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Received: by BOSTONU (Mailer X1.25) id 8080; Sun, 20 Mar 88 04:58:49 EST
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 88 01:30:22 MST
Reply-To: INFO-HAMS@SIMTEL20.ARPA
Sender: Info-Hams redistribution <DIST-HAM@RPICICGE>
From: INFO-HAMS-REQUEST@SIMTEL20.ARPA
Subject: INFO-HAMS Digest V88 #116
X-To: INFO-HAMS@SIMTEL20.ARPA
To: Douglas Chan <ENGM08C@BOSTONU>
INFO-HAMS Digest Sun, 20 Mar 88 Volume 88 : Issue 116
Today's Topics:
An idea..
Double the memory capacity of your R7000 receiver? (yes)
EPROM erasers
looking for.......
NASA Prediction Bulletins
Scan the Swaggarts
Signal Splitters
Soviets continue microwave zapping of US embassy
Tiny little TNC?
Tube Substitutes
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1988 10:45 EST
From: Robert L. Metcalf <RLM%MAINE.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Subject: An idea..
Until the problems with UPS are resolved, why don't we all stop using UPS
for shiping radio equipment?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robert L. Metcalf - KA1QKH
Bitnet: RLM@Maine
ARPA: RLM%Maine.Bitnet@Jade.Berkeley.edu
Snail Mail: 369 Main Street; Orono, ME 04473
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Date: 14 Mar 88 15:18:43 GMT
From: morrow@ee.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert K Morrow)
Subject: Double the memory capacity of your R7000 receiver? (yes)
In article <2683@ihuxz.ATT.COM> parnass@ihuxz.ATT.COM (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
writes:
>In article <2674@ihuxz.ATT.COM>, parnass@ihuxz.ATT.COM (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
writes:
>>
>> To double the number of memory channels in the R7000 to
>> 198.....
>
> Jack Albert, WA9FVP, reports that he tried a modification,
> and it works! Jack doesn't have the remote control option
> in his R7000, so he elected to use the front panel REMOTE
> switch as a bank switch.
>
> He installed a 48,000 ohm resistor between IC8 pin 19 and
> ground, and ran a wire from the REMOTE switch to pin 19.
>===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===
>Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass - (312)979-5414
A word of warning:
If the remote switch is used to directly select the new bank,
you will be placing 13.8V on pin 19 of IC8, which is too high.
Instead, make a voltage divider by putting a 68k resistor between
the output of the remote switch and pin 19, and a 39k resistor
between pin 19 and ground.
Bob Morrow
------------------------------
Date: 17 Mar 88 15:28:10 GMT
From: fluke!ssc-vax!maa@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Mark A Allyn)
Subject: EPROM erasers
In regard to this discussion about eprom erasers and eye damage, the
question comes to me and that is just what is it with ultraviolet light
that is so bad with your eyes? Does it screw up the retna? The corona? What
does damage to what? We had a germacidal lamp at the kindergarten school I
went to thirty plus years ago and I remember looking at it (it was this
deep purple glow). I can still see now. Again, what's the big deal? People
have black lights in bars and living rooms and I never hear of anyone going
blind.
------------------------------
Date: 18 Mar 88 19:53:11 GMT
From: swaps.dec.com!simmons@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: looking for.......
I am looking for an old ham friend I've lost contact with many years ago.
he used to be wn6e?? in SAN FRANCISCO ABOUT 1975
or so.
His name is
Norman Hewlett.
Can you help me with his current call and QTH if any?
thank you,
kevin simmons
N6QDA
------------------------------
Date: 19 Mar 88 20:35:29 GMT
From: ut-emx!tskelso@sally.utexas.edu (TS Kelso)
Subject: NASA Prediction Bulletins
The most current orbital elements from the NASA Prediction Bulletins are
carried on the Celestial RCP/M, (512) 892-4180, and are updated several times
weekly. As a service to the amateur satellite community, the most current of
these elements are uploaded weekly to rec.ham-radio. This week's elements are
provided below. The Celestial RCP/M may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300,
1200, or 2400 baud using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.
- Current NASA Prediction Bulletins #298 -
LAGEOS
1 08820U 88 70.42745814 0.00000009 19999-1 0 5448
2 08820 109.8507 71.2499 0044204 54.5920 305.8626 6.38664246 21010
GOES 2
1 10061U 88 71.05564703 0.00000003 10000-3 0 1035
2 10061 5.9995 73.7940 0007569 159.6336 200.5993 1.00270294 729
GPS-0001
1 10684U 88 74.25313148 0.00000015 0 8637
2 10684 63.4112 115.0734 0095965 198.8382 160.8774 2.00565723 59302
GPS-0002
1 10893U 88 70.21667579 -.00000029 0 8503
2 10893 64.6184 355.9653 0138350 30.9203 329.9035 2.00568613 72040
GOES 3
1 10953U 88 72.10051654 0.00000090 0 4762
2 10953 4.8582 76.4775 0002348 214.9417 145.1995 1.00266987 37001
SeaSat 1
1 10967U 88 67.42290357 0.00000217 10000-3 0 9784
2 10967 108.0024 47.3932 0002815 266.8426 93.2386 14.33754277507172
GPS-0003
1 11054U 88 69.04310031 -.00000029 0 8735
2 11054 64.1432 352.6240 0047776 118.0333 242.4746 2.00568312 69039
GPS-0004
1 11141U 88 72.63138543 0.00000015 0 9754
2 11141 63.3990 115.0242 0055706 325.8425 33.8614 2.00567278 67800
NOAA 6
1 11416U 88 73.41225465 0.00000143 68719-4 0 7145
2 11416 98.4944 78.6333 0012981 21.9757 338.1975 14.25116098452267
GPS-0006
1 11783U 88 68.10001484 -.00000029 0 7312
2 11783 63.9799 352.4132 0131468 64.5103 296.8796 2.00559208 57658
GOES 4
1 11964U 88 69.87815671 -.00000245 10000-3 0 9800
2 11964 4.3190 78.4242 0004230 3.2865 357.1239 1.00258109 43216
GOES 5
1 12472U 88 65.00000000 -.00000218 10000-3 0 5950
2 12472 1.3346 87.9056 0001870 254.5206 96.4407 1.00552155 23896
UOSAT 1
1 12888U 88 73.29534950 0.00006104 20172-3 0 1683
2 12888 97.6270 103.3843 0002602 26.8816 333.2534 15.31760919358059
RS-08
1 12998U 88 68.18441708 0.00000012 10000-3 0 5062
2 12998 82.9610 129.1997 0018306 251.6140 108.2908 12.02962577273272
RS-05
1 12999U 88 73.10234077 0.00000012 10000-3 0 4856
2 12999 82.9631 121.6906 0010238 179.0370 181.0781 12.05067205274341
RS-07
1 13001U 88 72.54604543 0.00000013 10000-3 0 3723
2 13001 82.9592 113.1536 0023883 93.3529 267.0308 12.08703888275103
Meteor 2-08
1 13113U 88 61.44561202 0.00000055 44239-4 0 5807
2 13113 82.5341 74.4320 0014643 316.0348 43.9627 13.83846796299856
Salyut 7
1 13138U 88 74.83154678 0.00000773 30370-4 0 157
2 13138 51.6142 25.2653 0001582 131.2037 228.9132 15.32172048337613
Meteor 2-09
1 13718U 88 66.90542789 0.00000005 0 6587
2 13718 81.2486 18.5350 0054875 248.2476 111.2834 14.12956107269569
GOES 6
1 14050U 88 72.90162185 0.00000118 0 7667
2 14050 0.1404 94.9177 0003860 105.3033 159.7378 1.00280678 1980
OSCAR 10
1 14129U 88 60.08983611 0.00000091 10000-3 0 3307
2 14129 27.3968 335.7622 6024302 284.4144 19.2147 2.05876428 7458
GPS-0008
1 14189U 88 70.18708283 0.00000014 0 5026
2 14189 63.0347 113.9065 0124855 212.4914 146.8074 2.00560370 34135
Meteor 2-10
1 14452U 88 73.21468374 0.00000006 0 6101
2 14452 81.1650 35.2975 0094953 344.7322 15.1365 14.21782875227035
LandSat 5
1 14780U 88 74.99152496 0.00000006 62936-5 0 4308
2 14780 98.2315 138.3564 0001006 254.2561 105.8538 14.57101357214698
UOSAT 2
1 14781U 88 71.19793346 0.00000246 53319-4 0 2996
2 14781 98.0652 136.3258 0013511 343.3566 16.7192 14.62245905214867
LDEF
1 14898U 88 73.47406785 0.00004651 12935-3 0 5250
2 14898 28.5093 127.5014 0001965 113.2468 246.8265 15.34218693220374
GPS-0009
1 15039U 88 57.28555014 0.00000014 0 5221
2 15039 62.7606 113.7201 0020397 316.7481 43.1557 2.00566399 27153
Meteor 2-11
1 15099U 88 70.32089258 0.00000006 0 8740
2 15099 82.5329 15.2239 0014600 94.7849 265.4981 13.83520317185977
GPS-0010
1 15271U 88 70.14190525 -.00000030 10000-2 0 4560
2 15271 63.4738 352.3642 0095009 311.8176 47.4022 2.00576752 24520
