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- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #57
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-
-
- Info-Hams Digest Thu, 20 Jan 94 Volume 94 : Issue 57
-
- Today's Topics:
- Bird Problems with Yagi Antenna
- Global Alert For All: Jesus is Coming Soon
- How/Where to install mobile rig in a 92 Volvo 745?
- LA Comms
- los angeles disaster freqs
- MODS
- VK2WI Weekly News, 9th January, 1994
-
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-
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 23:29:39 GMT
- From: envoy!equinox!arthurj@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Bird Problems with Yagi Antenna
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- This produces a messy roof and a serious hazard to parked cars, cats and
- small children on the ground :-)
-
- Also, however, the elements have been getting torqued seriously out of
- plane by the weight of the lil' chirpers. They seem not to have an eye
- for symmetry and apparently don't understand about balanced loads,
- balanced feed lines, or the like.
-
- I understand that the above puns probably have you reaching for your KILL
- file now, so enough mirth.
-
- Can anyone tell of similar experiences and how the problem was cured? I
- have contacted a local sporting goods company and they have plastic owl
- decoys...I am going to try one of those, I guess. The work of cranking
- down the tower, bringing the antenna to the ground, realigning the
- elements and putting it all back up again is depressing to contemplate.
-
- What about drilling a hole through the beam and the element, to augment
- the anti-twisting action of the U-bolt?
-
- All replies will be appreciated.
-
- -Art Johnson
- AA7UT
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 18 Jan 1994 14:58:11 GMT
- From: agate!news.Brown.EDU!NewsWatcher!user@ames.arpa
- Subject: Global Alert For All: Jesus is Coming Soon
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <2hfehn$t1o@orion.cc.andrews.edu>, clarence@orion.cc.andrews.edu
- (Clarence L. Thomas IV) wrote:
-
- > The earthquake in Los Angeles, California, the flood in Europe, the seemingly
- > unstoppable war in the former Yugoslavia, the devastating fires in Australia,
- > the flood in the Midwest of the United States of America, the devastating fires
- > near Los Angeles, California, the rapid and appalling increase in violence in
- > cities, towns, villages all over the world, the famines, the diseases, the rapid
- > decline of the family unit, and the destructive earthquake in India (in 1993)
- > are signs that this world's history is coming to a climax. The human race
- > has trampled on God's Constitution, as given in Exodus 20:1-17 (King James
- > Version Bible), and Jesus is coming to set things right. These rapidly
- > accelerating signs are an indication that Jesus is coming soon (Matthew 24).
-
- Can I ask a question? Did you actually sit there and post this to every
- single Usenet group? Enough of your wahoo bs... take this to a more
- appropriate forum since this is for amateur radio. Who knows, maybe one day
- a Ham will have a QSO with God himself.
-
- Tony
- --
- == Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR
- == Anthony_Pelliccio@Brown.edu
- == Brown University Alumni & Development Computing Services
- == Box 1908
- == Providence, RI 02912
- == (401) 863-1880
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 18 Jan 1994 14:52:58 GMT
- From: agate!news.Brown.EDU!NewsWatcher!user@ames.arpa
- Subject: How/Where to install mobile rig in a 92 Volvo 745?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <1994Jan17.133741.9638@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, Michael R. Dow
- <R1156C@WACCVM.CORP.MOT.COM> wrote:
-
- >
- > SOMEONE out there must own a 745 or a 945.... Where did you put your
- > mobile rig? how did you wire it? How did you mount it? What antenna
- > did you use?
- >
- > Inquiring minds want to know....
- >
- > Michael R. Dow
- > R1156C@WACCVM.CORP.MOT.COM
- > N1JCX
- > 1992 Volvo 745 without a ham radio.. :-(
-
- Well, having been in a more recent Volvo or two I have to say you've got
- lots of choices! I only WISH I had a car with that much under-dash space.
-
- Tony
- --
- == Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR
- == Anthony_Pelliccio@Brown.edu
- == Brown University Alumni & Development Computing Services
- == Box 1908
- == Providence, RI 02912
- == (401) 863-1880
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 18 Jan 1994 14:20:56 GMT
- From: slinky.cs.nyu.edu!longlast.cs.nyu.edu!jackson@nyu.arpa
- Subject: LA Comms
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Hello all, and good luck to the LA residents.
