Date: Sat, 24 Sep 94 04:30:20 PDT From: Ham-Equip Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Equip-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Equip@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Equip Digest V94 #342 To: Ham-Equip Ham-Equip Digest Sat, 24 Sep 94 Volume 94 : Issue 342 Today's Topics: AM Sensitivity Problem with TM-241A ?? Cuscraft R5 4 sale $200 shipped, 4 mos old FT-840 Mods Wanted (2 msgs) Garage door remote control--->parts? How to make hole for mobile antenna? Motorola Sabre HELP Owners/Service manual for IC-211A Radio Shack HTX-202: Good Buy SONY ICF-2010 MODS TH79a For Sale 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-Equip Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-equip". 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: 22 Sep 1994 19:23:57 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!botanybay.gsfc.nasa.gov!user@network.ucsd.edu Subject: AM Sensitivity Problem with TM-241A ?? To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu I've got two Kenwood TM-241A 2m transceivers. I've had one for several years now and use it regularly for AM receive. I'm happy with it. I just bought another one and it can barely pick up anything on AM. The two rigs definitely have two different sensitivity levels when it comes to AM. FM works fine on both rigs. Has anyone else experienced this type of problem? Deane R. Charlson deane.r.charlson@gsfc.nasa.gov Microwave Technology Branch, Code 737 dcharlson@ccmail.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Phone: (301) 286-5952 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Fax: (301) 286-1750 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 08:48:15 -0500 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!shipping.ipctech.com!user@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Cuscraft R5 4 sale $200 shipped, 4 mos old To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu No bent radials, used for short period of time. Really great antenna but I want to get the AEA IsoLoop for field use. I will disassemble, pack in original Cuscraft shipping carton and ship UPS Ground for $200 John KO4MY Richmond, VA email to jmp@ipctech.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 08:25:42 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.world.net!news.teleport.com!ip-cb.teleport.com!newmedia@network.ucsd.edu Subject: FT-840 Mods Wanted To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu As the subject implies, I'm looking for TX mods on the new FT-840 xcvr, a very nice radio with a HOT receiver. Any suggestions? Jim ------------------------------ Date: 23 Sep 94 18:51:23 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!aries!hawley@network.ucsd.edu Subject: FT-840 Mods Wanted To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu newmedia@teleport.com (Jim Swenson) writes: >As the subject implies, I'm looking for TX mods on the new FT-840 xcvr, a very >nice radio with a HOT receiver. Any suggestions? >Jim A friend of mine had one recently and had trouble keying a linear with the keying output. He had to increase the drive into the keying output xistor to sink current over about a milliamp. Has anyone else had this problem? As usual, the distributor had no clue. Chuck Hawley, KE9UW in Urbana, Illinois hawley@aries.scs.uiuc.edu School of Chemical Sciences, Electronic Services University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ------------------------------ Date: 22 Sep 1994 21:58:35 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!seymour@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Garage door remote control--->parts? To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu In article <1994Sep18.101152.6901@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>, Mike Morris wrote: >sharpe@u.washington.edu (William Sharpe) writes: > >(edited for brevity) > >>Does anybody have suggestions as to how to find a >>transmitter unit for an older (approx 15 yr) remote control garage door >>opener? Motor is a "Stan-O-Matic" and separate remote control unit is >>made by Multi-Elmac Corp. or Novi, Michigan. > >>I've got an older model garage door remote control opener with only one >>working remote transmitter. I'm trying to get my hands on a second >>transmitter without much success. Have called various garage door >>installers in the area with no luck. Seems remote control garage door >>technology has evolved over the past 15 years such that they don't have >>compatible transmitters and have few suggestions (other than buying a new >>unit, of course). > >One of the best deals around on this kind of stuff is to go to Sears. >They have available (perhaps not on the shelf of your local store - but >they can get it) a complete replacement radio control system with one >receiver and one transmitter for about $50. A second TX is about >$12-15. These are full digital. A fancier 3-button unit that will >control a couple of little lamp on/off modules costs a little more. > well... i'm in the midst of this too... and the old units used 110vac instead of the current 24vdc... so your receiver may also need a 24 v supply. i just bought a genie trans/recv set at Home Depot ($36?) ... but they didn't stock the power supply. if you dial 1-800-ok-genie they'll supply the name/number of local nuts-and-bolts vendors of these things. one i tried said it was $50 for the trans/recvr set, plus about $24 for the power supply. the genie set does *not* come with schematics, but they do list the wire colors/functions. --dick (Stanley also sells such beasts...) ------------------------------ Date: 22 Sep 1994 12:01:31 -0700 From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!barrnet.net!nntp.crl.com!crl4.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: How to make hole for mobile antenna? To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu Riyadth Al-Kazily (riyadth@boi.hp.com) wrote: : Hello, : Having recently bought a new Nissan Pathfinder, and a Yaesu FT-5100 : to put in it, I now have the pleasant task of drilling a hole to place : the antenna on the roof. However, my Larsen NMO-K mount says I need a : 3/4" hole, and my largest drill bit is 1/2". I have hole saws available, : but they are toothed for wood, and I don't want to try that out on my new : car. : What I need is a suggestion for making the hole large enough. Are : there special drill bits available for this task, or do I need some kind : of sheet-metal punch only available at a radio installer's shop? Any : suggestions would be helpful. They actuall make a special drill bit for mounting the NMO antenna mount. Check with the local Motorola MSO they should have one. You might be able to get them to pop the hole in the roof. Other wise use a 3/4" chassis punch or pick up a "Unibit" these are available in a 3/8" shaft. They start at about 1/4" diamater and progress in steps to 3/4" Ron N5HYH ------------------------------ Date: 23 Sep 94 22:29:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: Motorola Sabre HELP To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu Harold, sri I can not see your internet address, hence I can not reply directly. The Saber has PC programming software. It also requires a Motorola interface for PC to radio. This interface can be used for many of the Motorola radios/repeaters etc. The software / interface are not "freebies" from Motorola. Also, considering the cost of the Saber - that seems a strange choice for a ham rig, and it only covers one band and proably not on the ham band without a MOD of some type. Do you have that MOD? -- 73 =========================================================== Robert Wood WB5CRG w5robert@blkbox.com (blkbox is NOT blackbox, inc.!) w5robert@blkbox.com@menudo.uh.edu ============================================================ ------------------------------ Date: 22 Sep 1994 21:25:35 GMT From: cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!icon!hpchase.rose.hp.com!stan@uunet.uu.net Subject: Owners/Service manual for IC-211A To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu The subject says it all. I an cleaning up a friends IC-211A ICOM 2 meter Multimode base station and could use the above manuals . A copy of the schematic as well would be great. I'll pay shipping and reproduction costs. 73 Stan -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Stan Witherspoon N6SCE - Disclaimer - - Systems Technology Div. of Hewlett Packard - These are my personal opinions - - 8010 Foothills Blvd. - and do not represent the views - - Roseville Ca. 95678 (916) 785-5071 - of anyone or anything else. - - Email: ucbvax!hplabs!hprpcd!stan or stan@hprpcd.rose.hp.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 04:27:06 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!dfw!pt6.dfw.net!user@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Radio Shack HTX-202: Good Buy To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu > Mike Basinger (dbasinge@silver.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote: > : I just picked up a Radio Shack HTX-202 for $199.00 (actually $239.00, > : I got the extended 5 year full coverage warrenty). I got it today > : since they was on sale for $60.00 off. I couldn't find a review of > : this unit anywhere. Did I get a get deal for this unit, and is this a > : fairly decent unit. > Then, O.D. Williams N7OZH (odwill@xmission.com) replied > Generally speaking, RipOff Shack doesn't care much for quality. The last > HT they made had a plastic case (bad news if you drop it) and such poor > audio drivers that the radio was absolutely unuseable inside a car, even > with the windows UP! About the only thing you ever get to say in a mobile > QSO is "Could you repeat that entire