NOAA 9
1 15427U 88 73.59485341 0.00000008 15241-4 0 2418
2 15427 99.0905 47.0637 0015720 163.0543 197.1145 14.11559951167460
Meteor 2-12
1 15516U 88 69.17148242 0.00000117 10000-3 0 9787
2 15516 82.5385 314.5653 0017092 345.6671 14.4002 13.83957779156731
Cosmos 1686
1 16095U 88 74.96197343 0.00020356 65542-3 0 8551
2 16095 51.6105 24.6281 0003178 159.2544 200.7559 15.32175005139306
GPS-0011
1 16129U 88 62.33075446 0.00000014 0 2373
2 16129 63.5581 113.8052 0110031 150.4501 210.2639 2.00569984 17577
Meteor 3-01
1 16191U 88 70.97961707 0.00000043 10000-3 0 7399
2 16191 82.5448 203.2488 0019830 20.1537 340.0428 13.16924930114552
Meteor 2-13
1 16408U 88 69.86158831 0.00000006 0 3842
2 16408 82.5336 228.8972 0016717 158.7962 201.3901 13.84041703111321
Mir
1 16609U 88 74.77506485 0.00049409 27950-3 0 1095
2 16609 51.6260 194.2539 0012202 216.2760 143.7371 15.78486300118938
SPOT 1
1 16613U 88 75.80948920 0.00000304 16074-3 0 9521
2 16613 98.6985 150.8587 0001595 91.8077 268.3394 14.20039511 19641
Meteor 2-14
1 16735U 88 60.56272855 0.00000006 0 2193
2 16735 82.5335 262.8753 0013209 263.3031 96.6623 13.83773732 88952
Cosmos 1766
1 16881U 88 71.06954855 0.00000089 11939-4 0 2570
2 16881 82.5273 105.2685 0025155 162.1587 198.0510 14.73630750 87069
EGP
1 16908U 88 64.67871985 -.00000022 14902-3 0 805
2 16908 50.0099 301.4241 0011214 229.9603 130.0243 12.44370151 70956
FO-12
1 16909U 88 64.66740764 -.00000025 10000-3 0 847
2 16909 50.0146 301.5752 0011166 228.8545 131.1318 12.44394291 70942
NOAA 10
1 16969U 88 72.66264868 0.00000204 10000-3 0 1285
2 16969 98.6921 104.8504 0013619 142.8186 217.3932 14.22553492 77053
Meteor 2-15
1 17290U 88 74.23835651 0.00000006 0 1478
2 17290 82.4708 162.6530 0014183 105.6795 254.5989 13.83581185 60015
GOES 7
1 17561U 88 68.74443349 -.00000220 0 1094
2 17561 0.0437 271.7894 0001599 292.3214 155.8827 1.00269926 923
Kvant
1 17845U 88 74.96496605 0.00063198 35574-3 0 3714
2 17845 51.6242 193.2758 0011196 217.6672 142.1971 15.78514016 55239
Cosmos 1834
1 17847U 88 75.88866974 0.00004149 70596-4 0 5298
2 17847 65.0324 210.6939 0010251 278.5525 81.3828 15.52021754 53192
Kvant PM
1 17851U 88 74.86489969 0.00005667 46757-4 0 4494
2 17851 51.6192 230.4409 0010911 64.7487 295.4771 15.70838356 54738
RS-10/11
1 18129U 88 74.85484059 0.00000087 88974-4 0 3045
2 18129 82.9258 217.3909 0010494 243.3598 116.6496 13.71890330 36412
Cosmos 1870
1 18225U 88 75.86040577 0.00128076 98019-5 14910-3 0 3687
2 18225 71.9177 209.1414 0017536 260.8277 99.2699 16.08354712 37716
Meteor 2-16
1 18312U 88 74.41288098 0.00000033 24980-4 0 894
2 18312 82.5535 223.7559 0013549 48.9750 311.2612 13.83337927 28948
Soyuz TM-4
1 18699U 88 74.96496922 0.00052739 29787-3 0 922
2 18699 51.6237 193.2747 0011524 218.4496 141.4291 15.78503883 13339
1988 002A
1 18788U 88 37.33475864 0.00000051 25388-3 0 128
2 18788 82.6088 183.9867 0001272 124.6392 235.4807 12.62469792 2792
1988 002C
1 18790U 88 38.81134293 0.00000545 29470-2 0 182
2 18790 82.5969 182.9859 0007437 320.9783 39.0746 12.64035928 2989
1988 002D
1 18791U 88 34.36915961 0.00000023 10000-3 0 77
2 18791 82.6094 185.8236 0010307 342.3785 17.6831 12.64666438 2423
Meteor 2-17
1 18820U 88 60.80947437 0.00000043 33057-4 0 194
2 18820 82.5448 296.6811 0016210 153.4590 206.7401 13.84018266 4207
1988 005B
1 18821U 88 61.23126760 0.00001597 14128-2 0 316
2 18821 82.5424 296.3195 0012604 154.6094 205.5683 13.84569037 4261
DMSP B5D2-4
1 18822U 88 61.48403750 -.00000019 99999-7 0 291
2 18822 98.7626 302.3137 0006729 159.1618 201.0028 14.20263588 3875
1988 008B
1 18848U 88 70.21825794 0.00263462 26117-4 49887-3 0 624
2 18848 30.7450 65.4933 0012111 303.6625 56.2919 15.99383985 4782
1988 008C
1 18849U 88 65.37121152 0.16595155 -37156-4 56650-3 0 405
2 18849 28.5715 96.9186 0011485 193.7930 175.1454 16.43969297 4108
1988 009C
1 18857U 88 48.37700591 -.00005478 37975-4 0 34
2 18857 64.8161 185.9604 0011985 262.8309 105.3859 16.49567390 61
1988 010B
1 18861U 88 51.18223045 0.06032508 -61570-5 56546-3 0 125
2 18861 82.5913 320.2778 0017626 68.7220 292.1739 16.38163114 287
1988 012A
1 18877U 88 63.10248287 -.00000212 10000-3 0 123
2 18877 0.1503 252.6868 0080699 254.2011 213.5931 0.99205653 133
1988 012C
1 18879U 88 64.46870452 0.00000318 10000-3 0 70
2 18879 28.2769 329.6778 7371671 186.2892 151.7733 2.17119968 291
1988 013A
1 18881U 88 75.84985399 -.00001092 0 272
2 18881 62.9396 245.4865 7360266 316.3147 4.7041 2.00564939 387
1988 013B
1 18882U 88 75.14727227 0.00584594 10837-4 92760-3 0 364
2 18882 62.7834 182.2366 0206708 118.4785 243.7341 15.74521899 2876
1988 013C
1 18883U 88 72.64268676 -.00000109 -11923-2 0 134
2 18883 62.9693 245.9496 7332514 316.2297 4.8159 2.04017678 348
1988 013D
1 18884U 88 74.05257749 0.00994322 37803-4 70896-3 0 386
2 18884 62.8339 186.2229 0214719 119.0578 243.1745 15.82368302 2610
1988 014A
1 18922U 88 75.19915224 -.00000070 0 181
2 18922 0.5171 329.4004 0097360 9.9844 20.2342 0.98823045 113
1988 014B
1 18923U 88 74.73599437 0.00084902 31559-4 41733-2 0 77
2 18923 31.1511 338.4362 7298604 183.4408 165.7433 2.29465589 144
1988 015A
1 18931U 88 75.86680485 0.00037064 61468-4 0 196
2 18931 72.8479 316.7855 0090446 78.0662 283.0674 15.95310617 871
1988 015B
1 18932U 88 76.35452846 0.16125821 12578-4 24748-3 0 193
2 18932 72.8378 315.1434 0020745 76.1141 284.8194 16.46689844 966
1088 016A
1 18937U 88 74.69232773 -.00000006 0 91
2 18937 74.0064 176.7251 0035086 270.3354 89.3678 12.44399559 457
1988 016B
1 18938U 88 73.72294319 -.00000006 0 55
2 18938 74.0115 178.0190 0026115 287.7661 72.0645 12.46621383 333
1988 016C
1 18939U 88 73.55848932 -.00000006 0 64
2 18939 74.0082 178.2228 0012168 277.6637 82.3082 12.48607588 449
1988 016D
1 18940U 88 71.55480401 -.00000006 0 56
2 18940 74.0046 180.8466 0008027 347.9299 12.1649 12.50672328 63
1988 016E
1 18941U 88 73.71019698 -.00000006 0 53
2 18941 74.0066 177.9975 0010295 57.6801 302.5276 12.52652347 335
1988 016F
1 18942U 88 73.06830959 -.00000006 0 53
2 18942 74.0062 178.8060 0019690 74.0396 286.2842 12.54553091 264
1988 016G
1 18943U 88 73.30436982 -.00000006 0 71
2 18943 74.0065 178.5000 0028933 85.4533 275.4561 12.56376433 294
1988 016H
1 18944U 88 72.74435073 -.00000006 0 46
2 18944 74.0058 179.2428 0039696 77.2691 283.2806 12.58310211 216
1988 016J
1 18945U 88 73.69046869 -.00000006 0 87
2 18945 74.0111 178.1917 0141756 269.1947 89.3305 12.23903763 339
1988 017A
1 18946U 88 76.19082395 0.00000736 60062-2 0 64
2 18946 62.9833 300.8661 7380637 280.2001 11.1547 2.05959949 115
1988 017B
1 18947U 88 75.06263025 0.00377444 56041-4 84155-3 0 122
2 18947 63.0104 287.2658 0132990 60.3043 301.1257 15.83699942 604
1988 017C
1 18948U 88 74.38707405 0.00433857 91672-5 79601-3 0 99
2 18948 62.9985 289.9629 0201109 62.1685 299.9682 15.73706424 494
1988 017D
1 18949U 88 74.23410421 -.00000231 10000-3 0 42
2 18949 62.9876 301.0730 7378900 280.1592 11.1897 2.07001960 64
1988 018A
1 18951U 88 75.77978060 -.00000198 10000-3 0 12
2 18951 0.0262 233.1593 0025708 248.2241 238.8354 1.00741521 01
1988 018B
1 18952U 88 73.59386340 0.00000043 10000-3 0 13
2 18952 0.0271 330.6383 0081237 139.7458 250.4626 1.01474051 21
1988 018C
1 18953U 88 74.43672877 0.00006994 24916-2 0 12
2 18953 7.0543 333.7378 7306315 180.5178 178.1627 2.24427116 74
1988 019A
1 18957U 88 76.14736662 0.00054908 73110-4 0 75
2 18957 64.9904 56.8991 0008798 273.8376 85.8033 16.06139183 252
1988 020A
1 18958U 88 75.97783486 0.00000011 0 59
2 18958 82.5454 122.7927 0018415 274.1437 85.7720 14.74042070 39
1988 020B
1 18959U 88 76.38493254 0.00575878 79194-1 0 46
2 18959 82.5429 122.4183 0018797 280.1097 79.7501 14.74612320 81
--
TS Kelso ARPA: tskelso@emx.cc.utexas.edu
The Center for Space Research
The University of Texas at Austin UUCP: {ihnp4,allegra}!ut-emx!tskelso
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Date: 18 Mar 88 17:16:17 GMT
