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- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 93 10:03:38 PST
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- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1295
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-
-
- Info-Hams Digest Sun, 31 Oct 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1295
-
- Today's Topics:
- ANARTS RTTY NEWS783 31/10/93
- Club call signs on hold (was Re: `Vanity` Call Signs
- ham.eetech.mcgill.ca closing --> mods archive moved
- Hams on usenet listing FTPable
- MACINTOSH, HAM,
- PK232 vs Kenwood
- Q-signals
- RACES Bulletin #298
- Radio Amateurs on USENET
- Special (vanity) call
- Unauthorized equipment?
- Was 'Vanity' Call Signs, now paying for call signs
-
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-
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-
- 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: 31 Oct 93 12:08:30 GMT
- From: munnari.oz.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram!dave@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: ANARTS RTTY NEWS783 31/10/93
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- [ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]
-
- ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 783..31st OCTOBER 1993
-
- SUNDAY BROADCAST SCHEDULE.
- 3.545 mhz 0930 utc VK2BQS (Jim)
- 7.045 mhz -3 0030 utc VK2CTD (COL)
- 14.070 mhz (amtor/fec) 0030 utc No Operator.
- 14.091 mhz 0030 utc VK2BQS (JIM)
- 146.675 mhz 0030/0930 utc VK2JPA (PAT)
- 144.850 mhz (ax25 bbs) VK2JPA AT VK2RWI
- 146.675 mhz (rtty mmbbs/repeater) VK2RTY
-
- Views expressed in this news bulletin are not necessarily
- those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the
- Society.
-
- Amateur Radio television on the ABC
- -----------------------------------
- Next Tuesday evening an item is scheduled about ATV on the
- ABC show "TVTV" that goes to air from 6.30 pm to 7 pm on
- your local ABC TV channel.
-
- A "TVTV" crew came to the studio of the Gladesville Amateur
- Radio Club in Sydney on Wednesday last, 27th October, to
- video all that happened on the transmission, from set-up to
- the last video item. The crew consisted of an anchorman,
- camera man, sound man and the producer. They spent three hours
- at the studio and were very interested in all that went on.
-
- You may have already seen the item listed for next week at the
- end of the Thursday night show this week (28th October) with
- the clip showing Tim VK2ZTM presenting; so be watching ABC
- Television on Tuesday night 2nd November at 6.30 pm to see
- Amateur Radio gather some more publicity, hopefully
- attracting more people to our hobby.
-
- The time may vary from state to state with daylight saving
- commencing this week, so it would be best to check your TV
- guide.
-
- If the scheduled date is altered for any reason, we will put a
- message on the packet system asap.
-
- The show again is "TVTV", ABC Television, usually 6.30 pm
- start.
-
- Received from the Gladesville Amateur Radio Club
- -------------------------------------
-
- WAE RTTY Contest rules part 1
- ----------------------
- Contest period : 13-14 November, 1200 UTC Saturday to 2400
- UTC Sunday.
-
- Bands: 3.5, 7, 14, 21, 28 MHz.
-
- Classifications: a) Single operator - all bands
-
- b) Multi-operator - single transmitter (only
- one signal on any band at the same time is
- permitted).
-
- c) Multi-operator - multi transmitter (no
- limit to transmitters, but only one signal
- per band permitted. All HF transmitters
- must be located within a 500 metre
- diameter and within the property limits of
- the station licensee's address.)
-
- Rest periods: Of the 36 hour contest period only 30 hours of
- operation are permitted for single operator stations. The 6
- hours of non-operation may be taken in one but not more than
- three periods at any time during the contest. They must be
- clearly noted in the log.
-
- Exchange: There are no continental limitations -- everybody
- works everybody. Exchange the usual five or six digital RST
- plus a progressive QSO number starting with 001 (multi/multi
- stations keep serial number by band). A station may be worked
- only once per band.
-
- To be continued
- ---------------------------------------
-
- IPS weekly report
- -----------------
- 22 October - 28 October 1993
-
- Issue no.: 44
-
- Date of issue: 29 October 1993
-
- Date 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
- 10cm 92 92 92 87 89 87 88
- A 17 13 10 27 13 32 (13 estimated)
- T 36 15 28 32 01 24 -19
-
- Summary of activity
-
- Solar activity was very low 22nd-23rd October and low for the
- remainder of the week. No flares were reported.
-
- The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was quiet to unsettled
- 22nd-25th; quiet, with active to minor storm levels 1500-2100
- UT on 26th; unsettled to active on 27th, and quiet to
- unsettled with brief active periods on 28th.
