the nearest ham who can assist you in becoming a ham. Good Luck! sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (or:es@soldev.tti.com) KB6LUY (private email:eks@westwo rld.com) TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 "ANY COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS MADE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CITICORP, ITS SU BSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES." (Copyright 1995, ARR-permission to store/archive hereby grante d) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!golden.ncw.net!usenet From: Cormac Thompson Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding power line noise source Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 20:29:58 -0800 Organization: North Central Washington Network Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3105B5C6.C40@televar.com> References: <4e0coq$gmc@alpha.sky.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunnyuser006.ncw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win16; I) Arthur Burke wrote: > > Sometimes you can get lucky just using a portable AM/FM radio, preferably > tuned on the AM band. Try tuning to a frequency not used by a local > station and look for nulls off the end of the built-in loopstick antenna. > While it isn't as accurate as a VHF rig with Yagi, it's a lot more > convenient and can often "get you in the neighborhood." > > Art Burke > Lenexa, KS > NE4FTry using an Aircraft Band handheld. They work in the 118-135 MHz range but on AM. You have to be closer to the noise source than when using an AM receiver on a lower frequency. You can get within a few feet of the problem as a rule, based on my past experience. The next problem is getting the power company to do something about it! Good Luck. Cormac, W7JHS Prosser, WA. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: wa8ulx@aol.com (WA8ULX) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: fs 486dx-25 386dx PROCESSOR Date: 23 Jan 1996 11:12:48 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 2 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4e31e0$idb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader i HAVE FOR SALE A 486DX-25 AND 386DX-25 PROCESSOR FOR SALE I CAN BE REACHED AT WA8ULX@AOL.COM 73 BRUCE From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:07 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!not-for-mail From: dconti@carroll.com (Daniel M. Conti) Subject: FS : Radio Shack Pro-62 hand held scanner - MINT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: Carroll-Net Message-ID: X-Nntp-Posting-Host: poseidon04.carroll.com Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:54:51 GMT Lines: 7 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.swap:55905 alt.radio.scanner:26813 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24089 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97247 rec.radio.scanner:44324 Radio Shack Pro-62 hand held scanner, MINT in box with manual, etc. Includes optional soft leather case and AC wall wart adaptor/charger. Includes shipping to 48 states, COD $5.00 extra. If interested, please make a reasonable and sincere offer via E-Mail. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!snooze.ser.bbnplanet.com!crick.sura.net!news.ums.edu!news.umbc.edu!hookup!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!bt!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!g4rko.demon.co.uk!barry From: Barry Cooper Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS: Test Equipment Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 16:51:13 +0000 Organization: Yaesu UK Ltd Lines: 32 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: g4rko.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g4rko.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 1.10 The following Test Equipment is surplus to requirements. Prices or ono as follows (UK pounds): HAMEG 60MHz Dual Channel Oscilloscope HM604 boxed with instructions & probes. Cost 700+ 375.00 RF Signal Generator - See current RS Components Catalogue (206-949) Cost 172 105.00 Levell Model 7705 Capacitance Meter 40.00 1pF - 2000uF Sabronics Model 8610B Freq Counter 600MHz 40.00 with RF probe. Trio/Kenwood DM-800 Grid Dip Oscillator 60.00 Polomar Engineers RX Noise Bridge 35.00 AF Sine Wave Generator (Maplin) 20.00 Loads of components etc. to be cleared. Not junk, but no longer have time to construct! Carriage to be agreed. Barry Cooper Tel: +44 (0)1635-873414 G4RKO E-mail: cooperb@g4rko.demon.co.uk From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:09 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!saluki-news.wham.siu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!cornellcs!rochester!news.csug.rochester.edu!rit!sunsrvr6!djw From: djw@cci.com (David Wright) Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Message-ID: Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.policy Sender: root@sunsrvr6.cci.com (Operator) Organization: Northern Telecom, Network Application Systems References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> <4dvi44$ihe@holly.aa.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 17:29:09 GMT Lines: 20 In article <4dvi44$ihe@holly.aa.net>, Tad Cook wrote: >Jim Jaworski (jim@draco.bison.mb.ca) wrote: >: Morse Code is DEAD. Get rid of it. This IS almost the 21st >: Century you know. > >Dead? Do you have an HF radio? Try tuning around the low >end of the popular HF bands. You'll hear lots of Morse. Or better yet, tune around in the Novice subband on 80 (3675 - 3725) during the evening. It's hard to find a clear spot to call CQ. You'll hear lots of folks investing the effort to get more proficient at their craft. Followups directed to rec.radio.amateur.policy (which these days is more whining ..... errrr noise to signal these days). Dave Donning the nomex suit now .... From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!cornellcs!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!woodybbs!9!1:2619/211!stephen.baker From: Stephen.Baker%1:2619/211.9 (Stephen Baker%1:2619/211.9) Date: 21 Jan 96 11:42:04 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ground to air radio. Message-ID: Organization: WoodyWare Software, Inc. Lines: 39 To: Stephen Baker%1:2619/211.9%12:320/100.666 From: Stephen.Baker@ummed.EDU (Stephen Baker) Subject: Re: ground to air radio. Organization: ucsd usenet gateway My daughter may be going on a wilderness canoe trek in alaska next summer. She did this once before and the only problem they had was communicating with their bush pilot who was resupplying them. Last time they had a marine vhf ht, a gps, and one of those things that initiates a sattelite distress resulting in a rescue (I'm not sure what it is called). I know my ft530 can receive AM in aircraft frequencies and can be modified to transmit fm there and in the marine bands. Is there an ht that can do AM and FM in the 120-135 mhz band and in marine freqs? Also, I know there are rescue rigs with all this, like the one the downed pilot in bosnia used, does anyone know what these cost? -- Stephen P. Baker phone: (508) 856-2625 Lecturer in Biostatistics (508) 856-3131 fax Department of Academic Computing (413) 253-3923 home University of Massachusetts Medical School e-mail: stephen.baker@ummed.edu 55 Lake Avenue North -.- -.. .---- .--. ..-. Worcester, MA 01655 www: http://stats.ummed.edu/ GAT/MA(CS)d+/-p-c++lu++e++m--(++)sn+h---fg+w+t+r-y+(*) # Origin: Usenet:ucsd usenet gateway (1:2619/211.9) # Origin: Gateway ARNet <-> HamNet by HB9EBW (12:320/100.666) -- |Fidonet: Stephen Baker%1:2619/211.9 2:301/249.666 |Internet: Stephen.Baker%1:2619/211.9 | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: Stephen.Baker@ummed.EDU (Stephen Baker) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ground to air radio. Date: 21 Jan 96 16:42:04 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 24 Message-ID: <199601211642.LAA03935@ummed.edu> References: <199601210434.UAA08644@mail.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu My daughter may be going on a wilderness canoe trek in alaska next summer. She did this once before and the only problem they had was communicating with their bush pilot who was resupplying them. Last time they had a marine vhf ht, a gps, and one of those things that initiates a sattelite distress resulting in a rescue (I'm not sure what it is called). I know my ft530 can receive AM in aircraft frequencies and can be modified to transmit fm there and in the marine bands. Is there an ht that can do AM and FM in the 120-135 mhz band and in marine freqs? Also, I know there are rescue rigs with all this, like the one the downed pilot in bosnia used, does anyone know what these cost? -- Stephen P. Baker phone: (508) 856-2625 Lecturer in Biostatistics (508) 856-3131 fax Department of Academic Computing (413) 253-3923 home University of Massachusetts Medical School e-mail: stephen.baker@ummed.edu 55 Lake Avenue North -.- -.. .---- .--. ..-. Worcester, MA 01655 www: http://stats.ummed.edu/ GAT/MA(CS)d+/-p-c++lu++e++m--(++)sn+h---fg+w+t+r-y+(*) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!zippy.intcom.net!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!watt.oedison.com!usenet From: wagnerj@watt.oedison.com (John Wagner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HAM Encryption outside the US? Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 16:17:13 GMT Organization: Ohio Edison Company, Akron OH Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4e31tl$1nmc@watt.oedison.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: go-bus-appl-4-8x.oedison.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 In the US, it is illegal to encrypt any communications on the ham bands. Is this true in other countries? Is it an international thing? There was a post on packet over the weekend from someone outside the US suggesting the use of PGP for encryption on packet. I suppose it would be OK to use PGP for digital signatures, but using it for encryption is a no-no here in the states. How about elsewhere? ------------------------------------------------------------------- John Wagner wagnerj@watt.oedison.com For Encrypted Mail: PGP Public Key Available upon Request From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!news.byu.edu!news From: "Conan C. Albrecht" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Help on Antennas and Satellites! Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 13:32:11 -0700 Organization: Brigham Young University Lines: 7 Message-ID: <3103F44B.6FEF@byu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.187.19.73 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win95; I) I am building a program to calculate the direction and angle of Ham Radio antennas to point at Satellites for a CS class in my Masters Program. Can anyone help explain how Ham Radios use Satellites to communicate? I don't know much about Ham Radios (I didn't think they needed Satellites). Thanks. conan@byu.edu From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!usenet From: Joe Fitter BV/N0IAT Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HF CONTESTS- Schedule and rules : URL available ??? Date: 26 Jan 1996 08:36:34 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Asia, Taipei TAIWAN R.O.C. Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4ea3qi$dno@tilde.csc.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.167.36.115 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Hi, I'm looking for a URL that gives contest information, upcoming HF contests especially including rules and reg's, dates and times, etc. Please email with any specifics. thank you, Joe From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: mjsilva@ix.netcom.com(michael silva) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Homodyne detection - how does it work? Date: 25 Jan 1996 19:12:46 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4e8kne$lb9@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <4e84m7$bgg@aim.et.iupui.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-wc6-11.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jan 25 11:12:46 AM PST 1996 In <4e84m7$bgg@aim.et.iupui.edu> mpolakow@tech.iupui.edu (Mike P.) writes: > >As I understand it, homodyne detection consists of mixing >a modulated signal with itself... Actually, it means mixing a modulated signal with a local oscillator at the same frequency. It's an old term for direct conversion (a very common configuration for simple receivers these days), just as autodyne is an old term for regeneration. 73, Mike, KK6GM From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk From: Mike Gathergood Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Homodyne detection - how does it work? Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 17:42:57 GMT Organization: CQ-BBS +44 1753 595468 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <822591777snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> References: <4e84m7$bgg@aim.et.iupui.edu> Reply-To: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g4kfk.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!g4kfk.demon.co.uk In article <4e84m7$bgg@aim.et.iupui.edu> mpolakow@tech.iupui.edu "Mike P." writes: > As I understand it, homodyne detection consists of mixing > a modulated signal with itself. However, if I have two > versions of a signal that differ only in phase: I thought the term homodyne referred to direct conversion, IOW mixing the wanted signal with a local oscillator at the same frequency. 73 Mike * QRV around 0800 and 1800 most weekdays on GB3HL * G4KFK * (Hillingdon 433.075/434.675) and also 51.83 MHz * From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!eng.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: SJJK62A@prodigy.com (K Short) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HTX-202, HTX-404 external mic mod Date: 23 Jan 1996 17:56:00 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 4 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4e37fg$2t3s@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap3.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 There is a mod that will overcome the weak ext mic audio problem of the HTX -202 and 404 rigs. Check out : http://pages.prodigy.com/CA/LA/htx202htx404/htx202htx404.html From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!platinum.com!news3.noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!newshub.gmr.com!oldsuna.gmr.com!news From: vbreault@rinhp750.gmr.com (Val Breault) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: I love this hobby!!! Date: 22 Jan 1996 14:23:52 GMT Organization: General Motors R&D Center Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <4do9dr$82l@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rinhp750.gmr.com In-reply-to: ham@w3eax.umd.edu's message of 19 Jan 1996 14:21:47 GMT In article <4do9dr$82l@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> ham@w3eax.umd.edu (Scott Rosenf eld NF3I) writes: > Last night, I was giving a demonstration to a bunch of > Tiger Cubs (6 yo, pre-Boy Scouts) about the wonders of ham > radio, propagation, and other neat stuff like Morse Code. > They had a VERY good time. I half-expect their parents to > go and get licensed, in fact. > > What a hobby! BRAVO! "What a hobby!" - indeed. That's just the kind of story I needed to read this morning. Way to go Scott! (I've quit reading the negative posts but I *really* needed to read something positive on this I-wish-I-was-retired-and-sleeping kind of Monday.) -- Val Breault vbreault@gmr.com \ /| ars N8OEF General Motors R&D Center, Warren, MI \ / | pres GM ARC My opinions are not necessarily those \ /__| HF mobile on of GM R&D or of the GM Corporation. \/ |___ 14.200 +/- From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!guardian.up.edu!gateway.sequent.com!news.orst.edu!news.uoregon.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!ham From: ham@w3eax.umd.edu (Scott Rosenfeld NF3I) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: I love this hobby!!! Date: 19 Jan 1996 14:21:47 GMT Organization: U of M ARC Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4do9dr$82l@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: w3eax.umd.edu Last night, I was giving a demonstration to a bunch of Tiger Cubs (6 yo, pre-Boy Scouts) about the wonders of ham radio, propagation, and other neat stuff like Morse Code. Flipped on the TS-440S, running into the tribander up 120' above the ground at the U of M Radio Club, and called CQ on 14.250. I was immediately answered by a guy in SW Florida who was operating from his car, driving by the Everglades. We had a nice chat, and the kids (and parents) were summarily impressed. "Licensing costs HOW much? Nothing?" Upon signing, I was ready to go to the opening of the mtg. when I was called by another gentleman in south FL. We spoke for a few, and ended up going from S5 to S9+30db in a period of about 2 minutes. The kids then proceeded to learn a little about Morse, and I got to send to each other using 49 MHz walkie-talkies. They had a VERY good time. I half-expect their parents to go and get licensed, in fact. What a hobby! -- Scott Rosenfeld NF3I Burtonsville, MD FM19 QRV 40-10/6/2/440 ** Yes, you CAN do VHF contests with 25W and omni antennas ** Still stuck at 138 countries confirmed on HF w/dipoles... 72 & 73 from suburban DC 301-549-1022 (h) 301-982-1015 (w) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!woodybbs!9!1:2619/211!leon.d..zetekoff From: Leon.D..Zetekoff%1:2619/211.9 (Leon D. Zetekoff%1:2619/211.9) Date: 21 Jan 96 08:38:17 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: IC2700 Mods and info Message-ID: Organization: WoodyWare Software, Inc. Lines: 32 To: Leon D. Zetekoff%1:2619/211.9%12:320/100.666 From: leonz@ibm.net (Leon D. Zetekoff) Subject: IC2700 Mods and info Organization: Z&K Enterprises I just recently purchased an IC2700H and moved my IC2410 into the house. First thing I noticed is the VHF receiver in the 2700 is not as good (selectively) as the 2410. It seems to be more prone to overload and cross-mod. Anyone have any similar problems and solutions for correction? Also, I'm looking for any mods for this radio. Can anyone help? 73. Leon D. Zetekoff, N.C.E. Z&K Enterprises 1338 SW 3 Street Boca Raton, FL 33486 E-mail: leonz@ibm.net CompuServe: 74015,674 AMPRnet: wa4zlw@wa4zlw.#bcr.fl.us.na, wa4zlw@wa4zlw.ampr.org # Origin: Usenet:Z&K Enterprises (1:2619/211.9) # Origin: Gateway ARNet <-> HamNet by HB9EBW (12:320/100.666) -- |Fidonet: Leon D. Zetekoff%1:2619/211.9 2:301/249.666 |Internet: Leon.D..Zetekoff%1:2619/211.9 | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: "Gary P. Fiber" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ICOM Help Date: 26 Jan 1996 05:50:13 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4e9q2l$ktp@news.halcyon.com> References: <4e8219$27q@news.ssnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm14-ip4.halcyon.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) To: brandt@ssnet.com Email your request to 75540.525@compuserve.com or call 206-454-7619 for voice support. If you e-mail make sure your return e-mail address is correct in your mailer, as many are being bounced back for a bad return e-mail address. Gary From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ssnet.com!205 From: brandt@ssnet.com (Keith E. Brandt, M.D.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ICOM Help Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 13:43:31 GMT Organization: Flight Medicine, Dover AFB, DE Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4e8219$27q@news.ssnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ss23.ssnet.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 I have a brain-dead IC2400 dual-band mobile rig. Since I have recently moved, I can't find the instructions! Does anyone know the CPU reset procedure and/or have ICOM's tech support number???? Thanks, Keith brandt@ssnet.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!whidbey.!usenet From: subbustr@whidbey.net (DAVE M . SCHERTZER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Icom service. Where? Date: 25 Jan 1996 03:01:13 GMT Organization: DND CF DET Whidbey Is. WA Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4e6rpp$hdv@whidbey.whidbey.com> References: <199601241507.AA01396@adinet.analog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: asn94.whidbey.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.11 Try http://www.oz.net/icom/ fer service info. Personnaly, I've had gud luck with the office near Seattle (Bellville/Bellview?) subbustr@whidbey.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: David.Bourque@analog.COM Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Icom service. Where? Date: 24 Jan 96 15:17:11 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 5 Message-ID: <199601241507.AA01396@adinet.analog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu Can anyone point me to an authorized Icom Service center for me to send my Ico m 736 for repair. Deaf receiver. It would be nice to find a place within the New England region (so I can hand carry) but will ship it if needed. Thanks. David Bourque WB1FLD email: david.bourque@analog.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.texoma.com!usenet From: Gary Stone Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Internet to Packet in VK land ? Date: 21 Jan 1996 22:20:13 GMT Organization: Internet Texoma, Inc. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4due6t$h5i@venus.texoma.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp109.texoma.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Greetings, I am looking for a way to send a ham packet via an Australia internet e-mail address. I am basically looking for a gateway that I can send via the internet a ham radio packet message to a friend in Australia. I have been using the W2XO gateway in Penn., but I am not sure how effecient it has been working. A gateway in VK land would be great. Any ideas appreciated and please respond via e-mail if possible. Thanks and 73, Gary (N5PHT) -- /\__/\ Gary and Karen Stone (Gary N5PHT) 0 0 E-Mail: garystone@texoma.com @ or karenstone@texoma.com (_/\_) Http://home.texoma.com/personal/garystone/ ~~ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.ultranet.com!usenet From: sr@ultranet.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: IOTA info Date: 24 Jan 1996 12:38:39 GMT Organization: UltraNet Communications, Inc. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4e598f$ca3@caesar.ultra.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: afco.ultranet.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) Can someone give me the state side address and/or phone # to order the IOTA di rectory and handbook? Please answer direct to my e-mail address vs this newsgroup Tnx 73 Steve AA1IZ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!xpat.postech.ac.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!woodybbs!9!1:2619/211!jim.martin From: Jim.Martin%1:2619/211.9 (Jim Martin%1:2619/211.9) Date: 21 Jan 96 13:07:26 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Keesler AFB Radio Club 1965/66?? Message-ID: Organization: WoodyWare Software, Inc. Lines: 45 To: Jim Martin%1:2619/211.9%12:320/100.666 From: jjmartin@shore.net (Jim Martin) Subject: Re: Keesler AFB Radio Club 1965/66?? Organization: WK1V tanderso@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Thomas Anderson) wrote: >:Is there anyone out there who was at Keesler AFB in 65 and 66. I used to >:go ovver to the club with Bill(last name forgotten) who was from 2 land . >:Bill was pretty good on bug . Sure would like to see if i could contact >:some of those club hams again. Tom, KA8JIL. Sorry Tom. I don't know anyone who was there at that time. I was president of K5TYP from 82 to 85. Through the years the club membership waxed and waned...At one time we almost lost the club. WA7SKG and myself went before the base commander in 1982 to plead our case to keep the club going. Of all the MWR activities it was the only one in the black. It became the Keesler Amateur Radio Activity in 1985. Last time I stopped by and visited was in 1990. The club appeared to be going strong. I even worked K5 Tiny Yellow Polka-dots in a few contests since then. I still have a fondness for K5TYP... It is through the club that I obtained my ticket in 1981. Just a thought....you may want to contact K5QQT or K5QKY...Betty and Bob Beckstein, respectively. They have been in Biloxi for some time and if anyone could answer your questions they would be most likely able to. 73, jim wk1v ex. KA5MWD, N1CLS, KB1LW # Origin: Usenet:WK1V (1:2619/211.9) # Origin: Gateway ARNet <-> HamNet by HB9EBW (12:320/100.666) -- |Fidonet: Jim Martin%1:2619/211.9 2:301/249.666 |Internet: Jim.Martin%1:2619/211.9 | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!woodybbs!1-106-4267-0!chris.boone From: Chris.Boone@f4267.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Boone) Date: 25 Jan 96 05:50:02 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Keesler AFB Radio Club 1965/66?? Message-ID: X-FTN-To: Jim Martin Organization: WoodyWare Software, Inc. Lines: 20 5*** Quoting Jim Martin to All dated 01-21-96 *** > > I still have a fondness for K5TYP... It is through the club that I > obtained my ticket in 1981. > K5TYP was my first contact as a Novice back in 73! Had terrible QSB and the op at the other end had a terrible fist (worse than mine was at that time!)....but did copy call and Keesler........ I thinkI did finally get a QSL card from them.... 73 Chris WB5ITT -- |Fidonet: Chris Boone 1:106/4267 |Internet: Chris.Boone@f4267.n106.z1.fidonet.org | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!lori.albany.net!news.sover.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!shore!news From: jjmartin@shore.net (Jim Martin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Keesler AFB Radio Club 1965/66?? Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 18:07:26 GMT Organization: WK1V Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4dtkps$mf3@shore.shore.net> References: <4dpkd1$aq1@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Reply-To: jjmartin@shore.net NNTP-Posting-Host: slip-7-23.shore.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 tanderso@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Thomas Anderson) wrote: >:Is there anyone out there who was at Keesler AFB in 65 and 66. I used to >:go ovver to the club with Bill(last name forgotten) who was from 2 land . >:Bill was pretty good on bug . Sure would like to see if i could contact >:some of those club hams again. Tom, KA8JIL. Sorry Tom. I don't know anyone who was there at that time. I was president of K5TYP from 82 to 85. Through the years the club membership waxed and waned...At one time we almost lost the club. WA7SKG and myself went before the base commander in 1982 to plead our case to keep the club going. Of all the MWR activities it was the only one in the black. It became the Keesler Amateur Radio Activity in 1985. Last time I stopped by and visited was in 1990. The club appeared to be going strong. I even worked K5 Tiny Yellow Polka-dots in a few contests since then. I still have a fondness for K5TYP... It is through the club that I obtained my ticket in 1981. Just a thought....you may want to contact K5QQT or K5QKY...Betty and Bob Beckstein, respectively. They have been in Biloxi for some time and if anyone could answer your questions they would be most likely able to. 73, jim wk1v ex. KA5MWD, N1CLS, KB1LW From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.fast.net!news From: n3itn@fast.net (tony) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Kenwood ts-700sp Date: 24 Jan 1996 06:58:31 GMT Organization: FASTNET(tm) PA/NJ/DE Internet Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4e4lan$qc@nn.fast.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: abe-ppp323.fast.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 I'm looking for a service manual for the kenwood ts-700sp we nee to set the bias as to replace the final.... if you can help please e-mail me at n3itn@fast.net thanks tony From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!porter.caltech.edu!derose From: derose@looking-glass.caltech.edu (Guy A. DeRose) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Las Vegas 2m/440 freqs Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 12:57:27 LOCAL Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: porter.wonderland.caltech.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article brucem@eskimo.com (Bruce Miller) writes: >I'll be in Las Vegas next week; any suggestions for friendly repeaters? >Or other good LV info? Bruce, I have no info about 440 repeaters regarding coverage, only what exists, but on 2 M, two good repeaters that I have used are Upper Potosi on 146.880- (100.0) and Tropicana Hotel on 146.940- (127.3). There is another repeater at Tropicana on 449.700-. Upper Potosi is a very wide-coverage repeater on a 10 thousand - some foot mountain, which can be reached from Barstow, CA to St. George, UT when conditions are good. AES has a store in LV, but I haven't been to it. If you have the need for specific information about Las Vegas, email me, or ask in alt.vacations.las-vegas or rec.gambling.misc. NOAA weather in LV is found on 162.550 MHz. I hope this helps. Guy, KE6JTN. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!watt.oedison.com!usenet From: wagnerj@watt.oedison.com (John Wagner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Launching a balloon? What do I need? Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 16:15:54 GMT Organization: Ohio Edison Company, Akron OH Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4e31r6$24qc@watt.oedison.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: go-bus-appl-4-8x.oedison.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Our local club is interested in a couple of balloon launch scenerios. 1) We would like to put up a tethered weather balloon at Field Day. It would serve 2 purposes: It would carry a dual band radio to use as a remote base, and it would be tethered with wire, making it a beautiful 160 meter vertical. I'm interested in altitudes of between 2000 and 10000 ft. 2) A free floating balloon, carrying maybe a repeater, ATV, etc. I know this has been done by several groups in the past, so there must be some experienced folks out there. What regulates balloons like these? What does the FAA require me to file, and how long should I expect to wait for permission (barring any more government shutdowns) Any other suggestions or ideas or things to watch out for? Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------- John Wagner wagnerj@watt.oedison.com For Encrypted Mail: PGP Public Key Available upon Request From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!sdd.hp.com!usc!news.cerf.net!newsserver.sdsc.edu!acsc.com!kaiwan.kaiwan.com!usenet From: dab@kaiwan.com (Doug Brandon) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,alt.2600,alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Looking for DataRx Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 07:13:01 GMT Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310-527-4279,818-756-0180,909-785-9712,714-638-4133,805-294-9338) Lines: 6 Message-ID: <31072997.15971117@nntp.kaiwan.com> Reply-To: dab@kaiwan.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kaiwan100.kaiwan.com Xref: news.epix.net alt.2600:157050 alt.radio.scanner:26815 rec.radio.scanner:44327 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97251 I'm looking for information on a company called "DataRx" which used to sell FM SCA data demodulation kits (used Exar XR2211 FSK decoder). I think they are no longer around, but if anybody knows otherwise, or if you have one of these kits (or something similar) you'd like to sell me, please send email. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!sunrise.gv.ssi1.com!oronet!news From: rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics,sci.electronics.misc,alt.cellular-phone-tech,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Digital PLL/Receiver chips! Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 22:36:36 GMT Organization: RST Engineering Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4duf5t$jna@hg.oro.net> References: <4d5c7c$34v@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> <4d5k3v$1ger@info.estec.esa.nl> <821589268snz@tcontec.demon.co.uk> <4dkno6$i1n@hg.oro.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rst-engr.oro.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net sci.electronics.components:1436 sci.electronics.misc:429 alt.cellular-phone-tech:9495 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13701 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97107 collim@anubis.network.com (Mike Collins) wrote: >In article <4dkno6$i1n@hg.oro.net>, rst-engr@oro.net says... >>I'll be glad to discuss the use of Plessey on a one-on-one basis with >>anybody who wants to find out just how they treat their customers. I >>won't write it down for libel reasons. >> >>Jim >I believe that for libel to stick, it has to be dishonest. Do you have >confidence in what you have to say about them? All I can tell you is what they did to me quite a while ago. While the time has sort of smoothed over the rumples, the cost involved is still vivid. And the restriction remains. Jim Jim Weir VP Engineering | "We seem to be standing on RST Engineering | the foreskin of technology." Grass Valley CA 95945 | (Gen. Chuck Yeager) voice/fax 916/272-1432 | rst-engr@oro.net AR Adv WB6BHI CFI A&G/Comml Inst A&G/A&P/C-182A N73CQ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.crd.ge.com!rebecca!rpi!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Math's notes: undiscovered 50 GHz + ? Date: 25 Jan 1996 04:12:29 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4e6vvd$iil@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-18.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 24 8:12:29 PM PST 1996 I just read an editorial in CQ about how we are facing a situation that hams faced during the early part of this century. It was that hams were given the (unusable) band spectrum of 2 MHz and above. Back then, no one thought they could resonate anything at 2 million cycles per second, not in a way that anyone would care. Right now, they say "100 GHz? It's unusable!" Back then, they said (well, whatever they said, it made 3-30 MHz considered 'High Frequency'). The US government gave hams 2 MHz and everything above, because it was something that no one knew how to use. Now look at it. We have been given "50 GHz and above". It's almost a taunt. I have no idea how to use this during the next 50 years. I hope I live long enough to say at least that I was looking toward the future. 73, Dave KZ1O From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1.sunbelt.net!dial-1 From: braymer@SunBelt.Net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: MISC STUFF FOR SALE Date: 24 Jan 1996 22:01:39 GMT Organization: SunBelt.Net INTERNET Access Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4e6a83$1o3@news1.sunbelt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-1.r2.tngnbo.sunbelt.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 After doing some early spring cleaning i have the following stuff for sale. One box of Motorola and some GE VHF/UHF ICONS Makeoffer on box 50 Motorola Pageboy Chargers {NO PAGERS} $2.00 each make offer on all one box of misc New Tubes $65.00 for all shipped Couple control Heads for Motorola and GE radio make offer on all I have several Speakers for Motorola and GE Radios $5.00 each plus shipping. 100 foot of new hard line with connectors $275.00 Pickup only Email braymer@sunbelt.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.widomaker.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: dcimp@aol.com (DCimp) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Motorola Information Date: 22 Jan 1996 16:27:03 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 36 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4e0vf7$hme@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: dcimp@aol.com (DCimp) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I am looking for some information on Motorola Radios, I have 2 VHF MX300S (136-150 split ) portables, they have most of the parts in them, what I need to know, is about at the bottom of the radio, there is an area listed for the Flex .......modual, and another area below that for some part, can anyone tell me about it, It looks like I have part of the Top modual, but a cap may be missing, and there is a blank space below it, How hard are they to get ptogramed?, how often can it be programed, only 1, or more times, if I want?, where can I get the Prom for the radio? etc. My goal is to get it programed for the ham freq's, are all the memory moduals the same in the VHF versons, I can get a 150-162 split radio, with ALL parts intact, but I do not know if the memory moduals, are the same, it looks that way from the manual I have, but I'm not 100% sure. Are the parts the same for all the Models as far as number of channels is concerned?, can I take a 12, 24, 48 channel radio with no parts inside, and transplant the 4 Channel parts into it and have the 48 CH version? OK, next topic.......... I have a SYNTOR Mobile, I was told it was a 16 Channel version, but I do not have the control head, speaker, mic, etc. I also have been told that Micor excessories work........ If I have the radio programed for the 16 channels, can I only use a 16 channel control head? or can I use any one I have on hand, i have a SYS 90 8 FReq set, and a 12 ch set, and another 4 channel set, (All From Micors ) will they all work???? my goal it to use the 12 channel set, but the 8 CH set has scan on it???? any input. The radio is also 136-150 split, will that make any dif???? where can I get it programed, and where can I get the proms???? thanks in advance for any information you can give. thanks Dave KB8QHU From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: dcimp@aol.com (DCimp) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Motorola manual Date: 26 Jan 1996 09:13:06 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4eanhi$2tn@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: dcimp@aol.com (DCimp) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I am in dire need of a Motorola Synotr Manual....... NOT A SYNTOR X, or a SYNTOR X9000, just a Syntor Manual, in the 136-150 Split, but any VHF version will do..... I need it soon, can anybody help? Dave KB8QHU DCimp@AOL.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.ssd.intel.com!chnews!usenet From: tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com (WB7ASR) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need # for Midland Date: 24 Jan 1996 16:16:57 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ Lines: 7 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4e5m1p$k9h@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tboza.ch.intel.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) I purchased a 6m FM Midland 70-056C 2-way transceiver at a local hanfest and would like to acquire a copy of the service manual. Does anyone have a telephone number or address source? 73s, WB7ASR... From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: kckm@aol.com (KCKM) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need Collins ART-13 info Date: 25 Jan 1996 10:07:03 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4e86an$a2m@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: kckm@aol.com (KCKM) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Looking for information an a Collins ART-13 Autotune transmitter. Please E-mail at kckm@aol.com Thank you Ken Johnson WB8VTW From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.crd.ge.com!rebecca!rpi!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.campus.mci.net!usenet From: rboggs@pcc-uky.campus.mci.net (Roy Boggs) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need Email Address/Area 4 InComing Buro Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 20:47:47 GMT Organization: MCI State Government and University Systems Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4e65ti$7gj@ns.campus.mci.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: s21-pm01.pcc-uky.campus.mci.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hello guys, Does any one have an email address for the Incoming QSL Buro for call area 4? tnx and 73, Roy KE4KDT RBOGGS@PCC-UKY.CAMPUS.MCI.NET From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:41 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!news1.isp.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsserver.jvnc.net!jvnc.net!ka1kjz From: ka1kjz@tigger.jvnc.net (Ronald C. Barnes) Subject: Need Novatel 8305A cellphone info badly Message-ID: Sender: news@tigger.jvnc.net (Zee News Genie) Organization: JvNCnet X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 22:46:48 GMT Lines: 16 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13698 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:23944 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12838 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97106 rec.radio.swap:55621 Well, here I go again, I've been looking for this information for some time now and hopefully SOMEONE has SOMETHING. I have a few Novatel model 8305A cellular phones that I wish to convert over to 900MHz. They are black, square, about 10" x 10" x 2". At the very least I need a schematic, but full service information would be nice too. I understand that there was a Novatel Amateur Radio Club at one time and they did just this, converted them over to 900MHz for packet. Any info would be appreciated and I of course will pay costs of copying and shipping if necessary. Please reply via e-mail... ka1kjz@ix.netcom.com 73zzz Ron From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: "Lacy Thompson Jr." Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Vocal Eliminator Algorithm Date: 23 Jan 1996 13:57:43 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4e2pgn$i96@brickbat.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ltsound.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) A new Vocal Eliminator algorithm which allows for even more vocal elimination than LT Sound's State of the Art VE3+ will be introduced in early 1996. Persons interested in finding out more about the Thompson Vocal Eliminator(tm) are invited to visit our home page at http://www.mindspring.com/~ltsound/lthome.htm or e-mail a catalog request to ltsound@mindspring.com The VE3+ contains State of the Art Vocal Elimination, Key Transposition, and Vocal Enhancement in one compact unit. The Thompson Vocal Eliminator(tm) allows users to remove the vocal from standard stereo recordings producing inexpensive, instantly available background music from the original standard recording. Software upgrades occur approximately every 6 months. Current owners of the VE3+ will be able to upgrade their software for a nominal charge of $25. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!clio.trends.ca!io.org!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news.net99.net!news.computer.net!usenet From: asniffen@computer.net (Allan M. Sniffen (WB2IXR)) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: New Web Page Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 01:38:51 GMT Organization: Computer Net Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4e6mvv$ou9@news.computer.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts1-port5.computer.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hi all, Check the Web Page for the Northern Westchester Amateur Radio Association (in Yorktown, NY). The URL is http://www.computer.net/nwara/wb2ixr.html asniffen@computer.net WB2IXR From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Newsline - poor math! Date: 24 Jan 1996 16:34:32 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4e5n2p$m22$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97216 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32724 Newsline, the weekly bulletin from WA6ITF, et. al, recently made a big deal of the fact that since 1991, the Tech+ class had only grown by about 10,000 folks. Their conclusion was that this proves that only 10,000 codeless tech had upgraded their license. Their position totally ignores the growth of the "top three" (General, Advanced, and Extra) classes during the same period. Those classes grew, not by 10,000, but by almost 46,000 since 1991. So the total upgrade traffic is not 10,000, but just under 56,000! Further, the largest "gainer" was Extra class. The same classes grew only by 18,000 (vs 46,000) in the five years just PRIOR to the dawn of "no-code". Clearly these new folks ARE upgrading BEYOND Tech+. Since the "oldest" no-code license is not yet even 5 years old, I think this trend can only accelerate as these newcomers gain experience and the better sunspot situation attracts them to the excitement of worldwide HF communications. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- -- My homepage is at: "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/k0hb" -- It's still a hardhat area... under construction From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: <72527.01012@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Newsline: poor math Date: 25 Jan 1996 15:56:42 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4e897q$j19@dub-news-svc-5.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ad06-042.compuserve.com Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: math news line no code tech Content-length: 956 X-Newsreader: AIR Mosaic (16-bit) version 4.00.08.32 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97208 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32717 >Newsline, the weekly bulletin from WA6ITF, et. al, recently >made a big deal of the fact that since 1991, the Tech+ class >had only grown by about 10,000 folks. Their conclusion was >that this proves that only 10,000 codeless tech had upgraded >their license. >Their position totally ignores the growth of the "top three" >(General, Advanced, and Extra) classes during the same period. >Those classes grew, not by 10,000, but by almost 46,000 since >1991. So the total upgrade traffic is not 10,000, but just >under 56,000! Further, the largest "gainer" was Extra class. I agree! I think there is an attitude that people assume that a no-code tech is automatically going to up-grade to tech plus. Last year when I was in a VE session to up-grade my license, there were two no-coders who jumped past tech plus. They both passed their 13 wpm code test, one passed General written and one went all the way to Advanced! 73 from Steve From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news2.ee.net!news.ee.net!imci2!imci4!imci5!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!jbaltz From: jbaltz@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B Altzman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Not the code, not the test Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.policy Date: 26 Jan 1996 01:44:07 GMT Organization: double ionizers association Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4e9bl7$1vr@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> References: <4d1440$d7t$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4dgm1d$5qv@zeus.ieee.org> <30FD7AAC.231D@cdc.net> <4e8adj$mhv@zeus.ieee.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97242 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32740 In article <4e8adj$mhv@zeus.ieee.org>, Vincent Biancomano wrote: >In response to "SKS": >Jerry Lucas, former professional basketball player with New York >and Cincinnati, once provided documented evidence that he had >memorized the first 500 PAGES of the Manhattan (New York City) >telephone directory! Three hundred questions in a pool >would be nothing! So did he get licensed? Seriously, Vince, do you think that this is somehow a normal ability? I wish it were! It remains that for the vast majority of the unwashed masses, memorizing 300 questions isn't the easiest way. Please respect the Followup-to: line. >Vince, WB2EZG //jbaltz jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 jbaltz@columbia.edu jbaltz@sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML (HEPNET) NEVIS::jbaltz From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!snooze.ser.bbnplanet.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp2.cerf.net!news.claremont.edu!drivel.ics.uci.edu!news.service.uci.edu!e4e.oac.uci.edu!jwkelley From: jwkelley@e4e.oac.uci.edu (James W. KELLEY) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Not the code, not the test Date: 25 Jan 1996 17:35:22 GMT Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4e8f0q$kne@news.service.uci.edu> References: <4d1440$d7t$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4dgm1d$5qv@zeus.ieee.org> <30FD7AAC.231D@cdc.net> <4e8adj$mhv@zeus.ieee.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: e4e.oac.uci.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97269 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32746 In article <4e8adj$mhv@zeus.ieee.org>, Vincent Biancomano wrote: >In response to "SKS": >Jerry Lucas, former professional basketball player with New York >and Cincinnati, once provided documented evidence that he had >memorized the first 500 PAGES of the Manhattan (New York City) >telephone directory! Three hundred questions in a pool >would be nothing! And yet even he hasn't passed an amateur radio exam! hi But I'll bet he'd have even less trouble with the code elements! KE6JPO From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:49 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!bga.com!realtime.net!nntp4.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!xara.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hplextra!hplb!hpwin055.uksr!hpqmoea!dstock From: dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com (David Stockton) Subject: Re: Operate in Germany Sender: news@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com (SQF News Admin) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 17:53:46 GMT References: <4dvvv8$lac@ra.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> Nntp-Posting-Host: hpqmocc.sqf.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard LTD, South Queensferry, Scotland X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.8] Lines: 40 ann@ifn.ing.tu-bs.de wrote: : Peter, : that is a great and simple idea but *highly illegal*! Extremely risky too! Radio has been very tightly regulated in Germany, and a VE callsign is going to be quite remarkable on 2 metres ! : Meyer, : you need to apply for a temporary reciprocial license at the BAPT. : Try writing to : BAPT : Amateurfunkverwaltung : Postfach 8001 : 55003 Mainz I've had professional dealings with BAPT at Mainz, and found them to be an excellent bunch of people, many of them amateurs. Oh yes, they also have a fleet of about 150 vans with broadband monitoring receivers, and a network of fixed DF'ing stations. Spectrum management agencies in other countries closely study BAPT's methods - they are seen to be "Market leaders" I agree very strongly with Uli's advice. Check with your national society to find reciprocal licence conditions applicable to your country and your licence class, then get the right form and make the necessary application to BAPT - you'll also need to know what proof of licence is necessary. What you need is for your licence to be made part of the CEPT agreement... it makes life so much easier! Cheers David (designed certain monitoring receivers) GM4ZNX From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!isc-newsserver.isc.rit.edu!jdc3538 From: jdc3538@osfmail.isc.rit.edu (CRONIN) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Opinions re. Ramsey SX-20 Date: 25 Jan 1996 23:38:24 GMT Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4e949g$li3@news.isc.rit.edu> References: <4dtr8p$qd2@news1.usa.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: grace.isc.rit.edu In article <4dtr8p$qd2@news1.usa.pipeline.com>, Jim Sheffield wrote: >Hello out there: > >Being a ham, I know we hams have plenty of >opinions, so please give me yours on the Ramsey >SX-20 20M SSB/CW HF Transceiver. Anyone built >and/or operated one? I am particularly interested >in the CW performance. Thanks and 73, > >Jim, KB7ET >kb7et@usa.pipeline.com Haven't seen that particular model, but they are known for making junk. The synthesized FM transceivers are poorly designed, unreliable and generate spurs and other junk. Their PA-10 2-meter class C amp has no output filtering. They also sell a wireless FM microphone kit complete with crystal for 144 MHz. I suggest dealing with a reputable company. 73..Jim N2VNO From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chaos.aoc.nrao.edu!newshost.nmt.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!ub!csn!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!news-admin From: Gregg Houck Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Pre-70's Swap Shop at www.houck.com/ham Date: 19 Jan 1996 23:28:41 GMT Organization: InternetMCI Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4dp9f9$rl2@news.internetmci.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup285.washington.mci.net We just added another feature to our Web site. It's called the Pre-70's Swap Shop. The idea is to allow Ham operators looking for or wanting to sell Pre 1970's Amateur Equipment of any kind... List you old AM gear, looking for older SSB equipment, whatever... Check it out... It is a FREE service for fellow Ham Radio operators... http://www.houck.com/ham Tnx and 73's Gregg WA3WNE From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.eye.com!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!mn5.swip.net!usenet From: Martin.Rask@mailbox.swipnet.se (Martin Rask) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Price for a used IC 471H ?? Date: 20 Jan 1996 20:56:51 GMT Organization: - Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4drkuj$k0e@mn5.swip.net> Reply-To: Martin.Rask@mailbox.swipnet.se NNTP-Posting-Host: tty17-07.swipnet.se Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 Can anyone tell me a good price for a used IC471H. How much do i have to pay for a IC471H with builtin PS35 powersupply. many thanks in advance de SM7VHS /Martin From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nwgw.infi.net!news.infi.net!usenet From: "John L. Rouse" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Date: 22 Jan 1996 15:07:17 GMT Organization: Capital-Gazette Communications Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4e0975$gfm@nw001.infi.net> References: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> <4dpo4v$7tl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: h-benguiat.dc.infi.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; I; 16bit) kb8rzv@aol.com (KB8RZV) wrote: >Perhaps we do need some lessons in qsl manners. How many cards have you >sent with an s.a.s.e. and still got no response.Maybe the lesson we need >to learn is common courtesy. > 73's > Allan >KB8RZV === A good point. As a QSL manager for various DX stations, I can tell you that far too many new DXers assume no SASE is necessary to get the DX station's QSL. Wrong! An SASE to a QSL manager is just basic good manners. After all, I don't get paid for this voluntary chore, despite the old canard about us QSL managers selling masses of IRCs for trips to Europe and banking thousands of green stamps, etc. If you don't send an SASE, your QSL is not ignored -- it's sent to the QSL bureau, of which many newcomers, alas, know nothing. So, it's a waste of my time, and yours. The SASE would have been more realistic. Interesting observation: For some strange reason, most Canadian stations requesting a DX QSL card NEVER send an SASE, or an IRC, or even a loonie dollar or what have you. I guess they assume that, being DX of sorts themselves, they are exempt from the SASE requirement. Wrong. Lots of VE cards go to the bureau. At any rate, I have yet to become so jaundiced in ham radio that QSLs mean nothing. I love to get them. Several thousand for other folks, though, don't stir the blood, hi.. 73, John KA3DBN/VP2EBN -- /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ John L. Rouse Packet: KA3DBN@KA3RFE.MD.USA.NOA Capital-Gazette Communications FAX: (301) 464-7027 jrouse@dc.infi.net VOICE MAIL: 1-500-346-0440 ............Baltimore-Washington-Annapolis-Bowie................. \--------------------------------------------------------------------/ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!nothing.ucsd.edu!brian From: brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Date: 22 Jan 1996 16:35:33 GMT Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4e0ecl$8jq@news1.ucsd.edu> References: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> <4dpo4v$7tl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nothing.ucsd.edu I don't send them, and I don't keep the ones sent to me. Of the 100 original ones I had made by the Little Print Shop in 1971, I have one left that I display when selling at the swap meet - because it's required. Most of the rest were lost when a water pipe broke in my house 20 years ago. - Brian From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!moritz From: moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de () Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Date: 23 Jan 1996 16:07:14 GMT Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4e313i$1l9g@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> References: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> <1996Jan20.142623.11008@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de ------------------------------------------------------ >The contact should be able to stand on its own merits. ------------------------------------------------------ Yes, this cannot be repeated often enough. But for the clubs a QSO only exists when the "proof" in the form of a card is presented. As we know, som "ham"s go as far as to offer substantial bribes to DXpeditions (not to be confused with sponsoring or skeds) or actually forge cards. Moritz DL5UH From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Date: 25 Jan 1996 02:19:01 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4e6pal$74i$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> References: After a lot of years in the hobby, I really don't need another QSL card from Michigan or Germany or Japan or Moscow. But I sure can remember when I really DID need those cards, and I assume that whoever spent 32-cents to solicit a card from me needs mine just as bad as I needed someone elses "way back then". So everyone who sends me a card (for a valid contact) gets a return card. If it comes with an SASE (or SAE and IRC) the response goes out tomorrow. If it comes via the "buro" it goes out with my next shipment to Newington. If it comes "bare" with no return postage it goes out "next time I've got a spare stamp". But they ALL do get answered. Between contesting, DXing, and casual operation I average perhaps 7,000 contacts per year. I get perhaps 300 unsolicited QSL's per year, roughly 25% of which come "bare" requiring me to affix a 20-cent stamp. Figures out to $15.00 per year in expense, and just a few scattered minutes of my time. Not a big deal, and I'm glad to do it. But for the fellow who suggested a QSL should be REQUIRED or the contact doesn't count -- sorry, but I'm ornery and independent enough so that would be the day I quit QSLing completely. (It's a hobby, not a religion!) -- -- My homepage is at: "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/k0hb" -- It's still a hardhat area... under construction From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:17:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Date: 26 Jan 1996 03:07:02 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4e9ggm$597@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4e990v$ic4@news.socketis.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan37.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > albraun@socketis.net writes: > I can empathize with both points of view. I too am a busy person (practici ng > physician with 5 children, 3 of them under the age of 2!) who does most of > his operating in contests. I don't like answering QSL's any more than the > next guy, and I suspect I probably have even less time for it than the ham who > wrote the above. > > OTOH, I have sent many QSL requests, WITH SASE, which were never responded > to in any way. I seriously doubt if they threw my stamps away! If the > contester doesn't have time to respond he should at least acknowledge the > requests which included an SASE, by returning the QSL if nothing else. > It will cost the contester nothing but a (small) part of his time. Actuall y > the amount of time needed to properly respond to a QSL request is not > as much as might be thought. Most contesters anymore do computer logging, > and finding/verifying a contact takes very little time. I keep ascii files of all > my logs on my hard drive, and using a program like Vern Buerg's LIST allows > me to search for a text string (i.e. the requester's callsign) in a split s econd. > I think a more reasonable approach than the one proposed above is to answer > the ones which are properly submitted (with SASE) and ignore the rest. > If the requester wants it bad enough, he'll send again with an SASE. > > > > Flame away, the asbestos suit is on! 73 - Alan > wow..as we say here in the East..what a pair of ca hon nays on 1 hand..i don;t like to qsl, so there for i usually don;t on the other hand, i think its rude that someone who doesn't qsl should at lea st send my card back???? quite frankly, i keep your calls on file. should i ever go somewhere you need and work you..oopppss N.I.L (not in log) so sorry steve From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!bcm.tmc.edu!news.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!news.starnet.net!wupost!news.dra.com!news.mid.net!crcnews.unl.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!gbrown From: gbrown@unlinfo.unl.edu (gregory brown) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Date: 26 Jan 1996 03:54:58 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lines: 51 Message-ID: <4e9jai$nao@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> <4dpo4v$7tl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4e0975$gfm@nw001.infi.net> <4e2lbo$ail@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo2.unl.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] This is a little disturbing. When I first read the term "unsolicited QSL", I had to stop and think for a minute...this is a curious concept, indeed. And this "unsolicited QSL" is a bad thing? A sign of bad manners? Lets back up a minute. It used to be said that a QSL card was the final courtesy of a QSO. During most of my ham career, sending a card seemed to be considered part of the responsibility one accepted when making a contact. Sending a card ("unsolicited") was (and still is IMO) just common courtesy. And checking the "PSE QSL" box simply means you'd be happy if the other person could do the same, nothing more, nothing less. Equating an "unsolicited QSL card" with "junk mail" is very sad. I can understand that some people do not have the time to respond to a request for a card, and that's a decision they must make and others must accept and understand, but it's a serious decision. However, this idea that someone who sends you their card after a contact is somehow exhibiting bad manners just because you didn't explicitly say it was ok is just plain wrong-headed. I don't send out QSLs to domestic contacts anymore unless the other station sends theirs and requests mine. But if I could not afford the time or postage to at least reciprocate, then I would have to change my operating habits (or find a way around the problem). For lack of a better aphorism: "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime." When I drive up to do a contest from rare North Dakota, I do expect people to use some common sense and send an SASE if they can, but I know there will be lots of cards without. But still...if I can't do the card, I don't do the contact... Bottom line (personal opinion only): 1) If you do not QSL, or if you require an SASE, be up front about it during the QSO if possible. 2) If you choose not to respond to "unsolicited QSLs" (I hate that term), do not keep them. Return them with a "sorry" note (if an SASE is enclosed) or throw them away. (By the way, simply rubber-stamping *their* QSL with "QSO confirmed" and your initials and returning it to them at least gives them a valid confirmation.) 3) Loose the attitude that those who send you a QSL are bad-mannered louts. They spent their time and money to send you their card thinking you might like it and hoping you might reciprocate. 4) If time and money are a problem, find a way around it. QSL cards are all part of the game. Sorry for being such a long-winded OF. Greg From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!lfsserv1.lfs.loral.com!news-owego.endicott.ibm.com!news.manassas.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!newsjunkie.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!ppp009-stpt.wis.com From: mwdx@uscyber.com (mike witkowski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Qsl Information Database Available Free - qsl0196.zip (0/1) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 01:17:20 GMT Lines: 4 Message-ID: <3102e497.15072066@pubnews.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp009-stpt.wis.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp009-stpt.wis.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.168 Qsl Information Database available free on a monthly basis. The qsl info runs on the following software: Vplus, dbase or Total Ham. It may also availabel on The Byte Stops Here! at 1-715-341-9723 24hrs a day. From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!alpha.sky.net!solar!artburke From: artburke@solar.sky.net (Arthur Burke) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSLs & contesters Date: 25 Jan 1996 19:54:16 GMT Organization: SkyNET Online Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4e8n58$67p@alpha.sky.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: solar.sky.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Speaking as a semi-serious county hunter/contester/DXer (mostly from when I didn't live in yuppieville!), I found out years ago how to handle the types who don't QSL. Get yourself a reasonable supply of postcards, have a rubber stamp made up with whatever your requirements are, etc. At the bottom of the postcard (obviously on the same side with all the QSO information, etc.) put a "signature line" for the operator to sign. Address the postcard to yourself (pre-affixed with appropriate postage, of course) and mail it to the guy (or YL, whatever). All the other station has to do is verify the info (if they so desire), sign it, and stick it back in the mail at their convenience. When I was seriously hunting counties (there are over 3,000 of them!) and prefixes for CQ magazine's WPX awards, I used this technique with astounding success. I would be hard pressed to identify more than a half dozen operators in a ten year stretch who did no return my card. Many hams not only returned the hand-made card, they also sent me one of their own cards! The only QSL problem I can't figure out how to handle is the one I expect to be in myself in a few years. I intend to retire into an RV and live pretty much "on the road" until we (my wife and I) can't do it anymore. I certainly can't conceive how I'm going to have cards chasing me around the country! Uh-oh, a not-so-novel idea just popped up. How many domestic stations have QSL managers? :-) Art Burke Lenexa, KS NE4F From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!portal.gmu.edu!mason2.gmu.edu!cshelton From: cshelton@mason2.gmu.edu (Carroll J Shelton) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiqutte] Date: 24 Jan 1996 19:14:52 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mason2.gmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] After reading a post from one contestor that he never replies to QSLs for contest QSOs, I would be curious about the habits of other US contesters. Do you respond to QSLs for contest QSOs? (I understand the special circumstances of DX stations, I'm just asking about US contesters here.) I believe that quite a few non-contesters make contest contacts in the search for new states for WAS, etc. I had thought that such contacts were welcome, as otherwise contesters would be kind of limited in their contact total - there are only so many fellow contesters to talk to, no? BTW, I do understand that you need even us non-contest types to know the exchange, not to try to start a ragchew, etc. Now, the message I get from a contester who says he doesn't QSL is "Go away, don't bother me, I just want to hear from other serious contesters." Fair enough, if that's what you really want. Is this the typical viewpoint of US contesters today? Or is it an exception? Jeff Shelton/KS4TL From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.socketis.net!usenet From: albraun@socketis.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiqutte] Date: 25 Jan 1996 06:39:37 GMT Organization: SOCKET Internet Services INN site Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4e78j9$dk1@news.socketis.net> References: <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu> Reply-To: albraun@socketis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: op011.socketis.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu>, cshelton@mason2.gmu.edu (Carroll J Shelton) wr ites: >After reading a post from one contestor that he never replies >to QSLs for contest QSOs, I would be curious about the habits >of other US contesters. Do you respond to QSLs for contest QSOs? >(I understand the special circumstances of DX stations, I'm >just asking about US contesters here.) > I'm a fairly active contester, and I do (eventually) reply to all QSL requests I receive. I too started out as an awards chaser, and in fact still do some QSL'ing for that reason...anyone in Delaware, South Dakota, West Virginia or Nebraska who'd like to work me on 15 so's I can finish my 5B-WAS I'd love to hear from you! Seriously though, I will respond immediately to QSL requests which are accompanied by an SASE; I respond when I get around to it, which may be months or days depending on how busy I am, to those which do not have SASE's. It doesn't matter to me whether I worked the person in a contest or otherwise. 73 - Alan Braun NS0B From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.crd.ge.com!rebecca!rpi!uwm.edu!news.sol.net!solaria.sol.net!garyk9gs From: garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net (Gary Schwartz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiqutte] Date: 25 Jan 1996 05:29:14 GMT Organization: Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4e74fb$on8@hummin.sol.net> References: <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: solaria.sol.