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- Info-Hams Digest Mon, 31 Jan 94 Volume 94 : Issue 95
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- Today's Topics:
- 2m mobile, which one?
- ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 793 23/01/94
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-
- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 1994 21:59:00 GMT
- From: sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!cs.utk.edu!martha.utcc.utk.edu!utkvx.utk.edu!pratt@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: 2m mobile, which one?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I am looking for a 2m mobile unit, at least 45-50 watts. Any suggestions as to
- brands and features needed would be appreciated.
-
- Thanks,
- Mark
- PRATT@utkvx.utk.edu
- KE4AXW
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 27 Jan 94 05:40:14 GMT
- From: unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!cass.ma02.bull.com!syd.bull.oz.au!brahman!tmx!basser.cs.su.oz.au!metro@mvb.saic.com
- Subject: ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 793 23/01/94
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
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- [ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]
-
- ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 793 23/01/94 PAGE 1/5.
-
- SUNDAY TRANSMISSION SCHEDULES.
- 3.545 mhz 0930 utc VK2BQS (Jim)
- 7.045 mhz -3 0030 utc VK2CTD (COL)
- 14.070 mhz (amtor/fec) 0030 utc VK2DPM (ALAN)
- 14.091 mhz 0030 utc VK2BQS (JIM)
- 146.675 mhz 0030/0930 utc VK2JPA (PAT)
- 144.850 mhz (ax25 bbs) VK2JPA AT VK2RWI
- 146.675 mhz (rtty mmbbs/repeater) VK2RTY
-
- Views expressed in this news bulletin are not necessarily
- those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the
- Society.
-
- Local news for VK2 WIA members
- ==============================
- As a result of a meeting of concerned members of the WIA which
- was held in Sydney recently, a committee has been formed to
- encourage independent candidates to seek election to the
- Council of the NSW Division of the WIA at the forthcoming
- Council elections.
-
- The committee consists of Peter Naish VK2BPN, Bob Mayer
- VK2BMU, John Brooke VK2FUR, Alan Dark VK2XAT, Roger Henley
- VK2ZIG. No member of the committee will stand as a candidate.
-
- The committee can be contacted at PO Box 372 West Ryde NSW
- 2114.
-
- -------------------------------------
-
- Guidelines for the preparation of programs for transmission by
- -------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio Teletype
- ======================
- from Frank VK2FJL
- part 2.
- -------
-
- (2) UNSHIFT-ON-SPACE.
- Some RTTY machines and most computers automatically change
- from (FIGS) to (LTRS) every time a (space) is received.
- To defeat this feature when text containing both spaces and
- figures is being prepared : e.g. Satellite predictions, it
- is necessary to insert a (FIGS) immediately before each
- upper case character which follows a (space).
-
- (3) PARAGRAPHS.
- Commence each paragraph with an extra (CR)(LF) - i.e.double
- spacing - and type four spaces plus a (LTRS) or (FIGS) be-
- fore commencing the text.
-
- (4) HEADINGS.
- Un-numbered headings should commence at the lefthand margin
- and be underlined using the hyphen on the next line, with
- double spacing both above and below the underlined heading.
-
- (5) PUNCTUATION.
- Your layout will look neater and text be more readable if
- the following suggestions are used.
-
- (A) FULL STOP - This follows directly behind the previous
- letter, but allow two spaces after each full stop.
- This may later be expanded or contracted to fill the
- line to the right-hand margin.
-
- (B) COMMA - This also follows directly behind the previous
- letter, but with only one space to follow.
-
- (C) HYPHEN - When used to punctuate a sentence - type
- (SPACE)(FIGS)(HYPHEN)(LTRS)(SPACE) and resume the text.
- This can later be expanded to two spaces on either side
- if required for line fill.
-
- (D) QUESTION MARK - This looks better when preceeded by a
- space and followed by two spaces. Like the full stop,
- This may be expanded or contracted for line fill.
-
- (E) COLON - Also provides clearer text when preceeded and
- followed by at least one space.
-
- (6) TABOO'S.
- The use of the following characters should be avoided as
- different keyboards will them as print different things :
- semi-colon, equals, percent, dollar sign, pound sign, plus,
- ampersand, quotes, maltese cross, exclamation mark and
- the bell.
- The question mark, colon, hyphen and apostrophe also differ
- on some keyboards, but as their use cannot be restricted
- entirely, it is obviously impossible to please all of the
- people all of the time.
-
- more next week
-
- --------------------------------------------
-
- IPS weekly report
- -----------------
- 14 January - 20 January 1994
-
- Issue no.: 03
-
- Date of issue: 21 January 1994
-
- Date 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
- 10cm 90 96 100 105 101 103 105
- A 18 18 14 23 21 21 (10 estimated)
- T 63 42 11 41 59 25 29
-
- Summary of activity
-
- Solar activity was very low 14th-15th January, and 17th-20th.
