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- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1490
- To: Info-Hams
-
-
- Info-Hams Digest Tue, 21 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1490
-
- Today's Topics:
- "Re: Long-play recording"
- Arizona repeater info needed
- ARLB117 FCC CALL SIGN UPDATE
- Calculating SWR
- Ham Radio Clip Art
- Ham ticket
- How to find the answers to frequently-asked questions about Ham Radio
- scanner use in vehicles
- Tokyo Hy-Power's 3-band SSB/CW Handheld
- what was the telnet address for the ham/call database??
-
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-
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- (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: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 02:06:07 GMT
- From: netcomsv!netcom.com!fmitch@decwrl.dec.com
- Subject: "Re: Long-play recording"
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Robert Carpenter (rc@cmr.ncsl.NIst.GOV) wrote:
-
- : I've been making unattended HiFi recordings of up to 8-hour duration for
- : some 8 years now. The secret is VHS HiFi. Just plug your audio into the
- : external audio input (eliminate the TVI) and you're on your way. The
- : cheaper VHS HiFi VCRs have automatic volume control on the audio, I got one
- : with manual audio gain because my application is musical recording. I
- : normally use T-120 cassettes at the 6-hour speed ($7.97 for 3 at Giant), but
- : use T-160 ($9.99 for 4 at Price Club) to get 8 hours.
-
- : 73, Bob w3otc@amsat.org
-
- i use an old rca vcr whose video head is bad... it has a 7 day timer...
- i used it to capture weather satellite audio during the times i
- couldn't be at the computer... the specs on the audio channel
- are fantastic... cd quality... my unit has audio agc and manual
- input level adjustment for each audio channel... check with a
- vcr repair shop... they usually have a few old units lying
- around whose video heads are bad consequently they are not
- worth fixing... i got my unit for free that way...
-
- mitch, wa4osr
- --
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- fmitch@netcom.com
- Felton "Mitch" Mitchell, WA4OSR in Mobile, Alabama USA
- 205-342-7259 home, 205-476-4100 work, 205-476-0465 FAX
- co-sysop for W4IAX bbs running fbb ... sysop for WA4OSR DXCluster in Mobile..
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 02:36:01 GMT
- From: swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!al602@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Arizona repeater info needed
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In a previous article, paulc@fc.hp.com (Paul Christofanelli) says:
-
- >Hello all,
- >
- >...I've heard of the Northlink system, and ZIA. Do either of
- >these get into Phoenix? It appears from the repeater directory that Zia
- >does, but I don't think it covers northern Arizona. On the other hand,
- >Northlink might not get into Phoenix.
- >
-
- ZIA-link does get into Phoenix. However, it is not always "up." Lately,
- it seems to be down more often, at least here in Arizona. ZIA covers the
- southwest from California through Arizona and New Mexico to West Texas.
- It seems pieces are up but not necessarily all the links.
-
- I'm afraid I can't help you with Northlink.
-
- --
- Regards, | Reply to: al602@freenet.carleton.ca
- Jim. | Ham Call: WA9QYC
- Tucson, AZ |
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 02:48:44 GMT
- From: netcomsv!netcom.com!marcbg@decwrl.dec.com
- Subject: ARLB117 FCC CALL SIGN UPDATE
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB QST @ ARL $ARLB117
- ARLB117 FCC CALL SIGN UPDATE
-
- ZCZC AG59
- QST de W1AW
- ARRL Bulletin 117 ARLB117
- >From ARRL Headquarters
- Newington CT December 20, 1993
- To all radio amateurs
-
- SB QST ARL ARLB117
- ARLB117 FCC CALL SIGN UPDATE
-
- FCC ISSUED CALL SIGN UPDATE
-
- The following is a list of the FCC's most recently issued call signs
- as of December 1.
