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- Info-Hams Digest Sat, 27 Nov 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1393
-
- Today's Topics:
- ARLD063
- Cross-band 2m/220mhz repeaters?
- Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 19 November
- Jim Liston
- What's a trunked system?
-
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-
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1993 05:58:51 -0700
- From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!nebulus!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: ARLD063
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB DX @ ARL $ARLD063
- ARLD063 DX news ZCZC AE89
- QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 63 ARLD063 From ARRL Headquarters
- Newington CT November 18, 1993
- To all radio amateurs
-
- Thanks to Bob, W5KNE; QRZ DX; Tedd, KB8NW; the OPDX
- PacketCluster Network; John, W2GD; and Frank, OH2LVG, for
- the items in this week's bulletin.
-
- PETER ONE ISLAND. Here are three brief items of interest.
- Tony, WA4JQS, reports all equipment for the DXpedition has
- been crated. Permission has been secured to operate /MM
- while enroute to the island. This may be the first-ever
- satellite operation from Peter One.
-
- SINGAPORE. James, 9V1YC, is on around 7005 kHz between
- 1045 and 1115z every day looking for North and South
- American stations. 9V1ZE has been worked on 7005 kHz at
- 1218z.
-
- BOTSWANA. Arno, OH7XM, plans to be active until December
- 5 as A25/OH7XM. Listen for him in the CQ WW CW Contest as
- a 40 meter single category as A22MN. QSL via OH7XM.
-
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Members of the Dubai Men's College
- of Higher Technology are operating their new club station
- A61AF. They have equipment for HF, VHF and satellite
- operations and were heard in the CQ WW SSB Contest. QSL
- to Dubai Mens College, PO Box 15825, Dubai, UAE. Only
- cards dated 3 August 1993 and after are good for DXCC.
-
- BENIN. TY1PS was heard calling CQ on 14083 kHz RTTY
- around 2300z, with very few takers. He was also heard on
- 21085 kHz at 1850z.
-
- CAMBODIA. Sanyi, XU7VK, was on 7065 kHz recently around
- 1230z working YBs and DUs on SSB. He runs a KW into a
- wire antenna. QSL via HA0HW.
-
- GAMBIA. Gary, C53HG, is active on 75 meters once or twice
- a week. He hangs around 3795 kHz at 0500z, though has been
- heard there as late as 0700. Also listen for him on 15
- meters between 1800 and 1900z, and then on 20 meters
- between 2000 and 0100z.
-
- MOZAMBIQUE. C91AJ has been worked on AO13 at about 0255z.
- QSL via CT4RM.
-
- BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA and CROATIA. Carl, OH6XY, team leader
- of RadioTeam Finland, is serving on the UN High Command on
- Refugees in the former Yugoslavia. His stay is through
- November 1994 and can be worked as either 9A/OH6XY or
- 4N4/OH6XY.
-
- NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Carl will also be on from Curacao
- during the CQ WW CW Contest as PJ9Y as a 40 meter single
- op entry. He will be active before and after the contest
- period with a bonus of some six meter operations.
-
- Jukka, OH3GZ, is Carl's QSL manager and has the logs for
- the following calls,
-
- 9A/OH6XY, ZA/OH6XY, ZA2A, PJ2/OH6XY, PJ9Y, 4N4/OH6XY and
- T9/OH6XY.
-
- ARUBA. P40W will be activated November 22 to 30 by John,
- W2GD, including the CQ WW CW Contest on the 27th and 28th.
- Outside the contest, John will be active on the WARC bands
- and on 160 meters on the hour after dark. QSL to N2MM.
-
- FRENCH SAINT MARTIN. Members of the North Jersey DX
- Association will be active as FS/W2QM from December 1
- through 8. They will operate 160 through 10 meters with
- SSB and CW. QSL to W2QM.
- NNNN
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 19:47:42 GMT
- From: butch!news@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Cross-band 2m/220mhz repeaters?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- > How many cities and where? I'm curious.....
