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- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 10:59:36 PDT
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- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1283
- To: Info-Hams
-
-
- Info-Hams Digest Fri, 29 Oct 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1283
-
- Today's Topics:
- `Vanity` Call Signs
- AX.25 Specifications on the net?
- BAUD VS BAUDS
- Bird watt-meters can't be exported?
- converting ssb cb to 10 meter
- Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 28 October
- Gays vs. ARRL (was: <an ad for a gay radio club>)
- HF bands in need of repair
- ORBS$301.2L.AMSAT
- ORBS$301.WEATH.AMSAT
- Update - ARRL National Exam Day '93 - Tomorrow, 10/30/93
- Yaesu FT-990 Comments...
- zones, regions, and all that stuff -- where am I?
-
- Send Replies or notes for publication to: <Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu>
- Send subscription requests to: <Info-Hams-REQUEST@UCSD.Edu>
- Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu.
-
- Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available
- (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams".
-
- We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text
- herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
- policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Oct 93 16:56:53 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: `Vanity` Call Signs
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- > Personally, I do not want to see a commercial company administer amateur
- >licenses. They can charge whatever they want, while amateur organizations
- >can only charge the actual costs involved since they are non profit.
- >Since license fees would be used to pay for the program, you can see that
- >an amateur organization would be a better choice for all of us.
-
- i don't believe a non-profit biz is prohibited from turning a profit. they
- can't do things to raise capital & pay investors like a profit business but
- they can certainly show a profit. There are other things a non-prof. cannot
- do but those are political trade off for having the tax benefit of non-profit
- status.
-
- there's certainly more folks on here that will be more expert in this part of
- the tax code than me, but i know it's false to assume a non-profit
- organziation is a guarantee against high fees/prices...
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Oct 1993 16:27:04 GMT
- From: nothing.ucsd.edu!brian@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: AX.25 Specifications on the net?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- btoback@netcom.com (Bruce Toback) writes:
- >Is the full specification for AX.25 available on the net?
-
- No.
-
- Is the description
- >of AX.25 in the ARRL Handbook adequate for writing PAD software?
-
- No. But there is little better. You should look at several of the
- available implementation sources to get ideas.
- - Brian
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Oct 93 14:50:29 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: BAUD VS BAUDS
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Actually the term baud itself is often misused. The term baud means
- "a rate of information exchange". e.g., Baud rate is the rate at which
- a frequency shift keyed tone is changing to send mark and
- space or "1s" and "0"s. In most high speed landline modems for 1200
- bps and up the bit/second rate and the baud rate are *not* the same.
- The fact is that a 9600 BPS modem uses a baud rate (not bauds) of 2400.
- That's because of the modem modulation scheme using more than one FSK
- tone pair sends 4 bits per baud. So technically it is incorrect to call
- a V.29 or V.32 modem a 9600 baud modem. The "9600" modem you might have
- in your PC is a 9600 bit/second (2400 baud) modem.
-
-
- Seth Taylor
- KC2WE
-
- The opinions are my own and not those of ASCOM Timeplex
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 93 08:43:49 GMT
- From: pacbell.com!uop!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!uos-ee!ee.surrey.ac.uk!M.Willis@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Bird watt-meters can't be exported?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Seriously. These things cost a lot more over here and I suspect it is a monopoly
- problem. You can expect to pay about $500 equivalent for a basic model43. Then
- there are the slugs. It is a very expensive meter, second hand prices from dealers
- usually are about $150. Getting useful slugs (e.g. 1KW C) is virtually impossible
- without buying new...so if anylone has a collection of slugs they don't need let me
- know.
-
- I made my own 43 using a panel mounted bird meter and coupler plus a dicast box,
- that only cost me $120 with a 500W 50-125 MHz slug that also works on 144 MHz
- pretty well.
-
-
- Mike
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 27 Oct 93 18:13:08 EST
- From: titan.ksc.nasa.gov!k4dii.ksc.nasa.gov!user@ames.arpa
- Subject: converting ssb cb to 10 meter
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <1993Oct21.152442.23398@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu>,
- martin@datacomm.ucc.okstate.edu (Martin McCormick) wrote:
- > I have a Browning LTD which I converted just recently to 10.
- > After determining which crystal in the mixer to replace, I bought one
- > and soldered it in. The only problem I had is that the new crystal which
- > is in a varactor circuit won't rubber around nearly as much as the old one did.