-
- Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney over the period
- ranged from near normal to depressed by up to 40 per cent.
- There was some sporadic E blanketing of the F layer on 26th
- and spread F conditions were evident 0900-1800 UT on 28th
- October.
-
- Forecast for the next week (29 October - 4 November)
-
- Solar : Low.
-
- Geomagnetic: Quiet to unsettled.
-
- Ionospheric: 15-30 per cent depressed on 29th October,
- slightly depressed on 30 October and near normal
- thereafter.
-
- Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services
- ---------------------------------------
-
- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES WEEK ENDING 22 OCTOBER 1993 (BID RTDX1022)
- --------------------
- OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM: 9X5LJ, DJ3IW AND THE
- CENTRAL EUROPE DX-CLUSTER NODE DB0SPC, F8RU, I5FLN, IK5AAX,
- WA1MPB, W2JGR AND THE NJ0M NODE TWIN-CITIES DX PACKET CLUSTER
- NETWORK, W5KSI, ZS5S. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
-
- BANDPASS
- FRIDAY 15
- 0712-14088 3C1EA 1410-14088 VK9XG QSL JA3JA
- 1412-14087 RT7U 1453-14084 5Z4FM
- 1510-21084 9U5DX QSL DJ6JC 1516-21089 OD5PL
- 1527-14087 A45XC 1537-14085 LY1DD
- 1539-14084 OK1MP 1541-21090 9H1ET
- 1553-14086 3X0DEX SEE NOTES 1659-14085 UM7/UA3TT QSL DF7RX
- 1713-14084 9U5DX 1722-14091 SV5AZK
- 1730-14084 OM3MM 1830-21083 FR5DX
- 1902-14088 4N7N
-
- SATURDAY 16
- 0525-14082 9U5DX 0812-14084 HB0/HB9NL
- 0821-21089 UN5PR 0855-21084 9U5DX
- 0904-14083 YI1HS 0940-14085 9A3VM
- 1009-21082 UM7/UA3WT 1139-21084 KP2N
- 1152-21085 9U5DX 1401-21077 A45ZO
- 1431-21079 CX7BF 1452-14087 FS/JG1RXQ QSL JA1VPO
- 1452-21092 LX1DA 1452-21087 A45ZX
- 1455-21092 KP2N 1500-14083 UH8EA
- 1545-14087 IR5S SPECIAL PREFIX FER ITALIAN HQ JAMBOREE
- 1557-28084 CX6AT 2003-21086 HJ6SQQ
- 2229-14087 4U48UN 2250-14084 VK6HD
-
- SUNDAY 17
- 0648-21086 IR5S 1002-21080 VK9XG
- 1036-21091 Z32JA 1050-21080 OK1AJN
- 1138-21082 Z21HS 1210-21080 A45ZO
- 1302-21087 A45ZX 1346-21080 Z32JA
- 1352-21089 HB0/HB9NL 1438-14083 HL9KU
- 1452-21086 4X6UO 1536-21083 CX7BF
- 1559-21103 FS/JG1RXQ 1619-21100 9H1ET
- 1623-14085 DU1BJD 1720-14082 IS0HFE
- 1728-14085 UH8EA 1804-21092 CP1FF
- 1817-21090 HJ6SQQ 1939-14087 ET3SID
- 2011-14082 TA2N 2229-21084 VK6HD
-
- MONDAY 18
- 0008-14089 JT1CS 0718-14085 BV0MM
- 1310-14088 VK6RR 1424-14088 UM7/UA3TT
- 1554-21083 5R8DG 2006-14093 FS/JG1RXQ
- 2136-21081 ZD8DG 2156-14087 ZD8VJ
-
- TUESDAY 19
- 0607-14082 K5DEA/5N4 1017-14088 YI1HS
- 1203-14084 FS/JG1RXQ 1205-14084 UM7/UA3TT
- 1331-21088 S51GL 1431-21088 ZD8VJ
- 1442-21087 LX1DA 1632-14086 UJ8JCQ
- 1951-21085 J28BM
-
- WEDNESDAY 20
- 0923-14087 YI1HS 0934-14089 4N7NNP
- 1040-14090 VU2RAI 1207-14086 LY1BZB
- 1341-14082 VK6HD 1343-14082 9V1JY
- 1410-14084 GM0SZQ 1430-14082 FG5GI
- 1455-14088 VK9CG COCOS KEELING QSL JA3AA
- 1543-14087 UJ8JCQ 1601-14087 TA0M
- 1730-14085 TK5ML 1733-14089 FR5GS
- 1748-14083 5Z4FM 1827-14088 LY1DD
- 1854-14085 RT4UA 1855-14088 4N7N
- 2020-14089 TT8OBO QSL WA4OBO 2115-14085 OX3BV
- 2126-14088 ZD8VJ 2309-14089 CO6RR
- 2316-14087 BY1QH
-
- THURSDAY 21
- 0714-14086 A45XC 0727-14086 ZD8VJ
- 1005-14082 SV0ANZ 1247-21090 UT5RP
- 1335-21340 FT4WD QSL F6AAX 1500-14084 9H1ET
- 1500-21085 S51GL 1520-14082 UJ8JCQ
- 1534-21087 OK1KSL 1635-21088 FM5FN
- 1643-14087 VK9CG
-
- NOTES OF INTEREST:
-
- REPUBLIC OF GUINEA, 3X0. 3X0DEX, QSL TO HH2HM/F BOX 104,
- F-22650, PLOUPALAY, FRANCE OR VIA THE R.E.F. QSL BEREAU.
