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- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 93 09:08:02 PST
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- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1505
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-
-
- Info-Hams Digest Fri, 24 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1505
-
- Today's Topics:
- ?Phonetic alphabet for numbers?
- Good Stores/Mail Order/Emergency Use in Car
- Hello?!
- Looking for info on GE Mastr Executive II UHF units
- need comments on MFJ antennas and accessories
- ORBS$358.MICRO.AMSAT
- ORBS$358.MISC.AMSAT
- ORBS$358.OSCAR.AMSAT
- Repeater database?
- This Week in Amateur Radio returns on Omega Network
- UK Radio Amateurs Callbook 1994
- WANTED: mods for ICOM IC-449H
-
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-
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-
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- herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
- policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1993 05:12:05 GMT
- From: coplex!coplex!kj4vh@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: ?Phonetic alphabet for numbers?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- wjc@ll.mit.edu (Bill Chiarchiaro) writes:
- > Your question answers one I've had for years. Long ago I came
- >across a list of standard pronunciations for numbers. I don't
- >remember the source of the list, but it was something like the U.S.
- >Army Signal Corp or the ICAO.
-
- > The two digits which stand out in my memory are 3 and 9. The
- >recommended pronunciation for 3 was "THU-REE" and for 9 either
- >"NIE-YEN" or "NIE-NER".
-
- > I wondered why the regular, English pronunciation for 3 was
- >considered inadequate. I guess I now know!
-
- I wish I could find my ICAO pronunciation guide, but I'm pretty sure 3,
- 4, 5, and 9 are the only numbers that are to be pronounced differently
- than normal. I'm 95% confident in the following info:
-
- 3 "TREE"
- 4 "FOW-er"
- 5 "FIFE"
- 9 "NIN-er"
-
- Of course, a lot of us in "FOW-er" land think "FOW-er" is a perfectly
- normal pronunciation anyway!
-
- SEV-en TREE!
-
- Tim KJ4VH
-
- --
- --------------------------------------------------
- Tim Totten, KJ4VH Home tel +1-502-239-6486
- kj4vh@coplex.com Home fax +1-502-239-7766
- Kentucky Contest Group
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1993 16:44:18 GMT
- From: swrinde!sgiblab!pacbell.com!att-out!cbnewsl!dkk@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Good Stores/Mail Order/Emergency Use in Car
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Folks,
-
- I'm just getting started, so please excuse these elementary
- questions.
-
- A bit of background; I have MS, just started using a
- wheelchair, so people have advised me that I should have
- emergency communications in my car just in case there is
- any excitement. I first explored cellular and CB. Cellular
- is expensive where I live (NJ) - $20/month for dialtone is
- the least expensive I've found so far. Dialtone basically
- is what I'm looking for since I want to listen to the
- radio or books in the car, not do business. But $20/month
- just for insurance seemed high. Also people didn't seem to
- hot on CB, particularly security.
-
- Then I got a few suggestions to check out ham radio. The
- ham radio crowd seems far more genteel than the CB crowd.
- And the whole world of amateur radio from what I'm found
- out so far seems incredibly diverve and exciting. Also my
- 12 year old seems to be getting the bug, and he's the one
- who knows how to do all the "some assembly required"
- projects.
-
- Two quick questions:
-
- 1. Are there any good stores in the New Jersey/New York
- area for ham radio equipment? Also good mail order? The
- people on the MS group got me hooked up to two incredible
- stores, one that has the patent on the particular type of
- hand control that I just put on my car, and one that
- attends all the trade shows and got me hooked up to this
- brand new breakthrough type of wheelchair. So I'm looking
- for "the best" like this on amateur radio equipment too.
-
- 2. The major question: would ham radio do what I need for
- application number 1: summon emergency help if I had a
- problem with my car? Note I'm not looking for 100%
- reliability. Mostly I travel on the Garden State Parkway,
- which is very well patroled, so I'm looking for 80-95%
- reliability (I'm also still ambulatory enough that I can
- get a ways, albeit slowly with a pair of crutches). I am
- willing to tradeoff something not quite as easy as cellular
- for something with a lot more potential, which it seems
- like ham radio would offer.