- Activity was high on 16th with an M6 flare.
-
- The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) ranged from unsettled
- to unsettled to active with a minor storm period during local
- night on 19th.
-
- Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were slightly
- above predicted values on 14th and 18th, near normal most of
- 15th, 17th and 20th, and slightly below on part of 15th, and
- 19th. Sporadic E blanketing was often present from 15th - 18th
- January.
-
- Comment:
- Sporadic E was often observed this week. HF conditions may
- have been degraded due to mild geomagnetic activity which has
- more or less persisted since January 11th. The source of this
- enhanced geomagnetic activity is thought to be a broad south
- polar coronal hole.
-
- IPS Monthly predicted smooth T-indices
-
- Year JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- 1994 34 33 33 34 31 29 27 24 22 21 19
- 1995 19 18 17 16 15 14 14 13 12 11 11 10
- 1996 10 9 9 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 11 12
- 1997 13 14 16 18 20 22 25 28 32 35 40 46
-
- Forecast for the next week (21 - 27 January)
-
- Solar : Low, chance for isolated low level M class flare.
-
- Geomagnetic: Mostly unsettled with active period expected
- during January 22-23 and January 27-29 (coronal
- holes).
-
- Ionospheric: Propagation conditions are expected to be fair,
- with degradations expected on January 22, 23 and
- 27 to 29.
-
- Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services
-
- ---------------------------------------
-
- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 14 JAN 94
-
- VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEKENDING 14 JAN 1994 (BID RTDX0114)
-
- OUR INFORMATION THIS WEEK CAME FROM: 9X5LJ, DJ3IW AND THE
- CENTRAL-EUROPE DX CLUSTER NODE DB0SPC, I5FLN, IK5AAX AND THE
- IK5PWJ PACKET CLUSTER, W2JGR AND THE NJ0M NODE THE TWIN-CITIES
- DX PACKET CLUSTER, WA1MPB, WA4MCZ, W5KSI, WX5L AND ZS5S.
-
- THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
-
- BANDPASS
-
- FRIDAY 7
-
- 0912-14080 5W1KT 0942-14086 S53AX
- 1208-21084 VK6HD 1235-14091 VK4FRT
- 1327-21091 FG5FI 1335-21082 4U1ITU
- 1346-21085 4X6UO 1354-21090 OD5PL
- 1545-21085 C6A/AA5AU 1607-21088 VP5/WA0VQR
-
- SATURDAY 8
-
- 0336- 7080 VP5/WA0VQR 0942-14088 K5KWG/ZA
- 1109-14084 UX0KC 1159-14083 US8AR
- 1252-21091 OD5PL QSL HB9CRV 1338-21090 5R8DS
- 1341-21087 4X6UO 1423-14082 YL2GD
- 1425-14089 OK1AJN 1518-14090 LY1BZB
- 1630-14088 J28JJ 1803- 7040 UR0HQ
- 1810- 7040 UN5PR 1815- 7041 4X/OK1FGC
- 1819- 7035 S52OR 1821- 3590 YL1ZR
- 1823-14084 WH6I 1832- 7039 4Z85TA
- 1834-28082 PJ2MI 1838-28084 A22MN
- 1841-28082 HP2CWB 1845-28077 HH2PK
- 1859- 7041 RZ1AWT 1908- 7033 TA2FT
- 1910- 7032 SV1ATS 2123-14101 C6A/AAAU
- 2127- 7038 CN8NP 2134-21078 PJ0/N9FTC
- 2155-14076 A22MN 2206- 3578 SV2BFN
- 2215- 7035 VK6HD 2217- 7038 UZ9CWA
- 2241-21093 KP2N 2309- 7037 HH2PK
-
- SUNDAY 9
-
- 0012-14086 VP5/WA0VQR 0150- 7075 UR0HQ
- 0234- 7087 S57MM 0234- 3590 C6A/AA5AU
- 0341- 3601 HP1XBH 0521- 7078 8P6AW
- 0637-14082 UU2JI 0657-21084 UN5PR
- 0705-14083 UX0FF 0900-14083 BZ1QL
- 0902-21086 HL9FC 0941-14086 VK7YP
- 1053-21086 CU1AC 1055-21091 UR5LBX
- 1101-21081 A45ZX 1107-21078 UR0HQ
- 1115-14087 KP2N 1142-28082 V50CM
- 1201-21081 S57MM 1241-21082 J28JJ
- 1252-21084 9K2IC 1329-21098 GU4RWP
- 1331-21085 PJ2MI 1335-21088 A22MN
- 1351-21095 SV2BFN 1352-21082 4Z85TA
- 1356-21083 HH2PK 1406-21098 HP1XBH
- 1414-21102 HP1AC 1453-21075 C6A/AA5AU
- 1454-21082 XE1/DJ6OV 1600-21093 GI0KOW
- 2148- 7039 VK6HD 2325-14092 HS0A
-
- MONDAY 10
-
- TYPICAL REPORT "THE DAY AFTER CONTEST"