-
- What kind of communications did amateurs take part in during the emergency
- out there? I love to speculate (the less you know, the more you guess) but
- I would like to know for sure what kind of things kick into action when
- something like that strikes.
-
- If anyone has any interesting stories about communications they provided in
- ANY band or format, I'd love to hear about them.
-
- Steve
- --
- Steven Jackson New York University
- Assistant to the Chair of Comp Sci Courant Inst. of Mathematical Sciences
- jackson@cs.nyu.edu, jcksnste@acfcluster 251 Mercer St, Room 411,NY 10012
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 94 16:59:32 PST
- From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!paris.ics.uci.edu!news.cwi.com!netcomsv!easyst!rclark@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: los angeles disaster freqs
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- ok several red cross,ares,dcs, and races groups are involved with
- comms for the northridge quake here in s.calif...
- they are:
- 147.225 castro pk
- 147.270 mt. disappoinment
- 145.300 mt. disappointment
- 147.705 oat mtn. used for quake reporting as well.
- 224.360 loop cyn/sylmar area
- freqs are very busy at times passing only emergency traffic....please
- look for my 2nd msg on here concerning health and welfare packet
- msgs into this area...thanks, richard n6uzs rclark@easyst.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 18 Jan 1994 15:14:30 GMT
- From: pipex!uknet!daresbury!NewsWatcher!user@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: MODS
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- PLEASE CAN ANYBODY HELP ,ANY MODS FOR A KENWOOD TR7600 2M RIG THINKING
- EXTENDED RECEIVE
-
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 18 Jan 94 23:56:18 GMT
- From: munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!sserve!usage!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram!dave@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: VK2WI Weekly News, 9th January, 1994
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- [ Taken from Packet Radio ]
-
- MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT & RETENTION CAMPAIGN
-
- HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN A BRAND NEW RIG?
-
- Members who renew, or non-members who join up between the 1st of
- December 1993 and the 28th of February 1994 will be eligible to win a
- new rig from Kenwood.
-
- First prize will be a TM-241A 2m, 50 watt mobile rig, while second
- prize will be one of the very new TH-28A 2m, 5 watt handheld rigs.
- Total value of the prizes is over $1400.
-
- There are no special forms to fill in or convoluted quizzes to answer -
- all you have to do is either join, if you're a non-member, or renew if
- you're a member. If your renewal does not fall within this period, no
- matter - you can renew early! If you do renew early, please do it
- through our Administrative Secretary, Margaret Morris, NOT through the
- Federal Office in Victoria.
-
- Both prizes will be awarded by way of a draw and presented to the
- winners at the earliest opportunity this year after the close of the
- promotion.
-
- Thanks go to Kenwood Electronics Australia who have generously
- sponsored the promotion by donating the prizes.
-
- So, if your membership renewal falls due between 1st December this year
- and 28th February next year, or if you're considering joining - DO IT -
- you could be one of two lucky winners.
-
- All grades of membership are eligible. Members currently on a
- three-year term will be included in the draw, as will life members.
-
-
- THE DIVISION'S DURAL STATION CLOSED
-
- Two recent events have brought about the closure of the Division's
- Dural station.
-
- On Friday, December 31st, the Division was served with a letter from
- Solicitors Marshall Marks Kennedy, acting for Ms Val Bergman.
-
- The letter alleged that she was seriously affronted by two packet radio
- bulletins which named her, transmitted to the Division's Bulletin Board
- VK2RWI on the 28th of December under the callsign of David Horsfall
- VK2KFU.
-
- The solicitor's letter also alleged that these two bulletins were part
- of a series and that she believed she was being harassed by Mr
- Horsfall.
-
- We must point out at this stage that Val Bergman is married to the
- Divisional Secretary, Roger Harrison.
-
- In addition, the solicitor said that the bulletins were defamatory of
- her and pointed out that, under the Radiocommunications Act, the
- Division's station licence was subject to a condition that th station
- could not be operated, or permitted to be operated, in such a manner.
-
- The Division was given until 5.00 pm on Friday the 7th of January to
- undertake to prevent such transmissions via the VK2RWI BBS in the
- future, or else the Division may receive an injunction to stop its
- operation. In addition, an action seeking damages for defamation was
- threatened.
-
- This action is very serious indeed, not only for the Division, but
- consequently for all packet radio BBS operators, users of packet radio
- and the entire amateur radio service.
