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Info-Hams Digest            Sat,  4 Dec 93       Volume 93 : Issue 1423

Today's Topics:
                        220 1280 rule changes
                   IC2410/IC3230/FT5100 Comparison
                    Looking for ARRL info ftp site
       new MODERATED discussion groups on Amateur Radio Policy
                  The ARRL Letter November 29, 1993

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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 08:56:27 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net![e-mail]
Subject: 220 1280 rule changes
To: [e-mail]

DC-2225 ACTION IN DOCKET CASE FCC AMENDS THE AMATEUR SERVICE RULES
          CONCERNING THE 222-225 MHZ FREQUENCY BAND

                      (PR Docket 92-289)

     The Commission has amended the amateur service rules to create a
small new subband at 222.00-222.15 MHz where repeaters are prohibited, and
has authorized frequency privileges for Novice Class operators in the
entire 1.25 m band.

     In November of 1992, the FCC proposed three changes in the
operational rules for the amateur service: 1) the creation of a subband in
the 222-225 MHz (1.25 m) band where repeaters would be Pos prohibited; 2)
the authorization of frequency privileges for T To Spell Novice Class
operators in the entire 1.25 m band; and 3) the eligibility of Novice
Class operators to be licensees and control operators of repeaters in the
1.25 m band, as well as in the 1270-1295 MHz segment of the 1240-1300 MHz
(23 cm) band.

     The Commission found that the establishment of a subband in the 1.25
band for non-repeater operations would facilitate experimentation which is
one of the fundamental purposes of the amateur service.  The Commission
further concluded that the authorization of Novice Class operators to use
the entire 1.25 m band would provide them with the opportunity to become
proficient in a wider variety of amateur service operations and give them
greater flexibility in selecting the mode of transmission to use.
However, the Commission determined that Novice Class operators should not
be authorized as control operators and licensees of repeaters in the 1.25
m and 23 cm bands because they lack knowledge about repeater operation.
Further, it would diminish the distinction between the Novice and
Technician Classes.

     Action by the Commission November 19, 1993, by Report and Order (FCC
93-507).  Chairman Quello, Commissioners Barrett and Duggan.
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Date: 1 Dec 1993 19:22:11 GMT
From: news.centerline.com!noc.near.net!jericho.mc.com!fugu![e-mail]
Subject: IC2410/IC3230/FT5100 Comparison
To: [e-mail]

I am currently looking to by a new mobile rig.
I have done some feature comparisons that I
thought I'd share.  I ruled out the Alinco,
the Standard, and the Kenwood current dual
banders for my own personal reasons.  I ended
up narrowed down to the ICOM 2410, ICOM 3230,
and Yeasu 5100.  This isnt a complete market
survey so no flames about rigs left out. Feel
free to add your own

      ICOM2410 ICOM3230 Yeasu5100
Inband dual rx     YES  NO  YES
Direct Freq entry   YES  NO  No
Memories     36  30  94
CTCSS Decode     YES  optional optional
Remote Control     optional    optional NO
Autodial Memories   YES  YES  NO
Rptr Monitor     YES  YES  YES
800mhz mod avail    YES  NO  NO
AM Aircraft mod     YES  dont know NO
extended RX uhf/vhf YES  dont know NO
x-band Repeat     YES  YES  YES

Again, these were only the features of interest to me.
Top priority for me were the mods, the autodial mems,
and direct freq entry.  The 2410 has a very nice system
of frequency entry.

Accordingly, the radios with more features cost more.
The Yeasu was the cheapest but the 2410 had the most
features.  Other useless things to me (like paging)
aren't included.  Most of them had the usual bells
& whistles like CTCSS squelch, CTCSS encode, fans,
built in duplexor.