-
- 1349-14084 LY2ZZ 1720-14086 VP5/WA0VQR
- 1751-21088 PJ0/N9FTC
-
- TUESDAY 11
-
- 1345-14088 RW6XW 1434-14084 UX0KC UKRAINE
- 1440-14085 GI0AIQ 1452-14087 UT5RP
- 1556-21084 VQ9WL 1626-21090 5R8DS
- 1652-21086 PJ2MI
-
- WEDNESDAY 12
-
- 0109-14086 S92ZM 1053-14085 LY2BBF
- 1142-28082 U50CM 1303-14083 VQ9TS
- 1308-14083 A45XC 1638-21088 S53J
- 1706-21083 5R8LD 1909-14084 TZ6FIC
- 1913-14084 P4/W1EKT
-
- THURSDAY 13
-
- WWV A= 23 K= 3 2153-14088 V50PV
-
- NOTES OF INTEREST.
-
- SAINT PETER / SAINT PAUL, PY0. THE THREE WEEK DXPEDITION THAT
- WAS TO TAKE PLACE 10 JANUARY, WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL 20 JANUARY
- AND WILL BE FOR TWO WEEKS. QSL RTTY CONTACTS TO KARL, PS7KM.
-
- PETER 1 ISLAND, 3Y. THIS DXPEDITION IS ON SCHEDULE AND THE
- FIRST MEMBERS OF THE GROUP SHOULD BE ON THE FALKLANDS NOW.
- LOOK FOR VP8BZL FOR A FEW DAYS FROM PORT STANLEY. ARRIVAL ON
- PETER 1 AROUND 1 FEBRUARY, DEPARTURE ON 16 FEBRUARY.
-
- FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN, SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF
- INTEREST TO JULES, W2JGR AT W2TKU.#SRQ.FL.USA.NA
-
- REMEMBER, DX DON'T SLEEP.
- GL DE BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA
- [via HF PACTOR]
-
- --------------------------------------
-
- Coming events
- -------------
-
- 1994
- ----
-
- February 4th ANARTS meeting
-
- 12th-13th EA WW RTTY
- Contest
-
- March 19th-20th BARTG WW RTTY
- Contest
-
- April 16th-17th SARTG WW AMTOR
- Contest
-
- ------------------------------------
-
- FOR DISPOSAL
- ------------
-
- FREEBIE - (But you collect it)
-
- A SAGEM 2000(TX35DS) PRACTICALLY AS NEW WITH 8 inch DISPLAY
- AND FLOPPY DISC ATTACHMENT... MANUALS ARE INCLUDED...
-
- PHONE (02) 451-6314 Bill Storer..
-
- IF NO INTEREST SHOWN IT GOES TO THE TIP IN A WEEK.
-
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- Society information
-
- The Society may be contacted at : PO Box 860, Crows Nest 2065
- Australia, for such matters as membership and general
- enquiries. Enquiries can also be made by packet to the
- President (Col) VK2CTD, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA @ VK2RWI.
-
- News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60
- Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA @ VK2RWI.
-
- The Internet address for the Broadcast Officer is :
- patl@extro.edu.su.oz.au
-
- The Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects from
- anywhere in the broadcast coverage area. We know we reach New
- Zealand and many South Pacific islands, and we are looking
- forward to news from your areas to let other amateurs know
- what you are doing in the hobby. Hope to hear from you.
-
- 73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer
-
- That concludes ANARTS NEWS 793 23/01/94.
-
- Inserted by VK2BQS Jim, Vice-President ANARTS.
- --
- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2OP.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
- dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 29 Jan 94 17:03:15 GMT
- From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1!indep1!clifto@network.ucsd.edu
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <1994Jan14.005918.1@auvax1.adelphi.edu>, <2h7a43$89b@crl2.crl.com>, <19940128.22424315.edellers@delphi.com>.kei.
- Subject : Re: why 29.94 fps?
-
- In article <19940128.22424315.edellers@delphi.com> edellers@delphi.com (Ed Ellers) writes:
- >The sampling rate is almost always 14.31818... MHz, or four times subcarrier;
- >older units used eight bits (same as D-2 and D-3), but newer ones use ten-bit
- >processing.