-
- Please let me know your thoughts.
-
- Thanks.
-
- Dave
- --
- ----
- Dave Kallman, AT&T, 480 Red Hill Rd., Middletown, NJ 07748
- d_k_kallman@att.com, (908)615-2989, fax: (908)615-2507
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 17 Dec 93 15:39:45 GMT
- From: ukma!gatech!udel!acs10.baylor.edu!tsm@rutgers.rutgers.edu
- Subject: Hello?!
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Well.. since this newgroup is empty, I'll put the first post!
-
- Hello.. my name is Tony, and I am a ham! KC5DHJ!
-
- I'm diving into packet, and trying to get my general license.
-
- Thank you Very Much! =-)
-
- Later!
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 20:21:13 GMT
- From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!corpgate!nrtpa038!brtph560!b4pph13e!cnc23a@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Looking for info on GE Mastr Executive II UHF units
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I have two GE Mastr Exec. II units that I need documentation. The units
- do not have control heads, and I have only one duplexer. I am wanting to
- turn (hopefully both, guess I need another duplexer) these into 440 repeater(s).
-
- I noticed that the internals of the units are quite different, one appears to
- have much better design.
-
- I have ftp capabilities if there is info on an anonymous BBS out there.
-
- --
- ======================================================================
-
- Ken M. Edwards, PE Bell Northern Research, Research Triangle Park, NC
- (919) 481-8476 email: cnc23a@bnr.ca Ham: N4ZBB
-
- All opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of
- my employer or co-workers, family, friends, congress, or president.
-
- (To the e-mail'r out there -> This is a short as it will gets)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 20:54:36 GMT
- From: csus.edu!netcom.com!n1ist@decwrl.dec.com
- Subject: need comments on MFJ antennas and accessories
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <199312220147.AA18359@yfn.ysu.edu> ah301@yfn.ysu.edu (Jerry Sy) writes:
- -Also, is the MFJ J Pocket Rollup antenna any good ($15)?
-
- Sounds pricey. It is a twinlead J-pole; make your own from some 300 ohm
- twinlead and a length of 50 ohm coax with a BNC on the end. I think MFJ
- puts a ferrite bead on the coax at the connection to the twinlead.
-
- >how about telescopic antennas for HT (MFJ-1714, $17) ? how does this
- >compare to the AEA hot rod ($25) ?
-
- I have never compared the two, but I use the MFJ half-wave telescoping as
- my base antenna (indoors). I made a bracket from some scrap aluminum and
- a BNC buklhead adapter and bolted it to the back of a bookcase. Good SWR
- and even works up to 50 Watts. Just be careful using it on an HT - it is
- 1 meter long!
-
- -are the MFJ speaker mikes for HTs good ?
-
- The little ones are junk (poor quality audio). The larger size works
- nicely.
-
- /mike
-
-
-
- --
- \|/ Michael L. Ardai N1IST Teradyne ATG Boston
- --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- /|\ ardai@maven.dnet.teradyne.com n1ist@netcom.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 24 Dec 93 14:46:00 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: ORBS$358.MICRO.AMSAT
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-358.D
- Orbital Elements 358.MICROS
-
- HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR THE MICROSATS
- FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 24, 1993
- BID: $ORBS-358.D
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Satellite: UO-14
- Catalog number: 20437
- Epoch time: 93353.73078132
- Element set: 940
- Inclination: 98.6029 deg
- RA of node: 75.8633 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0011465
- Arg of perigee: 2.5266 deg
- Mean anomaly: 357.5973 deg
- Mean motion: 14.29811303 rev/day
- Decay rate: 6.4e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 20394
- Checksum: 302
-
- Satellite: AO-16
- Catalog number: 20439
- Epoch time: 93353.72330553
- Element set: 741
- Inclination: 98.6110 deg
- RA of node: 76.9082 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0011736
- Arg of perigee: 2.7801 deg
- Mean anomaly: 357.3445 deg
- Mean motion: 14.29867859 rev/day
- Decay rate: 6.6e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 20395
- Checksum: 313
-
- Satellite: DO-17
- Catalog number: 20440
- Epoch time: 93353.76501517
- Element set: 722
- Inclination: 98.6116 deg
- RA of node: 77.2143 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0011897
- Arg of perigee: 2.5935 deg
- Mean anomaly: 357.5307 deg
- Mean motion: 14.30005317 rev/day