-
- The point is that the Division, and any packet BBS operator, is a
- "knowing publisher" of whatever is posted to the packet BBS. Anyone who
- may be knowingly involved in the publication of defamatory material can
- be enjoined in a defamation action. And juries in recent defamation
- cases in NSW have awarded astonishingly high sums in damages.
-
- This resulted in a decision to take the VK2RWI packet BBS off-air for
- the time being. Vice-President John Robinson VK2XY handled this legal
- business for the Division as Secretary Roger Harrison declined owing to
- his relationship with Val Bergman.
-
- As if that weren't serious enough for the Division, on Sunday morning
- the 2nd of January, there was a broadcast made from Dural, which was
- purported to be an "official" broadcast. The text of that broadcast was
- also transmitted as a series of bulletins to the packet radio network
- under the callsign of VK2WI. These voice and packet broadcasts were
- unauthorised and contain material which is untrue.
-
- In view of these serious events, and following considerable discussion
- among the President, Vice-President, Secretary, and two other
- Councillors, being a majority of the Council including the executive,
- the Institute's packet radio bulletin board system VK2RWI, was taken
- off the air on Sunday 2nd January 1994 and the equipment dismantled and
- removed from the Institute's property at 63 Quarry Rd, Dural.
-
- In addition, the other transmitting equipment at Dural has been secured
- against unauthorised use and the building secured against unauthorised
- entry by other persons. A notice detailing the closure of the station
- has been posted on the door of the building, and the same notice has
- been transmitted to the packet radio network in New South Wales. The
- Division's solicitors have advised that the station closure was an
- appropriate action in view of all the circumstances which, apart from
- the action over the packet BBS, involved breach of the Division's
- station licences.
-
- Those involved in the unauthorised broadcast of the 2nd of January
- include: Councillor Cesar Miranda VK2TCM, Steve Pullan VK2QZ and David
- Horsfall VK2KFU.
-
- However, yesterday afternoon, the VK2RWI voice repeater was restored to
- operation for the use of WICEN in support of bushfire operations around
- Sydney.
-
-
- DIVISIONAL NEWS.
-
- Council, or at least the majority of Council, regrets that the actions
- of a few have disadvantaged the majority of members.
-
- A major goal of most of those elected to this Council last May was to
- clean up the Division's operations, policies and procedures; to put the
- Division on a proper footing in all aspects of its operations.
-
- It is very sad for the Institute that we have been forced to take these
- steps owing to the acts of people who, for quite erroneous reasons,
- believe that they have rights superior to the other members of the
- Institute and superior to the management of the Division, which is a
- company.
-
- This Council has had to battle many such acts by some members and,
- worse still, some Councillors, since the AGM last May, and it has
- continued despite the caution about acting within the law President
- Terry Ryeland gave to people in his speech on the last broadcast for
- 1993 on December the 19th, and his plea for reason and sanity to
- prevail. They should heed not just the law, but the spirit of The
- Amateur's Code. The actions of just a small group of people, including
- some Councillors, have virtually hijacked the business of the Council
- and simply wasted the resources of the Division, the efforts of
- volunteers and interfered with the proper management of the Division -
- all without a skerrick of mandate from the membership.
-
- It's time it ceased.
-
- Honourable people offer assistance to the Division when the
- organisation needs it, not interference with its business. Thanks must
- go to those Councillors and volunteers who maintain the Division's
- operations for the benefit of the whole membership.
-
- The agreement which was drawn up at the recent ATV forum, held on the
- 17th of December was delivered to Council by Peter O'Connell VK2EMU,
- who chaired that forum. Council discussed aspects of the agreement
- which has been referred to the new Technical Advisory Committee.
-
- Council noted a letter of resignation from the broadcast coordinator,
- Steve Pullan VK2QZ.
-
- The broadcast team and arrangements for broadcasts are to be
- re-formed. Broadcast team members will be advised this coming week.
-
- And that's it for Divisional news.
-
-
- Message from the President Terry Ryeland VK2UX.
-
- "The efficient conduct of the Division's business is being adversely
- affected ......... and I call upon ALL COUNCILLORS - AND all
- Divisional volunteer workers - to bear in mind the interests of the
- members and the Division. They come first.
-
- "In taking up our positions, we all owe a duty to the Division and the
- members, and we should not allow any dispute or difference of view or
- opinion to affect the discharge of those duties.
-
- "I remind Councillors and Office Bearers that your actions are subject
- to the general law, including law relating to defamation.