- THIS INFORMATION WAS PASSED ON THE FRENCH DX NET AND
- HH2HM/F CONFIRMS THIS ROUTE.
-
- RODRIGUEZ ISLAND, 3B9. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WORKED ROBERT,
- 3B9FR BACK IN 1990-1991, HE HAS REQUESTED THAT YOU PLEASE
- RE QSL. ROBERT HAS RETURNED AFTER 2 YEARS ABSENCE DUE TO THE
- XYL'S ILLNESS. QSL 3B9FR VIA CBA.
-
- SPRATLY ISLAND, 9M0. THE QSL CARDS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE QSL
- MANAGER FOR THIS DXPEDITION. IT'S A PITY THAT THEY NEGLECTED
- TO OPERATE RTTY.
-
- FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN, SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF
- INTEREST TO JULES, W2JGR AT W2TKU.#SRQ.FL.USA.NA
-
- REMEMBER, DX DON'T SLEEP.
- GL DE BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA
- (VIA HF AMTOR)
- --------------------------------------------
- Coming events
- -------------
- October 31st Daylight saving commences in most VK
- areas, already current in VK7.
-
- November 13th-14th WAE RTTY Contest
- ------------------------------------
-
- Society information
-
- The Society may be contacted at : PO Box 860, Crows Nest 2065
- Australia, for such matters as membership and general
- enquiries. Enquiries can also be made by packet to the
- President (Col) VK2CTD, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA @ VK2RWI
-
- News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60
- Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA @ VK2RWI.
-
- The Internet address for the Broadcast Officer is :
- patl@extro.ucc.su.oz.au
-
- The Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects from
- anywhere in the broadcast footprint. We are looking forward to
- news from your areas to let other amateurs know what you are
- doing in the hobby. Hope to hear from you.
-
- 73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer
-
- That concludes the A.N.A.R.T.S. News 783 31 October 1993.
-
- Inserted by VK2BQS (Jim) Vice President ANARTS,
-
- --
- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
- dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 31 Oct 1993 14:14:55 GMT
- From: drt@athena.mit.edu
- Subject: Club call signs on hold (was Re: `Vanity` Call Signs
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <1993Oct30.224926.28911@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes:
- In article <DRT.93Oct29202313@cacciatore.mit.edu> drt@athena.mit.edu (David R Tucker) writes:
- >In article <jfhCFnxt2.7zt@netcom.com> jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton) writes:
- >
- > One program would have turned club signs over to one or more
- > administrators. That program is on hold.
- >
- >What a bunch of idiots.
- >
- >It's so abundantly clear that clubs have a corporate identity separate
- >from any of the members and that they should have separate callsigns.
-
- Uh, has the club's corporate identity passed a Morris exam?
-
- Gary
-
- (Hmmm ... no smiley ...)
-
- License examinations are required only for operator licenses. Club
- licenses are station licenses only and so don't require license exams.
-
- Of course, any operator of that station must have a valid operator's
- license with them. There's one included in your primary license,
- Gary. Read the back of it for details. You might look at sections
- 97.5 and 97.7 if you're still unclear on the difference.
-
- Or you could look in the latest "Now You're Talking," pages 2-0, 2-5,
- and 2-15. Novice pool questions N1A07, N1A09, N1A10, N1B03, N1B06,
- N1B07, and N1B10 test this material, so you can use them for review.