-
- Martin-
-
- If you haven't received a better response yet, try adding a small
- inductance in series with the voltage-variable-capacitor diode. I don't
- recall the approximate value, but the physical size of the inductors I've
- used, was about the size of a 1/2 watt carbon resistor.
-
- You might try taking a 1/2 watt 1 megohm resistor, and winding a single
- layer coil using the finest wire you have. When you see how much
- difference this makes, you can try more or less inductance to get where you
- want to be. If this approach doesn't increase the range enough, you may
- need an inductor that is wound on a ferrite core coil form.
-
- To lower the frequency of the crystal, you might change the
- voltage-variable-capaitor diode, to one that has a higher nominal value.
- If you don't have a source of these diodes, try an ordinary rectifier
- diode, and see what happens. I have found some that not only worked well
- in the circuit, but had a wider "rubbering" spread!
-
- 73, Fred, K4DII
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Oct 93 14:50:35 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 28 October
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- !!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 301, 10/28/93
- 10.7 FLUX=088.5 90-AVG=094 SSN=047 BKI=3343 3224 BAI=016
- BGND-XRAY=B1.5 FLU1=1.2E+06 FLU10=9.7E+03 PKI=3344 3234 PAI=016
- BOU-DEV=024,025,046,029,021,019,019,044 DEV-AVG=028 NT SWF=00:000
- XRAY-MAX= C1.7 @ 0802UT XRAY-MIN= B1.1 @ 0201UT XRAY-AVG= B3.3
- NEUTN-MAX= +001% @ 2220UT NEUTN-MIN= -002% @ 2315UT NEUTN-AVG= -0.4%
- PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 1330UT PCA-MIN= -0.6DB @ 1805UT PCA-AVG= -0.1DB
- BOUTF-MAX=55363NT @ 0352UT BOUTF-MIN=55336NT @ 1709UT BOUTF-AVG=55352NT
- GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+059,+000,+000
- GOES6-MAX=P:+119NT@ 1316UT GOES6-MIN=N:-066NT@ 1017UT G6-AVG=+082,+018,-038
- FLUXFCST=STD:086,085,084;SESC:086,085,084 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,008,008/015,010,015
- KFCST=2333 4332 2333 2222 27DAY-AP=025,008 27DAY-KP=5455 3322 2233 2321
- WARNINGS=*SWF
- ALERTS=
- !!END-DATA!!
-
- NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 27 OCT 93 is not available.
- The Full Kp Indices for 27 OCT 93 are not available.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 22:27:37 GMT
- From: news.Hawaii.Edu!uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu!jherman@ames.arpa
- Subject: Gays vs. ARRL (was: <an ad for a gay radio club>)
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- >dbledsoe@netcom.com (Donnelly R. Bledsoe) writes:
- >
- >> While the ARRL is now prepared to publish
- >> one specific ad, we have received no assurance that this decision would
- >> not be reversed as it was in 1985 if League members once again complain about
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >> its publication. In the absence of a stated assurance that our ad will not
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >> once again be removed, how can we possibly drop our complaint?
- >
-
- Don,
- If QST represents the ARRL, and the ARRL represents it members, and
- if the membership doesn't want your ad to appear, then what grounds do
- you have for a complaint? Why should the ARRL (i.e., the membership) go
- against the wishes of its members? Seems rather contradictory to me.
-
- Jeff NH6IL
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Oct 93 15:21:49 GMT
- From: ogicse!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!ham@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: HF bands in need of repair
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Has anybody noticed that the HF bands are in pretty poor shape as of late?
-
- It seems as though DX is hard to come by, at least far-away DX. Anyway,
- seeing as how there's a REALLY big DX contest this weekend, it would seem
- that the ionosphere is in need of some "pumping up."
-
- Do you think we could get NASA to get the shuttle astronauts to drop some
- spare ions into the atmosphere? It would really help for DXing. Or how
- about a balloon carrying ions that we'd let go, and once it got to a
- certain altitude, it would blow up and disintegrate (like weather balloons
- of olden times) and release the ions into a useful location.
-
- Scott NF3I
-
- --
- 73, _________ _________ The
- \ / Long Original
- Scott Rosenfeld Amateur Radio NF3I Burtonsville, MD | Live $5.00
- WAC-CW/SSB WAS DXCC - 109 QSLed on dipoles __________| Dipoles! Antenna!