From: ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
Subject: Scan the Swaggarts
x
Swaggart Jimmy Evangelical
[USA-wide]__________ 464.5500_it_KA2372 (govt recds)
" " 467.8500_2w_KA2372 (govt recds)
" " 467.9000_2w_KA2372 (govt recds)
--
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Bob Parnass AJ9S - AT&T Bell Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass - (312)979-5414
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Date: 16 Mar 88 23:23:40 GMT
From: hyper!guest@umn-cs.arpa (guest)
Subject: Signal Splitters
I opened one of those 75-ohm coax TV signal splitters and I saw the
darnedest thing. The input split into two wires, one wire went into
one end of a ferrite bead, came out and when to the output #1. The
other input wire went into the opposite end of the ferrite bead and
came out to output #2.
Well I know that an equal current is going to be flowing both directions
through the ferrite bead. Shouldn't the inductances cancel? If
there is no inductance what is the bead doing? If it isn't doing
anything how can it prevent reflections due to the 75-ohm to
37.5 ohm split effect?
- John M. Logajan {...!rutgers!} umn-cs!hyper!ns!logajan
- Network System Corp.; 7600 Boone Ave; Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
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Date: 17 Mar 88 00:49:58 GMT
From: ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
Subject: Soviets continue microwave zapping of US embassy
x
According to an Associated Press story in the March 4
Beacon News, the Soviet Union continues to bombard the
U. S. embassy in Moscow with microwave signals.
The 9-11 GHz and 5-6 GHz signals are typically 0.01
microwatt per square centimeter inside the embassy buil-
ding, and ten times as strong outside.
The State Department protested the tactic over 4 years
ago. Current levels are lower than those in 1980, when
the microwave signals were measured at over 1.0
microwatts per square meter.
In the past, there was speculation that the Soviet radio
waves were either an attempt to induce psychological and
behavior changes among U. S. personnel, or had something
to do with bugging. [The more likely purpose is to use
the beams to excite eavesdropping devices planted within
the embassy - BP]
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Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass - (312)979-5414
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 88 15:35:37 EST
From: Henry Minsky <HQM@AI.AI.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Tiny little TNC?
I saw the following in an AMSAT news bulletin:
"AMSAT will demonstrate packet radio at the meeting to show the basic technique
and typical equipment. The hardware demonstration is being supported by three
companies. Radio Shack is supplying the computers, Yaesu is providing the HTs
and TASCO2 of Japan is supplying their ultra-miniature TNCs which are the size
of a pack of cigarettes. JAMSAT officials were especially helpful in
obtaining the TASCO TNCs and expediting them to the U.S. Ralph Wallio, W0RPK,
AMSAT's VP of Operations, is integrating the demo equipment."
OK, where do I get one of these Tasco TNC's? Does anyone know anything
about them?
Henry, N1EZP
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Date: 16 Mar 88 19:41:00 GMT
From: hao!noao!mcdsun!asuvax!stjhmc!ddodell@AMES.ARC.NASA.GOV (David Dodell)
Subject: Tube Substitutes
Does anyone have a phone number of any business that sells
transistor substitutes for vacuum tubes?
David WB7TPY
--
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center - Phoenix Arizona
uucp: {decvax, hao, ihnp4} !noao!asuvax!stjhmc!ddodell
Bitnet: ARDSD @ ASUACAD FidoNet=> 1:114/15 or 1:1/0
TWX: 910-380-5182 (Dodell Scottsdale AZ) MCI Mail: ddodell
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INFO-HAMS Digest Sun, 20 Mar 88 Volume 88 : Issue 118
Today's Topics:
Monitor fighter pilot training on shortwave
Standing up to UPS
WRSU Radio Reunion Weekend
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Date: 17 Mar 88 03:52:46 GMT
From: ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
Subject: Monitor fighter pilot training on shortwave
x
Over a year ago, we reported apparent USN missile test
firings in the Gulf of Mexico monitored on 3.109 MHz USB.
Back then, tactical identifiers like Antietam Test and
Seabreeze were used.
Over a year later, 3.109 MHz is still alive with
activity. Seabreeze, purportedly the Navy facility in
Pensacola, Florida, is still heard weeknights. Other
stations like Spartan (the USS Lexington?) and Lake Cham-
plain Test, have been active, apparently in missions to
train fighter pilots.
Here is just a small sample of military aero stations
logged in the past few years:
6.7600 MHz: MLO [Andrews AFB, Washington DC] US: Air Force,
"MLO de DAC QSY 6780", cw, 02/13/86 @0119Z (source: con-
firmed by B. Parnass)
8.9890 MHz: call? [Loring AFB, ME] US: Air Force, gave test
count, usb, 04/08/86 @0013Z (source: confirmed by B. Par-
nass)
call? [MacDill AFB, FL] US: Air Force, in-flight air-
craft: "Ground 6" Tactical Air Command trainer, usb
(source: confirmed by B. Parnass)
9.0230 MHz: call? [Co Springs CO/North Bend OR/Hamilton
CA/Wash DC] US: Air Force, NORAD, usb (source: confirmed
by B. Parnass)
11.1760 MHz: call? [Albrook AFB, Panama Canal Zone] US: Air
Force, patched aircraft "Joyce 03", transporting a Hon-
duran soldier with dysentery, to MAC ops, usb, 03/21/87
@1719Z (source: confirmed by B. Parnass)
11.2140 MHz: call? US: Air Force, AWACS aircraft 'Sentry 51'
calling 'Raymond 24', the net control station at 552nd
AWACS Tinker AFB Okla, freq='Charlie 4', usb, 01/02/86
@1809Z (source: confirmed by B. Parnass)
call? US: Air Force, Tactical Air Command, 'Dragnet
India' wkg 'Dragnet Golf', testing time-varying speech
inversion scramblers using preambles. This freq used by
AWACS aircraft, usb, 12/11/85 @1840Z (source: confirmed
by B. Parnass)
13.2040 MHz: call? US: Air Force, TAC, forward air control-
lers in wargames, usb (source: confirmed by other listen-
ers)
13.2440 MHz: AFD14 [Ascension Is] US: Air Force, in-flight
aircraft I2L (Navy) made phone patch to request NORAD and
FAA be notified of an upcoming flight, QSYed to 15.015
MHz due to poor patch quality, usb, 5/19/85 @2240
(source: confirmed by B. Parnass)
13.2480 MHz: call? Germany: German Air Force, German Air
Force 251 working "91", mixed German and English conver-
sation re flight ops, usb, 8/21/85 1850Z (source: confir-
med by other listeners)
13.2570 MHz: call? US: Air Force, AWACS aircraft 'Sentry 60'
phone patch through Edmonton to Loring AFB, usb, 11/19/86
@1751Z (source: confirmed by B. Parnass)
14.8430 MHz: call? unidentified: military network passing
tfc about medivac TFW pilots wounded by explosive detona-
tion. Part of operation "Corn Cob", ids=Betwixt 1, 2, and
3, usb, 05/18/87 @1735Z (source: confirmed by B. Parnass)
15.0150 MHz: AHF3 [Albrook AFS, Panama Canal Zone] US: Air
Force, usb, 5/19/85 @2250Z (source: confirmed by B. Par-
nass)
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Bob Parnass AJ9S - AT&T Bell Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass - (312)979-5414
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Date: 19 Mar 88 04:14:23 GMT
From: ulysses!thumper!karn@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Phil R. Karn)
Subject: Standing up to UPS
Well, here are my reply comments to the UPS late filing. If you haven't
written yours yet, WHY NOT?? At the very least, grab a piece of paper,
write your name, call and "Docket 87-14" on it, and say
"I strongly urge the Commission to reject the request by UPS to
reallocate 220-222 MHz from the Amateur Service to the Land Mobile
Service. I fully support the comments of the ARRL and [insert any other
names here :-)] in this matter."