-
- District Group A Group B Group C Group D
- Extra Advanced Tech/Gen Novice
-
- 0 AA0PO KG0KD N0ZLM KB0LMX
- 1 AA1IB KD1SQ N1QWR KB1BEQ
- 2 AA2QQ KF2SX N2XFU KB2QQJ
- 3 AA3GP KE3LH N3QZL KB3AZK
- 4 AD4NS KR4IY ++ KE4HYT
- 5 AB5RK KJ5TG ++ KC5EIK
- 6 AB6YW KN6VX ++ KE6DOF
- 7 AB7AI KI7TW ++ KB7ZRB
- 8 AA8NJ KG8FM ++ KB8QOW
- 9 AA9JM KF9SP N9VPC KB9IWA
- Hawaii ++ AH6NE WH6QL WH6CRB
- Alaska ++ AL7PL WL7OW WL7CHJ
- Virgin Is. WP2D KP2CC NP2GU WP2AHU
- Puerto Rico ++ KP4VZ ++ WP4MLZ
-
- ++All call signs in this group have been issued in this area.
- NNNN
- /EX
- --
- Marc Grant
- marcbg@netcom.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 14 Dec 93 19:58:21 GMT
- From: sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!myers@hplabs.hp.com
- Subject: Calculating SWR
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Ronald D. Erickson (rerickso@cwis.unomaha.edu) wrote:
-
- > SWR is really the same as power factor. It is either
- > voltage leading or lagging current in RF transmission
- > situations. Sometimes hams use a 52 or 50-ohm dummy load
- > resistor to verify how close to perfect they have tuned
- > their antenna on low power. The idea is to try to stay below
- > 2 to 1 or 2.5 to 1 Voltage Standing Wave Radio.
-
- > 73,
-
- > Ron
- > AK0N
- > rerickso@cwis.unomaha.edu
-
- Completely, totally, absolutely, INCORRECT. But thanks for playing!
-
- How could SWR and PF be the same? SWR *cannot* be less than 1.000:1, while
- PF *cannot* be greater than 1.000. Further, your assertion tha SWR is
- somehow related to voltage vs. current phase would imply that it is impossible
- to acheive other than a perfect 1:1 SWR with a purely resistive load, which
- is most definitely not the case.
-
- I'd go ahead and post the real definition of SWR, but I see that this has
- already been done MUCH earlier.
-
-
- Bob Myers KC0EW Hewlett-Packard Co. |Opinions expressed here are not
- Advanced Systems Div. |those of my employer or any other
- myers@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, Colorado |sentient life-form on this planet.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 93 20:37:30 MST
- From: usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!asuvax!ennews!stat!david@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Ham Radio Clip Art
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I am in the process of creating my own QSL cards. Does anyone know of
- anyplace to obtain ham radio related clip art?
-
- david wb7tpy
-
- ---
- Editor, HICNet Medical Newsletter
- Internet: david@stat.com FAX: +1 (602) 451-6135
- Bitnet : ATW1H@ASUACAD
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 93 23:09:11
- From: usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ukma!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!iat.holonet.net!hofbbs!artie.uberti@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Ham ticket
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW IF FCC HAS STOPPED PROCESSING LICENSES. I AM STILL
- WAITING SINCE 11/9/93 FOR MY TICKET TO ARRIVE AND I AM GROWING IMPATIENT.
- ALL REPLIES WELCOME!!!
- 73
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 21 Dec 93 02:44:05 GMT
- From: ogicse!cs.uoregon.edu!sgiblab!rtech!amdahl!thunder!ikluft@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: How to find the answers to frequently-asked questions about Ham Radio
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Posted-By: auto-faq 3.1.1.4
- Archive-name: ham-faq-ptr
-
- How to find the Rec.radio.amateur.misc Frequently Asked Questions list
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- This article will tell you how to find the answers to frequently-asked
- Questions (FAQ) from rec.radio.amateur.misc. The FAQ articles are posted on
- the 7th of each month. This article is posted on the 14th, 21st, and 28th of
- every month as a reminder of where to find the FAQ.
-
- The FAQ articles are intended to summarize some common questions on the
- rec.radio.amateur.misc newsgroup and Info-Hams mail list as well as to help
- beginners get started.
-
- Besides the monthly posting, the FAQ is always available via anonymous FTP
- and from e-mail servers. This article contains instructions for obtaining a
- copy of the FAQ. It also contains the table of contents from the FAQ so
- that you know which questions are covered by it.