-
- I know denver has 1 2/220 link.. 223.98 to 147.225..
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 21:32:26 MST
- From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!nebulus!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 19 November
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
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-
- DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY
-
- 19 NOVEMBER, 1993
-
- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
-
- (Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)
-
-
- SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDICES FOR 19 NOVEMBER, 1993
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- !!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 323, 11/19/93
- 10.7 FLUX=101.1 90-AVG=094 SSN=059 BKI=3622 2333 BAI=020
- BGND-XRAY=B1.4 FLU1=9.4E+05 FLU10=1.3E+04 PKI=3622 3433 PAI=020
- BOU-DEV=031,154,013,017,015,029,023,021 DEV-AVG=037 NT SWF=00:000
- XRAY-MAX= B9.8 @ 2003UT XRAY-MIN= B1.2 @ 1737UT XRAY-AVG= B2.4
- NEUTN-MAX= +002% @ 2320UT NEUTN-MIN= -002% @ 1745UT NEUTN-AVG= -0.1%
- PCA-MAX= +0.0DB @ 2355UT PCA-MIN= -0.1DB @ 2000UT PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
- BOUTF-MAX=55375NT @ 0358UT BOUTF-MIN=55334NT @ 1842UT BOUTF-AVG=55350NT
- GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+063,+000,+000
- GOES6-MAX=P:+128NT@ 1654UT GOES6-MIN=N:-072NT@ 1044UT G6-AVG=+087,+019,-041
- FLUXFCST=STD:105,105,110;SESC:105,105,110 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,010,015/010,012,015
- KFCST=2233 3221 2233 4321 27DAY-AP=010,009 27DAY-KP=2342 2232 4222 1221
- WARNINGS=*SWF
- ALERTS=**245STRM:0622-0733UTC
- !!END-DATA!!
-
- NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 18 NOV 93 is not available.
- The Full Kp Indices for 18 NOV 93 are: 2- 1- 1o 1o 4+ 5+ 4o 3+
-
-
- SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY
- --------------------
-
- Solar activity was low. Region 7618 (N07W19) continues
- to be the most impressive region on the disk. Overall, the
- Region has been stable the past 24 hours. Region 7620 (N04E57)
- appears stable as well.
-
- STD: A delta configuration continues to exist in Region 7618.
-
- Solar activity forecast: solar activity is expected to be
- low to moderate with Region 7618 expected to produce C-class
- and possibly M-class activity.
-
- STD: A new region is approaching the northeast limb. Recent
- Yohkoh x-ray imagery of this area suggests a possible eruptive
- region may be rotating into view shortly. This supposition is
- strengthened by NSO observations of enhanced (moderate) Ca XV
- limb emissions at this region. NSO plots of these emissions,
- as well as pseudo-full-disk maps are available at the anonymous
- FTP site: ftp.uleth.ca (previously known as xi.uleth.ca) in the
- directories "pub/solar/Corona/Scans" and "pub/solar/Corona/Maps".
- There may be some additional Ca XV emission intensification
- over the next 24 hours from this area of the northeast limb.
- Recent optically uncorrelated long-decay B and C-class x-ray
- activity may be originating from this site. Another Yohkoh
- x-ray insert has been appended to this report showing this new
- limb source of x-ray emissions.
-
- The geomagnetic field has been at quiet to major storm
- levels at middle latitudes and quiet to severe storm levels
- at high latitudes. Yesterday's disturbance continued through
- 06Z today with active to storm level conditions. Since then,
- the field has been mostly quiety to active with some brief storm
- levels at high latitudes.
-
- Geophysical activity forecast: the geomagnetic field is
- expected to be mostly unsettled. Recurrence effects may
- increase activity sometime late on day three.