-
- Hope this helps!
-
- -drt
- --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- |David R. Tucker KG2S 8P9CL drt@mit.edu|
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- |`Most political sermons teach the congregation nothing except |
- |what newspapers are taken at the Rectory.' -C.S. Lewis |
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 17:44:27 GMT
- From: sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!nebulus!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: ham.eetech.mcgill.ca closing --> mods archive moved
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- The mods archive at ham.eetech.mcgill.ca has been moved to a new (and
- more stable) home, at ftp.cs.buffalo.edu:/pub/ham-radio/mods.
-
- ham.eetech.mcgill.ca will be going off-line permanently on Nov. 12.
-
- This collection is believed to be the most complete available on the
- Internet at this time; and was complied by merging all known mod
- archives.
-
- Happy modding, and 73!
-
- Bruno
- --
- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
- Bruno Hall | VE2HUM | bruno@eetech.mcgill.ca | bruno@cim.mcgill.edu
- New systems generate new problems -- Join the Flat Earth Society.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 14:13:48 GMT
- From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!lynx!chaos.dac!wy1z@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Hams on usenet listing FTPable
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- The regular posting of the Hams on Usenet listing is FTPable as often as
- it is posted to the newsgroup.
-
- The site is: world.std.com, directory: /pub/hamradio/misc,
- files: hams-on-usenet.1 through hams-on-usenet.6
-
- The files are compressed using standard UNIX compression (compress).
-
- If you would like a copy and don't have FTP capability and/or cannot
- uncompress the files, please e-mail me.
-
- 73,
-
- Scott
-
- --
- ===============================================================================
- | Scott Ehrlich Internet: wy1z@neu.edu |
- | Amateur Radio: wy1z AX.25: wy1z@wa1phy.#ema.ma.usa.na |
- |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | Maintainer of the Boston Amateur Radio Club hamradio FTP area on |
- | the World - world.std.com /pub/hamradio |
- ===============================================================================
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 13:52:23 GMT
- From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!lynx!chaos.dac!wy1z@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: MACINTOSH, HAM,
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <1993Oct28.204450.11696@krk.fi> tofi@krk.fi (Kristoffer H{ggstr|m) writes:
-
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
- Path: lynx!noc.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!news.eunet.no!nuug!news.eunet.fi!fuug!krk!krksun.krk.fi!tofi
- From: tofi@krk.fi (Kristoffer H{ggstr|m)
- Sender: usenet@krk.fi
- Nntp-Posting-Host: krksun.krk.fi
- Organization: Radio Club of Kauniainen (OH2NRG)
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9]
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 20:44:50 GMT
- Lines: 12
-
-
- Hi there!!
-
- I would like to know if there is any programs on the Macintosh
- to help HAMs to keep their log?????
-
- ----
-
- Kristoffer H{ggstr|m
- tofi@krk.fi
-
- PS. please reply to my personal address.
-
-
- Sorry, but I have opted to post to Usenet for the benefit of everyone
- else.
-
- I'm not sure where logging programs for the Macintosh might reside, but
- the ARRL has a nice listing of s/w available for the Mac.
-
- You can get the info via e-mail from: info@arrl.org, with the body of the
- message containing: send software-mac
-
- or you could FTP into: world.std.com, in the directory:
- /pub/hamradio/arrl/Server-files
-
- The ARRL files on World are updated as often as the ARRL sends me the
- updated versions of what they put on their server.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- 73,
- Scott
-
-
- --
- ===============================================================================
- | Scott Ehrlich Internet: wy1z@neu.edu |
- | Amateur Radio: wy1z AX.25: wy1z@wa1phy.#ema.ma.usa.na |
- |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | Maintainer of the Boston Amateur Radio Club hamradio FTP area on |
- | the World - world.std.com /pub/hamradio |
- ===============================================================================
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 31 Oct 93 05:13:08 GMT
- From: uswnvg!nv6.uswnvg.com!cjackso@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: PK232 vs Kenwood
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I'm having a heck of a time with my PK-232 and Kenwood TS-680 (the 6M
- version of a TS-140). If I plug the PK-232 into the ACC-2 jack on the
- Kenwood (using an AEA made cable), the TX-audio on the Kenwood goes to
- pot (basically, it acts as if I've got some sort of feedback loop).
-
- I've tried all the "usual" fixes (made sure both the 680 and the 232
- were grounded, strapped the two together, moved 'em apart, etc) and
- nothing seems to help.
-
- I've seen some stuff about other Kenwood rigs - anyone have any
- suggestions?