-
- "There are constructive ways to resolve differences, and that does not
- include the unruly disruption of Council meetings.
-
- "Council meetings are the primary forum for conducting the Division's
- business. Let us get back to that business - the business of
- providing services to members and to the amateur radio community at
- large.
-
- "Differences can be aired at private committee meetings. The resolution
- of conflict is best done through constructive action, not destructive
- disputes.
-
- "Let us take this opportunity to take heed of the spirit of the season,
- and look to our duties and our differences and resolve to act in the
- interests of the members and the Division and to put value and pride in
- belonging to this could-be-great organisation."
-
-
- COUNCIL MEETING IN WOLLONGONG
-
- Following a requisition by Councillor John Simon VK2XGJ, Council held a
- meeting on Tuesday January the 4th at Wollongong SES Headquarters.
-
- John nominated the date, the time and the place of the meeting, as he
- is quite properly able to do under the Corporations Law. He was aware
- that the Institute has some deadlines to meet regarding the business of
- the Division and, with that in mind, requisitioned the meeting under
- Articles 29 and 30 of the Division's Articles of Association. Notices
- were posted on December the 29th.
-
- On Friday, December 31st, the Division was served with a letter from a
- solicitor, John Gillmour, acting for Councillors Cesar Miranda VK2TCM,
- Roger Henley VK2ZIG and Bob Yorston VK2CAN.
-
- The solicitor acting for these three Councillors sought to prevent the
- meeting going ahead.
-
- The letter was referred to the Division's solicitors who replied,
- pointing out that the meeting was properly requisitioned, notices were
- properly served and the Council had urgent business to consider by or
- before that date.
-
- An action to injunct the holding of the meeting, threatened by the
- solicitor for Councillors Miranda, Henley and Yorston, did not
- eventuate, and the meeting went ahead as planned.
-
- Present were: Terry Ryeland VK2UX,
- John Simon VK2XGJ,
- John Robinson VK2XY,
- Julie Kentwell VK2XBR
- and Roger Harrison VK2ZTB.
-
- Councillors Cesar Miranda VK2TCM, Roger Henley VK2ZIG and Tim Mills
- VK2ZTM were absent. No notification of their absence was lodged either
- at the Division or with the Secretary. Councillor Bob Yorston had
- notified his absence to the Division on the 21st of December.
-
- There were 17 visitors present, coming from the Illawarra region, the
- South Coast, the Blue Mountains and Sydney.
-
- Council first dealt with the business before the meeting adjourned from
- the 17th of December, which was requisitioned by Councillors Cesar
- Miranda VK2TCM, Roger Henley VK2ZIG, Bob Yorston VK2CAN and Tim Mills
- VK2ZTM.
-
- That business involved a motion of no confidence in the Secretary Roger
- Harrison VK2ZTB and a motion seeking to dismiss him from all
- positions. That meeting was adjourned by President Terry Ryeland when
- it became unruly.
-
- The motion of no confidence was defeated by a vote of five-zero. Terry
- Ryeland, on advice from Institute solicitor David Lewarne, ruled the
- motion to dismiss the Secretary out of order as it contravened Article
- 51 of the Division's Articles of Association.
-
- The reasons for the no confidence motion and dismissal advanced by
- Councillors Henley and Miranda were found to be unsubstantiated.
-
- Also, at the meeting of January 4th, Council set the date for the
- Extraordinary General Meeting which was requisitioned on the 5th of
- December.
-
- The EGM will be held on Saturday the 26th of February, at the Doonside
- Community Centre, where the November EGM was held. It will open at 2.00
- pm, or 1400 hours local time. Official notice of the EGM will appear in
- the February issue of AR magazine.
-
- Note that the 26th is the day before the Central Coast Field Day at
- Wyong.
-
- Another important item on the agenda was the Division's insurances. The
- insurance schedule is to be referred to an assessor in order that all
- the values of property to be insured are up to date. Council is due to
- finalise choice of insurance broker and insurer at its meeting
- scheduled for the 21st of January.
-
- Council noted a letter of resignation from the Chairman of the NSW
- Technical Advisory Committee, Cesar Miranda VK2TCM. In his letter, Mr
- Miranda alleged that Council was exercising too much control over
- NTAC.
