Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 04:30:20 PDT From: Ham-Digital Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Digital-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Digital@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Digital Digest V94 #250 To: Ham-Digital Ham-Digital Digest Mon, 25 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 250 Today's Topics: HEATHKIT radio clock and Linux? (2 msgs) KAM and Kenwood TH-77A Kam Windows program ? Milwaukee area packet BBS's? Packet Ragchews on HF xNOS for FreeBSD?? (2 msgs) Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Digital Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-digital". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 1994 07:56:23 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!rnzll3!sys3.pe1chl!rob@network.ucsd.edu Subject: HEATHKIT radio clock and Linux? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu In <1994Jul22.005603.6777@madnix.uucp> zaphod@madnix.uucp (Ron Bean) writes: > In the case of WWVB (60KHz) and DCF77 (77.5KHz), the carrier >is simply turned off and on once per second, there is no audio. >Since it is a 'longwave' signal, it propigates along the ground >and is not subject to atmospheric conditions. Broadcast power at >WWVB is 13Kw. > > The data format for WWVB is different from both WWV and DCF77. >The cheapest receiver I've found for WWVB costs about $700, even >though it should be easier to receive and demodulate than WWV. If WWVB is really similar to DCF77 (I don't know WWVB) that price is ridiculous. Receivers for DCF77 can be bought for less than $100. Rob -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rob Janssen | AMPRnet: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org | | e-mail: pe1chl@rabo.nl | AX.25 BBS: PE1CHL@PI8UTR.#UTR.NLD.EU | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jul 1994 07:17:39 +0200 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!ruhr.de!smallo.ruhr.de!xivic.bo.open.de!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: HEATHKIT radio clock and Linux? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu In <1994Jul22.005603.6777@madnix.uucp> zaphod@madnix.uucp (Ron Bean) writes: > The data format for WWVB is different from both WWV and DCF77. >The cheapest receiver I've found for WWVB costs about $700, even >though it should be easier to receive and demodulate than WWV. $700 is a ridiculous price. I got a DCF77 receiver for less than DM 60 (about $ 40), and it had DOS/Windows software with it. I'm using it now under Linux. -- Wolfgang Schelongowski ws@xivic.bo.open.de "Actually, it's not a rule," said Ridcully. "It's more a guideline." -- Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jul 1994 18:00 CDT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!elroy.uh.edu!st3qi@network.ucsd.edu Subject: KAM and Kenwood TH-77A To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu Has anyone had any luck interfacing a KAM with a Kenwood TH-77A hand held? I'm running into some problems and maybe you can share you experience with me. Let me know at st3qi@jetson.uh.edu. Thanks es 73. -- Brad A. Killebrew N5LJV, EMT-B | Student of Computer Engr Technology President, University of Houston ARC | University of Houston, Texas Internet: st3qi@jetson.uh.edu | U of H Amateur Radio Club WB5FND AmprNet : n5ljv@sugarland.ampr.org | uharc@post-office.uh.edu Paket : n5ljv@f6cnb.#setx.tx.usa.na | 713-743-4070 Fax 713-743-4032 AT&Tnet : 713-852-8523 Fax 852-2630 | Box 85-T2, 4800 Calhoun, 77204-4083 ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jul 1994 21:45:06 -0400 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.ans.net!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Kam Windows program ? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu In article , mike711@netcom.com (Michael S. Wells) writes: I do not know of anything specifically written for windows but I use kagold with my kamplus and it will run from windows. Comes with a pif file and several icons. Also a tutorial on installing in in windows. It is also a very good program. The best in my opinion. 73 de Dave KD6TO ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jul 94 23:11:34 -0500 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Milwaukee area packet BBS's? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu I am new to the Milwaukee area and am looking for something to connect to. I have heard several packet bursts, but apparently am too far to connect with them. If anyone knows of any packet BBS's (primarily in Waukesha county) please pass the info on to me. Thanks in advance, Tim Kallio - KD4WBZ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jul 1994 15:55:20 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!rogjd@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Packet Ragchews on HF To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu John Hunley (hunley@mti.com) wrote: : I'm relatively new to packet, so pardon the "newbieism" of this : question, but I'm stumped: : I have a nice HF packet setup: a Yaesu FT-890AT driving a Cushcraft : R7, talking to a KAM-Plus. I hear lots of packet-sounding stuff on : HF, but when I tune to it, the KAM seems to decode mostly RR packets, : with a few C and DM packets. The very rare I packet seems to contain : ASCII garbage, like two BBSs exchanging binary files or something. : When I try to connect to one of these stations, I either get no : connection at all, a connect followed by an immediate disconnect, : or a message to the effect that "only members are allowed on this : node." I have yet to make my first successful QSO using packet. : Now if I want to talk to a BBS, I don't need to use a radio for : that. There are plenty of BBSs within a local phone call of my : house. I was kinda hoping to make the same kind of QSOs using packet : that I was making using CW or voice. : Is there something I'm doing fundamentally wrong, or is there no good : old "CQ CQ CQ - Tnx fer call OM, name is John..." type activity on : HF? Are there certain subbands where the ragchewers and DXers go, : that I just haven't found yet? I know that most packet is on VHF, : but I don't have a VHF rig, and even if I did, I don't particularly : want to limit my QSOs to stations within a 10-mile radius (yes, I've : heard of digipeaters). : -- : John Hunley, KN6XZ Hi John! You will find, I think, that there is very little ragchewing done on HF Packet. Mainly, HF packet is automated forwarding, leavened with a few BBSs. The bottom line is that AX.25 is ill-suited for HF. Don't dispair though! Lots of ragchewing on amtor, pactor, and rtty on HF. Primary bands for amtor/pactor are 14/7.065-14/7.085. Rtty: 14.080-14.090, 7.065-7.080. All freqs are approximate. With your setup, you should have no trouble at all. In fact, since we are locals, feel free to give me a landline (I'm good in the phonebook and callbook) and set up a sked on 40 meter amtor or pactor if you like. The band condx have been rotten lately, so don't dispair if it's kind off tough getting a qso going. Things will improve. Incidentally, I'm running a similar setup to yours: Kenwood TS850S/AT, R-5 (20-10) dipole (40) PK-232MBX TNC. 73 -- rogjd@netcom.com Glendale, CA AB6WR ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jul 1994 15:51:16 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!blkbox.COM!perry@network.ucsd.edu Subject: xNOS for FreeBSD?? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu I was wondering if anybody out there has done a port on any of the various NOS packages to FreeBSD? I have a machine linked to the Internet and would like to check into the possibility of having NOS run over the TNC. John Perry - KG5RG - perry@jpunix.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Jul 1994 20:54:18 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net!vectorbd!rkm@network.ucsd.edu Subject: xNOS for FreeBSD?? To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu John A. Perry (perry@blkbox.COM) wrote: : I was wondering if anybody out there has done a port on any of the : various NOS packages to FreeBSD? I have a machine linked to the Internet : and would like to check into the possibility of having NOS run over the TNC. John: There has been a port of JNOS done to Linux ( Version 1.09ax4 ) that I've been using for a while - and it works quite well. You may want to try compiling it under *BSD and seeing what happens. :-) You can find it on ftp.ucsd.edu in one of the /hamradio directories. - Rich ------------------------------ End of Ham-Digital Digest V94 #250 ******************************