DO IT BEFORE MARCH 31ST!! BETTER YET, DO IT NOW!!
Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, DC
In the Matter of )
Amendment of Part 2 ) General Docket #87-14
of the Commission's Rules ) RM-4829
Regarding the Allocation ) RM-4831
of the 216-225 MHz Band ) RM-4983
To: The Commission
REPLY COMMENTS OF PHILIP R. KARN, JR., KA9Q, TO LATE-FILED
COMMENTS OF UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
I wish to oppose, in the strongest possible manner, the
comments of the United Parcel Service (UPS) regarding the
reallocation of 220-222 MHz from the Amateur Service. UPS
blithely asserts that "the functions that Amateurs perform
at 220-222 MHz can be conducted elsewhere without signifi-
cant inconvenience". Apparently UPS has not read very many
(if any) of the comments filed by thousands of radio ama-
teurs, including myself, or it would not have made such an
incredible statement.
ERRORS OF FACT IN THE UPS PROPOSAL
To begin with, the UPS comments are littered with fac-
tual errors, omissions and distortions. (One wonders how
much actual research they did in the extra six months after
the original comment deadline they took to prepare their
comments). For example, they casually omit mentioning that
420-430 MHz is unavailable to American amateurs operating
near the Canadian border. Or that in many areas large parts
of the 420-450 MHz band are rendered virtually unusable for
long periods of time by military radars, to which amateur
operation is secondary. Or that the bottom 25 MHz of the
former 1215-1300 MHz band was taken away from the amateurs
several years ago to make way for the Global Positioning
Satellite system. Or that amateur operation on the 902-928
MHz band is on a secondary basis, with the band being com-
pletely unavailable to amateurs in parts of Colorado and
Wyoming. Or that high speed packet radio is confined by FCC
rule to frequencies above 220 MHz (not 50 MHz as implied by
UPS).
THE AMATEUR PACKET RADIO NEED FOR 220-222 MHZ IS STRONGER THAN EVER
March 18, 1988
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Military radar on the 420-450 MHz band has recently
emerged as an especially serious problem with the new, high
speed packet modems that are an important part of amateur
packet radio's future. Bandwidth requirements dictate that
such modems operate above 220 MHz; however, contrary to the
assertion made by UPS, there is NO "abundance of spectrum"
between 222 and 225 MHz in the New York/New Jersey metropol-
itan area, where I live, and in many other metropolitan
areas. As a result, the 220-222 MHz segment has emerged as a
key factor in the development of amateur packet radio. Mon-
itoring the 220-225 MHz band in my area with a spectrum
analyzer revealed that the existing low-speed packet chan-
nels in the 220-222 MHz range have utilizations consistently
higher than those of the voice repeaters in the 222-225 MHz
range, rivaling even those of the most popular 144-148 MHz
band repeaters. It is not unusual for the channels to
remain busy all night forwarding messages, and this is under
routine (not emergency) conditions.
Even in situations where the higher frequency bands are
also usable for packet radio (i.e., where inferior propaga-
tion and military use permits) recent research and experi-
mental results by myself and others since the original com-
ment period expired have shown that "cross-banding" is an
extremely effective technique for improving the efficiency
and performance of a packet radio switch. In cross-banding,
each switch node transmits on one frequency band while
simultaneously receiving on several frequencies on other
amateur bands. Other nodes operate similarly, with each
listening to the transmit frequencies of its neighbors.
Frequencies are "reused" (assigned to more than one
transmitting station) in a controlled manner to avoid
interference, much like cellular radio.
The advantages of this approach are many, as collisions
(interference caused by simultaneous transmissions on the
same frequency) are avoided. This results in increased capa-
city and enormously improved network stability under heavy
load, such as that to be expected during the communications
emergencies for which amateur radio exists to serve the pub-
lic interest. The full-duplex (simultaneous transmission
and reception) mode of operation is absolutely fundamental
to this concept. However, _f_u_l_l-_d_u_p_l_e_x
_o_p_e_r_a_t_i_o_n _w_i_t_h _m_u_l_t_i_-
_p_l_e _r_e_c_e_i_v_e _c_h_a_n_n_e_l_s _i_s
_e_c_o_n_o_m_i_c_a_l_l_y _p_r_a_c_t_i_c_a_l _o_n_l_y
_w_h_e_n
_s_e_p_a_r_a_t_e _a_m_a_t_e_u_r _b_a_n_d_s _a_r_e
_u_s_e_d _f_o_r _t_r_a_n_s_m_i_s_s_i_o_n _a_n_d
_r_e_c_e_p_-
_t_i_o_n.
We believe that high speed packet radio allocations on
at least three separate amateur bands, including 220 MHz,
will be necessary to make this scheme work. But if amateurs
lose the 220-222 MHz segment there is simply _n_o room for
such an allocation in the remaining 222-225 MHz portion.
This will severely cripple the development of this highly
promising technique and hinder the ability of amateur radio
March 18, 1988
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to fulfill another reason it exists: to advance the state of
the art in radio communications technology.
OTHER SOLUTIONS EXIST TO UPS'S STATED NEED FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
One wonders why UPS is suddenly so interested in the
two-way voice business. As a radio amateur and computer
user I have used UPS's excellent services many times, and it
seems that they have little to gain from two-way voice radio
communications. One would presume that UPS might benefit
from record (as opposed to voice) communications when
dispatching pickups and deliveries. One-way data transmis-
sion using printers attached to FM broadcast subcarrier or
conventional paging receivers would be far more efficient
for this purpose, especially since the truck drivers seem to
be out of their trucks (and away from any radio equipment)
much of the time. If truly necessary, voice communications
could be provided by portable cellular telephones at a much
lower overall cost than a dedicated UPS system.
THE COMMISSION SHOULD DENY THE UPS REQUEST
The filings to date in this matter have repeatedly and
overwhelmingly documented the strong need of the Amateur
Service for the 220-222 MHz band. Because the (late) filing
of the United Parcel Service has not contributed any new
ideas or additional information that would lend weight to
the Commission's ill-considered proposal, I strongly urge
the Commission to reject it in its entirety. Furthermore,
the Commission should resolve Docket 87-14 in favor of the
Amateur Service as soon as possible. Development of amateur
packet radio networks have taken and will continue to take
considerable sums of money, and the reluctance to invest
further in 220 MHz gear that may become useless has severely
dampened packet radio development. Any additional Commis-
sion delay in reaffirming the Amateur Service's need for use
of 220-222 MHz translates directly into a delay in fulfil-
ling the fundamental Basis and Purpose of the Amateur Radio
Service.
Sincerely,
Philip R. Karn, Jr.
March 18, 1988
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Date: 20 Mar 88 03:05:40 GMT
From: elbereth.rutgers.edu!schleck@rutgers.edu (Daniel Schleck)
Subject: WRSU Radio Reunion Weekend
WRSU, the student operated radio station of Rutgers, The State University
of New Jersey, is celebrating our 40th year of broadcasting.
As part of the celebration commemorating the first broadcast of WRSU,
which took place on April 26, 1948, we are planning an Alumni On the Air Day on
Saturday, May 21, 1988. This is the same weekend as the annual Rutgers Alumni
Weekend. We would like to have the alumni of WRSU come back and play records,
do news/sportscasts, play old tapes, and tell stories of WRSU history. With
other WRSU contemporaries, an alumni staff will do a radio show as in the "good
old days". The amount of total air time given to the First Annual Alumni On The
Air Day will depend on the response we get, so we need to hear from you!! The
deadline for the alumni air staff is April 30,1988.
For those of you who do not wish to be on the air again, but are
interested in how WRSU has been doing since you left, we will have an OPEN
HOUSE in our studios in the Rutgers Student Center, fourth floor, from 10 am to
6 pm on May 21, 1988. Refreshments will be served.
