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Date: Tue, 24 May 94 21:09:20 PDT
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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 24 May 94       Volume 94 : Issue  569

Today's Topics:
                               "for ID"
                          2 meter thru-glass
                 AEA's Window-based Logging Program?
           Attention OZ - need info on Coastwatcher radios
               CB/HAM radio interference on phone lines
                     ftp site for GRINOS (tcp/ip)
                          HAM RADIO RUDENESS
                     IPS Daily Report - 24 May 94
                 NEED INFO re TimeWave DSP 9+ filter
            Nicad batteries Technicial Information needed
                     Obstructing justice (2 msgs)
                           Radio Shack DSP
                         Test session wierdos

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Date: 24 May 1994 17:29:59 -0400
From: ankh.iia.org!mary.iia.org![e-mail]
Subject: "for ID"
To: [e-mail]

GR>it.  Around here, "By golly" is a biggie, along with "and stuff"
GR> and "for id

I seem to hear "Uhrah uh rah uh" quite a bit also.  It seems to be some
type of linking phrase between two totally unrelated and
uncomprehensible thoughts, presuming of course there is an actual
thought process going on.

GR>I tell newbies to talk just like they would on the phone or in person.  When
GR>you get home, say "I'm home now" and not "I'm at the home QTH."  There isn't
GR>any good reason to say "73" to someone when it is just as easy to say "Bye,"
GR>but for cripes sake, don't say "73's."

Good advice, but pray tell, what is the difference betwixt 73 and 73's.

 * SLMR 2.1a *


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Date: 24 May 1994 17:29:47 -0400
From: ankh.iia.org!mary.iia.org![e-mail]
Subject: 2 meter thru-glass
To: [e-mail]

JM>#1) how does a thru the glass 2 meter antenna actually work?
JM>#2) what are its disadvantages?

There is a very nice article on building a through the glass antenna in
the 1994 ARRL Handbook (and earlier versions as well).  It should answer
all your questions.

 * SLMR 2.1a *


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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 17:58:02 GMT
From: utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!CC.UMontreal.CA!IRO.UMontreal.CA!clouso.crim.ca!hobbit.ireq.hydro.qc.ca!boulais.distri.hydro.qc.ca![e-mail]
Subject: AEA's Window-based Logging Program?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Darrell Earnshaw) writes:
>Subject: AEA's Window-based Logging Program?

>Has anyone used (or is using) AEA's windows-based logging program.  (I think
>it's called RealLog, or something like that.)  I'd be curious to know what its
>features are, and your general impressions of it.

I've made one quite similar in french and english, compatible with Hamcall
CD-ROM. Plenty of other things...

I dont't know the price of it but I'm sure mine is cheaper (30$ can)

If you want more informations send me an e-mail to:
[e-mail]
===================================================================
73 de Guy Boulais
VE2GYB
Iberville, Quebec, Canada

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Date: 24 May 94 22:58:02 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!news.tek.com!gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com!gold.gvg.tek.com!gold![e-mail]
Subject: Attention OZ - need info on Coastwatcher radios
To: [e-mail]

To any Australian amateurs (or others):

I would like to obtain technical information
on the radios used by the Coastwatchers in both
Australia and in the Solomons during WWII.

I would like to obtain photographs, technical descriptions,
schematics, and stories of their use. Are any of these sets
preserved anywhere. Are any available?

Many thanks in advance.

Grover
WT6P
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Date: 24 May 1994 21:28:20 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!fncrd7.fnal.gov![e-mail]
Subject: CB/HAM radio interference on phone lines
To: [e-mail]

Hope some one can help out there :)

I have three people in the neighborhood that are running CB's or HAM radios.
When these people are transmitting they walk all over the phone lines,
Stereo equipment, TV, and baby monitor.

I've called the phone company, cable company, and FCC. The phone and cable
company's say not our problems !!! I have disconnected the phone line coming
into the house, and put a phone on the line that comes in the house. I
still get interference !!! All the phone company said at that was "If you
mess up your phone lines, we'll have to charge you to fix it".
The FCC has been next to useless. It took days to just get ahold of a person,
then he says call your phone company and hangs up !!!