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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 14:25:29 GMT
From: newsflash.concordia.ca!hobbit.ireq.hydro.qc.ca!barde![e-mail]
Subject: Looking for ARRL info ftp site
To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Daniel T Senie) writes:
>In article <2di9gf$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bill Turini) writes:
>>A while back someone posted the address of the ARRL information mirror ftp site.
>>
>>Could someone either post it again, or send me the address.  I am in urgent need of
>>some information.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Bill
>
>The files are on world.std.com.
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>Daniel Senie                 Internet:     [e-mail]
>Daniel Senie Consulting                    [e-mail]
>508-365-5352                 Compuserve:   74176,1347


They are in the directory: "/pub/hamradio/arrl/Server-files"
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   Clement Vaillancourt,             |    Institut de Recherche d'Hydro-Quebec
   Analyste,                         |    Varennes, P. Quebec, Canada, J3X 1S1
   Informatique scientifique         | Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]
   [e-mail]          |  Radio-amateur: [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 00:01:52 GMT
From: well!moon!pixar!pixar.com![e-mail]
Subject: new MODERATED discussion groups on Amateur Radio Policy
To: [e-mail]

Two new _moderated_ internet discussion lists on ham radio policy have been
created.

The lists are an attempt to hold a discussion on amateur radio policy with
a higher signal/noise ratio than that in the rec.radio.amateur.policy newsgroup,
or the packet ham-policy discussions. To prevent the the general policy
discussion from being dominated by Morse-code-related topics, there are two
lists: [e-mail] is for discussions of all policy topics
_except_ for topics connected with the Morse code. [e-mail] is
for discussion of Morse-code-related policy topics _only_.

The intent of these lists is to air all viewpoints, but without the jammers
and abuse that appear in rec.radio.amateur.misc .

To subscribe to either or both groups, send a message to [e-mail] .
Include this text in the message:

SUBSCRIBE HAM-RADIO-POLICY YOUR-ENGLISH-NAME-HERE YOUR-CALLSIGN-HERE
SUBSCRIBE MORSE-POLICY YOUR-ENGLISH-NAME-HERE YOUR-CALLSIGN-HERE

You can leave out either group if you only want to subscribe to one.
The server also responds to the commands "HELP" and "INDEX".

This doesn't change the rec.radio.amateur.policy newsgroup, and it isn't
related to the on-air ham-policy discussion or the internet reflector of
that discussion called [e-mail] that is run by [e-mail] .

Discussion will start when/if 100 subscribers have joined the list.

 Bruce Perens AB6YM

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[e-mail] 510-215-3502

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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1993 06:59:06 GMT
From: pacbell.com!amdahl!netcomsv!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: The ARRL Letter November 29, 1993
To: [e-mail]