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Carroll J Shelton (cshelton@mason2.gmu.edu) wrote: : After reading a post from one contestor that he never replies : to QSLs for contest QSOs, I would be curious about the habits : of other US contesters. Do you respond to QSLs for contest QSOs? : (I understand the special circumstances of DX stations, I'm : just asking about US contesters here.) As long as I get a SASE, I always reply. In fact, the QSL usually goes out the same day it's received. QSL's received without a SASE go in the garbage can. I'm talking about cards rcvd from US stations here. DX QSL's get returned via the bureau, unless they are rcvd direct with return postage. : Is this the typical viewpoint of US contesters today? : Or is it an exception? I think it's the exception. In fact one very active station that I regularly operate DX contests from QSL's all unique band/QSO's after every contest, through the bureau. -- 73, Gary K9GS (You have to STOP the Q-Tip when there's resistance !) ________________________________________________________________ | | | Gary Schwartz K9GS E-Mail: garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net | | Society of Midwest Contesters Packet:K9GS@WA9KEC.WI.USA.NOAM | | Greater Milwaukee DX Association Secretary/Treasurer | |________________________________________________________________| From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Jim McCrary - KE4SKI <103623.2013@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Radio Club Home Page Date: 24 Jan 1996 16:19:07 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4e5m5r$m02$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> The Birmingham Amateur Radio Club of Birmingham, Alabama has a World Wide Web Home page located at: http://www.bro.net/barc Hamfest information is also available. -- **************************** * Jim McCrary - KE4SKI * **************************** From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!david Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Message-ID: <9601222120.AA05834@races.sandiego.ca.gov> From: W6WWW@bbs.races.sandiego.ca.gov Subject: RB414 Emergency Mgt, Mutual Aid, 2/6 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 96 13:20:28 PST Approved: rec-radio-info@stat.com Sender: news Lines: 55 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97112 rec.radio.info:10709 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 96 13:20:28 PST Message-Id: <9601222120.AA05834@races.sandiego.ca.gov> From: W6WWW@bbs.races.sandiego.ca.gov Subject: RB414 Emergency Mgt, Mutual Aid, 2/6 To: Emergency Management Agencies via Amateur Radio Info: Communications Volunteers in Government Service Info: Amateurs U.S. (@usa:Information), ACS, CAP, MARS, RACES By: Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS), the volunteer communications reserve of the State of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services Bulletin 414: MGT - Mutual Aid defined; for Release 1/22/96 Query: In the context of the OA, define Mutual Aid. Response: Mutual Aid is a statewide system to ensure that adequate resources are provided to jurisdictions whenever their own resources prove to be inadequate to cope with a disaster. In most states, as in California, the local jurisdiction is the one that is responsible for the emergency response. In the mode of neighbor helping neighbor, cities and counties, and then the state and federal governments, assist one another through an incremental and progressive system of resource mobilization. Mutual Aid is activated in an ascending order: local, county (operational area), region, ending with state and federal governments. In recent years the mutual aid system has developed beyond the traditional law and fire functional areas. This extension of mutual aid beyond its discipline-specific (traditional) areas is an outgrowth of experience in a variety of disasters. Cities and counties may activate Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) in response to disasters. Depending on the nature and magnitude of the event, a countywide response may be needed to mobilize assets from the county and its component cities. In some states, in addition to cities and counties, special districts are a form of local government that provides specific services, such as water, regional transportation, waste disposal, etc. In an emergency several such districts may support other similar districts adversely affected by an event. On the county-wide level the OA facilitates this coordination - as a single point of contact - for the special districts which may be represented in the city and/or county EOCs. Next week: More on Mutual Aid. Are the new EMCOMM Bulletins being filed on your BBS?? If not, Please ask your Sysop to create an EMCOMM file section for them so we can change the "RACES" Bulletins to EMCOMM. Thanks!! Cary. Bulletin archive: ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming W6WWW@KM6PX.#NOCAL.USA.NA. e-mail crm@oes.ca.gov EOM RB414 From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!ham From: ham@w3eax.umd.edu (Scott Rosenfeld NF3I) Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,misc.forsale.non-computer Subject: Read if dealing with Peter Short, KD6DKD, Grass Valley, CA Date: 26 Jan 1996 01:12:28 GMT Organization: UMARA Lines: 63 Message-ID: <4e99ps$9m4@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: w3eax.umd.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.swap:55887 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97233 misc.forsale.non-computer:24837 I am not condemning this person, just telling a story. Make your own conclusions... I'd put up for sale a Radio Shack HTX-100 and we haggled and arrived at a price that included COD shipping. I sent the radio at my expense via UPS to his address in Grass Valley, CA, on 11/13/95. Delivery was attemped three times starting on 11/21, and the box was summarily returned to me. He never returned my calls (I always had to call back if I wanted to ask him anything), but did indicate that "kids take the slips off doors, his neighbors did see a slip but he never got it, and they were away during those days." So did he just "forget" that it was coming??? He apologized and asked me to send it again, COD, for $15 more than before (stupid me), covering my loss. I stupidly said yes. I sent it out on 12/7 via UPS ground again, at a cost of ~$15 to me. On or around Christmas Day, I called him and he indicated it was received and all was well. On 1/10/96, i called UPS to see where my money was. The radio was STILL IN WILL CALL. Upon talking to Mr. Short, he said he'd given the money to his parents to get the radio, and that he'd call them, and call me right back. UPS sent the package back to me that evening. AGAIN, I had to call him (waited 24 hours) and he told me his father has cancer and that may have had something to do with it. He took my address and said he'd mail a check immediately. That was 1/12/96 and I got the radio back 4 days later. His check would make resti- tution for BOTH mess-ups, and he still wanted the radio. SO it's been 12 days; I've gotten mail from San Francisco in 2-3 days, including one piece this week. 2 nights ago (1/23) I AGAIN called Mr. Short and told him the check still wasn't here. He said "I sent it Certified Mail," and that he'd check with the Post Office and call me at 9 p.m. EST (he picked the time!). I checked with MY Post Office and they haven't had had ANY certified mail for my block in the last two weeks. I waited until 11 p.m. EST for Mr. Short to call (the phone was free from 8 until 11) and he didn't. It's been another 24 hours and still not a peep... So I am still waiting for my check. What burns me is that he has not specifically stolen anything from me (I still have my radio!) except: 1) My time (2 months) 2) COD shipping to CA times TWO ($30.00) 3) Phone calls (maybe 6 calls to CA) 4) Untold frustation in dealing with someone who obviously can't complete a simple transaction, and 5) My trust - this is the hardest to regain There may be perfectly wonderful explanations for all of this, but Mr. Short hasn't given me any of them. Just consider my story when considering dealing with him... P.S. If the money shows, I'll post a note to that effect. -- Scott Rosenfeld NF3I Burtonsville, MD FM19 QRV 40-10/6/2/440 ** Yes, you CAN do VHF contests with 25W and omni antennas ** Still stuck at 138 countries confirmed on HF w/dipoles... 72 & 73 from suburban DC 301-549-1022 (h) 301-982-1015 (w) From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.comm.net!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: pwilson521@aol.com (PWilson521) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Richmond Frostfest Date: 25 Jan 1996 11:19:46 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4e8aj2$biv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4cvql2$7k9@klein.delphi.com> Reply-To: pwilson521@aol.com (PWilson521) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I don't know who told you there were no VE people available, but I for one asked if anyone needed help and was told NO. I was even willing to coordinate the session. N0RDQ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!hookup!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iii.net!news From: dts@peanut.senie.com (Daniel Senie) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: RTTY "Reflector"?? Date: 21 Jan 1996 10:44:57 -0500 Organization: Daniel Senie Consulting Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4dtn1p$3bb@peanut.senie.com> References: <4dfops$mhg@infa.central.susx.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: peanut.iii.net In article <4dfops$mhg@infa.central.susx.ac.uk>, Peter Reed wrote: )Hi all. So we have contest, ct, DX, topband, VHF and others Reflectors. )Does anyone know if there is one for RTTY and, if so, what the address )is? ) )Thanks, ) )Peter, G4BVH ) )e-mail: P.L.Reed@sussex.ac.uk ) Here are the addresses for the RTTY contest reflector. Enjoy! Submissions: wf1b-rtty@ve7tcp.ampr.org Administrative requests: wf1b-rtty-REQUEST@ve7tcp.ampr.org -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie Internet: dan@senie.com, Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@senie.com http://www.senie.com Packet Radio: N1JEB@KA1SRD.MA From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ashtabula2@aol.com (Ashtabula2) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RTTY FREQ question Date: 25 Jan 1996 06:49:26 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4e7qo6$4k8@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader Hello ALl, I am currently a newbie to RTTY (bout an hour ) , I was wondering if any1 had a list or some "very active freqs that I could possible try. Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.... 73's Jeff From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:13 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!news.gil.com.au!news From: Helmut Strickner Subject: Re: Soundcard spectrum analyzer software? Sender: news@gil.com.au Message-ID: Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 09:30:34 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: cs3p8.ipswich.gil.com.au Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <4cuql9$q89@clarknet.clark.net> <4d7lun$cd5@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4dusbo$bcp@cobia.gulf.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Organization: Global Infolinks Internet Server, Ipswich Qld Australia Lines: 45 breeze@gulf.net (MHM) wrote: >In article , > 92dyhein@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (DY HEINRICH) wrote: >>RRRath (rrrath@aol.com) wrote: >>: There are several-the best I have tried are: >>: freq4.zip -on Simtel works graet especially with Pro Audio Spectrum 16 , >>: up to 80 db dynamics, rapid online >> >>: cool152.zip -- offline up to 120db >>: hpwfft1.zip offline demo up t0 140 db >> >> >>Where can we find these last two? I have been on the lookout for these >>two for some time now. >> >>Heinrich >>92dyhein@wave.scar.utoronto.ca > Hi Heinrich, You can find HpW Works - hpwfft1.zip on compuserve or on any elrad magazine mirror in area 30. I personally think that HpW Works is the best shareware/demo package on the internet if you are mainly interested in FFT analysis to >-100db. It works with most soundcards, 512 points in demo version, up to 1,048,576 points in licenced version. Also a number of drivers are available from the author for various professional cards like hard disk recording, etc. It is a must to have a look at this software if you are serious about FFT analysis. Try ftp.ix.de - magazine elrad/030/hpwfft1.zip - If I remember right. COOL152 offers a lot of sound manipulating functions but the spectrum analysis is not very professional and inaccurate. Otherwise a nice program. Helmut Strickner VK4STR From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!news.eas.asu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mel.aone.net.au!usenet From: dgibson@ocean.com.au (David Gibson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Soundcard spectrum analyzer software? Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 11:02:25 GMT Organization: Customer of Access One Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4e2c9c$flo@news.mel.aone.net.au> References: <4cuql9$q89@clarknet.clark.net> <4d7lun$cd5@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4dusbo$bcp@cobia.gulf.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.12.234.156 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 breeze@gulf.net (MHM) wrote: >In article , > 92dyhein@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (DY HEINRICH) wrote: >>RRRath (rrrath@aol.com) wrote: >>: There are several-the best I have tried are: >>: freq4.zip -on Simtel works graet especially with Pro Audio Spectrum 16 , >>: up to 80 db dynamics, rapid online >> >>: cool152.zip -- offline up to 120db >>: hpwfft1.zip offline demo up t0 140 db >> >> >>Where can we find these last two? I have been on the lookout for these >>two for some time now. >> >>Heinrich >>92dyhein@wave.scar.utoronto.ca >Odd, it took me .69 seconds to find these sites... >ftp.pacificorp.com > /.0/win3/sound/cool152.zip Hmm ... Some folks have never heard of search engines ;-\ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!pirates!not-for-mail From: mark@pirates.Armstrong.EDU (Mark Eversoll) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Standard Amateur Radio Service Date: 24 Jan 1996 11:29:49 -0500 Organization: Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA Lines: 31 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4e5mpt$kkj@pirates.Armstrong.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: pirates.armstrong.edu I thought the net might like to know a little about Standard Amateur Radio and the way they treat their customers after the warranty expires. I own a Standard 5718DA dual band mobile -- you know, the one with all the controls in the microphone. I don't work for Standard; I'm just a customer like many of you. My radio was purchased in November 1994. In December of this year, the main band display began to "blink" periodically and would not permit transmission or reception in the main band. I called Standard's Tech Support number (WARNING: The number shown for this in the latest AES catalog is incorrect; just dial the "normal" Standard number) regarding my problem since a full reset of the transceiver did not clear the problem. I spoke with Roger at Standard. Described my problem with the radio. I expected to have to return it to a facility for an estimate of repair. Instead, Roger inquired as to the warranty status, which I explained had expired. Roger indicated my problem would be handled under warranty and told me where to send the transceiver for service. I did so and one week later, my transceiver was returned. Well, not my transceiver but a new one from stock. All this on a radio that was easily one month beyond warranty. So while many companies COULD stick to the terms of the warranty agreement (that's all that's required) Standard exceeded what was required by a far margin. --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Mark Eversoll KQ4WT mark@armstrong.edu - - Director, CIS Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA - - "Gentlemen! You can't fight in here!! This is the WAR room!" - --------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:17 1996 From: k0hb@hamlink.mn.org (Hans Brakob) Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!rosevax!hamlink!fredmail Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: The Whole story! Message-ID: <822446143.AA05085@hamlink.mn.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 23:25:08 -0100 X-FTN-To: All Lines: 39 One of the amateur bulletins recently played statistician and suggested that the new codeless technicians were content settle for their new entry class license and stay at that level. This assumption was based on the fact that the next "higher" class license (Tech+) only gained a small percentage of the influx of newcomers. The conclusion was erroneous because it ignored all those who upgraded BEYOND Tech+. Lets look at "the rest of the story". Below is a comparison of increases in the top three license grades for the five-year period preceeding "no-code" and the four-year period since "no-code". 86-91 91-95 Extra 11,711 19,734 Advanced 4,655 14,449 General 1,424 11,653 Total 17,790 45,836 (Note that these numbers are the increases for each period, not the total number of licensees in each class.) The surge in the "top three" since 1991 is phenomenal! Note that the rate of increase for General was 818% higher, Advanced was 310% higher, and Extra was 168% higher in the four years after "no-code" than the five years immediately prior to the new license class. Clearly this new entry license has acted to "feed" the higher classes of license, and considering that the "oldest" no-code license is not yet even 5 years old, we can expect an acceleration of this trend as they gain experience, and the upswing in the sunspot cycle attracts more of them to the excitement of world-wide HF communications. 73, de Hans, K0HB From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:18 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.emi.net!news From: fsimonds@emi.net Subject: Re: TV disturbs radio Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: news@emi.net (EmiNet Domain News Admin) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: EmiNet Domain Internet Services (407)731-0222 Message-ID: References: <4cmpc4$m2p@pf2.phil.uni-sb.de> <4ddttv$4kh@coli-gate.coli.uni-sb.de> <4dgns0$b0f@grouper.Exis.Net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ttyes.emi.net Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 21:16:33 GMT Lines: 5 By George, you're right! I stand corrected... But then, I grew up with valves! What do I know. 73--Terry/WB4FXD From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:19 1996 From: k0hb@hamlink.mn.org (Hans Brakob) Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!mr.net!news.mr.net!medtronic.com!rosevax!hamlink!fredmail Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Us hams want to operat Message-ID: <822406776.AA05078@hamlink.mn.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 13:02:28 -0100 X-FTN-To: Probert@nspace.cs.ucsb Lines: 16 1 -- For info on operating in the UK, contact the ARRL Regulatory Info Desk. We do have an agreement with the UK, but I don't recall the paperwork involved. Be advised that their 2-meter band is not the same as ours, and also that European repeaters generally require a tone burst (1750Hz, not "PL") to bring them up. 2 -- You will NOT be able to transmit from the cabin of a scheduled commercial passenger flight. The FAA took away "captains choice" rule several years ago. Have a nice trip. 73, de Hans, K0HB From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: MYMJ78A@prodigy.com (Al Jaras) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: W.T.B. USED ROTOR Date: 21 Jan 1996 00:36:10 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ds1pq$1h9i@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap1.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 SUBJECT: W.T.B. USED ROTOR Looking for a used rotor- Tailtwister - or similar heavy duty rotor. My rotor was damadeg by heavy winds and the TH-7 was windmilling in the top of the tower with enuff force to snap my RG-213 coax. Please leave a msg for me via E-MAIL i you have a heavy duty rotor that you are willing to part with. Tnx for reading this msg. de AL / NA1I - NA1I MYMJ78A@prodigy.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!panther.sirinet.net!news From: Kevin Johnson Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: w5ks club Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 02:18:28 -0600 Organization: Sirius Systems Group, Lawton, OK Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3105EB54.2899@strings.sirinet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: strings.sirinet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) KC5CYY and myself have worked some long hours putting together a home page for our club. We are especially proud of the "biography" section. If you like County Hunters, then you need to visit K5CKQ's bio on our page. The address is: rattler.cameron.edu:/ham/ham.html Don Hagler (K5CKQ) is under the members-email info subpage 73's N5WTS From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.texoma.com!usenet From: Gary Stone Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WANTED: 72 ohm twinlead Date: 21 Jan 1996 22:27:58 GMT Organization: Internet Texoma, Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4duele$he1@venus.texoma.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp109.texoma.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Greetings, My brother-n-law (KI7XQ) is looking for about 3 feet of 72 ohm twin lead. He is working on an antenna project of some kind that requires the 72 ohm twin lead for a balun. Any ideas would be appreciated. Please respond via e-mail if possible. Thanks and 73, Gary (N5PHT) -- /\__/\ Gary and Karen Stone (Gary N5PHT) 0 0 E-Mail: garystone@texoma.com @ or karenstone@texoma.com (_/\_) Http://home.texoma.com/personal/garystone/ ~~ From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.fast.net!news From: n3itn@fast.net (tony) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WEB PAGE Date: 24 Jan 1996 07:00:21 GMT Organization: FASTNET(tm) PA/NJ/DE Internet Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4e4le5$qc@nn.fast.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: abe-ppp323.fast.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 check out our web page!!!! http://www.users.fast.net/~n3itn if you like it and want a link drop us some mail thanks tony and michele From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:23 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!eskimo!bgudgel From: bgudgel@eskimo.com (Bob Gudgel) Subject: Re: What does CQ mean? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eskimo.com Message-ID: Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> <4db423$cnf@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 18:33:02 GMT Lines: 6 For what it's worth, there is a town in Washington state with the name Seaque (Spelling I'm sure is wrong) but is pronounced "CQ". Bob Gudgel KI7IQ http://www.eskimo.com/~bgudgel From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!moritz From: moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de () Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean? Date: 23 Jan 1996 12:18:33 GMT Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4e2jmp$1u1e@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> References: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> <4dia4o$bt5@atlas.axiom.net> <4dmmao$go0@netman.ens.tek.com> <145@ibbs.av.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de >It's original use was on board ship. It is the general call to quarters for >radio operators. Quarters being the radio console in the old days, there >was always a bed and bath in the radio mans office. I read a while ago, that CQ was used *long before* radios were even dreamed of. Initially it was used in wire telegrafy for general anouncements. 73, Moritz DL5UH From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!wave.news.pipex.net!pipex!soap.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet From: john adams Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean? Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 13:23:22 PDT Organization: UnipalmPIPEX server (post doesn't reflect views of UnipalmPIPEX) Lines: 7 Message-ID: References: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> <4db423$cnf@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4dia4o$bt5@atlas.axiom.net><4dmmao$go0@netman.ens.tek.com> <145@ibbs.av.org> <1996Jan23.200640@vyh.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: hot-spare.pipex.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-NNTP-Proxying-Host: betanews.dial.pipex.com (for 193.128.131.5 at 822489858) X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage Always thought it stood for SEEK YOU John Adams From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tcp.co.uk!usenet From: moonraker@tcp.co.uk (Darren) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean? Date: 26 Jan 1996 07:07:25 GMT Organization: Doesanyonereadthisbit? Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4e9ujd$8gs@zeus.tcp.co.uk> References: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> <4db423$cnf@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4dia4o$bt5@atlas.axiom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: moonraker.tcp.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 In article <4dia4o$bt5@atlas.axiom.net>, dnult@axiom.net says... > >Actually I believe SEEK YOU is correct. Actually, I can't prove >my point, but I doubt you can either. A QST article sometime in >95 - The Ham Companion says SEEK YOU was the origin of CQ. There`s a 1930`s film about two canadians in their log cabin who are held hostage by some Germans (I think) anyway, they call some other Canadians by calling "Seek you, Seek you this is Blah Blah Blah..." http://www.tcp.co.uk/~moonraker/ or via packet G0TSM@GB7XJZ.#48.GBR.EU or my mailbox G0TSM-2 144.675MHz From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!sun!oucsboss!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!csn!ub!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.funet.fi!ns.imtg.fi!news.csc.fi!vyh.fi!raateland From: raateland@vyh.fi (Arjen Raateland) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean? Date: 23 Jan 96 20:06:40 EET Organization: National Board of Waters and the Environment Lines: 27 Message-ID: <1996Jan23.200640@vyh.fi> References: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> <4db423$cnf@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4dia4o$bt5@atlas.axiom.net><4dmmao$go0@netman.ens.tek.com> <145@ibbs.av.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: vyh21.vyh.fi In article <145@ibbs.av.org>, js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) writes: > > It's original use was on board ship. It is the general call to quarters for > radio operators. Quarters being the radio console in the old days, there > was always a bed and bath in the radio mans office. Since most don't bother > to learn code anymore, you need to know what it sounds like to have it make > any sense. It's use in ham radio because there was no standard at the time. > Since most hams at the time where ship board radio people, they simply used > what that had always used. Over the years it was adopted by hams due to the > way it sounds, and not based on it's meaning. > An ITU publication on Mobile Marine Communications or some such (I don't have the copy at hand) has a table of Morse code, which clearly lists CQ as a procedural sign. I cannot remember exactly what was given as the meaning of CQ, but it was pretty much like in HAM use, I think. So CQ is clearly part of a standard nowadays. As I understand the table CQ is supposed to be keyed as one sign without letter space. However, my CMOS Super Keyer III cannot store such a long sign; instead it stores something which is mutilated.... --... ...-- -.. . --- .... ..--- --.. .- --.. Arjen Raateland, SAS Support Finnish Environment Agency Helsinki, Finland .-.-. -.- From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.ultranet.com!k1log.ultranet.com!commo From: commo@k1log.ultranet.com (Norm Commo) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean??? Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 22:16:49 GMT Organization: UltraNet Communications, Inc. Lines: 8 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4d6d0b$kh0@ci.ist.utl.pt> <96011414082015809@saloon.bcbbs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: k1log.ultranet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Well, I think we have as much chance of resolving this as we do in resolving the etymology of the word "ham" as we use it. Having said that here's my two cents worth of fat on the fire! I seem to remember reading (don't remember where since it was around 35 years ago) that "CQ" was an acronym for a French expression of idiom for "general inquiry". Tis ring a bell with anyone. 73s -ricK1log From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.ess.harris.com!su102w.ess.harris.com!harris.pander01 From: harris.pander01@ic1d.harris.com (Paul Anderson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Where to get radio spectrum chart? Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 12:30:32 Organization: Harris Corporation, GCSD Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <4e44ju$hei@odo.PEAK.ORG> NNTP-Posting-Host: panderson2.ess.harris.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev Final Beta #6] In article <4e44ju$hei@odo.PEAK.ORG> ab@PEAK.ORG (Dean Youngquist) writes: >Where would I find a chart or list showing which frequencies are allocated >to what services and what are the boundaries. I'm pretty familiar with >the ham bands but I've forgotten what I used to know about the rest of the >radio spectrum. >Dean Youngquist, ab@peak.org, N7LPE >428 N.W. 9th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97330-6133 >tel: 541 754-4904, fax: 541 758-5331 Your MOTOROLA SEMICONDUCTOR sales rep can give you a nice wall chart. It doesn't show precise frequency boundaries, but gives a nice color display showing generally which services occupy which spectrum. It is valid mainly for US allocations, of course. *********************************************************** *** Paul Anderson *** *** E-mail: pander01@harris.com *** *** Amateur Packet: AB4VA @ KD4WLE.#MLBFL.FL.USA.NA *** *********************************************************** From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!rain.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!newshub.csu.net!physlab4.sjsu.edu!user From: ver65osc@isc.sjsu.edu (ver) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: wtb: GPS unit Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 12:11:26 +0800 Organization: Information Resources and Technology Lines: 7 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: physlab4.sjsu.edu WTB a GPS unit. Prefer a Garmin or Ensign Scout. Let me know. Ver From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!bt!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!microvst.demon.co.uk From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: wtb: GPS unit Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 23:02:52 GMT Organization: Microvest Limited, London Lines: 15 Message-ID: <822524572snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: microvst.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: microvst.demon.co.uk In article ver65osc@isc.sjsu.edu "ver" writes: > WTB a GPS unit. > > Prefer a Garmin or Ensign Scout. FYI, the Ensign and the Scout are similar models made by Trimble Navigation. Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.crd.ge.com!rebecca!rpi!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: CBAX63A@prodigy.com (Roland Geter sr) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTB: KENWOOD TS-440S - ANY COND! Date: 25 Jan 1996 04:31:34 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4e7136$1po0@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap4.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Will pay cash and shipping for a KENWOOD TS-440S/AT in ANY, I repeat, ANY working condition. Just as long as it is FAIRLY working! COSMETICS IS ABSOLUTELY NO CONSIDERATION!!! Call 800-399-4383 x765 24hrs - ROLAND S GETER SR CBAX63A@prodigy.com 800-399-4383 x765 24hrs From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!dsbc.icl.co.uk!oasis.icl.co.uk!prs From: prs@oasis.icl.co.uk (Peter Swynford) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Yaesu 530 Tone Burst ? Date: 23 Jan 1996 09:14:02 GMT Organization: ICL, Bracknell, UK Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4e28sq$nu3@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 1750 Hz is not too difficult to whistle, particularly if you make a slow sweeping whistle from 1 to 3 kHz... My local repeater GB3BK idents in CW tones of 1750 Hz. If you can whistle at the same pitch you can bring the repeater up. Peter G0PUB *-------------------------------------------------------------------------* | Peter Swynford, Networks Business ICL BRA01 Telephone: +44 1344 47 2625 | | Networking & Advanced Systems Division Facsimile: +44 1344 47 3005 | | Lovelace Road, Bracknell, RG12 8SN, U.K. PubLine: +44 1734 61 7388 | | http://npcwww.oasis.icl.co.uk/home/prs.htm Mobile: +44 95 611 7069 | | E-mail: prs@oasis.icl.co.uk Qrv: 433.275MHz 73 de g0pub | *-------------------------------------------------------------------------* From lwbyppp@epix.net Fri Jan 26 14:18:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!nwgw.infi.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.sandia.gov!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!newshost.lanl.gov!news.ttu.edu!medulla.ama.ttuhsc.edu!cortex!william From: william@cortex (William Biggs) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Yaesu 530 Tone Burst ? Date: 21 Jan 1996 23:12:40 GMT Organization: Texas Tech University HSC Amarillo Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4duh98$inp@medulla.ama.ttuhsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cortex.ama.ttuhsc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello all, I am contemplating a trip to the United Kingdom this summer, and would like to be able to use our FT530 HTs. I can handle getting the reciprocal license, but how do I use the tone bursts to open the repeaters there? Does the Yaesu have this built in ? I don't see this in the manual. Is there an external tone generator that will do this ? Perhaps some of our European friends can help us understand how this works. Also, I have a portable HF rig that I can bring, but I am concerned that I might not have any antenna space living out of hotels. Has anybody done this in England ? Thanks, Reddy Biggs KC5JIF - US ZF2CB - Cayman Islands -- William C. Biggs Howdy from the High Plains of Texas 1900 South Coulter Drive Amarillo, TX 79106 From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!newton.uncg.edu!hamlet.uncg.edu!acparham From: "Aimee C. Parham" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: licenses, etc. Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:07:07 -0500 Organization: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Lines: 7 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: hamlet.uncg.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I am looking for information about what one must do in order to be licensed to operate a ham radio. My father is coming back from Korea in about 6 months and I am trying to find a place in the Augusta, Georgia area for him to learn the basics. Any information would be greatly appreciated. ACParham From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!microvst.demon.co.uk From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 09:05:03 GMT Organization: Microvest Limited, London Lines: 21 Message-ID: <822560703snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: <1996Jan24.200215.2892@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4e6lsi$bt3@cloner3.netcom.com> Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: microvst.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: microvst.demon.co.uk In article <4e6lsi$bt3@cloner3.netcom.com> wb5wlz@ix.netcom.com "Robert L. Morrison" writes: > In article <1996Jan24.200215.2892@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.usR > says... > >You mean tune *up* don't you? The only two code-only subbands in all > >of amateur radio are 50.0-50.1 MHz and 144.0-144.1 MHz, and guess what, > >you don't need to pass a Morse test to use them. > There are more than two cw only bands in the United States, You claim that there are some more Morse Code only sub-bands in the FCC schedule but not where they are. Are you keeping them secret :-( Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!clio.trends.ca!io.org!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!newsworthy.West.Sun.COM!news70.West.Sun.COM!usenet From: "Dana H. Myers" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: 27 Jan 1996 19:29:36 GMT Organization: Sunsoft, Los Angeles Lines: 44 Message-ID: <4eduf0$t32@abyss.West.Sun.COM> References: <1996Jan24.200215.2892@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4e6lsi$bt3@cloner3.netcom.com> <822560703snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> <1996Jan25.143143.441@nad.com> <822648740snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: vr1000p.west.sun.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 i86pc) X-URL: news:822648740snz@microvst.demon.co.uk "Anthony R. Gold" wrote: >In article <1996Jan25.143143.441@nad.com> > landisj@nad.com "Joe Landis - Systems & Network Mgr" writes: > >> In article <822560703snz@microvst.demon.co.uk>, "Anthony R. Gold" >> writes: >> > You claim that there are some more Morse Code only sub-bands in the FCC >> > schedule but not where they are. Are you keeping them secret :-( >> > >> > Regards, >> > -- >> > Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com >> >> 30 meters > > 97.305 Authorized emission types. - (a) An amateur station may >transmit a CW emission on any frequency authorized to the control >operator. > >Wave- Emission Standards. >length types See 97.307(f) >band Frequencies authorized paragraph > >MF >HF >30 m Entire band RTTY, data (3) > > 97.307 Emission standards. - > > (f) (3) Only a RTTY or data emission using a specified >digital code listed in 97.309(a) of this part may be transmitted. The >symbol rate must not exceed 300 bauds, or for frequency-shift keying, the >frequency shift between mark and space must not exceed 1 kHz. > >[Those `specified codes' include Baudot, ASCII, AMTOR and certain others.] The only USA CW-only allocations are 50.0-50.1MHz and 144.0-144.1MHz. -- * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ, DoD#: j | Views expressed here are * * (310) 348-6043 | mine and do not necessarily * * Dana.Myers@West.Sun.Com | reflect those of my employer * From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!newsworthy.West.Sun.COM!news70.West.Sun.COM!usenet From: "Dana H. Myers" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 30 Jan 1996 04:19:31 GMT Organization: Sunsoft, Los Angeles Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4ek68j$ge1@abyss.West.Sun.COM> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ejipc$rqm@zeus.ieee.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: vr1000p.west.sun.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 i86pc) X-URL: news:4ejipc$rqm@zeus.ieee.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97461 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32868 Vincent Biancomano wrote: >In response to John Wilkerson: >Phil Karn's calculations appear to be correct. But unfortunately, >in the context of defending the no-code issue, those calculations >solve a different problem than the one under discussion! No, they don't. >While it can be demonstrated there are modes more "efficient" >than cw, the task is to show that eliminating the Morse Code, >and easing requirements in general for the theory exams, will >benefit the Amateur Service. Those anxious to eliminate Morse >Code would do well to first see how it will impact other activities >in the Service. Those interested in easing theory requirements >into the hobby would do well to ponder whether they seek a >personal radio service, or Amateur Radio. What's your point, really, Vince? Are you trying to say: "Any reduction in the Morse code requirements inherently eases the requirements for written exams." Is this the basis of your assertions? If not, we really can discuss Morse and written requirements independently. -- * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ, DoD#: j | Views expressed here are * * (310) 348-6043 | mine and do not necessarily * * Dana.Myers@West.Sun.Com | reflect those of my employer * From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: "Gary P. Fiber" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Where to get radio spectrum chart? Date: 25 Jan 1996 13:33:36 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4e80rg$ev@news.halcyon.com> References: <4e44ju$hei@odo.PEAK.ORG> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm2-ip5.halcyon.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) The U.S. Government printing office also use to sell such a chart. Gary From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: "Gary P. Fiber" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Controller codes for Kenwood/Yeasu/Icom/Drake Date: 25 Jan 1996 13:36:55 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4e811n$ev@news.halcyon.com> References: <4e2j5i$44q@sun3.summer.bt.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm2-ip5.halcyon.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) ICOM America sells a book titled " CI-V Reference Manual for $ 15.00 plus shipping and handling. You can call their parts dept at 206-454-7619 and press ' 3 ' on your Touch tone phone when the automated system answers, or fax parts at 206-450-6044, lastly ICOM's front dest is 206-454-8155. The CI-V Reference manual has all the command set except for the latest radios where ICOM has now started to include the commands into the instruction manual for the radio. Gary From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: "Gary P. Fiber" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Icom service. Where? Date: 25 Jan 1996 13:38:22 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4e814e$ev@news.halcyon.com> References: <199601241507.AA01396@adinet.analog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm2-ip5.halcyon.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) I would suggest sending the radio to one of our service centers, along with a letter explaining the difficulties you are experiencing with the radio. You may send your radio to one of our service centers at the following addresses: ICOM America, Inc. ICOM America, Inc. 2380 116th Ave. N.E. 18102 Sky Park South No. 52-B Bellevue, WA 98004 Irvine, CA 92714 Attn: Service Department Attn: Service Department Tel:(206) 454-8155 Tel:(714) 852-8026 At this time, I am unable to give you a quote on what the charges will be to repair your radio. We can give you a quote once we receive the radio and a technician can evaluate the extent of the repairs. For a guideline, our repair charges are calculated at the rate of $65.00 per hour with a minimum of (1) one hour of labor, plus parts and return shipping. We do charge a fee of $25.00 for refused estimates or for out of warranty radios that have no problem found when presented for repair. Shipping charges will depend on the method of shipment. We accept Master Card, Visa, M.O. and UPS C.O.D. for payment of parts orders. Please contact me if I can be of further assistance. Best regards, Gary KF7XV Senior Technical Customer Service Representative From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!sun!oucsboss!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!csn!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: /PN=Scott.C.Werling/O=wallace/PRMD=iadps/ADMD=attmail/C=us/@safe.ia.GOV Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: (none) Date: 25 Jan 96 15:47:36 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 26 Message-ID: <199601251547.JAA28931@outpost.safe.ia.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu >From /PN=Scott.C.Werling/O=wallace/PRMD=iadps/ADMD=attmail/C=us/ Thu Jan 25 0 9:53:41 CST 1996 remote from osiint.safe.ia.gov Date: 25 Jan 1996 09:48:08 -0600 X400-Trace: US*ATTMAIL*IADPS arrival 25 Jan 1996 09:48:08 -0600 action Relayed From: /PN=Scott.C.Werling/O=wallace/PRMD=iadps/ADMD=attmail/C=us/@osiint.safe. ia.gov To: "/RFC-822=Info-Hams(a)ucsd.edu/OU=OSI-INTERNET/O=WALLACE/PRMD=IADPS/ADMD=A TTMAIL/C=US/"@osiint.safe.ia.gov In-Reply-To: <"\"/RFC-822=199601250042.QAA10464(a)mail.ucsd.edu/OU=OSI-INTERNE T/O=WALLACE/PRMD=IADPS/ADMD=ATTMAIL/C=US/\""@osiint.safe.ia.gov> Subject: FS equipment listserver? Importance: normal Autoforwarded: FALSE Message-Id: P1-Message-Id: US*ATTMAIL*IADPS;IDPS3550 werl0125094814aa UA-Content-Id: werl0125094814aa P1-Content-Type: P2 Priority: normal Received: from osiint.safe.ia.gov by iadpshub.safe.ia.gov; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 09 :53 CST Content-Type: text Content-Length: 192 Anyone know of a listserver that I could subscribe to for sale/trade specifica lly for ham equipment? I only have e-mail capabilities at this account. Scott werling@safe.ia.gov From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:39 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!shore!news3.near.net!monk.proteon.com!news From: dts@peanut.senie.com (Daniel Senie) Subject: Re: RTTY FREQ question Message-ID: <4edmuj$o9i@peanut.senie.com> Lines: 29 Sender: news@proteon.com Nntp-Posting-Host: peanut.senie.com Organization: Daniel Senie Consulting References: <4e7qo6$4k8@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 17:21:23 GMT In article <4e7qo6$4k8@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, Ashtabula2 wrote: >Hello ALl, > > I am currently a newbie to RTTY (bout an hour ) , I was wondering >if any1 had a list or some "very active freqs that I could possible try. > > Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.... RTTY is mostly in these spots: 28.080 - 28.100 (not important at this time, due to dead band) 21.080 - 21.100 14.080 - 14.090 7.035 - 7.040 (DX and DX-North America) 7.080 - 7.090 (North america, but difficult on the east coast) 3.580 - 3.625 Note that ARQ modes (amtor, pactor, gtor, clover) are generally just below the RTTY spaces. It is considered impolite to use the ARQ modes in 14.080 to 14.090, for example, but 14.065 - 14.090 are fine. HF packet is normally just above the RTTY bands. Again it is not polite to put the wide packet signals across the RTTY bands. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie Internet: dan@senie.com, Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@senie.com http://www.senie.com Packet Radio: N1JEB@KA1SRD.MA From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!ns1.aplatform.com!pagesat.net!netserv.com!aimnet.com!news.ossi.com!agate!spool.mu.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: Anthony_M._Werdein.Wbst139@xerox.COM Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Icom service. Where? Date: 25 Jan 96 13:11:51 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 23 Message-ID: <"25-Jan-96..8:11:17".*.Anthony_M._Werdein.wbst139@Xerox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu Dave, Try giving ICOM a e-mail shout at the following address's: http://www.icomamerica.com (or) 75540.525@compuserve.com (or) ICOM Technica l support in the HamNet forum on CompuServe @ 75540.525 Maybe they can direct to service in your area. Hope this helps you 73 TONY N2TRV Date: 24 Jan 96 15:17:11 GMT From: David.Bourque@analog.COM Subject: Icom service. Where? Can anyone point me to an authorized Icom Service center for me to send my Ico m 736 for repair. Deaf receiver. It would be nice to find a place within the New England region (so I can hand carry) but will ship it if needed. Thanks. David Bourque WB1FLD email: david.bourque@analog.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!news From: Gary turtle@wwa.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Need Collins ART-13 info Date: 30 Jan 1996 01:42:34 GMT Organization: WorldWide Access (tm) - Chicagoland Internet Services (http://www.wwa.com) Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4ejt2a$f9a@kirin.wwa.com> References: <4e86an$a2m@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vh3-056.wwa.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) > kckm@aol.com (KCKM) writes: > Looking for information an a Collins ART-13 Autotune transmitter. Please > E-mail at kckm@aol.com Thank you > Ken Johnson > WB8VTW > > Ken........Let me know what you want to know. I've been working with ART 13s since the 60's. "73" Gary KF9CM turtle@wwa.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!uucp.primenet.com!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!news.eas.asu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!news.apana.org.au!panther.apana.org.au!news From: CandyMAN Newsgroups: rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.misc,rec.photo.film+labs,rec.photo.marketplace,rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.technique.art,rec.photo.technique.misc,rec.photo.technique.nature,rec.photo,technique.people,rec.ponds,rec.puzzles,rec.puzzles.crosswords,rec.pyrotechnics,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.cb Subject: Re: ***KEYBOARD RECORDERS*********************************************** Date: 27 Jan 1996 12:42:27 GMT Organization: AARDVARK Internet - Melbourne Australia Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4ed6jj$e54@panther.apana.org.au> References: <4dmb8v$v6@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-15.aardvark.apana.org.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.photo.equipment.medium-format:1266 rec.photo.equipment.misc:1067 rec.photo.film+labs:617 rec.photo.marketplace:27166 rec.photo.misc:36722 rec.photo.technique.art:442 rec.photo.technique.misc:525 rec.photo.technique.nature:590 rec.ponds:6513 rec.puzzles:54128 rec.puzzles.crosswords:4946 rec.pyrotechnics:40002 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18681 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24151 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97312 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32765 rec.radio.amateur.space:6201 rec.radio.cb:25904 Do we REALLY need to see this type of thing in rec.pyrotechnics?!?!? From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!imci5!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.av.qnet.com!ibbs!js Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Message-ID: <169@ibbs.av.org> References: <4e897q$j19@dub-news-svc-5.compuserve.com> Reply-To: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) From: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:01:55 GMT Subject: Re: Newsline: poor math Lines: 33 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97400 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32828 In article <4e897q$j19@dub-news-svc-5.compuserve.com>, 72527.01012@compuserve. com (72527.01012@compuserve.com) writes: > >>Newsline, the weekly bulletin from WA6ITF, et. al, recently >>made a big deal of the fact that since 1991, the Tech+ class >>had only grown by about 10,000 folks. Their conclusion was >>that this proves that only 10,000 codeless tech had upgraded >>their license. > >>Their position totally ignores the growth of the "top three" >>(General, Advanced, and Extra) classes during the same period. >>Those classes grew, not by 10,000, but by almost 46,000 since >>1991. So the total upgrade traffic is not 10,000, but just >>under 56,000! Further, the largest "gainer" was Extra class. > > >I agree! I think there is an attitude that people assume that a no-code >tech is automatically going to up-grade to tech plus. Last year when I was >in a VE session to up-grade my license, there were two no-coders who >jumped past tech plus. They both passed their 13 wpm code test, one >passed General written and one went all the way to Advanced! > >73 from Steve > > I think that you should also look at where Newsline got the information. It would not suprise me at all if the F.C.C. records reflect only 10,000 upgraded hams. Since the F.C.C. records are the only ones that matter, maybe someone should look into it. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Stillinger - KB6IBB js@ibbs.av.org PSC Box 3429 js@red-eft.la.ca.us Edwards AFB, CA 93524 +1 805 258 7303 8N1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.comm.net!imci3!imci5!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!main03!landisj From: landisj@nad.com (Joe Landis - Systems & Network Mgr) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Message-ID: <1996Jan25.143143.441@nad.com> Date: 25 Jan 96 14:31:42 EST References: <1996Jan24.200215.2892@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4e6lsi$bt3@cloner3.netcom.com> <822560703snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> Distribution: world Organization: North American Drager - Telford, PA Lines: 14 In article <822560703snz@microvst.demon.co.uk>, "Anthony R. Gold" writes: > You claim that there are some more Morse Code only sub-bands in the FCC > schedule but not where they are. Are you keeping them secret :-( > > Regards, > -- > Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com 30 meters Joe - AA3GN -- Joe Landis - Systems and Network Manager - North American Drager - Telford, PA landisj@nad.com ..speaking only for myself, of course.. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: 25 Jan 1996 15:06:28 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4e869k$be2$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: <4e6lsi$bt3@cloner3.netcom.com> Gary said: >The only two code-only subbands in all >of amateur radio are 50.0-50.1 MHz and 144.0-144.1 MHz, >and guess what, you don't need to pass a Morse test to >use them. Bob replied: >Gary: There are more than two cw only bands in the >United States, and several cw, rtty, and data only. Garys' statement is correct. Those two segments are the only two which the FCC has reserved solely for CW. While there certainly are band plans by which we "organize" our use of the bands, these have no official sanction at FCC. You can legally, so long as you don't maliciously interfere, use CW anywhere in the ham bands. (Not very smart maybe, but not illegal.) 73, de Hans, K0HB -- -- My homepage is at: "http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/k0hb" -- It's still a hardhat area... under construction From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!mcinnis From: mcinnis@austin.ibm.com (Mickey McInnis) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding a ham operator. Date: 26 Jan 1996 22:15:46 GMT Organization: IBM Austin Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ebjqi$1g3o@ausnews.austin.ibm.com> References: <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> Reply-To: mcinnis@austin.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: babe01.austin.ibm.com Originator: mcinnis@babe01.austin.ibm.com In article <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us>, sfrhb1cs@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us (Jean S. Hall) writes: > How do I go about finding somebody local who is a ham? > Where's "local", i.e. what city, and why do you want to find a ham? -- Mickey McInnis - mcinnis@austin.ibm.com -- All opinions expressed are my own opinions, not my company's opinions. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!mother.usf.edu!ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us!scfn!sfdwts From: sfdwts@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us (robert atkins) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding a ham operator. Date: 25 Jan 1996 01:06:27 GMT Organization: Suncoast Free-Net Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4e6l2j$3o7@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> References: <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ask at the reference desk of your local library. Jean S. Hall (sfrhb1cs@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us) wrote: : How do I go about finding somebody local who is a ham? From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:48 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnews.wa.com!uw-coco!uw-beaver!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!klahn From: klahn@netcom.com (Robert A. Klahn) Subject: Re: Finding a ham operator. Message-ID: Organization: Fluffy Dog, Inc. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 05:13:41 GMT Lines: 12 Sender: klahn@netcom23.netcom.com Jean S. Hall (sfrhb1cs@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us) wrote: : How do I go about finding somebody local who is a ham? If you have access to the World Wide Web, try the following URL: http://www.ualr.edu/doc/hamualr/callsign.html And look for hams in the same zip code as you. -- Robert A. Klahn KE6OQV klahn@netcom.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.suba.com!qni.com!gwatts From: Gary Watts Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding a ham operator. Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:08:16 -0600 Organization: Suba Communications Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: qni.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: Robert, Very GOOD reply. I was going to advise the same thing ? This would be his best bet I would say TTYL Gary Watts de N0OXV Kansas City Mo 81 GL1100I On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, Robert A. Klahn wrote: > Jean S. Hall (sfrhb1cs@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us) wrote: > : How do I go about finding somebody local who is a ham? > > If you have access to the World Wide Web, try the following URL: > > http://www.ualr.edu/doc/hamualr/callsign.html > > And look for hams in the same zip code as you. > > -- > Robert A. Klahn KE6OQV klahn@netcom.com > > > From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mcn.net!blpm01-172 From: vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding a ham operator. Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 01:05:26 GMT Organization: Montana Communications Network Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4ebtpg$fkn@news.mcn.net> References: <4e6jll$3jk@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: blpm01-172.mcn.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 You could also hire a P.I. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:51 1996 Message-ID: <481529@280.chatlink.com> From: Ham_Operator@sys280.chatlink.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.chatlink.com!netaccess Date: 28 Jan 1996 22:11:00 PST Subject: Finding a ham operator. Lines: 3 If you have his callsign, send it back here and i'll look it up on my database for ya. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hookup!news.nstn.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!leif!jcraig From: jcraig@kean.ucs.mun.ca Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Date: 24 Jan 96 23:38:04 -0230 Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada Lines: 26 Message-ID: <1996Jan24.233804.1@leif> References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: leif.ucs.mun.ca In article <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca>, jim@draco.bison.mb.ca (Jim Jaworski ) writes: > Morse Code is DEAD. Get rid of it. This IS almost the 21st > Century you know. Boy am I ever dissapointed!!! My eyes lit up when I read this message this morning. I thought to myself "No more searching around for a clear frequency to do the old dahdidaaaahdit dahdaaaahdidah thing!" With Morse dead, the CW subbands should finally be quiet. Well was I in for a shock when I got home this evening. I turned on my wireless set and heard all this beep beep stuff. There must have been hundreds maybe thousands of 'em... beeping away at each other. I tried other bands and heard even more beep beeps. I tell ya, it was so bad you couldn't even get a dit in edgewise! What is it with these guys and their incessant beeping? What year do they think this is? 1901 or something? There are now much BETTER ways of doing it! Why strain your ears picking a callsign from a pileup or interference when DSP and a PC can do a much better job. Get modern -- let a computer do the work so you can spend your doing something more enjoyable! What?? You heard ME on CW last night? Ahhh errr... must have been someone who SOUNDED like me!! Joe VO1NA From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.flint.umich.edu!gfn1.genesee.freenet.org!gfn1!bkotarsk From: bkotarsk@gfn1.genesee.freenet.org (Bill L. Kotarski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Date: 28 Jan 1996 00:21:32 GMT Organization: The Genesee Free-Net Lines: 42 Message-ID: <4eefic$iku@gfn1.genesee.freenet.org> References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: gfn1.genesee.freenet.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jim Jaworski (jim@draco.bison.mb.ca) wrote: > Morse Code is DEAD. Get rid of it. This IS almost the 21st > Century you know. > -- > Winnipeg MB Canada jim@draco.bison.mb.ca > TEAM OS/2 MIME OK > VE4JAF BSCN Helpline Volunteer > OS/2 -- 100% 32-bit since April 1992 and over 3400 32-bit OS/2 apps. I was a afraid of this,,, First you try to help them out then they want to stretch it some more..... I am not against the NO CODE !!!! Next they will be wanting to get RID of the WRITTEN TEST, BECAUSE they have CANNOT MEMORIZE the QUESTION AND ANSWERS..... Then it will be you make up your own temp CALL SIGN Then there will be no licensing of HAM RADIO OPERATORS NOW WE HAVE A CB like INVIREMENT Come onNO CODE TECH's Be glad it was changed so you could at least get a license without the CODE.... My God, My uncle got his NOVICE license when he was 74 years old and it only took him 3 weeks to learn the code... You cannot learn the CODe and Do all that PARTY'ing also... The World just can't keep giving you everything you desire.. you must work for what you want... and If you want HF you must work at it... Life is as simple as you want to make it or as HARD as you want to make it... -- ai720@detroit.freenet.org-------------------- bkotarsk@genesee.freenet.org sfuxdis@frog.thpl.lib.fl.us------------------bkotarsk@freenet.grfn.org bill.kotarski@cmail.com And Whatever Else You People Call Me N8JOS--- General Class since 1968 EX-WB8DKR and WN8DKR From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!bcm.tmc.edu!news.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!news.starnet.net!wupost!news.dra.com!news.mid.net!crcnews.unl.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!gbrown From: gbrown@unlinfo.unl.edu (gregory brown) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Date: 26 Jan 1996 04:02:07 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo2.unl.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jim Jaworski (jim@draco.bison.mb.ca) wrote: : Morse Code is DEAD. Get rid of it. This IS almost the 21st : Century you know. Books are DEAD. Get rid of them. The wave of the future is here. Internet. WWW. This is almost the 21st Century you know. (For any sarcasm-impaired librarians out, this is tongue-in-cheek... please douse your flames.) Greg From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!jbaltz From: jbaltz@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B Altzman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Date: 28 Jan 1996 02:07:54 GMT Organization: double ionizers association Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4eelpq$i23@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu In article <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu>, gregory brown wrote: >Jim Jaworski (jim@draco.bison.mb.ca) wrote: >: Morse Code is DEAD. Get rid of it. This IS almost the 21st >: Century you know. >Books are DEAD. Get rid of them. The wave of the future is here. >Internet. WWW. This is almost the 21st Century you know. Books are dead as soon as you install a terminal in my bathroom so I have something to read while, er, occupied. >(For any sarcasm-impaired librarians out, this is tongue-in-cheek... >please douse your flames.) Er, OK. >Greg //jbaltz jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 jbaltz@columbia.edu jbaltz@sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML (HEPNET) NEVIS::jbaltz From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:57 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.inc.net!novia!news.dpc.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uchinews!news.luc.edu!newsfeed.acns.nwu.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Message-ID: <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:33:49 GMT Lines: 36 In article <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> gbrown@unlinfo.unl.edu (gregory brown) writes: >Jim Jaworski (jim@draco.bison.mb.ca) wrote: >: Morse Code is DEAD. Get rid of it. This IS almost the 21st >: Century you know. > >Books are DEAD. Get rid of them. The wave of the future is here. >Internet. WWW. This is almost the 21st Century you know. > >(For any sarcasm-impaired librarians out, this is tongue-in-cheek... >please douse your flames.) You know, considering the destruction of our forests by the paper companies, perhaps it is time to abandon books and switch to electronic text. We almost have the laptop and PDA technology to make it practical, and CDROMs have sufficient storage. I don't know that the economics and infrastructure are here yet to just use the web to replace books, but it already has a shot at replacing the daily newspaper (for those who don't already get all their news from TV). Of course it's hard to wrap fish with a web page. I browse the Nando Times and CNN Interactive, and even get Dilbert on the web. Frankly that's a faster, cheaper, and more accurate source of news than the Atlanta Journal Constitution (lying rag that it is). All we need now is to get something like the Ricochet Network spread nationwide so that wireless access is both fast and cheap. Then we can read anywhere, just as we do with books, magazines, and newspapers. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:30:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!news.aa.net!tsunami.ixa.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cgreenha From: cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Christopher K Greenhalgh) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Date: 26 Jan 1996 15:37:59 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 44 Message-ID: <4easgn$b5i@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu In article <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, Gary Coffman wrote: >You know, considering the destruction of our forests by the paper >companies, perhaps it is time to abandon books and switch to electronic >text. We almost have the laptop and PDA technology to make it practical, >and CDROMs have sufficient storage. True, and I agree. >I don't know that the economics and infrastructure are here yet to >just use the web to replace books, but it already has a shot at >replacing the daily newspaper (for those who don't already get all >their news from TV). Of course it's hard to wrap fish with a web >page. I browse the Nando Times and CNN Interactive, and even get >Dilbert on the web. Frankly that's a faster, cheaper, and more >accurate source of news than the Atlanta Journal Constitution >(lying rag that it is). True again, but what about reading your morning paper on the subway, bus, or the like? >All we need now is to get something like the Ricochet Network >spread nationwide so that wireless access is both fast and cheap. >Then we can read anywhere, just as we do with books, magazines, >and newspapers. Only if you want to lug around yoyr laptop. Lets face it, there are still applications were books are better than "electronic media". When I go out on field day, its sure a heck of a lot easier to throw my callbook in the back seat, than it is to tear down my multi-media machine (monitor, keyboard, ect.) just to run the CD callserver. (and/or load 80 meg of data to your laptop...if you have one...and if you have the hard disk space too) :) And if I decide to go fishing, I could tear out on of the Califorinia pages. Sure wouldnt want to fold up a catfish in my Winbook...yuck! :) Take care. -- Christopher K. Greenhalgh, N8WCT Computer/Electronic Tech. II at The Ohio State University E-Mail: ckg+@osu.edu (cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Radio : n8wct@w8cqk.#cmh.oh.usa.noam From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:00 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chewy.vcx.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Message-ID: <1996Jan26.183822.12771@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4easgn$b5i@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:38:22 GMT Lines: 59 In article <4easgn$b5i@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> cgreenha@magnus.acs.oh io-state.edu (Christopher K Greenhalgh) writes: >In article <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, >Gary Coffman wrote: > >>You know, considering the destruction of our forests by the paper >>companies, perhaps it is time to abandon books and switch to electronic >>text. We almost have the laptop and PDA technology to make it practical, >>and CDROMs have sufficient storage. > >True, and I agree. > >>I don't know that the economics and infrastructure are here yet to >>just use the web to replace books, but it already has a shot at >>replacing the daily newspaper (for those who don't already get all >>their news from TV). Of course it's hard to wrap fish with a web >>page. I browse the Nando Times and CNN Interactive, and even get >>Dilbert on the web. Frankly that's a faster, cheaper, and more >>accurate source of news than the Atlanta Journal Constitution >>(lying rag that it is). > >True again, but what about reading your morning paper on the subway, bus, or >the like? A PDA and a wireless network adaptor can allow that. >>All we need now is to get something like the Ricochet Network >>spread nationwide so that wireless access is both fast and cheap. >>Then we can read anywhere, just as we do with books, magazines, >>and newspapers. > >Only if you want to lug around yoyr laptop. Lets face it, there are still >applications were books are better than "electronic media". When I go out >on field day, its sure a heck of a lot easier to throw my callbook in the >back seat, than it is to tear down my multi-media machine (monitor, keyboard, >ect.) just to run the CD callserver. (and/or load 80 meg of data to your >laptop...if you have one...and if you have the hard disk space too) :) PDAs like the Newton, and a wireless modem like those used by the Ricochet network, can let you access an online callbook server from anywhere (within the network's reach at least). When the network coverage expands, this offers a very good substitute for a bulky laptop and CDROM player. Better PDAs than the Newton are coming on market too. Soon we'll have color 8.5x11 LCD displays on machines no thicker (or heavier) than a copy of Byte Magazine. This will be a real omni-book, or omni-newspaper, or omni-computing resource thanks to the distributed power of the network. I once hoped amateur packet radio would lead the way in this direction, but it seems most amateurs lack the imagination to see the possibilities, and the will to make them happen. Fortunately, others outside amateur radio haven't lost vision or will, and such things are coming on market now. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.frontiernet.net!Empire.Net!news.net99.net!newshost.cyberramp.net!news.consultix.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vivanews.vivanet.com!mulveyr From: mulveyr@ll.aa2ys.ampr.org (Rich Mulvey) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Date: 28 Jan 1996 17:42:32 GMT Organization: Mulvey Home Node Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4easgn$b5i@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1996Jan26.183822.12771@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: mulveyr@vivanet.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ip150.vivanet.com X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.4) On Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:38:22 GMT, Gary Coffman wrote: >In article <4easgn$b5i@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> cgreenha@magnus.acs.o hio-state.edu (Christopher K Greenhalgh) writes: >>In article <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, >>Gary Coffman wrote: >> >>>You know, considering the destruction of our forests by the paper >>>companies, perhaps it is time to abandon books and switch to electronic >>>text. We almost have the laptop and PDA technology to make it practical, >>>and CDROMs have sufficient storage. >> >>True, and I agree. >> >>>I don't know that the economics and infrastructure are here yet to >>>just use the web to replace books, but it already has a shot at >>>replacing the daily newspaper (for those who don't already get all >>>their news from TV). Of course it's hard to wrap fish with a web >>>page. I browse the Nando Times and CNN Interactive, and even get >>>Dilbert on the web. Frankly that's a faster, cheaper, and more >>>accurate source of news than the Atlanta Journal Constitution >>>(lying rag that it is). >> >>True again, but what about reading your morning paper on the subway, bus, or >>the like? > >A PDA and a wireless network adaptor can allow that. > True, but I've never had to worry about the batteries in my book running out just as I'm about to find out whodunnit. :-) And I've never heard of someone stealing a copy of Shakespeare, while electronics of ANY description are fair game for any local thief. - Rich --- Rich Mulvey, aa2ys Rochester, NY USA mulveyr@vivanet.com aa2ys@net.wb2psi.ampr.org aa2ys@wb2psi.#wny.ny.us From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.intelenet.com!unogate!mvb.saic.com!homer.alpha.net!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!newspump.wustl.edu!bcm.tmc.edu!newshost.convex.com!convex!tonyp From: tonyp@convex.com (Tony J. Podrasky) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Date: 27 Jan 1996 00:51:44 GMT Organization: Coyotes R Us - ask me about my Coyotes Lines: 42 Message-ID: <4ebsv0$sjq@convex.convex.com> References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: convex1.convex.com In article <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, Gary Coffman wrote: >In article <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> gbrown@unlinfo.unl.edu (gregory brown ) writes: >>Jim Jaworski (jim@draco.bison.mb.ca) wrote: >>: Morse Code is DEAD. Get rid of it. This IS almost the 21st >>: Century you know. >> >>Books are DEAD. Get rid of them. The wave of the future is here. >>Internet. WWW. This is almost the 21st Century you know. >> >>(For any sarcasm-impaired librarians out, this is tongue-in-cheek... >>please douse your flames.) > >You know, considering the destruction of our forests by the paper >companies, perhaps it is time to abandon books and switch to electronic >text. We almost have the laptop and PDA technology to make it practical, >and CDROMs have sufficient storage. > >I don't know that the economics and infrastructure are here yet to >just use the web to replace books, but it already has a shot at >replacing the daily newspaper (for those who don't already get all >their news from TV). Of course it's hard to wrap fish with a web >page. I browse the Nando Times and CNN Interactive, and even get >Dilbert on the web. Frankly that's a faster, cheaper, and more >accurate source of news than the Atlanta Journal Constitution >(lying rag that it is). > >All we need now is to get something like the Ricochet Network >spread nationwide so that wireless access is both fast and cheap. >Then we can read anywhere, just as we do with books, magazines, >and newspapers. > >Gary >-- Iridium -- Tony J. Podrasky | LIBERALS need to learn the difference between San Diego , Ca | lending a helping hand, and giving a hand-out. tonyp@convex.com | CONSERVATIVES need to learn to tell the difference QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA? | between what is a "sin" and "crime". From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:04 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! Message-ID: <1996Jan27.125412.1157@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4ds2eq$16b@draco.bison.mb.ca> <4e9jnv$nb8@crcnis3.unl.edu> <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4ebsv0$sjq@convex.convex.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 12:54:12 GMT Lines: 23 In article <4ebsv0$sjq@convex.convex.com> tonyp@convex.com (Tony J. Podrasky) writes: >In article <1996Jan26.133349.11579@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, >Gary Coffman wrote: >>All we need now is to get something like the Ricochet Network >>spread nationwide so that wireless access is both fast and cheap. >>Then we can read anywhere, just as we do with books, magazines, >>and newspapers. > >Iridium $3 a minute for 2400 baud tops? Get real! No, we need networks at pricing we can afford so that we can remain connected. Ricochet is $29.95 a month *flat rate*, unlimited hours, 100kb speed. That's more realistic. That allows the network to contain most of the resource intensive features and allows our PDA to act as merely an interface. That lowers cost and bulk to the user. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.socketis.net!usenet From: albraun@socketis.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Date: 26 Jan 1996 19:04:20 GMT Organization: SOCKET Internet Services INN site Lines: 60 Message-ID: <4eb8jk$n0c@news.socketis.net> References: <4e990v$ic4@news.socketis.net> <4e9ggm$597@jupiter.planet.net> Reply-To: albraun@socketis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: op006.socketis.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4e9ggm$597@jupiter.planet.net>, adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landin g, NJ writes: >> albraun@socketis.net writes: > >> I can empathize with both points of view. I too am a busy person (practic ing >> physician with 5 children, 3 of them under the age of 2!) who does most of >> his operating in contests. I don't like answering QSL's any more than the >> next guy, and I suspect I probably have even less time for it than the ham who >> wrote the above. >> >> OTOH, I have sent many QSL requests, WITH SASE, which were never responded >> to in any way. I seriously doubt if they threw my stamps away! If the >> contester doesn't have time to respond he should at least acknowledge the >> requests which included an SASE, by returning the QSL if nothing else. >> It will cost the contester nothing but a (small) part of his time. Actual ly >> the amount of time needed to properly respond to a QSL request is not >> as much as might be thought. Most contesters anymore do computer logging, >> and finding/verifying a contact takes very little time. I keep ascii file s of all >> my logs on my hard drive, and using a program like Vern Buerg's LIST allow s >> me to search for a text string (i.e. the requester's callsign) in a split second. >> I think a more reasonable approach than the one proposed above is to answe r >> the ones which are properly submitted (with SASE) and ignore the rest. >> If the requester wants it bad enough, he'll send again with an SASE. >> >> >> >> Flame away, the asbestos suit is on! 73 - Alan >> > >wow..as we say here in the East..what a pair of ca hon nays > >on 1 hand..i don;t like to qsl, so there for i usually don;t > >on the other hand, i think its rude that someone who doesn't qsl should at le ast send my card back???? > >quite frankly, i keep your calls on file. should i ever go somewhere you nee d and work you..oopppss N.I.L > >(not in log) so sorry > >steve Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I'm suggesting to the guy who says he ignores ALL QSL requests that he should at least respond to the ones that send SASE's...I think it is VERY discourteous not to respond when the QSL'er has even paid the return postage. My PERSONAL practice is different, however: I respond to all QSL requests, ASAP if accompanied by an SASE, when I have time if no SASE or via the bureau. To further illustrate the point, when I went to Belize for the 1995 ARRL DX contest, QSL's were sent for ALL 4200 contacts via the bureau, whether QSL's were requested or not. A number of other contesters do the same. I'm just trying to suggest a reasonable compromise for the folks who say they can't be bothered. Personally I have always responded to all QSL requests and plan to continue doing so. 73 - Alan NS0B/V31EV PS- I'll be happy to work (and QSL) you from V31 in the upcoming ARRL DX CW contest! From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!ham From: ham@w3eax.umd.edu (Scott Rosenfeld NF3I) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Date: 26 Jan 1996 16:15:32 GMT Organization: University of Maryland College Park Lines: 52 Message-ID: <4eaun4$kd6@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> References: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> <4e0975$gfm@nw001.infi.net> <4e2lbo$ail@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <4e9jai$nao@crcnis3.unl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: w3eax.umd.edu QSLs ARE "the final courtesy of a QSO." They confirm contact and some people collect them, either as proof of contact, wallpaper, or whatever reason they have. OK, so we've now gotten to the point where some consider them JUNK MAIL if they weren't asked for. J. Amateur, new ham, age 14: LOOK, I thought enought of OUR contact (note, it takes TWO) to spend the time, money, and effort to send you a card in hopes you'd have the courtesy to send one back. Let's say we worked in a contest and I JUST realized you were in Podunk county in the imaginary state of Dyslexia, and I was born there, and was a relatively new ham, and that card would be really cool to have. You may be busy, but hey, I'm only 14, and this contact was important to me. And 14 year-olds CERTAINLY don't have as much money as thee. But they ALSO don't often think someone will be so arrogant so as to consider a QSL card "junk mail." And they don't think about SASEs unless YOU tell them to. Back to the real poster... So basically, if you don't want unsolicited QSLs, don't get on the air. If you want SASEs, send a few back with "Please, next time, send an SASE," and the "offenders" will learn about high-volume operators and how they operate. I did. I once worked a ham in Montana during a contest, and I needed the card for WAS. I sent an SASE (had learned my lesson) and received a reply within about a month. The callsign was NK3I, but I'm NF3I. I sent the card, with a note, back to the sender, asking if he'd send me a corrected card with the right callsign so i could get the award. I never got a reply, and I never got the envelope returned. Most people are good about it; most hams understand that QSLing is an important (and expensive) part of an otherwise expensive hobby. But what folks forget is that it's a two-way street, and that the requestor really DOES want your card for something. Something to be proud of on that bragging wall, maybe an award or two. And YOU are a part of it by just being on the air. Finish what you start. -- Scott Rosenfeld NF3I Burtonsville, MD FM19 QRV 40-10/6/2/440 ** Yes, you CAN do VHF contests with 25W and omni antennas ** Still stuck at 138 countries confirmed on HF w/dipoles... 72 & 73 from suburban DC 301-549-1022 (h) 301-982-1015 (w) From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:08 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chewy.vcx.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: QSL etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Message-ID: <1996Jan26.180933.12550@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> <4e0975$gfm@nw001.infi.net> <4e2lbo$ail@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <4e9jai$nao@crcnis3.unl.edu> <4eaun4$kd6@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:09:33 GMT Lines: 39 In article <4eaun4$kd6@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> ham@w3eax.umd.edu (Scott Rosenf eld NF3I) writes: >QSLs ARE "the final courtesy of a QSO." They confirm contact and >some people collect them, either as proof of contact, wallpaper, >or whatever reason they have. > >OK, so we've now gotten to the point where some consider them >JUNK MAIL if they weren't asked for. [snip] >Most people are good about it; most hams understand that QSLing is >an important (and expensive) part of an otherwise expensive hobby. >But what folks forget is that it's a two-way street, and that the >requestor really DOES want your card for something. Something >to be proud of on that bragging wall, maybe an award or two. > >And YOU are a part of it by just being on the air. Finish what you >start. As I noted earlier, I don't originate QSLs, but if you're trying for an award, I will scrawl "confirmed" across a card you send me and drop it in the supplied SASE so that *you* can get your award. I'm not trying for awards, so your card is of no value to me, and I don't feel obligated to have cards printed, or to pay postage to send them out. Getting awards can be expensive, but amateur radio need not be. On another note, I've received a number of cards recently "confirming" contacts with KE4ZV on HF voice. Those contacts are bogus. My only recent HF operations have been digital. I started out writing a letter to each of the people sending me cards, but gave up when the volume became too large. Slim has really been active, I could get an award. :-( Anyway, I will write VOID across your card and drop it in your SASE if you include one, otherwise the cards go in file 13. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:11 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!jlowman From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> <4dpo4v$7tl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 21:11:28 GMT Lines: 34 Sender: jlowman@netcom13.netcom.com Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 (faunt@netcom17.netcom.com) wrote: : Ron Klein seems to think that his perceived lack of time is an excuse : for bad manners. I trust that any QSL's he receives with an SASE are : returned to the sender. I tend to agree with Ron. Most people are busy enough today with things unrelated to ham radio and other hobbies. Out of 172 members in our club, it is rare to see more than 40 at most meetings. Many remain members, but I have never met them, and I'm at almost every club event and RACES session. : My reading seems to indicate that QSLing for any contact if requested : is part of the hobby, and that contests are no exception. Do any or : all of the logging programs have provision for a list of people who do : not QSL, and therefore may be inappropriate to contact, or log? Unless things have changed over the last 25 or so years, I thought that QSL etiquette required that the request for a confirmation be made during the contact. I've done this before, only to be told by the other operator that he doesn't send QSL cards. No problem, no hard feelings, no waiting for a card that will never arrive, no badgering the other guy with repeated requests, etc. : I'd actually like to see a provision in contest rules that QSLing in : response to a properly sent QSL is required. Properly sent means with : an SASE, unfortunately. I'd have to disagree. How would you propose that the contest authorities regulate this, anyway? I can't say that I blame hams for treating unsolicited QSL cards like all the rest of the unsolicited mail we get every day. 73 de Jim - KF6CR San Bernardino, CA From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.av.qnet.com!ibbs!js Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <163@ibbs.av.org> References: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> <4dpo4v$7tl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4e0ecl$8jq@news1.ucsd.edu> Reply-To: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) From: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:56:51 GMT Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) Lines: 43 In article , Bob Raymond (braymond@ns.po weramp.net) writes: >In article <4e0ecl$8jq@news1.ucsd.edu> brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) writes: >>From: brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) >>Subject: Re: qsl etiquette (see Feb 1996 QST) >>Date: 22 Jan 1996 16:35:33 GMT > >>I don't send them, and I don't keep the ones sent to me. > >I have made it a point to ALWAYS return a QSL card sent to me. I have even go ne >so far as to confirm a contact made by letter (when I did not have QSL cards) . >I know that many hams no longer collect or care about QSL cards; however, tha t >is no excuse for depriving a ham of a valued and needed confirmation for an >award. > >Treat others as you would like to be treated. Think about it before you just >discard the cards you receive! > >73, Bob, KG7WC > > >************************************************************************** >* BRAYMOND@NS.POWERAMP.NET - Spokane, WA - Amateur Radio KG7WC * >************************************************************************** > > You should qsl when asked, for you may never know when you may be in need. A QSL is nothing more than a conformation of a contact. Brian, QSL cards need not be expensive. There are many options, you can use the net for example to qsl a contact. You can use packet radio for qsl'ing too. I have one on a napkin. I got a long distance (125 mile) contact on the 440 band. When I met up with this ham I asked for a qsl card. He simply wrote one out on his napkin and that is considered a qsl card. Now Brian, when you tell your non-ham friends that you worked Germany on the radio you would have proof. I have told hams before to put your card where your mouth is or shut-up and stop wasting my time. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Stillinger - KB6IBB js@ibbs.av.org PSC Box 3429 js@red-eft.la.ca.us Edwards AFB, CA 93524 +1 805 258 7303 8N1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!sloth.swcp.com!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!newshost.lanl.gov!ncar!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!not-for-mail From: clay@panix.com (Clay Irving) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Where to get radio spectrum chart? Date: 25 Jan 1996 07:31:10 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4e7t6e$8p0@panix.com> References: <4e44ju$hei@odo.PEAK.ORG> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com In <4e44ju$hei@odo.PEAK.ORG> ab@PEAK.ORG (Dean Youngquist) writes: >Where would I find a chart or list showing which frequencies are allocated >to what services and what are the boundaries. I'm pretty familiar with >the ham bands but I've forgotten what I used to know about the rest of the >radio spectrum. Check: http://home.navisoft.com/nspi/chart.htm Courtesy of the Amateur Radio Reference, http://www.panix.com/clay/ham/ -- See the happy moron, He doesn't give a damn, Clay Irving, N2VKG (clay@panix.com) I wish I were a moron, http://www.panix.com/clay My God! perhaps I am! From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!academ!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!not-for-mail From: sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart) Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.config Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 27 Jan 1996 15:30:55 -0500 Organization: Society for the Promulgation of Cruelty to the Clueless Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4ee21v$e9c@panix3.panix.com> References: <4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:32367 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97341 alt.config:98217 In article <4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu>, Brian Kantor wrote: >Hmm. So should I create alt.ham-radio.binaries - and would it get used? >Or should that be alt.binaries.ham-radio? It should start with alt.binaries, so the latter is preferable. Seth From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!csn!nntp-xfer-2.csn.net!yuma!usenet From: fiz Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 09:35:02 -0800 Organization: Me be organized, hahaha :) Lines: 10 Message-ID: <3107BF46.6E82@lamar.colostate.edu> References: <4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: shakers.physics.colostate.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6a (Win16; I) Brian Kantor wrote: > > Hmm. So should I create alt.ham-radio.binaries - and would it get used? > Or should that be alt.binaries.ham-radio? > - Brian I think it would be nice to have a collection of binaries. Why not rec.radio.amateur.bin? I'd never think to look in alt.binaries.ham-radio. ttfn fiz (KG0YG) From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp.cntfl.com!books From: books@rtssec1.dms.state.fl.us (Roger Books) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 25 Jan 1996 19:08:11 GMT Organization: CMDS News machine Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4e8ker$2u6@server.cntfl.com> References: <4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu> <3107BF46.6E82@lamar.colostate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.90.27.7 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] fiz (fiz@lamar.colostate.edu) wrote: > Brian Kantor wrote: > > > > Hmm. So should I create alt.ham-radio.binaries - and would it get used? > > Or should that be alt.binaries.ham-radio? > > - Brian > I think it would be nice to have a collection of binaries. Why not > rec.radio.amateur.bin? I'd never think to look in alt.binaries.ham-radio. It's much harder to make a rec group than it is to make an alt group. Maybe alt.radio.amateur.binaries?? As for it being used, I don't know. Realize that because it is a .binaries group there are sight that won't carry it or will give it short expiration times. Roger From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!terra.net!news.bitstream.com!tristram.edc.org!news3.near.net!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!newsrelay.netins.net!news.netins.net!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!electron.rutgers.edu!not-for-mail From: bweiner@electron.rutgers.edu (Ben Weiner) Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 26 Jan 1996 20:21:10 -0500 Organization: Brooklyn Engineering District Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4ebum6$dir@electron.rutgers.edu> References: <4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu> <4e948u$ms@newsworthy.West.Sun.COM> <4eaume$np2@news1.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: electron.rutgers.edu X-Newsreader: readnews version B 2.11 (Glickman/Horton/Daniel/Truscott, 10/86) Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:32199 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97299 brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) writes: >>I've been on the verge of creating alt.radio.amateur.flame for quite >>a long time. >Already exists, albeit with a slightly different newsgroup title, among >the alt.ham-radio hierarchy (to which I've just added the binaries group): > ... > alt.ham-radio.binaries > ... Should have been alt.binaries.ham-radio. Binaries groups are supposed to go in a separate hierarchy. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:19 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!ncar!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!jlowman From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: The Whole story! Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <1996Jan28.190345.7890@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4eip9o$4qc$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> <1996Jan29.182636.14417@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:57:24 GMT Lines: 39 Sender: jlowman@netcom6.netcom.com Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote: : Nope, because of the 2 year grace period, 1994 expires are : just *now* starting to be purged. We had this discussion : earlier about a grandfather who died shortly after being : licensed in May of 1984 still on the FCC database as an : active amateur. He won't be purged from the list until : May of 1996. Definitely correct. My Elmer had his license up for renewal in March of 1994. Since he did not renew, and was always an active ham, I can only come to the sad conclusion that he is a SK, since I have not been back to MI since 1989. I will be watching to see if his callsign is purged by April. : Yeah, but that's still misleading. Since the top three are all : much smaller classes than the two Techs, percentage growth looks : lots better than the raw number growth. Try expressing the growth : of each class as a percentage of the *total* amateur population. : That gives a more meaningful picture of where amateurs are and : where they are going. As treasurer of our local club, I have been asked to update my membership database with the license class of each member. When I have finished, I will post a summary here. As might be expected, most of our growth is in the no-code Tech class. But last weekend, one of our 15-year-old members passed the Extra theory exam, and completed all requirements for that license. His friend and classmate has his General, and is studying toward Advanced. These two young fellows provided some needed inspiration to our club president and myself; we are working on Advanced and Extra, respectively. Neither of us have any excuse, as the young guys were limited in the amount of study time, due to homework from school. I have been sitting on Advanced since 1968. We do have five students in our General license class, and other members are studying for their upgrades independently. So, interest in CW and HF is not dead here. 73 de Jim - KF6CR From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:20 1996 Newsgroups: sci.electronics,alt.2600,alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!agis!news3.noc.netcom.net!netcom.com!lewiz From: lewiz@netcom.com (Lewcifer) Subject: Re: Looking for DataRx Message-ID: Followup-To: sci.electronics,alt.2600,alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <31072997.15971117@nntp.kaiwan.com> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 04:41:16 GMT Lines: 16 Sender: lewiz@netcom22.netcom.com Xref: news.epix.net alt.2600:157546 alt.radio.scanner:26883 rec.radio.scanner:44468 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97339 Doug Brandon (dab@kaiwan.com) wrote: : I'm looking for information on a company called "DataRx" which used to : sell FM SCA data demodulation kits (used Exar XR2211 FSK decoder). I : think they are no longer around, but if anybody knows otherwise, or if : you have one of these kits (or something similar) you'd like to sell me, : please send email. The DataRX kit came as a hardware/software solution. The company was a one-man operation. That one man is now the publisher if a magazine by the name of "Midnight Engineering." His name is William Gates. If you're interested in purchasing my kit, complete with instructions and the decoding software, feel free to write. -- "I think, therefore I'm free" - Lewis De Payne | Finger your girlfriend Nonpolitical activist and general troublemaker | for my PGP key... From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!moritz From: moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de () Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Math's notes: undiscovered 50 GHz + ? Date: 26 Jan 1996 17:04:32 GMT Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4eb1j0$1t4o@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> References: <4e6vvd$iil@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> <1996Jan25.144528.442@nad.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de >> Right now, they say "100 GHz? It's unusable!" >> >> Back then, they said (well, whatever they said, it made 3-30 MHz >> considered 'High Frequency'). There is however a soubtle difference: Than noone had the faintest idea of the propagation of electromagnetic waves (other than light), and now propagation and attenuation of EM waves at *any* frequency is well known, and chances of anything really unexpected happening are less than marginal. >> I have no >> idea how to use this during the next 50 years. Surely we are in for a *BIG* development, but no on the propagation side, more on low noise narrow band stuff becomming feasible/affordable. >Soon after it's deployment, cheap 70Gig Gunn heads will >be available, and I bet they'll be easy to move to our allocation. >WBFM at 70Ghz will be as easy to do by then as it is at 10 now. WBFM and Gunn's are in the future what are AM-modulation and tube receivers today: a nice nostalgic toy. 73, Moritz DL5UH From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!news From: Zack Lau Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Math's notes: undiscovered 50 GHz + ? Date: 30 Jan 1996 15:14:35 GMT Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4elckr$7o2@mgate.arrl.org> References: <4e6vvd$iil@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> <1996Jan25.144528.442@nad.com> <4eb1j0$1t4o@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: zlau.arrl.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de moritz@ipers1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de () wrote: >>> Right now, they say "100 GHz? It's unusable!" >>> >>> Back then, they said (well, whatever they said, it made 3-30 MHz >>> considered 'High Frequency'). > >There is however a soubtle difference: > >Than noone had the faintest idea of the propagation of electromagnetic waves >(other than light), and now propagation and attenuation of EM waves at *any* >frequency is well known, and chances of anything really unexpected happening >are less than marginal. > Why can't the experts agree on what causes E-skip and accurately predict the best weekends to hold 6 meter contests? Zack KH6CP/1 From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news2.ee.net!news.ee.net!imci2!suck-feed.internetmci.com!imci5!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.datasync.com!news.datasync.com!not-for-mail From: rocker@datasync.com (Ray Rocker) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiqutte] Date: 26 Jan 1996 17:11:05 -0600 Organization: Datasync Internet Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4ebn29$93g@osh1.datasync.com> References: <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: osh1.datasync.com In <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu>, cshelton@mason2.gmu.edu (Carroll J Shelton) wr ites: >After reading a post from one contestor that he never replies >to QSLs for contest QSOs, I would be curious about the habits >of other US contesters. Do you respond to QSLs for contest QSOs? >(I understand the special circumstances of DX stations, I'm >just asking about US contesters here.) Yes, I reply to every one. Though I'm popular with the WAS and WPX chasers I don't find the burden to be excessive. Then again, I am not a Big Gun and don't work that many other little pistol types, who are usually the QSLers. I do wish more people would enclose a SASE or at least a 20 cent stamp and mailing label. It used to be that almost every QSL I got had that. Not so any more. Now, this only applies to direct QSLs. Some of the DX cards I get via the bureau that are obviously computer-generated mass mailings for every QSO in their log don't get answered. I also don't answer stateside QSLs that come through the DX bureau. -- Ray Rocker ... WQ5L Pass Christian, Mississippi, USA rocker@datasync.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:24 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ab351 From: ab351@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Richard Ferch) Subject: Re: QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiqutte] Message-ID: Sender: ab351@freenet3.carleton.ca (Richard Ferch) Reply-To: ab351@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Richard Ferch) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet References: <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu> <4e80at$t2h@mcrware.microware.com> <4e8gip$u79@nw002.infi.net> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 12:18:20 GMT Lines: 49 "John L. Rouse" (jrouse@dc.infi.net) writes: > I, too, am fairly active in contests - both here in the US and overseas. > I reply to all QSLs I receive, and almost immediately to those > considerate enough to send an SASE. Anything else goes via the bureau, > but it does go. I must say I'm a tad aghast at the attitude reflected by > at least one post in this thread in which the writer claims to dabble in > contests but shows nothing but disdain for QSLs. If he does > receive a card with an SASE, what does he do -- use the stamp to pay his > gas bill? That is not the way decent hams should behave, although it may > be a bit more common than I would have hoped. Sign of the times, maybe? > > 73, John KA3DBN/VP2EBN > -- > I couldn't agree more. With the current sunspot situation and my antenna setup (a ground-mounted R7 and a G5RV over the roof), and having worked the 200 or so easier DXCC countries, I've set my sights on single-band single-mode WAS for the time being. After recent contests, I've done a bit of experimenting - sent out some QSLs with SASEs and some without. Believe it or not, I get almost exactly the same return rate - 50%. Now without the SASE, I can't feel too upset. But to get no reply whatsoever when there's an SASE enclosed bugs me -- if the guy doesn't QSL at all, he could at least put my card, which I know he doesn't want (nobody wants another VE3), back in the SASE and stick it in the mail. What would that take - 5 seconds? I'd get the message. A few days ago you commented about Canadians not enclosing return postage. One reason is the cost. IRCs up here cost $3.50 (Cdn), although the most you can get back for one is a 90-cent stamp, and then only if the IRC originated overseas. According to official post office policy, an IRC originating in the US gets you a 52-cent stamp, and one from Canada that you just paid $3.50 for gets you a 45-cent stamp! US stamps are not all that easy to come by, either. I order mine from the USPS philatelic service, but with postage and handling, a sheet of 100 46-cent stamps (that's right, 46 cents to Canada) ends up costing me over $60 US. If you can't justify buying sheets of 100, what do you do? Put in a green stamp, I guess. But at a 50% return rate, that's not too appealing either, for what amounts to a domestic QSO. Oh well, if chasing awards was easy, no one would do it. 73, Rich - VE3IAY -- Richard Ferch (ab351@freenet.carleton.ca) From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!castle.nando.net!news From: geo@nando.net (George McCrary) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiqutte] Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 13:46:01 GMT Organization: News & Observer Public Access Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4edabh$590@castle.nando.net> References: <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu> <4e80at$t2h@mcrware.microware.com> <4e8gip$u79@nw002.infi.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: grail704.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99a.107 I can't promise this is a good strategy, but it seems to be. Try not to QSL the "big contesters". They are the ones making the really big scores by working a really big number of people, which causes them to get a relly big amount of cards that they feel is a really big hassle. There are a couple of reasons that it is tough for these guys. Big contest stations and antenna arrays take a lot of maintenance time that us "regular hams" don't have to deal with. Another thing is that often even in a multi-multi station the station owner is not even present. Would you want to answer hundreds of cards when your 40M stacks were sagging? Look for people like me. I usually work between 100 and 600 QSOs when I do a contest. This generates 5 to 25 cards depending on the test and mode. I answer all cards, but I really grimace when I have to pay 32 cents so I can have another California on 20M RTTY! 73 DE KQ4QM (George) P.S. Please reply direct or with a CC, my server misses a lot of posts. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:27 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.net66.com!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!ns.etri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.ultranet.com!bigboote.WPI.EDU!news3.near.net!monk.proteon.com!news From: dts@peanut.senie.com (Daniel Senie) Subject: Re: QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiqutte] Message-ID: <4e9g5u$mkf@peanut.senie.com> Lines: 42 Sender: news@proteon.com Nntp-Posting-Host: peanut.senie.com Organization: Daniel Senie Consulting References: <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 03:01:18 GMT In article <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu>, Carroll J Shelton wrote: >After reading a post from one contestor that he never replies >to QSLs for contest QSOs, I would be curious about the habits >of other US contesters. Do you respond to QSLs for contest QSOs? >(I understand the special circumstances of DX stations, I'm >just asking about US contesters here.) > >I believe that quite a few non-contesters make contest contacts >in the search for new states for WAS, etc. I had thought that >such contacts were welcome, as otherwise contesters would be >kind of limited in their contact total - there are only so >many fellow contesters to talk to, no? > >BTW, I do understand that you need even us non-contest types >to know the exchange, not to try to start a ragchew, etc. > >Now, the message I get from a contester who says he doesn't >QSL is "Go away, don't bother me, I just want to hear from >other serious contesters." Fair enough, if that's what you >really want. > >Is this the typical viewpoint of US contesters today? >Or is it an exception? I think this is a pretty poor attitude on the part of any contester who feels this way. In the contests, a significant percentage of the contacts are made between the avid contesters and folks who get on for a few hours to hand out contacts and look for a new state or country. The die-hard contesters NEED there to be these casual, non-contester stations who will happen by. This is where a LOT of the points come from. Getting a returned card or no card from a contest station is like that contester saying, I really don't want your points in the contest! Dan N1JEB -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie Internet: dan@senie.com, Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@senie.com http://www.senie.com Packet Radio: N1JEB@KA1SRD.MA From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsrelay.netins.net!news.netins.net!mcrware.microware.com!dennisg From: dennisg@microware.com (Dennis Gabler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiqutte] Date: 25 Jan 1996 13:24:45 GMT Organization: Microware Systems Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4e80at$t2h@mcrware.microware.com> References: <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: wahz.microware.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 (NOV) I am an active RTTY contestor in Iowa. I receive many QSL's from folk's wanting to get a digital WAS. Most of these are from contest QSO's. I reply to all though I am not pursuing a digital WAS. At the rate I am getting QSL's it will happen soon enough :-). 73's Dennis -- Dennis Gabler --o--------------------------=o=--------------------------o-- | dennisg@microware.com KB5HVN/NNN0BQG___________| KB5HVN@WB0UGO.IA.USA.NA From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!oslonett.no!sn.no!oslonett.no!sn.no!not-for-mail From: janalme@oslonett.no (Jan Almedal) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HF CONTESTS- Schedule and rules : URL available ??? Date: 26 Jan 1996 19:12:00 +0100 Organization: SN Internett Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <4ea3qi$dno@tilde.csc.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sinsen.sn.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In article <4ea3qi$dno@tilde.csc.ti.com>, Joe Fitter BV/N0IAT wrote: >Hi, >I'm looking for a URL that gives contest information, upcoming >HF contests especially including rules and reg's, dates and times, >etc. Please email with any specifics. > >thank you, Joe > Check: http://www.sn.no/~janalme/hammain.html It currently holds rules for over 150 HF contests! Best 73 de Jan / LA9HW From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!clio.trends.ca!io.org!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!bcm.tmc.edu!newshost.convex.com!convex!tonyp From: tonyp@convex.com (Tony J. Podrasky) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding power line noise source Date: 26 Jan 1996 17:07:47 GMT Organization: Coyotes R Us - ask me about my Coyotes Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4eb1p3$661@convex.convex.com> References: <4e0coq$gmc@alpha.sky.net> <3105B5C6.C40@televar.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: convex1.convex.com In article <3105B5C6.C40@televar.com>, >> >The next problem is getting the power company to do something about it! > After 2 years at my mountain-top ranch I finally got around to stringing up a rhombic. I had visions of dx stations pegging the meter. I turned on the xcvr and I had a constant S-9 noise level on 80-15 mtrs. First thing I did was power down the house at the mains to make sure it wasn't me causing the QRN. Nope - clean. I took a SWL portable around and checked all the poles - anytime I was near one the QRN got worse. I called SDG&E and after being bounced around a few times (at least in the right direction) I talked with a guy who specializes in "interference to ham radio receivers from power lines". REALLY! He took the info and told me he'd call me back in a week. Yeah, Un-huh. Friday he left a note on my answering machine saying he has an order in for 13 poles to be reworked, and if things aren't better in a couple of weeks to let him know. That night the QRN was S-5. A few nights later It was at S-3. Last night (about 2 weeks since he called) the only QRN is from the electrons dancing on a 1/2 mile of wire! The power company really came to the rescue. Give 'em a try. -- Tony J. Podrasky | LIBERALS need to learn the difference between San Diego , Ca | lending a helping hand, and giving a hand-out. tonyp@convex.com | CONSERVATIVES need to learn to tell the difference QSL? QRU? QRZ? QLZ? QFA? | between what is a "sin" and "crime". From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!guitar.sound.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.us.world.net!tech.cftnet.com!usenet From: Jim Cronn Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding power line noise source Date: 25 Jan 1996 20:53:47 GMT Organization: CFTnet Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4e8qkr$ll6@tech.cftnet.com> References: <4dgo6p$lnf@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp246_10.cftnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) To: jackcronn@oia.net Just testing disregard From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:33 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!jangus From: jangus@netcom.com (Jeffrey D. Angus) Subject: Re: Motorola manual Message-ID: Organization: Grendel's Lair References: <4eanhi$2tn@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 02:37:56 GMT Lines: 17 Sender: jangus@netcom4.netcom.com dcimp@aol.com (DCimp) writes: >I am in dire need of a Motorola Synotr Manual....... >NOT A SYNTOR X, or a SYNTOR X9000, just a Syntor Manual, in the 136-150 >Split, but any VHF version will do..... I need it soon, can anybody help? >Dave KB8QHU DCimp@AOL.com You could always call motorola and order one. (Local to Los Angeles, (310) 532-3211) -- Amateur: WA6FWI@WA6FWI.#SOCA.CA.USA.NA | "It is difficult to imagine our Internet: jangus@skyld.grendel.com | universe run by a single omni- US Mail: PO Box 4425 Carson, CA 90749 | potent god. I see it more as a Phone: 1 (310) 324-6080 | badly run corporation." From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!sun!oucsboss!gw2.att.com!news.midplains.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news2.near.net!charlotte.wellesley.edu!sallie.wellesley.edu!pgeorge From: pgeorge@sallie.wellesley.edu (PETER Q. GEORGE, N1GGP) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Cape Cod Teacher Fired Date: 24 JAN 96 01:41:21 GMT Organization: MIT PLASMA FUSION CENTER Lines: 7 Message-ID: <24JAN96.01412126@sallie.wellesley.ed> References: <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: sallie.wellesley.edu Please include exactly WHAT KIND of videos he was producing. Rest assured, you WONT find them on "Americas Funniest Home Videos"....will you ? I think not. Peter Q. George Randolph, Massachusetts N1GGP From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.netnet.net!en.com!mstar!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!s2.GANet.NET!usenet From: Rick Tressler Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Cape Cod Teacher Fired Date: 25 Jan 1996 13:08:00 GMT Organization: Global Access Network ISP (614)717-1700 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4e7vbg$8rs@s2.GANet.NET> References: <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp3-14.ganet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; U; 16bit) commo@k1log.ultranet.com (Norm Commo) wrote: >In article <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> Burt Fisher write s: > >>A Cape Cod Teacher was fired after producing some videos. >>(a long time teacher in the Dennis-Yarmouth school system). > >More detail needed - very incomplete picture to anyone on the net not in the >news are where this is beign covered! > >The school teacher had produced and starred a mix of soft and hardcore porn >videos done in CA. and had allegedly solicited a student to appear in a video . >The story was in the Thursday issue of the Boston Globe, page 25. There was >also an a follow up issue in the Saturday Globe (page 20) that a second >student had come forward and alleged that the teacher had solicited her >appearance in a video. The paper pointed out that both students were over 18 >at the time of the alleged solicitations. > >>Many students demonstrated for him. >>No hams did. > >Not very surprising to me. Unless any ham happenening to live in the >Dennis-Yarmouth area and has a strong opinion on the matter one way or the >other why would he or she? The school superintendant did was he thought was >right and teacher (claiming innocence of solicitation) asked the students to >go back to school. Apparently both the superintendant and the teacher are >following, or are expected to follow, the accepted protocols for handling thi s >sort of problem. > >-ricK1log > > What does this story have to with ham radio? Just another day of spamming on the net, I suppose. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.dpc.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!pilot.njin.net!not-for-mail From: magliaco@pilot.njin.net (John Magliacane) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WB0QCD Alford-Slot Antenna Measured Performance Date: 23 Jan 1996 17:17:51 -0500 Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4e3mqf$o18@pilot.njin.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pilot.njin.net Keywords: Bad.... REAL BAD.... Hello folks! I just wanted to mention that I recently completed a Web page regarding 70-cm Amateur Television. The URL is: http://www.njin.net/~magliaco/atv.html There is a link from this page to another page that shows the performance of the WB0QCD Alford-Slot Antenna as measured on a professional antenna range. The antenna patterns are truly horrible! The WB0QCD Alford-Slot antenna has become popular for ATV repeater use because of it's horizontally polarized, omni-directional radiation pattern. The claimed gain is 5.6 dBd. Look at the patterns shown on the Web page to determine just how close 'QCD's claims come to reality! 73, de John, KD2BD -- John A. Magliacane, KD2BD * /\/\ * Voice : 1-908-224-2948 Advanced Technology Center |/\/\/\| Packet : KD2BD @ KS4HR.NJ.USA.NA Brookdale Community College |\/\/\/| Internet: magliaco@pilot.njin.net Lincroft, NJ 07738 * \/\/ * Morse : -.- -.. ..--- -... -.. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.suba.com!qni.com!gwatts From: Gary Watts Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: WB0QCD Alford-Slot Antenna Measured Performance Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:11:32 -0600 Organization: Suba Communications Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <4e3mqf$o18@pilot.njin.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: qni.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4e3mqf$o18@pilot.njin.net> John, Thanks for the news but What do you have to offer that is better that has been tested on a range ? Gary Watts de N0OXV Kansas City Mo 81 GL1100I On 23 Jan 1996, John Magliacane wrote: > Hello folks! > > I just wanted to mention that I recently completed a Web page regarding > 70-cm Amateur Television. The URL is: > > http://www.njin.net/~magliaco/atv.html > > There is a link from this page to another page that shows the performance of > the WB0QCD Alford-Slot Antenna as measured on a professional antenna range. > The antenna patterns are truly horrible! > > The WB0QCD Alford-Slot antenna has become popular for ATV repeater use > because of it's horizontally polarized, omni-directional radiation pattern. > The claimed gain is 5.6 dBd. Look at the patterns shown on the Web page > to determine just how close 'QCD's claims come to reality! > > 73, de John, KD2BD > > -- > John A. Magliacane, KD2BD * /\/\ * Voice : 1-908-224-2948 > Advanced Technology Center |/\/\/\| Packet : KD2BD @ KS4HR.NJ.USA.NA > Brookdale Community College |\/\/\/| Internet: magliaco@pilot.njin.net > Lincroft, NJ 07738 * \/\/ * Morse : -.- -.. ..--- -... -.. > > From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!snooze.ser.bbnplanet.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!haynes From: haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (James H. Haynes) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc Subject: Get ready for Green Key Night (& Day), Feb 20 Date: 25 Jan 1996 19:29:10 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4e8lm6$l3q@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: hobbes.ucsc.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97273 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13768 Once again this Feb 20 join us in celebrating the beginning of amateur FSK HF RTTY back in 1953 by getting on the air. Not a contest, no rules and no scoring, but guidelines are use a mechanical teleprinter if you can use vacuum tube gear if you can use 850 shift if you can have fun wallow in nostalgia From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nuclear.microserve.net!news.paonline.com!usenet From: buddy.sohl@shivasys.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Antenna and coax grounding? Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 20:54:48 GMT Organization: Pennsylvania Online [Usenet News Server for Hire] Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4ebeke$sas@news.paonline.com> References: <4dol64$1qt@thor.pla-net.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sl03.shivasys.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 bscott@pla-net.net wrote: >ground. I have a deep-cycle battery for backup and can hook the positive >lead from any of the radios to the battery, and when I connect the coax >to the radio, it will complete the circuit, and the radio will come on. >The battery is isolated from everything else, including home A/C. Hooking >to one of 3 power supplies will yield the same results. This is with the >negative radio lead just dangling in the breeze! The tower is grounded >properly with 3 10' ground rods around the perimeter. The shack is Does the battery connect through some charging circuit...If so the grounding path could well be through there. Just a thought. 73 de KC4WQ Buddy From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!bga.com!realtime.net!nntp4.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!oronet!news From: rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Call Sign Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 06:02:29 GMT Organization: RST Engineering Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4dv9a2$app@hg.oro.net> References: <4cjdj6$pik@tbsnames.turner.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rst-engr.oro.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Steve Bramham wrote: Hey fellers -- I've been playing this internet game for a while now, and I sort of understand the rules but... I've tried to ftp down the 601V form and I can't find it on the fcc.gov ftp site and I've tried to download it from the www.fcc.gov site and get about 16k into the download before it hangs and refuses to continue. and another person on my server with different software and a different computer gets the same results on both the ftp and www sites What are we both doing wrong??? Jim Jim Weir VP Engineering | You bet your sweet patootie I speak RST Engineering | for the company. I OWN the freakin' Grass Valley CA 95945 | company. voice/fax 916/272-1432 | AR Adv. WB6BHI Cessna 182A N73CQ rst-engr@oro.net | Comm'l Pilot & CFI Airplane/Glider A&P Mechanic From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news1.sunbelt.net!dial-1 From: braymer@SunBelt.Net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS HTX-202 Two Meter HT Date: 24 Jan 1996 22:03:52 GMT Organization: SunBelt.Net INTERNET Access Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4e6ac8$1o3@news1.sunbelt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-1.r2.tngnbo.sunbelt.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 For Sale a Radio Shack HT-202 Two meter HT with speakermike and wall charger Radio Works fine. $140.00 shipped email braymer@sunbelt.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!stat!david Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Message-ID: <19960125223603511.AAA166@luzskru.cpcnet.com> From: nns@luzskru.cpcnet.com Subject: Moderated group posting Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 17:42:41 GMT Approved: rec-radio-info@stat.com Sender: news Lines: 48 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97283 rec.radio.info:10730 From: nns@luzskru.cpcnet.com Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 17:42:41 GMT Subject: Moderated group posting Message-ID: <19960125223603511.AAA166@luzskru.cpcnet.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.info Path: not-for-mail From: aars@datahaven.com.ai Subject: VP2E e-mail and postal Message-ID: <1197cc$112a25.374@luzskru.cpcnet.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 22:44:24 GMT Reply-To: mannd@candw.com.ai X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Lines: 32 Greetings from Anguilla, British West Indies and the Anguilla Amateur Radio Society (AARS). Here is some new information about VP2E: New Postal Address for AARS: Anguilla Amateur Radio Society Post Office Box 1 The Valley Anguilla, British West Indies New e-mail address for AARS: aars@datahaven.com.ai 1996 AARS January Club Meeting: the January 1996 club meeting was held and new officers elected: Elrick Paul VP2EP - President and Net Coordinator Larry Stott VP2EL - Repeater Trustee Dave Mann VP2EHF - Secretary/Treasurer John Rouse VP2EBN - USA Liason Robert Reiman VP2EBR - Training Officer The membership reaffirmed the committment to our motto: Community Service Through Communications Support 73's to all Dave VP2EHF Secretary From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.fibr.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!olivea!cnn.isc-br.com!rraymon!braymond From: braymond@ns.poweramp.net (Bob Raymond) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham Radio Saturn Car Computer Problems Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 06:34:53 LOCAL Organization: Olivetti NA, Spokane WA Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <4d3pnv$13k@tech.mm.occ.cccd.edu><4d5jeg$1uvs@news.gate.net> <118@ibbs.av.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: ws1-251.isc-br.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <118@ibbs.av.org> js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) writes: >From: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) >Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:10:37 GMT >Subject: Re: Ham Radio Saturn Car Computer Problems I have used my Kenwood TM241 transceiver in my SL2 for several years now, without problems. I have taken no special precautions, in fact, I have the power cable plugged directly into the fuse block and transmit with 50 watts. My antenna is trunk lid mounted (by the way, the trunk is not made of plastic) . I have not heard of anyone else having such problems with the Saturn. I am gla d I purchased my SATURN and will buy another one in the future. Bob, KG7WC ************************************************************************** * BRAYMOND@NS.POWERAMP.NET - Spokane, WA - Amateur Radio KG7WC * ************************************************************************** From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: boetchaj@uwec.EDU (Alfred J. Boetcher) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: BALLOONS Date: 26 Jan 96 14:36:01 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 68 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu In article <4e31r6$24qc@watt.oedison.com> wagnerj@watt.oedison.com (John Wagner) writes: >>Our local club is interested in a couple of balloon launch scenerios. >> >>1) We would like to put up a tethered weather balloon at Field Day. It >>would serve 2 purposes: It would carry a dual band radio to use as a remote >>base, and it would be tethered with wire, making it a beautiful 160 meter >>vertical. I'm interested in altitudes of between 2000 and 10000 ft. Gary Coffman KE4ZV responds: >Pardon me, but this is dangerous as hell except in rather special >circumstances. In the first place, a tethered weather balloon will >lay almost horizontal in any wind. It won't just hover straight >overhead, so it's difficult to get much altitude this way. Now >consider all that wire laying out over the countryside, unless >you're in an incredibly rural area, it will find a power line. >Your estate may have to pay for any damages incurred by the grid. >If you want to use a tethered balloon, you need a blimp-like balloon >with aero surfaces that can be set to cause it to *rise* into the >wind. These can successfully be used to obtain reasonable heights. >Balloon advertising companies can be a source of these, fair warning, >they aren't cheap. >And don't even *think* of tethering a balloon with 2000 or more >feet of wire unless you are *miles* from the nearest power line, >and maybe not even then. Think what would happen if the tether >breaks and that long trailing wire goes sailing across the >countryside to come down who knows where (the power company >will probably know). Tethers should always be non-metallac, >or at least you need a positive way to make sure that if it >breaks it breaks at the balloon and not down near the ground. >That'll limit the distance from the tether site where the >wire will be a hazard. Hi John, Gary raises some valid safety concerns that I agree with, but I don't think you need to consider anything that high(2000'). A half wave at 160 meters guesstimates out to about 270'. With a proper counterpoise you could probably get by with a 1/4 wave (135'). I don't know where your located, but here in Wisconsin it gets reasonably calm after sundown which is when the 160 meter band would be coming alive. Although, above 500' anything goes night or day as far as wind. In other words, if you keep your balloon below 500' you shouldn't have any wind problems after dark. I'm not sure how much height the FAA will allow you. A quick call to the local flight service station might get you some clarification. A tower need not be lighted if its under 200'. They might allow you more on a one time notification basis. My Field day partner and I considered a balloon based vertical for 80 meters. We had kind of decided to use a 1/2 wave with 1/2 wave on the ground for a counterpoise. We thought we might get some directivity by moving the counterpoise. We also thought we'd feed it with coax terminated in clips so we could adjust the length of it on the fly. Again, keeping it below 200' should avoid any hassle with FAA rules providing your far enough away from your local airport. A group of hams in southern Wisconsin has been launching balloons with small repeaters and ATV for several years. I'll try to get you a callsign of somebody envolved. Good Topic, 73 Fred WU9R From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!csn!nntp-xfer-2.csn.net!symbios.com!kthompso.wichitaks.ncr.com!ken.thompson From: ken.thompson@KS.Symbios.COM (Ken Thompson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: BALLOONS Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:12:30 Organization: Symbios Logic Lines: 5 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kthompso.wichitaks.ncr.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] >>>1) We would like to put up a tethered weather balloon at Field Day. It How about a kite instead? From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!skypoint.com!jerryd From: jerryd@skypoint.com (Jerry Dorf) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Midwinter Madness Hamfest, Feb 10 Date: 27 Jan 1996 00:53:58 GMT Organization: SkyPoint Communications, Inc. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4ebt36$oqq@stratus.skypoint.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mirage.skypoint.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 15th Annual MIDWINTER MADDNESS at the National Sports Center, Blaine, MN. Exit #32 of 35W, 20 minutes north of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Exposition 7:30AM to 2:30PM, Saturday Febuary 10, 1996. Grand Prize drawing at 2:00PM Admission $7.00 at the door. Super buys on computers, software, hardware, components, periphals, amateur radio equipment. Over 40 commerical venders, over 300 flea market tables selling used equipment, 4500+ people anticipated. Info: RARC, PO Box 22613, Robbinsdale MN 55422. MWM hotline 612.537.1722 1996 prices Tickets: $5.00 advanced, $7.00 at the door Flea tables: $16.00 advance, $18.00 at the door (if available) Commerical booth $85.00 Electricity (commerical or flea market) $30.00 If you have any questions call the number above or reply via E-mail to jerryd@skypoint.com -- **************************************************************************** = jerryd@skypoint.com * = Lost in the world of * * Jerry Dorf, N0FWG = 45.11.24 N * Telecommunications? * = Buffalo MN * 93.51.54 W = Internet, Usenet! * **************************************************************************** From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nuclear.microserve.net!news.paonline.com!usenet From: buddy.sohl@shivasys.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: US Hams want to operate in UK Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 20:54:46 GMT Organization: Pennsylvania Online [Usenet News Server for Hire] Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4ebekc$sas@news.paonline.com> References: <4d1t4q$g3u@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sl03.shivasys.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 probert@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu (Dave Probert) wrote: >My oldest wants to operate 2m aboard the aircraft while >overflying the U.S. Is my understanding correct that: > Operation of radio equipment is not allowed within > 15 minutes of takeoff and landing under any circumstance? > Otherwise operation while airborne only requires the > consent of the captain? Operation of ANY two way equipment aboard a scheduled air carrier is allowed only with permission of the operator. The Captain of the aircraft DOES NOT have that authority. The permission would have be attained from the carrier proper, ie Delta, USAir, United, Northwest etc. I forget the FAR that applies, had it written down somewhere but I believe it got lost with the last harddrive crash....... 73 de KC4WQ Buddy From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:49 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: US Hams want to operate in UK Message-ID: <1996Jan27.123909.969@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4d1t4q$g3u@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu> <4ebekc$sas@news.paonline.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 12:39:09 GMT Lines: 34 In article <4ebekc$sas@news.paonline.com> buddy.sohl@shivasys.com writes: >probert@nspace.cs.ucsb.edu (Dave Probert) wrote: >>My oldest wants to operate 2m aboard the aircraft while >>overflying the U.S. Is my understanding correct that: > >> Operation of radio equipment is not allowed within >> 15 minutes of takeoff and landing under any circumstance? > >> Otherwise operation while airborne only requires the >> consent of the captain? > >Operation of ANY two way equipment aboard a scheduled air >carrier is allowed only with permission of the operator. >The Captain of the aircraft DOES NOT have that authority. >The permission would have be attained from the carrier >proper, ie Delta, USAir, United, Northwest etc. I forget >the FAR that applies, had it written down somewhere but I >believe it got lost with the last harddrive crash....... You're right, and for the operator (carrier) to grant permission, the operator must certify that the *particular* piece of equipment won't interfere with the avionics of the *particular* aircraft in which it is to be used. That requires a certification check which typically requires taking the aircraft out of service for a day. No carrier is willing to do that, so no carrier will grant permission. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLX003 Joseph Merdler, N6AHU, SK Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 26 Jan 1996 17:34:59 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 25 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlx003.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10731 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97295 SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX003 ARLX003 Joseph Merdler, N6AHU, SK ZCZC AX49 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 3 ARLX003 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 26, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX003 ARLX003 Joseph Merdler, N6AHU, SK Joseph Merdler, N6AHU, of North Hollywood, California, died January 17 after apparently suffering a massive heart attack. He was 60. An attorney, Joe was very well known in ham radio legal circles nationwide and frequently spoke at conventions, including the Dayton Hamvention, where he was a regular participant in the legal seminar, Amateur Radio and the Law. His wife, Margot, N6QFU, survives. Services were held January 19 in Mission Hills, California. NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLP004 Propagation de KT7H Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 26 Jan 1996 17:35:12 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 43 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlp004.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10733 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97296 SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP004 ARLP004 Propagation de KT7H ZCZC AP25 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 4 ARLP004 From Tad Cook, KT7H Seattle, WA January 26, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP004 ARLP004 Propagation de KT7H Solar activity is still quite low, and only slightly higher than the week before. There were three days of no visible spots, and on every day the solar flux was below the average for the previous 90 days. The most active geomagnetic day was January 20, when the A index was 12 and the K index went briefly to 5. Over the next week watch for the solar flux to rise above 80 around the end of the month, and then drop down to 70 after February 8. There is a chance of slightly disturbed conditions around February 9 or 10. When the flux rises above 80 there is a chance of better propagation on the higher bands. A note from K6ZMW points out that while low solar activity is bad for the higher frequencies, this is actually a great time for 80 and 160 meters, especially when the A and K indices point to stable conditions. The hours before local sunrise are a good time to check 160 meters. Websurfing propagation fans will want to visit Cary Oler's site, http://holly.cc.uleth.ca/solar/. The author of this bulletin can be reached on the internet at tadssc.com, or via packet radio at KT7H @ N7DUO.#WWA.WA.US.NOAM. Sunspot Numbers for January 18 through 24 were 11, 0, 0, 14, 13, 0 and 11, with a mean of 7. 10.7 cm flux was 71, 70.8, 71.4, 71.8, 72.3, 73.3 and 73, with a mean of 71.9. NNNN /EX  From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLB007 FCC changes hearing date Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 26 Jan 1996 17:35:16 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 30 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlb007.