- Decay rate: 7.7e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 20397
- Checksum: 289
-
- Satellite: WO-18
- Catalog number: 20441
- Epoch time: 93353.73726563
- Element set: 742
- Inclination: 98.6108 deg
- RA of node: 77.1992 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012470
- Arg of perigee: 1.9872 deg
- Mean anomaly: 358.1359 deg
- Mean motion: 14.29982522 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.7e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 20397
- Checksum: 324
-
- Satellite: LO-19
- Catalog number: 20442
- Epoch time: 93353.72731485
- Element set: 740
- Inclination: 98.6123 deg
- RA of node: 77.4062 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012815
- Arg of perigee: 1.5633 deg
- Mean anomaly: 358.5590 deg
- Mean motion: 14.30075638 rev/day
- Decay rate: 7.5e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 20398
- Checksum: 300
-
- Satellite: UO-22
- Catalog number: 21575
- Epoch time: 93353.75748489
- Element set: 441
- Inclination: 98.4535 deg
- RA of node: 66.7225 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0008505
- Arg of perigee: 101.5487 deg
- Mean anomaly: 258.6654 deg
- Mean motion: 14.36875041 rev/day
- Decay rate: 1.09e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 12731
- Checksum: 323
-
- Satellite: KO-23
- Catalog number: 22077
- Epoch time: 93353.94580435
- Element set: 337
- Inclination: 66.0886 deg
- RA of node: 295.2665 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0006949
- Arg of perigee: 331.1179 deg
- Mean anomaly: 28.9453 deg
- Mean motion: 12.86282320 rev/day
- Decay rate: -3.7e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 6373
- Checksum: 325
-
- Satellite: AO-27
- Catalog number: 22825
- Epoch time: 93353.74382815
- Element set: 239
- Inclination: 98.6733 deg
- RA of node: 66.2045 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0009172
- Arg of perigee: 18.4935 deg
- Mean anomaly: 341.6577 deg
- Mean motion: 14.27596448 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.1e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 1208
- Checksum: 321
-
- Satellite: IO-26
- Catalog number: 22826
- Epoch time: 93353.94801570
- Element set: 240
- Inclination: 98.6737 deg
- RA of node: 66.4193 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0009857
- Arg of perigee: 18.2897 deg
- Mean anomaly: 341.8607 deg
- Mean motion: 14.27698719 rev/day
- Decay rate: 2.1e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 1211
- Checksum: 326
-
- Satellite: KO-25
- Catalog number: 22830
- Epoch time: 93353.71873553
- Element set: 240
- Inclination: 98.5706 deg
- RA of node: 65.3408 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0011621
- Arg of perigee: 348.1932 deg
- Mean anomaly: 11.8974 deg
- Mean motion: 14.28023309 rev/day
- Decay rate: 6.0e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 1208
- Checksum: 282
-
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 24 Dec 93 14:51:00 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: ORBS$358.MISC.AMSAT
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-358.M
- Orbital Elements 358.MISC
-
- HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR MANNED AND MISCELLANEOUS SATELLITES
- FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 24, 1993
- BID: $ORBS-358.M
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Satellite: MIR
- Catalog number: 16609
- Epoch time: 93356.89342327
- Element set: 62
- Inclination: 51.6187 deg
- RA of node: 351.4352 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0005780
- Arg of perigee: 118.8381 deg
- Mean anomaly: 241.3181 deg
- Mean motion: 15.59225375 rev/day
- Decay rate: 1.2770e-04 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 44854
- Checksum: 308
-
- Satellite: HUBBLE
- Catalog number: 20580
- Epoch time: 93357.18124168
- Element set: 411
- Inclination: 28.4713 deg
- RA of node: 286.3937 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0005954
- Arg of perigee: 49.1134 deg
- Mean anomaly: 310.9966 deg
- Mean motion: 14.90390440 rev/day
- Decay rate: 7.63e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 310
- Checksum: 284
-
- Satellite: GRO
- Catalog number: 21225
- Epoch time: 93356.46954065
- Element set: 38
- Inclination: 28.4628 deg
- RA of node: 17.8570 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0003464
- Arg of perigee: 25.0031 deg
- Mean anomaly: 335.0734 deg
- Mean motion: 15.39616634 rev/day
- Decay rate: 3.496e-05 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 2966
- Checksum: 296
-
- Satellite: UARS
- Catalog number: 21701
- Epoch time: 93353.94360770