The ARRL Letter
Vol. 12, No. 22
November 29, 1993
3 ARRL divisions
get new board teams
 Three ARRL divisions will each have a new pair of
representatives beginning in January as the result of
elections concluded Nov. 19. New directors and vice
directors were chosen in the Dakota, Midwest, and Pacific
divisions.
 This was election year for seven ARRL divisions (the
other eight divisions are up for election in even-numbered
years); two years ago in elections in these same divisions
all seven directors were returned to office (but four new
vice directors were elected, including three who opposed
incumbents).
 This year, in alphabetical order:
 In the Atlantic Division, Director Hugh Turnbull,
W3ABC, and Vice Director Kay Craigie, WT3P, were unopposed.
Two years ago both turned back challengers.
 In the Dakota Division, earlier in the year Vice
Director Rick Whiting, W0TN, became director when Director
Howard Mark, W0OZC, resigned due to moving outside the
division. Whiting chose not to seek election to the office
of director, and former director Tod Olson, K0TO, ran
unopposed.
 Meanwhile, Whiting ran for a second term as vice
director but was defeated by challenger Hans Brakob, K0HB,
726 to 585 votes.
 Brakob, 53, is currently a member of the Contest
Advisory Committee.
        In the Delta Division, Director Joel Harrison,
WB5IGF, withstood a challenge from Jack Hill, W4PPT, 1618 to
1244.
 Hill told voters  You know what the incumbent has
brought you for six years. Now, it s time for us to move
forward.
 Harrison, who at age 35 is the youngest ARRL
director, reminded voters that he has served as chairman of
the Administration and Finance Committee and is now a member
of the Executive Committee.
        In the Great Lakes Division Director Allan Severson,
AB8P, and Vice Director George Race, WB8BGY, were unopposed.
 Well-known contest operator and DXer Lew Gordon,
K4VX, was victorious in the Midwest Division over incumbent
Bill McGrannahan, K0ORB, 1674 to 1609.
 Two years ago K0ORB joined the board family as
Midwest Division vice director by beating incumbent Chuck
Miller, WA0KUH, and in the summer of 1993 became director
following the death of Director Paul Grauer, W0FIR,
 Gordon, who is 64, noted in his campaign statement
that his wife Terry is an Extra Class licensee (NS0Z) and
daughter Sharon is N0HVY.
 A bit of trivia: K4VX will be the first ARRL
director to serve with a call sign issued in a call area
that does not  match  his ARRL division. Others have run but
Gordon is the first to be elected under this seeming
handicap.
 When McGrannahan assumed the directorship of the
Midwest Division, ARRL President Wilson named Larry Staples,
W0AIB, to serve as vice director for the remainder of
McGrannahan s term.
 Staples ran this year to retain the post to which he
had been appointed, but was defeated by Bruce Frahm, K0BJ,
1813 to 1387 votes.
 In a somewhat unusual turn both Staples and Frahm
noted their ages in their campaign statements (Frahm is 41,
Staples 62). Frahm told Midwest Division voters he has  been
involved with the family farm all my life.
 Two years ago Charles P. McConnell, W6DPD, retained
his seat as Pacific Division Director by defeating his
opponent, Glenn G. Zumwalt, KJ6EN, by a two-to-one margin.
In 1993 McConnell faced a challenge from his vice director,
Brad Wyatt, K6WR, elected two years ago. Wyatt more than
doubled McConnell s vote total, 2714 to 1354.
 Wyatt told voters he had taken early retirement from
IBM and that his  experience and demonstrated willingness
and ability to travel year-round to meet with you are YOURS
when you vote  K6WR.
 With Wyatt s vice-director slot up for grabs in the
Pacific Division, a three-way race developed between three
long-time amateurs and ARRL life members. Former vice
director Jettie Hill, W6RFF, sought the position once again,
running against Jim Maxwell, W6CF, and Jerry Boyd, KG6LF.
All three cited extensive experience and qualifications in
their campaign statements; Maxwell ran away with the
election, with 2372 votes to 849 for Hill and 844 for Boyd.
 A former Santa Clara Valley ARRL section manager,
Maxwell holds a Ph.D. in aeronautical
engineering/biomechanics.
 In the Southeastern Division, long-time Director
Frank Butler, W4RH, overcame opposition by three opponents;
his vote total of 2807 was greater than that of the three
other candidates combined. Butler in his campaign statement
cited his Executive Committee membership and his role in
international (IARU) affairs.
 Running against Butler were South Florida Section
Manager Rudy Hubbard, WA4PUP, also a former Section
Emergency Coordinator; Alan Page, KE4WO, the only candidate
to appear on ballots this year *without* a photo; and David
Shiplett, AC4MU, who said  New Blood Needed the incumbent
has been a League official since 1957..How many years is
that?
 (Frank Butler was a Florida Section Manager from
1957 to 1980 but an ARRL director only since 1980).
 Southeastern Division voters also returned Vice
Director Evelyn Gauzens, W4WYR, to office. Her opponent,
 Mitch  Mitchell, WA4OSR, ran a strong campaign, however,
earning 44 per cent of the votes cast. Mitchell introduced
his campaign statement saying  I am excited about the
opportunities and challenges facing ham radio and the ARRL.
*I am NOT running because I am upset or mad at anyone or
anything*  (his emphasis).
 The terms of office are for two years, beginning at
noon January 1, 1994.
 Here are the official results for the contested
offices:
*Delta division for director,*
Joel Harrison, WB5IGF, 1618.
Jack Hill, W4PPT, 1244.
*Midwest division for director,*
Lew Gordon, K4VX, 1674.
Bill McGrannahan, K0ORB, 1609.
*Pacific division for director,*
Brad Wyatt, K6WR, 2714.
Charles McConnell, W6DPD, 1354.
*Southeastern division for director,*
Frank Butler, W4RH, 2807.
David Shiplett, AC4MU, 1837.
Rudy Hubbard, WA4PUP, 731.
Alan Page, KE4WO, 186.
*Dakota division for vice director,*
Hans Brakob, K0HB, 726.
Rick Whiting, W0TN, 585.
*Midwest division for vice director,*
Bruce Frahm, K0BJ, 1813.
Larry Staples, W0AIB, 1387.
*Pacific division for vice director,*
Jim Maxwell, W6CF, 2372.
Jettie Hill, W6RFF, 849.
Jerry Boyd, KG6LF, 844.
*Southeastern division for vice director,*
Evelyn Gauzens, W4WYR, 3094.
S. Felton Mitchell, WA4OSR, 2436.
MORE CHANGES IN JAPAN S
LICENSING OF FOREIGNERS
 A few months ago Japan liberalized licensing
requirements to allow foreigners to  establish their own