-
- Please provide a copy of the FAQ to any new or soon-to-be Hams you know.
-
- Regular FAQ postings can help save network bandwidth and maintain a good
- signal-to-noise ratio in the newsgroup. However, they can't do it alone - you,
- the reader, have to use them. If you are a new user, please print and review
- the FAQ articles and look at the instructions in the news.newusers newsgroup
- before posting any articles. If you are an experienced user, please help by
- refraining from answering frequently-asked questions on the newsgroup if they
- are already answered by the FAQ articles. Instead, send e-mail to the user who
- asked the question. (It will be helpful if you include the part of the FAQ
- that answers their question, but not the whole thing.)
-
- --How to obtain a current copy of the FAQ-------------------------------------
-
- There are 3 ways to obtain a copy of the FAQ.
- 1) NetNews
- 2) Anonymous FTP
- 3) An Electronic Mail Server
-
- Option #1: NetNews
- ------------------
- If you are familiar enough with NetNews to look through previous articles on
- your system, Option #1 above may be the easiest for you. The FAQ is posted
- so that it should not expire from your site's news spool until the next one is
- posted. Unfortunately, some news administrators do not honor the expiration
- dates meant to preserve the FAQ.
-
- Look in rec.radio.amateur.misc, rec.radio.info, rec.answers, or news.answers.
- If the FAQ has expired at your site, try Option #2 (and ask your news
- administrator to honor expiration dates for articles cross-posted to
- news.answers if he/she can.)
-
- Option #2: Anonymous FTP
- ------------------------
- Anonymous FTP uses the File Transfer Protocol. It is only available to sites
- which are directly connected to the Internet. If you don't know how to use
- FTP and can't find a friend to help you, continue to Option #3. If your site
- is not connected to the Internet, you should also continue to Option #3.
-
- The following sites have copies of the FAQ:
- site name & address path to FAQ articles
- ------------------- --------------------
- ftp.amdahl.com pub/radio/amateur/faq.[1-3].Z
- located in western USA, FAQ updated daily
- ftp.cs.buffalo.edu pub/ham-radio/faq_ham_[1-3]
- located in eastern USA, FAQ updated monthly
- rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/radio/ham-radio/faq/part*
- located in eastern USA, FAQ updated monthly
- contains news.answers archive - most UseNet FAQs are here
- grivel.une.edu.au pub/ham-radio/buffalo/ham-radio/faq_ham_[1-3]
- located in Australia, FAQ updated monthly
- (Ham files mirrored from buffalo/funet/ucsd daily)
- nic.funet.fi pub/ham/info/faq_ham_[1-3]
- located in Finland, FAQ updated monthly
-
- Remember, when connecting to the remote system, use the login name of
- "anonymous" and, as a courtesy to the site administrators, your e-mail address
- for the password.
-
- Option #3: Electronic Mail Server
- ---------------------------------
- If you can't use Options 1 or 2, your only remaining option is electronic mail.
- You can retreive a copy of the FAQ by sending a message to
- mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
-
- The body of your mail will contain a command for the mail server software.
- To get all of the FAQ (consisting of 70K of e-mail in 3 parts), place the
- following in the first line of your message:
- send usenet/news.answers/radio/ham-radio/faq/*
-
- Leave out the subject of your message because the mail server will ignore it.
-
- --- begin sample mail message ---
- To: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
- From: me@here.org
- Date: Mon Aug 14 22:27:33 PDT 1995
-
- send usenet/news.answers/radio/ham-radio/faq/*
- --- end sample mail message ---
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Table of Contents
- -----------------
- Dates indicate last modification.
