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Info-Hams Digest            Wed, 23 Feb 94       Volume 94 : Issue  193

Today's Topics:
                       AIDS testing on Amateurs
                             COHERENT CW
                       Dumming down of A.Radio
                     Exam element credit - 1 yr.!
                       FCC FTP Site Operational
                      FTP site for kenwood mods
                          Hamvention Parking
                         Low power Bird slugs
                             New 2m radio
       Passed General written, how long do I have to pass code?
       Probable demise of the online repeater directory project
                       RFD: rec.radio.pendantic
             Smallest, lightest 2 meter HT? (Backpacking)
                       Sound Blaster stupidity
                         Travelling to Egypt
   Wanted:   6M contacts (my qth is grid en60... northern indiana)

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 16:08:19 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!skyld![e-mail]
Subject: AIDS testing on Amateurs
To: [e-mail]

I knew that would get somebodies attention... This was on the Packet BBS
this morning. I can only say that Leonard is well meaning, but geeze people
please learn to use that pesky capslock key, and them funny . and , symbols.
My first thought on reading this that Wayne was going to sell plans for an
AC line cord and two alligator clips.

-- Here it is in its orginal form.

55 lines from WA2IHI 2/21/94 10:23 pm {General}
To: INFO @ WW  Re: ELECT.AIDS TREATMT.FREE PLANS

R:940218/1351Z @:KE2VW.#WNY.NY.USA.NA #:50478 [Colden] Z:14080 $:50478_KE2VW

>From: WA2IHI@KE2VW.#WNY.NY.USA.NA
To  : ALL@WW

FEB 14, 1994

URGENT IMPORTANT AIDS NEWS FLASH!!

IVE JUST LEARNED THAT WAYNE GREEN THE PUBLISHER OF 73 AMATEUR RADIO TODAY
HAS PRINTED UP SOME PAMPHLETS WITH FULL CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND DETAILS
EXPLAINING PROPER USE OF THE 2 SIMPLE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS DEVELOPED BY
HIS FRIEND PHYSICIST ROBERT BECK WHICH HAVE SHOWN PROMISE IN DISABLING
AND POSSIBLY CURING THE HIV VIRUS.  YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EARLIER
BULLETIN FROM ME EXPLAING HOW WAYNE GREEN FIRST
WROTE ABOUT THIS EXCITING TREATMENT IN HIS MONTHLY EDITORIAL OF 73,
IN THE FEB 94 ISSUE AND THAT HE PROMISED HE WOULD PRINT THE CONSTRUCTION
PLANS IF HE GOT 1000 REQUESTS FOR IT.  WELL HE HAS DECIDED FOR HUMANITIES
SAKE TO DO SO NOW IN PAMPHLET FORM AND IS MAILING COPIES TO THOSE WHO
WRITE/FAX/CALL HIS OFFICE AND ASK FOR IT.  ALSO HE IS SENDING OUT FREE
TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALLREADY WRITTEN REQUESTING HE PUBLISH IT.  HE IS DOING
THIS FREE AND IF YOUVE ALLREADY WRITTEN TELLING HIM TO PRINT IT IN THE
MAGAZINE, YOU SHOULD WRITE/FAX/CALL AGAIN ASAP TO ENSURE YOUR NOT OVER
LOOKED AND GET YOUR COPY IT MIGHT NOT BE PRINTED IN THE MAGAZINE DUE TO
LACK OF INTEREST SO TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND AIDS PATIENTS AND THIER SUPPORT
GROUPS EXC. AND OPEN MINDED DOCTORS AND NURSES SO THEY CAN GET STARTED
AND MAYBE SAVE LIFES OR AT LEAST AID IN THIS RESEARCH.  AS PER WHAT HE
WROTE ABOUT IN THE EDITIRIAL, THE 2 CIRCUITS SHOULD ONLY COST ABOUT
$100 IN PARTS FROM ANY RADIO PASTS STORE AND EASILY BUILT BY ANY HAM/
ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN.  THE TREATMENT IS DRUG FREE, NON INVASIVE AND
HAS NO SIDE EFFECTS, AND ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES A DAY FOR  A FEW WEEKS
SO WRITE/FAX/CALL WAYNE
& STAFF AT 73 MAGAZINE ASAP--AT-WAYNE GREEN INC. 70 ROUTE 202N
PETERBOROUGH NH 03458 TEL-603-924-0058  FAX-603-924-9327

