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Info-Hams Digest            Thu,  5 May 94       Volume 94 : Issue  489

Today's Topics:
                                (none)
                        Amateur Radio NudeNet
            digital speech transmission for HAMs? (2 msgs)
     dual band: is (one of) Yaesu, Icom, or Kenwood a good choic
                         FD Logging Software.
                    FT-530 Mod Made Easy? (2 msgs)
              Gun Owners: Protect your Rights! (2 msgs)
                     Ham relocating to Austin, Tx
                       How to make a diplexer?
                      Looking for European Hams
                      Need copies of tower laws
                        PROPAGATION - by AD5Q
                        Rochester, NH Hamfest
                      Ten-Tec Address (or fax #
             WARNING: Potential Satellite Anomaly Warning

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Date: 5 May 94 05:39:41 GMT
From: [e-mail]
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Subject : RACES Bulletin #324


Bid: $RACESBUL.324
Subject : RACES Bulletin #324


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INFO     ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
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RACESBUL.324               RELEASE DATE: May 2, 1994

Subject: OPS - Responding to a Call-Out

     "...I might be willing to respond on something like the
Northridge quake, where there is no damage in my area. However I
am not about to leave my home unprotected, without gas,
electricity, water or telephone if there is looting and civil
unrest and the police are stretched so thin that they cannot
adequately cope."

     Comments: In an emergency, our first concern is rightly
that of our family or other personal priority. There are and can
be instances where it is inappropriate to respond to any aspect
of a call-out. There are those, however, who have prepared their
families in what to do and how to cope so that they can respond
to a duty station and stay as long as needed (with adequate rest
periods inter-spersed as appropriate.) Such people will
literally go around almost any barrier to respond to the local
need if that is  expected of them and they have been trained for
that response level. Essentially it depends on our personal
situation, perspective and preparedness; physical as well as
mental. It's our choice!
      It may not be possible to make preparations for every
eventuality, but it starts with our personal view point. There
is no "right" or "wrong" perspective or reaction. Each must
chose. Experience does show that there are those whose
dedication is at such a level that the concerns expressed are
transcended by their own choice. It depends on ones personal
priorities. There are instances of response in face of total
personal loss, as well as all conditions in between. Again: it's
your choice. Whatever you chose is right for you.
EOM


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Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 14:57:50 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!yosemite.sps.mot.com![e-mail]
Subject: Amateur Radio NudeNet
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
Richard Loken <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Considering who I see at most hamfests, nude amateur radio events will never
>become a big spectator sport.

Most amateur radio events, fortunately, are not spectator sports, and
operating a ham radio station while nude is no different from doing it
while clothed, other than the increased level of comfort on the part
of the operator.

>As for nude hiking, we have too many biting flies up here....  Besides, I
>might trip over myself!

If you have Avon products available to you in Alberta, you might try to
obtain their product called "Skin-so-Soft", a skin moisturizer which
just happens to make a dandy bug repellent...  but to many folks,
it has a less objectionable odor than other repellents.

  --ben
--
Ben Thornton                             Amateur call: WD5HLS
Internet: [e-mail]       Motorola Inc., Austin, TX
Caution:  Wearing clothes has been shown to cause permanent psychological
          dependence on textiles.  WEAR THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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Date: 4 May 94 22:18:50 GMT
From: agate!netsys!pagesat.net!news.cerf.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews![e-mail]
Subject: digital speech transmission for HAMs?
To: [e-mail]

Stefan Wimmer ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Does anybody know, how they do it? And, is there a kind of chipset
: available for own experiments? Or can commercial phones be modified for
: HAM use?   Stefan Wimmer

They simply have the bandwidth and we don't. They have eight wires coming
in, digitize the voices into eight time slots at 64kb, send the 64kb out
over a broad band wireless (microwave), demod into eight voices at the
other end, and send them out over eight wires.

We don't have wires coming in, we have channels, more akin to cellular.
We could do analog or digital cellular but not with our present HTs.