-
- 73 de N7QNM
-
- Clay
-
- --
- Clay Jackson - N7QNM
- US WEST NewVector Group Inc
- Bellevue, WA
- uunet!uswnvg!cjackso
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 18:51:48 GMT
- From: news.Hawaii.Edu!uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu!jherman@ames.arpa
- Subject: Q-signals
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Gang,
- Someone requested the list of Q-signals - I got this list from ARRL's
- email server - a real gold mine of information (to get their index of
- available articles send an email to: info@arrl.org and only write
- SEND INDEX).
- Notice the `FOR CW USE ONLY' in the title...
-
- Jeff NH6IL/QRP (ex: WA6QIJ)
-
- ******************************************************************
-
- From: info-serv@arrl.org (ARRL HQ AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVER)
- Subject: INFO response: Q-SIGNALS
-
- AMATEUR RADIO "Q-SIGNALS"
- FOR CW USE ONLY
-
- QNA Answer in prearranged order.
- QNC All net stations copy.
- QND Net is directed.
- QNE Entire net stand by.
- QNF Net is free.
- QNG Take over as net control station.
- QNI Net stations report in.
- QNM You are QRMing the net.
- QNN Net control station is [call sign].
- QNO Station is leaving the net.
- QNP Unable to copy you.
- QNS Following stations are in the net.
- QNT I request permission to leave the net.
- QNU The net has traffic for you.
- QNX You are excused from the net
- QNY Shift to another frequency.
- QNZ Zero beat your signal with mine.
- QRG Will you tell me my exact frequency?
- QRH Does my frequency vary?
- QRJ Are you receiving me badly?
- QRK What is the intelligibility of my signals?
- QRL Are you busy?
- QRM Is my transmission being interfered with?
- QRN Are you troubled by static?
- QRO Shall I increase power?
- QRP Shall I decrease power?
- QRQ Shall I send faster?
- QRS Shall I send more slowly?
- QRT Shall I stop sending?
- QRU Have you anything for me?
- QRV Are you ready?
- QRX When will you call me again?
- QRY What is my turn?
- QRZ Who is calling me?
- QSA What is the strength of my signals?
- QSB Are my signals fading?
- QSD Is my keying defective?
- QSG Shall I send messages?
- QSK Can you hear between your signals?
- QSL Can you acknowledge receipt?
- QSM Shall I repeat the last message?
- QSN Did you hear me?
- QSO Can you communicate with me?
- QSP Will you relay?
- QST General call preceding a message.
- QSU Shall I send or reply on this frequency?
- QSW Will you send on this frequency?
- QSX Will you listen?
- QSY Shall I change frequency?
- QSZ Shall I send each word more than once?
- QTA Shall I cancel message?
- QTB Do you agree with my counting of words?
- QTC How many messages have you to send?
- QTH What is your location?
- QTR What is the correct time?
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 31 Oct 93 17:35:34 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: RACES Bulletin #298
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Bid : $RACESBUL.298
-
- TO: ALL ES, CD, AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTORS VIA AMATEUR RADIO
- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CALIFORNIA
- INFO: ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS
- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
- W6SIG@WA6NWE.CA
- 2800 MEADOWVIEW RD., SACRAMENTO, CA 95832
- 916-262-1600
- LANDLINE BBS OPEN TO ALL 916-262-1657
- RACESBUL.298 RELEASE DATE: November 1, 1993
-
- SUBJECT: New Amateur Radio Callsign for CA State OES
-
- Effective 0600 hours this date, the callsign at State OES
- Headquarters is W6SIG. W6SIG was the call at the Sacramento Army
- Depot since 1946. The Federal Communications Commission
- recognizes the outstanding record of W6SIG in support of public
- service. With the closing of the Army Depot, the call W6SIG will
- live on in continued service to the people of California. This
- was made possible through the efforts, cooperation, and support
- of the Commission and W6SIG trustee General Jimmie Felts, W6RQO.
- Retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Felts is a very active
- volunteer in the State Auxiliary Communications Service.
- Dedicated Amateur Radio operators have operated the State Radio
- Amateur Civil Emergency Service program at the Governor's Office
- of Emergency Services since 1950. Today, it is more active than
- ever.
-
- Delete all references to W6WWW and KH6GBX and insert following
- changes:
- Voice call sign: W6SIG.
- Amtor selcall WSIG.