PS: ANYONE MAY WRITE ME ABOUT THIS OR WHATEVER--LEONARD DE FAZIO
           FROM: WA2IHI @KE2VW.#WNY.NY.USA.NA   31 ELMWOOD AVE.
                                                BATAVIA NY 14020
MY WARMEST REGARDS AND BEST WISHES TO ALL.

--
 Amateur: WA6FWI@WA6FWI.#SOCA.CA.USA.NA  |  "You have a flair for adding
Internet: [e-mail]       |   a fanciful dimension to any
 US Mail: PO Box 4425 Carson, CA 90749   |   story."
   Phone: [phone]               |            Peking Noodle Co.

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 18:38:28 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpspkla![e-mail]
Subject: COHERENT CW
To: [e-mail]

Hello.

Does anyone have information on Coherent CW??   I read that by using this
refined mode of cw you get 20 db increase in S/N...


Does anyone know of articles, kits, experiences with this?


Thanks,

Marc DePaul
[e-mail]
wq
:wq

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:49:15 GMT
From: emba-news.uvm.edu!griffin![e-mail]
Subject: Dumming down of A.Radio
To: [e-mail]

 Well, its sad, but then I suppose all of society in dumbing down,
why should we expect amateur radio to be different?

If you doubt what I'm saying, read a few packet bulletins and then tell
me if the writer was even literate.
I'm not talking about typos... we all make these... without an editor or
the time to proof.

I'm talking about horrible spelling and grammatical errors in basic syntax
and sentence constructions.
If the writer cannot compose a coherent sentence, then why should we
believe they are enough of an in focus thinkers to bother reading?

I had one idiot on packet jump all over me for typos of a minor
punctuation ommission. Then go one in this one 200 byte diatribe to
spell grammar (grammer) and lose  as (loose).
You would have though that this idiot,who was so intent on drawing
attention to construction, grammar, and punctuation errors would have
gone to the trouble to check his own!


--
            ******** Gary E. Davis***** WQ1F *****
 The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the
 palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.-H.L.Mencken

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Date: 22 Feb 1994 19:16:15 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!mojo.eng.umd.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Exam element credit - 1 yr.!
To: [e-mail]

In article <2kdfm7$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Scott Richard Rosenfeld) writes:
>You have ONE YEAR EXACTLY from the date of passing an exam element to use it
>for getting a higher class license.
>
>[...]
>
>I don't remember if it's, for example, Nov. 7, 1993 - Nov. 6, 1994, or
>Nov. 7, 1993 - Nov. 7, 1994 (last day inclusive?)
>

According to the ARRL VEC Volunteer Examiner Manual, Sixth Edition, page 49,

     A CSCE ... is valid for up to 365 days after it is issued.

So, clearly, it depends on leap years. :-)  I would interpret this to mean
Nov. 7, 1993-Nov. 6, 1994, since 1994 is not a leap year.


--
Mark Bailey     KD4D          Motto:  Life's too short to drink cheap beer.
[e-mail]            Disclaimer:  I didn't really say this.

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Date: 22 Feb 1994 14:46:18 -0500
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!udel!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!news.clark.net![e-mail]
Subject: FCC FTP Site Operational
To: [e-mail]

The FCC's anonymous ftp site is operational.  There is not much there
yet, but at least it is on-line.  Here is the text of an FCC News Release
issued today, and a copy of the README file I picked up at the site.