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Oct 93 13:52:00 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: ORBS$301.2L.AMSAT
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-301.N
- 2Line Orbital Elements 301.AMSAT
-
- HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR AMATEUR SATELLITES IN NASA FORMAT
- FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX October 28, 1993
- BID: $ORBS-301.N
-
- DECODE 2-LINE ELSETS WITH THE FOLLOWING KEY:
- 1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ
- 2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ
- KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN
- G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM
-
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- AO-10
- 1 14129U 83058B 93299.24383121 -.00000072 00000-0 10000-3 0 2062
- 2 14129 27.1666 359.3410 6019738 124.9488 306.7842 2.05883620 77965
- UO-11
- 1 14781U 84021B 93299.07482308 .00000223 00000-0 41935-4 0 6079
- 2 14781 97.8024 319.6332 0011402 304.7018 55.3113 14.69072104515936
- RS-10/11
- 1 18129U 87054A 93299.10285174 .00000046 00000-0 44148-4 0 8078
- 2 18129 82.9272 141.8725 0011615 322.1644 37.8691 13.72324920317791
- AO-13
- 1 19216U 88 51 B 93291.97902075 -.00000112 00000-0 30938-2 0 8038
- 2 19216 57.9233 288.8083 7215023 326.4503 3.7960 2.09724992 40957
- FO-20
- 1 20480U 90013C 93299.00186596 -.00000048 00000-0 -80958-4 0 6045
- 2 20480 99.0180 130.3366 0541032 150.1410 213.1750 12.83221199174090
- AO-21
- 1 21087U 91006A 93298.13050588 .00000085 00000-0 82657-4 0 3624
- 2 21087 82.9443 316.6683 0036745 20.9355 339.3296 13.74527377137295
- RS-12/13
- 1 21089U 91007A 93298.75967888 .00000048 00000-0 44678-4 0 6077
- 2 21089 82.9248 185.2906 0030933 41.5515 318.7983 13.74028575136455
- ARSENE
- 1 22654U 93031B 93298.03432981 -.00000047 00000-0 10000-3 0 2041
- 2 22654 1.3841 114.8650 2933270 159.2220 217.6982 1.42202580 2416
- UO-14
- 1 20437U 90005B 93298.72689339 .00000085 00000-0 40898-4 0 9073
- 2 20437 98.6070 21.5185 0011128 155.8328 204.3377 14.29799008196084
- AO-16
- 1 20439U 90005D 93298.72161595 .00000086 00000-0 41254-4 0 7070
- 2 20439 98.6156 22.5143 0011307 156.6454 203.5244 14.29856581196099
- DO-17
- 1 20440U 90005E 93298.76860351 .00000088 00000-0 41931-4 0 7076
- 2 20440 98.6159 22.8081 0011473 155.9730 204.1990 14.29993472196110
- WO-18
- 1 20441U 90005F 93298.73999612 .00000071 00000-0 35353-4 0 7081
- 2 20441 98.6156 22.7974 0011996 156.7230 203.4497 14.29971655196115
- LO-19
- 1 20442U 90005G 93298.73359862 .00000084 00000-0 40309-4 0 7079
- 2 20442 98.6163 22.9939 0012327 156.2467 203.9286 14.30063548196120
- UO-22
- 1 21575U 91050B 93298.74500372 .00000103 00000-0 41671-4 0 4075
- 2 21575 98.4612 12.6843 0007035 274.2635 85.7748 14.36859247119414
- KO-23
- 1 22077U 92052B 93298.74240246 .00000000 00000-0 10000-3 0 3040
- 2 22077 66.0822 50.8442 0003465 348.4485 11.6453 12.86281536 56633
- AO-27
- 1 22825U 93061C 93295.64096742 .00000056 00000-0 30796-4 0 2054
- 2 22825 98.6795 8.5384 0007562 177.6052 182.5167 14.27585294 3797
- IO-26
- 1 22826U 93061D 93295.63906879 .00000078 00000-0 39566-4 0 2064
- 2 22826 98.6792 8.5415 0008651 179.1527 180.9670 14.27687862 3799
- KO-25
- 1 22830U 93061H 93298.71610244 .00000124 00000-0 57835-4 0 2071
- 2 22830 98.5809 11.3340 0011835 139.9688 220.2367 14.28011695 4238
- NOAA-9
- 1 15427U 84123A 93300.72651427 .00000099 00000-0 62608-4 0 6087
- 2 15427 99.0865 343.0970 0014906 151.8994 208.2999 14.13555759457494
- NOAA-10
- 1 16969U 86073A 93294.47268088 .00000082 00000-0 43407-4 0 5061
- 2 16969 98.5156 305.7322 0012934 311.4298 48.5778 14.24837765368616
- MET-2/17
- 1 18820U 88005A 93298.90570410 .00000039 00000-0 29460-4 0 2065
- 2 18820 82.5396 94.9503 0017341 115.3342 244.9614 13.84695739289935
- MET-3/2
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- NOAA-11
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- 2 19851 82.5239 330.5443 0014109 157.6371 202.5407 13.84347402235301
- MET-3/3
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- MET-2/19
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- FY-1/2
- 1 20788U 90081A 93298.92381594 .00000360 00000-0 26172-3 0 8129
- 2 20788 98.8525 321.3744 0014692 308.8653 51.1202 14.01317616160898
- MET-2/20
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- MET-3/4
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- NOAA-12