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10734 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97297 SB QST @ ARL $ARLB007 ARLB007 FCC changes hearing date ZCZC AG86 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 7 ARLB007 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 26, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB007 ARLB007 FCC changes hearing date The FCC has changed the date of its en banc hearing on spectrum policy and management to March 5, 1996, and the ARRL hopes to participate. The original hearing date of January 31 had to be rescheduled because of the Federal furloughs triggered by the congressional budget deadlock and heavy snow which extended the shutdown. The FCC will hear oral presentations and ''allow a direct exchange of viewpoints'' among individuals and representatives of affected industries. The commission will select panelists from among those who have submitted letters of interest. Panelists will address future spectrum demand and user needs, trends in technology, and approaches to spectrum allocation and assignment, including licensing and uses. NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!sundog.tiac.net!jmatk.tiac.net!user From: jmatk@tscm.com (James M. Atkinson, Communications Engineer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,misc.legal.computing,comp.security.unix,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc Subject: TSCM Counter Surveillance & Technical Security Page Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 02:30:25 -0500 Organization: tscm.com Lines: 32 Message-ID: Reply-To: jmatk@tscm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: jmatk.tiac.net Keywords: Counterintelligence Debugging Surveillance Counter-Terrorism X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.3 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:69300 misc.legal.computing:19725 comp.security.unix:24024 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18676 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24140 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97300 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13783 Just got posted a new article on the REI OSCOR-5000, an excellent piece of test equipment for the TSCM industry. Also, check out our updated tool list. http://www.tscm.com/ http://www.tscm.com/tmde.html <--- TSCM Test Equipment http://www.tscm.com/tools.html <--- TSCM Hand Tools Coming Online This weekend, Marty Kaisers little black boxes, Winkleman NATO equipment, and borescopes from England. Upcoming Topics to watch for in Feb... Any interest?? Wired Microphones and Pinhole devices... tons of pictures The Computer Audio/Video Threat... tons of pictures Join us for a real world TSCM sweep... On a sweep... Feel free to suggest topics... =============================================================== James M. Atkinson "...Shaken, not Stirred..." TSCM.COM 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 URL: http://www.tscm.com/ E-Mail: jmatk@tscm.com =============================================================== The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and the Most Complete TSCM Counterintelligence Site on the Internet =============================================================== From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!crl11.crl.com!not-for-mail From: mbstone@crl.com (Michael Stone) Newsgroups: rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,misc.legal.computing,comp.security.unix,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: TSCM Counter Surveillance & Technical Security Page Followup-To: rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,misc.legal.computing,comp.security.unix,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.policy Date: 28 Jan 1996 21:13:08 -0800 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4ehl14$sep@crl11.crl.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: crl11.crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.scanner:44567 rec.radio.shortwave:69400 misc.legal.computing:19838 comp.security.unix:24081 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18708 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24256 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97399 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13821 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12997 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32827 James M. Atkinson, Communications Engineer (jmatk@tscm.com) wrote: : Here is the current list of frequencies used for bugging, technical : surveillance and similar activities. : Outband Equipment : ANY Television broadcast or Cable TV frequency : ANY FM radio broadcast frequency : ANY Paging or Beeper frequency : ANY Cellular Telephone frequency : Keep in mind that the federal government can use virtually any : frequency between DC and light. : Summary (this will catch 99.99% of all Non-Intell/Diplomatic RF bugs) Gee whiz. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!clio.trends.ca!io.org!winternet.com!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!post.its.mcw.edu!not-for-mail From: simont@post.its.mcw.edu (Simon Twigger) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Amateur exams on the WWW Date: 26 Jan 1996 09:45:25 -0600 Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee Wisconsin Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4easul$k6p@post.its.mcw.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: post.its.mcw.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I was wondering if there are any places on the WWW where one can take practice amateur exams? I am considering trying to set such a site up and Im interested to see if anyone else is doing the same thing. I would also be interested to hear any suggestions people may have as to the format/features people would find usefull at such a site. Thanks for any input you can give, Simon. AA9PW Simon Twigger, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news2.ee.net!news.ee.net!imci2!suck-feed.internetmci.com!imci5!newsfeed.internetmci.com!primus.ac.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.suba.com!news From: byoung@qnet.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Amateur exams on the WWW Date: 27 Jan 1996 04:47:10 GMT Organization: Suba Communications Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4ecaoe$5gv@suba01.suba.com> References: <4easul$k6p@post.its.mcw.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: s53.qni.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Simon, There's already an excellent web site for practice ham exams. http://w5ac.tamu.edu/ham-exam.html It was a great help as I prepared for my Tech test, now I'm using it to prepare for my General. You might consider a web page (Java applet?) that helps with CW! Bill Young KB0UZQ byoung@qni.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:31:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!netaxs.com!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.widomaker.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: ODONNELLP@MAR65.MAR.ORA.FDA.GOV Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RE: Info-Hams Digest V96 #43 Date: 23 Jan 96 14:13:25 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 29 Message-ID: <960123091325.1d93@MAR65.MAR.ORA.FDA.GOV> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu Re: Tax the Internet As a current government employee (need to say that up front in this I think) I have to say that I agree with the notion that the government is too damn big, digs too deep in all our pockets, and has worked too damn hard redistributing the wealth of this country from the do'ers to the don't cares, creating a huge social problem and "dependent class"! However, lets get the facts straight before you shoot off your mouth and spread bad information. For example; the comment that federal employees "don't participate in social security" is bullshit! While it is true that many civilian employee's retirement funds began BEFORE they were REQUIRED to participate in the SS fund, they still do (now) have to endure the same level of deductions from their pay as anyone else does! Those that began their government service after that magic date (I honestly don't recall when that was; back around 1967 or '68 I think) have always had SS deducted, and at the same level as anyone else. There are exceptions in the GM service (higher level manager types) and in (now get this.....D.C. itself--gee, wonder why?). But, they get other benefits the rest of us don't also, like the medical, etc. Thats another popular misconception that I've heard advanced, even on national media (well, guess I shouldn't be surprised at that :-)) that we (civilian employees) get free medical!! Another line of crap! I now pay TWICE what I did as a private sector employee of a very large company, and for less coverage!! So, get it straight. Paul wb2oyc ar.. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!panther.sirinet.net!KJ5RT From: dadams@sirinet.net (Deryl Adams) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: REQ: TW-4000A UHF MOD Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 01:54:38 GMT Organization: Sirius Systems Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4ec0l5$62k@panther.sirinet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pppdi29.law-ok.sirinet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 anyone know of a mod for out of band recieve for UHF on the dual-band TW-4000A? Please post or email me............I have the VHF CAP out of band mod, but no UHF.. Thanks KJ5RT The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!news From: Gary turtle@wwa.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: REQ: TW-4000A UHF MOD Date: 27 Jan 1996 21:31:55 GMT Organization: WorldWide Access (tm) - Chicagoland Internet Services (http://www.wwa.com) Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4ee5kb$dmc@kirin.wwa.com> References: <4ec0l5$62k@panther.sirinet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: vh1-026.wwa.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) > dadams@sirinet.net (Deryl Adams) writes: > anyone know of a mod for out of band recieve for UHF on the dual-band > TW-4000A? Please post or email me............I have the VHF CAP out of band > mod, but no UHF.. > > > Thanks > KJ5RT > > > > > > > > > > > > The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It. > > > >>>> Yea I'd like to know that my self. Gary KF9CM From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!io.org!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!castle.nando.net!news From: dfinn@nando.net (Dan Finn ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 00:38:53 GMT Organization: Unaffiliated Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4e1aub$k9g@castle.nando.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4df2tk$h9v@shore.shore.net> <4dtgi3$iig@netport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vyger811.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97307 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32762 rec.radio.cb:25901 rec.radio.scanner:44411 bherder@netport.com (Bruce Herder) said: >Biting the hand that feeds me!?! As if these were people that I needed?? >I got along quite nicely before ham radio, and I'm getting along quite >nicely afterwards also... >> >>73 de wk1v When will you be turning in your license? I might want to claim wk1v....it sounds fantastic in code! From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.infinet.com!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: kc7gnm@primenet.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 24 Jan 1996 22:15:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 29 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4e73kl$fls@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4db2tp$p3v@mercury.cair.du.edu> <4dnvc5$oll@netport.com> <4drin4$phs@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4e1g2a$mi0@brickbat.mindspring.com> <4e6i17$cge@jupiter.planet.net> Reply-To: kc7gnm@primenet.com X-Posted-By: ip222.fhu.primenet.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97292 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32757 In <4e6i17$cge@jupiter.planet.net>, billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl) writes: >Well another statistical aberration in the counting >is due to the fact that the FCC >had extended license renewals to a 10 year period >(the original se life being a five year license). That >created a 5 year window when absolutely no licenses were >expiring. During that period, it is fairly safe to say that some >numbers of hams with licenses above tech were, in fact, >becoming silent keys or otherwise left the hobby and, if still >alive today are not likely to renew their higher level license >anyway. > >What that means is that the numbers of hams in the >general, advanced and extra classes is probably >overstated...while the number of newer techs is probably >a more accurate figure as those tech (no-code techs) >are all recently licensed. > >The 5 year window only recently ended and we will now >see a puging of hams over time from the FCC list for >the reasons mentioned above. Don't know about that. My grandfather (KA5TTZ) was licensed back in 1984 died shortly after in 1985. Now if the 5 year or even 10 year license was in effect why is he still in the fcc's database after all this time? 73 de KC7GNM Greg From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:03 1996 Message-ID: <475680@280.chatlink.com> From: Ham_Operator@sys280.chatlink.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news2.ee.net!news.ee.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.chatlink.com!netaccess Date: 27 Jan 1996 01:22:10 PST Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Lines: 10 I tend to agree with you Jeff. Yea, they can look my call up as well. I am a nocode and damn proud of it. Fact, I was totally surprised I even passed the test at all. Now that I have it, i'm enjoying it fully. I would like to eventually upgrade. But no time soon. Only reason I got into this hobby, was to have something else in common with a ham I was dating. I found that I liked it, and continue to talk on air every day. I even help to run the cycle 3 session traffic net and have joined r.a.c.e.s. So, who sya we have to have code to do anything. I enjoy 2mtr and will eventually work 6mtr. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.mcn.net!blpm01-189 From: vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 02:01:47 GMT Organization: Montana Communications Network Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4e6ob5$l11@news.mcn.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4db2tp$p3v@mercury.cair.du.edu> <4dnvc5$oll@netport.com> <4drin4$phs@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4e1g2a$mi0@brickbat.mindspring.com> <4e6i17$cge@jupiter.planet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blpm01-189.mcn.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97333 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32781 Keep The Code. Cw is like the spare tire in the trunk of your car. You may never use it, but when you do need it, it sure comes in handy. I have made a lot of DX contacts on CW that I would not have been able to make on phone. Not because of weak signals, but because the station I contacted did not speak English and I did not speak their language. We both knew CW though, and every CW prosign and Q signal was clearly understood by each of us. The main reason to keep the code is for a situation that I hope never happens, but it could happen. And that reason is a complete National disaster. We have never had a disaster that has affected the entire country at once. WE have had hurricanes here, earthquakes there, and some flooding all around, but never a nation wide emergency. A Nuclear war is one emergency that would affect the whole country. And in a Nuclear war, sensitive electronic circuits as found in our radio's and computers would be Zapped, making that equipment useless. Now the key to restoring order after a disaster is communications. And as a Ham, you have agreed to help out. (see part 97) Now you have to find a radio that survived the disaster, perhaps you will have to build one. The simpliest transmitter to build is one that sends a CW signal, only need a few parts to do it. You can use a wire for an antenna. It really wouldn't do any good to build a Cw transmitter though, if you didn't know the code. Now, it is possible that we will never have a nuclear war, things look great in Russia right now {hi}. And if we do have a nuclear war it is possible a few radios will survive and you won't need to build one {hi}. And we all know that with so many hams off the air, the packet & RTTY networks are going to be less crowded and working just fine {hi}. I guess you're right, we don't need code {hi}. 73 de KB7ADL From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!portal.gmu.edu!bzy.gmu.edu!smasters From: smasters@bzy.gmu.edu (Shawn C. Masters) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Date: 25 Jan 1996 14:19:43 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4e83hv$155@portal.gmu.edu> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4db2tp$p3v@mercury.cair.du.edu> <4dnvc5$oll@netport.com> <4drin4$phs@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4e1g2a$mi0@brickbat.mindspring.com> <4e6i17$cge@jupiter.planet.net> <4e6ob5$l11@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bzy.gmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97426 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32840 Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL (vfiscus@mcn.net) wrote: : The main reason to keep the code is for a situation that I hope never happen s, : but it could happen. And that reason is a complete National disaster. We : have never had a disaster that has affected the entire country at once. WE : have had hurricanes here, earthquakes there, and some flooding all around, b ut : never a nation wide emergency. A Nuclear war is one emergency that would : affect the whole country. And in a Nuclear war, sensitive electronic circui ts : as found in our radio's and computers would be Zapped, making that equipment : useless. Now the key to restoring order after a disaster is communications. : And as a Ham, you have agreed to help out. (see part 97) Now you have to fin d : a radio that survived the disaster, perhaps you will have to build one. The : simpliest transmitter to build is one that sends a CW signal, only need a fe w : parts to do it. You can use a wire for an antenna. It really wouldn't do a ny : good to build a Cw transmitter though, if you didn't know the code. If OOK Morse is all we would have to communicate with, I don't see the prospects as good. OOK does not have any advantage in a nuclear war environment then any other normal digital mode. The noise will be very harsh and have non-linear distortions. You'll either need a lot of coding gain on a forgiving modulation or one type od Spread Spectrum (sorry, I can't find my notes from class on nuclear war's effects on communications. This is all from memory), or both. As hams, maybe we should set up a more robust emergency communications backbone for disasters in general. As far as ICs go, today they are getting mighty forgiving of EMP and other nuclear effects. I would not be suprised to see more computers survive then solid state HF gear. Granted the stuff isn't RADHARD, but you wouldn't survive that type of abuse either. 73, Shawn KE4GHS From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!pacbell.com!unet.net.com!loren!larson From: larson@loren.net.com (Alan Larson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 26 Jan 1996 22:00:30 GMT Organization: n.o.n.e. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4ebitu$heq@unet.net.com> References: <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: loren.net.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97345 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32788 rec.radio.cb:25923 rec.radio.scanner:44475 In article <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> bherder@netport.com (Bruce Herder) writes: >Who needs CW when we've got satellites? > Bruce Apparently Bruce is not particularly familiar with satellite operation. The noise floor of the AO-10 and AO-13 satellites is such that with SSB and reasonable power levels, typical signal/noise of 10-13 dB is about all one can expect in good conditions, using a fairly large antenna system such as a pair of 20 foot long circularly polarized yagi antennas feeding a low noise amplifier at the antennas. With this performance, it is far easier to use CW than spend lots more money on a system capable of marginal voice capabilities. With CW, a 10 dB s/n signal is quite readable, and a narrow filter can improve the s/n of the received signal substantially, as the common 400 Hz filter will push it up by over 7 dB. The rapid doppler shift of the low altitude satellites makes CW a much easier mode to track than SSB. Doppler can move the signals by up to 6 kHz during a 15 - 16 minute pass. In this case, many operators consider it easier to listen to a varying tone of Morse than it is to re-tune constantl y and often lose first part of the transmission from the other end due to mis-tuning. Alan From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.PBI.net!netport.com!news From: bherder@netport.com (Bruce Herder) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 27 Jan 1996 11:34:16 GMT Organization: "netport a division of Data Services" Lines: 61 Message-ID: <4ed2jo$s1j@netport.com> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p04.buster.netport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97356 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32798 rec.radio.cb:25933 rec.radio.scanner:44506 In article <4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net>, vfiscus@mcn.net says... > >In article <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com>, bherder@netport.com (Bruce Herder) wrote: > >Keep The Code. > >Cw is like the spare tire in the trunk of your car. You may never use it, but >when you do need it, it sure comes in handy. I have made a lot of DX contacts >on CW that I would not have been able to make on phone. Not because of weak >signals, but because the station I contacted did not speak English and I did >not speak their language. We both knew CW though, and every CW prosign and >Q signal was clearly understood by each of us. > >The main reason to keep the code is for a situation that I hope never happens, >but it could happen. And that reason is a complete National disaster. We >have never had a disaster that has affected the entire country at once. WE >have had hurricanes here, earthquakes there, and some flooding all around, but >never a nation wide emergency. A Nuclear war is one emergency that would >affect the whole country. And in a Nuclear war, sensitive electronic circuits >as found in our radio's and computers would be Zapped, making that equipment >useless. Now the key to restoring order after a disaster is communications. >And as a Ham, you have agreed to help out. (see part 97) Now you have to find >a radio that survived the disaster, perhaps you will have to build one. The >simpliest transmitter to build is one that sends a CW signal, only need a few >parts to do it. You can use a wire for an antenna. It really wouldn't do any >good to build a Cw transmitter though, if you didn't know the code. > Now, it is possible that we will never have a nuclear war, things look great >in Russia right now {hi}. And if we do have a nuclear war it is possible a few >radios will survive and you won't need to build one {hi}. And we all know that >with so many hams off the air, the packet & RTTY networks are going to be less >crowded and working just fine {hi}. > >I guess you're right, we don't need code {hi}. > >73 de KB7ADL I did NOT write the above, learn to read your addresses.... Bruce From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.PBI.net!netport.com!news From: bherder@netport.com (Bruce Herder) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 27 Jan 1996 12:09:26 GMT Organization: "netport a division of Data Services" Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4ed4ln$s5c@netport.com> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4df2tk$h9v@shore.shore.net> <4dtgi3$iig@netport.com> <4e48he$r08@globe.indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p04.buster.netport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97357 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32799 In article <4e48he$r08@globe.indirect.com>, grizzarv@indirect.com says... > >Bruce Herder (bherder@netport.com) wrote: >[...] >: I have personally heard novices/techs ask for help... only to be told >: (by the radio gods) to "go look it up..." > >'D'ja ever stop and think that maybe the quote radio gods unquote didn't >have the precise answer on tap at the forefront of their mind at the >precise moment the question was asked? Is it possible the quote radio >god unquote learned it once on his or her way to 5the license and never >used it since? > OR.... the other possibility that maybe the RADIO GODS just flat out didn't know the anwser??.... Naaaaaww...THAT couldn't happen,could it? There's a hugh diffrence between not knowing/remembering an anwser to a question...or being hostile to someone who is asking a question... Of course, then again, we can't have some geeky low-life tech interrupting our QSO...especially just when we were getting to the GOOD parts about our stomach ulcers and excessive nasal hair problems.. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!news.tcst.com!op.net!agis!nntp.netrex.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!news.ptd.net!cs3-04.eph.ptd.net!user From: warnergt@postoffice.ptd.net (George Warner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 21:49:53 -0500 Organization: ProLog - PenTeleData, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net> <4e8vpq$3jd@murrow.corp.sgi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs3-04.eph.ptd.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97387 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32822 rec.radio.cb:25949 rec.radio.scanner:44558 Ham radio operators are just a bunch of glorified C.B. radio operators anyway. They will do anything to keep others from using their bands, namely requiring a code test. Face it, nobody really builds their own radios any more. Look in the ham radio magazines and what do you see? Answer: mega- dollar ham radios. This is the only difference between a ham radio operator and a C.B. radio operator. There is no reason why anyone shouldn't be able to get one of these radios and get on the air. There are portions of the bands reserved for CW so why lock others out of the other portions of the bands. Does knowing code make a ham radio operator better at using SSB? Answer: hell no, it is simply a thinly veiled attempt to keep others out. If this attitude were pervasive, we would have penmanship tests to use a state park, pie eating contests to drive on the public highways and height requirements to run for elected office. The code test is simply no longer relevant to operating a ham radio. Ironically, these ham radio operators have been so damn pig-headed that the numbers of operators are in the decline and many of these bands are starting to look like prime auction material for the F.C.C. In the end, these bands will end up owned by some telecommunications company for wireless networking and none of us will be using them without paying a monthly fee to the phone company. George Warner warnergt@postoffice.ptd.net http://home.ptd.net/~warnergt From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news2.ee.net!news.ee.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xmission!news From: lkilgore@xmission.com (Frank PoWell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 28 Jan 1996 05:47:53 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4ef2m9$hur@news.xmission.com> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net> <4e8vpq$3jd@murrow.corp.sgi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slc55.xmission.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97365 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32802 rec.radio.cb:25936 rec.radio.scanner:44529 In article , warnergt@postoffice.ptd.net says... > >Ham radio operators are just a bunch of glorified C.B. radio >Ironically, these ham radio operators have been so damn pig- >headed >that the numbers of operators are in the decline and many of > these >bands are starting to look like prime auction material for t >he F.C.C. >George Warner >warnergt@postoffice.ptd.net >http://home.ptd.net/~warnergt IN THE DECLINE?????? Get real! The last time I looked, new amateur operators were appearing at an all time record rate. -- /\_/\ I never met a cat |\ /| | Frank PoWell - N7KSK - ( o.o ) I didn't like! O.O | lkilgore@xmission.com \ - / ___,,,^..^,,,___ =(___)= | / \ ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/users/l/lkilgore/sources.html From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!brutus.bright.net!news.win.bright.net!news From: Mike Persson or Beth Ager Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 28 Jan 1996 21:16:59 GMT Organization: BrightNet Wisconsin Lines: 50 Message-ID: <4egp4b$ksh@bucky.win.bright.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net> <4e8vpq$3jd@murrow.corp.sgi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal-cs-7.win.bright.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; U; 16bit) warnergt@postoffice.ptd.net (George Warner) wrote: >Ham radio operators are just a bunch of glorified C.B. radio >operators anyway. They will do anything to keep others from using >their bands, namely requiring a code test. And now with a no-code license, VHF frequencies sound more like C.B. frequencies. Disgusting. Why not have a code filter? Or a physical fitness filter, or anything else to keep boorish people on C.B. and off our bands? >Face it, nobody really builds their own radios any more. Look in >the ham radio magazines and what do you see? Answer: mega- >dollar ham radios. This is the only difference between a ham radio >operator and a C.B. radio operator. It seems to me that hams behaved with more decorum...or at least they used to. >There is no reason why anyone shouldn't be able to get one of these >radios and get on the air. There are portions of the bands reserved >for CW so why lock others out of the other portions of the bands. >Does knowing code make a ham radio operator better at using SSB? >Answer: hell no, it is simply a thinly veiled attempt to keep >others out. > >If this attitude were pervasive, we would have penmanship tests to >use a state park, pie eating contests to drive on the public >highways and height requirements to run for elected office. The >code test is simply no longer relevant to operating a ham radio. your analogies are shaky at best. >Ironically, these ham radio operators have been so damn pig-headed >that the numbers of operators are in the decline and many of these >bands are starting to look like prime auction material for the F.C.C. >In the end, these bands will end up owned by some telecommunications >company for wireless networking and none of us will be using them >without paying a monthly fee to the phone company. > The influx of poor operators since the advent of the no-code license is staggering. I have never heard so much foul language and obnoxious behavior on VHF before. If ham radio must transform itself into citizen's band radio to survive, then I say let it die and let's all become CBers. Until then, I would just as soon have the code requirement back for all license classes. Anyone who truly wants a ham license will find that learning the code at the required snail's pace is no barrier at all...or am I overestimating people's abilities? --Beth, NN9E From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 29 Jan 1996 11:42:46 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 42 Message-ID: <4eibrm$k9j@cc.iu.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net> <4e8vpq$3jd@murrow.corp.sgi.com> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-2.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97396 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32825 rec.radio.cb:25951 rec.radio.scanner:44564 In , warnergt@postoffice.ptd.net (George Warner) writes: >Ham radio operators are just a bunch of glorified C.B. radio >operators anyway. They will do anything to keep others from using >their bands, namely requiring a code test. so, is george completely clueless or just waking up from, say, 1985? >Face it, nobody really builds their own radios any more. Look in not true, the stuff people build has changed. also you don't HAVE to build equipment unless you want to - it's always interesting to see people pine for the "good old days of amateur radio when there were lots of US amateur radio manufacturers" very few of which were actually investing in R&D...and so got caught leaning off base with the combination of rules changes the availability of transceivers in compact form (such as the FT-101, TS-520) and the advent of 800 numbers. >the ham radio magazines and what do you see? Answer: mega- >dollar ham radios. your $2K today buys one heckuva lot more radio than it could 20 years ago. i don't think there's anywhere near as much improvement in the CB side, but then again, if there were changes, you wouldn't have those $100 CBs at radio shack.. >Ironically, these ham radio operators have been so damn pig-headed >that the numbers of operators are in the decline and many of these definitely clueless. he doesn't know about the roughly 150,000 new folks from 1991 on...or the recent licensing changes. >George Warner >warnergt@postoffice.ptd.net >http://home.ptd.net/~warnergt or it's a troll. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!news.jersey.net!news.win.bright.net!news From: Mike Persson or Beth Ager Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 29 Jan 1996 04:53:21 GMT Organization: BrightNet Wisconsin Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4ehjs1$as@bucky.win.bright.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net> <4e8vpq$3jd@murrow.corp.sgi.com> <4egp4b$ksh@bucky.win.bright.net> <4ehbma$1vcq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal-cs-1.win.bright.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; U; 16bit) A license to operate on the amateur bands is *not* a license to do as one wishes; there *are* FCC rules. I am happy to share the public airwaves with anyone who behaves decently, but I don't want to share the bands with bootleggers, jammers, lids and Beavis and Buttheads any more than I want to share the public roads with drunken drivers. Any prophylactic measure--even one as feeble as a code requirement--is welcome in my book. No, I'm not Queen of the Airwaves, Dictatrix of the Dial, but it is a sorry state of affairs when I can't even trust local 2-meter operators to give me a clean-cut demo QSO for the high school kids I know who want to get licensed. It is worse than it once was on VHF, and as part of the public who owns the airwaves, I have a right to complain. BTW, you are certainly on the mark about some of those 75 m groups. --Beth in Chetek-- NN9E From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mcn.net!blpm01-136 From: vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 01:58:44 GMT Organization: Montana Communications Network Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4eju1g$qpi@news.mcn.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net> <4e8vpq$3jd@murrow.corp.sgi.com> <4egp4b$ksh@bucky.win.bright.net> <4ehbma$1vcq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4ehjs1$as@bucky.win.bright.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blpm01-136.mcn.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97455 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32862 I don't know who said this on this group, but someone said that we need to keep the Code, because we need to keep the idiots on VHF. Now that wasn't a very nice thing for someone to say ... Was it? From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.ids.net!anomaly.ideamation.com!anomaly.ideamation.com!not-for-mail From: kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 29 Jan 1996 19:46:46 -0500 Organization: The Ace Tomato Company Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4ejppm$dcq@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4egp4b$ksh@bucky.win.bright.net> <4ehbma$1vcq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anomaly.ideamation.com In article <4ehbma$1vcq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>, Drew Durigan wrote: >If you want to operate a private club >and limit access to those whom you personally find "acceptable", start a >country club. Not on publicly-owned radio frequencies. Guess what? I own a private club. Its on 441.750+ in the Providence, RI area. You're not invited, and the FCC says that it is perfectly legal for me to keep you out. >Second point: the belief that a "code filter" keeps lids off of HF is >simply nonsense and a poor excuse for continued exclusion of some >amateurs from frequencies below 30Mhz. If you are convinced that Morse >is an effective lid filter, tune up on 75-meters or 14.313 on any given >night and listen for awhile. The childish antics, malicious interference, >constant arguments, and filthy language you hear there on a nightly basis >will make CB Channel 19 look like a Sunday School picnic by comparison. You passed a code test too. All these examples show is we need to do away with the multiple-guess give-away code examination and go back to a fill-in-the-blank test. MD -- -- -- "Who needs looks when you've got taste?" -- From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news2.ee.net!news.ee.net!imci2!suck-feed.internetmci.com!imci5!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: This Week in Amateur Radio #148 (for air through 2/2/96) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 00:51:50 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 39 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com Here is a summary of news items covered on edition #148 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered audio bulletin service, for the week ending 2-Feb: - 1. Dramatic Leadership Changes at ARRL Annual Meeting 2. FCC Chairman Reed Hundt Says Commission May Be Going Broke 3. "Amateur Radio Newsline" - Edition #963 from Los Angeles 4. "Gateway 160 Meter Net Report" with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR 5. Weekly Propagation Forecast with George Bowen, N2LQS 6. Veteran Space Shuttle Astronaut Resigns from NASA 7. Amateur Reports on 5 Watt Mir QSO 8. AO-10 Goes into Seasonal Funk, Batteries Not Being Charged 9. Upcoming Special Event Stations 10. "The RAIN Dial-up" from Chicago - This week marks the return of "This Week in Amateur Radio" to satellite air. Affiliates not previously contacted of the change are asked to please contact the program's producers. - "This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur voice bulletin service, produced by Community Video Associates, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation based in Albany, NY. The program is heard on the "Tech Talk Network" each Saturday at 8:00 PM (EST) on the Telesat Canada Anik E2 commercial communications satellite, transponder 18 (9B vertical), 5.8 MHz wideband analog audio subcarrier (4.06 GHz), located at 107.3 degrees west longitude in equatorial geosynchronous orbit. It's carried on VHF/UHF repeaters throughout North America and on 160 meters at 1860 kHz. Contact your local amateur radio club or repeater operator if "This Week in Amateur Radio" is not being heard in your area. - Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by donations from repeater operators, amateur radio clubs, and individuals. Satellite space and uplink services are provided by Skyvision, Incorporated as a service to the amateur radio community. Further information is available from George Bowen, N2LQS, at 518/283-3665 (e-mail kxkvi@delphi.com) or Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB, at 518/664- 6809 (e-mail sanderman@delphi.com). You may also reach them @ WA2UMX.FN32AW.ENY.NY.USA.NA via amateur packet. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:22 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: All spammers please read was (Re: WI Hams Please read! Message-ID: <1996Jan27.133555.1413@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Summary: Use your Distribution attribute properly. Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4ecli3$elt@hummin.sol.net> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 13:35:55 GMT Lines: 43 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18683 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97319 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32769 In article <4ecli3$elt@hummin.sol.net> garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net (Gary Schwartz ) writes: >If you don't live in Wisconsin, please excuse the bandwidth. There would be no need to ask our pardon if you'd properly set the Distribution header line in your message. The reason the Distribution attribute exists is so that messages of only local interest can be limited in distribution to only the local area. If you leave it blank, as I have in this posting, the default distribution is *world*. But there's no reason to leave it blank if your message is intended for a smaller audience. Each area has its local distribution codes, state codes, regional codes, country codes, and the default of world. If you don't know the proper distribution coding to use, ask your sysop. There's no use wasting the entire world's time with, for example, an announcement of your local BBS number in Los Angeles when a distribution of LA would limit it to only those who might care. Same with notices of exam sites for a locale, IE exam notices for Southern California should have a distribution attribute of SoCAL. And the same goes for the president of my local club who recently spammed the world about an event that should have been limited to an ATL distribution (or at most to a GA distribution). There's no good reason to spam the net when the tool to prevent that is available to you in *every message header*. It's just good nettiquette. In the proximate case, there was enough of non-local interest in your post to justify the "world" distribution (or at least a USA distribution), but because that's true, you needn't beg forgiveness for using the bandwidth. Sorry to seem to be singling you out for this lecture, but yours is just the most recent of a number of posts of this nature. Please everyone, use the Distribution attribute properly for locale specific postings. If you don't know how, ask your provider. If he tells you his system won't permit it, demand he fix his system. Every usenet message has a Distribution attribute in the header, and every system has to have a way to set it to some value. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!mr.net!news.mr.net!dawn.mmm.com!news From: grhosler@mmm.com (Gary Hosler - KN0Z) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: All spammers please read was (Re: WI Hams Please read! Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 13:25:52 +0000 Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 US Lines: 25 Message-ID: <310CCAE0.D0E@mmm.com> References: <4ecli3$elt@hummin.sol.net> <1996Jan27.133555.1413@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (WinNT; I) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18720 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97435 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32841 Gary Coffman wrote: > > In article <4ecli3$elt@hummin.sol.net> garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net (Gary Schwar tz) writes: > >If you don't live in Wisconsin, please excuse the bandwidth. > > There would be no need to ask our pardon if you'd properly set the > Distribution header line in your message. The reason the Distribution > attribute exists is so that messages of only local interest can be > limited in distribution to only the local area. If you leave it blank, > as I have in this posting, the default distribution is *world*. But there's > no reason to leave it blank if your message is intended for a smaller > audience. > -------SNIP------ > > Sorry to seem to be singling you out for this lecture, but yours > is just the most recent of a number of posts of this nature.-------SNIP----- - I think you missed the mark on this one Gary. While the target audience was t he Ham community of WI, many others are interested in this issue. I presently live i n MN and thus have no vote in WI, but I do own lake properity in WI and plan to put up a tower this year. I might also add that this information is at least worthy of the b andwidth it occupies. One doesn't have to look very far to see the *(&$#%^ postings fr om folks like K1OIK, KF4DDM, that have little good to offer the Ham community. There i s less and less information of worth posted in the USENET Groups and it is becomming wors e on a daily basis. Lets not flame posts that actually offer some information of wor th. Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of 3M. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:25 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: All spammers please read was (Re: WI Hams Please read! Message-ID: <1996Jan29.184553.14613@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 18:45:53 GMT Lines: 53 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18727 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97454 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32861 In article Gary Watts writes: >Jim, > >I believe Gary is accessing the news-groups via a ham radio gateway/bbs >Since being able to distro a message to a specific area can be done >in ham packet radio. I also checked with my provider and that is not >a function that can be done with what we have here.. > >I have seen many post from Gary in the past ALL of which was >very informative. I guess that he was having a bad >hair day when he fired up his flame thrower > >Gary.... this is internet not ham packet radio ! No my boy, this is *usenet*, not internet or packet radio. As a fully participating usenet site for many many years, I tell you now that netnews articles have a header, and that header has a Distribution line. If your lame software *hides* that header from you, that's a problem you need to address with your software provider and your site manager. If your lame software hides the header, I'll reproduce the one for this message here in the body text so you can see it. Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur .policy Subject: Re: All spammers please read was (Re: WI Hams Please read! Summary: Expires: References: Sender: Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Destructive Testing Systems Keywords: Now *that's* what a netnews header looks like. Every article generates one. See that line labeled "Distribution:" up there? That's your distribution line. If you leave it blank, the default is "world", but if you put a local or regional code in there, the distribution will be limited to that area. It matters not one whit whether usenet is carried over internet, uucp, packet radio, or two tin cans and a string. The *news* software requires that header, and it's on every message. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: ea4cqt@mol.ES Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Date: 25 Jan 96 01:49:36 GMT Organization: Madrid Online - Spain Lines: 3 Message-ID: <9601250236.D1071mT@mol.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu HELP -- [via Gateway Enhancer v1.06a] From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:28 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.comm.net!imci3!imci5!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!peer-news.britain.eu.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!cronkite!news From: ellsworth@bravo.otis.utc.com (Brian Ellsworth) Subject: Re: Repeaters Message-ID: <3109026b.1441908@cronkite> Sender: news@cronkite.res.utc.com Nntp-Posting-Host: 192.250.3.3 Reply-To: ellsworth@bravo.otis.utc.com Organization: Otis Elevator X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 References: <4d7d6b$235@earth.njcc.com> <4dh64n$ffh@news.dgsys.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:35:14 GMT Lines: 14 sra@pluto.njcc.com (Seth) wrote: >I'm looking to setup a repeater and I was wondering if anyone had >ideas as to what equipment is good. >It will be 2m band with autopatch and other little goodies. >thank you. > Seth, KB2WLU Take it from the ex-co-ordinator of the NY,NJ,Ct areas. There is NO room for another 2 meter repeater in N.J. ! no kidding. -be From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.ids.net!anomaly.ideamation.com!anomaly.ideamation.com!not-for-mail From: kd1nr@anomaly.ideamation.com (Tony Pelliccio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Repeaters Date: 28 Jan 1996 17:14:45 -0500 Organization: Ideamation, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4egsgl$bhj@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4d7d6b$235@earth.njcc.com> <4dh64n$ffh@news.dgsys.com> <3109026b.1441908@cronkite> NNTP-Posting-Host: anomaly.ideamation.com In article <3109026b.1441908@cronkite>, Brian Ellsworth wrote: > >sra@pluto.njcc.com (Seth) wrote: >>I'm looking to setup a repeater and I was wondering if anyone had >>ideas as to what equipment is good. >>It will be 2m band with autopatch and other little goodies. >>thank you. >> Seth, KB2WLU > >Take it from the ex-co-ordinator of the NY,NJ,Ct areas. There is >NO room for another 2 meter repeater in N.J. ! And here in the MA/RI area there aren't any pairs available for either 2m or 70cm. Tony > -- == Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR == As offensive as I wanna be. == kd1nr@anomaly.ideamation.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:30 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!snooze.ser.bbnplanet.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp2.cerf.net!news.claremont.edu!drivel.ics.uci.edu!news.service.uci.edu!ttinews!avatar!sorgatz From: sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (Erik K.Sorgatz) Subject: w6kwe Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ttinews.tti.com Nntp-Posting-Host: avatar Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 19:46:06 GMT Lines: 15 Callsign CDROM shows nothing...nevertheless...anybody know, heard from or have a clue what happened to w6kwe (Lindy)? On behalf of KE6UQZ...the Ten-Again ARC... 73! (listen to 28.310 usb at 07:10 UTC everyday for the last/first words on 10 m it's the "Ten Again - Late Nite/Early Morning RagChew Net" KA6PVR (Paul) is Net Control - Bring an attitude and your legal callsign. Jammers and bootlegger's auditioned Friday Nites...get on the list! THUNDER OUT OF THE WEST!) And Remember:"If you can't stand 'em, you can't work 'em!" sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (or:es@soldev.tti.com) KB6LUY (private email:eks@westwo rld.com) TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 "ANY COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS MADE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CITICORP, ITS SU BSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES." (Copyright 1995, ARR-permission to store/archive hereby grante d) From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!bga.com!realtime.net!nntp4.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!news.iac.net!news.iac.net!not-for-mail From: gordonse@iac.net (Sharon Gordon) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Hillsboro OR people? Date: 26 Jan 1996 00:36:47 -0500 Organization: Internet Access Cincinnati 513-887-8877 Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4e9p9f$64s@wabash.iac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: wabash.iac.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I am trying to get in touch with an amateur radio operator who recently relocated to the Hillsboro OR area. If you could attempt contact by packet or voice, please email me and I'll email you the call sign. Also, is there a Hillsboro club (or is it combined with Portland)? I could use snail mail or email address for either. Thanks! Sharon gordonse@iac.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.connectnet.com!max-nc-225.connectnet.com!chuck From: chuck@aeroastro.com (Charles P. Ohrbom) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: New User - Needs Help Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.equipment Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 15:05:59 GMT Organization: AeroAstro Corp. Lines: 23 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: max-nc-225.connectnet.com X-Newsreader: VersaTerm Link v1.1.6 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24161 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97324 Hello, I hope this isn't a waste of your time, but..... I am thinking of purchasing my first 2-meter radio. In shopping for a unit I don't understand all of the features. Any help would be appreciated on the following terms and how they relate to a low-to-mid range radio. CTCSS Encoding and Decoding Front end interference rejection SSB (I assume means "single side band") as apposed to what? SWR (I assume means "standing wave ratio") what does this tell me about antennas? Any info can be posted to this news group or emailed to me at: chuck@aeroastro.com Thanks in advance. cpo From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1.cris.com!news From: bsbonney@cris.com (Benton StJ Bonney) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ham havoc Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 19:18:19 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4edtpn$quk@spectator.cris.com> References: <4eb34s$epj@ophelia.waterloo.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: crc6-fddi.cris.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 perv@ophelia.waterloo.net (Ben Stegner) babbled: >Amateur radio operators (hams) are creating worldwide havoc, [...flame troll deleted...] What's got your knickers in a knot, Ben? --- 73 de KO4XE, Benton Bonney bsbonney@cris.com Lexington, KY From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: <73447.325@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Baked Black Wrinkle Paint Date: 27 Jan 1996 19:26:09 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4edu8h$k5e@dub-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ad26-130.compuserve.com Content-Type: text/plain Content-length: 152 X-Newsreader: AIR Mosaic (16-bit) version 4.00.08.32 I'm looking for someone to replaint a small metal base in its original, black wrinkle color and finish. Anyone out there that can help? -Paul, N9AZ From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news2.ee.net!news.ee.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!golden.ncw.net!bing.ncw.net!av8r From: av8r@ncw.net (Greg Moore) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Baked Black Wrinkle Paint Date: 29 Jan 1996 07:21:10 GMT Organization: North Central Washington Network Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4ehsh6$fq4@golden.ncw.net> References: <4edu8h$k5e@dub-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bing.ncw.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 73447.325@compuserve.com wrote: > I'm looking for someone to replaint a small metal base in its original, blac k wrinkle > color and finish. Anyone out there that can help? > -Paul, N9AZ Yep, I have seen in hardware stores (most recently the one I work in) a wrinkle-finish spray paint available in both black and gray. I think it's made by Zynolyte--I'll check at work tomorrow. Most of your better hardware stores with a *large* spray paint selection should have this stuff. Spray on, re-coat if necessary within 15 minutes, wrinkle finish shows up after about four hours of dry time. Try Eagle Hardware & Garden if you have one nearby, otherwise try Home Depot or Builder's Square. I'll look into it for further details. And yes, I work in the paint department. :-) Greg -- -------------- "Thanks to my software empire, my net wealth | Greg Moore is twenty billion dollars. Contrary to | av8r@ncw.net popular opinion, it does seem to make | CPI-ASEL me happy." --Dogbert | N0ODQ From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.icon.net!ns2.icon.net!ssampson From: ssampson@icon.net (S. Sampson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Baked Black Wrinkle Paint Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 12:12:09 Organization: (ICON) InterConnect Online, Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <4edu8h$k5e@dub-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> <4ehsh6$fq4@golden.ncw.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: okc121.icon.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] av8r@ncw.net (Greg Moore) writes: >73447.325@compuserve.com wrote: >> I'm looking for someone to replaint a small metal base in its original, bla ck wrinkle >> color and finish. Anyone out there that can help? >> -Paul, N9AZ >Yep, I have seen in hardware stores (most recently the one I work in) a >wrinkle-finish spray paint available in both black and gray. I think he mean't that he didn't want to do it, but was looking for a pro or semi-pro painter. If so, I know how he feels, as this finish is really hard to get right. You can practice for an hour, but the damn end object seems to always come out wrong... From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!whidbey.!usenet From: subbustr@whidbey.net (DAVE M . SCHERTZER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HELP: G/E MPI Series Info?? Date: 25 Jan 1996 03:11:56 GMT Organization: DND CF DET Whidbey Is. WA Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4e6sds$hdv@whidbey.whidbey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: asn94.whidbey.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.11 Have a G/E/ UHF radio MPI Series -2ch UHF and need a speaker/mic. Not sure of ther model # ??? Cud be TR-1 21 OR Comb: P5CRR56BEN ?? The mic config is as follows: 2 - 1/8" jack inputs (ear/mic) spaced 1" apart. Any info please or mics avail? subbustr@whidbey.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!netaxs.com!news.cais.net!news.supernet.net!nntp.cntfl.com!news.fsu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!bmerhc5e.bnr.ca!bcarh8ab.bnr.ca!news From: john maxwell Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HAM Encryption outside the US? Date: 23 Jan 1996 23:46:43 GMT Organization: Bell Northern Research Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4e3s13$t1n@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> References: <4e31tl$1nmc@watt.oedison.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.107.3.193 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news://47.80.11.122/4e31tl$1nmc@watt.oedison.com It's illegal to encrypt or use a "cipher" here in Canada,as well. JM VA3 OCH From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!daresbury!yama.mcc.ac.uk!io.salford.ac.uk!aber!bath.ac.uk!dcl-cs!strath-cs!nntp0.brunel.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: ee95ajm@brunel.ac.uk (Andrew John Murrell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HAM Encryption outside the US? Date: 25 Jan 1996 13:10:05 -0000 Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4e7vfd$5mo@molnir.brunel.ac.uk> References: <4e31tl$1nmc@watt.oedison.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: molnir.brunel.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] John Wagner (wagnerj@watt.oedison.com) wrote: : In the US, it is illegal to encrypt any communications on the ham bands. : Is this true in other countries? Is it an international thing? : There was a post on packet over the weekend from someone outside the US : suggesting the use of PGP for encryption on packet. I suppose it would be : OK to use PGP for digital signatures, but using it for encryption is a : no-no here in the states. How about elsewhere? It's illegal to use encryption in the UK, but there is a debate on at the moment concerning the use of digital signatures (the problem is that every one see's the fact that pgp is used, then starts going on about how encyption is not allowed :) ) andy, g7ueh From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!cross From: jpcross@phoenix.net (John P. Cross) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: IC2700 Mods and info Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 19:33:29 GMT Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4eduvo$hqi@gryphon.phoenix.net> References: <4dtfk9$3ccu@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial35.phoenix.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24186 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97338 In article <4dtfk9$3ccu@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, leonz@ibm.net (Leon D. Zetekoff) wrote: >I just recently purchased an IC2700H and moved my IC2410 into the house. >First thing I noticed is the VHF receiver in the 2700 is not as good >(selectively) as the 2410. It seems to be more prone to overload and >cross-mod. Anyone have any similar problems and solutions for correction? >Also, I'm looking for any mods for this radio. Can anyone help? > >73. I have had a 2700 for a while now. I think it is a piece of junk for the price paid. I agree with the above comments. I sent it in to ICOM when I first hooked it up and they said everything checked out OK. BUT it is extremely sensitive to intermod. I have compared to my IC 3230H and several W2A HTs hooked into the same mobile antenna system. The 2700 just does not cut the mustard. There is a mod to increase VHF receive range. They did it for me when I sent it in. It has something to do with jumpers. Maybe someone else out there knows about it. Right now I would rather have another 3230 than the 2700. Unfortunately, I spent the money to get it new, and I would get hosed in a trade. John AB5OX From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:41 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!netaxs.com!news.cais.net!news.supernet.net!nntp.cntfl.com!news.fsu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!world!mv!arrow!usenet From: mitchell@scoot.netis.com Subject: classic for sale X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Sender: usenet@arrow.netis.com (Usenet Netnews) Nntp-Posting-Host: slip24.netis.com Organization: NETIS Public Access Internet Message-ID: Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 23:57:09 GMT Lines: 23 Remember the Courier Royale??? I have one here that is available to collectors. I remember in its day it was one of the top rigs sold in S9 mag up there with the Browning and Tram. I picked one up the other day. It needs some work, probably tubes. It did not come with a mike and perhaps that is why I do not hear anything on the receiver. I have some mikes here That I will include with the set. I had an offer of $25 from several people before the hollidays. One fellow wanted it and was sending a check, then changed his mind. If any of the others that made an offer and I refused want it now, mail back. First $25 or highest offer will get it. Just say you want it and I will hold it for you, and send you my address. Write soon From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usit.net!arcade-slip21.dynamic.usit.net!user From: kaboom@usit.net (Michael) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Help: MS230 mini o'scope by NLS Date: 28 Jan 1996 05:31:19 GMT Organization: United States Internet, Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.1.54.37 I just acquired a Non-Linear Systems MS230 mini oscilloscope at a hamfest. The thing works, but it has an oddity I can't figure out. With the trigger set to "internal," everything works as it should. Of course, the trace goes out when the trigger is not locked. (It's supposed to do that.) When I set it to "auto," it free-runs, as it should. But, then it will not sync to a signal at all... it just continues to free-run, making the auto function useless. On all other scopes I've ever used, auto will make it free-run when unlocked, and then it reverts to a locked condition when the trigger syncs to the signal. I went through the scope and tested and/or swapped out just about every semiconductor in it (luckily, the ICs are in sockets, and are common CMOS). Nothing helps. Poking around with my other scope turned up nothing, either. Anybody have one of these things? Is it possible it was designed that way? Anybody have a schematic for it? Please reply via email, and thanks for any help you can give me. For that matter, is NLS still in business? Michael From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xavier.cybersmith.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: kk9t@aol.com (KK9T) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS:Nice stuff... Date: 25 Jan 1996 00:11:45 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 17 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4e73eh$ocj@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: kk9t@aol.com (KK9T) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Yaesu FT-470 (mod), std. bat., wall-cube - $300, PA6 - $20, NC29 - $50, 5Wbat + cube - $25. CSI 8200D repeater controller - $375. Kenwood 541A (1200 MHz.) 10W - $375. Icom IC12GAT (1200 MHz.) 1W-HT, w/ DC1 (no bat) - $275. Comet 1200MHz. station ant (9dBd) - $100. Austin quadplexer, 144+220+440+1200 - $100. Austin triplexer, 144+220+440 - $90. Hamtronics autopatch - $40. Hamtronics dtmf decoder (unbuilt) - $45. PCTV card (WIN) - $100. Yaesu FT900AT, FC800, DSP9, RS20M, Vibrokeyer -- $1850 You pay shipping. Contact Jim Fonte, KK9T (kk9t@aol.com) -or- (219) 654 8084, 1800 - 2300 EST From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.flinet.com!news1.inlink.com!usenet From: raiar@inlink.com (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Interesting things I heard hams say on the air. Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:46:40 GMT Organization: Inlink Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4egnm1$f73@news1.inlink.com> References: <4eehaf$d3r@alterdial.UU.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip127.inlink.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Burt Fisher wrote: Burt, I thought you turned over a new leaf. Do I need to put you back in my kill-file? Gary From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tac63@aol.com (Tac63) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ***NYC Fire Dept. Frequencies*** Date: 26 Jan 1996 19:09:07 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4ebqf3$oq8@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: tac63@aol.com (Tac63) Can anyone tell me the transmit recieve frequencies and thier PL codes respectively for the New York City Fire Department, Borough of Queens. Please e-mail me if you can help. Thanx in advance for your help. Ron TAC63@AOL.COM From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!news.ia.net!zeus.ia.net!kovar From: kovar@zeus.ia.net (Jack Kovar KE0AX) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS:IC-24AT DUALBAND HT Date: 28 Jan 1996 05:18:48 GMT Organization: InterAccess Networking Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4ef0vp$qsa@hera.ia.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.ia.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Not sure if last add made posting. Sorry if this is a round robbin. TWO of my personal radios forsale: Both in very fine shape inside and out with no problems. Both include original boxes and instruction books as received new from AES. YEASU ft-23r: Includes all possible options encode /decode, mobile charger/battery eliminator, two batteries one new, case/cover, dtmf, two antennas, Amp 2w in/= 25 out, 140 to 163mhz coverage, speaker mic, ect. This is my mobile rig for last four years. I have a real mobile to take its place now. Icom IC-24at: Includes all options encode /decode, DTMF, SPEAKER MIC, ONE EXTRA BATTERY NEW, DESK CHARGER/ MOBILE CHARGER, ANT, FREQUENCY RANGE ? 120MHZ TO 1.2GHZ. I look to replace this one with a lighted keypad dualbanders for wife and I. PLEASE MAKE SOME REASONABLE OFFERS! I will sell to best offer by this Friday. Or first price that trips my trigger! Thanks Jack Kovar 319-378-9852 Toddville, Ia. kovar@ia.net ke0ax From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!netaxs.com!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!zeus.ieee.org!usenet From: Vincent Biancomano Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Not the code, not the test Date: 25 Jan 1996 16:16:51 GMT Organization: IEEE Service Center, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4e8adj$mhv@zeus.ieee.org> References: <4d1440$d7t$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <821468235snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> <4d6m6s$c47@usenet.pa.dec.com> <821718332snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> <4dgm1d$5qv@zeus.ieee.org> <30FD7AAC.231D@cdc.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: nissan.mag.ieee.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97358 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32800 In response to "SKS": Jerry Lucas, former professional basketball player with New York and Cincinnati, once provided documented evidence that he had memorized the first 500 PAGES of the Manhattan (New York City) telephone directory! Three hundred questions in a pool would be nothing! Regards, Vince, WB2EZG From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: ko4gx@ix.netcom.com(Bill Patton ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Not the code, not the test Date: 29 Jan 1996 05:29:37 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4ehm01$gma@cloner3.netcom.com> References: <4d1440$d7t$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <821468235snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> <4d6m6s$c47@usenet.pa.dec.com> <821718332snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> <4dgm1d$5qv@zeus.ieee.org> <30FD7AAC.231D@cdc.net> <4e8adj$mhv@zeus.ieee.org> <4ehjl3$f79@cc.iu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-hou8-26.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Jan 28 9:29:37 PM PST 1996 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97391 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32824 Or better yet, let them memorize the morse code. No Code = easy come...easy go! Bill Patton ko4gx@ix.netcom.com In <4ehjl3$f79@cc.iu.net> wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) writes: > >In <4e8adj$mhv@zeus.ieee.org>, Vincent Biancomano writes: >>Jerry Lucas, former professional basketball player with New York >>and Cincinnati, once provided documented evidence that he had >>memorized the first 500 PAGES of the Manhattan (New York City) >>telephone directory! Three hundred questions in a pool >>would be nothing! > >since it's nothing, maybe you should approach him and have him memorize the >question pools up through extra and have 'em come down and pass all the >writtens. then you could say you have 1 example of where someone was able >to pass the test by memorizing the entire question pool. > >Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group >Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio >Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: >Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. > From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!blackbush.xlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.cs.columbia.edu!pipeline!not-for-mail From: charlott@nyc.pipeline.com (Charlotte Maxwell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FM antenna Date: 27 Jan 1996 22:04:45 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4eep4d$hev@pipe10.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe10.nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeUser: charlott X-PipeHub: nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (Charlotte Maxwell) X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.4.0 I am living in an RV in south central Texas and I am trying to rig up am FM antenna (89.1 MHz) so I can receive a public radio station from about 80 Mi away. I took a long spool of wire and ran it between two trees and It sort of worked. Of interest, it worked better when there was about an 8 ft sag in the middle. The ends are about 60 feet apart and 20' above the ground. Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get a better signal (aslo cost effective!) thanks -- Clarke Maxwell On-the-Road in Mountain Home, TX From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news00.sunet.se!sunic!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!news1.cris.com!news From: PPICKENS@POP3.CRIS.COM Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FLY FISHING HAMS Date: 28 Jan 1996 19:48:05 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4egjtl$30q@spectator.cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crc13-fddi.cris.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) I would like to start a on air net for Amateur Radio Operators that are interested in Fly Fishing. If you are interested in Fly Fishing and a Amateur Radio Operator, please email me direct a ppickens@cris.com. 73's Phil AD4WP From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!snooze.ser.bbnplanet.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!news.midplains.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!bclongwell From: bclongwell@delphi.com (Brian Longwell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: High-Power Mobile Date: 26 Jan 1996 04:15:50 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 28 Message-ID: <9601252317592.The_Win-D.bclongwell@delphi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1e.delphi.com X-To: Brian Longwell I want to upgrade my road-warrier mobile for high-power. Up to now, I've settled for the standard 100W output to the power sive antenna for 75-40-20. (100W for 15 and 10 is fine for mobile ... in the year 2000). I spend hours on the road, usually at night. I want to be heard. I'm tired of being a victim, stepped on, splattered on, lost to qsb, heard something in there but can't make you out. I want to be part of the QRM that everyone complains about. I want to here my direct-rectified ssb voice coming out of tinted cars with overpowered sound systems at traffic lights. (I'll switch to AM so I can tell them to turn it down). What I'm getting at is I would like to add one o' those big "linears". I'd like to know what experience others have had, what cars seem to be problematic (500W voice peaks cause the cruise-control to peg, ...) Also, experience with the short list of mobile hf amplifiers. (Ten-Tec, Ameritron, and SGC that I'm aware of). I'm most interested in the SGC since it automatically bandswitches and needs no control head ... stick it in the truck, add 90 amp power source, corona-resistant antenna, aluminum driver helmet with ground, and your done. I'm assuming that I might need to add an extra car battery in the trunk to keep my electrical system from the strain. Thanks for the help. Brian Longwell WB2DSH From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.eas.asu.edu!news.asu.edu!aztec.asu.edu!stoddard From: stoddard@aztec.asu.edu (PATRICK STODDARD) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTB Kenwood TH-55AT svc manual, BT-6 Date: 28 Jan 1996 17:37:01 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4egc7t$auv@news.asu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aztec.asu.edu Looking for Kenwood TH-55AT 1200MHz HT service manual and a BT-6 AA battery case for the TH-25/26 series of Kenwood HTs. Thanks! (Also on packet KF7YS@KC7Y.AZ.USA.NOAM) -- Patrick E. Stoddard Internet: stoddard@aztec.asu.edu Glendale, Arizona, U.S.A. Facsimile: +1 602 894-6316 ICBM: 33.3 N 112.0 W From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:53 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!longtail.ibl.bm!usenet From: pinnacle@ibl.bm Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTB Date: 26 Jan 1996 02:08:03 GMT Organization: Internet (Bermuda) Limited Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4e9d23$qnf@longtail.ibl.bm> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial68.ibl.bm X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) WTB: Kenwood TS-440S or 450S, email pinnacle@ibl.bm From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Where next? Date: 28 Jan 1996 20:04:06 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4egkrm$hd9$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97369 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32808 Leading a recent ARRL bulletin is the following paragraph. "A committee will be appointed by the President to draft ARRL policy positions, based on membership input, on questions to be addressed at WRC-99. Issues to be studied include possible simplification of the licensing structure, harmonization of licensing standards internationally, and consideration of Article S 25 of the international Radio Regulations, the technical and operational rules governing the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services, including but not limited to the HF code requirement." WRC-99 represents a "once in a generation" chance for us to influence the rules and regulation for the Amateur Radio service into the next century. Don't let it slip away without YOUR views being heard and considered, and don't expect those views to be heard if you only post them here in front of the small inbred audience of r.r.a.* I don't yet know who President Stafford will appoint to this committee, but we don't need to wait for that announcement to get started. Start talking NOW to your Division Director, Vice Director, Section Manager, or anyone else who will listen. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- --Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Corners Of The Earth! What King Of Old Could Do Thus? From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Where next? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 01:13:48 GMT Organization: Planet Access Networks - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4ejrav$qnu@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4egkrm$hd9$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan21.planet.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97450 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32857 Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> wrote: >Leading a recent ARRL bulletin is the following paragraph. > "A committee will be appointed by the President to draft > ARRL policy positions, based on membership input, on > questions to be addressed at WRC-99. Issues to be studied > include possible simplification of the licensing structure, > harmonization of licensing standards internationally, and > consideration of Article S 25 of the international Radio > Regulations, the technical and operational rules governing > the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services, including but > not limited to the HF code requirement." >WRC-99 represents a "once in a generation" chance for us to >influence the rules and regulation for the Amateur Radio >service into the next century. Don't let it slip away without >YOUR views being heard and considered, and don't expect those >views to be heard if you only post them here in front of the >small inbred audience of r.r.a.* > I don't yet know who President Stafford will appoint to >this committee, but we don't need to wait for that announcement >to get started. Start talking NOW to your Division Director, >Vice Director, Section Manager, or anyone else who will listen. >73, de Hans, K0HB More important, if you want your voice to count, join the ARRL today. Yes I'm biased in that direction, but as I've said before...the FCC WILL take far more direction from ARRL than any assortment of individual inputs from individual hams. Bill K2UNK Bill Sohl K2UNK ARRL Local Gov't Liason, Mt. Olive Township, NJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:57 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Where next? Message-ID: <1996Jan30.145630.18326@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4egkrm$hd9$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 14:56:30 GMT Lines: 33 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97476 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32874 In article <4egkrm$hd9$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Hans Brakob K0HB <71 111.260@CompuServe.COM> writes: >WRC-99 represents a "once in a generation" chance for us to >influence the rules and regulation for the Amateur Radio >service into the next century. Don't let it slip away without >YOUR views being heard and considered, and don't expect those >views to be heard if you only post them here in front of the >small inbred audience of r.r.a.* > I don't yet know who President Stafford will appoint to >this committee, but we don't need to wait for that announcement >to get started. Start talking NOW to your Division Director, >Vice Director, Section Manager, or anyone else who will listen. Don't underestimate this inbred little group, Hans. It has one of the higher readerships on usenet. I recall QST saying 41% of ARRL members have access, and there are a lot of non-ARRL members here too. However, you're right, we shouldn't neglect our ARRL officials. They *are* a small inbred group that doesn't seem to get out much (with a few notable exceptions), and probably need to be addressed by snail mail and telephone (or perhaps smoke signals and jungle drums). Nor should we ignore this subject in our on the air contacts, at our club meetings, and at hamfest forums. This really can be a major turning point in amateur radio. We need to get organized now. It won't hurt to contact our elected government officials either, it's an election year after all. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:32:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mtu.edu!news.mtu.edu!not-for-mail From: cmlong@mtu.edu (mike) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.amateur.antenna Subject: Special Events Station!!! Date: 28 Jan 1996 17:04:14 -0500 Organization: Michigan Technological University Lines: 50 Message-ID: <4egrsu$rmm@techsrv1.tech> NNTP-Posting-Host: techsrv1.tech.mtu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24230 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:12991 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97371 rec.radio.swap:56161 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13813 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32810 rec.radio.amateur.space:6209 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18699 Thank-you for reading this. My name is Michael Long (KB8WPE) and I am the Public Relations Manager for the Husky Amateur Radio Club (HARC) whose callsign is W8YY. The club is located on the Michigan Technological University campus. Starting on February 1, 6am EST, and continuing on until February 3, 6am EST, W8YY will be running a Special Events station for Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival '96. The frequencies listed below are the most likely place we will be operating. For this Special Events station we have 8"x11" certificates that would look great on anyones' wall! All you have to do is contact us and then send a QSL with a self addressed stamped envelope to receive the certificate. Here are the frequencies: Band Frequency Mode Time 160m 1.90 MHz LSB 8pm-8am 75m 3.90 MHz LSB 10pm-8am 40m 7.25 MHz LSB 7pm-10pm 20m 14.250 MHz USB majority of the day (8am-7pm) 17m 18.150 MHz USB if open 8am-7pm 15m 21.350 MHz USB if open 8am-7pm 10m 28.40 MHz USB if open 8am-7pm 2m 144.2 MHz USB All the time 146.58 MHz FM All the time 70cm 432.100 MHz USB All the time Again, thank-you for reading this message and all of us here hope to here from you during the Special Events station! For any more info. email me at cmlong@mtu.edu or the Club President, Dave Gillahan, at dmgillah@mtu.edu You can also check out our homepage at http://techsrv1.tech.mtu.edu:8080/harc.html Though it is just beginning it does have a little information on it. Sincerely, Mike Long -KB8WPE- -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \ Michael Long || Public Relations Manager / / Callsign: KB8WPE || for HARC (W8YY) \ \ Email: cmlong@mtu.edu || Email: harc-l@mtu.edu / / Phone: (906)487-5664 || Majors: EET and EMT \ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mtu.edu!news.mtu.edu!not-for-mail From: cmlong@mtu.edu (mike) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Special Events Station!!! Date: 29 Jan 1996 22:02:22 -0500 Organization: Michigan Technological University Lines: 69 Message-ID: <4ek1nu$ftl@techsrv1.tech> NNTP-Posting-Host: techsrv1.tech.mtu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Thank-you for reading this. My name is Michael Long (KB8WPE) and I am the Public Relations Manager for the Husky Amateur Radio Club (HARC) whose callsign is W8YY. The club is located on the Michigan Technological University campus. Starting on February 1, 6am EST, and continuing on until February 3, 6am EST, W8YY will be running a Special Events station for Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival '96. The frequencies listed below are the most likely place we will be operating. For this Special Events station we have 8"x11" certificates that would look great on anyones' wall! All you have to do is contact us and then send a QSL with a self addressed stamped envelope to receive the certificate. Here are the frequencies: Band Frequency Mode Time 160m 1.90 MHz LSB 8pm-8am 75m 3.90 MHz LSB 10pm-8am 40m 7.25 MHz LSB 7pm-10pm 20m 14.250 MHz USB majority of the day (8am-7pm) 17m 18.150 MHz USB if open 8am-7pm 15m 21.350 MHz USB if open 8am-7pm 10m 28.40 MHz USB if open 8am-7pm 2m 144.2 MHz USB All the time 146.58 MHz FM All the time 70cm 432.100 MHz USB All the time Again, thank-you for reading this message and all of us here hope to here from you during the Special Events station! For any more info. email me at cmlong@mtu.edu or the Club President, Dave Gillahan, at dmgillah@mtu.edu You can also check out our homepage at http://techsrv1.tech.mtu.edu:8080/harc.html Though it is just beginning it does have a little information on it. Sincerely, Mike Long -KB8WPE- -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \ Michael Long || Public Relations Manager / / Callsign: KB8WPE || for HARC (W8YY) \ \ Email: cmlong@mtu.edu || Email: harc-l@mtu.edu / / Phone: (906)487-5664 || Majors: EET and EMT \ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \ Michael Long || Public Relations Manager / / Callsign: KB8WPE || for HARC (W8YY) \ \ Email: cmlong@mtu.edu || Email: harc-l@mtu.edu / / Phone: (906)487-5664 || Majors: EET and EMT \ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \ Michael Long || Public Relations Manager / / Callsign: KB8WPE || for HARC (W8YY) \ \ Email: cmlong@mtu.edu || Email: harc-l@mtu.edu / / Phone: (906)487-5664 || Majors: EET and EMT \ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!upsnews.ups.com!brownie.iim.ups.com!iim2tlm From: iim2tlm@iim.ups.com (Tom Mosher) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Is licensing for me? Date: 26 Jan 1996 17:46:55 GMT Organization: II Morrow, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4eb42f$9oi@brownie.iim.ups.com> References: <4eas20$bn9@server.cntfl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: seal.iim.ups.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <4eas20$bn9@server.cntfl.com>, books@rtssec1.dms.state.fl.us (Roger Books) wrote: >I'm interested in building R/C airplanes, however I don't want to use >commercial radio gear. You're right, the 5 WPM code is not a big challenge. But, you don't need it for access to the 6 meter band (50 MHz). You can get on that band with a No Code Technician license. Best of luck, Tom Mosher, AB7NV Salem, OR ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tom Mosher II Morrow, Inc. iim2tlm@iim.ups.com My views do not represent those of II Morrow or United Parcel Service. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: dickmac@ix.netcom.com (Richard MacDonald) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Is licensing for me? Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 16:08:18 -0700 Organization: Netcom Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4eeb92$ftm@reader2.ix.netcom.com> References: <4eas20$bn9@server.cntfl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-den16-07.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 27 3:08:25 PM PST 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99b.112 On 26 Jan 1996 15:30:08 GMT, books@rtssec1.dms.state.fl.us (Roger Books) wrote : >I'm interested in building R/C airplanes, however I don't want to use... Roger: You'd probably do well with a Technician class license. I believe there is eve n one available now with no code requirement (in the U.S.) My RC friends tell m e it could be valuable because of the interference encountered by them using the normal RC channels since frequency allocation changes. You might, of course, run across interference on the ham bands that are legall y useful for radio control just as the RCers did on the CB band years ago, but that's another story. All allocations are crowded. :-) Good luck, Dick - AD0J From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:04 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chewy.vcx.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Is licensing for me? Message-ID: <1996Jan26.182051.12651@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4eas20$bn9@server.cntfl.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 18:20:51 GMT Lines: 53 In article <4eas20$bn9@server.cntfl.com> books@rtssec1.dms.state.fl.us (Roger Books) writes: >I'm interested in building R/C airplanes, however I don't want to use >commercial radio gear. I would like to build (or modify) a single >channel transmitter to use a digital data stream and interface it to >a PIC microcontroller in the plane. It was recommended on the >rec.models.rc.air that I become ham licensed in order to further this >project. Is that a good recommendation? Yes. >I'm not really interested in learning Morse, although the 5WPM >requirment looks like it shouldn't be a major stumbling block. I'm >also (currently) not really interested in talking to other people, I >get plenty of that at work and on Usenet, I'm after a hobby that >justifies my very valuable alone time. (Justifies to me anyway, I >don't have an SO or children so my time is my time.) It's not necessary to BS on the air with other folks to be an amateur, though of course lots of amateurs do it. Experimentation and building are integral parts of the amateur charter. Your projects would fit in fine. >As far as transmitters go I would be dealing with fairly low power levels, >if the aircraft can pick it up around half of a mile I would be happy. I >have a decent electronics background although I would need to learn a bit >about radio transmissions. > >So would a low-level license be appropriate for what I want to do or >would I be abusing it by using it in this manner? If it would what type >of license would I need? You need a Technician license, there's no Morse test. Most RC control by amateurs is done on the 6 meter band (50-54 MHz). A Tech has full privileges there. A 1 watt transmitter should do nicely for what you want. >(It looks like spread-spectrum is currently out also. :( I was thinking > about using it to build a wireless scoring box for fencing, normal > methods don't work because they are too easy to block signals from > the sidelines.) SS can be used on the 70cm and above bands, also accessable with the Tech license. This looks like a good project, though getting SS equipment bulk down to where it's practical for fencers to wear could be a challenge. But since you're already a modeler, you're probably accustomed to working in miniature, so SMD work should be right down your alley. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.av.qnet.com!ibbs!js Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <174@ibbs.av.org> References: <4eas20$bn9@server.cntfl.com><4eb42f$9oi@brownie.iim.ups.com> Reply-To: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) From: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 14:34:57 GMT Subject: Re: Is licensing for me? Lines: 41 In article <4eb42f$9oi@brownie.iim.ups.com>, Tom Mosher (iim2tlm@iim.ups.com) writes: >In article <4eas20$bn9@server.cntfl.com>, > books@rtssec1.dms.state.fl.us (Roger Books) wrote: >>I'm interested in building R/C airplanes, however I don't want to use >>commercial radio gear. >You're right, the 5 WPM code is not a big challenge. But, you don't need it >for access to the 6 meter band (50 MHz). You can get on that band with a No >Code Technician license. Best of luck, > >Tom Mosher, AB7NV Salem, OR > > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Tom Mosher II Morrow, Inc. iim2tlm@iim.ups.com >My views do not represent those of II Morrow or United Parcel Service. > > This should really stir up the pot. You can legally get on the radio WITHOUT a license. Dig into the regs and look under exparimental communications. I think I saw it in part 95, could have been part 87. I don't recall off the to p of my head. As I recall what I read, you can put a transmitter on any band under the exparimental clause. Your signal MUST meet the requirements set forth, but it can be done. I have a friend that operates that way on RC. I am too chicken to do it, but for the last four years there has been no problem. Since we fly in the desert she uses frequencies in the UHF GMRS band. For the most part UHF GMRS is not used way out here. When we flew one day in the big city the RC signal was overcome by "normal" communications on the band. Needless to say the plane crashed. Yes all, it was a kool crash. The plane exploded on impact. BTW, the range of the aircraft was greatly extended by using UHF GMRS. Yha, it really sucks when you run out of fuel 2 miles away. You can get really trick and use marine radar to track your plane to see how far it can go. Pulling the boat to the site is a real pain, but it was sorta crazy and fun all at the same time. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Stillinger - KB6IBB js@ibbs.av.org PSC Box 3429 js@red-eft.la.ca.us Edwards AFB, CA 93524 +1 805 258 7303 8N1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.infinet.com!cmh-p085.infinet.com!user From: psgeorge@infinet.com (Paul S. George) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need info on Tektronix O-scope Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 12:04:24 -0500 Organization: InfiNet Lines: 6 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: cmh-p085.infinet.com I recently acquired a Tektronix 314 storage oscilloscope. Does anyone have any info, specs, or possibly a user manual (original or zerox'd) that they can pass on to me? Thank's in advance. -- Paul S. George (psgeorge@infinet.com) From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: 29 Jan 1996 00:43:55 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4eh58c$5pm@jupiter.planet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan31.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.cb:25946 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97382 Drew, why is it whenever someone mentions destroying other peoples' property, your right there in the middle of it?? i hope you know that your posts about pins in coax, yanking down sections of t owers, yada yada yada potentially opens you up to lega proceedings. If someone wanted to make a case against yo u, all they'd have to do it keep copies of your posts concerning the pinning of coax, etc and no matter who did the damage, they could hold you accountable. whether or not you could be convicted is another matter, but it sure as hell cost you bucks. it's a shame that some many of YOU have these attitudes. Maybe if the shoe is on the other foot..... just remember...be careful what you say, you never know who your audience is steve From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: 29 Jan 1996 12:12:21 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4eidj5$kbq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4eh58c$5pm@jupiter.planet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 >i hope you know that your posts about pins in coax, yanking down sections of towers, yada yada yada potentially >opens you up to lega proceedings. On what grounds? Have I ever stated that I have put pins in someone's coax, tore down someone's tower, etc? No, I have not. Have I ever instructed someone to put pins in someone's coax, tear down someone's tower, etc? No, I have not. I have merely suggested possible remedies to solve various problems that others have mentioned they're having with offending stations in their neighborhood. Legal proceedings? Don't be ridiculous! Oh sure, I can see it now...a guy gets caught pinning someone's coax. When the judge asks him why he did it, he says "Uh, well ah, I don't like what this guy does on the radio, and some guy on the Internet suggested that I do this in order to solve the problem. So it's his fault." Yeah, right. -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: 29 Jan 1996 13:26:32 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4eihu8$gsh@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4eidj5$kbq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan32.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > >i hope you know that your posts about pins in coax, yanking down > sections of towers, yada yada yada potentially > >opens you up to lega proceedings. > > On what grounds? Have I ever stated that I have put pins in someone's > coax, tore down someone's tower, etc? No, I have not. Have I ever > instructed someone to put pins in someone's coax, tear down someone's > tower, etc? No, I have not. I have merely suggested possible remedies > to solve various problems that others have mentioned they're having with > offending stations in their neighborhood. As a matter of fact you have and you continue to do so. I invite anyone to vi sit rec.radio.cb to see you continued condonig of vandalism. Merely suggest??? you must be either kidding or you tr uely are a class A fool . Funny your mentioning never references anyone but YOU > > Legal proceedings? Don't be ridiculous! Oh sure, I can see it now...a > guy gets caught pinning someone's coax. When the judge asks him why he > did it, he says "Uh, well ah, I don't like what this guy does on the > radio, and some guy on the Internet suggested that I do this in order to > solve the problem. So it's his fault." Yeah, right. Intent is a very interesting principle in the legal arena, and intent is what you are showing here Drewie baby!!! > > -Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM I dare you...post whatever you have written before and let others judge for th emselves.. I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU!!! your a loser...you may have 5WPM code but you act just like a small ma jority of non-code/cb operators give up the ticket Drew..you bring nothing to the table. BTW, I hear Charlott e is having a jammer problem on some of their 2 meter repeaters...could you be misbehaving again???? From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: 29 Jan 1996 14:53:38 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 38 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ein1i$2d2q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4eidj5$kbq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4eihu8$gsh@jupiter.planet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) wrote: >> Legal proceedings? Don't be ridiculous! Oh sure, I can see it now... a >> guy gets caught pinning someone's coax. When the judge asks him why >> he >> did it, he says "Uh, well ah, I don't like what this guy does on the >> radio, and some guy on the Internet suggested that I do this in order to >> solve the problem. So it's his fault." Yeah, right. > >Intent is a very interesting principle in the legal arena, and intent is what you are showing here Drewie baby!!! I'm not going to waste any more time arguing with you over something you obviously know nothing about. If you are actually foolish enough to believe that you have a case here, bring it on! Just make sure you have lots of money to pay the attorney fees on both sides of the table when your suit gets tossed out as "frivilous" and you are then countersued for the above-mentioned fees and expenses. >give up the ticket Drew..you bring nothing to the table. BTW, I hear Charlotte is having a jammer problem on some >of their 2 meter repeaters...could you be misbehaving again???? > For once, you are correct about something. We do seem to have a jammer problem, and it's on our machine. The problem was particularily bad this past weekend. In fact, it's quite a remarkable coincidence that you should mention this...especially since the "jammer" maliciously interfered with several of my transmissions and even spoke up to mention my name and call me a "moron" on one occasion. Gee, Steve, you wouldn't have anything to do with this, now would you? You have to admit, it's quite an amazing coincidence. -Drew in Charlotte- From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.ids.net!anomaly.ideamation.com!anomaly.ideamation.com!not-for-mail From: kd1nr@anomaly.ideamation.com (Tony Pelliccio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: 29 Jan 1996 17:54:51 -0500 Organization: Ideamation, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4ejj7r$d4h@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4eidj5$kbq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4eihu8$gsh@jupiter.planet.net> <4ein1i$2d2q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anomaly.ideamation.com In article <4ein1i$2d2q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>, Drew Durigan wrote: > >For once, you are correct about something. We do seem to have a jammer >problem, and it's on our machine. The problem was particularily bad this >past weekend. In fact, it's quite a remarkable coincidence that you >should mention this...especially since the "jammer" maliciously >interfered with several of my transmissions and even spoke up to mention >my name and call me a "moron" on one occasion. Gee, Steve, you wouldn't >have anything to do with this, now would you? You have to admit, it's >quite an amazing coincidence. So quite complaining. First you get a nice RF fingerprint of the offending party. Then you start fingerprinting everyone you hear on that frequency and on adjacent repeaters. Then do a comparison of the jammers fingerprint to your database and you've got the culprits radio. Step two is to actively DF the idiot. Once that's done have your attornery draft up a cease and desist order and send it to the geek via registered mail. While the ARRL and FCC fight about who has to enforce the rules it generally takes care of the problem. Tony -- == Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR == As offensive as I wanna be. == kd1nr@anomaly.ideamation.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.scott.net!acara.snsnet.net!news5.crl.com!nntp.crl.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!inews.intel.com!itnews.sc.intel.com!chnews!vegas.ch.intel.com!cmoore From: cmoore@vegas.ch.intel.com (Cecil A. Moore~) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: 30 Jan 1996 00:21:57 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ejob5$18rm@chnews.ch.intel.com> References: <4eh58c$5pm@jupiter.planet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: vegas.ch.intel.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.cb:25992 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97481 In article <4eh58c$5pm@jupiter.planet.net>, Steve - KF2TI wrote: >Drew, why is it whenever someone mentions destroying other peoples' p >it?? > >i hope you know that your posts about pins in coax, yanking down sect >opens you up to lega proceedings. If someone wanted to make a case a >copies of your posts concerning the pinning of coax, etc and no matte >accountable. whether or not you could be convicted is another matter > >it's a shame that some many of YOU have these attitudes. Maybe if th > >just remember...be careful what you say, you never know who your audi > >steve Hi Steve, here is what your posting looks like to those of us with 80 column systems - and there's a bunch of us out here. 73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC (not speaking for my employer) From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: alex948739@aol.com (Alex948739) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: 30 Jan 1996 00:11:05 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 2 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4ek999$39b@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4ejob5$18rm@chnews.ch.intel.com> Reply-To: alex948739@aol.com (Alex948739) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.cb:25983 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97463 I got another method: get a syrringe and inject salt water in the cable that will work wonders From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chewy.vcx.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: jwilkers@freenet.columbus.oh.us (John Wilkerson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,alt.flame Date: 23 Jan 1996 17:38:12 -0500 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4e3o0k$o6u@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4df2tk$h9v@shore.shore.net> <4dtgi3$iig@netport.com> <4e1aub$k9g@castle.nando.net> <4e3kqv$2tt@usafa2.usafa.af.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97383 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32821 Enough already!!! This is a CB group! (DICENSODJ%DFL@pcmail.usafa.af.mil) wro te: : Want evidence? We're all active CBers and on a CB group now, for : cryin' out loud! What more do you need? If ham radio was the : panacea, we'd be on packet or an HF net... or at least on an internet : ham group! I feel bad for the exclusive CB folks whose "spectrum" : we're using up! Well, then quit crossposting to rec.radio.cb and for that matter... rec.radio.scanner... Folks..... set your damn Newsgroups: line and Followups To: line!!! Get out of these groups and keep your ham bickering where it belongs... the ham groups. Off topic participants will be sent an itemized list of their violations via email! -- John L. Wilkerson Jr... jwilkers@freenet.columbus.oh.us "Political Correctness is for mindless sheep.. Speak up how _you_ want, not how others say you should" From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news2.ee.net!news.ee.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ky1tluck@aol.com (KY1T Luck) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 27 Jan 1996 05:34:45 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 35 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4ecv45$mik@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4eb69l$9ih@convex.convex.com> X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4eb69l$9ih@convex.convex.com>, tonyp@convex.com (Tony J. Podrasky) writes: >VHF is great for getting stuff done locally but doesn't do >the out of state messages to your loved ones. > > I enjoyed your post so please don't consider this as criticism. But I would like to point out that a fair amount of the out of state messages "to your loved ones" have been going via amateur satellites in the past few years. The same satellites that have their inputs and outputs on VHF/UHF, and the very same satellites that would still be in operation in the disaster scenario you've suggested. Better than all that is the fact that the satellites are somewhat under-loaded, and under-utilized. Which is super, because their capabilities would be very much in demand during a disaster of the type and scope you're thinking of. All in all, things are looking up. (Sorry...) 73 ----------------------------------------------------- Byron (Luck) Hurder, KY1T KY1TLUCK@AOL.COM AX.25 - KY1T@N4GAA.CT 53 Broadview St. Newington Ct 06111 (860)666-4399 Amateur Radio TCP/IP address - KY1T%KY1T-2@gw.w1mx.ampr.org Web Page -- http://home.aol.com/KY1TLUCK Finally employed again Software Engineer/Database Administrator/Project Manager From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 28 Jan 1996 05:00:36 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 62 Message-ID: <4eevtk$meq@cc.iu.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e <4e9ntg$ias@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4eb69l$9ih@convex.convex.com> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-4.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97350 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32794 In <4eb69l$9ih@convex.convex.com>, tonyp@convex.com (Tony J. Podrasky) writes: >VHF is great for getting stuff done locally but doesn't do >the out of state messages to your loved ones. depends on the terrain and the systems involved...florida, a little altitude c an buy you a good amount of coverage since we're fairly level..and of course there's satellites... >CW - hook up the hand key and you're ready. or hook up the microphone... >EE - unavailable: no power for the computer, TNC, CRT, disk drive, etc. since most computers draw less power than the radio, if there's power for the radio, there should be power for the computer. >SOS: someone must always be listening if you want a distress signal to be heard. that's why there were "watches" on specific frequencies just for that purpose. this continues today as well (the "watch frequency" for police on telephone is 911, there's 121.5 MHz for aircraft, etc.) >CAPTURE: >CW - Take 2 seconds to send, 2 seconds to recognize. after you've attracted someone's attention. >EE - First you have to hope that your signal is strong enough for someone the same problems here also apply to morse transmissions. >DECODING: >CW - Ears. trained ears. >EE - must have the correct digital mode equipment to receive your signal. and what about phone? >AVAILABILITY: >CW - All hams + boy scouts can copy. since we've had a code free ticket since 1991, and there's about 150,000 folks in that group, you can't say for sure that all hams can copy. you haven't been in touch with most boy scout groups if you assume that boy scouts can copy code..heck, i was the only guy in the troop that knew code back when, and the "official" semaphore guy used the same flag position for A and H, B and I, etc . >Last of all, don't forget that the code requirement below 30Mhz is an >international thing, and not something the FCC dreamed up. used to be below 144 MHz..it is something dreamed up with respect to just what is it they want an amateur radio operator to know. and these rules come from the dawn of "radio time". Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.socketis.net!usenet From: albraun@socketis.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 28 Jan 1996 15:33:04 GMT Organization: SOCKET Internet Services INN site Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4eg4vg$2ug@news.socketis.net> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.west.sun.com> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net> <4edhsu$2b26@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> Reply-To: albraun@socketis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: op003.socketis.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.policy:32797 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97354 In <4edhsu$2b26@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>, VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: >>The modification of Amateur radio equipment is also off topic for rec.cb >and >>rec.scanner, not to mention that it's illegal. Please REFRAME from >talking >>about illegal activity in the future. > >Is that so? Would you please explain to me how it is possible that the >modification of amateur radio equipment is illegal when amateur exuipment >is not FCC type-accepted in the first place? > >Better read your law books again, Mr. Legal Eagle. Modification of >amateur equipment is most certainly legal, even encouraged! USE of that >equipment on non-amateur frequencies (as in 10-meter radios being used on >the CB band) is another matter entirely. > > >-Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM > Modification of ham equipment is legal, if done by a licensed ham and used on ham frequencies. I doubt if many of the people in rec.radio.cb are licensed hams, or are using their equipment on the ham bands. If they're not licensed and/or are using their equipment outside the ham bands, it IS illegal. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Alan Braun MD, NS0B/V31EV *Internet: albraun@socketis.net * * Jefferson City, MO *Packet: NS0B@N0LBA.#cemo.mo.usa.noam * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mcn.net!blpm01-201 From: vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 22:31:44 GMT Organization: Montana Communications Network Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4egthc$81k@news.mcn.net> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.west.sun.com> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net> <4edhsu$2b26@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4eg4vg$2ug@news.socketis.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blpm01-201.mcn.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.policy:32813 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97374 >Modification of ham equipment is legal, if done by a licensed ham and >used on ham frequencies. I doubt if many of the people in rec.radio.cb >are licensed hams, or are using their equipment on the ham bands. If >they're not licensed and/or are using their equipment outside the ham >bands, it IS illegal. > That is my point, exactly. The CB group discusses the modification of amateur radio equipment more than all the other ham groups combined. And about every other post in the CB group has the title "How do you hook up an amplifier?" From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:22 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sbt.net!news.ia.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Modified gear, was Re: No Code = No Brain Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 02:31:58 GMT Organization: Planet Access Networks - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4ehbhh$7dk@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.west.sun.com> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net> <4edhsu$2b26@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4eg4vg$2ug@news.socketis.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan22.planet.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.policy:32814 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97376 albraun@socketis.net wrote: >In <4edhsu$2b26@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>, VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan ) writes: >>>The modification of Amateur radio equipment is also off topic for rec.cb >>and >>>rec.scanner, not to mention that it's illegal. Please REFRAME from >>talking >>>about illegal activity in the future. >> >>Is that so? Would you please explain to me how it is possible that the >>modification of amateur radio equipment is illegal when amateur exuipment >>is not FCC type-accepted in the first place? >> >>Better read your law books again, Mr. Legal Eagle. Modification of >>amateur equipment is most certainly legal, even encouraged! USE of that >>equipment on non-amateur frequencies (as in 10-meter radios being used on >>the CB band) is another matter entirely. >> >> >>-Drew in Charlotte- >> KF4DDM >> >Modification of ham equipment is legal, if done by a licensed ham and >used on ham frequencies. I doubt if many of the people in rec.radio.cb >are licensed hams, or are using their equipment on the ham bands. If >they're not licensed and/or are using their equipment outside the ham >bands, it IS illegal. >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >* Alan Braun MD, NS0B/V31EV *Internet: albraun@socketis.net * Anyone can modify ham equipment after it is initially sold. Once commercially manufactured ham gear has been sold, anyone can modify it and anyone can use it EXCEPT transmission must be done by a licensed ham. Bill Sohl K2UNK ARRL Local Gov't Liason, Mt. Olive Township, NJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:24 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!cygnus.com!cambridge-news.cygnus.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!jbaltz From: jbaltz@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B Altzman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.policy Date: 28 Jan 1996 01:28:25 GMT Organization: double ionizers association Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4eejfp$h9g@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97370 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32809 rec.radio.cb:25938 rec.radio.scanner:44539 In article <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net>, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote: >The modification of Amateur radio equipment is also off topic for rec.cb and >rec.scanner, not to mention that it's illegal. Modification of amateur radio equipment is *not* illegal. > Please REFRAME from talking >about illegal activity in the future. Reframe? Is that a packet joke? >Or quit complaining. Never. Please respect the Followup-to: line. //jbaltz jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 jbaltz@columbia.edu jbaltz@sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML (HEPNET) NEVIS::jbaltz From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!news.minn.net!skypoint.com!news.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: jwilkers@freenet.columbus.oh.us (John Wilkerson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Date: 26 Jan 1996 00:10:06 -0500 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 46 Message-ID: <4e9nne$ht2@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97409 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32835 Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL (vfiscus@mcn.net) wrote: : In article <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com>, bherder@netport.com (Bruce Herder) wrot e: : Keep The Code. : Cw is like the spare tire in the trunk of your car. You may never use it, b ut : when you do need it, it sure comes in handy. I have made a lot of DX contac ts : on CW that I would not have been able to make on phone. Not because of weak : signals, but because the station I contacted did not speak English and I did : not speak their language. We both knew CW though, and every CW prosign and : Q signal was clearly understood by each of us. : The main reason to keep the code is for a situation that I hope never happen s, : but it could happen. And that reason is a complete National disaster. We : have never had a disaster that has affected the entire country at once. WE : have had hurricanes here, earthquakes there, and some flooding all around, b ut : never a nation wide emergency. A Nuclear war is one emergency that would : affect the whole country. And in a Nuclear war, sensitive electronic circui ts : as found in our radio's and computers would be Zapped, making that equipment : useless. Now the key to restoring order after a disaster is communications. : And as a Ham, you have agreed to help out. (see part 97) Now you have to fin d : a radio that survived the disaster, perhaps you will have to build one. The : simpliest transmitter to build is one that sends a CW signal, only need a fe w : parts to do it. You can use a wire for an antenna. It really wouldn't do a ny : good to build a Cw transmitter though, if you didn't know the code. : Now, it is possible that we will never have a nuclear war, things look gre at : in Russia right now {hi}. And if we do have a nuclear war it is possible a f ew : radios will survive and you won't need to build one {hi}. And we all know th at : with so many hams off the air, the packet & RTTY networks are going to be le ss : crowded and working just fine {hi}. : I guess you're right, we don't need code {hi}. : 73 de KB7ADL This was crossposted to rec.radio.cb and rec.radio.scanner. This thread is off topic in both groups. Please adjust your Newsgroups: and Followup To: lines in any future posts...... Thanks -- John L. Wilkerson Jr... jwilkers@freenet.columbus.oh.us "Political Correctness is for mindless sheep.. Speak up how _you_ want, not how others say you should" From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: kc7gnm@primenet.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 28 Jan 1996 17:33:00 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 22 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4eh4js$sls@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net> Reply-To: kc7gnm@primenet.com X-Posted-By: ip187.fhu.primenet.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97466 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32871 rec.radio.cb:25989 rec.radio.scanner:44642 In <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net>, vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) writes: >In article <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>, > jwilkers@freenet.columbus.oh.us (John Wilkerson) wrote: > >> >>This thread is off-topic in rec.radio.cb and rec.radio.scanner. Please >>omit the off topic groups in future posts... Thank you > > >The modification of Amateur radio equipment is also off topic for rec.cb and >rec.scanner, not to mention that it's illegal. Please REFRAME from talking >about illegal activity in the future. > >Or quit complaining. Modification of amateur radio equipment is not illegal. Modification of Citize ns Band Radios is illegal. 73 de KC7GNM Greg /ex From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!reeve.research.aa.wl.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!usenet From: little@pecan.enet.dec.com (Todd Little) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 29 Jan 1996 23:33:39 GMT Organization: ObjectBroker/COM Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ejlgk$hpb@usenet.pa.dec.com> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net> <4eh4js$sls@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> Reply-To: little@pecan.enet.dec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: aci1200_port2.chi.dec.com X-Newsreader: News for Windows NT X1.0-73 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97448 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32856 rec.radio.cb:25974 rec.radio.scanner:44628 In article <4eh4js$sls@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> kc7gnm@primenet.com wrote: > Modification of amateur radio equipment is not illegal. Modification of Citi zens > Band Radios is illegal. Wrong again. Modification of CB radios is legal, but it invalidates the type acceptance of the radio making it illegal to *use* it once modified on the Citizen's Band. 73, Todd N9MWB From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!info.uah.edu!hubcap.clemson.edu!usenet From: wdubrof@eng.clemson.edu (Bill DuBroff) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 30 Jan 1996 13:30:16 GMT Organization: Clemson University Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4el6h8$91c@hubcap.clemson.edu> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ejipc$rqm@zeus.ieee.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: wdubrof_pc.eng.clemson.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.3 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97469 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32872 In article <4ejipc$rqm@zeus.ieee.org>, v.biancomano@ieee.org says... :>While it can be demonstrated there are modes more "efficient" ;>than cw, Now you're getting it Vince. the task is to show that eliminating the Morse Code, and easing requirements in general for the theory exams, will :>benefit the Amateur Service. I have not seen anyone suggest eliminating the code requirement and easing the theory exams. In fact, just the opposite - eliminate the code requirement and increase the difficulty of the theory exams. Bill, KF4ECX From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chewy.vcx.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!oronet!news From: rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: DSP Noise Filter - Which is Best???? Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 22:38:59 GMT Organization: RST Engineering Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4e3o2s$al0@hg.oro.net> References: <4e34gq$b6l@nntpa.cb.att.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rst-engr.oro.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 >> I am contemplating the purchase of an DSP Noise Filter and wonder if >>anyone has any suggestions and experience with any of them??? >> >> Thanks, Ken (K8JWC) From another perspective ... does anybody have a reference (or even better, a bibliography) on DSP Design For Dummies? I've been touted that DSP is the greatest thing since sliced bread and bottled beer and am trying to find out how to apply it to my version of POTS (Plain Old radioTelephone Signals). Remember, I'm an analog RF cat in a digital room full of rocking chairs, so one-syllable words are important. Jim Jim Weir VP Engineering | You bet your sweet patootie I speak RST Engineering | for the company. I OWN the freakin' Grass Valley CA 95945 | company. voice/fax 916/272-1432 | AR Adv. WB6BHI Cessna 182A N73CQ rst-engr@oro.net | Comm'l Pilot & CFI Airplane/Glider A&P Mechanic From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: ko4gx@ix.netcom.com(Bill Patton ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS: 1921 Westinghouse Aeriola Sr. - 1st tube type made Date: 27 Jan 1996 00:37:54 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4ebs52$3cn@reader2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-hou8-26.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Jan 26 4:37:54 PM PST 1996 I have the following for sale: 1 - 1921 Westinghouse Aeriola, Sr. radio (first tube type made) licensed for amateur and experimental use. This is before the first commercial radio station (KDKA - Pittsburgh) went on the air. Great condition. New Tube......Runs on 22½ volt battery and 6 volt battery. Needs long wire antenna....Has earphones....Best offer over $500 Bill Patton ko4gx@ix.netcom.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!xpat.postech.ac.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!ncar!noao!news.eas.asu.edu!news.asu.edu!aztec.asu.edu!stoddard From: stoddard@aztec.asu.edu (PATRICK STODDARD) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS TH-75A, TH-77A service manuals Date: 28 Jan 1996 17:35:08 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4egc4c$aus@news.asu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aztec.asu.edu (Manuals are for sale or swap one for a Kenwood TH-55AT 1200MHz HT service manual) Thanks! (Also reachable on packet KF7YS@KC7Y.AZ.USA.NOAM) -- Patrick E. Stoddard Internet: stoddard@aztec.asu.edu Glendale, Arizona, U.S.A. Facsimile: +1 602 894-6316 ICBM: 33.3 N 112.0 W From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!sfov1.verifone.com!sfov1.verifone.com!nntp Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Status of Vality Callsigns? Message-ID: <1996Jan27.203256.4761@sfov1.verifone.com> From: david_b3@sfov1.verifone.com Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 20:32:52 +700 Distribution: usa Organization: VeriFone Inc. Nntp-Posting-Host: sfov1.verifone.com Lines: 5 Sorry to ask, since it must come up continually, but what is the status of vanity call signs? -- David Barnes KD6DMS From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ecmaass@aol.com (ECMAASS) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics,sci.electronics.misc,alt.cellular-phone-tech,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Digital PLL/Receiver chips! Date: 29 Jan 1996 02:50:25 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4ehu81$b59@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dkno6$i1n@hg.oro.net> Reply-To: ecmaass@aol.com (ECMAASS) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Xref: news.epix.net sci.electronics.components:1659 sci.electronics.misc:700 alt.cellular-phone-tech:9666 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13818 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97390 Motorola makes several digital PLL and receiver chip products. I can't find the original message, but please let me know if you still need information or samples, and what you need, and I think I can help. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Excessive signature: (was:Re: Excessive header) Date: 27 Jan 1996 01:52:08 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 47 Message-ID: <4ec0g8$76g@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> References: <$arlb004.1996@arrl.org> <4dpdpe$bqr@alterdial.UU.NET> <4dulqc$qdl@news.socketis.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-07.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Jan 26 5:52:08 PM PST 1996 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <4dulqc$qdl@news.socketis.net> albraun@socketis.net writes: >Burt is like the pot calling the kettle black. Usenet guidelines call for sig natures Over, and over, and over again. He drinks himself into blindness, his "wife" kicks him out of bed because he's snorring, he can't (or doesn't know how to) work a straight key, and instead of getting on the air, he heads for the keyboard and pollutes one of several internet groups. Burt is a "reverse ace " as he's been killfiled by more people than anyone else. Sadly, he usually forgets what he has posted when the morning rolls around and his ego won't let him admit that he's a sad, lonely drunk without a clue. The n he accuses others of causing the problems that he has to live with because of his lack of judgement while he's ethanol-enhanced. One of these days he's going to piss off someone like the guy who shot up the abortion clinic, or the guy who blew up the building in Oklahoma, or any of the postal workers we hear about who go get an Uzi, or the guy in Calif. a couple months ago who shot those three hams that he worked with; and burt will get his brains blown out. I don't think much of burt, but I really don't want him to be harmed. I doubt that everyone else he's irritated feels the same way, and it will be a sad day when some lunatic blows him away because of his inflammatory words. Ignore him; he's a grown-up with a child's mind. 73, Dave KZ1O -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMQmD3knTUAl4qF0BAQHwfwP+Lb6E7vngxkeawED2l5eH22CUEf5pI0Ih onr4s+fMPjJdGTzofwqsGQ6waBOTJgml8ADMlkEC3iYkj3XDcQSdvJZ3bA6G2MYc xAA3XKQKmL2eO9QaXgb3ypuwaPkRotaSebRBTIEOynlUtC+trKkcYqY2PEZq6bk3 BbSFSOcLee4= =+vjI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!sun!oucsboss!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!csn!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!aim.et.iupui.edu!etapps!mpolakow From: mpolakow@tech.iupui.edu (Mike P.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Homodyne detection - how does it work? Date: 25 Jan 1996 14:39:03 GMT Organization: Purdue University School of Engr. and Tech. At Indianapolis,IN Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4e84m7$bgg@aim.et.iupui.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: etapps.tech.iupui.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] As I understand it, homodyne detection consists of mixing a modulated signal with itself. However, if I have two versions of a signal that differ only in phase: f1(t) = a(t)*cos(wct+p1) f2(t) = a(t)*cos(wct+p2) the product (after a LPF) is: a^2(t)*cos(p1-p2) My question is: how is the envelope recovered; i.e., how do I get back a(t) once it has been squared? Or is it even possible? Any help would be appreciated. - Mike From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!pop.gnn.com!duffy1 From: duffy1@gnn.com (J. D. Beischel) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Homodyne detection - how does it work? Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 08:21:03 Organization: GNN Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4eakm8$5um@news-e2a.gnn.com> References: <4e84m7$bgg@aim.et.iupui.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: www-11-129.gnn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-GNN-NewsServer-Posting-Date: 26 Jan 1996 13:24:24 GMT X-Mailer: GNNmessenger 1.2 First, they can't reproduce and second, be careful when experimenting with homodynes. Wear rubber gloves or condoms to protect yourself. (Sorry, couldn't resist injecting a little humor) From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!xpat.postech.ac.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: vinyn1vc@aol.com (VINY N1VC) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WANT YIG Date: 28 Jan 1996 17:08:46 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4egs5e$t59@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: vinyn1vc@aol.com (VINY N1VC) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Need Yig Oscillator for BWO replacement in spectrum analyzer. VINYN1VC From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!gatech!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: theo_schmitz@VNET.IBM.COM (Theodor Johannes Schmitz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Licensing/Repeaters in Norway Date: 29 Jan 96 10:41:34 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 22 Message-ID: <199601291041.CAA29553@mail.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu I am planning tospend my next holdays in southern/mid norway and I want to take my 144/430 HT with me. Is there a reciprocal licensing agreement (CEPT) between Norway and Germany ? If not, where can I ge a guest licence from ? Can someone send me a list of 144/440 (FM phone) repeaters ? 73, Theo (DK9WH) ============================================================ Theo Schmitz / IBM Mainz / Materials Lab. 4627 Email Internet: theo_schmitz@vnet.ibm.com Packet: DK9WH@DB0GV.#HES.DEU.EU Fone: 49(germany)6131-842044 Fax: 49(germany)6131-846810 ============================================================ I never used to be able to finish anything but now I From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!troll.powertech.no!usenet From: vidarhy@powertech.no (Vidar Hynne) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Licensing/Repeaters in Norway Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 20:03:12 GMT Organization: PowerTech Internet Lines: 14 Message-ID: <310e76b5.14550126@news.powertech.no> References: <199601291041.CAA29553@mail.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: port-228.ppp.powertech.no X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 theo_schmitz@VNET.IBM.COM (Theodor Johannes Schmitz) wrote: >Is there a reciprocal licensing agreement (CEPT) between Norway >and Germany ? Yes there is. >Can someone send me a list of 144/440 (FM phone) repeaters ? Sri, no list around here. Maybe someone else? Have a nice stay in Norway Vidar, LA1DBA From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.emi.net!scifi!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!newsjunkie.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) Newsgroups: alt.security.pgp,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: PGP authentication - why use it? Date: 28 Jan 1996 16:11:01 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 49 Message-ID: <4eg76l$jj5@reader2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-13.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Jan 28 8:11:01 AM PST 1996 Xref: news.epix.net alt.security.pgp:47251 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97398 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The subject of authentication and PGP-signatures has come up from time to time, both for postings on the internet and on packet. Here is a good reason to use PGP for something other than encrypting messages. My original posting, in which I said "I don't think much of burt, but I really don't want him to be harmed" included a PGP signature, which authenticates that it was really from me. One word, one byte, even one bit altered would cause it to fail the CRC that is included with the posting. The miscreant to which I referred altered my posting, and then followed up to it, with the wording changed to "I don't think much of burt, I would love to see him dead but rather slowly harmed." While most people saw right through my troll, I PGP-signed the posting, knowing that he would try to alter it and cause some trouble. I don't usually PGP-sign my postings. I wanted to see if he would leave the authentication on or not. He merely deleted that part. A missing PGP signature is only apparent if it's the custom of the poster to always include a signature. If anyone saw just the doctored version, they would have no way of knowing what was really said, and what was the fraudulent part. For what it's worth, both the original article and the doctored one are still available on the server if you want to compare the two. The copy that he tried to send to my postmaster was the doctored version also. He doesn't seem to know that I'm the postmaster at one of those sites :) Discussion anyone? And should this be moved to .policy or somewhere else? Dave KZ1O -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMQuc/UnTUAl4qF0BAQE1LQP6AyKbBalTE2c9zDAA29K3u0c/QGByqLOF 5KMvmnqxnFnnKvtyBO2wYsUu/asY4Z0dtDUTb5KiiZ6PF4zBHF7fcr/Y88idaFwk hwmlbvmW/So8DHwB3ANt55shOIyZ1WUSSVs9zCeiDq6iWJA2DoU/BLkowJU5lhpO 8OrGsUpU2ZU= =s1J/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!ub!news.kei.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!tuegate.tue.nl!usenet From: galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl (Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet) Newsgroups: alt.security.pgp,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: PGP authentication - why use it? Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 22:43:34 +0100 Organization: Usenet Central Administration Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <4eg76l$jj5@reader2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: annex1s44.urc.tue.nl Xref: news.epix.net alt.security.pgp:47297 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97447 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <4eg76l$jj5@reader2.ix.netcom.com>, kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) wrote: > A missing PGP signature is only apparent if it's the custom of > the poster to always include a signature. If anyone saw just the > doctored version, they would have no way of knowing what was really > said, and what was the fraudulent part. A very good point, and that's why I always sign outgoing Usenet articles and E-mail. You have to make it known too, of course, so that others will recognize a message without your signature as something strange or possibly faked. > Discussion anyone? And should this be moved to .policy or somewhere > else? I wasn't aware we had a .policy group yet. :-) I'm still working on the RFD, the CFV will take another month or two, I'm afraid. Galactus - -- To find out more about PGP, send mail with HELP PGP in the SUBJECT line to me. E-mail: galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl - Please PGP encrypt your mail if you can. Finger galactus@turtle.stack.urc.tue.nl for public key (key ID 0x416A1A35). Anonymity and privacy page: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: cp850 iQCVAgUBMQ1HrDyeOyxBaho1AQHUDgQAyvh/5NIO170JFr/4MxWtPzg4pcvs6DVj 11bJMJ9s+hF1GXImkmhqYM5ro+29/CLZYFuxeOg2pO2L57Ue4WF9+Wkpx9EB+LmC LdvvjH9GI8ZerKwyMdRzugpMz5QaTj7QIwIMsyBVwdevlK7MOT2oPiI2D7LGFfXn KYTeDh645dk= =DfeW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.intelenet.com!unogate!mvb.saic.com!homer.alpha.net!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.net99.net!news.cyberg8t.com!host46.cyberg8t.com!user From: wb6siv@cyberg8t.com (Raymond Sarrio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: <with Search Engine opens on the WEB>> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 20:15:30 -0800 Organization: Raymond Sarrio Co. Lines: 24 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: host46.cyberg8t.com The Raymond Sarrio Company¹s Ham Radio WWW site is proud to announce a FREE Ham Radio classified advertising page at http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html. This new classified page will allow Hams to find equipement with the help of a search engine--no need to scroll through 100¹s of listing before you find that special piece of gear. Plus, when you find the gear you'er interested in, you are also provided with easy point-and-click e-mail access, directly to the Ham that listed the item. For those Hams with gear to sell, take note! there is NO charge to list your equipment within Ham Classifieds, and there will be no posting time delays. Your posting(s) will go on-line in our classified search engine immediately. All you need do is fill out a simple forms page, and upon its (point-and-click) submission your ³For Sale² classified is immediately on-line. I will be purging the classified listings initially, about once every month, but that timeline will shorten as our classified numbers grow. Give it a try, and let me know how you like it (we are still beta testing) 73¹s Ray -- The Raymond Sarrio Co. a full feature Ham Radio Storefront on tth WWW at http: //www.csz.com/sarrio in association with Brillar Enterprises http://win-win.co m/brillar an Extensive Discount CD-Rom Catalog! From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:46 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.swap Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!zilker.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!platinum.com!news3.noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!not-for-mail From: dconti@carroll.com (Daniel M. Conti) Subject: FS : Radio Shack Pro-62 hand held scanner X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: Carroll-Net Message-ID: X-Nntp-Posting-Host: poseidon06.carroll.com Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 01:50:04 GMT Lines: 5 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24267 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97406 rec.radio.scanner:44582 rec.radio.swap:56227 Radio Shack Pro-62 hand held scanner, MINT in box with manual, etc., imcludes optional soft leather case and AC wall wart adaptor/charger. Includes shipping to 48 states. Please make and sincere offer via E-mail. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!Rezonet.net!altitude!Stratus.CAM.ORG!not-for-mail From: jlyons@CAM.ORG (James Lyons) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Re: ***ONE OF THE BEST HAM WEB PAGES ON THE INTERNET. TRY IT OUT!!*** Date: 22 Jan 1996 13:49:59 -0500 Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4e0m8n$gmh@stratus.CAM.ORG> References: <4dk7io$kd1@fnord.dfw.net> <4dlre7$mkr@superb.csc.ti.com> In-Reply-To: <4dlre7$mkr@superb.csc.ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97408 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18711 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13825 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24270 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:13004 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32834 rec.radio.amateur.space:6217 On 18 Jan 1996, Ken Durham wrote: > In article <4dk7io$kd1@fnord.dfw.net>, dmclean@dfw.net says... > > > >Hello all: > > > > In the last message that I sent over usenet I forgot to include my > >url for my web site. The URL is "http://www.dfw.net/~dmclean". > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ` > I tried this URL yesterday and again this morning with no results. Netscsape > keeps contacting the host forever. Please try your page from another site an d > see if it can be accessed. > > Ken Durham K5MBV mbv@ti.com > > > I had no problem accessing it yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, twice ... once via Netscape and once via Lynx. Jim Lyons From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: David.Bourque@analog.COM Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re:QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiquette] Date: 25 Jan 96 13:34:21 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 23 Message-ID: <199601251324.AA15592@adinet.analog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu This contest station operator also has a Type A personality but I also confirm EVERY card sent to me. I do however sort them into two piles for processing. If it has an SASE it usually goes back out the next day. If no SASE, I prepar e the return card but then it waits until I get to the post office for post card stamps. Usually around bill paying time at the first of the month. Why do I confirm every card sent to me. I'll tell you why. As a novice in the mid 70' s from the tenth call district I managed to work all 50 states. I was working for my WAS. I was able to confirm 49 states. In that last state, which I won't mention but after all these years I still remember, I had worked not one but two stations. Do you think I could confirm that last state even with SASE's. No. QSL etiquette I guess didn't exist or was it that type A personality bullshit? Shortly after upgrading and moving to another call district I no longer have the opportunity to chase that last state from where I confirmed 49 states. New QTH and new call, I needed to start over again. Because of my busy schedule I no longer chase awards like WAS but others may s o I make sure I confirm EVERY card sent to me. I don't want to be somebody 50th state that won't confirm. Something about do unto others.... I'm just as busy as the next guy but it only takes a few minutes (if your records are organized ) to confirm and fill out cards and send them back. Sorry, I don't buy the "I'm too busy" crap. David Bourque WB1FLD david.bourque@analog.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:51 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!tribune.meitca.com!ulowell.uml.edu!news.tacom.army.mil!news2.acs.oakland.edu!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!kokot From: kokot@primenet.com (Lee Kokot) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this newsgroup--and Prodigy and AOL Date: 28 Jan 1996 09:24:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 16 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4eg7v2$3j3@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4dgmk0$4cb@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> Keywords: compuserve prodigy aol news group X-Posted-By: kokot@usr1.primenet.com <72527.01012@compuserve.com> writes: > I have been basically happy with Compuserve. I have been using them >since almost their beginning, but I wonder what it will take to make them >fix Wincim 2.0.1. Too many bugs and too slow!! Just do what I do: dial in with a standard terminal program, and bypass the cim interface completely. The settings should be N71, although I've found a setting of N81, and "strip high bit" argument works as well. Enjoy: Compuserve is the only one of the big three that lets you access them this way! -- Regards, Lee Kokot Encino, CA kokot@primenet.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this newsgroup--and Prodigy and AOL Date: 30 Jan 1996 00:37:01 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4ejp7d$38p@cc.iu.net> References: <4dgmk0$4cb@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> <4eg7v2$3j3@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-42.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4eg7v2$3j3@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, kokot@primenet.com (Lee Kokot) writes : >works as well. Enjoy: Compuserve is the only one of the big three >that lets you access them this way! >Regards, Lee Kokot enjoy it while you can -- apparently compuserve plans to go proprietary in the near future when they kill off the decsystem 20's or what ever big iron they'v e been using in favor of newer hardware running microsoft nt. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:52 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!survival.demon.co.uk From: bill@survival.demon.co.uk (Bill Wright) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Chip set for SSB Short Wave Transmitter/Receiver Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 14:28:07 GMT Organization: Survival Power Lines: 11 Message-ID: <822925684.1506@survival.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: Bill Wright NNTP-Posting-Host: survival.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: survival.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Chip set for SSB Short Wave Transmitter/Receiver I am initiating a new design for a SSB Short Wave Transmitter/Receiver operating at 4.005 Meg. A chip set is required to form the base of the design. Pre production prototype is scheduled for completion June 96. Would be grateful for any information or help. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!agate!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!infoplus!cdrom.info From: cdrom.info@infoplus.com (Cdrom Info) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: NEW! Ham Radio CDROM Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 06:20:01 GMT Message-ID: <9601290137456382@infoplus.com> Organization: Information Plus BBS Distribution: world Lines: 18 NEW! - January 1996 Edition -------------------- Ham Radio CDROM with Windows based Callsign Database ---------------------------------------------------- Information Plus sells a superb Ham Radio CDROM featuring: * Callsign Database with Windows, DOS, OS/2, UNIX interfaces (Over 1,000,000 callsigns from 12 countries) * Thousands of PC compatible Amateur Radio Programs * Radio Modifications, WAV files for TNC Testing For more information send email with subject text including HAM ^^^ From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:54 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!brutus.bright.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!gatech!purdue!oitnews.harvard.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!news4.ner.bbnplanet.net!news.ner.bbnplanet.net!news3.near.net!ray.com!news.ray.com!news.res.ray.com!news.ssd.ray.com!news From: ECW@ssd.ray.com (Ernest Ware) Subject: Speech for TS440 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ecw-pc.ssd.ray.com Message-ID: Sender: news@ssd.ray.com (Administrator) Reply-To: ecw@ssd.ray.com Organization: Raytheon Company X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 13:02:08 GMT Lines: 3 I am looking for a VS-1 or VS-2 speech board for a Kenwood TS440 Thanks ECW@ssd.ray.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!globe.indirect.com!usenet From: louburke@indirect.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: *** CHECK OUT WHIZBANGS & GIZMOS *** Date: 25 Jan 1996 13:46:01 GMT Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4e81ip$bjh@globe.indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s20.phxslip4.indirect.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Check out our NEW Homepage at http://www.versacom.com/www/louburke We sell circuits, PC Boards, Kits & finished products. Currently available are: Touchtone Decoder with Hybrid for duplex operation Audio Power Amp (10 watts) Electronic Thermometer with Alarm Circuit Audio Distribution Amp From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:56 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!world!mv!wd1v.mv.com!user From: john@wd1v.mv.com (John Seney) Subject: 6 Meter Repeater Freqs. Message-ID: Organization: MV Communications, Inc. Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:11:02 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: wd1v.mv.com Lines: 18 Does anyone know of an on-line listing of repeater frequencies? I'm interested in the location, input/output frequencies, and tones. 73, Check out my Home Page for: € Digital Storage Scope.FAQ € Amateur Radio On-Line/Off-Line Tests € Macnet Software FTPs John D. Seney € € € € john@wd1v.mv.com 144 Pepperidge Drive € € € € www http://www.mv.com/ipusers/wd1v Manchester, NH 03103-6150 € € € € 5956779@skymail.com (40 character pagi ng) wd1v@wb1dsw.nh.usa.noam € € € € 603-533-3472 (car w/vm & page) € LeCroy Sales Engineer € Applications/Sales/Customer Service € 800-553-2769 € From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!night.primate.wisc.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!Rezonet.net!news From: Gerry Paquette Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL INFO PZ1DG Date: 28 Jan 1996 18:18:47 GMT Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4egem7$14h9@ns.RezoNet.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: g2208.258.interlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) To: rec.radio.amateur.misc I am looking for QSL information for PZ1DG but so far have not been able to lo cate this ham; would anyone have his address/qsl info. Tnx es 73 - Gerry (ve2aw@amsat.org) From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:58 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!concert!rti!usenet From: jbs@rti.org (Joe Simpson) Subject: FT-5200 out-of-band receive? Forgot how... Message-ID: <1996Jan29.174245.21459@rti.rti.org> Sender: usenet@rti.rti.org (USENET News System) Reply-To: jbs@rti.org Organization: Joe's Bar and Grill X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:57:27 GMT Lines: 9 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24283 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97438 Just got my FT-5200 back from Yaesu repair, and receive is now limited to 144-148. I used to have it opened up to get the weather service freqs, but I don't remember how I did it. Anybody know what the key sequence is for this mod? Thanks... -Joe KD4LLV From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:33:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!news.minn.net!skypoint.com!news.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!bclongwell From: bclongwell@delphi.com (Brian Longwell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: IC-706 Noise Blanker Date: 26 Jan 1996 04:14:16 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 15 Message-ID: <9601252317591.The_Win-D.bclongwell@delphi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1e.delphi.com X-To: Brian Longwell I just got an Icom IC-706 for the car. I like it, especially the remote control head feature, but the noise blanker is ..., well, blank. I used to use an IC-735 mobile, and it had a very effective blanker with level control. I could turn on the wipers and drive under a HV power line and copy the "fb OM, ant here is ..." downright fb, gangbusters, cruise-control copy. The IC-706, however, has a placebo noise blanker. Anyone else ? Suggestions to tweak it ? Outboard processors ? (Please, no correct-the-problem-at-the-source suggestions, I can fix the wiper motor, but those power lines ...) Thanks Brian Longwell WB2DSH From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!inews.intel.com!itnews.sc.intel.com!chnews!usenet From: tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com (WB7ASR) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Morse code Cry Babys!!! Date: 29 Jan 1996 19:17:05 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tboza.ch.intel.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Technically speaking, morse code communications is outdated at todays communicatios standards. However in my opion, most of the people complaining about having a morse code requirement for amateur radio are the ones who are just too lazy to learn the code. They are just looking for something for nothing and don't what to put any effort into getting a HF amateur radio license. I call these people "Cry-Babys!" Having morse code requirements helps establish a higher standard of amateur radio operators within the amateur radio community. If you "earn" your license, you will have more "respect" for it! I hope the FCC never does away with code requirements. From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Morse code Cry Babys!!! Date: 29 Jan 1996 21:30:11 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 45 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4eje93$oc0@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com (WB7ASR) wrote: > >Technically speaking, morse code communications is outdated at >todays communicatios standards. This much we can agree with. > However in my opion, most of the >people complaining about having a morse code requirement for amateur >radio are the ones who are just too lazy to learn the code. This is where the agreement ends, I'm afraid. You just admitted that Morse code is outdated. Then, in the very next sentence, you accuse people of being "lazy" for refusing to learn that which is, in your own opinion, outdated and which they would obviously then have no use for. > They are just looking for something for nothing and don't what to put any effort into getting a HF amateur radio license. I call these people "Cry-Babys!" And I call you "ignorant", sir. Sounds like you're just spouting the official party line here. Where did you get your scripts from? Was it the ARRL, or did you get it from "YE OLDE FAHRTZ" at your local ham club? >Having morse code requirements helps establish a higher standard of >amateur radio operators within the amateur radio community. If you >"earn" your license, you will have more "respect" for it! Actually, I would have more "respect" for someone who realizes that Morse is an antiquated mode of communication and who therefore works to abolish it as a mandatory testing element. >I hope the FCC never does away with code requirements. I think you're gonna be disappointed on this one. I'd put my money on 5- 10 years, and probably closer to 5. -Drew in Charlotte- KF4DDM From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!usenet From: kuhl@acsu.buffalo.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Morse code Cry Babys!!! Date: 30 Jan 1996 15:35:09 GMT Organization: NCEER Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4eldrd$ga4@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu> References: <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com> Reply-To: Kevin Kuhl NNTP-Posting-Host: electroman.eng.buffalo.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: kuhl X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 In article <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com>, tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com says... >Technically speaking, morse code communications is outdated at >todays communicatios standards. However in my opion, ..... I call these peopl e "Cry-Babys!" Some called the pilgrams cry babies. >Having morse code requirements helps establish a higher standard of >amateur radio operators within the amateur radio community. If you >"earn" your license, you will have more "respect" for it! I agree, you should have to earn your license. The current tests are a joke. If a test were given that forced one to reason, half the current hams would have never received a licence. Those would be the half that are always saying " memorize the study guide, memorize the Morse code". I have a computer sitting on my desk that can do both very well. should we give it a license? >I hope the FCC never does away with code requirements. This is the USA, you are entitled to your opinion and have the right to voice it like every one else and that is something worth celebrating. KEVIN KB2WLS From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!news.supernet.net!nntp.cntfl.com!news.fsu.edu!gatech!hubcap.clemson.edu!usenet From: wdubrof@eng.clemson.edu (Bill DuBroff) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Morse code Cry Babys!!! Date: 30 Jan 1996 13:35:43 GMT Organization: Clemson University Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4el6rg$91c@hubcap.clemson.edu> References: <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wdubrof_pc.eng.clemson.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.3 In article <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com>, tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com says... :> :>Technically speaking, morse code communications is outdated at ;>todays communicatios standards. So, why keep outdated stuff? However in my opion, most of the people complaining about having a morse code requirement for amateur radio are the ones who are just too lazy to learn the code. They are just looking for something for nothing and don't what to put any effort into getting a HF amateur radio license. I call these people "Cry-Babys!" I for one know code, but that does not mean that I think it should be a requirement. By the way, I also don't think one should demonstrate the ability to ride a horse as a prerequisite to getting a driver's license. Bill, KF4ECX From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!ns1.aplatform.com!pagesat.net!netserv.com!aimnet.com!news.ossi.com!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!airwaves!rrb From: stobty@pacifier.com (Ty Stober) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.broadcasting,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.noncomm,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap Subject: Larsen Antennas Job Posting Followup-To: poster Date: 26 Jan 1996 07:35:11 GMT Organization: Pacifier Internet Server (360) 693-0325 Lines: 38 Approved: rrb@airwaves.chi.il.us Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ea07f$9a7@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: stobty@pacifier.com NNTP-Posting-Host: clm.aiss.uiuc.edu Originator: rrb@clm.aiss.uiuc.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18725 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13837 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24298 rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:13018 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97443 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32853 rec.radio.amateur.space:6220 rec.radio.broadcasting:20257 rec.radio.cb:25972 rec.radio.noncomm:5126 rec.radio.scanner:44621 rec.radio.shortwave:69433 rec.radio.swap:56275 MARKET MANAGER - ANTENNA PRODUCTS Larsen Electronics is an internationally recognized supplier of quality antenna products for two-way communications. 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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 02:36:08 GMT Organization: Montana Communications Network Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4ek07i$qpi@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blpm01-136.mcn.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97457 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32864 rec.radio.amateur.space:6221 Amsat is debating having a yearly contest on the satellites, something besides Field Day. Should there be one? 73 de KB7ADL From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!brutus.bright.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.suba.com!qni.com!gwatts From: Gary Watts Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Re: Amsat Satelllite Contest, Should we have one? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 12:31:18 -0600 Organization: Suba Communications Lines: 50 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: qni.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4elb3a$1e9@usenet.pa.dec.com> Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97487 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32879 rec.radio.amateur.space:6224 I also say NO to contest on any of the birds Todd, You are right about the downlink power budget I have heard may stations on ao-13 who were several DB LOUDER than the beacon I have also seen the effects of a strong signal on other weaker signals.. Last year I and others tried to work a station who we could just barely hear I listened to others who attempted to work that staion with little luck. That station could not hear them . Their signals on the downlink side were 4-4 and right up there with the beacon. that station could not hear then. I doubt if he could even copy his own dowlink signal Another station came up I'll bet he was at leat 8 - 12 db stronger than the beacon since he was about 3 s-units more than the beacon was He made his contact and then that was all he could do was brag to the other station about how good he was :-> needles to say I then let him know about his bad operating practice ! What can we do about that ?? Gary Watts de N0OXV Kansas City Mo 81 GL1100I On 30 Jan 1996, Todd Little wrote: > In article <4ek07i$qpi@news.mcn.net> > vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) wrote: > > > > > Amsat is debating having a yearly contest on the satellites, something bes ides > > Field Day. > > Absolutely not. Basically the person with the strongest uplink > wins at the expense of everyone else. Although the transponders > may be 100-200 kHz wide, they have a fixed power budget and > operate in a linear fashion. As a result several strong signals > would dominate the transponder and push everyone else's signals > into the mud. Aren't there enough contests already? > > 73, > Todd > N9MWB > > > From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!primus.ac.net!news.cais.net!grouper.Exis.Net!usenet From: username@exis.net (Your Real Name) Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.scanner.uk Subject: Re: R7100 Modification Date: 30 Jan 1996 03:58:40 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 67 Message-ID: <4ek51g$chl@grouper.Exis.Net> References: <4ejqb8$6e5@news.ios.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.exis.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.11 Xref: news.epix.net uk.radio.amateur:10377 rec.radio.shortwave:69439 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18730 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24304 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97458 rec.radio.scanner:44635 alt.radio.scanner:26989 alt.radio.scanner.uk:2057 In article <4ejqb8$6e5@news.ios.com>, . says... > >Ever since ICOM decided to delete the 800 - 900 MHZ coverage from its IC-R710 0 >receiver, >older R7100's demand premium prices on the used market. ICOM insisted that th e >R7100 was >now made in two versions, one for the general public and another (with 800-90 0 >coverage) for >government and law enforcement agencies. The extended coverage version also s ells >for $200-$300 more! Per discussions with ICOM there were very clear that this was >done to comply with >legal requirements that prohibit new scanners from be capable of receiving >cellular telephone >transmissions. My opposition has always been why we should be penalized if we want >to listen to >local law enforcement agencies within the 800 MHz band. Personally, I have no >interest in >listening to cell phones when a receiver as competent as the R7100 opens up a lmost >2 ghz of >spectrum. > >I recently noticed that Grove now offers the R7100 with "restored" coverage s o I >set out to find >out how it was done. Performing the following procedure will allow you to lis ten >to local law >enforcement with the 800-900 mHz portion of the spectrum. Remove the screws t hat >hold the top >cover and disconnect the speaker. Next, remove the two flat head screws that hold >the metal >shield covering the rear of the front panel.. On the rear apron, remove the t wo >screws that hold >the upper chassis to the lower chassis. Finally, remove the antenna cable tha t is >connected to the >circuit board assembly in the rear right corner of the R7100. Referring to th e >owners manual, >CAREFULLY separate the upper half of the receiver, inverting it, setting it b eside >the radio as >illustrated in the owners manual. Be careful not to pull on the cables that >connect the upper >portion to the lower half of the radio. In the front of the owners manual the re is >a small paragraph >that explains the various jumper options for the R7100's CI-V interface optio ns. >It's on this board >that the modification is done. The board is located behind the "M-SET" switch . The >jumpers are >actually circular pads, split vertically. A drop of solder constitutes a jump er - >no solder = no >jumper. > >Locate jumper "A6" as illustrated in the owners manual. Above "A6" you'll see a >small ball of >solder. Using solder wick, CAREFULLY remove the solder, exposing the split >circular pad >beneath. The space between the pads is very small so be sure to remove all th e >solder. Reassemble >the radio and you're done! > >Blackshadow > Many thanks my friend who ever you are. I am curious to know who "Grove" i s that you mention. Could you comment on this? I am in the Two-way radio service bu siness and have need of this blocked range of frequencies to monitor for interference . I thought for a while I was going to have to resort to a R9000 which is awfully expensive. Again many thanks. I would like to hear from you here or on my E- Mail chinkle@exis.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:10 1996 Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equip,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.swap Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!not-for-mail From: dconti@carroll.com (Daniel M. Conti) Subject: FS : Radio Shack Pro-62 hand held scanner, MINT, with case and charger - $150.00 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: Carroll-Net Message-ID: X-Trace: 822963875/3300 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dionysus09.carroll.com Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 03:54:16 GMT Lines: 5 Xref: news.epix.net alt.radio.scanner:26990 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97459 rec.radio.scanner:44638 rec.radio.swap:56293 Radio Shack Pro-62 hand held scanner, MINT, in box with manual, etc. Also includes optional soft leather case and AC wall wart adaptor/charger. $150.00 shipped to 48. COD is $5.00 extra. Reply via E-Mail From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ifu.net!ifu From: n2tnn@ifu.net (Dean) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Propman Date: 30 Jan 1996 00:22:40 GMT Organization: ifu.net Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4ejocg$lgp@news.ifu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip62.ifu.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Does any one know where I can get a copyof propman or another propagation forecaster? I have never used on and any comments would be appreciated. Tnx, 73 Dean N2TNN From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.path.net!sovam!petronet From: petronet@sovam.com (Petronet Networks) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HELP me! Schematick diagram RCI-2950 Date: 29 Jan 1996 19:48:53 GMT Organization: Sovam Teleport Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4ej8b5$4oj@news.sovam.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: scylla.sovam.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] HELP ME! I need schematic diagram of RANGER tranceiver (RCI-2950). Please send to: Box 980, 185020, Petrozavodsk-20, Republic of Karelia, Russia. 73! RK1NA (ex UN1CD) Konstantin Gvozdev Thanks you! From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.us.world.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!viper.inow.com!usenet From: zaphod@inow.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Service Manual for Yaesu FT-101EE Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 18:20:38 GMT Organization: NSI/INOW Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4edqf5$sjh@viper.inow.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: du57.inow.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Does anyone know where I can get a service manual for a Yaesu FT-101EE? Thanks - 73 - WA6TPJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!NewsWatcher!user From: dragonsl@scn.org (Ralph Lindberg & Ellen Winnie) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Do we need some new newsgoups ?(Re: new bunch of newsgroups appeared: alt.ham-radio.* Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 06:46:01 -0700 Organization: Home Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.2.0b4 In article , tweek@netcom.com (R R M Tweek) wrote: > >Yep... I emailed Brian a post I made to alt.config, questioning >WHY he duplicated the rec.radio.amateur.* hierarchy. The response >I got back from him was They've existed for a long time before his >newgrouping. I replied back asking him the same question once again. > >I haven't gotten a response. He has now (over in news.admin.misc I think) admitted that he had newgrouped them -some- time ago and just learned they hadn't been created, so he newgrouped them again. Some-one else has rmgrouped them, so their propagation just dropped a bit (my newsgroup accepted all newsrgoup and ignores all rmgroups, yup we have a -lot- of newsgroups here, almost 20K worth). This brings up, do we need any of them here in rec.radio.amateur.* I think so, I had been planning on asking one of these days about the interest in a vhf-uhf newsgroup (to cover FM, ATV, repeaters, weak signal work etc) and a binaries newsgroup (I am getting tired of seeing jpegs, and gifs in the newsrgroups) Ralph -- Ralph Lindberg N7BSN e-mail to dragonsl@scn.org (read daily) RV and Camping FAQ References: <4eid5m$rku@northshore.shore.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-den5-11.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jan 29 7:31:15 AM PST 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99b.112 On 29 Jan 1996 07:05:10 -0500, mc@shore.net (Michael Crestohl) wrote: > >RE: Old Farts! > >Then again, Jeffrey, some look upon the term as an accolade! Just ask >"Boatanchor Bob"! > >73, > >Michael Crestohl, KH6KD/W1 > >waiting for the 2nd gate to open!!! > Of course it's an accolade. Old ones no longer smell like the young ones. Mac - AD0J - First licensed in 1951 From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!delta.misha.net!news.inap.net!uwm.edu!caen!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!nntp Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: St. Louis Hamfest Message-ID: <1996Jan26.163420.112764@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> From: klittle@kumc.edu (Keith B. Little) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 22:34:19 GMT Reply-To: klittle@kumc.edu Organization: KU Medical Center Nntp-Posting-Host: klittle.itc.kumc.edu X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Lines: 8 Does anyone know anything about the St. Louis hamfest this weekend. Where is it...times, etc. Please reply to klittle@kumc.edu Thanks, Keith Little KA0AVJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!clio.trends.ca!io.org!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: HSD@vmei.acad.bg Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Metal Locator Date: 30 Jan 96 10:27:01 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 12 Message-ID: <960130122702.7ab@vmei.acad.bg> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu Hi , I am a new member of this newsgroup (in fact I do not have local netnews service but I am subscribed to ucsd mailing list). My question is - does anybody know any source (magazine ,book or whatever) concerning metal locators - design, fabrication, problems etc.May be this is not the right place to ask non-ham-related questions but your discussions of RF equipment seem promissing. i Thanks in advance.i Ch.Dilloff Tech. University - Sofia BULGARIA From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!anon.penet.fi From: Dreamshadow Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DL2FDF, SV2ASP/A Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 17:53:27 UTC Organization: Anonymous forwarding service Lines: 28 Message-ID: <9601281753.AA06371@anon.penet.fi> Reply-To: an83542@anon.penet.fi X-NNTP-Posting-Host: anon.penet.fi X-Anonymously-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc@news.demon.co.uk X-Mail2News-Path: anon.penet.fi From: SV2UA@SV2JL.TSL.GRC.EU To : HF@WW SV2UA/TPK 1.82 Msg #:581 Date:22-01-96 Time:1:55Z AFTER A MESSAGE SENT BY DL2FDF, IN WHICH HE ASKED FOR RAISING FUNDS IN ORDER TO BUY RADIO EQUIPMENT AND ANTENNAS FOR MOUNT ATHOS'S MONK APOLLO SV2ASP/A, AFTER PERSONAL CONTACT WITH FATHER APOLLO, HE ASKED ME TO LET YOU KNOW THE FOLLOWING: 1. HE NEVER ASKED ANYONE TO GIVE HIM MONEY OR TO RAISE FUNDS. 2. HE DOES NOT KNOW THE MESSAGE SENDER DL2FDF OR THE REFERED IN THE MES SAGE DL9NEA AND DJ0CD, AND HE NEVER HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THEM. 3. HE ASKS ANY AMATEURS WHO HAVE GIVEN ANY MONEY TO THEM TO ASK THEIR MONEY BACK. 4. IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS HE HIMSELF WILL SEND A MESSAGE. 73 de GEORGE SV2UA. TEL +31 431.946 --****ATTENTION****--****ATTENTION****--****ATTENTION****--***ATTENTION*** Your e-mail reply to this message WILL be *automatically* ANONYMIZED. Please, report inappropriate use to abuse@anon.penet.fi For information (incl. non-anon reply) write to help@anon.penet.fi If you have any problems, address them to admin@anon.penet.fi From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:19 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Need Clegg FM-27B manual + any Clegg info Message-ID: <1996Jan28.191234.8013@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4dp6ke$qhn@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <1996Jan27.055915.3987@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <4eerqe$hfm@nile.intac.com> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 19:12:34 GMT Lines: 30 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.swap:56313 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24319 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97480 In article <4eerqe$hfm@nile.intac.com> gkantor@intac.com (Gary Kantor) writes: >In article <1996Jan27.055915.3987@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>, >Mike Morris wrote: >>I had an FM27B - and discovered it was a repackaged Midland 13-510. >>Just like Clegg repackaged the 13-509 220mhz radio. > >Mike, I DID have an FM-27B and it was nothing like ANY other radio. Certainl y >NOT the 13-510. The 13-510 was a PLL synthesized radio, much the same >technology used in the radios of today, except without the microprocessor. > >The FM-27B on the other hand, was of a technology called a "Crystalplexor" >which used several crystal oscillators combined with a single vfo to tune >the frequency of the radio. That, coupled with poor filtering, is why the >FM-27B became known as the 'WAN' or Worked All Neighbors radio. Looking at >it's output on a spectrum analyzer made you think you were at the Dayton >Hamvention looking at the two meter band with a gain antenna. :) I'd like to echo Gary's sentiments. I too had a FM-27B, and what he says is correct, though technically it didn't have a VFO, rather it had multiple VXOs. The only dirtier rig I've owned was the Regency HR-2. And at least it didn't drift, the Clegg did. It was certainly a novel radio for its time, but not something I'd want to put back on the air today. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!news.columbia.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!nothing.ucsd.edu!brian From: brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 82 Repeater in Kansas City Date: 30 Jan 1996 06:02:42 GMT Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4ekca2$cm7@news1.ucsd.edu> References: <4efpb3$pt2@alpha.sky.net> <310B8C36.5D9@magnum.wpe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nothing.ucsd.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.policy:32878 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97483 Well, if they're shutting it off during the period 11:30 pm to 6 am, then the channel pair is obviously available for another repeater to operate during that period. Put one up. It's not hard to build a repeater; you might even be able to buy one. And it will certainly make its point. You can hardly be accused of interfering with a repeater that is shut off, can you? Here in San Diego, some years ago, one of the local repeater barons made a point of shutting off his repeater whenever he didn't like what was being said on it. His privilege, entirely. However, another repeater soon was in operation on the pair, with an output sensing receiver - if the primary repeater didn't come up within 1.5 seconds of the input being activated, the secondary repeater did. Most people got the hang of waiting two seconds before speaking right quick. This is one of the few social problems that can be solved by technology. - Brian From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!its.hooked.net!usenet From: tmills@hooked.net (Tom Mills) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom.tech,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 1 km range wireless telephone product available? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 19:53:45 GMT Organization: Hooked Online Services Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4elt43$8nh@its.hooked.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: worm-50.ppp.hooked.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net comp.dcom.telecom.tech:21333 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97489 A good 900mhz phone with a nice antenna on the roof works great in my situation!!! ruck@netcom.com (John R. Ruckstuhl) wrote: >I checked rec.radio.amateur.misc FAQ; no luck there, perhaps there's a >better place to check? What's the longest range wireless telephone >available without special FCC licensing (amateur radio) required for >operation? >I want a mobile telephone to carry around a small college campus. >A range of 1 km in bldgs around a base-station is probably about right. >It appears that the expected air-time would make the ordinary cell-phone >solution cost-prohibitive. >I know the 900 MHz telephones available, and I'll investigate whether >their range is adequate, but, >is there another technology I should be looking at? >Is there a clear winner or product line among 900 MHz telephones? >For a solution, I wouldn't blink at $400, and would probably be able to >spend much more than that. >I'm hoping that some kind readers can point me towards the right >product-line. >Thanks for any recommendations, >John Ruckstuhl >-- >John R. Ruckstuhl ruck@netcom.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Tue Jan 30 16:34:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!sun!oucsboss!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!csn!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: /PN=Scott.C.Werling/O=wallace/PRMD=iadps/ADMD=attmail/C=us/@safe.ia.GOV Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: (none) Date: 25 Jan 96 15:47:36 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 26 Message-ID: <199601251547.JAA28931@outpost.safe.ia.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu >From /PN=Scott.C.Werling/O=wallace/PRMD=iadps/ADMD=attmail/C=us/ Thu Jan 25 0 9:53:41 CST 1996 remote from osiint.safe.ia.gov Date: 25 Jan 1996 09:48:08 -0600 X400-Trace: US*ATTMAIL*IADPS arrival 25 Jan 1996 09:48:08 -0600 action Relayed From: /PN=Scott.C.Werling/O=wallace/PRMD=iadps/ADMD=attmail/C=us/@osiint.safe. ia.gov To: "/RFC-822=Info-Hams(a)ucsd.edu/OU=OSI-INTERNET/O=WALLACE/PRMD=IADPS/ADMD=A TTMAIL/C=US/"@osiint.safe.ia.gov In-Reply-To: <"\"/RFC-822=199601250042.QAA10464(a)mail.ucsd.edu/OU=OSI-INTERNE T/O=WALLACE/PRMD=IADPS/ADMD=ATTMAIL/C=US/\""@osiint.safe.ia.gov> Subject: FS equipment listserver? Importance: normal Autoforwarded: FALSE Message-Id: P1-Message-Id: US*ATTMAIL*IADPS;IDPS3550 werl0125094814aa UA-Content-Id: werl0125094814aa P1-Content-Type: P2 Priority: normal Received: from osiint.safe.ia.gov by iadpshub.safe.ia.gov; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 09 :53 CST Content-Type: text Content-Length: 192 Anyone know of a listserver that I could subscribe to for sale/trade specifica lly for ham equipment? I only have e-mail capabilities at this account. Scott werling@safe.ia.gov From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!main03!landisj From: landisj@nad.com (Joe Landis - Systems & Network Mgr) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Math's notes: undiscovered 50 GHz + ? Message-ID: <1996Jan25.144528.442@nad.com> Date: 25 Jan 96 14:45:28 EST References: <4e6vvd$iil@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Distribution: world Organization: North American Drager - Telford, PA Lines: 37 In article <4e6vvd$iil@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, kz1o@ix.netcom.com(Dave Bushong ) writes: > I just read an editorial in CQ about how we are facing a situation that > hams faced during the early part of this century. It was that hams > were given the (unusable) band spectrum of 2 MHz and above. > > Back then, no one thought they could resonate anything at 2 million > cycles per second, not in a way that anyone would care. > > Right now, they say "100 GHz? It's unusable!" > > Back then, they said (well, whatever they said, it made 3-30 MHz > considered 'High Frequency'). > > The US government gave hams 2 MHz and everything above, because it was > something that no one knew how to use. Now look at it. > > We have been given "50 GHz and above". It's almost a taunt. I have no > idea how to use this during the next 50 years. I hope I live long > enough to say at least that I was looking toward the future. > > 73, > Dave KZ1O Last week or so I read a post from the league that mentioned that part of our allocation near 70 Ghz was to be reallocated in order to use for vehicular collision avoidance systems. I think that this may actually be a boon for us. Soon after it's deployment, cheap 70Gig Gunn heads will be available, and I bet they'll be easy to move to our allocation. WBFM at 70Ghz will be as easy to do by then as it is at 10 now. Comments? 73, Joe - AA3GN -- Joe Landis - Systems and Network Manager - North American Drager - Telford, PA landisj@nad.com ..speaking only for myself, of course.. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!news.corp.sgi.com!inn From: Jim Fellows Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 25 Jan 1996 22:21:46 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Lines: 51 Message-ID: <4e8vpq$3jd@murrow.corp.sgi.com> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dokh9$7gj@pegasus.starlink.com> <4e0088$t1g@brutus.bright.net> <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com> <4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: zoinks.corp.sgi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12IS (X11; I; IRIX 6.2-ALPHA-1232561832 IP22) X-URL: news:4e6osq$l11@news.mcn.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97506 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32892 rec.radio.cb:26005 rec.radio.scanner:44692 vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) wrote: >In article <4e2j9r$m65@netport.com>, bherder@netport.com (Bruce Herder) wrote : > >Keep The Code. > >Cw is like the spare tire in the trunk of your car. You may never use it, bu t >when you do need it, it sure comes in handy. I have made a lot of DX contact s >on CW that I would not have been able to make on phone. Not because of weak >signals, but because the station I contacted did not speak English and I did >not speak their language. We both knew CW though, and every CW prosign and >Q signal was clearly understood by each of us. > >The main reason to keep the code is for a situation that I hope never happens , >but it could happen. And that reason is a complete National disaster. We >have never had a disaster that has affected the entire country at once. WE >have had hurricanes here, earthquakes there, and some flooding all around, bu t >never a nation wide emergency. A Nuclear war is one emergency that would >affect the whole country. And in a Nuclear war, sensitive electronic circuit s >as found in our radio's and computers would be Zapped, making that equipment >useless. Now the key to restoring order after a disaster is communications. >And as a Ham, you have agreed to help out. (see part 97) Now you have to find >a radio that survived the disaster, perhaps you will have to build one. The >simpliest transmitter to build is one that sends a CW signal, only need a few >parts to do it. You can use a wire for an antenna. It really wouldn't do an y >good to build a Cw transmitter though, if you didn't know the code. > Now, it is possible that we will never have a nuclear war, things look grea t >in Russia right now {hi}. And if we do have a nuclear war it is possible a fe w >radios will survive and you won't need to build one {hi}. And we all know tha t >with so many hams off the air, the packet & RTTY networks are going to be les s >crowded and working just fine {hi}. > >I guess you're right, we don't need code {hi}. > >73 de KB7ADL Vince, Since I have seen this post three times I just can't ignore it even though I wanted to. My first response was "Oh brother!" but now... #1 What is your point? All these {hi}s just confuse the issue. I'm having trouble telling what is toungue-in-cheek and what is your point. I just can't believe a person would stretch the argument for pro-code to this extreme point of being ludicrous. #2 If this really is what you feel, are you a member of one of those lunatic militia groups hiding up in Montana that we here about on the evening news? Jim From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!newsworthy.West.Sun.COM!usenet From: "Dana H. Myers" Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 25 Jan 1996 23:38:06 GMT Organization: Sunsoft, Los Angeles Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4e948u$ms@newsworthy.West.Sun.COM> References: <4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: vr1000p.west.sun.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 i86pc) X-URL: news://newsworthy/4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:33213 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97518 brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) wrote: >Hmm. So should I create alt.ham-radio.binaries - and would it get used? >Or should that be alt.binaries.ham-radio? > - Brian I've been on the verge of creating alt.radio.amateur.flame for quite a long time. The problem, most folks that should use a group like that either are (a) too ignorant or (b) too arrogant and therefore the group wouldn't get used. -- * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ, DoD#: j | Views expressed here are * * (310) 348-6043 | mine and do not necessarily * * Dana.Myers@West.Sun.Com | reflect those of my employer * From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!intac!hobbs!roland.stiner From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Callbook CD-ROM - what da Message-ID: <8B99041.0029003D5C.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 01:05:00 -0500 Distribution: world Organization: _T_H_E__R_O_Y__H_O_B_B_S__BBS Moonachie NJ 201-641-7307 Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.22 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.20 Lines: 23 To: jlowman@netcom.com Subject: Callbook CD-ROM - what data format? J>Can someone give me a clue as to the database used for the new Callbook >CD-ROM? There is a main data file in binary, with several .IDX index files. I do not know but I can say this: the "Flying Horse" Callbook on CD ROM is buggy. Tell me if you have this experience: when you switch the mode of search, say from name to callsign, do you get an "out of resources" error message? I do all the time. The only way I found to get around this is to close the program and the bring it back up again. I want to make sure that the program is at fault and not my computer. --- OLX 1.53 All rising to a great place is by a winding stair. * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:22 1996 Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.swap Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!not-for-mail From: dconti@carroll.com (Daniel M. Conti) Subject: FS : Azden AZ-61 9A hand held 6 meter transceiver , MINT, hardly used X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: Carroll-Net Message-ID: X-Nntp-Posting-Host: poseidon06.carroll.com Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 01:54:29 GMT Lines: 4 Xref: news.epix.net alt.radio.scanner:27043 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24359 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97515 rec.radio.scanner:44714 rec.radio.swap:56374 Azden AZ-61 A 6 meter hand held transceiver, brand new in box with all accessories, manual, etc. used about 20 minutes! includes shipping to 48 states. $275.00. Reply via E-Mail, please. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!microvst.demon.co.uk From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hello??? this is KD4DMM anyone out there?? CQ CQ CQ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 09:32:20 GMT Organization: Microvest Limited, London Lines: 41 Distribution: world Message-ID: <822648740snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: <1996Jan24.200215.2892@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4e6lsi$bt3@cloner3.netcom.com> <822560703snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> <1996Jan25.143143.441@nad.com> Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: microvst.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: microvst.demon.co.uk In article <1996Jan25.143143.441@nad.com> landisj@nad.com "Joe Landis - Systems & Network Mgr" writes: > In article <822560703snz@microvst.demon.co.uk>, "Anthony R. Gold" > writes: > > You claim that there are some more Morse Code only sub-bands in the FCC > > schedule but not where they are. Are you keeping them secret :-( > > > > Regards, > > -- > > Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com > > 30 meters 97.305 Authorized emission types. - (a) An amateur station may transmit a CW emission on any frequency authorized to the control operator. Wave- Emission Standards. length types See 97.307(f) band Frequencies authorized paragraph MF HF 30 m Entire band RTTY, data (3) 97.307 Emission standards. - (f) (3) Only a RTTY or data emission using a specified digital code listed in 97.309(a) of this part may be transmitted. The symbol rate must not exceed 300 bauds, or for frequency-shift keying, the frequency shift between mark and space must not exceed 1 kHz. [Those `specified codes' include Baudot, ASCII, AMTOR and certain others.] Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!g8stw.demon.co.uk!john From: John Ferguson Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Packet Morse Idents ??? Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:14:32 +0000 Organization: GMSK Data Products Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: g8stw.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g8stw.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 1.10 Can anybody tell me which countries of the world other than the UK require periodic transmission of morse idents with Packet operation. Thanks in advance. John (G8STW) --- Internet : john@g8stw.demon.co.uk AMPRNET : g8stw@gb7eip.ampr.org NTS : G8STW @ GB7EIP.#31.GBR.EU JO01KR. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:26 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!gate.centigram.com!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!grian!morris From: morris@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Mike Morris) Subject: Re: Need Clegg FM-27B manual + any Clegg info Message-ID: <1996Jan27.055915.3987@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> Organization: College Park Software, Altadena, CA References: <4dp6ke$qhn@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 05:59:15 GMT Lines: 26 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.swap:56408 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24370 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97531 rreames@ix.netcom.com(Randy Reames ) writes: >I'm still looking for a schematic or whole manual for an old >Clegg FM-27B, which was one of the first 'synthesized' 2 meter >FM transceivers. It was manufactured about 1971-1973. >Any tibits, remembrances, problems, etc. would also be appreciated >as I am putting together an article on restoring early solid-state >ham gear. >Please email to 'rreames@ix.netcom.com' or 'randy@aztek.com'. >Thanks >Randy Reames >WA0TKO >3409 E. 118th Way >Thornton, Co. 80233 I had an FM27B - and discovered it was a repackaged Midland 13-510. Just like Clegg repackaged the 13-509 220mhz radio. -- --- Mike Morris morris@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us #include I have others, but this works the best. This message assembled from 100% recycled electrons (and pixels). From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:27 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!guitar.sound.net!imci3!imci5!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!hmaxwell From: hmaxwell@netcom.com (Helene Maxwell) Subject: Help me find KB8IZM Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 08:11:07 GMT Lines: 6 Sender: hmaxwell@netcom15.netcom.com KB8IZM Looking for an old buddy with an old directory (with a bad address). Can someone e-mail me with Holliday's most recent address? Thanks & 73 Randy From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.magicnet.net!news.supernet.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.new-york.net!news.wctc.net!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!feenix.metronet.com!fohnix.metronet.com!not-for-mail From: nmcewen@fohnix.metronet.com (Neal McEwen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need help with parts for bug Date: 27 Jan 1996 19:09:59 -0600 Organization: Texas Metronet, Inc (login info (214/488-2590 - 817/571-0400)) Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4eeid7$e2m@fohnix.metronet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fohnix.metronet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello Gang, I've got some telegraph key restorations going and need a few parts to finish up. 1. Bunnell Gold Bug -- need the circuit closing lever and mounting hardware. 2. McElroy A-400 bug -- need thumbpiece and weights. A-400 or P-500 parts OK 3. Signal Electric Semantic -- need the pendulum stop post. 4. Electro Bug -- need weights. need one thumbscrew and jam nut. 5. Levinson Radio "Like-A-Flash" -- need finger pieces, binding posts. 6. Logan SPEED-X reverse frame -- need finger pieces 7. Clapp-Eastham -- need binding posts 8. Independent Wireless -- need binding posts Would buy parts off your junkers or buy your junkers for the parts. **** Want Old Telegraph Keys **** I am looking for old Vibroplex bugs for my collection. Also interested in off-brand bugs, hand keys and pre-1920 telegraph instruments. Will purchase or trade my duplicates. Email for my list of duplicates for trade. -- 73 de K5RW - Neal McEwen - Richardson, TX (Dallas) ******** I collect old telgraph and wireless telegraph keys ********* HomeNet - nmcewen@metronet.com - OS/2 tcp/ip SLIP HomePage - http://fohnix.metronet.com/~nmcewen/k5rw.html From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.voicenet.com!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!insync!news.hal-pc.org!usenet From: sid@hal-pc.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: I love this hobby!!! Date: 27 Jan 1996 22:56:59 GMT Organization: Houston Area League of PC Users Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4eeajr$7f2@news.hal-pc.org> References: <4do9dr$82l@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm1-87.hal-pc.org X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > ham@w3eax.umd.edu (Scott Rosenfeld NF3I) writes: > Last night, I was giving a demonstration to a bunch of > Tiger Cubs (6 yo, pre-Boy Scouts) about the wonders of ham > radio, propagation, and other neat stuff like Morse Code. > > Flipped on the TS-440S, running into the tribander up 120' > above the ground at the U of M Radio Club, and called > CQ on 14.250. > > I was immediately answered by a guy in SW Florida who was > operating from his car, driving by the Everglades. We had > a nice chat, and the kids (and parents) were summarily > impressed. "Licensing costs HOW much? Nothing?" > > Upon signing, I was ready to go to the opening of the mtg. > when I was called by another gentleman in south FL. We > spoke for a few, and ended up going from S5 to S9+30db in > a period of about 2 minutes. > > The kids then proceeded to learn a little about Morse, and > I got to send to each other using 49 MHz walkie-talkies. > > They had a VERY good time. I half-expect their parents to > go and get licensed, in fact. > > What a hobby! > -- > Scott Rosenfeld NF3I Burtonsville, MD FM19 QRV 40-10/6/2/440 > ** Yes, you CAN do VHF contests with 25W and omni antennas ** > Still stuck at 138 countries confirmed on HF w/dipoles... > 72 & 73 from suburban DC 301-549-1022 (h) 301-982-1015 (w) Nice story. There should be more of these stories posted. You should consider emailing a copy to ARRL for QST. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sid George, CPA sid@hal-pc.org AB5XU http://www.hal-pc.org/~sid ------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.voicenet.com!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!insync!news.hal-pc.org!usenet From: sid@hal-pc.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New User - Needs Help Date: 27 Jan 1996 23:05:47 GMT Organization: Houston Area League of PC Users Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4eeb4b$7f2@news.hal-pc.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm1-87.hal-pc.org X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > chuck@aeroastro.com (Charles P. Ohrbom) writes: > Hello, > > I hope this isn't a waste of your time, but..... > > I am thinking of purchasing my first 2-meter radio. In shopping for a unit > I don't understand all of the features. Any help would be appreciated on > the following terms and how they relate to a low-to-mid range radio. > > CTCSS Encoding and Decoding > > Front end interference rejection > > SSB (I assume means "single side band") as apposed to what? > > SWR (I assume means "standing wave ratio") what does this tell me about > antennas? > > Any info can be posted to this news group or emailed to me at: > chuck@aeroastro.com > > Thanks in advance. > > cpo Chuck, your questions seem to indicate that you have yet to pass your FCC amateur radio license to operate that 2 meter radio. If you have passed the exam, you need to go back and review those Tech. exam questions and answers. All of your questions are answered there. Don't let this response put you off. Email me if you need further help. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sid George, CPA sid@hal-pc.org AB5XU http://www.hal-pc.org/~sid ------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:32 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!nothing.ucsd.edu!brian From: brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.config Subject: Re: bincancel:21 large binaries:AR91:@@NCM Date: 28 Jan 1996 06:26:48 GMT Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 80 Message-ID: <4ef4v8$7js@news1.ucsd.edu> References: <4e8abf$en4@news1.ucsd.edu> <4e948u$ms@newsworthy.West.Sun.COM> <4eaume$np2@news1.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nothing.ucsd.edu Xref: news.epix.net news.admin.net-abuse.misc:33300 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97530 alt.config:98406 In article <4eaume$np2@news1.ucsd.edu> brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) w rites: >"Dana H. Myers" writes: >>I've been on the verge of creating alt.radio.amateur.flame for quite >>a long time. > >Already exists, albeit with a slightly different newsgroup title, among >the alt.ham-radio hierarchy (to which I've just added the binaries group): > > alt.ham-radio.am > alt.ham-radio.amtor > alt.ham-radio.atv > alt.ham-radio.binaries > alt.ham-radio.digital-voice > alt.ham-radio.dxing > alt.ham-radio.eme > alt.ham-radio.exotic-modes > alt.ham-radio.fax > alt.ham-radio.flame > alt.ham-radio.fm > alt.ham-radio.hf > alt.ham-radio.mods > alt.ham-radio.morse > alt.ham-radio.nocode > alt.ham-radio.packet > alt.ham-radio.rtty > alt.ham-radio.slowscan > alt.ham-radio.spread > alt.ham-radio.ssb > alt.ham-radio.uwave > alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf > > - Brian I created those alt.ham-radio newsgroups a year or more ago, and just now discovered that the newgroup messages hadn't gotten out or had been cancelled or something, so I resent the newgroups. I certainly didn't get any significant flak the first time around. Good grief, it sure is different this time. I don't quite believe the degree of heat I'm getting on this; the alt guidelines I'm familiar with basically say that any news admin can newgroup any alt group he thinks is appropriate, and other news admins can create the groups or not as they think fit. However, people have been yelling at me about 'not following the guidelines' or 'not notifying system administrators in advance' and a raft of other complaints, so maybe things have changed. One person explained to me at length that I'd wasted enourmous amounts of disk space on hundreds of thousands of news systems worldwide by creating empty directories - he must be running C-news or some other obsolete news software that creates directories before articles arrive. Another chastised me for "causing him all this trouble" and how we wanted to declare a "truce" because of all the work I'd caused him. I'm sorry about that, although I don't know that there was really a lot of work to be done. How much trouble can it be to edit a file and rm -rf one directory if he let the groups get created and then didn't want them? Another argues that mailing lists are the appropriate venue. That's entirely wrong; the reason Phil and Erik and I invented NNTP was so that newsgroups and Usenet would be a cheaper and more efficient way of participating in discussions than mailing lists would be - and I believe we were and are correct in that intention. For mass distribution, better to use Usenet than a mailing list as soon as the number of interested people becomes more than some small number - a few dozen, for example. Sure, I'll admit that the whole thing may have been a bad idea, and that I probably made a mistake. Sorry folks, it seemed like the right thing to do. I guess I'm out of touch again. However, since someone took it upon himself to undo the newgroups with corresponding rmgroups, it's probably moot - the groups no longer exist outside our sites and no harm has been done. Sorry for the confusion folks. I guess some things have changed whilst I wasn't looking. - Brian From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chewy.vcx.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!kokot From: kokot@primenet.com (Lee Kokot) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What's with this newsgroup--and Prodigy and AOL Date: 28 Jan 1996 09:30:04 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 27 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4eg8ac$3tr@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4dgmk0$4cb@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> <4dhfpn$sru@news.socketis.net> X-Posted-By: kokot@usr1.primenet.com albraun@socketis.net writes: >My own experience with AOL has been pretty dismal. I've joined it 3 times >over the years, once when it first started and twice since. Each time I >dumped it at the end of the trial period. The first time was because they >really didn't have much of anything in terms of files and other info. The >other two times were both because I had trouble logging on. In both cases >they'd just spammed the world with diskettes and had more new members >than their system could handle, and people could not get connected to the >system after their local number answered. I didn't see the point in paying >to join a service I couldn't connect to. The fact that AOL did not have >(and still doesn't have) a node faster than 2400 baud in my city was also >a contributing factor. I've talked to a number of other folks in different >places who had the same connect-time woes with them that I've had who >also dumped them for the same reason. I got rid of them for another reason: the content is pretty shallow. Lots of stuff on movies, tv, rock music, and Stephen King, not to mention the little kiddies with a heavy finger on the F key. The only thing I like was their file libraries, which were quite large. Compuserve, on the other hand, is information rich, and has the best technical forums around anywhere. -- Regards, Lee Kokot Encino, CA kokot@primenet.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news2.ee.net!news.ee.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!Rezonet.net!G2208.258.interlink.net!GerryP From: GerryP@Interlink.NET (Gerard Paquette) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HELP PLEASE - PZ1DG Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 13:26:51 Lines: 4 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: g2208.258.interlink.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] I am trying to locate qsl information for PZ1DG; could anyone help please. Tnx es 73 - Gerry (ve2aw@amsat.org) From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chaos.aoc.nrao.edu!newshost.nmt.edu!rutgers!fdurt1.fdu.edu!xyzzy.bubble.org!newshost.cyberramp.net!news.iadfw.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!Rezonet.net!news From: Gerry Paquette Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL INFO PZ1DG Date: 28 Jan 1996 18:14:49 GMT Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4egeep$14h9@ns.RezoNet.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: g2208.258.interlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) To: All I am looking for QSL information for PZ1DG but so far have not been able to lo cate this ham; would anyone have his address/qsl info. Tnx es 73 - Gerry (ve2aw@amsat.org) From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chaos.aoc.nrao.edu!newshost.nmt.edu!rutgers!fdurt1.fdu.edu!xyzzy.bubble.org!newshost.cyberramp.net!news.iadfw.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!Rezonet.net!news From: Gerry Paquette Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL INFO PZ1DG Date: 28 Jan 1996 18:15:28 GMT Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4egeg0$14h9@ns.RezoNet.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: g2208.258.interlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) To: list I am looking for QSL information for PZ1DG but so far have not been able to lo cate this ham; would anyone have his address/qsl info. Tnx es 73 - Gerry (ve2aw@amsat.org) From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!Rezonet.net!news From: Gerry Paquette Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL INFO PZ1DG Date: 28 Jan 1996 18:17:51 GMT Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4egekf$14h9@ns.RezoNet.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: g2208.258.interlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) To: QSL,INFORMATION-PZ1DG I am looking for QSL information for PZ1DG but so far have not been able to lo cate this ham; would anyone have his address/qsl info. Tnx es 73 - Gerry (ve2aw@amsat.org) From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:39 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!news.kei.com!intac!hobbs!roland.stiner From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Message-ID: <8B9C03F.0029003DDB.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 96 01:03:00 -0500 Distribution: world Organization: _T_H_E__R_O_Y__H_O_B_B_S__BBS Moonachie NJ 201-641-7307 Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.22 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.20 Lines: 22 To: bkotarsk@gfn1.genesee.freenet.org Subject: Re: Ger Rid of the Morse Requirement! B>Whoops I forgot to mention that my uncle is now 75 years old and is a >GENERAL CLASS Going for his ADVANCED CLASS >Wants his EXTRA BY his 78th Birthday Good to hear that someone wants to upgrade! It took me two years to go from Novice to Extra. I could have done it faster but I was dating my girlfriend (who is now my wife) so that took away from my studying time! --- OLX 1.53 de, NK2U * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:41 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!arther.castle.net!news.netrail.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!ncar!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!usenet From: Joe Fitter BV/N0IAT Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: QSLs & contesters [was QSL etiqutte] Date: 29 Jan 1996 10:54:10 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Asia, Taipei TAIWAN R.O.C. Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4ei90i$7dm@tilde.csc.ti.com> References: <4e60fc$r3g@portal.gmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.167.36.115 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) I enjoy DXing and especially DX contesting. Having been on both sides of the pileup, I can say that I have formed a definite opinion on QSL'ing. It's mine only, so flame away: I QSL 100% for every card received, and QSL 100% to every request, if made over the air whether a contest or not. It burns me up when I work a stateside station, looking for a new state, county or other wallpaper, and the guy doesnt send me a card---especially if I send him one first. No, I've never taken "greenstamps" or IRC's. This is part of the ham responsibility...kinda like elmering a new ham, helping a neighbor solve RF interference, etc. It's just good manners. I guess some DX'ers do it -- shame shame shame on them. Postage isnt so expensive, and many of my cards go via the bureau too. Any ham who is too cheap to mail out a postcard for stateside contacts is not worth havinga QSO in the first place (sure...some cant afford it. For those who can-- is the bureau THAT expensive....5 bucks a pound? c'mon guys). Isn't half the fun getting that little 5 by 7 envelope? If a guy asks...why not send him a card, especially an HF qso. To the guy who wont QSL to "another W6 on 20" I say phooey on you. You have probably not QSL'd in a while...if you had, you'd know that it doesnt cost 32 cents for a QSL post-card; As a new operator, I loved getting cards...didnt care where they were from; Just liked the different card designs and short message on the back. Plus, it turned a corner of the bedroom into a "real shack". Remember, just because you've received you umpteenth W6 QSL card doesnt mean the guy on the other end has gotten his umpteenth W? card. Also, some guys dont have monster antennas. In fact, some of the newcomers these days are lucky to work any DX at all on 15 or 10. With the low sunspots, a card from ANYWHERE can be an inspiration to keep trying. I still cherish that first QSL card ever received. It just happened to be from my first QSO ever. Perhaps the face of ham radio is changing. Ok. off the soap box. QSL via the bureau. dit dit Joe BV/N0IAT up 2 From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!newsfeed.acns.nwu.