--
Bob Keller (KY3R) [e-mail] Tel [phone]
[e-mail]  CompuServe 76100,3333 Fax [phone]


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    News media information  202/632-5050
    Recorded listing of releases and texts
       202/632-0002

NEWS
Federal Communications Commission
1919 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20554

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the
full text of a Commission order constitutes official action.  See _MCI_v._
FCC_, 515 F.2d 385 (DC Circ 1974)
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      February 22, 1994

  FCC TO MAKE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON INTERNET

 On February 22, the FCC will begin making some of its information
available through Internet.  Starting today, the FCC Daily Digest, the FCC
News Releases, some Public Notices, and speeches by Commission officials
will be accessible.  The file name by which each document can be accessed
will appear in the Daily Digest.  In the future, the Commission will be
making more of its documents available through Internet.

 The FCC's Internet address is ftp.fcc.gov

    - FCC -

Office of Public Affairs contact:  Rosa Prescott at [phone].

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ftp.fcc.gov
README:

   CONSTRUCTION AREA

Welcome to the FCC's online Archives.  In the very near future we will be
providing anonymous ftp access to the Daily Digest, Press Releases, Public
Notices, and many other FCC staples.  We also plan to provide mailservs
and mailing list subscriptions to some services.

Since we have only been on the internet since February 15, 1994, we are
still under construction.  Services will be added on slowly.  Please
submit any comments or suggestions to [e-mail].  Please do not
send me requests to be added to mailing lists as announcements will be
made regarding this at a later date.

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--
Bob Keller (KY3R) [e-mail] Tel [phone]
[e-mail]  CompuServe 76100,3333 Fax [phone]

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 17:34:13 GMT
From: spsgate!mogate!newsgate!hawk![e-mail]
Subject: FTP site for kenwood mods
To: [e-mail]

I need an FTP site with Kenwood MODS. Thanks ahead of time.
email me at  [e-mail]

regards,
George Hawkins KI5X
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Motorola Digital Signal Processors  UUCP: cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!hawk!hawk
Semiconductor Products Sector       Motorola Internal Email - R12137
6501 William Cannon Drive West      Phone [phone]
Austin Texas 78735-8598             FAX   [phone]
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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 94 23:15:00 -0400
From: hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!pplace![e-mail]
Subject: Hamvention Parking
To: [e-mail]

I have heard many, many, many from this area who are not interested if
they have to walk everywhere.  Seems the buses would make them a small
fortune if they were circumspect.  Oh well.


N0RDQ

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Date: 22 Feb 94 19:47:49 GMT
From: news.tek.com!gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com!gold.gvg.tek.com!gvgadg.gvg.tek.com![e-mail]
Subject: Low power Bird slugs
To: [e-mail]

Is there a Bird slug available that would do a credible job
of measuring <5w signals in the range 3-30MHz?

WT6P

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 10:37:03 -0500
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!yvax.byu.edu!cunyvm!rohvm1![e-mail]
Subject: New 2m radio
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, dward@.infi.net (Dale Ward)
wrote:

>
> OK.  I need  some advice.  I'm returning to the air after a long absence and
> would like recommendations on what type of 2m vhf-fm radio to purchase.  I
> desire portability, so that probably means an HT.  In addition to brand
> names, what features should I get -- at a minimum, as well as "nice to have"
> for future operation.  I travel by vehicle around the SE US, so will need to
> be able to access many different repeaters.  So, what do you say?

I'm with Gary on this one, as far as choosing a mobile rig over an HT.  I
have both, but the real workhorse is the mobile rig, and the HT tends to be
mostly a "toy" (although occasionally it's useful for public service work).
 I have a mag-mount antenna and a power adaptor that ends in an alligator
clip for ground and a flat blade for +12V; I use this in three different
Chevrolets, by slipping the flat blade into the connectors on the
electrical (fuse) block.  I've used it in rental cars with a cigarette
lighter adaptor, but only on low power.