- Packet: Westnet address: W6SIG @ WA6NWE.CA [best way to send
- mail]
- TNC Mailbox on 144.91 W6SIG-2 (keep it short, its only 32k)
- Direct Connect on 144.91 W6SIG-1 on l44.91 ONLY by prior
- arrangement.
- EOM
-
-
- -----------------
- RACES Bulletins are archived on the Internet at ucsd.edu in hamradio/races
- and can be retrieved using FTP.
-
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-
- Date: 30 Oct 93 10:01:00 GMT
- From: news.sprintlink.net!crash!filebank!dave.trupkin@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Radio Amateurs on USENET
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- TO:hams-on-usenet@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca
-
- MGS>Reply-To: hams-on-usenet@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca
- MGS>Followup-To: poster
-
-
- MGS>I would be pleased to take any e-mail updates to this list, preferably at
- MGS>hams-on-usenet@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca. I have split this list into six parts. Th
- MGS>Fifth part contains US call districts 7, 8 and 9.
-
- dave.trupkin@filebank.cts.com / KD6KLZ
- ---
- . SLMR 2.0 #1961 . Borg to Pontiac: Excitement is Irrelevant.
-
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- Date: 30 Oct 93 10:01:00 GMT
- From: news.sprintlink.net!crash!filebank!dave.trupkin@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Special (vanity) call
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- TO:rdewan@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
-
- RD>A good rythmic call that has some dit-dah variation but is not too long
- RD>is probably the best for really weak signal work. A call such as w9rd
- RD>would be pretty nice. :)
-
- RD>My call, aa9ch, makes for some interesting pile-up confusion in the midwest.
- RD>Stations w9ch and aa8ch often seem to be interested in working the same
- RD>stations as I do. :(
-
- RD>I also hear a local ham kb9hhh. Only on the 2m repeater. I have
- RD>not heard him on CW yet.
-
- The former trustee of our club repeater was KC6CCC. I still hear the
- morse ID sometimes in my sleep.
- ---
- . SLMR 2.0 #1961 . You guys start coding. I'll go see what they want.
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- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 15:33:59 EST
- From: sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!mystis!dan@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Unauthorized equipment?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- ham@wam.umd.edu (Scott Richard Rosenfeld) writes:
-
- [some deleted]
-
- > Who's "THEY?" Unless the FCC has gotten some new teeth, they won't do it
- > alone. My impression is still that there must be a fair amount of help
- > from the affected amateurs, or a least a LOT of prodding, in order to get
- > the FCC involved. Of course, false SOS calls, or intentionally jamming
- > air-traffic radio would get an immediate response. But with the ham
- > bands, as we all know, it's a self-policing policy for the most part,
- > or at least until enough of a stink has been raised to get the FCC's
- > monitors on the scene.
- >
- > I still see a LARGE amount of room for abuse of the airwaves. The fines
- > will help, but the ham bands, historically, have ranked fairly low on
- > the FCC's priority list. Maybe this will change somewhat? Or already has?
-
- So, lets get out and do some real life foxhunting!
-
-
-
- Dan Pickersgill N8PKV |<=======| "An Elephant: A Mouse, built to
- N8PKV@mystis.wariat.org |From All| government specifications."
- dan@mystis.wariat.org | of Us | -L. Long
- dan@amcomp.wariat.org |<=======|
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-
- Date: 31 Oct 1993 13:45:15 GMT
- From: drt@athena.mit.edu
- Subject: Was 'Vanity' Call Signs, now paying for call signs
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <fede0001.751998332@gold.tc.umn.edu> fede0001@gold.tc.umn.edu (Jimbo) writes:
-
- I think that the five and a half dollars the US pays per license, one
- time fee, is a nice deal. If you successfully pass all your tests,
- it would only cost about $22 dollars to become an EXTRA class license.
- (Considering novice is a free, there's tech, gen, adv, then extra).
-
- No, the $5.60 is an exam fee which you pay for each session no matter
- how many elements you pass or fail and no matter how far you upgrade
- or don't upgrade. If you can pass all the elements in one sitting,
- you can get your Extra for one fee. Furthermore, Novice is free only
- for some VE coordinators. The exam fee doesn't even go to the
- government! It goes to reimburse exam expenses. Before volunteer
- examining, you didn't even have to pay an exam fee. 'Course, time off
- work might cost you more than $5.60 in 1993 dollars, because you had to
- take the exam during working hours ...
-
- The license fee is zero.
-
- Anyway, some other countries have exam fees, too. Of course, they
- don't usually have quite as many elements and quite as many license
- classes as we do. We overcomplicate things.
-
- -drt
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