If you are interested in being ON THE AIR again, or just want to know more
about WRSU-FM, Rutgers Student Radio, please contact us:
Jerry Donnelly '78, Broadcast Administrator
at 201-932-3710 or 7800
or send attached form to:
WRSU Alumni Weekend
WRSU-FM Radio
126 College Avenue
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
or respond via e-mail.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Daniel Schleck '78
WRSU Alumni Chairman
_______________________________________________________________________________
WRSU Alumni Society
Name_______________________________________________________Grad Year___________
WRSU
Street_____________________________________________________Dept/Show___________
City________________________________________State__________ZIP_________________
Best time
Phone_______________________________________to Call____________________________
Other Information______________________________________________________________
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INFO-HAMS Digest Sun, 20 Mar 88 Volume 88 : Issue 119
Today's Topics:
Ham Radio Phone BBS List 3/88
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Date: 19 Mar 88 22:38:28 GMT
From: mtune!ky2d-2!ka2ugq@rutgers.edu (Tom)
Subject: Ham Radio Phone BBS List 3/88
Ham Radio Phone BBS List 3/88
The following is a list of some telephone BBS's that support Amateur Radio.
Some of these are strictly for hams, while others support "SIG's" (special
interest groups) for hams or have radio-related files or message sections.
If you call one of these BBS's and find nothing to indicate it's relationship
to Ham Radio or find that it has been disconnected, let me know so I can
archive it and clean up the list. I can't gaurantee the accuracy of this list,
but I do strive to keep it as up-to-date as possible. Please send any updates,
changes, or comments to me. 73, Tom Brown KA2UGQ.
Packet: KA2UGQ @ KA2UGQ-4 (Node:NNJ, Zip:07922)
UUCP: ..!ihnp4!mtune!ky2d-2!ka2ugq
ARPA: mtune!ky2d-2!ka2ugq@rutgers.ARPA
ICBM: 40 40' 47" N, 74 25' 03" W
Baud rates are as follows: 3=300 baud, B=1200 baud (Bell 212A),
C=2400 baud (CCITT V.22 bis)
A symbol after the phone number indicates the status of the bulletin board
since the last verification. The symbols are as follows: '*' - verified OK;
'+' - probably OK (line busy when called); '?' - questionable. If there is
no symbol after the phone number, it has probably not been checked out yet.
NEW numbers (since 2/88 list) are listed with a ':' after the phone number.
Phone-Number Name SYSOP Location BAUD
============ ==================== ==================== ================== ====
201-245-6614 The Micro Room WA2BFW NJ 3BC
201-271-4517 WB2TIX Radio BBS WB2TIX Bound Brook, NJ 3
201-332-6098 Edgelight Online BBS KB2BLE Jersey City, NJ BC
201-385-1693 Radio CMBS ? NJ B
201-423-4258+Computer Nookery ? NJ ?
201-494-3417 Planet Shadowstar N2HGY Edison, NJ 3B
201-494-3649+Micro-Fone TBBS K2SHY Metuchen, NJ 3BC
201-694-8122+Sonnet Center Jim Sonnet Mountain View, NJ 3BC
201-757-1491 Holly Park PBBS Dick Roberts Piscataway, NJ 3BC
201-729-7056 ? ? Sparta, NJ 3BC
201-918-0683:KA2QHD Packet/UNIX BBS (login: guest) Wayside, NJ 3B
201-943-7759 N2DSY CBBS? N2DSY Little Falls, NJ? ?
203-237-1717 Summa Zulla Znode 43 KA1TB Meriden, CT 3B
203-366-1234 Dave's FIDO ? Bridgeport, CT 3B
205-598-6079 Elmer BBS WA6LMM/4 Fort Rucker, AL 3
205-649-2894 Mobile Alabama BBS NN4Y Mobile, AL 3B
205-758-5017 The Bulletin Board W4WYP/WD4DAT AL 3
205-987-9818 Superboard ? AL 3B
205-988-4816 Superboard ? AL 3B
206-763-8879 Sea-Comm 80 W7TWU Seattle, WA 3B
206-767-3223+Amateur Radio Supply WB7EWO/W7PV (6PM-9AM)Seattle, WA 3
206-783-4818 Hi-Tech BBS W7UZB Seattle, WA 3B
212-380-3864+Atari BBS K2BSM NY ?
212-645-2176 Metro CPU ? NY ?
212-781-4723 Friends WB2RSI New York, NY 3B
213-376-6221 Beach City KB6MND CA 3B
213-377-0450 Amateur World N6OQU Palos Verdes, CA 3B
213-541-2503 WB6YMH (GFRN) RCP/M WB6YMH Palos Verdes, CA 3BC
214-223-0983 ? Mark Collard Dallas, TX 3B
214-394-7438 Datalink BBS N5ITU Dallas, TX 3B
214-960-2730 NN5I BBS NN5I TX 3B
215-482-0262 PARA Time Warp W3IX Philadelphia, PA 3
215-572-5890 WA3DSP BBS WA3DSP Glenside, PA 3B
215-628-9265 K4KWW BBS K4KWW PA ?
215-827-7689 K3DSM BBS K3DSM Malvern, PA ?
215-948-0593+K3DSM BBS (?) K3DSM (?) Malvern, PA (?) ?
216-745-7855 Akron Computer Group WA8SNF Akron, OH 3
218-525-1788 ? Ron Carlson Duluth, MN 3B
301-272-5313+Aberdeen Interface ? Aberdeen, MD 3B
301-350-1299+Mad Faces BBS Kim Wells Upper Marlboro, MD 3B
301-495-7323+Nat. Capitol Wing ? MD ?
301-540-1378+WB6RQN Usenet gtwy. WB6RQN Germantown, MD ?
301-540-9095+WB6RQN Usenet gtwy. WB6RQN Germantown, MD ?
301-670-9621 3 Winks W3INK Gaithersburg, MD 3B
301-926-8187 3 Winks W3INK Gaithersburg, MD 3B
303-497-6968 Boulder FIDO ? Boulder, CO ?
303-593-0766 HIP Shack Fido BBS N3EUA Colo. Springs, CO 3BC
303-781-1079 Photo Tech ? CO 3B
304-273-4136 ? Emmett Earley Ravenswood, WV 3
305-773-5033 Computer Hustler ? Satellite Beach,FL 3B
305-859-9443 Orlando Communicator WA4GIF Orlando, FL 3B
305-973-1947 The Eye of Osiris Boca Raton, FL 3B
305-997-5849 Megasystems Online Boca Raton, FL 3B
312-529-1586 Elk Grove Village N9DKO Chicago, IL 3B
313-239-9690 Flint BBS N8DYB/(KA8OCN?) Flint, MI (?) 3B
313-629-2854 Flint Area BBS KA8OCN Flint, MI 3(B?)
313-759-6569*Royal Oak RCP/M W8SDZ Royal Oak, MI 3B
315-697-3996 Random Access BBS KB2ECI ? 3B
318-688-7078+NoChange #2 Mike Berry Shreveport, LA 3B
319-557-9659 Sunshine BBS AI9D/KA0JAW Cedar Rapids, IA? 3
404-289-2050+No Frills BBS WB4LBM Decatur, GA 3
404-363-1640+Hams Bulletin Board WA4CBT Forest Park, GA 3B
404-476-7970 Ham Board One ? GA 3B
404-491-6365 Flagship Express KC4ME Atlanta, GA BC
404-493-4708 Randy's BBS ? GA 3B
404-834-9097 Commodore Msg. Ctr. KB4EUX Carrollton, GA 3
404-949-0687+Lockheed Amateur BBS ? GA 3B
406-256-8717 ? Dave Williams Billings, MT 3B
408-674-5048 Elmer II WA6LMM Greenfield, CA 3B
409-838-3761 Lamar University BBS WB5VNX Galveston, TX 3
414-543-0988 Milwaukee City ARES WB9YSG Mil. City, ML? 3
415-961-7250 BBS-JC K6LLK CA 3BC
415-858-0363 Packet UNIX BBS login: packet, password: net ?
416-231-0669 Humber Queensway BBS VE3OOZ Toronto, ON Canada 3B
416-252-9692?Humber College BBS VE3OOZ (?) Toronto, ON Canada 3
416-598-1934 Boards Galore ? Canada ?
504-395-5655:Bit-by-bit RBBS WB3ABN Patterson, LA 3BC
504-834-2544 The Connection Keith LaBorde New Orleans, LA 3
505-646-5194?Teacher's Pet FIDO K5XY/W4GHV NM 3B
509-534-6866:ANARC BBS ? Spokane, WA ?
509-697-7298 Cent. Washington BBS K7NTV Selah, WA 3B
512-734-3521 Radio Flyer KA5SWI San Antonio, TX 3
512-837-0953 Jimnet BBS WA5VLZ? Austin, TX ?
