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INFO-HAMS Digest            Mon,  4 Dec 89       Volume 89 : Issue 969

Today's Topics:
Laws against scanners in cars?? [was Re: Radios in crime (was: Re: (#1 in series) Listen to store security guards catch shoplif
                            mods database
             Nicad rejuvenation article request answered
           Restrictions on RECEIVING signals in England....
                                S01MZ
                     S27, Tubes, tuning controls.
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Date: 4 Dec 89 15:16:16 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester![e-mail]  (Ray Frank)
Subject: Laws against scanners in cars?? [was Re: Radios in crime (was: Re: (#1 in series) Listen to store security guards catch shoplif
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Pat Thaler) writes:
>What I wonder is how the NJ law affects me if I go there with my
>HT which has a receive band wide enough to cover police and fire
>frequencies?  From what I have heard, it sounds like the law would
>prohibit having it in the car.  Can it be carried in the trunk?
>Since most HTs made today have extended receive coverage, what do
>NJ hams do?
>
>Pat Thaler KJ6PU

Of course a scanner can be carried 'somewhere' in the car.  Otherwise,
how do the police suggest you get it home from the store??  I think the
law states that the scanner has to be some what disabled so that it
cannot be in a receiving condition in the car.  For example, the batteries
could be removed or the scanner could be in a box, etc.  Does any one know
for sure?

ray

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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1989 13:06 EDT
From: Mark Bramwell   519 661-3714 <watmath!ria.ccs.uwo.ca!business.uwo.ca![e-mail]>
Subject: mods database
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have getting some mail regarding the mods database.  It can now be
accessed through the internet.  If you want to grab a file, you must
FTP to HAMSTER.  It does not support TELNET sessions.

FTP 129.100.22.100       login as anonymous and any password will work.

The FILES are stored in the directory called MODS.  Each file is some info
on a particular radio.  For example:   TS440.MOD is info on the Kenwood
TS440 HF transceiver.

Bitnet people can still access the MODS database through mail.

Send any new postings to:   [e-mail]

TNX.

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Date: 4 Dec 89   10:41 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Nicad rejuvenation article request answered

Date: 4 December 1989, 10:20:34 EST
From: WMLBTAM at UCCCVM1
To:   INFO-HAMS at WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL
Subj: Nicad rejuvenation article request answered

Will Martin's address [e-mail] won't work from here, so
THANKS WILL! and here's a synopsis (he sent me the text--what service!).

Several notes appeared in 23-Sep through about 4-Oct of 1988.  Rusty Carruth
(N7IKQ) reported on work he did with a NiCd charger circuit from Ham Radio mag
on 23-Sep and 4-Oct.  Gian Moda, I7SWA, submitted an extract of an article by
Pat Hawker, G3VA, which appeared in Radio Communication for May, 1988, which
sites one by J. Fielding, ZS5JF, which appeared in Radio ZS for September,
1987, and this set appeared on 29-Sep 1989.

Thanks, Will, and I hope this helps the several people who wanted to know if
I got a reply.

Ted

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Date: 3 Dec 89 15:54:50 GMT
From: virgin!ubbs-nh![e-mail]  (N. Del More)
Subject: Restrictions on RECEIVING signals in England....
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Alan T Potter) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Neal Woodall) writes:
>>In article <24.Nov.89.14:59:49.GMT.#[e-mail]> Matt Brunton writes:
>>
>>>.................................Over here in the UK the law lets you
>>>listen to licensed radio amateurs, licensed CB operators and
>>>broadcasters AND THAT IS IT.
>>
>>Do you thin this is GOOD? If you do, I feel sorry for you.....
>>
>>Just another reason for me to think that England is a police state. This may
>>not be ther proper forum, but then again maybe it is....I will let the readers
>>decide.....

Gack!  England a police state?!?

You'd think that as Amateur Radio Operators we'd be more cognizant of
different cultures and societies, at least more so than the average
wino...

England a police state?  No... different yes, different laws as well as
customs and rightly so.  Just think of what a bore the world would be if
all countries where carbon copies of the US.