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!kgkmac.repoc.nwu.edu!user From: kgk@nwu.edu (Kenneth Kalan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: AEA DSP 232 CONTROLLER Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 13:39:48 -0600 Organization: Northwestern University Lines: 34 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4efuso$2e26@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kgkmac.repoc.nwu.edu In article <4efuso$2e26@useneta1.news.prodigy.com>, EJVJ40A@prodigy.com (George Deamicis) wrote: >I bought this from HRO back in early DEC 95. I thought I would have this >by now. Has anyone heard what is happening to the production of these? > > > 73 GEORGE > > N1JGE At a local ham fest yesterday I asked about this unit. The guy (not from AES but a ham vendor) said they were supposed to be there Dec, then Jan 1st, they were supposed to be there for this show and last they are supposed to be at a Miami show. He says they have a firmware problem the company is trying to solve and doesn't expect the unit until March. This is what I heard at the ham fest so take it for what it's worth. Ken -------------------------------------------------------- _---- Kenneth Kalan PP ASEL ===_ / | Northwestern University | ___/[__ ] \___/__ | Prosthetics Research Laboratory |\__ _|___|_____===/ Rehabilitation Engineering Program | \/ kgk@nwu.edu N9YIR o O Civil Air Patrol, 2LT,1st Lyons Composite Squadron - Red Fox 407 Melrose Park RACES 1M64 Skywarn Weather Spotter http://kgkmac.repoc.nwu.edu/ If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. -- Mark Twain -------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.magicnet.net!news.supernet.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.widomaker.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!server-b.cs.interbusiness.it!usenet From: asmartuser Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Yaesu FT767 Extended RxTx Mods Anyone ? Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 15:15:33 -0800 Organization: Centro Servizi Interbusiness Lines: 14 Message-ID: <310D5515.366F@myserver.mylocation> NNTP-Posting-Host: cimarosa-l13.comm2000.it Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6b (Win16; I) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24485 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97637 Hi, I got a Yaesu FT 767 GX, with 144 Mhz unit. It's a good rig, expecially for the coverage of all bands. The 2m unit works till 145.999. My question is: how to extend till 147.999 ? The same problem is on the other unit (430 Mhz)! It's also possible to extend TX capabilities ? Thanx for help in advance. E-mail: mcimato@snefru.comm2000.it From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: The Whole story! Date: 29 Jan 1996 15:32:08 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4eip9o$4qc$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: <1996Jan28.190345.7890@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> >....we may find the figures skewed the other way from what your numbers indicate.< Clearly my numbers are simplistic, since I can't capture the number of licensees who "passed through" any given class, nor even the precise "starting point" of any given licensee. But even in their crude state, the numbers totally disprove the contention of Newsline that the 10% growth in Tech+ is the only "upgrade" from codeless Tech. By the way, the effect of the switch from 5-year to 10-year license terms ended in 1994 so attrition by death/non-renewal is now part of the figures. A comparison of 1994 to 1995 figures shows high growth in every class from Novice to Extra, and in fact the "top-3" grew faster than Tech/Tech+ in 1995. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- --Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Corners Of The Earth! What King Of Old Could Do Thus? From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:45 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!caen!crl.dec.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!server-b.cs.interbusiness.it!usenet From: asmartuser Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FT 767 Optional Unit: help on buying Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 15:36:33 -0800 Organization: Centro Servizi Interbusiness Lines: 15 Message-ID: <310D5A01.5019@myserver.mylocation> NNTP-Posting-Host: cimarosa-l13.comm2000.it Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6b (Win16; I) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24374 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97540 Hi, I got a Yaesu FT 767 GX, with 144 Mhz unit. It's a good rig, expecially for the coverage of all bands. I was looking for the other units: 430 Mhz unit 50 Mhz unit FTE-2 tone unit FTS-8 CTSS unit I would like to know how to find them, since Yaesu Europe doesen't have this spare parts ! Thanx for help in advance. E-mail: mcimato@snefru.comm2000.it From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:47 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!news.uh.edu!news.sfasu.edu!titan.sfasu.edu!z_stuadr From: z_stuadr@titan.sfasu.edu Subject: Help finding part 95 Message-ID: <1996Jan29.155857@titan.sfasu.edu> Date: 29 Jan 96 15:58:57 CST Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University Lines: 54 Path: titan.sfasu.edu!z_stuadr From: z_stuadr@titan.sfasu.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Help finding part 95 Message-ID: <1996Jan29.155827@titan.sfasu.edu> Date: 29 Jan 96 15:58:27 CST Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University Lines: 45 Path: titan.sfasu.edu!z_stuadr From: z_stuadr@titan.sfasu.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna Subject: Help findind part 95 Message-ID: <1996Jan29.155749@titan.sfasu.edu> Date: 29 Jan 96 15:57:49 CST Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University Lines: 36 Path: titan.sfasu.edu!z_stuadr From: z_stuadr@titan.sfasu.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.info Subject: Part 95, please help locate Message-ID: <1996Jan29.155524@titan.sfasu.edu> Date: 29 Jan 96 15:55:24 CST Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University Lines: 27 Path: titan.sfasu.edu!z_stuadr From: z_stuadr@titan.sfasu.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb Subject: Request for part 95 Message-ID: <1996Jan29.141710@titan.sfasu.edu> Date: 29 Jan 96 14:17:10 CST Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University Lines: 18 Greetings to all I would appreciate it if any body could point me to a web site that contains the following: Title 47 chapter 1 subchapter D part 95. The above is the Code of Federal Regulations relating to general moblie radios . It also contains the rules for CB radios. I have searchd serval web sites including Cornell Law School's website. I would like to download part 95 of the regulations in its entireity. A footnote to this request. It sure is easy to find part 97 which is the rule s for amatuer radios. Their must be a lot of ham operators on the internet. Please help if you can. Thanks in advance. David Stua Stephen F. Austin University Nacogdoches, Texas CB handler is "Dogstar" From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.inc.net!novia!news.dpc.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: jwilkers@freenet.columbus.oh.us (John Wilkerson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Date: 29 Jan 1996 16:23:10 -0500 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4ejdru$qsc@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4dg3da$fud@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <4ej9o0$4bt@hg.oro.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97536 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32908 Jim Weir (rst-engr@oro.net) wrote: : David Drumheller wrote: : [snip in consideration of bandwidth] : I've certainly got some things I believe about CW and the uses : thereof. However, for those of us who are paying to read this stuff : by the byte : PLEASE LEARN HOW TO SNIP THE MESSAGE YOU ARE REPLYING TO. SENDING : FOUR LAYERS OF PREVIOUS MESSAGES ALONG WITH YOUR TWO LINE COMMENT IS : EQUIVALENT TO TUNING UP ON THE MIDDLE OF A 40 METER NET. : After all, aren't we criticizing improper operating practice in this : thread? {;-] On the subject of criticism...... This _was_ crossposted to rec.radio.cb and rec.radio.scanner. This thread and entire subject hasnothing to do with CB or Scanners..... Adjust the Newsgroups: and followup To: lines in the future. -- John L. Wilkerson Jr... jwilkers@freenet.columbus.oh.us "Political Correctness is for mindless sheep.. Speak up how _you_ want, not how others say you should" From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!casaba.srv.cs.cmu.edu!usenet@cs.cmu.edu From: mkb@llama.rec.ri.cmu.edu (Mike Blackwell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FCC forms online - yuck! Date: 29 Jan 1996 16:47:56 GMT Organization: Field Robotics Center, CMU Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4eitns$pie@casaba.srv.cs.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: llama.rec.ri.cmu.edu X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.4 It's nice that the FCC puts some forms online (ftp://ftp.fcc.gov/pub/Forms), but why are they using PCX bitmaps? If you try to actually print out the form you wind up with an ugly jaggy mess that's almost impossible to read. They ought to be using PostScript, or Acrobat format like the IRS. Free Acrobat readers are available for most platforms, and the printed result is as good as the original form. So close, and yet so far. Sigh... Mike Blackwell ke3ig mkb@cs.cmu.edu From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!oronet!news From: rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:29:45 GMT Organization: RST Engineering Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4ej9o0$4bt@hg.oro.net> References: <4csf3v$bgo@news.mcn.net> <4d4g0r$7eb@netport.com> <4d6u7n$qik@news.mcn.net> <4dg3da$fud@ra.nrl.navy.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: rst-engr.oro.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97643 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32964 rec.radio.cb:26063 rec.radio.scanner:44889 David Drumheller wrote: [snip in consideration of bandwidth] I've certainly got some things I believe about CW and the uses thereof. However, for those of us who are paying to read this stuff by the byte PLEASE LEARN HOW TO SNIP THE MESSAGE YOU ARE REPLYING TO. SENDING FOUR LAYERS OF PREVIOUS MESSAGES ALONG WITH YOUR TWO LINE COMMENT IS EQUIVALENT TO TUNING UP ON THE MIDDLE OF A 40 METER NET. After all, aren't we criticizing improper operating practice in this thread? {;-] Jim Jim Weir VP Engineering | You bet your sweet patootie I speak RST Engineering | for the company. I OWN the cotton- Grass Valley CA 95945 | pickin' company. voice/fax 916/272-1432 | AR Adv. WB6BHI Cessna 182A N73CQ rst-engr@oro.net | Comm'l Pilot & CFI Airplane/Glider A&P Mechanic From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:53 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!brutus.bright.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: The Whole story! Message-ID: <1996Jan29.182636.14417@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <1996Jan28.190345.7890@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4eip9o$4qc$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 18:26:36 GMT Lines: 44 In article <4eip9o$4qc$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Hans Brakob K0HB <71 111.260@CompuServe.COM> writes: >>....we may find the figures skewed the other way from >what your numbers indicate.< > >Clearly my numbers are simplistic, since I can't capture the >number of licensees who "passed through" any given class, nor >even the precise "starting point" of any given licensee. But >even in their crude state, the numbers totally disprove the >contention of Newsline that the 10% growth in Tech+ is the >only "upgrade" from codeless Tech. I don't think that's what they were saying. The headline said most Techs are remaining Techs, that is true. Where the residue is going is subject to debate. They may be passing through Tech+ or jumping directly to higher classes. >By the way, the effect of the switch from 5-year to 10-year >license terms ended in 1994 so attrition by death/non-renewal >is now part of the figures. Nope, because of the 2 year grace period, 1994 expires are just *now* starting to be purged. We had this discussion earlier about a grandfather who died shortly after being licensed in May of 1984 still on the FCC database as an active amateur. He won't be purged from the list until May of 1996. >A comparison of 1994 to 1995 >figures shows high growth in every class from Novice to Extra, >and in fact the "top-3" grew faster than Tech/Tech+ in 1995. Yeah, but that's still misleading. Since the top three are all much smaller classes than the two Techs, percentage growth looks lots better than the raw number growth. Try expressing the growth of each class as a percentage of the *total* amateur population. That gives a more meaningful picture of where amateurs are and where they are going. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.scott.net!acara.snsnet.net!HiWAAY.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!infoserv!asacomp!mike.anderson Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: mike.anderson@asacomp.com (Mike Anderson) X-Mailer: NetXpress 2.53 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 19:04:00 -0500 Organization: ASA Compucom Subject: Re: Icom service. Where Message-ID: <35.39770.1427@asacomp.com> Lines: 39 GP>I would suggest sending the radio to one of our service centers, GP>along with a letter explaining the difficulties you are GP>experiencing with the radio. You may send your radio to one of our GP>service centers at the following addresses: GP>ICOM America, Inc. ICOM America, Inc. GP>2380 116th Ave. N.E. 18102 Sky Park South No. 52-B GP>Bellevue, WA 98004 Irvine, CA 92714 GP>Attn: Service Department Attn: Service Department GP>Tel:(206) 454-8155 Tel:(714) 852-8026 GP>At this time, I am unable to give you a quote on what the charges GP>will be to repair your radio. We can give you a quote once we GP>receive the radio and a technician can evaluate the extent of the GP>repairs. For a guideline, our repair charges are calculated at the GP>rate of $65.00 per hour with a minimum of (1) one hour of labor, GP>plus parts and return shipping. GP>We do charge a fee of $25.00 for refused estimates or for out of warran GP>radios that have no problem found when presented for repair. GP>Shipping charges will depend on the method of shipment. We accept GP>Master Card, Visa, M.O. and UPS C.O.D. for payment of parts orders. GP>Please contact me if I can be of further assistance. GP>Best regards, GP>Gary KF7XV GP>Senior Technical Customer Service Representative Gosh, Gary, Icom is actually listening to us here. That's good to know. I don't anticipate any problems with my IC-000H, but it's good to know where to send it if I do have problems. VY 73, Mike WA8JDW --- * WR 1.31 # 44 * It's only a hobby ... only a hobby ... only a From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:55 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.scott.net!acara.snsnet.net!HiWAAY.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!infoserv!asacomp!mike.anderson Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: mike.anderson@asacomp.com (Mike Anderson) X-Mailer: NetXpress 2.53 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 19:04:00 -0500 Organization: ASA Compucom Subject: Callbook CD-ROM - what d Message-ID: <35.39771.1427@asacomp.com> Lines: 25 RS>To: jlowman@netcom.com RS>Subject: Callbook CD-ROM - what data format? J>Can someone give me a clue as to the database used for the new Callbo >CD-ROM? There is a main data file in binary, with several .IDX index RS>I do not know but I can say this: the "Flying Horse" Callbook on CD RO RS>is buggy. Tell me if you have this experience: when you switch the RS>mode of search, say from name to callsign, do you get an "out of RS>resources" error message? I do all the time. The only way I found to RS>get around this is to close the program and the bring it back up again. RS>I want to make sure that the program is at fault and not my computer. RS>--- Just out of curiousity, how much RAM do you have in your PC, are you using Windows 3.1, and how have you configured the virtual memory in 386 enhanced if you are using Win 3.1? Also, how much DOS memory do you have available while in Windows and what other apps are you running when you try to run the Callbook program? Do I sound like I ever do PC support? It could be the memory on your system and it could be the Callbook program. VY 73, de WA8JDW - Mike --- * WR 1.31 # 44 * Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!infoserv!asacomp!mike.anderson Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: mike.anderson@asacomp.com (Mike Anderson) X-Mailer: NetXpress 2.53 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 19:04:00 -0500 Organization: ASA Compucom Subject: Re: IC2700 Mods and info Message-ID: <35.39772.1427@asacomp.com> Lines: 30 JP>I have had a 2700 for a while now. I think it is a piece of junk for t JP>price paid. I agree with the above comments. I sent it in to ICOM whe JP>first hooked it up and they said everything checked out OK. BUT it is JP>extremely sensitive to intermod. I have compared to my IC 3230H and se JP>W2A HTs hooked into the same mobile antenna system. The 2700 just does JP>cut the mustard. JP>There is a mod to increase VHF receive range. They did it for me when JP>it in. It has something to do with jumpers. Maybe someone else out th JP>knows about it. JP>Right now I would rather have another 3230 than the 2700. Unfortunatel JP>spent the money to get it new, and I would get hosed in a trade. JP>John JP>AB5OX John, interesting. Do you have any feel for the IC-2000H? I didn't do a lot of comparing before I bought it, but it seems to do a pretty good job with intermod. I'm still struggling with a high SWR on my Larsen dual band on glass KG2-70 antenna so I've not been able to really test the 2000H much. As you may know the 2000H has wideband receive and if you believe the ads is very good at rejecting intermod. I thought they made the same claim for the 2700. VY 73, Mike WA8JDW --- * WR 1.31 # 44 * Speed kills; Slow just infuriates... From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ky1tluck@aol.com (KY1T Luck) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 29 Jan 1996 19:17:44 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 57 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4ejo38$q79@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4ej9o0$4bt@hg.oro.net> Reply-To: ky1tluck@aol.com (KY1T Luck) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97686 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32980 rec.radio.cb:26076 rec.radio.scanner:44945 In article <1996Jan28.042057.5075@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: >It's true that amateurs do a >bit of public service communications, and on occasion a smidgen >of emergency communications, but for the most part that's a thing >of the past. k For once, I actually THOUGHT about someone's comments for quite a while before responding. It's been my impression for some years now that Gary's postings are well thought-out, intelligent, and almost always make valid points. Indeed, there are many valid points in his most recent posting, referenced in part above. I'm especially in agreement with his inference about the automated stations on HF being a prime example of excellence, insofar as their unfailing ability to exhibit patience and accuracy. But I don't believe Gary has a good overall picture of the AMOUNT of public service that radio amateurs continue to crank out on a daily basis. And that belief of mine is based on two things: 1. The fairly large number of people I continue to come in contact with (bumped into one just yesterday) whose total and complete amateur radio lives (the term "get a life" may well apply here!) revolve around the quantity and quality of service to the public that they can perform by way of their Amateur Radio Service transmissions. 2. My ongoing understanding that there continues to be remarkably large numbers of people who are in fact well served by the 24 hour a day automated PACSATs and HF digital BBSs/MBOs that spew forth accurate and reasonably prompt amounts of third party traffic. These are very often people on board U.S. Naval vessels around the world -- who are not allowed access to naval communications circuits for the type of stuff WE normally handle -- people on commercial vessels and people on training vessels. There are most certainly many many other situations that involve the handling of messages for the public as a SERVICE to that public, and which thus qualifies for the topic at hand. I know of SYSOPS who bellyache constantly that their systems are "clogged up" by such "trash", which usually makes me wonder what they think would be of greater value... In any event, I don't believe that relegating public service communications to the category of "a thing of the past" is fair or accurate. Oh, it's more fair and more accurate than even a few years ago, and most CERTAINLY more fair and more accurate than 10 to 20 years ago. And those of you that know me know precisely who I blame for THAT travesty. 73 ----------------------------------------------------- Byron (Luck) Hurder, KY1T KY1TLUCK@AOL.COM AX.25 - KY1T@N4GAA.CT 53 Broadview St. Newington Ct 06111 (860)666-4399 Amateur Radio TCP/IP address - KY1T%KY1T-2@gw.w1mx.ampr.org Web Page -- http://home.aol.com/KY1TLUCK Finally employed again Software Engineer/Database Administrator ------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:52:59 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news1.sunbelt.net!ags-r1-p2.groupz.net!flanders From: flanders@znet.GroupZ.net (Jerry Flanders) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Antenna Modeling Software for Windows Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 20:16:56 Eastern Organization: SunBelt.Net INTERNET Access Lines: 16 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ags-r1-p2.groupz.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] There is a neat "try-before-buy" package of antenna modeling software for windows available at http://www.funet.fi/pub/ham/antenna/NEC/ the file is NEC-WIN.ZIP It is about 1.3 megs, so it takes awhile to download. I just got it recently, and have only started evaluating it. If someone else has already looked it over, I would appreciate hearing from you. I had been looking for a way to visualize the output of the generic mininec3. At first glance, this package looks like a lot more than I was hoping for. Jerry Flanders W4UKU South Carolina flanders@groupz.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: ko4gx@ix.netcom.com(Bill Patton ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Morse code Cry Babys!!! Date: 29 Jan 1996 21:23:59 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4ejdtf$o6q@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> References: <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-hou10-08.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jan 29 1:23:59 PM PST 1996 Someone pass the bottle!!! In <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com> tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com (WB7ASR) writes: > >Technically speaking, morse code communications is outdated at >todays communicatios standards. However in my opion, most of the >people complaining about having a morse code requirement for amateur >radio are the ones who are just too lazy to learn the code. They are >just looking for something for nothing and don't what to put any effort >into getting a HF amateur radio license. I call these people "Cry-Babys!" > >Having morse code requirements helps establish a higher standard of >amateur radio operators within the amateur radio community. If you >"earn" your license, you will have more "respect" for it! > >I hope the FCC never does away with code requirements. > > > From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!ts25-7.homenet.ohio-state.edu!cgreenha From: cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Christopher K. Greenhalgh) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 21:25:30 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 25 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4eh58c$5pm@jupiter.planet.net> <4eidj5$kbq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts25-7.homenet.ohio-state.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] In article <4eidj5$kbq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Du rigan) writes: >Legal proceedings? Don't be ridiculous! Oh sure, I can see it now...a >guy gets caught pinning someone's coax. When the judge asks him why he >did it, he says "Uh, well ah, I don't like what this guy does on the >radio, and some guy on the Internet suggested that I do this in order to >solve the problem. So it's his fault." Yeah, right. > >-Drew in Charlotte- > KF4DDM No more "ridiculous" than being threatened to be sued over posts here on the internet...which dru has done to me many times. Still havnt received my subpoena yet...must still be in the mail. :) Take care all, & 73. Christopher K. Greenhalgh, N8WCT Computer/Electronic Tech. II at The Ohio State University E-Mail: ckg+@osu.edu (cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Radio : n8wct@w8cqk.#cmh.oh.usa.noam From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:03 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!ts25-7.homenet.ohio-state.edu!cgreenha From: cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Christopher K. Greenhalgh) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 21:29:51 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 27 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4eidj5$kbq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4eihu8$gsh@jupiter.planet.net> <4ein1i$2d2q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts25-7.homenet.ohio-state.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] In article <4ein1i$2d2q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew D urigan) writes: >I'm not going to waste any more time arguing with you over something you >obviously know nothing about. If you are actually foolish enough to >believe that you have a case here, bring it on! Just make sure you have >lots of money to pay the attorney fees on both sides of the table when >your suit gets tossed out as "frivilous" and you are then countersued for >the above-mentioned fees and expenses. Same goes to dru, regarding his "threat of suit" to me. >For once, you are correct about something. We do seem to have a jammer >problem, and it's on our machine. The problem was particularily bad this >past weekend. In fact, it's quite a remarkable coincidence that you >should mention this...especially since the "jammer" maliciously >interfered with several of my transmissions and even spoke up to mention >my name and call me a "moron" on one occasion. Imagine that! I would guess if dru conducts himself on the air, even remotely like he conducts himself here, he would understand why. Christopher K. Greenhalgh, N8WCT Computer/Electronic Tech. II at The Ohio State University E-Mail: ckg+@osu.edu (cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Radio : n8wct@w8cqk.#cmh.oh.usa.noam From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!newshost.cyberramp.net!news.consultix.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp.cntfl.com!books From: books@rtssec1.dms.state.fl.us (Roger Books) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Morse code Cry Babys!!! Date: 29 Jan 1996 21:57:53 GMT Organization: CMDS News machine Lines: 32 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ejft1$ktp@server.cntfl.com> References: <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.90.27.7 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] WB7ASR (tom_boza@ccm.ch.intel.com) wrote: > Technically speaking, morse code communications is outdated at > todays communicatios standards. However in my opion, most of the > people complaining about having a morse code requirement for amateur > radio are the ones who are just too lazy to learn the code. They are > just looking for something for nothing and don't what to put any effort > into getting a HF amateur radio license. I call these people "Cry-Babys!" > Having morse code requirements helps establish a higher standard of > amateur radio operators within the amateur radio community. If you > "earn" your license, you will have more "respect" for it! > I hope the FCC never does away with code requirements. I think you are going to be SOL as far as this hope goes. Morse is outdated and will eventually go away. Now, as someone setting up to take the no-code technician test, what kind of MORON came up with the current test setup? "Here's our 300 question test pool, you can study it all you want." No wonder you want a code test to limit the pool. The test isn't about to do it. I could see "There will be 3 find the length questions, and 4 general electronics, and 3 terminology, and one resistor code questions", but this bit about here are all the questions we could possibly use is stupid. It doesn't prove anyone knows a thing. If you want to limit the pool why not limit it to those actually willing to study and learn something useful? Roger From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!zeus.ieee.org!usenet From: Vincent Biancomano Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 29 Jan 1996 22:47:08 GMT Organization: IEEE Service Center, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4ejipc$rqm@zeus.ieee.org> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: nissan.mag.ieee.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97666 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32972 In response to John Wilkerson: Phil Karn's calculations appear to be correct. But unfortunately, in the context of defending the no-code issue, those calculations solve a different problem than the one under discussion! While it can be demonstrated there are modes more "efficient" than cw, the task is to show that eliminating the Morse Code, and easing requirements in general for the theory exams, will benefit the Amateur Service. Those anxious to eliminate Morse Code would do well to first see how it will impact other activities in the Service. Those interested in easing theory requirements into the hobby would do well to ponder whether they seek a personal radio service, or Amateur Radio. Regards, Vince, WB2EZG From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!Norway.EU.net!oslonett.no!sn.no!usenet From: "Edwin A. Petersen" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Licensing/Repeaters in Norway Date: 29 Jan 1996 23:07:55 GMT Organization: SN Internett Lines: 46 Message-ID: <4ejk0b$4ju@hasle.sn.no> References: <199601291041.CAA29553@mail.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: stavanger2-ppp6.oslo.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-------------------------------16906837529293" X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) To: theo_schmitz@VNET.IBM.COM This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------------------16906837529293 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Theo. You have the same rights to practice Amatuer/Radio in Norway as you do in Germany, Full CEPT Agrement. 73 de Edwin, la1wca ---------------------------------16906837529293 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain From: theo_schmitz@VNET.IBM.COM (Theodor Johannes Schmitz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Licensing/Repeaters in Norway Date: 29 Jan 96 10:41:34 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Message-ID: <199601291041.CAA29553@mail.ucsd.edu> I am planning tospend my next holdays in southern/mid norway and I want to take my 144/430 HT with me. Is there a reciprocal licensing agreement (CEPT) between Norway and Germany ? If not, where can I ge a guest licence from ? Can someone send me a list of 144/440 (FM phone) repeaters ? 73, Theo (DK9WH) ============================================================ Theo Schmitz / IBM Mainz / Materials Lab. 4627 Email Internet: theo_schmitz@vnet.ibm.com Packet: DK9WH@DB0GV.#HES.DEU.EU Fone: 49(germany)6131-842044 Fax: 49(germany)6131-846810 ============================================================ I never used to be able to finish anything but now I ---------------------------------16906837529293-- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!news.aa.net!tsunami.ixa.net!news.ironhorse.com!sloth.swcp.com!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!newshost.lanl.gov!ncar!gatech!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!ipso!corona!not-for-mail From: rwc@ips.oz.au (Regional Warning Centre) Newsgroups: aus.radio.amateur.misc,ips.solar.activity,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Subject: IPS Daily Report - 29 January 96 Followup-To: aus.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 29 Jan 1996 23:16:21 -0000 Organization: IPS Radio & Space Services. Sydney, Australia. Lines: 95 Approved: rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ejkg5$1je@flare.syd.ips.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: flare.syd.ips.oz.au Xref: news.epix.net aus.radio.amateur.misc:412 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97565 rec.radio.info:10765 SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED AT 29/2330Z JANUARY 1996 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY. SUMMARY FOR 29 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 30 JANUARY - 01 FEBRUARY ----------------------------------------------------------- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY Activity: Very low Flares: None Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 74/11 GOES satellite data for 28 Jan Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV: 2.1E+05 Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV: 1.8E+04 Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 2.7E+06 (normal) X-ray background: A1.0 Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day. 1B. SOLAR FORECAST 30 Jan 31 Jan 01 Feb Activity Very low Very low Very low Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 30 Jan: 76/14 ----------------------------------------------------------- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: Unsettled to active Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 28 Jan Learmonth 18 3334 3442 Fredericksburg 10 9 Planetary 15 6 Observed Kp for 28 Jan: 2120 0223 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST Date Ap Conditions 30 Jan 8 Quiet to unsettled 31 Jan 6 Quiet 01 Feb 6 Quiet ----------------------------------------------------------- 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY Latitude Band Date Low Middle High 29 Jan Normal Normal Normal PCA Event : None 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST Latitude Band Date Low Middle High 30 Jan Normal Normal Fair-normal 31 Jan Normal Normal Normal 01 Feb Normal Normal Normal ----------------------------------------------------------- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY Date T index 29 Jan 34 Observed Australian Regional MUFs: Townsville: Near predicted monthly values with 20-50% enhancements 07-12 UT and 20% depressions 13-15 UT. Sporadic E obscured the F region 00-02 UT and strong sporadic E was observed 04-07 and 22 UT. Sydney: Near predicted monthly values with 20-40% enhancements 02-10 UT. Sporadic E obscured the F region at 13, 16-17 and 21-23 UT. Strong sporadic E was also observed 00-02, 04, 14-15 and 18-20 UT. Hobart: Near predicted monthly values with 30% depressions 12-13 UT. Sporadic E obscured the F region at 14, 16-19 and 21 UT. Strong sporadic E was observed 00-01, 04 and 20 UT. Darwin: No data. Predicted Monthly T index for January: 10 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST Date T index MUFs 30 Jan -10 Near predicted monthly values to 20% depressed at times. Sporadic E likely at all latitudes and spread F likely at higher latitiudes at night. 31 Jan 5 Near predicted monthly values with sporadic E likely at all latitudes. 01 Feb 10 Near predicted monthly values with sporadic E likely at all latitudes. COMMENT: IPS HF Communications Warning 4 was issued on 29 January and is current for interval 30 January to 2 February. -- IPS Radio and Space Services | email: rwc@ips.gov.au PO Box 5606 | WWW: http://www.ips.gov.au/rwc/ West Chatswood NSW 2057 AUSTRALIA | FTP: ftp://ftp.ips.gov.au/users/rwc/ tel: +61 2 4148300 | fax: +61 2 4148331 From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:10 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.ecrc.de!news.space.net!news.muc.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!fred.net!triack.fred.net!user From: triack@fred.net (John Stalnaker) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: source code for sstv Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 23:42:56 -0500 Organization: FredNet - Frederick, Md. Lines: 5 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: triack.fred.net looking for any source code for sstv thanks N3VTV John Stalnaker From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:11 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.maz.net!news.isys.net!usenet From: manfred.lange@hamburg.netsurf.de (Manfred Lange) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Experiences with K0HEO's-SSTV WINPIX PRO? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 00:00:24 GMT Organization: iSYS Informationssystem Hamburg Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4ejjmf$bma@trance.isys.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dip130-1.hamburg.netsurf.de X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hi, does anybody know the new SSTV-program WINPIX PRO by Don, K0HEO? Any experiences good or bad? This program is supposed to run under Windows 3.1 or 95 together with any Windows-compatible soundcard. No further Hardware is necessary. Any reports about it? 73, Manfred, DK3UD ------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Manfred Lange Location: Hamburg / Germany E-Mail: manfred.lange@hamburg.netsurf.de Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/m_lange/ Ham Call: DK3UD Ham BBS: DK3UD@DB0HB.#HH.DEU.EU ------------------------------------------------------------ From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.ios.com!usenet From: . (Blackshadow) Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.scanner.uk Subject: R7100 Modification Date: 30 Jan 1996 00:56:08 GMT Organization: IBF Lines: 57 Message-ID: <4ejqb8$6e5@news.ios.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.147.154.70 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Xref: news.epix.net uk.radio.amateur:10540 rec.radio.shortwave:69636 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18869 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24526 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97689 rec.radio.scanner:44955 alt.radio.scanner:27174 alt.radio.scanner.uk:2086 Ever since ICOM decided to delete the 800 - 900 MHZ coverage from its IC-R7100 receiver, older R7100's demand premium prices on the used market. ICOM insisted that the R7100 was now made in two versions, one for the general public and another (with 800-900 coverage) for government and law enforcement agencies. The extended coverage version also se lls for $200-$300 more! Per discussions with ICOM there were very clear that this was done to comply with legal requirements that prohibit new scanners from be capable of receiving cellular telephone transmissions. My opposition has always been why we should be penalized if we want to listen to local law enforcement agencies within the 800 MHz band. Personally, I have no interest in listening to cell phones when a receiver as competent as the R7100 opens up al most 2 ghz of spectrum. I recently noticed that Grove now offers the R7100 with "restored" coverage so I set out to find out how it was done. Performing the following procedure will allow you to list en to local law enforcement with the 800-900 mHz portion of the spectrum. Remove the screws th at hold the top cover and disconnect the speaker. Next, remove the two flat head screws that h old the metal shield covering the rear of the front panel.. On the rear apron, remove the tw o screws that hold the upper chassis to the lower chassis. Finally, remove the antenna cable that is connected to the circuit board assembly in the rear right corner of the R7100. Referring to the owners manual, CAREFULLY separate the upper half of the receiver, inverting it, setting it be side the radio as illustrated in the owners manual. Be careful not to pull on the cables that connect the upper portion to the lower half of the radio. In the front of the owners manual ther e is a small paragraph that explains the various jumper options for the R7100's CI-V interface option s. It's on this board that the modification is done. The board is located behind the "M-SET" switch. The jumpers are actually circular pads, split vertically. A drop of solder constitutes a jumpe r - no solder = no jumper. Locate jumper "A6" as illustrated in the owners manual. Above "A6" you'll see a small ball of solder. Using solder wick, CAREFULLY remove the solder, exposing the split circular pad beneath. The space between the pads is very small so be sure to remove all the solder. Reassemble the radio and you're done! Blackshadow From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:14 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.scott.net!acara.snsnet.net!news5.crl.com!nntp.crl.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Hans Brakob K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: The Whole story! Date: 30 Jan 1996 03:04:31 GMT Organization: MicroBurst Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4ek1rv$add$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: <1996Jan29.182636.14417@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> First, just to set the record straight, I agree that the technician license is by far the fastest growing class, and I am absolutely DELIGHTED at it's popularity. My original post was simply to point out a blatant error (or worse) in Bill Pasternak's editorial on Newsline. Here is a direct quote: "In other words, in the five years since no-code licensing was introduced, only 10,000 or so no-coders have bothered to upgrade. The rest, about 150,000 no-code Techs appear to be very content to live out their ham radio lives on a local repeater using what the Amateur Radio supply industry has come to call a 2 meter ham station on a belt clip." He based this solely on the growth of the Tech+ by 10,000 licensees. He ignores the growth of the "top-3" by over 46,000 licenses which obviously includes folks from the Tech ranks. By the way, for proof that FCC figures in 1994 and later DO account for expirations, look at the numbers on page 40 of the May 95 QST. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- --Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Corners Of The Earth! What King Of Old Could Do Thus? From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:15 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mtu.edu!techsrv1.tech.mtu.edu!rjhall From: "Robert J. Hall" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc Subject: FS: KPC-2 TNC and 145.01 Base Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 03:31:20 -0500 Organization: Michigan Technological University Lines: 44 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: techsrv1.tech.mtu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: rjhall@techsrv1.tech.mtu.edu To: harc-l@mtu.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24572 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97742 rec.radio.swap:56794 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13963 Hello .. I have decided to sell my KPC-2 Packet radio TNC and Regency BTH-201B 25 Watt VHF Tranceiver crystalled to 145.01 MHZ. I am asking $70 for the KPC-2 ALONE. The KPC-2 With the REGENCY BTH-201B radio I am asking $135 I will also be asking $5 for Shipping. The Regency base station is all ready to go and is Currently wired and working well with the KPC-2. The base station has it's own built in Power supply. Size is approx. ( 15" x 9" x 3.5" ) Regency BTH-201B 25 Watt VHF Tranceiver crystalled to 145.01 MHZ. Receiver sensitivity and selectivity has been recently checked on a 2400 Motorola Service Monitor and checked up to factory specs. Output power bench checked at 30 watts. I am not interested in selling the radio seperate from the TNC, but would be interested in selling the TNC alone. If I don't sell them I'll continue to use them, and If I don't sell the radio with it, I'll crystal it for voice and use it there. The KPC-2 has version 2.85 firmware and has PBBS, NODE, and DIGI functions. It's run well for the last 4 years without ever having a problem. It originally cost $170. I orginally purchased the Regency about 2 years ago from a friend for $60 and recrystaled and tuned it for another $30 from Jan Crystals. It works well and also has never given me any problems. I don't normally have time to monitor the news groups so any response to this should be via e-mail or phone listed below. Rob Hall AA8LA \\\\ (o o) -----oOOO---(_)---OOOo--------------------- | | | Rjhall@mtu.edu | | 906-487-0198 | | 228 W. McNair Hall | | Michigan Technological University | | Major: Electrical Engineering Technology | | AA8LA@w8yy.#upmi.mi.usa.noam | ------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.uiowa.edu!blue.weeg.uiowa.edu!rawiley From: rawiley@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (R. Wiley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What does CQ mean? Date: 30 Jan 96 04:05:27 GMT Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Lines: 6 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4dard9$e0e$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> <4db423$cnf@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4dia4o$bt5@atlas.axiom.net> <4e9ujd$8gs@zeus.tcp.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: red.weeg.uiowa.edu . calling any station NE0R From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.inc.net!novia!news.dpc.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!frankensun.altair.com!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.uiowa.edu!blue.weeg.uiowa.edu!rawiley From: rawiley@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (R. Wiley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Antenna and coax grounding? Date: 30 Jan 96 04:08:20 GMT Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4dol64$1qt@thor.pla-net.net> <4ebeke$sas@news.paonline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: red.weeg.uiowa.edu >bscott@pla-net.net wrote: >>ground. I have a deep-cycle battery for backup and can hook the positive >>lead from any of the radios to the battery, and when I connect the coax >>to the radio, it will complete the circuit, and the radio will come on. >>The battery is isolated from everything else, including home A/C. Hooking >>to one of 3 power supplies will yield the same results. This is with the >>negative radio lead just dangling in the breeze! The tower is grounded >>properly with 3 10' ground rods around the perimeter. The shack is You are probably getting current flow from the + battery terminal to ground. The same principal as an electric fence. NE0R From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.tcd.net!news From: Gary Zabriskie Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Yaesu FT290 R (original) Need Service Manual Date: 30 Jan 1996 04:18:27 GMT Organization: The Computer Den, Inc. Evanston WY Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4ek66j$cb@news.tcd.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip7.stgeorge.tcd.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) To: all I am in need of the Yaesu service manual for the FT290R multimode two-meter transciever. This is the earlier version, not the current Mark II version. I will; be happy to pay for the copying and postage if someone has this. I accidently hooked up reverse polarity on the power and oops!!! Please e-mail me if you have this manual. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news.tcd.net!news From: Gary Zabriskie Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Yaesu FT290 R (original) Need Service Manual Date: 30 Jan 1996 04:18:51 GMT Organization: The Computer Den, Inc. Evanston WY Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4ek67b$cb@news.tcd.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip7.stgeorge.tcd.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) I am in need of the Yaesu service manual for the FT290R multimode two-meter transciever. This is the earlier version, not the current Mark II version. I will; be happy to pay for the copying and postage if someone has this. I accidently hooked up reverse polarity on the power and oops!!! Please e-mail me if you have this manual. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:19 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!zippy.intcom.net!imci3!imci4!imci5!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: kz1o@ix.netcom.com (Dave Bushong) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Cape Cod Teacher Fired Followup-To: alt.test,misc.test Date: 30 Jan 1996 04:22:04 GMT Organization: Radio KZ1O Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4ek6dc$hvo@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> <4e3kdk$904@popcorn.hamburg.pop.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-nas-nh1-12.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jan 29 8:22:04 PM PST 1996 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 In article <4e3kdk$904@popcorn.hamburg.pop.de>, plemken@mail.hb.provi.de says... >>>In article <4dtbbo$9sq@alterdial.UU.NET> Burt Fisher writes: >>> >>>A Cape Cod Teacher was fired after producing some videos. >>>(a long time teacher in the Dennis-Yarmouth school system). >>>Many students demonstrated for him. >>>No hams did. > >Why should they demonstrate for a porn producer? >Why should they demonstrate for YOU? Huh. It's the first big thing that came from his part of town since Kennedy killed Kopechne. Oh, here's another "cape" bombshell, how about burt's "wife" (second so far), who used to be someone's HUSBAND? No wonder they get along so well, he posting when he's plastered during the night and "she" just being there answering the 1-900 phone for the revenue... 17 years so far, right burt? Hey burt, dispute any of this???!!! Next time you say "take your best shot", you should think about what you have to lose. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chaos.aoc.nrao.edu!newshost.nmt.edu!rutgers!fdurt1.fdu.edu!xyzzy.bubble.org!newshost.cyberramp.net!news.onramp.net!news.mind.net!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!jbaltz From: jbaltz@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B Altzman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: All spammers please read was (Re: WI Hams Please read! Date: 30 Jan 1996 04:39:09 GMT Organization: double ionizers association Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4ek7dd$pln@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> References: <1996Jan29.184553.14613@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18760 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97527 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32901 In article <1996Jan29.184553.14613@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, Gary Coffman wrote: >Now *that's* what a netnews header looks like. Every article >generates one. See that line labeled "Distribution:" up there? >That's your distribution line. If you leave it blank, the default >is "world", but if you put a local or regional code in there, >the distribution will be limited to that area. You hope. That is, if one of your upstream or downstream sites isn't dain bramaged to the point of ignoring Distribution: lines. (Many were. I can't remember how many postings we'd get to an old, internal-to-Columbia newgroup cu.bboard from Colorado University with Distribution: set to denver or co or something else.) >Gary //jbaltz jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 jbaltz@columbia.edu jbaltz@sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML (HEPNET) NEVIS::jbaltz From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:21 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.ecrc.de!news.space.net!news.muc.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sbt.net!news.ia.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: 30 Jan 1996 04:46:25 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4ek7r4$t7f@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4ein1i$2d2q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan48.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > > For once, you are correct about something. We do seem to have a jammer > problem, and it's on our machine. The problem was particularily bad this > past weekend. In fact, it's quite a remarkable coincidence that you > should mention this...especially since the "jammer" maliciously > interfered with several of my transmissions and even spoke up to mention > my name and call me a "moron" on one occasion. Gee, Steve, you wouldn't > have anything to do with this, now would you? You have to admit, it's > quite an amazing coincidence. > > -Drew in Charlotte- > your absolutely correct drew. accroding to your theories on 2 meters, i can s tand in my basement with a 2 meter ht (in NNJ) listen for you and key up at the same time as you. doe the words fool..doofus..moron mean anything to you??? NO??? look them up under KF4DDM From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: Jamey Brookover <73256.32@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: DSP Noise Filter - Which is Best???? Date: 30 Jan 1996 05:06:16 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4ek908$cer@dub-news-svc-4.compuserve.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: hd58-170.compuserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) To: kbooher@imsweb.net I am using the JPS NIR-10. I feel it is a nice addition to SSB operating, especially the automatic notch filtering. As of yet, I have not upgraded to t he newest software, so it may perform better than it does now. My rig (YAESU FT1000D) already has excellent CW filtering, and I seldom use the DSP in CW mo de. Although it is beneficial for SSB operations, I am not convinced that it is wo rth the price. I feel the same goes for all the DSP units, not just the NIR-10. I hope this info is helpful to you. 73 -- Jamey (Jay) Brookover, WB8BMV -- Cary NC From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:24 1996 Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equip,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.swap Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hk.gin.net!news.hk.net!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!news.glink.net.hk!uunet!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!not-for-mail From: dconti@carroll.com (Daniel M. Conti) Subject: FS : OPTOelectronics Scout Model 40, ver 3.1 MINT, used twice X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: Carroll-Net Message-ID: X-Trace: 822973059/10861 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: poseidon11.carroll.com Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 06:27:19 GMT Lines: 5 Xref: news.epix.net alt.radio.scanner:27069 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97548 rec.radio.scanner:44763 rec.radio.swap:56443 OPTO electronics Scout Model 40, ver 3.1, MINT, purchased 9/6/95, used twice, includes cable to connect AR8000 for reaction tune, in box with manual, AC charger, power. $300.00 shipped to 48. COD $5.00 extra Reply via E-Mail From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:25 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.scott.net!acara.snsnet.net!HiWAAY.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!idir.net!port36.idtslw1.idir.net!user From: medcalf@idir.net (gloria medcalf) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Path Quality of Packet Nodes (new web-site article) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 10:01:58 -0600 Organization: ka5ztx Lines: 18 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: port36.idtslw1.idir.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:13859 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97514 How good is an rf path? What is the chance that packet Node A can connect to Node B? NET/ROM and compatible (G8BPQ, TheNet, X1-J, K-Net, msys . . .) network nodes calculate a number to describe path quality. This article tells how the numbers are calculated and how some issues affect their meaningfulness. Article URL: http://www.idir.net/~medcalf/ztx/pathqual.html From the home page at http://www.idir.net/~medcalf/ztx/ you can link to other articles, including one with sound files of the TOR modes. The articles may be reprinted in amateur radio club newsletters provided that credit is given to the author. The site also contains diagrams for wiring radios to tncs. 73 gloria ka5ztx medcalf@idir.net From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!usenet From: Joe Fitter BV/N0IAT Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ITU Zone amateur radio band plan Date: 30 Jan 1996 10:54:12 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Asia, Taipei TAIWAN R.O.C. Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4ektck$pun@tilde.csc.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.167.36.115 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Could someone provide the band plan for the HF ham bands? Especially interested in bands like 160, 80, 40, and 30 meters. I dont have any reference here to check the ITU plan differences between zone 1,2, and 3. Thanks Joe From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:26 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!gatech!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: tomaa@internet.NO (Tom Aasheim) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ham adress Date: 30 Jan 96 11:12:26 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 8 Message-ID: <19960130111415282.AAA161@PPP104.internet.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu Hello Can anyone help me with two adresses for 8P9HL. Date 03/01/95 A71FB. DATE 01/06/94 I hope someone have the adresses for this two callsign Many Greetings from TOM. LB2UE My EMAIL is tomaa@internet.no 73 From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!primus.ac.net!news.cais.net!wvnvms!marshall.edu!desaid Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Help to operate in Japan.. seeking advise Message-ID: <1996Jan30.111438.1145@hobbit> From: desaid@marshall.edu (Dinakar) Date: 30 Jan 96 11:14:38 EDT Organization: Marshall University Lines: 14 Hello to everyone: I just got a word that I will be travelling to Japan. I will be staying in Japan for seven months. I would like to know how ot get the operating privileges at Japan. I have advance class license here. I would appreciate if someone give me some suggestions or point me in right direction. Thank you very much. 73 Dinakar KG8OE desaid@marshall.edu From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!ionews.ionet.net!usenet From: Hank Blackstock Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Re: Amsat Satelllite Contest, Should we have one? Date: 30 Jan 1996 11:38:36 GMT Organization: IONet Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4ekvvs$koe@ionews.ionet.net> References: <4ek07i$qpi@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: osip02.ionet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 32bit) To: vfiscus@mcn.net Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97764 rec.radio.amateur.policy:33007 rec.radio.amateur.space:6280 My vote would be NO! I can not stand contests except for Field Day, which serves a greater purpose than just feeding egos. 73 Hank From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chaos.aoc.nrao.edu!newshost.nmt.edu!rutgers!fdurt1.fdu.edu!xyzzy.bubble.org!newshost.cyberramp.net!news.net99.net!news.corpcomm.net!news.pe.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!mrnews.mro.dec.com!est.enet.dec.com!randolph From: randolph@est.enet.dec.com (Tom Randolph) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: re: No Code = No Brain = C.B. Date: 30 JAN 96 11:56:29 Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4elisg$56q@mrnews.mro.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: improv.enet.dec.com > George Warner said: > Face it, nobody really builds their own radios any more. Look in Dead wrong. There's as much building going on now as ever. For instance, my 30m/40m HF receiver/transmitter are about to go on the air on 40m. 30m will be added shortly. 100% homebrew. The RX works great, I'm still working the bugs out of the TX. It doesn't have dual VFO or 500 memories, but who REALLY needs those anyway? > Ironically, these ham radio operators have been so damn pig-headed > that the numbers of operators are in the decline and many of these > bands are starting to look like prime auction material for the F.C.C. Dead wrong again. The numbers have been going UP for years. Where you been? ============================================================================== Tom Randolph N1OOQ NE-QRP 419 QRP-L 87 ARRL randolph@est.enet.dec.com ============================================================================== From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mindspring.com!sco.mindspring.com!sco From: sco@mindspring.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Re: Amsat Satelllite Contest, Should we have one? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 11:56:44 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <4ek07i$qpi@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sco.mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97512 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32896 rec.radio.amateur.space:6228 In article <4ek07i$qpi@news.mcn.net> vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) w rites: >From: vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) >Subject: Amsat Satelllite Contest, Should we have one? >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 02:36:08 GMT >Amsat is debating having a yearly contest on the satellites, something beside s >Field Day. >Should there be one? >73 de KB7ADL I would say YES. At least one every quarter. For us beginners (no code TECHS ) it would be a great way to work some DX and other countries. The bands would be full with contesters looking to make a CQ. KE4IKT From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!dukcds.cds.duke.edu!wolves!psybbs!bill.ewald From: bill.ewald@psybbs.durham.nc.us (BILL EWALD) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Cape Cod Teacher Fired Message-ID: <8B9D2D4.13450007A7.uuout@psybbs.durham.nc.us> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 12:04:00 -0500 Distribution: world Organization: Books Do Furnish A Room BBS = (919) 286-4542 -> Always Free! Reply-To: bill.ewald@psybbs.durham.nc.us (BILL EWALD) References: <4e7vbg$8rs@s2.GANet.NET> X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.22 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.20 Lines: 43 || Date: 01/25/96 Time: 01:08p Number: 1953 || To: ALL Refer: 0 || From: RICK TRESSLER Board ID: PSYCHO Reply: ||Subject: Cape Cod Teacher Fire 4933: rec.radio.am Status: Public ||---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * In a message to All on 01/25/96, RICK TRESSLER said the following: >>A Cape Cod Teacher was fired after producing some videos. >>(a long time teacher in the Dennis-Yarmouth school system). >The school teacher had produced and starred a mix of soft and hardcore porn >videos done in CA. and had allegedly solicited a student to appear in a video . >The story was in the Thursday issue of the Boston Globe, page 25. There was >also an a follow up issue in the Saturday Globe (page 20) that a second >student had come forward and alleged that the teacher had solicited her >appearance in a video. The paper pointed out that both students were over 18 >at the time of the alleged solicitations. >>Many students demonstrated for him. >>No hams did. >Not very surprising to me. Unless any ham happenening to live in the >Dennis-Yarmouth area and has a strong opinion on the matter one way or the >other why would he or she? The school superintendant did was he thought was >right and teacher (claiming innocence of solicitation) asked the students to >go back to school. Apparently both the superintendant and the teacher are >following, or are expected to follow, the accepted protocols for handling thi s >sort of problem. RT>What does this story have to with ham radio? Just another day of spamming on t RT>he net, I suppose. Was it Burt Fisher? --- SPEED 2.00 #1909 Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Psychotronic BBS * Durham, NC * 919-286-7738 (v.34) / 286-4542 (v.32bis) c/o Books Do Furnish A Room, 1809 W Markham Av, Durham, NC 27705 From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:35 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cyberspace.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.orst.edu!engr.orst.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.av.qnet.com!ibbs!js From: js@ibbs.av.org (Jeff Stillinger) Subject: Re: Repeaters X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: Coffee Radio Difference Committee Message-ID: References: <4d7d6b$235@earth.njcc.com> <4dh64n$ffh@news.dgsys.com> <3109026b.1441908@cronkite> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 14:14:36 GMT Lines: 28 Brian Ellsworth (ellsworth@bravo.otis.utc.com) wrote: : sra@pluto.njcc.com (Seth) wrote: : >I'm looking to setup a repeater and I was wondering if anyone had : >ideas as to what equipment is good. : >It will be 2m band with autopatch and other little goodies. : >thank you. : > Seth, KB2WLU : Take it from the ex-co-ordinator of the NY,NJ,Ct areas. There is : NO room for another 2 meter repeater in N.J. ! : no kidding. : -be Yhep, sounds like the L.A. area too. :-) If you want lots of space, try the 1200 MHz band. All over the U.S. there are lots of frequencies ready to go. I just got a used 1200 radio for less money then a 2 meter used radio! That was kool. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Stillinger - KB6IBB js@ibbs.av.org PSC Box 3429 js@red-eft.la.ca.us Edwards AFB, CA 93524 +1 805 258 7303 8N1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:36 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uchinews!ncar!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: kc7gnm@primenet.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 30 Jan 1996 14:45:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 20 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4em3gt$d1j@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net> <4eh4js$sls@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <4ejlgk$hpb@usenet.pa.dec.com> Reply-To: kc7gnm@primenet.com X-Posted-By: ip142.fhu.primenet.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97604 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32947 rec.radio.cb:26040 rec.radio.scanner:44839 In <4ejlgk$hpb@usenet.pa.dec.com>, little@pecan.enet.dec.com (Todd Little) wri tes: >In article <4eh4js$sls@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> >kc7gnm@primenet.com wrote: > >> Modification of amateur radio equipment is not illegal. Modification of Cit izens >> Band Radios is illegal. > >Wrong again. Modification of CB radios is legal, but it invalidates >the type acceptance of the radio making it illegal to *use* it once >modified on the Citizen's Band. What I meant was that modifying a CB is illegal if you plan on using it on the cb band. If you use it for 10m or something in the ham bands then it is no t illegal. What the guy was saying at first that modifying all radios is illegal . It is not illegal to modify a scanner either but using it to listen to unauthoriz ed bands, ie cellular, is illegal. 73 de KC7GNM Greg From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:37 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!wb3ffv!aplcenmp!night.primate.wisc.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!decwrl!pa.dec.com!usenet From: little@pecan.enet.dec.com (Todd Little) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Re: Amsat Satelllite Contest, Should we have one? Date: 30 Jan 1996 14:48:10 GMT Organization: ObjectBroker/COM Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4elb3a$1e9@usenet.pa.dec.com> References: <4ek07i$qpi@news.mcn.net> Reply-To: little@pecan.enet.dec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: aci1202_port9.chi.dec.com X-Newsreader: News for Windows NT X1.0-73 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97510 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32894 rec.radio.amateur.space:6227 In article <4ek07i$qpi@news.mcn.net> vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) wrote: > > Amsat is debating having a yearly contest on the satellites, something besid es > Field Day. Absolutely not. Basically the person with the strongest uplink wins at the expense of everyone else. Although the transponders may be 100-200 kHz wide, they have a fixed power budget and operate in a linear fashion. As a result several strong signals would dominate the transponder and push everyone else's signals into the mud. Aren't there enough contests already? 73, Todd N9MWB From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:38 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.scott.net!acara.snsnet.net!HiWAAY.