-
- Event probabilities 20 nov-22 nov
-
- Class M 60/60/60
- Class X 10/10/10
- Proton 10/10/10
- PCAF Green
-
- Geomagnetic activity probabilities 20 nov-22 nov
-
- A. Middle Latitudes
- Active 20/10/45
- Minor Storm 10/05/15
- Major-Severe Storm 05/01/05
-
- B. High Latitudes
- Active 40/10/65
- Minor Storm 05/05/05
- Major-Severe Storm 01/20/01
-
- HF propagation conditions became occasionally below-normal
- for the upper-middle to polar latitude paths during the local
- night sector of 19 November. Most other regions experienced
- near-normal propagation. Conditions are expected to gradually
- improve on 20 and 21 November. Additional minor signal
- degradation may be observed again over the higher latitude
- paths on 21 November in response to recurrent activity. At the
- present time, no significant changes are expected over the next
- three days. SWF activity is still a good possibility over
- sunlit paths.
-
-
- COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
- ========================================================
-
- REGIONS WITH SUNSPOTS. LOCATIONS VALID AT 19/2400Z NOVEMBER
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- NMBR LOCATION LO AREA Z LL NN MAG TYPE
- 7618 N07W19 339 0750 DKI 09 038 BETA-DELTA
- 7620 N04E57 263 0000 AXX 01 001 ALPHA
- REGIONS DUE TO RETURN 20 NOVEMBER TO 22 NOVEMBER
- NMBR LAT LO
- NONE
-
-
- LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 19 NOVEMBER, 1993
- -------------------------------------------------------
- BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP
- 1625 1625 1626 280
-
-
- POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 19 NOVEMBER, 1993
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- BEGIN MAX END LOCATION TYPE SIZE DUR II IV
- 19/ 1845 2004 2051 LDE B9.8 126
-
-
- INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 19/2400Z
- ---------------------------------------------------
- ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXTENSIONS
- EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH CAR TYPE POL AREA OBSN
- 48 S34W42 S37W62 S08W74 S07W70 024 ISO NEG 012 10830A
- 49 N30E18 N20E08 N30E04 N34E11 316 ISO POS 003 10830A
-
-
- SUMMARY OF FLARE EVENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn 2695 MHz 8800 MHz 15.4 GHz
- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ --------- --------- ---------
- 18 Nov: 0349 0358 0404 B7.3
- 1135 1230 1303 B5.1 SF 7618 N08E02
- 1323 1332 1347 C1.6 SF 7618 N09E01
- 1522 1525 1538 SF 7618 N07W03
- 1654 1659 1707 C1.5
- 1658 1658 1710 SF 7618 N06W03
- 1928 2115 2155 C1.4
-
-
- REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- C M X S 1 2 3 4 Total (%)
- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ------
- Region 7618: 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 004 (57.1)
- Uncorrellated: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 003 (42.9)
-
- Total Events: 007 optical and x-ray.
-
-
- EVENTS WITH SWEEPS AND/OR OPTICAL PHENOMENA FOR THE LAST UTC DAY
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn Sweeps/Optical Observations
- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ ---------------------------
- NO EVENTS OBSERVED.
-
- NOTES:
- All times are in Universal Time (UT). Characters preceding begin, max,
- and end times are defined as: B = Before, U = Uncertain, A = After.
- All times associated with x-ray flares (ex. flares which produce
- associated x-ray bursts) refer to the begin, max, and end times of the
- x-rays. Flares which are not associated with x-ray signatures use the
- optical observations to determine the begin, max, and end times.
-
- Acronyms used to identify sweeps and optical phenomena include:
-
- II = Type II Sweep Frequency Event
- III = Type III Sweep
- IV = Type IV Sweep
- V = Type V Sweep
- Continuum = Continuum Radio Event
- Loop = Loop Prominence System,
- Spray = Limb Spray,
- Surge = Bright Limb Surge,
- EPL = Eruptive Prominence on the Limb.
-
-
- SPECIAL INSERT: CURRENT X-RAY EMISSIONS FROM THE JAPANESE YOHKOH SPACECRAFT
- ===========================================================================
-
- 19 November 1993, 03:30 UTC
-
- North
- ........ .............. ... .
- ........... ..,,,,,,,,,,....,,,::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,......