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- MET-3/5
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- 2 21655 82.5509 282.2055 0014735 62.6900 297.5720 13.16824970105624
- MET-2/21
- 1 22782U 93055A 93300.19232430 .00000087 00000-0 73922-4 0 2065
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- MIR
- 1 16609U 86017A 93301.31899445 .00012439 00000-0 16561-3 0 5406
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- UARS
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- POSAT
- 1 22829U 93 61 G 93289.11726978 .00000072 00000-0 37231-4 0 2042
- 2 22829 98.6763 2.0610 0010043 184.4594 175.6498 14.27975951 2862
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Oct 93 13:40:00 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: ORBS$301.WEATH.AMSAT
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-301.W
- Orbital Elements 301.WEATHER
-
- HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR WEATHER SATELLITES
- FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX October 28, 1993
- BID: $ORBS-301.W
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Satellite: NOAA-9
- Catalog number: 15427
- Epoch time: 93300.72651427
- Element set: 608
- Inclination: 99.0865 deg
- RA of node: 343.0970 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0014906
- Arg of perigee: 151.8994 deg
- Mean anomaly: 208.2999 deg
- Mean motion: 14.13555759 rev/day
- Decay rate: 9.9e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 45749
- Checksum: 353
-
- Satellite: NOAA-10
- Catalog number: 16969
- Epoch time: 93294.47268088
- Element set: 506
- Inclination: 98.5156 deg
- RA of node: 305.7322 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012934
- Arg of perigee: 311.4298 deg
- Mean anomaly: 48.5778 deg
- Mean motion: 14.24837765 rev/day
- Decay rate: 8.2e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 36861
- Checksum: 347
-
- Satellite: MET-2/17
- Catalog number: 18820
- Epoch time: 93298.90570410
- Element set: 206
- Inclination: 82.5396 deg
- RA of node: 94.9503 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0017341
- Arg of perigee: 115.3342 deg
- Mean anomaly: 244.9614 deg
- Mean motion: 13.84695739 rev/day
- Decay rate: 3.9e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 28993
- Checksum: 331
-
- Satellite: MET-3/2
- Catalog number: 19336
- Epoch time: 93298.94058135
- Element set: 206
- Inclination: 82.5415 deg
- RA of node: 129.4526 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0017465
- Arg of perigee: 125.4990 deg
- Mean anomaly: 234.7765 deg
- Mean motion: 13.16961909 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.3e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 25242
- Checksum: 320
-
- Satellite: NOAA-11
- Catalog number: 19531
- Epoch time: 93298.39832634
- Element set: 406
- Inclination: 99.1495 deg
- RA of node: 276.8780 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012791
- Arg of perigee: 73.7107 deg
- Mean anomaly: 286.5606 deg
- Mean motion: 14.12924957 rev/day
- Decay rate: -2.93e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 26206
- Checksum: 338
-
- Satellite: MET-2/18
- Catalog number: 19851
- Epoch time: 93299.11903329
- Element set: 207
- Inclination: 82.5239 deg
- RA of node: 330.5443 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0014109
- Arg of perigee: 157.6371 deg
- Mean anomaly: 202.5407 deg
- Mean motion: 13.84347402 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.3e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 23530
- Checksum: 287
-
- Satellite: MET-3/3
- Catalog number: 20305
- Epoch time: 93298.42537212
- Element set: 908
- Inclination: 82.5459 deg
- RA of node: 72.9825 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0016410
- Arg of perigee: 148.0687 deg
- Mean anomaly: 212.1432 deg
- Mean motion: 13.16023362 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.3e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 19223
- Checksum: 279
-
- Satellite: MET-2/19
- Catalog number: 20670
- Epoch time: 93298.73841042
- Element set: 707
- Inclination: 82.5470 deg
- RA of node: 34.6912 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0017240
- Arg of perigee: 82.9970 deg
- Mean anomaly: 277.3151 deg
- Mean motion: 13.84178650 rev/day
- Decay rate: 1.5e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 16818
- Checksum: 311
-
- Satellite: FY-1/2
- Catalog number: 20788
- Epoch time: 93298.92381594
- Element set: 812