73, KG7BK, [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 11:09:17
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!netmbx.de!midas.cellware.de!wsw.cellware.de![e-mail]
Subject: digital speech transmission for HAMs?
To: [e-mail]

Hi OM out there!

last night I had a nice QSO with some OM about HAM and cellular phones.
We had the idea that one should try whether digital speech transmission
is possible in 2m, 70cm... too. But as far as i know, phone companies do
8 kilosamples per second with 8 bits (=64kBaud). I think it's too much
to transmit this way via narrowband FM. There must be some kind of data
reduction in commercial services.

Does anybody know, how they do it? And, is there a kind of chipset
available for own experiments? Or can commercial phones be modified for
HAM use?

Many questions in one file - but i rely on all you very kind Internet
users (:-))
If you know something that could help me: pse don't hesitate to email or
send it by packet - I'm very curious about this stuff.


vy 73 from Berlin de
Stefan Wimmer

Packet Radio:       DD6FM @ DB0GR
e-mail:                  [e-mail]

By the way: the name of our company (Cellware) has _nothing_ to do with
cellular phones!

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Date: 4 May 1994 13:20:03 -0400
From: hp81.prod.aol.net!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: dual band: is (one of) Yaesu, Icom, or Kenwood a good choic
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jim Deeming) writes:

<trying to decide about dual band HTs>

I just bought the Yaesu FT530 at the Dayton Hamvention ($370 without tax).
This radio is incredible.  Easy to use, great sounding, multiple power levels
in the low setting, dual receive on the same band, small, TX APO as well as RX
APO.

This is my second Yaesu dual band HT. The other is the 470. You won't go wrong
with the 530...BUY IT.

de WB8NUT

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Date: 4 May 1994 15:18:12 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!jericho.mc.com!fugu![e-mail]
Subject: FD Logging Software.
To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Joe Salemi) writes:
-->
-->
-->Umm, the CT BBS is still "on the air;"  the number is 508-460-8877.  I
-->just got 8.53 (the latest version) off it two days ago.
-->
-->73...joe
-->
-->
-->
--> ----------
-->Joe Salemi, KR4CZ               Internet:   [e-mail]
-->Compuserve: 72631,23             FidoNet:   1:109/136
-->703-548-0928                    MCI Mail:   433-3961
-->

The latest version is 9.  I got it just four days ago
at Dayton.



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Date: 04 May 1994 18:55:29 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!cat.cis.Brown.EDU!noc.near.net!chaos.dac.neu.edu!chaos.dac![e-mail]
Subject: FT-530 Mod Made Easy?
To: [e-mail]

In article <2q87f3$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (prvalko) writes:

   Path: chaos.dac.neu.edu!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news1.oakland.edu!vela.acs.oakland.edu!prvalko
   From: [e-mail] (prvalko)
   Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
   Date: 4 May 1994 13:20:35 GMT
   Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A.
   Lines: 9
   References: <[e-mail]>
   NNTP-Posting-Host: vela.acs.oakland.edu
   X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0]

   I was over at Vince's house last night and he DID get it to work.

   He had to also unsolder pad #15.  Which on MY ft-530 would have enabled
   the out-of-band TX feature (which I DON'T want).

   Oddly, Vince's rig does NOT TX out-of-band with pad #15 unsoldered!

   73 wb8zjl =paul=



This is correct.  Desoldering pad #15 will disable out of band tx.
Resoldering it will permit out of band tx.

Scott
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Date: 4 May 1994 13:20:35 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: FT-530 Mod Made Easy?
To: [e-mail]

I was over at Vince's house last night and he DID get it to work.

He had to also unsolder pad #15.  Which on MY ft-530 would have enabled
the out-of-band TX feature (which I DON'T want).

Oddly, Vince's rig does NOT TX out-of-band with pad #15 unsoldered!