transmission? I didn't get a word of > it?" > > Here's hoping the 202 is better. Why don't you give us some feedback > about 30 days after your warranty runs out? > Uh, OM... have you ever USED an HTX-202? Evidentally not, judging from your comment. The 202 is a pretty good ham-band-only radio. Don't buy one if you want to listen to cops or paramedics or airplanes, because it won't tune out of the ham bands, either on purpose or accidentally. The receiver is tight, to cut down on out-of-band images and other problems that make a lot of the wide-band receive HTs sound real bad in metro areas. Using my two-year old 202 in downtown Fort Worth (I don't work for Tandy, BTW), I don't hear a lot of the intermod and images, that I DO hear when using my Kenwood dual-band mobile radio, and both of 'em are hooked up to good mobile antennas. As for the plastic case, suffice it to say that complaint is nonsense. I can't think of an HT made with a metal case, today, and probably wouldn't want to lug it around, if I could. My 202 has been handled quite realistically (pardon the pun! ), and still has no dents or gouges, and only one small scratch (from falling off the roof of the car at about 15mph - but that's another story). The audio on the 202 seems to me to be quite sufficient, louder than that of my Icom u4AT. The transmit audio, being true-FM, has been complemented more than once (the deviation was right at 3.8 kHz when I put it on a monitor after I got it ). I'm happy with my 202, and I paid more for it than $239. And though I also got the extended warranty, the regular warranty period is long since over, and I've yet to have to worry about getting it serviced, because it's never needed it. And, if my XYL can drag it around the country on her business trips and not break it, I consider one FB rig. Again, the warning: don't buy the 202 if you want to receive or transmit outside of the 2 meter ham band. Not CAP. Not MARS. It won't do it. This is a ham band radio, designed by hams, for hams, and I think they did a pretty good job of it. 73 Wayne KF5ZC Disclaimer: I run the Tandy forums on CompuServe. I don't work for Tandy, don't always agree with them, and certainly don't think that the 30 cents a quarter I get as a stock dividend is enough to sway my opinion about anything! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Day KF5ZC Fort Worth, Texas, USA Manager: CompuServe Ta|ndy Forums CompuServe: 76703,376 Internet: 76703.376@CompuServe.Com | ,__o or Internet: wday@dfw.net |--\_<, Member: Bicycle Mobile Hams of America (*)/'(*) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 23 Sep 94 14:02:10 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: SONY ICF-2010 MODS To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu HI , I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY KNEW IF THERE WERE ANY MODS AVAILABLE FOR THE SONY ICF-2010 SHORTWAVE RECEIVER AVAILABLE I DON'T HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE NET ONLY E-MAIL. ALSO ARE THERE ANY MOD FILES AVAILABLE BY E-MAIL. THANKS TONY KD1SF HOFFMAA@PEWTER@LEIA.POL.COM ------------------------------ Date: 23 Sep 94 21:52:14 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: TH79a For Sale To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu Hi All, I'm posting this ad for a friend, who does not have access to INet. FOR SALE: Kenwood TH79a (3mo old) complete. Has been moded for MARS/CAP (ie, green wire cut). No other mods. $450.00, shipping included. M.O., Certified Check, Cash. If you are interested, e-mail me directly. or call Sean Ring at 816-454-2970. That's in Kansas City, MO. Thanks for the bandwidth (I don't have access to the news groups, where this should have been posted). 73 de KB0LRB Lynn geitgey@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu geitgey@ukanvm.bitnet ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 04:05:15 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!dfw!pt6.dfw.net!user@network.ucsd.edu To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu References <35ncal$gei@xmission.xmission.com>, , Subject : Re: Radio Shack HTX-202: Good Buy In article , jeffp@access.digex.net (Jeff Poretsky) wrote: > The HTX-202 is sourced from ICOM. Commonly believed, but not true. The HTX-202 is made in Korea, by a firm that's not known for producing other amateur gear. The only Icom-ism is the fact that the HTX-202 and 440 brother will accept the larger Icom batteries used on the IC-02/03/04 style radios. 73 Wayne KF5ZC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Day KF5ZC Fort Worth, Texas, USA Manager: CompuServe Ta|ndy Forums CompuServe: 76703,376 Internet: 76703.376@CompuServe.Com | ,__o or Internet: wday@dfw.net |--\_<, Member: Bicycle Mobile Hams of America (*)/'(*) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of Ham-Equip Digest V94 #342 ******************************