- ...........,,,,,,,,,,,. ...,,,,,,,,,,,,,,::::,::::::;;:::::,,,.....
- ....,,,,,,,,,:::::::,.. .....,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,::;;;:::,,,.....
- ..,,,,:::::::::;;::,. .. .,.....,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.....,,,,:,,:;;:::,,,....
- ,:::::;;;;;;;;-;::,.. ... ..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:::::;;:::,,,,......
- :::;;--------;:::::,. . .. ..,,,,:::::::::::,:,,,,,,,,,,,::::::::;;;:::,,,,...
- ::;;---+++++:,,,::,,. . ....,::;;;;;;-;;:::::,,,,,,,,::::::::::;;;;;::,,,..
- :;;--++|||+;:,,,,:,,.... ......,::;;-+++++-;;;;:::,,,,,::::::::::;;;--;;::,,,.
- :;;-+|!!!|;::::,,,,,,......,...,,:::;-+|!!!|---;;;::::::::;;;;::::;;;;;-;;::,,,
- ;-++|!232-;;:::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:-!!|-;-142!+++--;;;;;::::;;----;;;:::;--;;;:::
- |!!!!24*|--;;::,,,,,,,,,,,,:::::::-++-;;|3431!|+;;;;;;:;:::;;:;;;;;;;;;-+--;;;:
- -+|!1121-+---;:,,,,,,,,,,,,,:::::::;;---+!4##41+---;;:;::;;;--::::;;;;;;+|+--;;
- -+|!!121+-;;-;,:,,,,,,,,,,,,:::::::;;;-+!2@@@#31+--;;;;;;;;+-;:;::;;;;;;+1!|+-;
- +||||!3*1-;;;:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:::::;;;-+|13##42!++-----;;;;;;;:;;:;;-----1!++-;
- -++++++|+;:::,,,,,,::,,:,,,,,::,,::;;-+||!1111|++----;;;;;;;;;::;;;;;--;-||+-;;
- :;-----;:::,,,,,,,,:,,,,,.,::,,,,:::;;;-++|||+-;+-;;;;;;;;--;;;;;;;;;--;-+---;;
- ,:--++++-:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,,:::::;;;;;;;;;;--;:::;;;;--;;;;;;--;;;;++--;;;
- ,:;;---+-,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,.,,,:::::::::::-+++;;;;;;;-;;:::;;;;::::;|!|+-;:
- ,,::;;;-;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:::::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,::::;::::;;;-;:::::::,,,::;|!||+-;:
- .,,:::;;;:::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,,,,,,..,,,,,,:::::;::::;;;;;;;::::,,,,::;+!!|+--;:
- ..,,::;;;-;::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,....,,,,::::,,:::;;;;;:;;;::,.,,,::;|||++--;;:
- ..,,,::;;;--::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,....,,.....,,,,,,,,,,,:::;;;;;:,..,:;;;;+||++--;;::
- ..,,:::;;---;,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,.,.,,,.......,,,:,,,,,:::::,,..,,:;--+++++-;;;::,
- ..,,,:::;;;;;;:,,,,,,,.,,,.....,,,.... .,,,,,,..,,.......,,:--++----;;:::,,
- ..,,,,,::::;;;;:,::,,,,,,.,..... .. . ...,. ....,,;----;;;;;::,,,,,
- .......,,,::::::::,.......... .. . .,,;----;;;:::::,,,....
- .. ......,,,,,:::::,. .. .. ....,:;------;;::::,,,,,.....
- ......,,,,,,,,,,... ..,:;;;----;;;;::::,,,,,...
- ..............,,,,..........,,,,,,::::::;::::::::,,,,,...
- ..... .. ... .. .......,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.....
- . ........... .
-
- South
-
- KEY: East and west limbs are to the left and right respectively. Emission
- strength, from minimum to maximum are coded in the following way:
-
- [space] . , : ; - + | ! 1 2 3 4 * # @
-
- Units used are arbitrary, for illustrative purposes. Get "showasc.zip"
- from "pub/solar/Software" at the anonymous FTP site: xi.uleth.ca
- (IP # 142.66.3.29) to view these images on VGA screens.