Now my question, is there any kind of filter I can buy to put on my phone
line that will filter that junk out ??? I run a modem from time to time,
so it can't screw with that. I can live with the TV and stereo interference,
but my phone is totally useless when they are transmitting.

Any help at all short of blowing up their transmitters is welcome :)


Please EMAIL to the addr listed below, don't read this group very often.

Thanks...


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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 19:59:24 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!uop!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: ftp site for GRINOS (tcp/ip)
To: [e-mail]

I have been searching for an ftp site where I can download the latest
version of GRINOS (I'm currently running v. 2.0m..... I think).  I have
tried using Gopher to locate a site, but I never seem to come up with
anything.

Any information will be greatly appreciated!

Larry - WB5HHM (Calif.)

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Date: 24 May 1994 17:30:11 -0400
From: ankh.iia.org!mary.iia.org![e-mail]
Subject: HAM RADIO RUDENESS
To: [e-mail]

TE>    Ha, have I got one for you. When I finally passed my general, I
TE>came home and went to 20m. Now as a tech+ I had never even
TE>listened to 20m, so this was my first experience with that band.
TE>    I listened for a dead piece of band, asked if the frequency was
TE>being used *3* times with no response.
TE>    I then called CQ and unkeyed to hear,
TE>    "Are you stupid or just deaf? This frequency is being used. So
TE>shut up and leave"!
TE>    I then removed myself from 20m and now only go there fro a
TE>little slowscan.
TE>    Nice way to treat a newbie huh?
TE>    Mark

Do try 20m again. It is a great band.  I love pactor there and have
never had a bad time.

Tom - KE4IRV

 * SLMR 2.1a *


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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 23:09:41 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!ipso![e-mail]
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 24 May 94
To: [e-mail]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 24/2330Z MAY 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 24 MAY AND FORECAST UP TO 27 MAY

IPS Warning 14 was issued on 21 May and is current for
interval May 24-25.
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 078/017

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             25 May             26 May             27 May
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 077/016

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
Visible solar disc almost spotless.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: unsettled

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 23 May
    Learmonth       13  3333 3322
    Fredericksburg  19                          10
    Planetary       18                          08

Observed Kp for 23 May: 2212 2333


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
25 May    18    Active.
26 May    10    Quiet to unsettled.
27 May    10    Quiet to unsettled.

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Mild coronal hole sourced activity expected today. Further geomagnetic
activity expected after May 29.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
24 May      normal         fair           fair
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
25 May      normal         fair-poor      poor
26 May      normal         normal         fair
27 May      normal         normal         fair
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
Degraded HF comms expected at mid and high lats May 24-25.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near predicted monthly values with 20%
enhancements, during local night.

Observed T index for 24 May:  51

Predicted Monthly T Index for May is 30.

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
25 May    40    Near predicted monthly values.
26 May    40    Near predicted monthly values.
27 May    40    Near predicted monthly values.


4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
No spread F observed during local night. Degraded comms conditions
are expected during the interval May 24-25 due to expected coronal
hole sourced activity.


--
IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney           |IPS Radio and Space Services
email: [e-mail]  fax: [phone]      |PO Box 5606
RWC Duty Forecaster   tel: [phone]      |West Chatswood NSW 2057
Recorded Message      tel: [phone]      |AUSTRALIA

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Date: 24 May 1994 23:47:23 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!eff!neoucom.edu!news.ysu.edu!yfn.ysu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: NEED INFO re TimeWave DSP 9+ filter
To: [e-mail]

Has anyone had any experience with the TimeWave DSP-9+
filter (or DSP-9, for that matter).  Any comments or
impressions would be appreciated. -- Randy, WA4FJF

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Internet:   [e-mail]        America Online:   GwRepRandy
Telephone: [phone]   Ham Radio op: WA4FJF  & a groovy guy.