-
- While we're on the subject, it's worthy of note that (apparently by FCC
- fiat):
-
- * the color subcarrier is 3,579,545 Hz +- 10 Hz
- * the horizontal scan frequency is 2/455 times the chroma subcarrier freq.
- * the vertical scan freq. is 2/525 times the horizontal scan freq.
-
- So, 14,318,180 Hz makes a fine frequency reference for generating sync
- as well as a neat sampling rate for frame stores.
-
- Don't know if this has been said before, but I haven't seen it (recent
- news troubles here... meeee, screw up the permissions? Nawwww).
-
- --
- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Cliff Sharp | clifto@indep1.chi.il.us |
- | WA9PDM | |
- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-
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-
- Date: 30 Jan 94 05:13:51 GMT
- From: netcomsv!netcomsv!cruzio!comix!jeffl@decwrl.dec.com
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <741@comix.UUCP>, <2ht0ia$9r8@unbc.edu>, <2i2bmrINN5hu@abyss.West.Sun.COM>d.hp.c
- Subject : Re: Ramsey FX Transceivers
-
- In article <2i2bmrINN5hu@abyss.West.Sun.COM> myers@sunspot.West.Sun.COM (Dana Myers ) writes:
- >In article <2ht0ia$9r8@unbc.edu> lyndon@unbc.edu (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes:
- >>jeffl@comix.UUCP (Jeff Liebermann) writes:
-
- >The UHF kit has no warning that normal component tolerances can render
- >the radio deaf; the one I sampled requires 50mV for a useful quieting
- >at 446Mhz.
- That's not "normal" component tolerances. That's a blown front end.
- It was either blown, built wrong, or mismeasured.
-
- >>It's a shame that the Amateur Experimental Service has turned into the
- >>Amateur Appliance Service.
- >
- >It is a shame amateurs won't take advantage of readily available
- >high-quality surplus to use as a platform for experimentation and spend
- >considerable effort defending junk radios that don't even come up to the
- >performance standards of a Part 15 cordlesst telephone. :-)
-
- Ah, this brings back fond memories of the early 1960's. The
- commercial services were replacing their wide band FM radios
- with narrow band FM boxes. For a mere pittance, you could
- have a 60 lb block of sold iron, complete with a Carter Super
- Motor Dynamotor, Mallory synchronous vibrator power supply,
- loctal tubes, and persuader microphone. (Ah, nostalgia).
- With a starter relay to the on-off switch and welding cable
- to the trunk, one could have a radio far superior to the typical
- "ham" AM (not FM) radio of the day. "Goonie-birds" (Gonset
- Communicator I thru IV) were grossly inferior to the average
- commercial radio. Why would anyone want a non-commercial radio?
-
- Well, there was a sufficient supply of conservative arguementation
- favouring AM. (Incidentally, I was in Los Angeles during this
- time). Although I was on the FM side, the only arguement that
- struck home was "What would you do if the ONLY source of radios
- was commercial surplus"? You're asking a small kit manufacturer
- to compete on equal ground with used equipment. Since it is
- almost impossible to produce a finished radio in the uSA that
- will compete effectively with Japanese imports, now you ask
- the same manufacturer to compete against USED equipment.
- If the only place left for an American manufacturer of radio
- equipment is the kit market, methinks that it is a major
- miracle that they exist in the first place.
-
- If the quality of the product offends thee, I suggest you offer
- improvements instead of criticism. Please realize that additions
- cost money, and that one should only suggest additions that one
- would be willing to pay for. For example, don't suggest a Heathkit
- quality manual as this will probably cost $70 per kit. I'm sure
- Ramsey would be interested to know what the customers want to see.
- While I agree that the kits leave considerable room for improvement,
- I do not consider them to be completely worthless, or non-functional.
-
- I don't have much faith in ham radio as a technical hobby any
- more. The derogatory term "appliance operator" now applies to
- most of the licencees. I was recently involved with a local
- distributor of ham radio accessories. Many customers could
- not wire a simple tnc or phone patch to radio connection. The
- level of expertise in both radios and computers was disappointing.
- My hat's off to anyone that builds a kit now days. Tis a rare
- and apparently dying breed.
-
-
- --
- # Jeff Liebermann Box 272 1540 Jackson Ave Ben Lomond CA 95005
- # 408.336.2558 voice wb6ssy@ki6eh.#nocal.ca.usa wb6ssy.ampr.org [44.4.18.10]
- # 408.699.0483 digital_pager 73557,2074 cis [don't]
- # jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us scruz.ucsc.edu!comix!jeffl
-
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