Lets look at the really nice things about England.... cops who don't
carry guns, and citizens that aren't bent on shooting each other in
traffic etc....  (no gun nut flames please, I'm an NRA member).

Sure some of their laws are weird, but tell me that alot of ours aren't.

Don't waste your time worrying about the folks across the pond... you've
enough to worry about here, I mean our blessed government is spewing
pro-democracy BS to the world while our legislators are busily eroding
our fundemental rights!

Now step right up and pee in the bottle boy..... wanna see if your
eligible for a pay check.

(Consider the above... as well as all of the silly friggin laws passed in
the past 20 years which impose restrictions on the many due to the sins
of the few).

Noel
KC1RB


--
Noel B. Del More             |                             decvax!ubbs-nh!noel
17 Meredith Drive            |                             [e-mail]
Nashua, New Hampshire  03063 | It's unix me son!  `taint spozed tah make cents

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Date: 4 Dec 89 14:32:33 GMT
From: att!cbnewsk![e-mail]  (steven.m.wheatley)
Subject: S01MZ
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

>
> P.S. - a tip: When KV4AM operated as T30MA in March 88, he did reply
> to cards sent with just an SASE, but he included a photocopied note
> to the effect that he would have liked contributions to cover the cost
> of at least the cards, so if it turns out to be a genuine operation
> and you want a QSL card, you might want to put a dime in the envelope
> as well :-)


This (contribution requests) is an interesting subject, and has
been one of hot debate in recent DX bulletins.  As long as he
indicated an interest in contributions, but sent the card anyway, I
don't have a problem with this.  What is scary is that some
managers toss the card without a 'donation', some mail it slow boat
unless a 'significant contribution' exists, etc.  Being a manager,
i sometimes see greenstamps to help the qsl printing costs.  For a
dxpedition, contributions help to pay the cost of travel,
etc....which in some cases can be a major setback if you don't get
the help.

I guess, that this falls into two areas...are you contributing to a
QSL  manager or a dxpedition effort.  The first is nice, but
shouldn't be a requirement (unfortunately, it sometimes is!).  The
second is a measure of the value of the dxpedition to you.  If it
was helpful, I would consider adding something to help out the
costs.  I suspect a dime would be an insult, although something is
better than nothing.  Consider adding a few stamps (if, for the
example given, the ham can use them for postage) or a greenstamp,
or an additional IRC.

73, steve
--
Steven Wheatley    AT&T Consumer Products    [phone]

....!att!inuxz!wheatley

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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 89 17:27:27 GMT
From: "Pete Lucas, NERC-TLC, Swindon U.K." <PJML@
Subject: S27, Tubes, tuning controls.
Message-ID: <04 Dec 89 17:48:15 GMT #[e-mail]>

Yes the S27 uses acorn tubes in the front-end. 954 and 955 and so on.
I've heard of at least one S27 that was converted to use nuvistors
(6CW4) in the front-end to hot thing up a bit. But thats sacrilege!
It wouldnt look right inside anymore.

<Nostalgia-flash begins>

OK so its not the Worlds most *sensitive* receiver,
(5microvolts) and its frequency setting accuracy
is poor, but it *looks* like a *proper* radio!  The lovely yellowish glow
of the dial-lights, dimly illuminating the shack, is far more restful
than the harsh green glow of the LED frequency display on your rice-box.
Even the faint touch of mains hum in the speaker adds to the enjoyment.
It makes the thing feel alive!
And i prefer free-running, spin-tuned radios to modern synthesized stuff.
Who remembers the beautiful silky feel of the National HRO5 dial (and the
hopeless log-scale-to-frequency graphs?). Or the uniquely satisfying
tactile experience of the tuning on the Collins S-line?
Modern photo-chopper-synth. tuning just doesnt have the feel - its like
using a machine, rather than an organic, living radio - 'keypad'
frequency entry is just so IMPERSONAL!

<Nostalgia-flash ends>

PJML%UK.AC.NWL.IA@UKACRL    'You can tell a *REAL* radio by dropping it
     ...-.- de G6WBJ         on the floor. If the floor breaks and the
                             radio still works, then its a *REAL* radio'

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