73 wb8zjl =paul=

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Date: Wed, 04 May 94 14:50:54 EDT
From: lerc.nasa.gov!kira.cc.uakron.edu!malgudi.oar.net!hypnos!voxbox![e-mail]
Subject: Gun Owners: Protect your Rights!
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Michael P. Deignan) writes:

>
> [e-mail] writes:
>
> > Typical of you NRA wackos, you have abused the media by placing
> > this issue in an amateur radio forum to make your absurd case.
> > No one needs assault weapons.  Any one with any sense will urge
> > congress to BAN ALL ASSAULT WEAPONS immediately.
> > Wake up.
>
> Typical of you free-speech wackos, you have abused the media by placing
> this issue in an amateur radio forum to make your absurd case.
> No one needs free speech. Any one with any sense will urge congress
> to BAN ALL FREE SPEECH immediately.

Bad joke! They're working on it.


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Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 15:32:31 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!brunix!maxcy2.maxcy.brown.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Gun Owners: Protect your Rights!
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] writes:

> Typical of you NRA wackos, you have abused the media by placing
> this issue in an amateur radio forum to make your absurd case.
> No one needs assault weapons.  Any one with any sense will urge
> congress to BAN ALL ASSAULT WEAPONS immediately.
> Wake up.

Typical of you free-speech wackos, you have abused the media by placing
this issue in an amateur radio forum to make your absurd case.
No one needs free speech. Any one with any sense will urge congress
to BAN ALL FREE SPEECH immediately.

Wake up.

MD
--
-- Michael P. Deignan
-- Amalgamated Baby Seal Poachers Union, Local 101
-- "Get 'The Club'... Endorsed by Baby Seal poachers everywhere..."

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Date: 4 May 94 11:04:47 EST
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news1.hh.ab.com!iccgcc.cs.hh.ab.com![e-mail]
Subject: Ham relocating to Austin, Tx
To: [e-mail]

Hi,
Am planning to relocate to Austin in the near future.  Would like to
establish contact with one or more hams in the Austin area for advice
on a good ham location.  Visited Austin last week and was somewhat
dismayed by the restrictions in many areas.  Any help would be much
appreciated.

73 Joe KE6HA (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 13:51:42 GMT
From: yuma![e-mail]
Subject: How to make a diplexer?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jan Chojnacki) writes:
>>L1:  2 turns #14, 3/16" dia.
>
>Are those inside or outside diameters?
>
Inside diameters.  Use the solid portions of that size drill bit.

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Date: 5 May 94 03:51:14 GMT
From: agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Looking for European Hams
To: [e-mail]

My house-mate and I (N1NQP and N1GAK) will be touring Eastern Europe
this summer.  We hope to visit Poland, Romania, Russia, and so forth.
If you are a ham in these countries, and would like a visit, or would
like to offer hospitality, we're building our database.

    Scott

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Date: 5 May 94 04:24:15 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Need copies of tower laws
To: [e-mail]

    I am looking for help from someone in Illinois - I would like a
copy of the state bill that would exempt amateurs from overly restrictive
antenna height restrictions.  Actually if there are any other states that
have proposed legislation of a similar nature I could use copies of those
bills (or laws) as well.

    We had a pretty nasty tornado come through here last week, and
amateur radio volunteers were some of the first rescue personnel on the
scene.

    Therefore I want to "strike while the iron is hot" and get copies
of legislation from other states to my congressperson while the twister
is still fresh in her mind....

    Thanks in advance,

            Tim

        FAX [phone]
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Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 14:49:11 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: PROPAGATION - by AD5Q
To: [e-mail]

PROPAGATION - by AD5Q                 FROM THE MAY 1994 NARS NEWS

April was disappointing. For the first half of the month we had a
recurrence of the  disturbed  conditions  from  March.  The bands
opened up  later in  the month as these disturbances moved to the
other side of the sun. The  first half  of May  will likely bring
yet another  two weeks  of poor conditions. Aside from this, late
spring is an excellent season for DXing - especially on 20. There
is still another problem.

During the 2 weeks of quiet conditions in late April, fluxes were
mostly down  in the  70's. We  should still  expect periods where
they are  higher, and  hope that  they range from the 70's to the
90's. The most effected band in this range is 15  meters. When in
the low  end of  the range  (as in late April), we get a taste of
what 15  will sound  like for  the next  few years.  The band was
mostly  dead.  Openings  were  marginal, with only a few european
signals coming through. Without higher fluxes in May,  there will
be little DX on this band until the fall. East/west paths will be
OK, so the band should be watched for openings to  Africa and the
Pacific. The same can be said of 10 meters.

