home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
HAM Radio 3
/
hamradioversion3.0examsandprograms1992.iso
/
news
/
inham07
/
924.
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1980-01-01
|
9KB
|
228 lines
Subject: INFO-HAMS Digest V89 #924
To: INFO-HAMS@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
INFO-HAMS Digest Thu, 23 Nov 89 Volume 89 : Issue 924
Today's Topics:
Can't reach service dept
dx information
Free Vacuum Forever!
Heath SB102A - $ = ?
NEC UPC1651G?
Need IC-04 Mods!!
RS Discone? Good or Bad?
Scanners/freedom to listen/
The "right to receive"
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 22 Nov 89 16:09:40 GMT
From: hpda!hpcupt1!holly@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Jim Hollenback)
Subject: Can't reach service dept
Yes the big three are somewhat difficult to do service bussiness with.
I have had a unpleasant experience also with one of the big three. It
took SIX WEEKS to get an estimate for repair. Either they are very
understaffed, or the radios break a lot. Well since the big three are
Japanese, perhaps one should consider American. Ten-Tec makes some
very good radio and have a very excellent repair department, which by
the way the phone is answered by a person. They will also help you fix
your own radio, sending you the parts before you pay for them. Seems
like they want a happy customer.
73's
Jim, WA6SDM
holly@hpcupt1.HP.COM
------------------------------
Date: 23 Nov 89 00:54:47 GMT
From: hpda!hpcupt1!bmp@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Brian M. Perkin)
Subject: dx information
The closest thing to TV GUIDE is a magazine called MONITORING
TIMES published monthly. Available in most scanner/ham radio
stores. I will post the address next week if someone doesn't
beat me to it.
Brian Perkin
------------------------------
Date: 23 Nov 89 11:27:42 GMT
From: gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caesar.cs.montana.edu!ogccse!emory!stiatl!rsiatl!kd4nc!ke4zv@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Gary Coffman)
Subject: Free Vacuum Forever!
In article <322@km4ba.UUCP> alan@km4ba.UUCP (Alan Barrow) writes:
>In article <506@idacrd.UUCP> mac@idacrd.UUCP (Robert McGwier) writes:
>
>stuff deleted....
>>and Privacy Act carefully. Further, don't get caught by a sheriff in
>>certain New Jersey counties with a 2 meter rig that is CAPABLE of receiving
>
>This confirms my suspicion that everything is illegal in NJ. If it
Don't you know that EVERYTHING is legal in Jersey unless you get
caught. It's the state motto or something.
73 Gary KE4ZV
------------------------------
Date: 23 Nov 89 06:53:04 GMT
From: gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz!dhw68k!daveegan@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Dave Egan)
Subject: Heath SB102A - $ = ?
I have just recently passed my Novice exams (and anxiously awaiting my ticket)
and working on the Tech. I have a friend who is selling his Heathkit SB102A
radio. I have some questions about it.
First: Heathkit SB102A (this guy built it himself)
with Power Supply
Speaker, clock, etc. (3 modules to make a console)
Noise Blanker
SWR
10 - 80 meter coverage.
Now on to the questions:
1) What is this worth?
2) Is it worth buying?
3) Any problems with these units that you can relate?
4) Anything I forgot?
I'd appreciate mail; I'll post the answers if there is interest!
Thanks for the replies.....,
--
Dave Egan
uucp: ...{spsd,zardoz,felix}!dhw68k!daveegan
InterNet: daveegan@dhw68k.cts.com
------------------------------
Date: 22 Nov 89 21:22:28 GMT
From: rti!sunpix!gb@mcnc.org ( Sun Visualization Products)
Subject: NEC UPC1651G?