-
- Part 1 - Introduction to the FAQ and Amateur Radio
- ** Table of Contents (6/93)
- ** Introduction to the FAQ (11/92)
- * How to Contribute to the FAQ Articles (6/93)
- * Acknowledgements (6/93)
- * Notes on "Netiquette" (1/93)
- ** What is Amateur Radio? (11/92)
- ** Who can become a ham? (6/93)
- ** Where can I locate information and books on Amateur Radio? (9/93)
- ** How much does it cost? (9/92)
- ** Where can I take the tests? (9/93)
- ** What are the tests like? (6/93)
- ** What can I do with a ham radio license? (5/92)
- ** What can't I do with an Amateur Radio license? (pre-4/92)
- ** I'm interested, who will help me? (11/92)
- ** Should I build my own equipment or antenna? (11/92)
-
- Part 2 - Amateur Radio Organizations, Services, and Information Sources
- ** Where can I find Ham Radio information with a computer? (11/92)
- * The rec.radio.* newsgroups (6/93)
- * The ARRL e-mail server (1/93)
- * The KA6ETB e-mail "HAM-server" (new 9/93)
- * The Internet File Transfer Protocol (FTP) (9/93)
- * Access to FTP archives via electronic mail (1/93)
- * The Ham-Radio mail list: rec.radio.amateur.misc by mail (9/93)
- * Telephone BBS's with Ham-related information (9/93)
- * Callsign servers and geographical name servers (11/92)
- * FTP access to FCC Part 97 and FCC Amateur Radio question pools (9/93)
- * Lists of radio modifications and extensions (11/92)
- ** Can I send ARRL or W5YI electronic mail? (11/92)
- ** "Why doesn't the ARRL do...?" (11/92)
- ** What magazines are available for Ham Radio? (pre-4/92)
- ** How do I use the incoming and outgoing QSL bureau? (11/92)
- ** Are there any news groups for CAP? (11/92)
- ** What's the name of the QRP club that issues QRP numbers? (9/93)
- ** How do I become a 10-10 member? (9/93)
- ** How do I join MARS? (9/93)
- ** How do I join RACES? (pre-4/92)
- ** What organizations are available to help handicapped hams? (pre-4/92)
- ** I am looking for a specific ham, can anyone help me find him? (6/93)
- ** Can I post my neat new ham related program on rec.radio.amateur.misc?
- (pre-4/92)
- ** Where can I get ham radio software for my computer? (9/93)
- ** Are there Dialup News services or BBSs for Amateur Radio? (4/92)
- ** Where can I find VE sessions in my local area? (9/93)
- ** Why isn't XXX available electronically? (4/92)
-
- Part 3 - Amateur Radio Advanced and Technical Questions
- ** What are the different US amateur classes and what can each of them do?
- (pre-4/92)
- ** What is the best way to learn Morse Code? (10/92)
- ** What is the standard for measuring Morse code speed? (pre-4/92)
- ** What is the standard phonetic alphabet? (new 9/93)
- ** I'm confused. What do all those abbreviations mean??? (6/93)
- ** What do all those "tones" mean? (pre-4/92)
- ** Where can I learn more about Amateur Radio if I live outside the US?
- (9/93)
- ** How can I get a "reciprocal license" if I am a licensed ham from another
- country or if I am a FCC licensed ham who wants to operate in another
- country (on vacation)? (9/93)
- ** My apartment or housing complex does not allow outdoor antennas, now what
- do I do? (9/93)
- ** I got TVI...HELP!!! (9/93)
- ** Did you know that you can get college credit for being a ham? (pre-4/92)
- ** On what frequencies do JPL and GSFC retransmit the shuttle audio?
- (10/92)
- ** Can I take my HT on an airplane and operate it if I get the permission
- of the captain? (4/92)
- ** How do I modify my current Amateur license? (9/93)
- ** I'm confused about XXX, should I ask the FCC? (9/93)
- ** Is there any information on antique radios? (pre-4/92)
- ** Where can I buy vacuum tubes? (9/93)
- ** What do I need to get started in packet radio? (9/93)
- ** What do I need to get started in satellite communications? (9/93)
- ** What is available to get started in ATV, SSTV and WEFAX? (9/93)
- ** What are these contests I sometimes hear, and how do I participate? (9/93)
-
-
- --Submitting changes for the FAQ----------------------------------------------
-
- If you have comments or updates for the FAQ, send e-mail to
- hamradio-faq@amdahl.com
- This will send mail to all the people on the FAQ editorial review group.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 93 23:09:09
- From: usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ukma!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!iat.holonet.net!hofbbs!artie.uberti@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: scanner use in vehicles
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- AS FAR AS I KNOW, CERTAIN STATES DO NOT PERMIT SCANNERS ABLE TO RECEIVE POLICE
- AND PUBLIC SAFETY SIGNALS TO BE INSTALLED AS A MOBILE. IN ADDITION, IF YOU ARE
- A LISENCED HAM AND ARE USING A MOBILE SCANNER YOU ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS RULE IN
- CERTAIN STATES.
