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Info-Hams Digest            Sat, 29 Dec 90       Volume 90 : Issue 571

Today's Topics:
                            A New Problem
                         ARRL Bulletins 55/56
              Can an Icom 4AT be modified for 450 Mhz ?
           NEEDED/WANTED: CQ Boomless Quad Antenna article
                          QSL routes needed
                          Question (2 msgs)
        Will the codless license save ham radio (ARRL BASHING)

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Date: 29 Dec 90 00:22:12 GMT
From: mcsun!hp4nl!phigate!philica![e-mail]  (Geert Jan de Groot)
Subject: A New Problem
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jay
>Maynard) writes:
>|> I wish you were right...but the canonical comment of those who
>operate between
>|> 27.405 and 28 MHz is, "I'd get a ham license if it weren't for that
>#$%@#$^
>|> code." Those people will rush to get no-code licenses. That's what
>frightens
>|> me about no-code, and _nobody_ has yet shown me that that fear is
>unfounded.
>
>Why should it frighten you? I've listened to those guys too, and to
>tell you the truth, I would have a hard time telling them apart from
>"real" hams.  The lingo is the same, the conversation topics are the
>same, the equipment is even the same. :-)

Yes! As I and others have said before, experiences from countries that
*do* have no-code licenses, for many years now, show that this simply
doesn't happen. After a while, you will find that LIDs equally divided
in all license classes. A number of local people I would call 'difficult'
(nor does any other test, IMHO).
have a full ticket here. The code test doesn't make a difference.

What will change next year?
If the amateur literature printed by a ham union is representative
for the work done in that country, then I guess UHF/SHF activity
will go way up. That is a Good Thing.

What will turn people away is a negative attitude. If you have a problem
with certain people, just QSY and keep everybody happy. Fortunately, there
is still enough frequency space left to do that. Even, you American people
still have a big allocation advantage.

Getting a whole flood of new people will put some pressure on the patience
of everybody.
Just wellcome the new people with a positive attitude, friendly point them to
the operation errors they make (like you made them in your first QSO),
and after a while you will find out that there are many people
for who you're glad they joined the radio service.

Real hams don't get mad at somebody with a bad fist. They will try to make
the code of that person better. The same thing applies here.


Best wishes for 1991! 73,

Geert Jan PE1HZG

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Date: 29 Dec 90 02:35:35 GMT
From: att!cbnewsh![e-mail]  (john.a.siegel)
Subject: ARRL Bulletins 55/56
To: [e-mail]

ZCZC AG65
QST DE W1AW
ARRL BULLETIN 56  ARLB056
FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS
NEWINGTON CT  DECEMBER 29, 1990
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS

FCC RULED ON DECEMBER 27 ON EXEMPTING APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES
FROM THE 13 AND 20 WPM MORSE EXAMINATIONS.  APPLICANTS UPGRADING TO
A LICENSE REQUIRING THESE CODE LEVELS MAY PRESENT TO VES
CERTIFICATION FROM A PHYSICIAN TO BE EXEMPTED FROM THE CW
REQUIREMENT.  ONLY CERTIFICATION BY DOCTORS OF MEDICINE AND
OSTEOPATHY WILL BE ACCEPTED.  APPLICANTS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO
SUBMIT A RELEASE ALLOWING FCC ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE MEDICAL RECORDS.
THE NEW REGULATIONS TAKE EFFECT FEBRUARY 14, 1991, THOUGH WAIVERS OF
13 AND 20 WPM CODE TESTS ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE UNDER SIMILAR
CONDITIONS.  MORE INFORMATION WILL APPEAR IN FEBRUARY QST.
NNNN


ZCZC AG64
QST DE W1AW
ARRL BULLETIN 55  ARLB055
FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS
NEWINGTON CT  DECEMBER 29, 1990
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS

FCC ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 27 DETAILS OF THE NEW CODE FREE TECHNICIAN
LICENSE.  THE LICENSE WILL CARRY FULL AMATEUR PRIVILEGES ABOVE 30
MHZ.  THE NEW REGULATIONS ARE EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 14, 1991.  CURRENT
LICENSEES OF ALL CLASSES, INCLUDING EXISTING TECHNICIANS,  WILL
NEITHER GAIN NOR LOSE PRIVILEGES.  THE NOVICE LICENSE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE AVAILABLE TO NEW APPLICANTS.  FURTHER INFORMATION WILL APPEAR
IN THE FEBRUARY ISSUE OF QST.
NNNN

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Date: 29 Dec 90 06:06:23 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu![e-mail]  (Steve Rhoades)
Subject: Can an Icom 4AT be modified for 450 Mhz ?
To: [e-mail]

I have an old Icom 4AT which has been collecting dust for several
years now (remember when radios had thumbwheel switches :-).

The production company I work for uses low-power 450 & 455 Mhz xmitters
as sort of a wireless intercom.  I was wondering if there's a way to
easily shift everything "up" by 10 Mhz and have the Icom cover 450-460 Mhz
instead of 440 - 450 Mhz.

Please, I'll just be using it for reception so no flames about
FCC Type acceptance :-).

On a related note, I missed the ALLMODs post that was here awhile back; Is it
FTPable ?  I checked Simtel-20 and couldn't find it.

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Date: 28 Dec 90 22:21:20 GMT
From: ka2qhd![e-mail]  (Chris Crosby KA2RAF)
Subject: NEEDED/WANTED: CQ Boomless Quad Antenna article
To: [e-mail]

I am in need of a copy of The Boomless Quad article that appeared in CQ
mag. somewhere between April-June of 1981-1983. I am not sure of the date
exactly but I am sure it was in CQ because I built it some years ago.
If anyone has the issue in question, I would like to arrange for a copy
of it. I am particularly interested in the dimensions since I would like
to rebuild the elements and put it up. Please contact me via e-mail or
write me at: P.O.Box 1286 Lakewood, NJ 08701
AMPR: [e-mail]
I am willing to pay any expenses for the copying/postage
Thanks very much, 73 de Chris

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Date: 28 Dec 90 17:35:24 GMT
From: att!cbnewsj![e-mail]  (thomas.kenny)
Subject: QSL routes needed
To: [e-mail]

My 1989 callbook does not have the address for C6AFP which I worked during
the 10 meter contest a couple of weeks ago. This was my first C6 contact
so I'd appreciate the QSL route or address if somebody has it....

The other day I got a QSL card back which I sent directly. It was for a
contact I had with ZS200WOL on April 20, 1990. I used the following address:

M. H. Smith
Kimberley Regiment
Box 255
Kimberley 8300, South Africa

Whomever received it wrote "unkown at given address". Funny thing is they
sent this back to me via Airmail and even returned my 2 IRCs. Well I'd like
to give this one another go so if anybody has a QSL route for ZS200WOL
I'd appreciate it. I might be wrong but I seem to remember something about
the station being a special event at a Wool festival???

Thanks in advance for your reply. 73 DE KB2GLO, Tom.

--
Tom Kenny, KB2GLO
uucp:   att!lzatt!tek          internet: [e-mail]
packet: [e-mail]  ampr: [e-mail] [44.64.0.10]

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Date: 29 Dec 90 01:33:00 CST
From: "812SPG" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Question
To: "info-hams" <[e-mail]>

$%@#R$%
            %@##

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Date: 29 Dec 90 01:35:00 CST
From: "812SPG" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Question
To: "info-hams" <[e-mail]>

$%@#R$%

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Date: 29 Dec 90 07:01:35 GMT
From: cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!lopez![e-mail]  (Gary Bourgois)
Subject: Will the codless license save ham radio (ARRL BASHING)
To: [e-mail]

After listening to all the belly aching about the codeless license, I
decided it is time for the Eccentric Old Hippie to toss in his dos
centavos.