Can anyone give me the specifications for a NEC UPC1651G? I
understand from the All Electronics catalog that it is a wideband RF
amplifier, with 19dB gain and 1200MHz bandwidth. I'd like to know the
noise figure at HF and the 3rd order intercept (or the 1db compression
point, or the maximum standing current, or some parameter from which I
can estimate the signal handling capacity). They are selling these
things for $0.50 each or 100 for $35.00. I'd like to know if they're
some good before I buy them.
gb wa4fut
------------------------------
Date: 22 Nov 89 20:20:47 GMT
From: hpda!hpcuhb!hpscdc!marke@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Mark Espinosa)
Subject: Need IC-04 Mods!!
The subject of "mod's" for the IC-04AT have probably been brought up
before here on the NET, but for some reason I have managed to miss them
all. So, if some kind ol radio amateur could dig in to his or her files
one more time, and post them for me, it would be muchly apprieciated. I
am specifically looking for the mod's that pertain to out of band oper-
ation, and RX audio volume improvement.
Please post or e-mail, and thanks.
Mark Espinosa/WA6RGD
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 89 14:07:31 GMT
From: Pete Lucas 0793-411613 <PJML%IBMA.NERC-WALLINGFORD.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: RS Discone? Good or Bad?
Anyone got any comments (Good? Bad?) on the RS Discone antenna? I am needing
a portable antenna for covering 86, 144-147 and 169-173MHz. Important thing
is that it can be easily assembled & dismantled again. I dont have access to
a lathe anymore, or I'd build myself a discone with quick-disconnect features.
++Pete
------------------------------
Date: 23 Nov 89 13:40:06 GMT
From: brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor)
Subject: Scanners/freedom to listen/
Our local Fire Department dispatches "Code N" events - to alert the news
media who are monitoring on scanners of newsworthy events, such as big
fires.
Usually it's too late to get pictures of the flames, which is what the
director wanted for the 5 o'clock, but helpful none the less.
And don't tell me that's a private transmission. Hah!
But this is, and mommy will get mad at you for listening.
- Brian
------------------------------
Date: 23 Nov 89 03:54:35 GMT
From: jupiter!karn@bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
Subject: The "right to receive"
In article <6968@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> rma@mhgki.ATT.COM writes:
>Phil, there's no way to know if anyone is doing anything illegal in the
>privacy of their own home unless you break in and catch them in the act.
Bob, you're quite right. Unless, of course, the crime has a victim or
witness in the house who is willing to complain to the police. They
would have to establish "probable cause" before a judge who could then
issue a search and/or arrest warrant. Then, and only then, does the
Constitution allow the police to break into a private home without the
permission of the owner. This is long-established American law, and I
wouldn't have it any other way.
I live alone. If I listen to a forbidden frequency, who is going to
know? How is the requirement for "probable cause" going to be satisfied?
The fact is, it can't -- not unless you start loosening the standards
for probable cause to the point where Constitutional guarantees lose all
meaning. The Fourth (and Fifth) Amendments are specifically intended to
keep the government from conducting "fishing expeditions", but a fishing
expedition is the only way you could enforce the ECPA against someone
who violates it from the privacy of his own home.
>Does that mean you can use illegal drugs, decode encrypted cable TV or
>tear the "do not remove" tags from mattresses with total disregard for
>the law?
It's interesting that you should mention drugs. As time goes on, I am
starting to lean more and more in the direction of those who say that
the "war on drugs" (and the competition between the dealers) are greater
threats to the country than the drugs themselves.
I've occasionally tuned across the tabloid TV show "COPS". Judging from
the show's ratings, the show depicts what most Americans probably
perceive as a heroic group of fighters battling the evil drug menance.
When I tune in, however, I often see highly questionable activities
that, in my opinion, border on Gestapo tactics. Is it really necessary
to severely penalize the use of drugs even when it's done in private? Do
the ends always justify the means?
Apparently a lot of Americans think so. I turn pale when I read polls
that show a majority willing to give up their Constitutional rights "if
it will help the war on drugs".
Fortunately, unlike drugs, there has as yet been no hysterical public
outcry against radio monitoring. If there were, I shudder to think of
the consequences.
Phil
------------------------------
End of INFO-HAMS Digest V89 Issue #924
**************************************