-
- Council, while accepting Mr Miranda's resignation, did not accept the
- reason. It was pointed out that quite a number of applications
- regarding repeaters were waiting to be passed to Council for approval
- before sending to the SMA, some being outstanding for more than four
- months. It was also revealed that there were a series of letters of
- complaint to the Division from three affiliated radio clubs about
- inaction by NTAC.
-
- Council pointed out that there were TEN Council meetings between the
- start of October and the end of December at which approvals could have
- been placed before Council. It was also pointed out that an NTAC Report
- is also on the standard agenda for each Council meeting, providing an
- opportunity for approvals to be passed by Council.
-
- No action was taken by Cesar Miranda, the then Chairman of NTAC to put
- approvals before Council. Hence, his allegation of "control" of NTAC by
- the Council was rejected as untrue.
-
- He did not submit approvals for the meeting of January the 4th.
-
- As a result, Council then appointed John Simon VK2XGJ as Chairman of
- NTAC. He was given the responsibility to obtain all outstanding
- repeater applications and all NTAC files, to find willing volunteers to
- serve as members of NTAC and to report to the Council meeting scheduled
- for the 21st of January.
-
-
- Telecom donates FM-828 transceivers to the VK2 Division.
-
- On a happier note, the donation of more than 500 FM828 VHF
- transceivers to the Division by Telecom was announced at Council's
- January 4th meeting in Wollongong.
-
- The official handover took place on the 21st of December. Well-known
- amateur Dick Smith VK2DIK accepted the donation on behalf of the
- Division, from Mr Charles Zoi, manager of Telecom marketing in Sydney.
-
- The ceremony took place at the headquarters of Australian Geographic in
- Terrey Hills. Vice-President John Robinson VK2XY and Secretary Roger
- Harrison VK2ZTB attended for the Division.
-
- Council will determine the disposal of the FM828s at its meeting on the
- 21st of January.
-
-
- WICEN News
-
- As listeners may already be aware, WICEN has been active in providing
- support for bushfire fighting operations.
-
- According to information gained earlier this evening, WICEN has been
- called out on the South Coast, in Sydney South, Sydney North, in the
- Hunter region and the Central Coast. Apparently, Mid-North Coast WICEN
- is on standby.
-
- State Emergency Services communications has failed in the Central Coast
- and WICEN has completely taken over communications for them.
-
- Thanks to John Howard, WICEN State Coordinator, for that news.
-
-
- IPS REPORT
-
- Here is the IPS Weekly Report, courtesy of IPS Radio & Space Services.
-
- This report was issued on the 7th of January and covers 31st December
- to the January 6th.
-
- First the ionospheric indices:
-
- These are for 31 December, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th January,
-
- The 10 centimetre flux: 141 148 146 133 129 137 132
-
- Now the A index: 16 21 19 13 6 5 10
-
- Finally, the T index: 116 51 46 55 73 80 86
-
- Summary of activity: solar activity was low on New Year's eve, very
- low on New Year's day, high with an M-class solar flare on January
- the 2nd, and low on January the 3rd. On January 4th, solar activity
- was again very low, rising to moderate on the 5th and returning to
- low on January the 6th.
-
- Ionospheric critical frequencies were enhanced by at least 15 per cent
- and up to 30 to 50 per cent from December 31st through to January 6th.
- Strong sporadic E was observed every day from December 31st through to
- January 4th.
-
- Forecast for the next week, 7 to 13 January is as follows:
-
- Solar activity - low,
-
- Geomagnetic activity - quiet with a possible active period on
- 12th-13th January. Ionospheric critical frequencies are expected to be
- near normal or enhanced by 10 to 20 per cent.
-
- Thanks to the IPS Radio & Space Services for that report.
-
-
- COMING EVENTS
-
- VK2 Divisional Office re-opens . . . . . . . . . Monday the 10th
- Next Divisional Council meeting . . . . . . . . . 21st January
- Divisional Trash & Treasure Sale. . . . . . . . . 23rd January
- Packet Radio users meeting at Amateur Radio House . . . 23rd January
- WICEN (NSW) Committee meeting. . . . . . . . . . 12th February
- AATC meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th February
- Divisional EGM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26th February
- Central Coast Field Day at Wyong. . . . . . . . . 27th February
- Closing date for the Division's AGM. . . . . . . . 27th February
- Daylight Saving ends. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th March
- Bungonia Cave Rescue (WICEN) . . . . . . . . . . 19th & 20th March
- AATC Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20th March
-
- --
- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2OP.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
- dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 15:14:31 GMT
- From: hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch!lambda.itc.Virginia.EDU!jeg7e@uunet.uu.net
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <MAIL_QUEUE-101.940106163629.288@freh-01ms.adpc.purdue.edu>, <wy1zCJr8GH.EAI@netcom.com>, <1994Jan17.151331.5142@venus.cmc.ca>
- Subject : Re: Requesting Yaesu FT-530 info
-
- You may have heard this, but it's wrong. The FT530 does not
- tx in AM.