-
-
- ** End of Daily Report **
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 17:56:51 GMT
- From: nntp.ucsb.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!avdms8.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!silver.ucs.indiana.edu!djadams@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Jim Liston
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Greetings! Could Jim Liston (who sold me the tr-3600a) please e-mail
- me? I have a question about the rig which the manual doesn't cover,
- and I'm hoping you may know the answer. Thanx.
-
- Dave
-
-
- David J Adams, N9UXU Internet: djadams@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
- Amiga User and Flow Cytometry Advocate
- Looking for a mobile 2m and/or 70cm rig
- Conure Society of America. "Push the button Frank..."
- --- -. .-.. -.-- .- -- .. --. .-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 93 19:36:36 CST
- From: hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uxmail!hk.super.net!psinntp!psinntp!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!news.oc.com!utacfd.uta.edu!rwsys!scilab!@munnari.oz.au
- Subject: What's a trunked system?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- trier@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Stephen C. Trier) writes:
- > Every now and then, I see references to "trunked systems" popping up in
- > the rec.radio.amateur groups. Just what is a trunked system?
-
- Ahoy, Stephen!
-
- I would imagine that some of the implementation details vary from
- implementation to implementation, but here in Dallas/Ft Worth there are a
- number of different systems in use. Here's how they work in common.
-
- A series of frequencies are assigned to an agency or municipality. All
- those frequencies are programmed into all the radios for the service, and
- a single channel acts as a control frequency. That control frequency has
- a continuous data stream being received by all radios in the service. It
- instructs all the radios as to which frequency corresponds to a given
- "channel".
-
- These channels are "logical channels". Unlike traditional radio systems,
- there is not a permanent correpondence between "frequency" and "channel."
- For instance: Here in Arlington, there is a common data frequency and six
- or so voice frequencies. However, the fire department radios have a dozen
- or so channels (about twice the number of frequencies). At any given moment,
- the data channel assigns frequencies to the radios as they are needed.
-
- Much like a computer network, this allows the system to provide maximum
- use of the spectrum. But, much like the phone system, it relies on the
- assumption that not all channels or "paths" are in use at a given time.
-
- To the disappointment of many scanner users, some trunked systems switch
- frequencies very quickly and can be difficult to monitor, particularly if
- "good listening" systems are shared with "boring systems." The switching
- rate of systems in the Dallas/ Ft Worth metroplex vary from about once an
- hour (as needed for demand on channels) to once per transmission. To top it
- off, GE trunked systems often have "scanner defeat" features. For instance,
- one system in the area is supposed to be playing tone sequences after every
- transmission (while the data-switched radios move to a new frequency).
- So all the scanners are locked onto these silly "doorbell" tones while all the
- good stuff is going on somewhere else. However, there are some folks selling
- kits or radio mods to defeat the squelch lock on those tones.
-
- Hope that helps some.
-
- Cheerio!
-
- ----------------------------------
- Carter R. Bennett, Jr. [Scientist]
- carter@scilab.lonestar.org
- KI5SR
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1993 20:40:48 GMT
- From: netcomsv!netcom.com!greg@decwrl.dec.com
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <arog.753969080@BIX.com>, <1993Nov23.113409.29442@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, <LEVIN.93Nov24114340@powell.bbn.com>asa.gov
- Subject : Re: CONELRAD-what was it?
-
- What a lot of people don't remember is that hams were required to respond
- to Conelrad alerts by going off the air. To this end, they were required
- to monitor a local broadcast station at all times while on the air, in
- order to determine if there was an alert. Some old ARRL handbooks that
- I have contain ads (there used to be a really neat ad section in the
- back, with things like J.W. Miller, and so on) for Conelrad alert
- monitors, some of which contiained features that would shut down the
- plate current in event of an alert.
-
- Greg
-
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-
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