20 has  opened up  nicely, but still closes down completely after
midnight. With flux levels in the  70's, the  high latitude night
path to Europe will not open (but check 30 meters). After dark, a
pipeline opens over the pole to  Siberia, Turkistan  (UI, UL, UM,
UH,  UJ),  parts  of  Russia,  and  points  further  south. As we
progress toward summer, these openings should  expand westward to
the more  heavily populated  portions of Russia and Ukraine - but
not Europe.  The  best  european  openings  seem  to  be  in late
afternoon and in the morning. Morning is also a good time for the
polar paths, and this opening  includes  paths  to  eastern Asia.
Signals from  the S.E.  quarter of  Asia come through until noon.
Careful tuning of 20  meters in  the morning  can pay  off nicely
when the  fluxes are  too low to open Europe on 15. Contacts with
9V, BY, JT, 9M, V8, HS, S2, & BV can be made  routinely nowadays,
with rarer DX always a possibility. Long path is usually open for
a couple hours after  sunrise -  mostly to  the Indian  Ocean and
southern Africa.

17  meters  is  another  alternative  for  day path contacts into
Europe, and recently has had more DX activity than 15. May should
be  an  excellent  month  for  this band. 40 also remains in good
shape, with  many nice  long path  and Asian  contacts being made
(mostly from  the west  coast). As  I write  this (May  3), the A
index is back up to 30, and so that mess on the other side of the
sun  is  returning  for  another  go-around. This forecast is not
valid until things clear up again.

NORTHWEST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY                    HOUSTON, TEXAS
--
 Marc Grant
 Home: [e-mail]                             Telephone: [phone]
 Office: [e-mail]                                  Amateur Radio N5MEI
              "The road to enlightment is chuck full o' potholes"

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Date: 4 May 1994 19:44:02 GMT
From: news.bu.edu!dartvax.dartmouth.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Rochester, NH Hamfest
To: [e-mail]

     I may be going to the Rochester, NH hamfest this weekend.
However, I just took another look at the New England hamfest list, and
I see the note that says:

$20@9AM $5@3PM

Anyone know if this means entry fee to get in and buy, or a seller's
fee?  If it's going to cost me $20 just to get in and look around (plus
$10 in gas to get there and back), I'm not going.  I can't afford to
buy much of anything anyway...

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Date: 4 May 94 11:32:00 GMT
From: iat.holonet.net!wwswinc![e-mail]
Subject: Ten-Tec Address (or fax #
To: [e-mail]

References: <[e-mail]>

 > I heard an interesting piece of news on our local repeater yesterday
 > about the fact that Ten-Tec now offers 2m amplifier KITS (Yay!) for a
 > reasonable price.

 > Sooo, I think I'll ask them for a catalog. Anyone out there have their
 > address, or preferably a fax number?

Ten-Tec has been advertising their offering of kits for several months as
a side note on part of their ads in the ham magazines.  No specifics,
though, in any of them.  I haven't called them yet for their catalog but I
guess I should.

//Steve//


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Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 22:26:28 MDT
From: agate!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: WARNING: Potential Satellite Anomaly Warning
To: [e-mail]

                    /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                      POTENTIAL SATELLITE ANOMALY WARNING

                           ISSUED: 03:30 UT, 04 MAY

                    /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\


ATTENTION:

     Energetic electrons at greater than 2 MeV are becoming moderately
enhanced.  The main enhancement began near 14:00 UTC on 03 May.  Electrons
reached high levels near 20:00 UTC on 03 May.  This activity has recurred for
several months now.  If the last several solar rotations are any indication,
this activity might persist until approximately 16 or 17 May (perhaps not
quite this long on this rotation).  During this interval, some geosynchronous
birds may experience electron charging related anomalies.


**  End of Warning  **

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