- ALSO, IT IS AGAINST THE LAW IF YOU KNOWINGLY, ACT OR COMMIT A CRIME USING A
- SCANNER TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WHERE THE POLICE ARE DURING THE COMMISION OF A
- CRIME, YOU CAN BE CHARGE WITH AN ADDITIONAL OFFENSE AS SUCH.
- 73
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 20 Dec 1993 02:29:28 GMT
- From: sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!clark.net!andy@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Tokyo Hy-Power's 3-band SSB/CW Handheld
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Intrigued by above item. Anyone have one or seen one in action?
-
- -k4adl
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sun, 19 DEC 93 10:43:10 EST
- From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: what was the telnet address for the ham/call database??
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
-
- callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000 or 128.205.32.2 2000
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 16:23:57 GMT
- From: news.cstar.andersen.com!news.acns.nwu.edu!news.eecs.nwu.edu!gagme!n5ial!jim@uunet.uu.net
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <2er4on$f1b@wuecl.wustl.edu>, <CI6MLC.Iqo@world.std.com>, <2esi38$h6k@crchh941.bnr.ca>nwu.
- Subject : Re: Where are all the young enthusiasts?
-
- [ Note: original article reformatted to < 80 chars/line.... ]
-
- In article <2esi38$h6k@crchh941.bnr.ca> kharker@bnr.ca (Kenneth E. Harker)
- writes:
-
- > In fact, I can't imagine when, in the next five years or so, that I'll be
- > able to get my own real HF rig. It's just way too expensive.
- [ .... ]
- > Now, sure, someone can say that you can get on the air for <$100. But
- > what does that get you? A QRP CW-only kit with a homebrew antenna and a
- > straight key. While I am looking into this option as the only conceivable
- > way I'll have my own HF rig before 1998, this is not going to attract
- > young people to the hobby. And I have plenty of friends at school who
- > have trouble deciding if they can afford certain textbooks, much less
- > anything like radio.
-
- As at least one other person has said, you don't have to go out and buy
- the most expensive HF rig you see. :-) In fact, there's nothing that
- says you even have to buy a brand-new rig. My first HF rig was an old
- Galaxy V Mk 3. Here's the story.....
-
- I was home for vacation (Christmas break, in fact) from school, and one
- of the local hams (this was in San Antonio) heard that I was looking to
- upgrade to general (I was a tech), but that I didn't have an HF rig. He
- found out about this because I asked about details on where to either get
- a very inexpensive rig or get help building one. He wasn't too happy
- about the fact that I didn't have a rig, so he set out to ``solve'' this
- ``problem''. :-) Within 10 minutes, he'd found two people willing to
- donate gear. The first person who responded said he had an old military
- receiver that would at least get me started. The second person said that
- was nice, but he had an old Galaxy V that he'd sell to me for 25 cents.
-
- So I ``bought'' a Galaxy V Mk 3 for 25 cents (he could then tell his
- wife, ``yes, dear, I *SOLD* it!''). The only condition on that sale
- was that when I was done with the rig, I either return it to him, or
- preferably, pass it on to another new ham. You guessed it...I ``sold''
- it for 25 cents. :-) And, of course, the same conditions applied
- there, too---he's going to eventually ``sell'' it...for 25 cents.