- Inclination: 98.8525 deg
- RA of node: 321.3744 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0014692
- Arg of perigee: 308.8653 deg
- Mean anomaly: 51.1202 deg
- Mean motion: 14.01317616 rev/day
- Decay rate: 3.60e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 16089
- Checksum: 311
-
- Satellite: MET-2/20
- Catalog number: 20826
- Epoch time: 93299.07374770
- Element set: 706
- Inclination: 82.5275 deg
- RA of node: 332.2559 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0013857
- Arg of perigee: 349.6098 deg
- Mean anomaly: 10.4773 deg
- Mean motion: 13.83562027 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.6e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 15538
- Checksum: 325
-
- Satellite: MET-3/4
- Catalog number: 21232
- Epoch time: 93297.56590798
- Element set: 608
- Inclination: 82.5424 deg
- RA of node: 336.1765 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0014196
- Arg of perigee: 55.6002 deg
- Mean anomaly: 304.6456 deg
- Mean motion: 13.16456765 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.3e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 12035
- Checksum: 306
-
- Satellite: NOAA-12
- Catalog number: 21263
- Epoch time: 93295.63898410
- Element set: 813
- Inclination: 98.6472 deg
- RA of node: 323.3661 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012171
- Arg of perigee: 203.1133 deg
- Mean anomaly: 156.9505 deg
- Mean motion: 14.22322766 rev/day
- Decay rate: 1.64e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 12676
- Checksum: 290
-
- Satellite: MET-3/5
- Catalog number: 21655
- Epoch time: 93298.88640364
- Element set: 607
- Inclination: 82.5509 deg
- RA of node: 282.2055 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0014735
- Arg of perigee: 62.6900 deg
- Mean anomaly: 297.5720 deg
- Mean motion: 13.16824970 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.3e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 10562
- Checksum: 311
-
- Satellite: MET-2/21
- Catalog number: 22782
- Epoch time: 93300.19232430
- Element set: 206
- Inclination: 82.5497 deg
- RA of node: 31.0715 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0022297
- Arg of perigee: 155.2055 deg
- Mean anomaly: 205.0182 deg
- Mean motion: 13.82988487 rev/day
- Decay rate: 8.7e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 788
- Checksum: 295
-
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Oct 93 15:29:38 GMT
- From: psinntp!arrl.org@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Update - ARRL National Exam Day '93 - Tomorrow, 10/30/93
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
-
- The ARRL is sponsoring a National Examination Day for Amateur Radio
- License testing. That day is this Saturday, October 30, 1993.
-
- The following is a listing of nearly 80 examination teams who will be
- participating in this activity.
-
- We wish all examinees the best of luck. We especially offer our thanks
- and appreciation to all VE Teams who are participating both in this day--
- and the remaining 364 days of each year. Know that your efforts
- are appreciated!
-
-
- AMATEUR RADIO EXAMINATION OPPORTUNITIES
-
-
-
- *****************************************************************
-
- Special Note: Amateur Radio licenses usually arrive between 8 and
- 10 weeks after the test session. The FCC considers their
- processing time to be 90 days--from the date they receive the
- application. The FCC usually receives the application one
- to two weeks after the test session (once the VE Team and the
- coordinating VEC have completed their processing).
-
-
- Note: Codeless Technician to Technician w/HF upgraders (who pass a
- Morse code test) will not receive a new license from the FCC.
- The existing Technician license plus the CSCE conveying the Morse
- code test credit is the only documentation issued for use of
- the additional HF privileges.
-
- *****************************************************************
-
- The following test session information is provided by the
- ARRL/VEC for the upcoming six to eight week period. For
- further information, please contact the test session CONTACT
- PERSON at the telephone number provided. If necessary, you
- may contact the ARRL/VEC at 203-666-1541 x282 for additional
- information. Electronic mail may be forwarded to the ARRL/VEC
- via USENET at "bjahnke@arrl.org" or via MCI Mail to
- MCI ID: 215-5052.