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.eng.convex.com!not-for-mail From: jco@convex.com (John C. Oppenheimer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: interference question Date: 30 Jan 1996 15:01:40 -0600 Organization: Convex Technology Center of Hewlett Packard, Richardson, Tx USA Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4em0vk$9g6@orion.convex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: orion.convex.com I am looking for interference that I have on 20M. I have a carrier every 65.646 KHz. This one HZ number is the result of averaging many measurements. The signal is receiver independent, found on both an IC-738 and SB-101. The signal is strongest on 20M, S-9, but I can find it, though very faint, on 40M. The signal is a clean CW carrier and seems to be very stable in frequency. The signal strength is time of day independent. The source must be something local. The signal is strongest by using the outside vertical. A short wire in the shack, close to the computers, has an appropriate attenuation of the interference for an inside antenna. Does anyone recognize the frequency? Next is DFing it. Knowing what I might be looking for may help. John KN5L From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:39 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: The Whole story! Message-ID: <1996Jan30.152840.18551@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <1996Jan28.190345.7890@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4eip9o$4qc$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> <1996Jan29.182636.14417@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 15:28:40 GMT Lines: 40 In article jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) writ es: >As treasurer of our local club, I have been asked to update my membership >database with the license class of each member. When I have finished, I >will post a summary here. As might be expected, most of our growth is in >the no-code Tech class. But last weekend, one of our 15-year-old members >passed the Extra theory exam, and completed all requirements for that >license. His friend and classmate has his General, and is studying toward >Advanced. These two young fellows provided some needed inspiration to our >club president and myself; we are working on Advanced and Extra, >respectively. Neither of us have any excuse, as the young guys were limited >in the amount of study time, due to homework from school. I have been >sitting on Advanced since 1968. > >We do have five students in our General license class, and other members are >studying for their upgrades independently. So, interest in CW and HF is not >dead here. Well, interest in advancing through the ranks is not dead. Whether that indicates a genuine interest in CW or whether it means CW is just another barrier to overcome in meeting a different motivation is a separate matter. It could be that they want to avoid the crap some higher class licensees have been heaping on them (or not). Maybe they want to get on the good HF phone frequencies, or operate HF digital. It's hard to say what their motivation is, but it needn't be an interest in CW per se (though of course it could be). In any event, it certainly isn't a bad thing for an amateur to be learning and advancing his skills. That's what he's supposed to do *continously* over his entire ham career. It seems a pity that so many think that learning must stop when the exams are passed. Just because you haven't bothered to gather in that Extra wallpaper, does that mean you haven't been learning and honing your skills since 1968? I hope not. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:40 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!saluki-news.wham.siu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!a23.gtnet.gov.uk From: anewgrosh.ra@gtnet.gov.uk (Amanda Newgrosh) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Radiocommunications Agency Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 16:07:54 GMT Organization: Radiocommunications Agency Lines: 8 Message-ID: <823018074.25954@a23.gtnet.gov.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: a23.gtnet.gov.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: a23.gtnet.gov.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Ever wanted to know about life, The Universe and Radio???? check out: http://www.open.gov.uk/radiocom/rahome.htm Amanda Newgrosh From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:42 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: A Dear KF4DDM letter Date: 30 Jan 1996 17:56:04 GMT Organization: Planet Access - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4elm3k$an4@jupiter.planet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan32.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.cb:26009 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97511 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32895 I realize that I have fallen to Drew's level of flaming and to all those who f requent these newsgroups, I apologize. When you have a target like Drew, it becomes very easy to be ensnared in his b lack hole of illogical though processes. Due to this I had forgotten 2 very important idioms that have guid ed me through life. They are... (1) Never argue with an idiot and (2) If you don't have something nice to say about someone, don't say it.. With this in mind..I will conclude this flaming with the druster and get on wi th the topics at hand. DREW...arguing with you is like arguinbg with an idiot.... and I have nothing more to say about that steve Onward and Upward Forward into the pastttttttttt From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:43 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!xpat.postech.ac.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!news.uoregon.edu!news.orst.edu!engr.orst.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!sling.demon.co.uk From: Piers Rochford Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: PARTS WANTED Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:41:42 GMT Organization: None Lines: 36 Message-ID: <844015485wnr@sling.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: piers@sling.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sling.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Tuesday, Jan 30, 1996 18.41.42 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!sling.demon.co.uk -- I am after the following part for some ex-pmr gear if anybody has the part or knows of a surplus supplier who may have the part please e-mail at the below address PART REQUIRED : For Philips PFX handheld (ex-pmr) the accessories plug which fixes on the side of the tx/rx for such facilities as external mic etc. MANY THANKS P. ------------------------- - - - 17:59 30/01/96 - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------- -o--oo--o--oo--o--oo--- piers@sling.demon.co.uk -000000000000000000000- ------------------------------- -000000000000000000000- -00000 MINE's 00000- -0000 A PINT OF 0000- -0000 BODDINGTONS 0000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- ----------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:44 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cyberspace.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.orst.edu!engr.orst.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!sling.demon.co.uk From: Piers Rochford Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: PARTS WANTED Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:43:59 GMT Organization: None Lines: 35 Message-ID: <765826249wnr@sling.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: piers@sling.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sling.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Tuesday, Jan 30, 1996 18.43.59 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!sling.demon.co.uk -- I am after the following part for some ex-pmr gear if anybody has the part or knows of a surplus supplier who may have the part please e-mail at the below address PART REQUIRED : For Philips PFX handheld (ex-pmr) the accessories plug which fixes on the side of the tx/rx for such facilities as external mic etc. MANY THANKS P. ------------------------- - - - 17:59 30/01/96 - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------- -o--oo--o--oo--o--oo--- piers@sling.demon.co.uk -000000000000000000000- ------------------------------- -000000000000000000000- -00000 MINE's 00000- -0000 A PINT OF 0000- -0000 BODDINGTONS 0000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- -000000000000000000000- ----------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:46 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!con-nntp-gw!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!zeus.ieee.org!usenet From: Vincent Biancomano Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 30 Jan 1996 18:49:37 GMT Organization: IEEE Service Center, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4elp81$6h7@zeus.ieee.org> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ejipc$rqm@zeus.ieee.org> <4el6h8$91c@hubcap.clemson.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nissan.mag.ieee.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97699 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32991 In response to Bill DuBroff: I have seen both cases: those pushing for no-code as well as no-theory, and a few pushing for both. Fred Maia, a VEC "giant," said at Dayton in 1989, "we have to make the (theory) exams easier so that women and children can pass them." It is thus incorrect to say that no one is pushing for easier theory requirements, and the progression that inevitably follows. The key for hams is to secure a restoring of code and/or theory exams (theory would have a higher priority, but both would be beneficial), before agreeing to easing requirements in any other direction. Otherwise, one comes to the inescapable (and correct) conclusion that there's a movement to ease requirements into the Service, period. Note carefully also there are others who are questioning the value of exams in general, right on this discussion group, so again, one cannot declare "no one is pushing for easier theory requirements." The problem with the eased requirement scenario is that it has yet to be shown that eased requirements would be beneficial to the Amateur Service. If Part 97.1 is to remain a viable component of the Amateur Service, easing of requirements does not fit in. If, on the other hand, ARRL and FCC wish to declare the new purpose and goals of the Amateur Service, it would be more professional of them to do it now, and get on with rebuilding a new Service. In that way, at least, no one operates under false pretenses. The new challenge then becomes justifying one's frequency allocations under the new rules of the game. Regards, Vince, WB2EZG From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:47 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!worldlinx.com!thunder.mgl.ca!granite.sentex.net!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: k1um@aol.com (K1UM) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ham radio license plates wanted Date: 30 Jan 1996 18:56:59 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4emb8b$ldk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: k1um@aol.com (K1UM) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Collector looking for ham radio license plates. Need NJ & KY to complete all states; Need SASK to complete all provinces. always looking for old or unusual plates or plates from different years... thanks & 73, Tom k1um@aol.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:48 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!newshub.cts.com!crash!digcir!ej.johnson From: ej.johnson@digcir.cts.com (Ej Johnson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Club Call signs (how?) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 19:05:00 GMT Message-ID: <960130160047258@digcir.cts.com> Organization: The Digital Circus BBS (619) 223-5348 Distribution: world Lines: 13 Can anyone tell me how to apply for a club Call? What forms do I need? Etc..Etc?? Thanks, N6oid EJ! --- * OLX 2.1 TD * "Not tonight baby.....I have a modem." From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:49 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.starlink.com!usenet From: Bill Funk Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.scanner.uk Subject: Re: R7100 Modification Date: 30 Jan 1996 19:11:30 GMT Organization: Star Link Internet Services Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4elqh2$p71@pegasus.starlink.com> References: <4ejqb8$6e5@news.ios.com> <4ek51g$chl@grouper.Exis.Net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm1-14.starlink.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: news.epix.net uk.radio.amateur:10553 rec.radio.shortwave:69651 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:18879 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24540 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97702 rec.radio.scanner:44980 alt.radio.scanner:27187 alt.radio.scanner.uk:2089 >> >>Locate jumper "A6" as illustrated in the owners manual. Above "A6" you'll se e a >>small ball of >>solder. Using solder wick, CAREFULLY remove the solder, exposing the split >>circular pad >>beneath. The space between the pads is very small so be sure to remove all t he >>solder. Reassemble >>the radio and you're done! >> >>Blackshadow >> > > Many thanks my friend who ever you are. I am curious to know who "Grove" is that >you mention. Could you comment on this? I am in the Two-way radio service b usiness >and have need of this blocked range of frequencies to monitor for interferenc e . I >thought for a while I was going to have to resort to a R9000 which is awfully >expensive. Again many thanks. I would like to hear from you here or on my E -Mail >chinkle@exis.net=> ===================================================================== Hmmm... If you can buy a new R9000 (since you are in a business that will allow you to do so), then you can get an un-restricted R-7100. Me, I'm lucky. I have an older R-7100, full coverage! (No, it's *not* for sale!!) :-) Bill Funk From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:50 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.scott.net!acara.snsnet.net!HiWAAY.net!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!news.uky.edu!news From: Wally@moor.slip.uky.edu (Walter R Francis) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: drew advocates tresspassing and vandalism Date: 30 Jan 1996 19:18:12 GMT Organization: The hand that uses the Amiga is the hand that rules the world. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <930.6603T657T1236@moor.slip.uky.edu> References: <4eidj5$kbq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4eihu8$gsh@jupiter.planet.net> <4ein1i$2d2q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: node-03-07.dialin.uky.edu X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* On 29-Jan-96 14:53:38, Drew Durigan tried to articulate: >For once, you are correct about something. We do seem to have a jammer >problem, and it's on our machine. The problem was particularily bad this >past weekend. In fact, it's quite a remarkable coincidence that you >should mention this...especially since the "jammer" maliciously >interfered with several of my transmissions and even spoke up to mention >my name and call me a "moron" on one occasion. Gee, Steve, you wouldn't >have anything to do with this, now would you? You have to admit, it's >quite an amazing coincidence. So not only do most readers of rec.radio.amateur.* think you're a moron, all the people in your hometown do as well? Good god man, engage your brain. If everything around you seems crazy, I'll *BET* the world isn't changing around you, quite the opposite. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:51 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!cv282 From: cv282@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Mistie Mullarkey) Subject: Re: Morse code Cry Babys!!! Message-ID: Sender: cv282@freenet3.carleton.ca (Mistie Mullarkey) Reply-To: cv282@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Mistie Mullarkey) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet References: <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com> <4ejft1$ktp@server.cntfl.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 20:13:51 GMT Lines: 19 Roger Books (books@rtssec1.dms.state.fl.us) writes: > (huge snip) > If you want to limit the pool why not limit it to those actually willing > to study and learn something useful? > > Roger > > They already "limit" the "pool" with the code. Those that don't want to learn code don't get their licence at that level. You say that code is outdated, but then again HF is outdated in some respects. -- ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º cv282@freeNET.carleton.CA º º purdon@ott.ve2sux.ampr.org º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:53 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.heurikon.com!uwvax!uchinews!news.luc.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!jlowman From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: The Whole story! Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <1996Jan28.190345.7890@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4eip9o$4qc$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> <1996Jan29.182636.14417@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <1996Jan30.152840.18551@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 21:19:12 GMT Lines: 33 Sender: jlowman@netcom6.netcom.com Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote: : In any event, it certainly isn't a bad thing for an amateur to be : learning and advancing his skills. That's what he's supposed to do : *continously* over his entire ham career. It seems a pity that so : many think that learning must stop when the exams are passed. Just : because you haven't bothered to gather in that Extra wallpaper, does : that mean you haven't been learning and honing your skills since 1968? : I hope not. Definitely not. I actually came by my formal education in electronics after 1968. Thanks to eight years in the Air Force, where I spent most of the first year in school 30 hours a week learning basic electronics and radar principles, then spending the next seven years maintaining and supervising the installation of air traffic control radar systems. All it would have taken was a quick trip over to New Orleans to the FCC office, plus a brush-up on the code and study of the license guide for the materials I didnt already know. I have no excuse for not having been an Extra for several years now. I am currently studying the ARRL Extra Class License Guide from cover to cover, even though a couple of the OT Extras at the local club have advocated just memorizing the test pool questions. Pride in being formerly involved in electronics technology just will not let me be a memorizer. The first time I saw an article critical of those who do not upgrade beyond the no-code ranks, it disturbed me. In 1966, there was not much going on above 30 mHz, but today there is a lot more to being a Tech than yakking on FM. But your point made me realize that the ham tradition encourages us to advance the state of the art, which implies advancing our own skills. Jim - KF6CR From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:54 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!news.aa.net!tsunami.ixa.net!news.ironhorse.com!sloth.swcp.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!a2i!olivea!spool.mu.edu!noc.nyx.net!hermes.cair.du.edu!mercury.cair.du.edu!not-for-mail From: awinterb@du.edu (Art Winterbauer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FTP site for NOSview? Date: 30 Jan 1996 22:25:36 -0700 Organization: University of Denver Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4emugg$8g6@mercury.cair.du.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.cair.du.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would like an FTP site for the latest version of NOSview. I tried ucsd.edu but it refused anonymous login. Tnx/73 de Art, N0OQS -- Art awinterb@du.edu OR awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:55 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!interactive.net!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.luc.edu!uchinews!ncar!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!fconvx.ncifcrf.gov!mack From: mack@ncifcrf.gov (Joe Mack) Subject: Re: Launching a balloon? What do I need? Message-ID: Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center References: <4e31r6$24qc@watt.oedison.com> <1996Jan23.181900.27148@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 22:26:19 GMT Lines: 30 In article <1996Jan23.181900.27148@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: >In article <4e31r6$24qc@watt.oedison.com> wagnerj@watt.oedison.com (John Wagn er) writes: >>Our local club is interested in a couple of balloon launch scenerios. >> >>1) We would like to put up a tethered weather balloon at Field Day. It >>would serve 2 purposes: It would carry a dual band radio to use as a remote >>base, and it would be tethered with wire, making it a beautiful 160 meter >>vertical. I'm interested in altitudes of between 2000 and 10000 ft. > >Pardon me, but this is dangerous as hell except in rather special >circumstances. In the first place, a tethered weather balloon will >lay almost horizontal in any wind. It won't just hover straight I've used a balloon tethered with wire for field day to make a 160 m antenna and it was a real bust. THe balloon was the biggest I could find (10' diam) and you have to go get the He to pump it up. Unless there was absolutely NO breeze at all the thing lay flat on the ground for most of the length of wire and this was the finest wire I could find. A 10' balloon has a lot of trouble holding up this length of wire, much less tethers as well - Ican't remember what we used for tethers. There's no way you could put an HT up there even. It sounded a great idea. I agree with everything Gary says. We hadn't thought about the thing getting loose and dragging across power lines. Joe NA3T mack@ncifcrf.gov From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:56 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news5.ner.bbnplanet.net!news.ner.bbnplanet.net!ileaf!news.iddis.com!news From: nick@dstar.iddis.com (Nick Zoda) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Icom service. Where? Date: 30 Jan 1996 23:29:07 GMT Organization: IDD Information Services Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4em9k3$c5m@iddss1.iddis.com> References: <199601241507.AA01396@adinet.analog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nick.dstar.iddis.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 In article <199601241507.AA01396@adinet.analog.com>, David.Bourque@analog.COM says... > >Can anyone point me to an authorized Icom Service center for me to send my Icom >736 for repair. Deaf receiver. It would be nice to find a place within the >New England region (so I can hand carry) but will ship it if needed. Thanks. >David Bourque WB1FLD >email: david.bourque@analog.com Look at www.icomamerica.com (www.oz.inet/icom/) for address and listing. They have a technical support mail address (tech@icomamerica.com). I was looking for a phone number for support, but only found the e-mail address. They answered my e-mail request within 20 minutes. - Nick Zoda From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:57 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: adell@planet.net (KF2TI - Steve) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "cronic problem cb users" Date: 31 Jan 1996 01:06:13 GMT Organization: Living Life thru Popular Science Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4emfa5$fq2@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4ehabi$1oc2@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan58.planet.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > > Try cutting the coax were it goes into the house and hope that the > >radio is close to the area and the coax is loose and run for all your > >worth. I know of someone who did this and smashed the radio all to heck > > > Why just HOPE that the radio will be smashed "all to heck?" Insure this > result will be achieved by tugging on the coax until said radio is pulled > up to where the coax goes into the wall/window. Then, simply let go and > listen for a loud crashing sound. Unless the coax has some sort of > strain relief on the other end, the poor little meathead is looking at > one messed-up radio. At the very least, it will have scratched the radio > and damaged whatever was sitting on top of it. If you're real lucky, the > radio will have fallen onto a cement floor and suffered damage to it's > insides. > > -Drew in Charlotte- > > >>>> From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:53:58 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: No Code = No Brain Date: 31 Jan 1996 02:23:33 GMT Organization: Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4emjr5$pmp@cc.iu.net> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ebuc6$fkn@news.mcn.net> <4eh4js$sls@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-32.iu.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97509 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32893 rec.radio.cb:26008 rec.radio.scanner:44700 In <4eh4js$sls@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, kc7gnm@primenet.com writes: >Modification of amateur radio equipment is not illegal. Modification of Citiz ens >Band Radios is illegal. >73 de KC7GNM >Greg The modification of cb gear isn't illegal..there were lots of cb rigs converte d to low power 10 m rigs after the cb bust in the last decade. in general the modification of equipment isn't were the illegality is. it's th e use of non-type accepted equipment where type acceptance is required. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:00 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!zippy.intcom.net!imci3!imci5!suck-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: kc5egg@ix.netcom.com(Gerald Schmitt ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: A Dear KF4DDM letter Date: 31 Jan 1996 04:05:52 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 44 Message-ID: <4empr0$9t0@reader2.ix.netcom.com> References: <4elm3k$an4@jupiter.planet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sfe-nm2-09.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Jan 30 8:05:52 PM PST 1996 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.cb:26023 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97556 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32918 In <4elm3k$an4@jupiter.planet.net> adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ writes: > >I realize that I have fallen to Drew's level of flaming and to all those who frequent these newsgroups, I apologize. > >When you have a target like Drew, it becomes very easy to be ensnared in his black hole of illogical though >processes. Due to this I had forgotten 2 very important idioms that have guided me through life. They are... > >(1) Never argue with an idiot and (2) If you don't have something nice to say about someone, don't say it.. > >With this in mind..I will conclude this flaming with the druster and get on with the topics at hand. > >DREW...arguing with you is like arguinbg with an idiot.... and I have nothing more to say about that > >steve > > >Onward and Upward Forward into the pastttttttttt Good on you Steve I agree there has been enough. I'm only sorry I didn't see this post before the shot I took at you this morning. Let's get some usefull discussion going here. The whole code anti-code has probably done more to drive away potential hams than anything else. In our area I regularly speak at Hamfests and Club meetings on satellites and technical issues. I admit I take pride in teaching guys who have been extras since there was such a thing. We all get along pretty well and with a few exceptions there is very little attention paid to what class of license anyone has. One of the fellows I work with is a Scout leader and I just got him to get his codeless tech he found an advanced who is father of one of the boys and the troop will be borrowing the local club station for the Jamboree on the Air this Fall. I hope we work your troop and foster a little good will for a change. 73 Jerry From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:01 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!news.emf.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!jbaltz From: jbaltz@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B Altzman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Morse code Cry Babys!!! Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.policy Date: 31 Jan 1996 05:04:55 GMT Organization: double ionizers association Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4emt9n$hui@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> References: <4eje93$oc0@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4el8g3$9qg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu In article <4el8g3$9qg@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, WA8ULX wrote: >Well Drew since you fell that CW is a waste of time for testing >purposes,then I assume that you would be in favor of a real theory test >for upgrading and I dont meen the Memorization Test that our being given >now. or is that to much to ask for. I can't speak for Drew, but I certainly would like to see a "real" theory test, although I'm not exactly sure what it would be. Please respect the Followup-to: line. //jbaltz jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 jbaltz@columbia.edu jbaltz@sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML (HEPNET) NEVIS::jbaltz From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:02 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!rain.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ky1tluck@aol.com (KY1T Luck) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Amsat Satelllite Contest, Should we have one? Date: 31 Jan 1996 05:48:43 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 21 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4enheb$ia6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4ek07i$qpi@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader I'd prefer to see AMSAT substantially beef up their awards program. There's a number of reasons why a short-term contest can't enjoy participation by the largest number of possible people. But the notion of chasing a particularly attractive piece of wallpaper (or plaque) can be aspired to by a far wider subset of satellite-capable radio amateurs. Besides, it's a longer term committment (from both AMSAT's and the membership's perspective) that I think is conducive to AMSAT's continued good health as an organization. ----------------------------------------------------- Byron (Luck) Hurder, KY1T KY1TLUCK@AOL.COM AX.25 - KY1T@N4GAA.CT 53 Broadview St. Newington Ct 06111 (860)666-4399 Amateur Radio TCP/IP address - KY1T%KY1T-2@gw.w1mx.ampr.org Web Page -- http://home.aol.com/KY1TLUCK Finally employed again Software Engineer/Database Administrator ------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:03 1996 From: jbaltz@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B Altzman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Math's notes: undiscovered 50 GHz + ? Date: 31 Jan 1996 06:48:09 GMT Organization: double ionizers association Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4en3b9$k5h@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> References: <4e6vvd$iil@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> <1996Jan25.144528.442@nad.com> <4eb1j0$1t4o@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <4elckr$7o2@mgate.arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!colossus.tia.net!news.imsweb.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!jbaltz In article <4elckr$7o2@mgate.arrl.org>, Zack Lau wrote: >Why can't the experts agree on what causes E-skip and accurately >predict the best weekends to hold 6 meter contests? Coherent scattering of RF off of nitrogen molecules. Next? >Zack KH6CP/1 //jbaltz jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 jbaltz@columbia.edu jbaltz@sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML (HEPNET) NEVIS::jbaltz From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:04 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.kth.se!tcs02.nada.kth.se!matsn From: matsn@tcs02.nada.kth.se (Mats Näslund) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL info: 9Y4H, BY7KQ/7 Date: 31 Jan 1996 08:39:47 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4en9sj$bg7@news.kth.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: tcs02.nada.kth.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Can someone help me with qsl-info for the following two stations, qso:ed during the 1995 CQ WW CW contest: BY7KQ/7 9Y4H Tnx in advance Mats, SM3LGO -------------------------------------------------------- Mats Naslund Dept of Numerical Analysis and Computing Science Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden email: matsn@nada.kth.se http://www.nada.kth.se/~matsn/ -------------------------------------------------------- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:05 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Subject: Re: Amsat Satelllite Contest, Should we have one? Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space Date: 31 Jan 1996 09:56:29 -0500 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4envut$bbb@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4ek07i$qpi@news.mcn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97534 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32907 rec.radio.amateur.space:6235 Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL (vfiscus@mcn.net) wrote: : Amsat is debating having a yearly contest on the satellites, something besid es : Field Day. : Should there be one? : 73 de KB7ADL No. The comments of others about satellite hogging should prevail. There are stations that have set up on packet to connect to MIR through the whole pass, every pass! Very unfortunate, but all we can do is minimize the temptations. Gerry K8EF From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:06 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!mrnews.mro.dec.com!est.enet.dec.com!randolph From: randolph@est.enet.dec.com (Tom Randolph) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Morse code Cry Babys!!! Date: 31 JAN 96 11:24:20 Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4eo5k0$8sl@mrnews.mro.dec.com> References: <4ej6fh$15qo@chnews.ch.intel.com> <4ejft1$ktp@server.cntfl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: improv.enet.dec.com In article <4ejft1$ktp@server.cntfl.com>, books@rtssec1.dms.state.fl.us (Roger Books) writes... >Now, as someone setting up to take the no-code technician test, what >kind of MORON came up with the current test setup? >If you want to limit the pool why not limit it to those actually willing >to study and learn something useful? Exactly. The current question pool system is a joke. This the the 90s, we have the technology, let's develop a test generator program. Let's generate a custo m test (and answer key) that can't be memorized for each applicant. Let's test knowledge, not memory. I agree that the morse code issue is only a matter of time. Once there was a need to know it for emergency comms, now that need is all but gone. This doesn't mean I think hams shouldn't learn it - there's a whole world of radio you'd miss out on if you didn't! ============================================================================== Tom Randolph N1OOQ NE-QRP 419 QRP-L 87 ARRL randolph@est.enet.dec.com ============================================================================== From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:07 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!snooze.ser.bbnplanet.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp2.cerf.net!news.claremont.edu!kaiwan.kaiwan.com!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!noc.nyx.net!nyx10.cs.du.edu!not-for-mail From: whester@nyx10.cs.du.edu (William R. Hester) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Finding power line noise source Date: 31 Jan 1996 13:10:18 -0700 Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4eoiba$c0j@nyx10.cs.du.edu> References: <4dgo6p$lnf@chnews.ch.intel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nyx10.nyx.net The interferrence could also be coming from a street light. Bill -- Bill Hester, Ham Radio N0LAJ, Denver CO., USA - N0LAJ@W0LJF.#NECO.CO.USA.NOAM Please route replies to: whester@nyx.cs.du.edu or uunet!nyx!whester Public Access Unix @ University of Denver, Denver Colorado USA (no official affiliation with the above university) From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:08 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!rain.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!nntp0.brunel.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: ee95ajm@brunel.ac.uk (Andrew John Murrell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: What ssb rig ???? Date: 31 Jan 1996 13:13:05 -0000 Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4enpt1$1kt@ccsp-26.brunel.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ccsp-26.brunel.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24396 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97567 uk.radio.amateur:10433 Hi, Now that my 2/70 hand held has just packed up I was thinking about getting a ssb rig. My first problem is what frequency to get (i'm only a B license (above 30 Mhz only), and the second is what rig ? I was hoping to maybe work some dx, so I was thinking about 6m, would I find much out there (my qth is 12 miles from Gatwick airport (in a valley :{ )). To get the most out of my signal (I can't use 2 much power as I live in a housing estate), I was thinking of using a beam, would this be the best bet ?? Sorry if these questions sound daft, but i've only ever used ssb at JOTA. Andy, g7ueh (before anyone suggests it, i am 'slowly' learning morse, but i need something to play with in the mean time !!!) email - ee95ajm@brunel.ac.uk From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:09 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com!news@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com From: John Lloyd KE4UTX Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: U.S. Islands Date: 31 Jan 1996 13:38:37 GMT Organization: IBM Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4enrct$1754@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: belize.raleigh.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12 (X11; I; AIX 2) X-URL: news:rec.radio.amateur.misc Hello, I'm trying to find a list of U.S. Islands for the islands award program. Does anyone know if one is available on the Web? 73 John KE4UTX -- John Lloyd Email - jlloyd@raleigh.ibm.com Phone - 919-254-8021 Radio - --... ...-- -.. . -.- . ....- ..- - -..- From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:12 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.frontiernet.net!Empire.Net!news.net99.net!newshost.cyberramp.net!news.consultix.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: <72527.01012@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Clegg FM-27B and Regency radios Date: 31 Jan 1996 13:53:48 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4ens9c$89e@dub-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hd77-002.compuserve.com Content-Type: text/plain Keywords: regency clegg hr-6 hr-2 Content-length: 1788 X-Newsreader: AIR Mosaic (16-bit) version 4.00.08.32 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.swap:56491 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24412 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97577 >I'd like to echo Gary's sentiments. I too had a FM-27B, and what he >says is correct, though technically it didn't have a VFO, rather it >had multiple VXOs. The only dirtier rig I've owned was the Regency HR-2. >And at least it didn't drift, the Clegg did. It was certainly a novel >radio for its time, but not something I'd want to put back on the air >today. Hi all! I have also owned the Clegg FM-27B and reflect the same problems with its spurious output. I also had severe intermod and overload promlems on receive, as well. It was a novelty radio to own, though, in a day when most radios were crystal controlled and had only 6 to 12 channels. If I remember correctly, the Clegg also was one of the few that put out a full 25 watts in a day when 10 watts was the norm for most rigs. As far as the Regency, I have never owned an HR-2, but I still own an HR-6, 6 meter rig. Those radios have the most un-stable transmitter I have ever seen. You can keep the spurs down if you tune the transmitter on the frequency you intend to use most, into the antenna you will be using. Don't change frequencies, though, because you will throw spurs all over the band! I operate on 52.525 Mhz with this radio, and if my mobile antenna gets wet, causing the SWR to rise, The transmitter goes nuts and I start to bring up a repeater that has its input on 51.80, almost 2 miles away! Now thats a sloppy transmitter!!! I would like to see more stories relating to the classic radios going back to the days when repeaters were just becoming popular----back in the days when you were lucky to have 10 watts, a Ringo, and 6 channels. It would be much better reading than all of the mud that is being slung back and forth on this newsgroup! 73 de WA3RVT, Steve From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:13 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnews.wa.com!uw-coco!uw-beaver!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mtu.edu!msunews!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!news-mail-gateway From: taylor@tix.timeplex.COM (Seth Taylor) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RFI telephone parts Date: 31 Jan 96 15:00:21 GMT Organization: ucsd usenet gateway Lines: 9 Message-ID: <9601311455.AA00729@tix.timeplex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu I want to modify my own telephone for RFI proofing. The BeLL System practice 500-150-100 covers fixing 500 and 2500 telsets for RFI. They recommend replacing the internal network of the phone with a 425J. Does anyone have a source for this part or have a way of getting the component values for the resistors that are added in the circuit of the standard 425 network ? I don't wana spend 80 bucks for a modified phone when all it takes is a few simple mods to do the job. Seth KC2WE From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:14 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!imci5!suck-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.radio.org!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: interference question Message-ID: <1996Jan31.154111.24160@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4em0vk$9g6@orion.convex.com> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:41:11 GMT Lines: 40 In article <4em0vk$9g6@orion.convex.com> jco@convex.com (John C. Oppenheimer) writes: > >I am looking for interference that I have on 20M. I have a carrier >every 65.646 KHz. This one HZ number is the result of averaging many >measurements. > >The signal is receiver independent, found on both an IC-738 and >SB-101. > >The signal is strongest on 20M, S-9, but I can find it, though very >faint, on 40M. > >The signal is a clean CW carrier and seems to be very stable in >frequency. > >The signal strength is time of day independent. The source must be >something local. > >The signal is strongest by using the outside vertical. A short wire >in the shack, close to the computers, has an appropriate attenuation >of the interference for an inside antenna. > >Does anyone recognize the frequency? > >Next is DFing it. Knowing what I might be looking for may help. I think this may be a "fenceless fence", John. Do any of your neighbors have dogs? These devices use a buried perimeter wire excited by a signal in the 60 kHz range. The dog wears a collar that gives him a shock if he approaches the wire too closely. What you're hearing is probably harmonics from this. Your IC-738 should be able to tune this range directly, have a listen. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:16 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!chewy.vcx.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.exodus.net!news.inetnebr.com!falcon!mbrinkho From: mbrinkho@falcon.inetnebr.com (Matt C. Brinkhoff) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: FT 767 Extended Rx/tx Mods Anyone ? Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 31 Jan 1996 17:05:06 GMT Organization: Internet Nebraska Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4eo7g2$a0f@duck.inetnebr.com> References: <310D5203.435B@myserver.mylocation> NNTP-Posting-Host: falcon.inetnebr.com NNTP-Posting-User: mbrinkho X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:24484 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97636 micio (myaddress@myserver.mylocation) wrote: : I got a Yaesu FT 767 GX, with 144 Mhz unit. It's a good rig, expecially for : The 2m unit works till 145.999. : My question is: how to extend till 147.999 ? : The same problem is on the other unit (430 Mhz)! There is a "mod" to take care of your 2M problem on the QRZ ftp site. After a reset, the 2M module defaults to that Japanese 2M band (144-146MHz). To reset it to US 2M, you have to turn the backup switch off and hold down the "2" key on the keypad while turning the rig on. The 430 module only supports 430-440, if you want to use the upper half of 70cm, you have to replace the module with the 440-450 one. : It's also possible to extend TX capabilities ? There is a switch you can flip inside the rig to make it xmit pretty much anywhere on HF. Again, the actual mod is on the QRZ site. Incidentally, I'm looking for a 6M module for my 767, if anyone has one they'd like to part with. -- Matt C. Brinkhoff, KB0RXC mbrinkho@inetnebr.com Lincoln, Nebraska [EN10] From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:17 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLX004 Nick Marshall, W6OLO, SK Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 31 Jan 1996 17:26:58 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 26 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlx004.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10763 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97559 SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX004 ARLX004 Nick Marshall, W6OLO, SK ZCZC AX50 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 4 ARLX004 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 31, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX004 ARLX004 Nick Marshall, W6OLO, SK Nick Marshall, W6OLO, a pioneer in the amateur satellite world and one of the founders of Project OSCAR 35 years ago has died. He was 81. At the time of his death, Marshall was serving as the president of Project Oscar. Services were held January 28 in Sebastapol, California, where Nick lived. AMSAT President Bill Tynan, W3XO, who had known Nick for almost 30 years, called him an inspiration to early AMSAT enthusiasts. Bill added that if Nick's dream of an Amateur Radio transponder on the Moon could ever be realized, it should carry the call sign W6OLO. NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:18 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!usenet From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLB008 FCC affirms 219-220 MHz Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc Date: 31 Jan 1996 17:27:03 -0500 Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 40 Sender: root@mgate.arrl.org Approved: mtracy@arrl.org Message-ID: <$arlb008.1996@arrl.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mgate.arrl.org Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.info:10764 rec.radio.amateur.misc:97560 SB QST @ ARL $ARLB008 ARLB008 FCC affirms 219-220 MHz ZCZC AG87 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 8 ARLB008 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 31, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB008 ARLB008 FCC affirms 219-220 MHz The FCC has affirmed the secondary allocation of 219-220 MHz for Amateur Radio. The action, for the most part, denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Orion Telecom, an Automated Maritime Telecommunications System licensee. Orion had argued to rescind the decision to allocate 219-220 MHz to ham radio saying the 50-mile exclusion distance between AMTS and amateur operations was insufficient to protect primary AMTS operations from harmful interference. Orion asserted that a 575-mile exclusion distance was necessary, which would have precluded Amateur Radio operation in many areas. AMTS coast stations use 219-220 MHz to receive, and 217-218 MHz to transmit. The FCC did agree with Orion's concern that the amateur rules do not adequately specify the frequency range of AMTS operations. The FCC amended its rules to specifically call attention to the fact that one must look at 217-218 MHz assignments to know what AMTS coast stations are operating in a given area. ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ, says the League is pleased that the FCC reaffirmed its commitment to provide some relief to the Amateur Service at 219-220 MHz to offset the loss of access to 220-222 MHz. He says the ARRL has a procedure in place to ensure that amateurs planning to use 219-220 MHz are aware of their obligations to avoid harmful interference to other services. NNNN /EX From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:20 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!usenet From: billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: No Theory...was Re: No Code = No Brain Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:30:14 GMT Organization: Planet Access Networks - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 76 Message-ID: <4eo8u2$rg@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4da7b5$3k4@jupiter.planet.net> <4dhtig$5pl@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> <4dlpu3$4u5@abyss.West.Sun.COM> <4dn0rk$179@unet.net.com> <4e594v$437@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> <4ejipc$rqm@zeus.ieee.org> <4el6h8$91c@hubcap.clemson.edu> <4elp81$6h7@zeus.ieee.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: stan17.planet.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: news.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.misc:97546 rec.radio.amateur.policy:32910 Vincent Biancomano wrote: >In response to Bill DuBroff: >I have seen both cases: those pushing for no-code as well >as no-theory, and a few pushing for both. Fred Maia, a VEC >"giant," said at Dayton in 1989, "we have to make the (theory) >exams easier so that women and children can pass them." It is >thus incorrect to say that no one is pushing for easier theory >requirements, and the progression that inevitably follows. Well if that is the sum and substance of those pushing lower theory testing, then your assertions in this venue that put an implied equal weight on it are totally off the mark. For the sake of this discussion, I think it is safe to say that NO ONE has suggested in this USENET arena that we should lower or eliminate theory testing. Additionally, even if you can point to one or two individuals that have, you know very well that it is an extreme minority viewpoint that isn't shared by the vast majority of hams on either side of the code/no code issue. >The key for hams is to secure a restoring of code and/or >theory exams (theory would have a higher priority, but both >would be beneficial), before agreeing to easing requirements >in any other direction. Restoring what code exams? Are you now saying the no code tech license should be eliminated? > Otherwise, one comes to the >inescapable (and correct) conclusion that there's a movement >to ease requirements into the Service, period. Note carefully >also there are others who are questioning the value of exams >in general, right on this discussion group, so again, one >cannot declare "no one is pushing for easier theory >requirements." Who and how often? I restate my comments above. >The problem with the eased requirement scenario is that it >has yet to be shown that eased requirements would be >beneficial to the Amateur Service. This is only an issue if there is any movement to ease requirements (other than the CW). Otherwise, this is just a diversion on your part from the basic question of code/slow code/no code debate. > If Part 97.1 is to >remain a viable component of the Amateur Service, >easing of requirements does not fit in. Changing requirements does not need to simply translate into easing requirments. > If, on the other >hand, ARRL and FCC wish to declare the new purpose and goals >of the Amateur Service, it would be more professional of >them to do it now, and get on with rebuilding a new Service. No one in this newsgroup seems to be suggesting this as a possibility other than yourself. The sky is not falling. >In that way, at least, no one operates under false pretenses. >The new challenge then becomes justifying one's frequency >allocations under the new rules of the game. Or it isn't an issue if none of the above is true, which is exactly what I'll assert here. Bill Sohl K2UNK ARRL Local Gov't Liason, Mt. Olive Township, NJ From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:21 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.localnet.com!ub!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!jlowman From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: To QSL or not to QSL, that is the question! Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4dkfdj$inc@cc.iu.net> <4e0975$gfm@nw001.infi.net> <4e2lbo$ail@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <4e9jai$nao@crcnis3.unl.edu> <4eaun4$kd6@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> <1996Jan26.180933.12550@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:35:19 GMT Lines: 41 Sender: jlowman@netcom16.netcom.com Richard Barnaby (barnaby@world.std.com) wrote: : To QSL or not to QSL, that is the Question : Perhaps we need a way to designate our QSL strategy via a code. : These days QSL has become (in common usage) a synonym for "R"oger as : in "QSL the five by nine". (At least it seems that way to me) First of all, in an earlier reply, I made the mistake of using QSL card in the same sentence as junk mail. This is definitely not a good analogy. I always did enjoy swapping QSL cards, no matter if it was my 10th NY or CA QSO. I therefore retract the statement, with apologies to the group. It's enlightening to see the changes over the 30 years that I have been a ham. Back then, as I recall, it was the custom to discuss QSL/not to QSL near the end of the QSO. I did, occasionally, run into someone who didn't play the game, so I didn't waste my time or money or card. Unless customs have changed in 30 years, I still advocate this approach. That way, there are no bad feelings or unfulfilled expectations. Also, back 30 years, the "QSL is the final courtesy of a QSO" expression was the rule. As far as courtesy in general, things have definitely changed over the years. Also, most of the domestic hams I worked didn't bother with a first-class stamp and envelope, much less a SASE; they simply stuck a postcard stamp on the card. I always did enjoy getting cards in an envelope, though, because they usually took less of a beating in the mail, and didn't have any postal cancellation marks on them. I have no strong feelings on this issue, and can appreciate the views expressed by both sides, to a point. If we play the game as some advocate today, it can amount to 64 cents/QSL card. I don't know many hams who are wealthy. Let's says you received those hypothetical 100 cards as a result of participating in a contect. That's 64 bucks, folks, 32 if you are on the receiving end of an unsolicited cards! I have heard it said in general, that some people had stopped sending even Christmas cards, or cut down their lists, several postal increases ago. I think due consideration needs to be given to the fact that times are hard for some, and many hams are operating their stations on a tight budget. Just one ham's opinion, FWIW. 73 de Jim - KF6CR From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:23 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!portal.gmu.edu!mason2.gmu.edu!cshelton From: cshelton@mason2.gmu.edu (Carroll J Shelton) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ICOM IC720/720A Mods Date: 31 Jan 1996 18:25:46 GMT Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4eoc7a$cf9@portal.gmu.edu> References: <823171608_OASIS_@g6tsf.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mason2.gmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Paul Shayler (paul@g6tsf.demon.co.uk) wrote: : Hello, I have a couple friends who own ICOM IC-720A HF trxs Does anyone : have any info on modifications or any other interesting info about this : trx? Jan 96 QST had a tech letter on a mod to the rotary relay to reduce the LOUD Clack-clack-CLACK a 720A makes when switching bands. Haven't tried this on mine yet but intend to. Same letter also noted that ICOM has discontinued this relay as a replacement part. Being mechanical, it is the item that most often goes on a 720A. So when it goes, so does the radio . . . Jeff Shelton/KS4TL From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:24 1996 Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.swap Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!not-for-mail From: dconti@carroll.com (Daniel M. Conti) Subject: AOR AR8000 hand held.....full 800 coverage, MINT..for sale... 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From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:25 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!news.emf.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!n1ist From: n1ist@netcom.com (Michael L. Ardai) Subject: Re: To QSL or not to QSL, that is the question! Message-ID: Organization: Utopia Planetia Shipyards - Mars References: <1996Jan26.180933.12550@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 18:42:12 GMT Lines: 27 Sender: n1ist@netcom5.netcom.com In article jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) writ es: -Richard Barnaby (barnaby@world.std.com) wrote: -: To QSL or not to QSL, that is the Question ... -If we play the game as some advocate -today, it can amount to 64 cents/QSL card. I don't know many hams who are -wealthy. Let's says you received those hypothetical 100 cards as a result -of participating in a contect. That's 64 bucks, folks, 32 if you are on the -receiving end of an unsolicited cards! I thought this discussion was about handling QSLs that you receive. Obviously, whether you originate a card should be your own choice. The big issue is what to do with unsolicited cards you receive. If I want a QSL returned, I always send a SASE (or SAE/Green Stamp) with it (except some DX thru the buro, and I usually hand-deliver to local club members and they do the same in return). Looks like I have about 75 cases where cards and SASEs have been sent out to US hams who haven't even taken the trouble to respond. These includes contesters, and even some of the NASA Apollo 11 special event stations. The only one in the list who I feel has a valid excuse is W1TMO, who is unfortunately a Silent Key. /mike -- \|/ Michael L. Ardai N1IST -*- ---------------------------------- /|\ n1ist@netcom.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:26 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.netnet.net!en.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!news.service.uci.edu!ttinews!avatar!sorgatz From: sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (Erik K.Sorgatz) Subject: ITU non-signatory countries & QRM on ham bands Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ttinews.tti.com Nntp-Posting-Host: avatar Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 19:28:42 GMT Lines: 24 Is there a chance in hell that the Amateur's of the World might exert sufficient influence (economically, politically or via the UN) to stop the broadcast industry's qrm? Specifically, I refer to the obvious offenders: Japan on 160m, Korea on 80 & 40m, People's Republic of China on 20 & 15m and the whole lesser arcana of countries that allow it's broadcasters to use frequencies that are nominally allocated to Amateur operations. (Anyone got a complete list of the ITU non-sigs? Maybe I should write them and ask for a list to post here for reference?) Let us begin with Japan's station that usually sits at 1812 KHz...WHY is it still there? Would the government of Japan be interested in a ONE MONTH boycott of all Japanese products by hams to show support in wanting simple compliance with the ITU bandplan?? Something to think about... ..as you listen to the war zone on 40m! sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (or:es@soldev.tti.com) KB6LUY (private email:eks@westwo rld.com) TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 "ANY COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS MADE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CITICORP, ITS SU BSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES." (Copyright 1995, ARR-permission to store/archive hereby grante d) From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:27 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!pendragon!ames!waikato!news.massey.ac.nz!sysadmin From: PsyTech@massey.ac.nz (Malcolm Loudon) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RF CAD/Ham FTP sites Date: 31 Jan 1996 19:35:00 GMT Organization: Massey University Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4eog94$htv@cc-server9.massey.ac.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: ps-pc64.massey.ac.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Hi, I am looking for FTP/WWW sites that carry RF CAD utilities. For example software to calculate matching networks, microstrip parameters, that type of thing. I have tried From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:28 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: "William M. Bickley" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: NIR-10 Upgrade....Worthwhile???? Date: 31 Jan 1996 20:02:31 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4eohsn$mf7@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: <96013150601@microserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-prn1-05.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 31 12:02:31 PM PST 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) Bob.Horvath@Microserve.com (Bob Horvath) wrote: >Is the Version 4.0 upgrade to the NIR-10 worth getting? > Well, the price is right, and the work is near-zero. Now, to answer your question... Personally, I think the previous version did a better job. Whatever, advice you get, if you do choose to upgrade, save the old chips. You may end up swapping them back in. I didn't, and now I'm sorry. Bill KF2ON From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:29 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.ids.net!anomaly.ideamation.com!anomaly.ideamation.com!not-for-mail From: kd1nr@anomaly.ideamation.com (Tony Pelliccio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: A Dear KF4DDM letter Date: 31 Jan 1996 21:32:06 -0500 Organization: Ideamation, Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4ep8n6$gk9@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4elm3k$an4@jupiter.planet.net> <4emuol$ve6@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anomaly.ideamation.com In article <4emuol$ve6@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>, Drew Durigan wrote: >>DREW...arguing with you is like arguinbg with an idiot.... and I have >nothing more to say about that > >You have typing skills like this...and I'M supposed to be the idiot? > Nah, just a nitpicker. Tony -- == Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR == As offensive as I wanna be. == kd1nr@anomaly.ideamation.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:30 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!hilbert.dnai.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.eng.convex.com!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.ualr.edu!athena.ualr.edu!pjgraziani From: pjgraziani@ualr.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Special Event 11 Feb 96 Date: 31 Jan 96 21:54:41 CST Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock Lines: 36 Message-ID: <1996Jan31.215441@ualr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: athena.ualr.edu w ****** St. Valentine's Special Event ****** Note: Please disregard any prior information on this event unless you read it in QST. The Metropolitan Amateur Radio Club Inc. will sponsor its 5th St. Valentine's special event station on Sunday February 11, 1996 at Romance, Arkansas. Operations begin at 1500 utc through 2200utc. Operation will be on ssb and cw in the general portions of the 20 and 40 meter bands. Station call will be N5RLJ (Phonetics-- Nuptial 5 Romeo Loves Juliet). For a commemorative QSL; Send SASE to address listed in QST or c/o Metropolitan Amateur Radio Club P. O. Box 1793 North Little Rock, Ar 72115 Hope to work you on the 11th. Happy Valentine's and 73, Paul Graziani WD5BIV packet wd5biv@kk5aa.#cenar.ar.usa.noam internet pjgraziani@ualr.edu  From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:31 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hideout.emanon.net!alpha.sky.net!winternet.com!visi.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news.net99.net!news.cyberg8t.com!host21.cyberg8t.com!user From: wb6siv@cyberg8t.com (Raymond Sarrio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: <> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 22:58:04 -0800 Organization: Raymond Sarrio Co. Lines: 24 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: host21.cyberg8t.com The Raymond Sarrio Company¹s Ham Radio WWW site is proud to announce a FREE Ham Radio classified advertising page at http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html. This new classified page will allow Hams to find equipement with the help of a search engine--no need to scroll through 100¹s of listing before you find that special piece of gear. Plus, when you find the gear you'er interested in, you are also provided with easy point-and-click e-mail access, directly to the Ham that listed the item. For those Hams with gear to sell, take note! there is NO charge to list your equipment within Ham Classifieds, and there will be no posting time delays. Your posting(s) will go on-line in our classified search engine in about 1 hour. All you need do is fill out a simple forms page, and upon its (point-and-click) submission your ³For Sale² classified is immediately on-line. I will be purging the classified listings initially, about once every month, but that timeline will shorten as our classified numbers grow. Give it a try, and let me know how you like it (we are still beta testing) 73¹s Ray -- The Raymond Sarrio Co. a full feature Ham Radio Storefront on tth WWW at http: //www.csz.com/sarrio in association with Brillar Enterprises http://win-win.co m/brillar an Extensive Discount CD-Rom Catalog! From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:32 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.inc.net!imci3!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!world!mv!wd1v.mv.com!user From: john@wd1v.mv.com (John Seney) Subject: Mac/Ham Users Group Message-ID: Organization: MV Communications, Inc. Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 23:21:05 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: wd1v.mv.com Lines: 52 "Macnet Roster" (ver. 730) has just been updated and is now a stand-alone application! The version number = the number of hams using Macs. "Macnet Roster" lists: o CALL SIGN @ HOME PBBS o FULL NAME o ADDRESS o CITY, STATE, ZIP o INTERNET ADDRESS o MACS USED o RADIOS USED o SOFTWARE USED o PASSIONS o COMMENTS of every known amateur radio operator in the world that uses a Mac computer. You can use "Macnet Roster" to find other Mac users that you can then communicate with directly. Compare notes on software, applications, ideas, hints and kinks, and make new ham friends that use the same computer you do. (You already know how cool you are - imagine accessing "the rest of us"!) If you'd like the latest "Macnet Roster": Send me a formatted disk in a self addressed and stamped disk mailer that is in a large envelope clearly marked "ROSTER". Or connect to my home page via the WWW http://www.mv.com/ipusers/wd1v Put YOUR INFO (via EMAIL or disk using TEACH TEXT) if you'd like to be include d in the "Macnet Roster" or send an update to your stats to me via pkt or email anytime. 73, Check out my Home Page for: € Digital Storage Scope.FAQ € Amateur Radio On-Line/Off-Line Tests € Macnet Software FTPs John D. Seney € € € € john@wd1v.mv.com 144 Pepperidge Drive € € € € www http://www.mv.com/ipusers/wd1v Manchester, NH 03103-6150 € € € € 5956779@skymail.com (40 character pagi ng) wd1v@wb1dsw.nh.usa.noam € € € € 603-533-3472 (car w/vm & page) € LeCroy Sales Engineer € Applications/Sales/Customer Service € 800-553-2769 € From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:33 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: CXWB11A@prodigy.com (Hugh Carson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Bermuda Repeater Date: 31 Jan 1996 23:21:57 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 8 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4eotil$14v2@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap6.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Is there a 2-meter repeater in Bermuda?? Frequency??? Thanks. - HUGH CARSON CXWB11A@prodigy.com From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:34 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.frontiernet.net!Empire.Net!news.net99.net!news.igc.net!news.zynet.com!ez0!pagesat.net!netserv.com!aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!sloth.swcp.com!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!lynx.unm.edu!cobra.unm.edu!BOARDMAN From: boardman@cobra.unm.edu (Bob Boardman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Propagation N.M. to Baja ???? Date: 31 Jan 1996 23:41:05 GMT Organization: UNM Cancer Research & Treatment Center Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4eoumh$85@lynx.unm.edu> Reply-To: boardman@cobra.unm.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: cobra.unm.edu A old friend of mine will shortly be sailing south from San Diego along the west coast of Baja California. He has an old 35w rig on his sailboat, but it only covers 80,40,and 20 meters. I just got my tech+ license and I'm in the process of getting my HF rig on the air. We wanted to set up a schedule to try to contact each other, but I don't know enough about propagation to know which bands and times would be the best to try. I'm in Albuquerque, N.M., so the distances will range from 700 miles to 1200-1300 miles as he heads south. After looking at some propagation charts, it seems like 40 meters in the evening might be our best bet. Does anyone having more experience in this area have any other suggestions as to frequencies and times that might work better? TIA & 73, -Bob =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- = | Bob Boardman, Albuquerque, New Mexico - NRA LIFE,NMSSA,Zia Rifle&Pistol Club | | PGP 2.6.2 public key available | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- = From lwbyppp@epix.net Mon Feb 05 21:54:35 1996 Path: news.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!braintree!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!DIALix!brisbane.DIALix.oz.au!not-for-mail From: mkelly@brisbane.DIALix.oz.au (Murray Kelly) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Operating in Australia Date: 31 Jan 1996 23:46:02 +1000 Organization: DIALix Services, Brisbane, Australia. Lines: 26 Sender: mkelly@brisbane.DIALix.oz.au Message-ID: <4enrqq$djv$1@brisbane.DIALix.oz.au> References: <4ee7mk$17p9@ns3-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: mkelly@brisbane.dialix.oz.au pef2@Lehigh.EDU writes: >Hello to all. I was hoping someone out there can tell me how and what to >obtain to operate in Australia. I will be spending 5 1/2 months there and >have just now decided that there is some room for ham gear and some time to >operate between classes. Any and all inforation would be GREATLY appreciated . >Thanks... > Pete Fahringer, KA3ROG > Email- PEF2@lehigh.edu > Tel.#- (610) 758-0194 > HTTP://www.lehigh.edu/~pef2/pef2.html > Burn Calories Not Gasoline It's pretty straight forward. Bring your current (valid) certificate and present yourself to the local (nearest) Dept of Transport & Communication (DoTC). Takes about half an hour. You will likely get to chose your call from the unallocated listings. Cost - gulp - is much more than you pay at home. Currently AU$51. US$38. Have a nice stay. Murray Kelly. VK4AOK.