Personally I like Icom for VHF/UHF; I've got their IC-3230 and old IC-27,
both of which are fine.  For bells and whistles, you need several memory
channels for the local repeaters, a tone encoder for those that require
CTCSS tone access, and if you get a lot of interference from distant
repeaters on the same frequency as your favorite machine, a tone _decoder_
is a blessing.  Here in the East, with repeaters everywhere, 25 watts is
plenty, and the ability to decrease power to 5 watts or less is nice.  Out
west, with longer distances to cover, you might want to go with a 45-watt
unit.

Those are the basics.  A touch-tone mike for autopatch is nice.
Dual-banders are nice if there are active 440-MHz repeaters in your area.
More memory channels seem to be always needed, but you can get by on half a
dozen in a pinch.

Welcome back, and enjoy.

--
73  de  John Taylor  W3ZID
[e-mail]

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Date: 22 Feb 1994 18:34:48 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!ub!dsinc!Reality-Tech.COM![e-mail]
Subject: Passed General written, how long do I have to pass code?
To: [e-mail]

You have one year and you will need the certificate of completion you
should hace received when you passed it.

73 and good luck

Anthony Scandurra
KA2FFS

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 10:07:11 -0500
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!yvax.byu.edu!cunyvm!rohvm1![e-mail]
Subject: Probable demise of the online repeater directory project
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Cliff Sharp)
wrote:

> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Conway Yee) writes:
> >Recently, I recieved a polite letter from the ARRL lawyers threatening
> >legal action if I continue on this project.  Specifically, they state
> >that the ARRL owns the FACTS present in the repeater directory and
> >that the format of the database infringes upon the ARRL copyright.
>
>    Yet another reason I vote with my dollars; I have never been, and will
> never be, an ARRL member.

I'm an ARRL member, and considering ARRL put a fair amount of effort into
compiling the Repeater Directory, I'd feel they weren't using my money
wisely if they did _not_ enforce their copyright to the Directory.  I doubt
they said they _own_ the _facts_ represented there, but still you can't
just rip off their effort to create your own competing directory, on-line
or printed.  Many city directories bury errors in their compilations, and
have sued people who reproduce those same errors.

You should check with a lawyer on this, but it's my understanding that if
you do the basic research to compile all the data _yourself_, and choose a
format that is dissimilar to the existing, copyrighted work, you probably
don't infringe it.

--
73  de  John Taylor  W3ZID         |  I am not an attorney, and I do not
speak
[e-mail]         |  for my company in this, or any other
                                   |  matter.

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:56:29 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!asuvax!pitstop.mcd.mot.com!mcdphx!schbbs!waters.corp.mot.com.corp.mot.com![e-mail]
Subject: RFD: rec.radio.pendantic
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Jeffrey D. Angus) wrote:


>  Bottomline disclaimer for the humor impaired. Yup, I used the F-word.
>  If you're too lazy to scan the news before forwarding it onto the RF
>  via packet, it's your problem, not mine. Re-read your copy of part 97.

I only think it is sad that a whole area of amateur radio is inhibited by
fear of the "seven deadly words" which one must never say aloud lest the
wrath of the FCC gods descend!

Sigh - that is silly and pedantic in its own right. IMHO

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Date: 22 Feb 94 18:37:23 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!paris.ics.uci.edu!ucivax![e-mail]
Subject: Smallest, lightest 2 meter HT? (Backpacking)
To: [e-mail]

Anyone have an opinion on the smallest and lightest 2 meter HT out there
on the market (even if it is not currently sold new?)  I would require
a watt or a little more output, PL tones, but don't really care about
memories much.  I would require some sort of alkaline battery pack.

My plan is to hike a long piece of the High Sierra, or possibly a long
stretch of the Appalachian Trail from Maine south for the summer.
I just turned 40, and things are looking bleak from the inside, I need
a lot of time to think.

So, I am going to backpack, and must go for 7 to 10 days at a time without
resupply.  All my items must be light and pack very well.  The two luxury
items I plan to take are an HT for 2 meters, and the NorCal 40 CW
transceiver, for weekly contacts and any possible emergency.  I may take
one or the other alone, but the next few months of planning and shakedown
cruises will tell the tale.