- Element set: 442
- Inclination: 56.9809 deg
- RA of node: 157.2740 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0005834
- Arg of perigee: 103.0283 deg
- Mean anomaly: 257.1402 deg
- Mean motion: 14.96302505 rev/day
- Decay rate: 2.033e-05 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 12410
- Checksum: 260
-
- Satellite: POSAT
- Catalog number: 22829
- Epoch time: 93353.79061720
- Element set: 232
- Inclination: 98.6671 deg
- RA of node: 66.2636 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0010487
- Arg of perigee: 5.2318 deg
- Mean anomaly: 354.8962 deg
- Mean motion: 14.27991712 rev/day
- Decay rate: 9.5e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 1209
- Checksum: 306
-
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 24 Dec 93 14:44:00 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: ORBS$358.OSCAR.AMSAT
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-358.O
- Orbital Elements 358.OSCAR
-
- HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES
- FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX December 24, 1993
- BID: $ORBS-358.O
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Satellite: AO-10
- Catalog number: 14129
- Epoch time: 93329.34450477
- Element set: 213
- Inclination: 27.1217 deg
- RA of node: 354.5434 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.6014493
- Arg of perigee: 132.9243 deg
- Mean anomaly: 298.0909 deg
- Mean motion: 2.06477387 rev/day
- Decay rate: 9.0e-08 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 7858
- Checksum: 313
-
- Satellite: UO-11
- Catalog number: 14781
- Epoch time: 93352.06493232
- Element set: 619
- Inclination: 97.7951 deg
- RA of node: 10.1968 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012338
- Arg of perigee: 124.9246 deg
- Mean anomaly: 235.3121 deg
- Mean motion: 14.69103843 rev/day
- Decay rate: 2.49e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 52371
- Checksum: 297
-
- Satellite: RS-10/11
- Catalog number: 18129
- Epoch time: 93353.78531718
- Element set: 839
- Inclination: 82.9275 deg
- RA of node: 101.4555 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012165
- Arg of perigee: 156.0268 deg
- Mean anomaly: 204.1456 deg
- Mean motion: 13.72328016 rev/day
- Decay rate: 3.9e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 32530
- Checksum: 295
-
- Satellite: AO-13
- Catalog number: 19216
- Epoch time: 93356.82690458
- Element set: 850
- Inclination: 57.9666 deg
- RA of node: 277.5430 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.7210696
- Arg of perigee: 330.9913 deg
- Mean anomaly: 3.3970 deg
- Mean motion: 2.09727363 rev/day
- Decay rate: -7.63e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 4231
- Checksum: 328
-
- Satellite: FO-20
- Catalog number: 20480
- Epoch time: 93355.44982285
- Element set: 638
- Inclination: 99.0168 deg
- RA of node: 176.0166 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0541260
- Arg of perigee: 22.2699 deg
- Mean anomaly: 340.0980 deg
- Mean motion: 12.83222967 rev/day
- Decay rate: -1.7e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 18133
- Checksum: 310
-
- Satellite: AO-21
- Catalog number: 21087
- Epoch time: 93357.16575150
- Element set: 399
- Inclination: 82.9459 deg
- RA of node: 272.9683 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0033939
- Arg of perigee: 213.7252 deg
- Mean anomaly: 146.1744 deg
- Mean motion: 13.74530786 rev/day
- Decay rate: 9.4e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 14540
- Checksum: 331
-
- Satellite: RS-12/13
- Catalog number: 21089
- Epoch time: 93353.88399174
- Element set: 641
- Inclination: 82.9202 deg
- RA of node: 144.4175 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0028238
- Arg of perigee: 247.3749 deg
- Mean anomaly: 112.4421 deg
- Mean motion: 13.74031650 rev/day
- Decay rate: 2.1e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 14402
- Checksum: 288
-
- Satellite: ARSENE
- Catalog number: 22654
- Epoch time: 93321.93138545
- Element set: 210
- Inclination: 1.4185 deg
- RA of node: 113.8817 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.2935300
- Arg of perigee: 161.0091 deg
- Mean anomaly: 211.2000 deg
- Mean motion: 1.42195961 rev/day
- Decay rate: -5.1e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 275
- Checksum: 241
-
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 23:20:33 GMT
- From: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!news@cs.rochester.edu
- Subject: Repeater database?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Is a database of (US) repeaters available (for free or licensable)?