515-961-3325 W0RPK AMSAT BBS W0RPK Indianola, IA 3BC
516-293-2283 Radio ElectronicsBBS R.E. Magazine Farmingdale, NY(?) 3B
516-472-0691 The Idea X-Change N2AYB Bayport, NY 3B
516-561-6590 LICA LIMBS WA2EXP Long I. City, NY 3B
516-661-3643 South Shore ARC WB2VOZ Long Island, NY 3
516-736-2208*Bald Hill Tech. Ctl. W2JUP Farmingville, NY 3BC
603-424-5497*Stateline BBS Bob Wescott Merrimack, NH 3B
603-888-6999 Access-80 ? Nashua, NH 3
603-924-9809+73 Magazine KW1O Peterborough, NH 3B
609-268-1505?Morningstar Keep KA2BQE Indian Mills, NJ 3BC
609-268-9597*Morningstar Keep KA2BQE Indian Mills, NJ 3BC
609-652-2921+ACADEMIA WB2DRD Pomona, NJ ?
609-693-8849 Jersey Shore BBS W2FJC NJ 3B
609-859-1910 Pinelands RBBS W2XQ Vincentown, NJ 3BC
609-894-4366 N2EHM BBS N2EHM Pemberton, NJ 3B
612-291-0567 Digital Newsletter K0TG St. Paul, MN 3B
612-431-1149 HR Commodore Clique WA0CQG Apple Valley, MN 3(B?)
612-920-L5MN NASA/ESA press rels. L5 Society Minneapolis, MN 3BC
614-457-4227 Ham BBS (HBBS) N8EMR Columbus, OH 3B
617-565-9136+WB3ABN BBS WB3ABN Boston, MA 3B
617-923-7605 MassHam BBS K1OJH MA 3B
701-746-4814 Shortwave Network ? North Dakota ?
703-250-1837?SMA Scanner BBS ? VA 3B
703-435-0836+Sterling Info Exch. KF4GL VA 3
703-734-1387*AMRAD BBS K8MMO McLean, VA 3B
713-242-6041 KC5UP BBS KC5UP Houston, TX 3BC
713-280-8711 NASA Activities NASA Houston, TX B
714-681-0731 Ham Radio West John Warren Riverside, CA 3BC
716-672-8843 Computer Access Ctr. KA2NRC Buffalo, NY ?
718-268-2062 Apple Sauce BBS ? NY ?
718-268-3173:WB2SQM BBS WB2SQM NY 3BC
718-442-1056 New York Transfer Bob Richards Staten Island, NY 3BC
718-698-7875 Hamnet ? New York, NY 3B
718-761-5727*Programmers Corner David Snyder Staten Island, NY ?
803-871-3468 Tinbrain's BBS ? Summerville, SC 3
805-251-5558 Westlink Report BBS (entry: WLR) Canyon Country, CA ?
805-942-0329 Superbyte NE6I Lancaster, CA 3
805-947-4357 WB6FIU Fido BBS WB6FIU Palmdale, CA 3BC
805-967-0895 Compucations BBS ? Santa Barbara, CA ?
812-332-7227 Indiana On-Line WB9LWQ Bloomington, IN 3BC
813-874-3078*Pac-Comm, Inc. BBS KC2FF/W1BEL Tampa, FL 3BC
816-241-1012 N0AJI BBS (a/c 314?) N0AJI St. Louis, MO 3
816-331-7023 Online II Ham Radio ? Belton, MO 3
816-833-3427+Ham BBS ? Independence, MO 3
818-967-3108?Dataline N6ECN Pasadena, CA 3B
818-998-0319 CSC Ham BBS K6IYK Pasadena, CA 3BC
904-651-8684 Hot Muddy Duck N4HMD Pensacola, FL 3B
904-733-4515+Jace ? Jacksonville, FL ?
907-243-0324 ? Dick Phillips Anchorage, AK 3
914-365-0180:Mnematics Videotext WA2IAC/(K2SK-HR SIG) Sparkill, NY ?
914-485-3393*Hamnet-80(Login:GUEST) WB2COY Poughkeepsie, NY 3B
919-353-0610 Broadcasting TBBS ? Jacksonville, NC 3
Foreign Listings:
011-353-1-88-56-34 Dublin Users BBS (Swdn Callers DX?) Dublin, Ireland 3BC
011-31-3545395 Radio Netherlands FIDO BBS (Dutch) Hilversum, Holland 3(B)
011-44-707-52242 RSGB Databox United Kingdom B
-Tom Brown KA2UGQ
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UUCP: ..!ihnp4!mtune!ky2d-2!ka2ugq
ARPA: mtune!ky2d-2!ka2ugq@rutgers.ARPA o o
Packet: KA2UGQ @ KA2UGQ-4 c
2m FM: 145.750 MHz (local simplex) \____/
ICBM: 40 40' 41" N, 74 25' 03" W
If it's stuck, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyhow.
--
-Tom Brown KA2UGQ
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UUCP: ..!ihnp4!mtune!ky2d-2!ka2ugq
or: ..!ihnp4!bellcore!tom@ka9q.bellcore.com o o
Packet: KA2UGQ @ WA2SNA-1 c
2m FM: 145.750 MHz (local simplex) \____/
ICBM: 40 40' 41" N, 74 25' 03" W
If it's stuck, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyhow.
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Today's Topics:
AMSAT News 079
Skitrek 1st Drop Information
Skitrek Report 8
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Date: 19 Mar 88 07:00:18 GMT
From: ulysses!thumper!karn@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Phil R. Karn)
Subject: AMSAT News 079
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 1988 5:47 AM GMT Msg: IGII-3422-7213
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* AMSAT NA News Service Bulletins *
* NEWS079 19Mar88 *
* [ Copyright 1988 by AMSAT NA, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ] *
* [ Permission is granted for unlimited redistribution by electronic or ] *
* [ other means provided credit is given to AMSAT NA News Service (ANS). ] *
* [ Edited for AMSAT NA by WA2LQQ. ] *
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[Note to NCS and other communicators: Beginning with this ANS bulletin, we
will no longer be carrying the "Recent News In Review" section. This action
is taken to save on communication costs. You should, however, assure you have
the prior week's bulletins on hand to recap important items. Most news items
have a lifetime of about two weeks.
Also, for packet BBS activities, a special formatted version of the bulletins
will be available to facilitate transmission through the packet network
beginning next week.]
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Headlines:
1. Brazil AMSAT To Build Educational Satellite With AMSAT NA
2. Latest SKITREK Progress Report (direct from Rich Ensign)
3. Board Meeting Highlights
4. Motorola Donates Complex DSP Package
5. Board Reviews Dues Structure; New Rates Reflect Postal Increase
6. Short Bursts
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1. Brazil AMSAT To Build Educational Satellite With AMSAT NA
Brazil AMSAT (BRAMSAT) and AMSAT North America (AMSAT NA) have agreed in
principle to collaborate on a joint educational satellite project. The
satellite will carry an advanced voice synthesizer and be designed for easy
reception by Amateurs with minimal equipment. Called "Brazil Peacetalker",
the satellite will transmit voice telemetry of spacecraft operating conditions
as well as a voice greeting to other space faring nations to work towards the
peaceful use of space. This theme may lead into the International Space Year
now planned for 1992.
Brazil Peacetalker will be designed to be received by schools using minimal
equipment and for Amateurs who wish to explore space sciences by logging and
studying the telemetry. Preliminary plans have the telemetry read in English
while the greeting messages would be articulated in Portuguese, English and
Russian. Other languages could be added. The specific messages will be
programmable by a ground command station which shall be under the control of
international authorities.
The preliminary agreement was reached in Boulder Colorado March 6 when BRAMSAT
President Dr. Junior De Castro, PY2BJO, met with AMSAT NA officials. A
definitive agreement is imminent these officials stated. The AMSAT Board of
Directors which met March 12 and 13 has reviewed the project and finds it in
AMSAT NA's interest to consummate a final accord with BRAMSAT. If plans go
forward as expected, the Brazil Peacetalker will be launched in early 1989
into an approximately 800 km high orbit. Plans call for Brazil Peacetalker to
be launched with AMSAT NA's packet radio satellite and perhaps a third
satellite of the same class. These satellites will be small but highly
capable. An important design criterion is that they be easily heard on the
ground with omni-directional antennas.
The satellite will be funded by BRAMSAT and the tasks partitioned between
organizations based on a to-be-negotiated Statement of Work. A preliminary
design has been completed and construction will begin upon signing of the
definitive agreement.
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2. Latest SKITREK Progress Report (direct from Rich Ensign)
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3. Board Meeting Highlights
The AMSAT Board of Directors met at AMSAT Headquarters in Silver Spring,
Maryland March 12 and 13. Here are the highlights of the two day meeting.
Jan King, W3GEY, currently Vice President of Engineering, was elected Chairman
of the Board of Directors. Jan co-founded AMSAT in 1969 and has been a Board
member since then. He is the only original member of the Board still active.
He replaces John Browning, W6SP, who resigned from the Board last month. John
Henry, VE2VQ, formerly First Alternate Director, was seated upon W6SP's
resignation and participated in the Board meeting as a full voting member.
Andy, MacAllister, WA5ZIB, elevated to First Alternate Director, did not
attend.
Administrative Director Martha Saragovitz was recognized and applauded on
having completed 10 years as an AMSAT employee. She will receive a plaque to
display on the office wall together with her other meritorious service awards.