-
- Although the test session information presented here does
- not indicate whether walk-ins are accepted or not, most test
- sessions do allow walk-ins. We encourage you, however, to
- always contact the CONTACT PERSON at the telephone number
- provided so that the VE Team is aware that you be attending
- the test session.
-
-
-
- STILL NEED TO PREPARE FOR YOUR EXAM?
-
- If you would like information on how to become licensed; or
- how to locate Amateur Radio clubs, instructors, licensing
- classes and/or Novice examiners in your area; please contact
- the ARRL Educational Activities Department (EAD) at 203-666-
- 1541 x219. The EAD can also provide information on
- recommended study materials. Electronic mail may be forwarded
- to the ARRL EAD via USENET at "rwhite@arrl.org" or via MCI Mail to
- MCI ID: 215-5052.
-
-
- EXAM LISTINGS - DEFINITION OF FIELDS
-
- STATE
- Test Date,VEC,City,,Contact Phone,Contact Person
-
- The SECOND field in the following listing specifies the VEC
- which is coordinating this examination. This single-character
- designator denotes the VEC as defined below. An "A" (for example)
- indicates that this examination is coordinated by the ARRL/VEC.
-
- For further information on any examinations listed, or if you do not
- find any examinations listed for your area, you may contact
- any of the coordinating VECs below.
-
-
- A = ARRL/VEC, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111; (d) 203-666-1541
- The 1993 Test Fee is $5.60.
-
- X = Anchorage ARC, 2628 Turnagain Parkway, Anchorage, AK 99517;
- (d) 907-786-8121, (n) 907-243-2221 (or) 907-276-5121
- (or) 907-274-5546
-
- C = Central Alabama VEC, 1215 Dale Dr SE, Huntsville, AL 35801;
- 205-536-3904
-
- N = Charlotte VEC, 227 Bennett Ln, Charlotte, NC 28213;
- 704-596-2168
-
- D = Great Lakes ARC VEC Inc., PO Box 273, Glenview, IL 60025;
- 708-486-8019
-
- E = Golden Empire ARS, PO Box 508, Chico, CA 95927; No phone.
-
- G = Greater Los Angeles ARG, 9737 Noble Ave, Sepulveda, CA 91343;
- 818-892-2068, 805-822-1473.
-
- J = Jefferson ARC, PO Box 24368, New Orleans, LA 70184-4368; No phone
-
- K = Koolau ARC, 45-529 Nakuluai St, Kaneohe, HI 96744;
- 808-235-4132
-
- L = Laurel ARC Inc., PO Box 3039, Laurel, MD 20709-0039;
- (d) 301-572-5124, 301-317-7819, (n) 301-588-3924
-
- M = The Milwaukee RAC Inc., 1737 N 116th St, Wauwatosa, WI 53226;
- 414-774-6999. Test fee for 1993 is $5.00.
-
- H = Mountain ARC, PO Box 10, Burlington, WV 26710; 304-289-3576,
- 301-724-0674
-
- P = PHD ARA Inc., PO Box 11, Liberty, MO 64068; 816-781-7313
-
- R = Sandarc-VEC, PO Box 2446, La Mesa, CA 91943-2446; 619-465-3926
-
- S = Sunnyvale VEC ARC, PO Box 60307, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-0307;
- 408-255-9000
-
- T = Triad Emergency ARC, 3504 Stonehurst Pl, High Point, NC 27265;
- 919-841-7576
-
- W = Western Carolinas ARS VEC, 5833 Clinton Hwy - Suite 203,
- Knoxville, TN 37912-2500; 615-688-7771.
- The 1993 Test Fee is $5.60.
-
- 5 = W5YI-VEC, PO Box 565101, Dallas, TX 75356-5101; 817-461-6443
- The 1993 Test Fee is $5.60.