station  (that is, obtain a station license which grants a
call sign) after passing a Japanese Amateur Radio license
examination. This enabled amateurs from countries not having
a reciprocal operating agreement with Japan to operate
there, if they had a good command of the Japanese language
and the time to sit for an exam.
 On October 5, Japan further liberalized licensing of
amateur stations, by now disregarding the nationality of
applicants, including its own citizens. Now anyone holding a
valid amateur license from a country with which Japan has a
reciprocal agreement may apply for a *station* license in
Japan -- these countries are the U.S., Germany, Canada,
Australia, France, Republic of Korea, Finland, and Ireland.
 The result is that a Japanese citizen holding, say,
a U.S. Amateur Extra class license, could then operate with
full (First Class) Japanese privileges. Or the holder of a
U.S. Novice class license could obtain Third Class
privileges in Japan.
 The hitch? U.S. exams are said to be  much easier
than their Japanese counterpart examinations, at least
according to one experienced person who has taken both.
LICENSES WITHDRAWN IN PROBE
OF VE EXAM IRREGULARITIES
 The FCC has invalidated the licenses and license
upgrades of 21 people after an investigation of
irregularities at four volunteer examiner test sessions in
southern California in June and August, 1993. The sessions
involved both the ARRL and W5YI VECs and a number of
volunteer examiners have had their accreditations suspended
as a result.
 The ARRL-VEC has suspended the accreditation of four
volunteer examiners at the FCC s request, and that of three
additional VEs involved in one of the test sessions after
finding irregularities in the records from one of the
suspect test sessions.
 The FCC thanked the ARRL-VECs for their help in the
investigation and lauded volunteer examiners for their hard
work and dedication.
 John B. Johnston, chief of the FCC s Personal Radio
Branch, said:
  I d like to commend ARRL-VEC for working together
with W5YI-VEC to uncover irregularities at several recent
sessions in the Los Angeles area and suspend the VEs
involved. Your action will prevent future occurrences and
assure that amateur licenses are granted only to those who
are truly qualified. You ve also sent a strong signal that
ARRL-VEC is vigilant in its oversight to keep the volunteer
testing system at the highest level of integrity.
  I know,  Johnston said,  it takes time and effort
to scrutinize test materials and contact applicants and VEs
concerning a suspect session, but it s occasionally
necessary for the good of amateur radio. The volunteer
testing system is a great success. Your oversight validates
and supports the hard work of the many dedicated VEs who
participate in testing -- as well as the hams who passed
their tests and are now making the contributions to society
for which amateur radio is so justly renowned.
SECTION ELECTION RESULTS
 Ballots were counted November 23 in ARRL Section
Manager elections for Alabama, Delaware, Kansas, Tennessee
and Western Massachusetts. Terms of office begin January 1,
1994. The results are as follows:
*Alabama*:
 Ken McGlaughn, KM4JD, 428 (elected)
 Joe Smith, WA4RNP, 228
*Delaware*:
 Randall Carlson, WB0JJX, 172 (elected)
 Carl Dennis, NX3A, 64
*Kansas*:
 John Seals, WR0R, 358
 Robert Summers, K0BXF, 386 (elected)
*Tennessee*:
 O.D. Keaton, WA4GLS, 696 (elected)
 Dana Stine WI3B, 382
*Western Massachusetts*:
 Dan Senie, N1JEB, 196 (elected)
 Bill Voedisch, W1UD, 181
 Four other sections were not contested and the
following were declared elected: East Bay, Bob Vallio,
W6RGG; Michigan, Dale Williams, WA8EFK; New Mexico, Joe
Knight, W5PDY; Santa Barbara, Marc Holzer, N6UNX.
{next story gets Winkler headshot}
LOCAL AMATEUR RADIO PROGRAM
OFFERED TO NATIONAL AUDIENCE
 A local radio program on Amateur Radio went
nationwide on November 28.  Ham Radio and More,  hosted by
Len Winkler, KB7LPW, from KFNN in Phoenix, is being offered
to the 82 member stations on the Talk America Network (TAN)
on Sunday evenings at 6 p.m. EST.
 The show, now in its third year on KFNN, is non
technical and intended to appeal to licensed amateurs as
well as the general public.  Well-known amateurs are guests
on the show, which runs two hours locally but which will
last one hour in the network version.
 Winkler says a grass-roots effort by hams is needed
to make the national broadcasts a success. Amateurs are
asked to call their local talk radio station (TAN affiliate
or not) and encourage them to air  Ham Radio and More.
 Winkler s first national guest on November 28 was
Frank Moore, WA1URA, a television executive in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, and producer of an award-winning documentary video
about Amateur Radio s role in communications from Kuwait
during the Iraqi occupation in 1990 and early 1991.
 Amateurs can find out the call signs of stations in
their area affiliated with TAN by calling KFNN at 602-241
1510. The show also can be heard via Satcom C-5, Transponder
19, 6.0 audio, and Galaxy 2, Transponder 3, Channel 55.4.
*10 years ago in *The ARRL Letter*
 *The ARRL Letter* for November 22, 1983, continued
to lead with the upcoming space shuttle flight of Dr. Owen
Garriott, W5LFL. The launch had been rescheduled for Nov.
28, with W5LFL hoping to operate on 2 meter FM during what
little free time he expected to have.
 The big news on the regulatory front was still the
volunteer examiner program (PR Docket 83-27); Congress had
just included in its FCC authorization bill an item enabling
volunteer examiner coordinators to recoup expenses.
 Two petitions for reconsideration of the VE proposal
had been filed. One, by David Siddall, K3ZJ, had not yet
been made available. The other, by David Popkin, W2CC,
questioned how identifier codes for testing sessions would
be assigned.
 Ballots had been counted in elections for the ARRL
Board of Directors and *every* incumbent running was
reelected to the board (Including seats for which there was
no competition that year). 10 years later the following are
still on the board (some in different capacities or back
after an absence): Frank Butler, W4RH; Evelyn Gauzens,
W4WYR; Hugh Turnbull, W3ABC; Tod Olson, K0TO (who takes
office in January, 1994); and George Wilson, W4OYI.
 Two incumbents who won reelection in 1983, Clyde
Hurlbert, W5CH, and Paul Grauer, W0FIR, are Silent Keys.