Deliberations of the Board covered matters such as liability insurance and
hazard insurance, accounting for volunteer labor expenditure, ASR costs and
the 1988 budget. Income has sagged probably due to AO-10's demise. As a
result, unless renewals turn around, the budget will have to be trimmed
sharply. The influx of new members and renewals associated with the Phase 3C
launch should revive a healthy financial picture, however, all agreed.
Field Operations progress was reported by VP of Field Ops, Doug Loughmiller,
KO5I. A strengthened Field organization is at hand Doug said. The AMSAT News
Service bulletins will be partitioned into smaller blocks to facilitate
transmission through the packet radio network and on to packet BBS. The
changes will go into effect in late March.
AMSAT will play a key role in the International Space Year (ISY), if plans
continue on course. AMSAT is forced to defend its copyright on its corporate
name several times per year at least at a cost of several thousands of dollars
in legal fees. New accounting software is being installed at Headquarters to
make the bookkeeping easier and more auditable. Telecommunications costs are
running at about 10% of the annual budget or about $20,000. Electronic mail
comprises more than half of that amount but the expense was recognized as
reasonable and the cost of doing business in a dispersed office environment;
with volunteers spread all over the world.
Recognition of launch insurance donations will be made in ASR at the earliest
opportunity. A very important joint AMSAT-TAPR Digital Signaling Processing
project was given the go-ahead. The object will be to manufacture for sale
special DSP boxes later this spring. The hardware sales will generate a
revenue stream to help pay for the PACSAT satellite now being developed and
will complement an on-going software sales effort.
A joint Brazil AMSAT and AMSAT NA project for an educational satellite was
approved subject to final contract definitization. This satellite will
tentatively be launched in 1989 with AMSAT NA's PACSAT.
A collaborative effort with Weber State University in Ogden, Utah is highly
desirable and likely the Board was told. Discussions on this subject will
continue apace. Weber State built the NUSAT-1 satellite and operated as well.
Fund raising program initiatives were very much on the Board's mind with
PACSAT coming up after Phase 3C and Phase 4 looming large on the horizon.
The minutes of the meeting will be available as soon as the Secretary to the
Board finalizes them.
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4. Motorola Donates Complex DSP Package
Steve Sagerian, KA0YRE of Motorola (at least partially responsible for the
68000 board network controller that CAPRA has done) has really come through
for the joint AMSAT-TAPR Digital Signal Processing (DSP) project. He arranged
for the DSP operations branch of Motorola to come up with two 56001 EXP kits.
This kit comes with bare boards, boot ROMs (a debugger, monitor), PAL's, and
several manuals. Just to get things rolling in a hurry Motorola decided to be
very generous and throw in two DSP56001 chips. This board has a 20.48 MHz
clock and processes 10.25 million instruction per second. Using the
architecture to its fullest one could do a 1024 point Fast Fourier Transform
(FFT) in 3.48 ms.
Steve and Bob McGwier, N4HY, will be building these two units up. They expect
further support from Motorola as they get applications back from AMSAT/TAPR.
AMSAT expresses it thanks Motorola, Inc. for its generous support in the form
of several thousand dollars worth of hardware and software!
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5. Board Reviews Dues Structure; New Rates Reflect Postal Increase
AMSAT Headquarters announces that a member dues increase will go into effect
May 4. Effective May 4th, the new rates are:
U.S. Domestic members: $30
Canada and Mexico: $36
Other foreign: $45
In accord with the Bylaws, a member dues change comprises a Bylaws change.
Consequently, the dues change shall be effective thirty days after publication
unless 10 % of the voting members object in writing. If so, then a general
membership vote will be held by mail.
The dues increase was made necessary by increased production and especially
postal costs. The Board has directed a 25% reduction in the cost of ASR and
has asked the president to provide members a view as to how dues are spent.
(Currently ASR consumes more than 25% of the AMSAT annual budget, i.e., costs
more than $50,000 per year.) The Board meeting held March 12 and 13 approved
the dues changes. The last due increase was in April 1983.
Beginning May 1, all overseas annual members will receive ASR directly from
AMSAT via Air Mail. Previously, re-mailers had helped in distribution by
re-mailing from their locale. However, the additional delays incurred and
complaints from members concerning the re-mailing process has resulted in the
change in overseas mailing method and rates. Overseas Life Members may opt to
have their ASR sent by Air Mail by remitting the additional postage costs.
Otherwise ASR will be mailed sea mail to overseas Life Members.
Annual members should renew early to beat the dues increase. You may renew
for several years in advance.
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6. Short Bursts
Dave Medley, KI6QE will be handling the AMSAT 75 Pacific Coast net according
to Regional Coordinator Ross Forbes, WB6GFJ.
***
Rumors suggest the launch of the Russian space shuttle is imminent.
***
The USSR has launched and Indian Remote Sensing satellite according to Max
White at the Royal Greenwich observatory. The IRS payload was launched March
17 at 0600 southbound from Tyuratam in the USSR. It will be handed over by the
Russians for use at the end of the month. The launcher was the SL3 Vostok.
Imagery is on S and X band, but RGO believes that a beacon may exist on known
Indian frequencies in the 137 MHz band and a search of this region may prove
fruitful. The weight of the payload is 950 kg
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Date: 19 Mar 88 06:58:49 GMT
From: ulysses!thumper!karn@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Phil R. Karn)
Subject: Skitrek 1st Drop Information
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 1988 11:34 AM GMT Msg: AGII-3415-4727
From: RENSIGN
To: RWALLIO, VRIP, NCS
CC: AMSAT
Subj: Skitrek 1st Drop Information
Supplement B to Transpolar Skitrek Progress Report #7
For the 9 PM Local Time Tuesday Evening Nets
February 15, 1988
The first air drop of supplies to the 13 man Transpolar Skitrek Expedition
took place at 09:00 UTC Monday. Eleven drops were made in two passes over
the skiers, now 200 km along in their journey. All supplies arrived safely on
the ground including fresh fruits and vegetables. The skiers constructed a
large igloo to serve, along with the tent, as a more permanent home for their
two day stop. They will also use the igloo for drying damp clothing, a
problem they could not solve earlier.
The numbness in their limbs which the skiers complained of a week ago is now
gone. All skiers are in good health. Richard Weber, VE8RW, sends his
greetings to all in the south that are following the trek. The group will be
conducting scientific research during their stay including medical exams and
stress tests.
Rick Burke, VO1SA Portable UA0, at Sredny Island, CI8C at Resolute and North
Pole 28 Ice Island Station 4K0D are all on RS-10/11. Listen for them on the
northern portion of passes in the 29.417 - 29.420 MHz range of the 10 meter
downlink.
The skiers' current position should be heard on the UO-11 Digitalker this
evening.
Rich Ensign, N8IWJ
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Date: 19 Mar 88 07:01:31 GMT
From: ulysses!thumper!karn@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Phil R. Karn)
Subject: Skitrek Report 8
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 1988 4:46 AM GMT Msg: LGII-3425-2100
From: RENSIGN
To: VRIP, RWALLIO, NCS, AMSAT
CC: PKARN
Subj: Skitrek Report #8
TRANSPOLAR SKITREK PROGRESS REPORT #8: March 18, 1988
Prepared by Rich Ensign, N8IWJ, AMSAT Science Education Advisor
For Use With The AMSAT Teachers Guide
"Exploring The High Arctic From Your Classroom"
The first air drop of supplies to the 13 man Transpolar Skitrek Expedition
took place on March 14th. Eleven drops were made in two passes over the
skiers. All supplies arrived safely on the ground including fresh fruits and
vegetables. The skiers constructed a large igloo to serve, along with the
tent, as a more permanent home for their two day stop. They also used the
igloo for drying damp clothing, a problem they could not solve earlier. The
numbness in their limbs which the skiers complained of several weeks ago is
now gone. All skiers are in good health. The group conducted scientific
research during their stay including medical exams and stress tests. On
Wednesday, March 16th, the 13 trekkers packed up and continued on their
journey.
Rick Burke, VO1SA Portable UA0, at Sredniy Island, CI8C at Resolute and North
Pole 28 Ice Island Station 4K0D are all on RS-10/11. Listen for them on the
northern portion of passes in the 29.417 - 29.420 MHz range of the 10 meter
downlink. Rick's daily routine includes a 1 km walk from his quarters to the
shack during which he has an armed escort in case of polar bears (he hasn't
reported seeing one yet). The weather has been severe at both Resolute
and Sredniy with strong winds and snow.
Winds the skiers have encountered lately have been about 15 km/hr with
temperatures around -35C. As of Thursday, March 17th, the skiers had made
excellent progress since continuing their journey. Their l
ocation was
83d 11.7'N, 97d 26.6'E as they completed Thursday's trek. This brings them
to a total trek distance to date of 225 km. Since the digitalker and
2 meter beacon onboard UO-11 have not been functioning continuously due to
programming problems, schools and others following the trek may access any
position information they have missed on the W0RPK AMSAT Bulletin Board
(1-515-961-3325) or in ASR.