-
-
- EXAMINATION OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUR AREA:
-
-
- ALABAMA
- 10/30/93,A,Montgomery,,205-269-4201,Leroy Bell Jr
-
- ARKANSAS
- 10/30/93,A,Fairfield Bay,,501-745-2444,Joe Evans
-
- ARIZONA
- 10/30/93,A,Sierra Vista,,602-378-9404,Frank Ivey
-
- CALIFORNIA
- 10/30/93,A,Burbank,,818-703-4256,Alfred Fernandez
- 10/30/93,A,Corona,,714-279-5447,Phillip Williams
- 10/30/93,A,Fairfield,,916-662-0801,Gerald D Newton
- 10/30/93,A,French Camp,,916-775-1629,Dorothy Hays
- 10/30/93,A,Fresno,,209-227-3684,William Post
- 10/30/93,A,Lake Elsinore,,909-678-2147,Julie Szabo
- 10/30/93,A,Los Angeles,,310-820-1234,Ray Cardenas
- 10/30/93,A,Ridgecrest,,619-375-7245,Lloyd Brubaker
-
- CONNECTICUT
- 10/30/93,A,Bloomfield,,203-243-1611,Don Wilson
- 10/30/93,A,Plymouth,,203-283-4089,Lawrence S Polowy
-
- DELAWARE
- 10/30/93,A,Dover,,302-697-6178,Robert W Baker
-
- GEORGIA
- 10/30/93,A,Brunswick,,912-267-0816,Vergil Eckleberry
- 10/30/93,W,Dalton,,404-673-2214,Bert Coker
- 10/30/93,A,Fort Gordon,,706-798-5060,Carroll Norton
-
- HAWAII
- 10/30/93,A,Kappa,,808-822-0373,Ed Coan
-
- IOWA
- 10/30/93,A,Council Bluffs,,712-322-1454,Lorraine Bogle
-
- ILLINOIS
- 10/30/93,A,Athens,,217-544-5374,Gary Britz KF9OI
- 10/30/93,A,Effingham,,217-347-7346,Russ Thomas
- 10/30/93,A,Hanover Park,,708-483-8523,William Rudd
- 10/30/93,A,Jacksonville,,217-245-2061,Timothy C Childers
-
- INDIANA
- 10/30/93,A,Connersville,,317-825-2434,Omar Pea NZ9H
- 10/30/93,A,Indianapolis,,317-291-3569,Joseph A Cirillo
- 10/30/93,A,South Bend,,219-255-4455,Dan Caesar
-
- KENTUCKY
- 10/30/93,A,Bowling Green,,502-781-4459,Roger Batsel
- 10/30/93,A,Louisville,,502-423-8478,Otis R Herron
-
- LOUISIANA
- 10/30/93,A,Minden,,318-377-2928,George M Winford
-
- MASSACHUSETTS
- 10/30/93,A,Chelsea,,617-289-2473,Rico Arpino
- 10/30/93,A,Framingham,,508-877-0563,Dick Marshall
-
- MARYLAND
- 10/30/93,A,Port Deposit,,410-378-2771,Louis Busby
-
- MAINE
- 10/30/93,A,Portland,,,Arthur Allen
-
- MICHIGAN
- 10/30/93,A,Manistee,,616-864-3077,Gerald Young
-
- MINNESOTA
- 10/30/93,A,Saint Paul,,612-888-6187,Jerry Jensen
-
- MISSOURI
- 10/30/93,A,Hannibal,,314-221-8618,Clifford H Ahrens
- 10/30/93,A,Kennett,,314-888-6223,Jack D Sawyer
-
- MISSISSIPPI
- 10/30/93,A,Vicksburg,,601-638-3362,Brent Lamb
-
- NORTH CAROLINA
- 10/30/93,A,Andrews,,704-321-3195,Robert Stokely, N4WCO
- 10/30/93,A,New Bern,,919-633-3178,Charlie Gould
-
- NEBRASKA
- 10/30/93,A,Grand Island,,308-381-8062,Jack Barnard
- 10/30/93,A,Lincoln,,402-486-1400,John Hauner
- 10/30/93,A,Norfolk,,402-379-1961,John Wilson
- 10/30/93,A,North Platte,,308-284-6397,Mark Skinner
-
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- 10/30/93,A,Contoocook,,603-224-3899,Rob Fair
- 10/30/93,A,Peterborough,,603-924-9901,Chester Bowles
- 10/30/93,A,Rochester,,603-742-0130,William Dodge
-
- NEW JERSEY
- 10/30/93,A,Hackettstown,,201-347-7723,Bonita M Johnson
- 10/30/93,A,Oakland,,201-835-1808,Warren J Walsh Jr
-
- NEW MEXICO
- 10/30/93,A,Clovis,,505-762-3953,Harold Landsperg
-
- NEW YORK
- 10/30/93,A,Albany,,518-462-9417,Bessie Israel
- 10/30/93,A,Bronx,,718-538-0258,Alcangel Viera
- 10/30/93,A,Lockport,,716-751-9223,Judith Cianchetti
- 10/30/93,A,White Plains,,914-834-2322,Dr Richard A Sandell
-
- OHIO
- 10/30/93,A,Akron,,216-836-8869,Tony Mortimer
- 10/30/93,A,Girard,,216-534-1394,James Viele