BRIEFS
 * Joe Lynch, N6CL, is the new editor of the Quarter
Century Wireless Association s *Journal*, beginning with the
Winter, 1993 edition. Joe will continue as VHF editor for
*CQ* magazine, and he s also ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager.
 * Troy Fehring, N5VIN, worked the space shuttle from
his tractor late last month, the *Lawton (Okla)
Constitution* reported. Fehring, of Sterling, Okla., was
baling hay at the time the shuttle, *Columbia*, came overhead,
but admitted he d  been listening for them.
 Fehring told the paper  I didn t have anything to
write on, so I jumped out of my tractor, took my screwdriver
and scratched it on my toolbox so I wouldn t forget  the
time and frequency.
 The contact was on FM, with astronaut Bill McArthur,
KC5ACR. The story was written by *Constitution* writer Mitch
Meador.
 * The next shuttle SAREX flight, STS-60, is scheduled
for January 27, 1994. Several members of the 6-man crew are
studying for amateur licenses. Mission Specialist Sergei
Krikalev, is a veteran of the Russian MIR space station and
has swapped his UZ3AK call sign for U5MIR. Whether or not he
will be able to operate from space has still not been
settled.
 Four U.S. and one Russian school have set schedules
with STS-60. SAREX Configuration C is planned, allowing
robot packet mode for most of the flight with voice
operation by the crew as time permits.
 * Curious about the Motorola ad in December *QST*
(and which also appeared in October, the one that says
 ATTENTION, Public Safety Announcement)?  According to
Motorola the ad is aimed at lawbreakers known in the
industry as  cellular phone hackers  who can bill calls to
other numbers by breaking cellular codes.
 Books are actually available on how to do this and
are advertised in some magazines (but *not QST*).
 An article in the Nov. 23 *New York Times* described
the so-called  clone phones  as available on the street for
as little as a few hundred dollars and popular among drug
dealers, according to the Manhattan U.S. district attorney.
The *Times* also said that devices capable of intercepting
cellular phone codes can be bought by mail-order or  for
even less money can be fashioned out of more commonly
available gadgetry.