Many of the elementary schools following the trek will be contacting each
other and comparing trek watching activities. These include schools in the
U.S., Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. This sharing is being coordinated
by AMSAT's Science Education Advisor Rich Ensign. If you want an elementary
school you are helping to become a part of the sharing, contact Rich for a list
of schools involved. His address is 421 N. Military,
Dearborn, MI 48124.
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A continuing series of Progress Reports like this one may be accessed via
packet BBS, AMSAT Nets and the main educator source, the W0RPK AMSAT Bulletin
Board. Progress Report #9 will be issued on March 25, 1988.
TRANSPOLAR EXPEDITION POSITION/CONDITION REPORTS VIA NORDSKI COMM & HF
MARCH 9 TO MARCH 17, 1988
REP# PRIOR. DATE/TIME(GMT) LAT (N) LONG REMARKS
====================================================================== =======
Celestial Nav 09MAR88 12:30 82d 09.3'N 97d 47.0'E UO-11 Re-programming
Today's conditions are rough. Current temp -40C wind 25km/hour. Expect -47C
today with dropping temp tomorrow.
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Celestial Nav 10MAR88 11:58 82d 16.9'N 97d 24.6'E UO-11 Re-programming
SARSAT/COSPAS 10MAR88 11:57 82d 18.7'N 97d 22.1'E -45C
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07 000 11MAR88 11:36 82d 28.8'N 97d 13.0'E
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12MAR88
Skiers via HF: -42C Skied for 9 hrs.
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08 000 13MAR88 11:16 82d 52.2'N 97d 19.8'E by celestial nav
Skiers via HF: -42C and winds at 3-4 Meters/sec from NW
-20C and snowy at Resolute
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Skiers Via HF: Skied from 01 to 07 UTC and waited for air drop which
occured at 09 UTC. Temp -38C. Set up drop camp #1.
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09 000 14MAR88 12:00 83d 01' N 97d 07' E Drop site location.
Skiers Via HF: Skied from 01 to 07 UTC and waited for air drop which
occured at 09 UTC. Temp -38C. Set up drop camp #1. Doing
science, clothes drying in large igloo, and R & R with fresh
fruits & vegetables.
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15MAR88
Day 2 at drop camp #1.
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16MAR88 13:00 82d 58.7'N 97d 28.9'E Drop site location
Will press on from drop camp later today. Position indicates possible
drifting of ice away from pole. Wx at Sredniy -38C and 10km/hr wind.
Wx at Resolute -25C and windy. Poor visibility.
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17MAR88 83d 11.7'N 97d 26.6'E Celestial nav
-35C and 18 km/hr from the SE. Lots of cracks in the ice but with ice
bridges crossing so progress not slowed. 24 km today. 225 km total progress.
Resolute wx -36C and high winds. Sredniy having full gale snowstorm.
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INFO-HAMS Digest Mon, 21 Mar 88 Volume 88 : Issue 120
Today's Topics:
An idea.. (2 msgs)
Grove's new 1988 "Shortwave Directory" looks good
NASA Prediction Bulletins
Software for portable packet/rtty
Sony ICF-SW1S
TNC RFI Problems
What's on 1.4-1.5 GHz?
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Date: 19 Mar 88 21:31:40 GMT
From: dan%speedy.wisc.edu@speedy.cs.wisc.edu (Dan Frank)
Subject: An idea..
In article <8803191551.AA17223@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> RLM@MAINE.BITNET (Robert L.
Metcalf) writes:
>Until the problems with UPS are resolved, why don't we all stop using UPS
>for shiping radio equipment?
I was wondering why outfits like Amateur Electronic Supply don't do
something like this. Can't they use the Postal Service, or Purolator,
or something? They are *big* UPS customers. Also, companies like Icom
won't make any money out of this, since UPS will be building their own
equipment.
At the very least, anyone ordering ham gear should insist that it
not be shipped by UPS, with an explanation why.
Has anyone considered buying a few shares of UPS stock, then calling
the company's stockholder relations department and asking why UPS is
trying to sabotage his or her hobby?
-- Dan
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Date: 20 Mar 88 04:22:56 GMT
From: calvin!kevin@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu (Kevin Tubbs)
Subject: An idea..
In article <5414@spool.cs.wisc.edu> dan@cs.wisc.edu (Dan Frank) writes:
> Has anyone considered buying a few shares of UPS stock, then calling
>the company's stockholder relations department and asking why UPS is
>trying to sabotage his or her hobby?
UPS is one of the biggest, if not *THE* biggest privately held corporations
in existence. Other than the 220 MHz-late-comments-trick, they are quite
an impressive operation. Unfortunately, I doubt that losing the truckload-
a-day of ham gear that they move would ever be noticed.
--
Kevin Tubbs, 5152 Upson, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14853 (607) 255-8703
kevin@calvin.ee.cornell.edu {ihnp4,uunet,rochester}!cornell!calvin!kevin
"If you took all the after-dinner speakers that ever were, and laid them end-
to-end at the equator, it would be a good thing."
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Date: 17 Mar 88 04:11:06 GMT
From: ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Parnass)
Subject: Grove's new 1988 "Shortwave Directory" looks good
x
Bob Grove's new 1988 Shortwave Directory is now availa-
ble, and it's a masterpiece. Coverage concentrates on
shortwave utility (non-broadcast) stations in the 1.8 -
30 MHz range, although listings of VLF stations are
included.
The 1988 directory is big - about double the size of its
predecessor. I will use and enjoy this directory as much
as I have the previous 2 editions.
The frequency listings from Grove's older books have been
updated. New coverage is given to topics like identifi-
cation of shortwave jammers [courtesy of yours truly] and
facsimile. Grove collaborated with other well respected
radio monitorists, who contributed detailed chapters
covering specialized topics. The new, very thorough RTTY
section will be welcomed by many.
The upgraded, very readable type face and interesting
photographs are appreciated. With other directories sel-
ling for upwards of $30, this book is a square deal at
$17.95.
Copies of the Shortwave Directory are available from:
Grove Enterprises, P.O. Box 98, 140 Dog Branch Road,
Brasstown, NC 28902. tel. (704)837-9200
--
===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===
Bob Parnass AJ9S - AT&T Bell Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxz!parnass - (312)979-5414
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Date: 16 Mar 88 22:44:04 GMT
From: mcvax!enea!tut!santra!kolvi!kwi@uunet.uu.net (Kaj Wiik)
Subject: NASA Prediction Bulletins
Phil is absolutely right, I therefore send 73`s to TS Kelso on behalf
of most satellite enthusiasts in Finland!
Kaj,
OH6EH/2
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Date: 17 Mar 88 05:57:10 GMT
From: thumper!karn@faline.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
Subject: Software for portable packet/rtty
My package runs just fine on PC-compatible laptops. All you need to get
on packet with it is a "KISS" mode TNC and radio. Many manufacturers are
now including KISS compatibity in their firmware (Kantronics advertises
theirs as "TCP/IP compatible"). Not only do you get the ability to run
the very same true high level networking protocols used on the ARPA
Internet, but you can also speak "plain" AX.25 and handle multiple
concurrent sessions of various types.
And the best part is that it's all free for noncommercial use --
including complete C source code. You can get the software and
documentation from a variety of sources. If you're on the Internet, get
it by anonymous ftp from louie.udel.edu under /pub/ka9q; if not, you can
get it on 5.25" floppies from TAPR, PO Box 22888, Tucson AZ 85734. You
can either provide your own disks (include 3 blank disks, return postage
and $2 for copying costs) or you can have TAPR provide the disks for $1
+ $.75/disk = $3.25.
Phil
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Date: 20 Mar 88 01:03:02 GMT
From: portal!cup.portal.com!Scott_James_Loftesness@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Sony ICF-SW1S
A friend bought one at EEB in Viennia, VA on Friday. Price: $299.95.
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Date: 17 Mar 88 21:09:44 GMT
From: hpcea!hpfcdc!hpisla!hplvla!hplvdd!chris@hplabs.hp.com (Chris Kelly)
Subject: TNC RFI Problems
In early TNC-2s there was a variable capacitor across the clock crystal
which allows you to "pull" the frequency one way or the other a small
ammount. The solution is not good, since it still allows RFI, but
you can choose where in the spectrum it lives, and can pull it off
onto unused frequencies (145.03?) at your QTH.
Don't go too far pulling the freq, or you may find bit timing changing
and thus changing your "baud" rates.
Other possible solutions:
a) cut the offending pc trace and put a 100-150
ohm resistor in series to slow down the edges on that waveform.
b) Put ferrites on every line (power, radio, RS-232) coming out of the TNC.
c) put bypass caps on every line coming out of the TNC (small values).
good luck and 73........de WD5IBS
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Date: 19 Mar 88 02:53:39 GMT
From: unmvax!charon!deimos.unm.edu!f12012ag@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: What's on 1.4-1.5 GHz?
Hi everyone. Just picked up an old 1.435 - 1.535 GHz receiver.
Very curious to know what can be heard in this part of the spectrum.
I don't have a frequency allocation chart, so I would appreciate any
info. about this band.
Thanks es 73
Ollie - N6LTJ
SEDS-UNM : Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
Box 92 Student Union, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 277-3171
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