- Something like what's used to generate the ARRL repeater directory
- is what I'm interested in - presumably it's in some electronic form
- already. Any leads greatly appreciated.
-
- Mike Blackwell -- ke3ig -- mkb@cs.cmu.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 23 DEC 93 00:32:05 EST
- From: noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: This Week in Amateur Radio returns on Omega Network
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- Community Video Associates, Inc., has announced that the weekly amateur radio
- newsmagazine/audio bulletin service "This Week in Amateur Radio" will return
- to the air on Saturday, January 1st, 1994, at 7:30 PM (EST). Negotiations
- with the new Omega Radio Network were completed December 22nd. Omega will
- carry "This Week in Amateur Radio" as part of their regular programing on the
- Galaxy III commercial communications satellite, transponder 17 (9H), 5.8 MHz
- wideband audio (4.040 GHz). Galaxy III is a Hughes HS 376 satellite located
- in geosynchronous orbit at 93.5 degrees west longitude. "This Week in Amateur
- Radio" is retransmitted "live" or by tape delay on HF amateur radio nets and
- VHF/UHF repeaters throughout North America. Community Video Associates, Inc.,
- a non-profit, charitable, tax-exempt, foundation based in Albany, New York,
- produces the program. The service was curtailed November 27th due to loss of
- satellite facilities. CVA began producing the program last March.
-
- CVA President George Bowen, N2LQS, announced that, after airing 39 weekly
- programs, the program will pick up right where it left off, with edition #40.
- "This Week in Amateur Radio" is hosted by Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB, who is
- also "TWIAR" Executive Producer. Some of the features carried each week are
- "The RAIN Dial-up", "DX Window" with John Yodis, K2VV, "The Gateway 160 Meter
- Net Report" with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR, "YL Spotlight" with Carli Drake,
- WB1BTJ, "EZSATS" with Dave Mullenix, N9LTD, and "Amateur Radio Newsline".
- Adrian Sebborn, N1JWO, presents summaries of DXpeditions, DX activities, and
- special event stations. N2LQS provides the weekly propagation forecast and
- serves as the program's Technical Director. "This Week in Amateur Radio" also
- carries the latest ARRL, RAC, and AMSAT news bulletins with special emphasis
- on operating news, technological advancement, and national and international
- regulatory activites.
-
- "TWIAR" is amateur radio's most comprehensive and up-to-date bulletin service;
- the only satellite-delivered bulletin service suitable for retransmission on
- amateur frequencies and serving as the activity's weekly "Evening News" or "60
- Minutes". As in the past, satellite facilities on the Omega Radio Network
- will continue to be donated, at no cost, as a service to the amateur radio
- community. Expenses incurred by CVA in the production of the show continue to
- be offset by donations from individual amateurs, clubs, and repeater groups.
-
- Weekly program summaries will continue to be circulated on amateur packet
- bulletin boards, FidoNet, GEnie, USenet, and Internet. If you have further
- questions, please contact Adrian Sebborn, N1JWO, George Bowen, N2LQS, or
- Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB via packet @ WA2UMX.#ENY.NY.USA, George Bowen via
- FidoNet node 1:267/103 or on the "ham" echo, or the "This Week in Amateur
- Radio" area in the Radio and Electronics Hobby area on GEnie (category 8,
- topic 11). By landline, contact WA3RKB at 518/877-7374, N2LQS at 518/283-
- 3665, or Adrian Sebborn, N1JWO, at 413/458-8219.