It seems that even the opposing sides in the 14.313 war are unified in
their hate for the idea of a codeless license, and are bemoaning WHAT
WILL BECOME OF HAM RADIO (Hawr hawr just listen to 14.313 for a few days
and you will realize it can not get worse than THAT)....

I think the FCC is one heck of a lot smarter than those old rickity
coots at ARRL.  The code free license that ARRL proposed would have
brought in NO ONE.  Plain and simple, that ticket had no value, and the
FCC is wise enough to see that.  Here are these grinchy coots wanting to
hang on to all the "good stuff" like 2 meters for themselves.

WHAT ON EARTH FOR?  Maybe there is a lot of fascinating 2meter
discussions where YOU live, but my experience is that NEW BLOOD is
NEEDED, and without this transfusion, the patient is gonna die.

I have a 2 meter all mode radio.  I can tune it from one end to the
other most of the day and hear NOTHING.  Granted I live in the
hinterlands, but I got this radio for $100 (some folks say I stole it
from the other op) because the guy who had it could find no one to talk
to.  HE LIVES IN CHICAGO.

I have two friends who I work on this radio SIMPLEX.  I guess that makes
it worth the $100.

I also have a CB.  (EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK)  On there I talk to about 6 very
conversant folks about all sorts of fascinating topics.  We have talked
for HOURS AND HOURS on 27275.  For at least three years, I have been
pestering them to get ham tickets.  They all have scanners and
shortwaves and they listen to me talk to my ham friends, and also follow
some of the more off the wall nets that I am a member of.  They find it
interesting, but none of them ever got sufficiently motovated.

Until now.

One of the group has already stated that come february he will be taking
the plunge.  I am figuring that once HE does, several of the others in
the 27.275 group will also join in (There are THREE of us in the group
that are already hams, but find the CB group more handy)

When I was a KID I thought the ARRL was great.  They provided me the
study guides, and back then QST was something a person did not need a
bank loan to get.

I dropped out of ARRL when INCENTIVE LICENSING came about.  I think
NOTHING destroyed ham radio like INCENTIVE LICENSING DID.  If you look
at the figures I will wager that the decline in ham radio happened RIGHT
THEN and there.

The new tech license will go a long way toward making up for the
stupidity that caused the decline in ham radio activity.

I think it is time we old timers wake up and smell the coffee.  I am in
my 40's and I am the youngest member of most of the nets I am on.  I
used to remember in the 50's and 60's always hearing high school and
college age kids on the ham bands.  I don't think there is anyone
younger than 35 on the local ham bands, and I do not recall hearing very
many youthful voices on 20 40 or 75 either.

My Code Key is still connected, and I still use it...  I sort of like
the "tradition" of the original digital mode....

However, all those "usual" CW arguments started sounding very very stale
to me 10 years ago; (You can use it in an emergency if your mic is
broken) Hey lets make it manditory for DRIVERS also, so if they get
stuck in a rollover in a valey, they can beep out a message.... (CW
always gets through) packet gets through better, and it is ERROR FREE
and you don't have to listen to a "lake erie swing" either....   etc.
etc. etc. ad nausium.

I operate a fairly popular BBS system, which is radio oriented.  All our
staff are radio nuts of one variety or another.  I am personally going
to develop an on line study system based upon the new code pool.  It
will feature tutorials, an on line test, with help on the questions you
missed.

I want to personally elmer in a SLEW of new ops, and so should the rest
of you.

At least here on USENET, there has not been the sour grapes doom and
gloom griping.

"Ham radio will become like CB"

Well I tell ya folks.  Listen to 14.313 and then come to Marquette
Michigan and tune in 27.275.  Compare the two.  Then say "Boy would it
ever be a good thing if it *DID*"


--
=Marquette MI: It's Not the END of the world, but you can see it from here=
==  Gary Bourgois flash@lopez (rutgers!sharkey!lopez!flash)  GWN UPLink  ==
==  3.950  Nationwide Amateur Radio Nightly after 0200z=Learning Channel ==
=============== WB8EOH = The Eccentric Old Hippie = WB8EOH ================

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