-
- Now, this may sound like an extreme example, but there are lots of old
- tube rigs out there, many of which are in pretty good shape. In fact,
- there are some tube rigs that I wouldn't mind having right now. I have
- a Kenwood TS-140S---it's a good rig, but somehow the old Collins and
- Drake rigs I remember using just, well, out-did it...don't ask me to
- explain it, because I can't. The same could be said for an old Heathkit
- HW-101 that I played with at one point (a friend from school and I made
- a temporary trade just to try the other's rig out...the day I had to
- give that HW-101 back was a dismal day). It was as stable as any synth
- rig I've seen, and the audio quality, both xmit and rcv, was out of this
- world. I don't know if this applies to all of the 101s, but it certainly
- did for that one!
-
- Look around. ASK AROUND! Let people know that you're looking for a rig
- that fits in with a college student's budget (i.e., it's virtually free),
- and that you just want to get on the air. Someone should be able to
- help you out.
-
- Oh, one last point. Don't expect to get all sorts of fancy filtering from
- an old, inexpensive tube rig. Don't worry about it, either. First, your
- ears will develop to the point where you'll be able to pick out even the
- weakest sigs from the noise (I got really good at this, and when I'd go to
- the Texas A&M club station, W5AC, I'd easily work people who others in the
- shack couldn't even hear at all, even with all of the fancy filtering on
- the TS-930 that was there at the time). Second, you can always build your
- own filters and add them as outboard units. Op amps are dirt-cheap, and a
- +12/-12 VDC power supply isn't *THAT* expensive to build, either.... Just
- be careful about the voltage levels going to the (external) speaker on the
- tube rigs---you may need to add some level conversions (I did with the
- Galaxy).
-
- Later,
- --jim
-
- --
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- Internet: jim@n5ial.mythical.com | j.graham@ieee.org ICBM: 30.23N 86.32W
- Amateur Radio: (packet station temporarily offline) AMTOR SELCAL: NIAL
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- E-mail me for information about KAMterm (host mode for Kantronics TNCs).
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 16:41:30 GMT
- From: news.cstar.andersen.com!news.acns.nwu.edu!news.eecs.nwu.edu!gagme!n5ial!jim@uunet.uu.net
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <drew.95.0@trl.oz.au>, <SDS.93Dec17000051@cslab9f.cs.brown.edu>, <2es5k1$ldr@cismsun.univ-lyon1.fr>ews.a
- Subject : Re: Where are all the young enthusiasts?
-
- Sorry if this is a bit terse---there's a thunderstorm on its way, and here
- on the island, we have power failures every time the wind blows...not to
- mention thunderstorms. I've got to be shutdown when the power starts to
- fluctuate..... (No, I can't afford a UPS yet, even at $100 US.)
-
- In article <2es5k1$ldr@cismsun.univ-lyon1.fr> elendir@enst.fr () writes:
- >Scott Swanson (sds@cs.brown.edu) wrote:
-
- >: I'm 20. Is that young enough to fit in with the "young enthusiast"
- > And I am 24.
-
- I'm 27 (almost 28)...guess I'm the OF here. :-)
-
- >: So why did I pick up my ticket? What's in it for me, especially since
- >...
- >: (1) Emergency service. Maybe I'm weird, but I *like* public service,
- >
- > I don't think it's a weird feeling at all.
-
- Nor do I.
-
- > The sole problem I encounter here is the cost of the hobby. HF rigs are
- >still very expensive, unless you make your owns.
-
- See my previous post (just a few minutes ago).
-
- >There is a whole new
- >world to explore above the GHz limit, new antennae to design, new devices
- >to use, and that bandwith... Traditionnal HF is technically dead (more or
- >less, everything is known)
-
- HF is *NOT* dead as far as new technology is concerned. The directions
- have just changed a bit, that's all. If you look at the world of small
- (i.e., apartment-sized) antennas, for example, you'll see that there's
- a lot of room for experimenting. If you want more meaty experiments,
- look at the newer digital modes: clover, PacTOR, etc..... Ok, what
- about designing HF rigs themselves? There are all kinds of new things
- that can be done with filtering, for example (DSP being the new world to
- play with).
-
- Ok, granted, some (much) of this is out of the budget range of your
- average person, but there are other areas that I've left out in my quest
- to have this system shutdown while the thunderstorm is still a couple of
- miles away. Oops...time's up.
-
- Later,
- --jim
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