 * Once again this year ARRL Hudson Division Director
Steve Mendelsohn, WA2DHF, was in charge of Amateur Radio
communications at the New York Marathon. This year he was
joined by the FCC s Private Radio Bureau Chief Ralph Haller
and some 400 other amateurs.
 Hams were involved in every stage of the race s
planning, and provided logistical and emergency
communications, according to ARRL Public Information Manager
Steve Mansfield, N1MZA.
 Mansfield, who ran (and finished) the race, said he
was surprised to see an ARRL flag displayed at the finish
line.
 * Readers who saw an item in the Nov. 9 issue of the
*San Jose Mercury News* will be interested in a correction.
One Thomas Lee Larsen, a convicted child molester now
charged with an arson threat and about whom the newspaper
said  whose hobbies include amateur radio and photography
is not, in fact, to be found in the FCC Amateur Radio
database.
K3KMO, N6BV join *QST*, technical staff
 Two recent additions to the HQ staff are Senior
Assistant Technical Editor Dean Straw, N6BV, and Al Brogdon,
K3KMO, who has become managing editor of *QST*.
 Al Brogdon, 57, was previously a technical editor at
the Applied Physics Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins
University in Laurel, Maryland. He is originally from
Cookeville, Tennessee, where he began ham life as WN4UWA,
and is a graduate of Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville
with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He served in the
U.S. Army in the late 1950s in Germany, where he was
licensed as DL4WA; he also held M1M (in San Marino), LX3TA,
and DJ0HZ.
 Al and his wife Maggie have a son, Pat, at home.
Maggie is a first grade teacher. Al moonlights in a German
Oompah band and in a Dixieland jazz band.
        Dean Straw has been on the East Coast for about five
years, most recently working for Raytheon Marine in Hudson,
NH. He s well known among contest operators as a highly
competitive (and successful) HF operator. Dean s forte is
antennas, and he has among other assignments taken over as
editor of *The ARRL Antenna Book* (the biggest ARRL
publication after the *Handbook*).
 Dean, 47, admits to being licensed  more than 30
years.  He has a bachelor s degree in engineering and
applied science from Yale. He and his wife Rayma live in
Windham, New Hampshire. Rayma teaches bi-lingual English
Chinese classes for immigrant children.

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          |       Marc Grant           |                   |
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