SO.....anyone ever look into this?  I am NOT concerned with brands, ruggedness
is not the main factor here either.  Weight and size are the controlling
dimensions.

Clark
WA3JPG

P.S. Anyone else planning long backpacking runs down the AT or the Sierras this
summer?

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Date: 22 Feb 94 15:01:59
From: idacrd.ccr-p.ida.org!idacrd![e-mail]
Subject: Sound Blaster stupidity
To: [e-mail]

Creative Technology DSP folks have given me an unbelievable reply.  The
Sound Blaster 16 with ASP has been on the market for some time now and
people are still scrambling for information.  It seems it will not soon
be forthcoming.  They have said to me that they are going to keep their
Advanced Signal Processor chip, its programming model, etc. a secret.  The
shortsightedness of companies in this area is never ending.  The secrets
inevitably come out and the people who could make their product for them
are to put off by this attitude.  An open system always sells better than
a closed one and inevitably leads to applications the developers never
dreamed of.  I had several in mind which they will now have done on a
competitors card.  If you can believe it, they had the gall to ask detailed
technical questions about modems without answering a single technical
questions other than to tell me the development system cost $5200.  FORGET IT.
I will develop using the Cardinal or Hamblaster depending on which turns out
to be more open about its architecture and/or the most versatile for our
applications.

Bob
--
Robert W. McGwier                  | [e-mail] Interests: ham radio,
Center for Communications Research | scouts, astronomy, golf (o yea, & math!)
Princeton, N.J. 08520              | ASM Troop 5700, ACM Pack 53 Hightstown
(609)-279-6240(v) (609)-924-3061(f)| I used to be a Buffalo . . . NE III-120

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Date: 22 Feb 1994 19:20:48 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!ilium!gdls.com![e-mail]
Subject: Travelling to Egypt
To: [e-mail]

I will be travelling to Cairo in the near future.  I have been told to forget about
bringing any amateur radio equipment as there is no possibility of getting an
operating license there.

But I was also told by the ARRL to not even bring a short wave receiver/alarm
clock/AM/FM Radio as they were very strict on any type of radio equipment.

Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this?

Thanks

Bill

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Date: 22 Feb 1994 13:06:38 -0600
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1![e-mail]
Subject: Wanted:   6M contacts (my qth is grid en60... northern indiana)
To: [e-mail]

I've been kinda bored lately, trying to get contacts on 6m from the
Tippecanoe Amateur Radio Association shack ( W9REG) while I keep trying to
pass code elements to let me get on HF...

anyone interested in setting up a schedule?

--
Bill Blum              [e-mail]           West Lafayette, IN
            (Elkhart IN after July 94)

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 16:06:35 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!asuvax!pitstop.mcd.mot.com!mcdphx!schbbs!waters.corp.mot.com.corp.mot.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>p.mo
Subject : Re: Jef Harmon (was Re: RAMSEY FX TRANSCEIVER

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Jeff Herman) wrote:

> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mike Waters) writes:
> >
> >I have to wonder if there is a living person who's past Jef *doesn't*
> >suspect?
> >
> >How is your potty patrol going Jeff?  Still finding nastly people
> >misbehaving in the bathrooms at U of H?
>
> Who's Jef?

No wonder my Kill file entry wasn't working - easily fixed.

Thank you!

> Yeah, those `guys' are still passing their diseases to each other in
> the restrooms on campus. The campus police are finally starting to arrest
> them for lewd conduct and solicitation.

And you don't even see the problem people have with your fixation on the
subject do you?

Sigh.

> I guess I should have put a smiley or two in the rec.radio.pirate
> post. I really don't believe that Dana has ever done anything illegal.
> Him and I will never see eye-to-eye on some things.

I guess I won't either.


BTW my Local Notice to Mariners this month stated that 500Khz CW was
discontinued to allow 518Khz SITOR - the CG feels that is a much more
useful service I guess.  Oh well.

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