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 16:53:39
- From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!indyvax.iupui.edu!hyrax.iupui.edu!imer400@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: UK Radio Amateurs Callbook 1994
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- For those with access to mosiac the following may be useful:
-
- >For the last few weeks or so a copy of the UK Radio Amateurs Callbook 1994
- >has been passed around the UK amateur community. What I have done is to put
- >the Callbook up on our HTTP server.
- >
- > http://www.mcc.ac.uk/htbin/callbook
- >
- >This database holds just over 49000 UK amateurs.
-
- >John
- >--
- > John Heaton - NRS Central Administrator
- > MCC Network Unit, The University, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13-9PL
-
- Martha Rapp, N9PVD
- imer400@hyrax.iupui.edu
-
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- Date: 23 Dec 1993 01:01:02 -0500
- From: usenet.coe.montana.edu!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!chaos.dac.neu.edu!lynx.dac.neu.edu!not-for-mail@decwrl.dec.com
- Subject: WANTED: mods for ICOM IC-449H
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- A friend of mine has an Icom IC-449H mobile 440Mhz rig, and is looking
- for a mod to expand transmit down to 430 Mhz. (It only wants to work
- between 440 - 450 Mhz).
-
- If anyone knows how to do this, or has any other mod info for this
- rig, please e-mail me.
-
- Thanks much!
-
- 73,
- Scott
-
-
- --
- ===============================================================================
- | Scott Ehrlich Internet: wy1z@neu.edu |
- | Amateur Radio: wy1z AX.25: wy1z@wg1i.ma.usa.na |
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- Date: 13 Dec 93 23:50:40 GMT
- From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn!server!georgen@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <9312092235.AA16680@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov>, <Dec11.162941.80293@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, <CHxMHr.I3E@seastar.org>du
- Subject : Re: 6-m Transverters
-
- In article <CHxMHr.I3E@seastar.org> jjw@seastar.org (John Welch) writes:
- >As quoted from <Dec11.162941.80293@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> by galen@picea.CFNR.ColoState.EDU (Galen Watts):
- >
- >> In article <9312092235.AA16680@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov> rc@cmr.ncsl.NIst.GOV (Robert Carpenter) writes:
- >> >You'll want 100 watts or so output on 6 SSB/CW, so an amplifier will be
- >> >needed with any 10 W xverter or rig. A 50-W rig is the minimum you'd want.
- >> >73 Bob w3otc@amsat.org
- >>
- >> Sure, 100 watts if you want to be on every TV in the neighborhood ;-).
-
- Well, a bit over stated......
-
- >> Galen, KF0YJ, DN70
- >
- > Several years ago, we had a Swan 250 250 watt 6m rig. One day
- >when 6 was open, we were chasing around the band and worked every
- >station that a guy in Oregon was working, with about the same signal
- >reports. We worked him, too, and he sounded quite acceptable.
- > He was using 250mW on a home-brewed portable into a dipole.
- >John Welch, N9JZW
-
- While I can't deny that 10watts or less and a marginal antenna will
- work on 6m, especially for sporadic E layer propagation, this approach
- will severely limit the number of your tropospheric and ground wave contacts.
- Additionally, other modes of communication such as ionospheric scatter,
- meteor scatter and aurora typically take a significant amount of
- ERP to even get a readable return signal.
-
- My recommendation agrees with a previous recommendation posted....
- 100 watts and 5 element is a recommended minimum to be able
- to "enjoy" 6m operation, especially as we move into the "sun spot
- minimum". With this setup, you can handle the typical 6m QSB
- and maintain a reasonable QSO and have just enough ERP to be
- able to enjoy some occasional scatter and/or aurora
- communications modes.
-
- What do I run? you might ask --- 6 elem boomer at 50', 800 watts, IC551D.
- Results: So far - 50+ countries, WAS and around 300 Grids....
- Ok 10 watters, start catching up...... Oh yah, my neighbors' tvs are
- just fine... its partially in the design of the amp...
-
- Think of 6m as like being a 10m band that only opens up 10% of the time
- 10m opens.....Given this fact, wouldn't you like to work a few more
- QSOs while the band is even open?
-
- 73 de George, W1XE (DM79gw)
-
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