-
- >The radio has so many features and functions that I haven't
- >had a need for additional mods. I can get the radio doing
- >some pretty wild stuff like simulataneously scanning 30-odd
- >channels (some with CTCSS decode) on the 144 side while
- >searching cell-phone frequencies on the 440 side. Fun!
-
- Besides beling illegal (which might make one a bit more circumspect)
- it is functionaly impossible with the FT530. This radio does not allow
- user selection of step rates in the 800-950Mc band. 12.5Kc is enforced
- and cannot be changed.
-
- If you can tell me how you may have overcome this limitation, PLEASE DO.
- >
- >73,
- >Peter
- >
- >Peter A. Stokes ______________________ Voice & Voice mail: (613) 545-2923
- >Engineering Applications Support ____________________ FAX: (613) 548-8104
- >Canadian Microelectronics Corporation ________________ Net: stokes@cmc.ca
- >Kingston, Ontario, CANADA _________________________________ Radio: VE3ZXT
- >
- >
- >Article: 35946 of rec.radio.amateur.misc
- >From: johns@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com (John Schubert)
- >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1993 22:13:57 GMT
- >Subject: Re: FT-530 HT coverage expansion mods needed
- >Message-ID: <19130028@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com>
- >Organization: HP Pacific Technology Park - Sunnyvale, Ca.
- >Path: venus!news.ccs.queensu.ca!torn!utnut!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!apollo.hp.com!cupnews0.cup.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hplextra!hpcc05!hp-ptp!johns
- >Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
- >References: <1v2qrr$q8j@techbook.techbook.com>
- >Lines: 51
- >
- >YAESU FT-530
- >(from Yaesu Service Dept.)
- >
- >Expanded Receive 110-180, 300-500 MHz[, 800-950 MHz ]
- >[ Transmit 140-150, 430-450 MHz ]
- >
- >o Remove Antenna and Battery.
- >o Remove four screws on bottom holding battery track.
- >o Remove the four (black) screws holding rear case.
- >o Slowly... open the front cover from tranceiver and lay both halves on table.
- >o Note positioning of white paper insulator in right half of radio and lift out
- > (don't throw away)
- >o Carefully locate Jumper Pad 13 and remove solder.
- >o Carefully locate Jumper Pad 15 and remove solder or 0 Ohm chip resistor.
- >o Re-install white paper insulator, make sure ground tab slides through the
- > paper insulator.
- >o Close radio back up (Careful not to pinch the ribbon cable near lithium
- > battery when closing halves).
- >o Re-install the four (black) screws holding rear case.
- >o Re-install the four (small silver) screws on bottom holding battery track to
- > radio body.
- >o Attach Antenna and Battery.
- >o Turn off Radio.... Press and hold both arrow keys while turning on the Radio.
- >o Modification Complete.
- >
- >------------------------
- >| |
- >| |
- >| |
- >| |
- >| --- |
- >| | | |
- >| --- /
- >| --- /
- >| | | / 2 (|) (|) 1
- >| --- / 4 (|) (|) 3
- >| / <--- Jumpers are here 6 (|) (|) 5
- >| o / 8 (|) (|) 7
- >----------------- Blowup ---> 10 (|) (|) 9
- > 12 (|) (|) 11
- > 14 (|) (|) 13
- > 16 (|) (|) 15
- >-
- >
- >Depending on the version you have it may look more like this:
- >
- >... 12 (|) (|) 11
- > (|) 13
- > 16 (|) (|) 15
- >
- >NOTE: Items in []'s are not mentioned by Yaesu...
- >
- >
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- Any opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of The University.
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- \ \ / Jon Gefaell, Computer Systems Engineer | Amateur Radio, KD4CQY
- \/\/ A UNIX guy doing Netware - ITC/Carruthers | -Will chmod for Food-
- \/ The University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Hacker@Virginia.EDU
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