- 10/30/93,A,Lisbon,,216-532-3131,Evelyn Mc Intosh
-
- OKLAHOMA
- 10/30/93,A,Miami,,918-542-7142,Gary Sherard
-
- OREGON
- 10/30/93,A,Eugene,,503-689-5534,Steve Snyder
-
- PENNSYLVANIA
- 10/30/93,A,Bryn Mawr,,215-265-6032,Robert J Lees
- 10/30/93,A,Indiana,,412-479-8117,Paul Williams
- 10/30/93,A,Nazareth,,215-767-4778,John Greenage
- 10/30/93,A,Philadelphia,,215-898-8538,Matthew Gomez
- 10/30/93,A,Reading,,215-678-8976,Harry Hoffman
- 10/30/93,A,York,,717-292-3529,Ray Shaub
-
- RHODE ISLAND
- 10/30/93,A,Slatersville,,401-333-2129,Robert Beaudet
-
- TENNESSEE
- 10/30/93,A,Columbia,,615-381-6814,Charles Miller
-
- TEXAS
- 10/30/93,A,Grangerland,,713-592-2257,Sam Neal
- 10/30/93,A,Laredo,,210-723-9624,C J De La Garza
- 10/30/93,A,McGregor,,817-859-5374,James M Lang
- 10/30/93,A,Ravenna,,903-989-2600,Charles Kingston WA5UTS
- 10/30/93,A,San Angelo,,915-658-7876,Robert R Mowrer
-
- VIRGINIA
- 10/30/93,A,Fredricksburg,,703-373-7076,Carolyn Cavanagh, AC4SK
-
- VERMONT
- 10/30/93,A,Burlington,,802-878-6454,Ralph T Stetson III
-
- WASHINGTON
- 10/30/93,A,Forks,,206-374-2222,Larry G Thornton
-
- WISCONSIN
- 10/30/93,A,Tomahawk,,715-453-7096,Gregory Garner
-
- WYOMING
- 10/30/93,A,Cheyenne,,307-637-8634,Wilson Sellner
-
-
- EXAMINATION OPPORTUNITIES SCHEDULED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES:
-
- AMERICAN SOMOA
- 10/30/93,A,Mapusaga Village,,684-699-2420,Michael Homsany
-
- BAHAMAS
- 10/30/93,A,Bahamas,,809-368-2188,Robert Hagans
-
- *EOF.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 13:59:55 GMT
- From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!att-out!cbfsb!cbnews!cbnewst!cbnewsm!hellman@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Yaesu FT-990 Comments...
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- > If so, this is amazing. I use a TS850 with FSK and my 500Hz cw filter
- > for RTTY and can't imagine going back to LSB mode like I had to with
- > the older TS440.
- >
- I use the FSK (actually it's AFSK) Mode switch on my TS440 for rtty and
- that uses the 500 Hz filter.
- 73 Shel WA2UBK dara@physics.att.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Oct 93 14:44:55 GMT
- From: sequent!muncher.sequent.com!dale@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: zones, regions, and all that stuff -- where am I?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In response to my post about logging programs for the CQ WW
- contest the responses were all that I should get CT. I pulled
- it off the QRZ CD ROM and it is a great program.
-
- When it starts up it wants to know what "zone" I am in and I
- am somewhat embarassed to admit that I also want to know that.
-
- I have two maps at home, one is the world, and one is North America.
- They both have lots of black lines as "zone" boundaries according to
- the key. Problem is that one map shows 6 for Western USA, and the
- other 3.
-
- Can someone please tell me which zone the Western part of USA (Oregon)
- is according to CQ WW desires? As you guessed, I'm not a big time
- contester. :-)
-
-
- 73, Dale, N7PEX
-
-
- --
- dale@sequent.com OR uunet!sequent!dale
- Dale Mosby 503-578-9842 N7PEX // Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
- 15450 SW Koll Parkway // Beaverton, Or. 97006-6063
-
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-
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