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Date: 24 May 1994 17:46:02 -0400
From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: Nicad batteries Technicial Information needed
To: [e-mail]

There was also an excellent article on Nicads in QST's New Ham
Companion.  It was the issue I got when I became licensed... and was
before the Jan 94 issue.  (I presume it is in the Dec or Nov '93
issue of QST)

Jose    KD1SB

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 20:21:33 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Obstructing justice
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:
>In article <2rqthm$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Derek Wills) writes:
>>[e-mail] (Sandy Lynch) says:
>>
>>My brother once got a ticket for flashing his headlights at oncoming
>>cars to warn them of police radar ahead.  This was in Canada - your

>Well sure, that's Canada. Here in the US we still have the tatters
>of a Bill of Rights. In a nearby local town they ran a vicious
>speed trap. A farmer put up a sign just outside the city limits that
>read, "Warning, speed trap ahead run by local parasites." They took
>him to court trying to get it taken down, but they lost. The truth
>is still a defense in this country.

Sorry for the ill-placed posting but this is a hot button for me...

In Denver a couple of years ago a woman did just this, was cited, and I believe
the ACLU participated in her defense ("improper use of lights" or some such
weasel-wording). She won; the judge said the rule didn't apply to this kind
of situation.  Don't know if the nazis appealed.
Yes we have more than our share of "speed trap ahead run by local parasites".
73 Dave WB0GAZ [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 21:40:33 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Obstructing justice
To: [e-mail]

: Well sure, that's Canada. Here in the US we still have the tatters
: of a Bill of Rights. In a nearby local town they ran a vicious
: speed trap. A farmer put up a sign just outside the city limits that
: read, "Warning, speed trap ahead run by local parasites." They took
: him to court trying to get it taken down, but they lost. The truth
: is still a defense in this country.

Presumably the "truth" you cite is the "local parasites", eh?
Nothing libelous or slanderous there .... truth is truth ... I like it.

Cheers de Sandy
WA6BXH  [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 15:20:48 -0400
From: dale.ksc.nasa.gov!algol.ksc.nasa.gov!k4dii.ksc.nasa.gov![e-mail]
Subject: Radio Shack DSP
To: [e-mail]

In article <2rs166$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Gary
McDuffie Sr) wrote:
> The good news is that it is a great bandpass filter with 9 positions
> of selectable bandpass. It is also a great automatic notcher that
> handles multiple heterodynes. That feature alone makes it worth more
> than you pay at RS for it. That's why I say it is a great unit for the
> price.

Gary-

At first, my observations were similar to yours.  But after playing with it
for a while, I found that up to 50% of people's voices are too monotonous,
and get partially nulled-out as if they were heterodynes!

I wonder if the operating instructions might be in error.  For example,
audio output has a rating that should drive a loudspeaker in the mobile
environment.  However, when the input level is adjusted down so the red
light blinks, maximum output level is barely adequate.

Considering the cost of some of the other DSP units, I suppose the RS unit
is worth the price.  However, I consider it strictly "first generation".
If we are very lucky, a second generation DSP chip will soon be available
to plug right in.

73, Fred, K4DII

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 22:36:00 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu![e-mail]
Subject: Test session wierdos
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Sandy Lynch) writes:
>
>Actually, it may be possible that the examinee, due to his
>advanced years (much less his nervousness) may not have been
>able to write "clearly" as demanded by some of the VEs.
>I almost wondered if that guy would have had a case for an
>age-discrimination lawsuit (arrghhhh).  Anyway, alls well that
>ends well.

I'm glad this story had a happy ending!

But Sandy, that paper had to be graded the same whether a 20 year old or
an 80 year old wrote it, so I see no basis for even thinking about an
age-discrimination lawsuit. You're taking the place of the government's
FCC examiner (remember sitting in front of him? Scary, huh?), so you have
to be objective until it hurts.

We've got to get out of this type of thinking where if something doesn't
go our way we immediately consider `lawsuit'.

Jeff NH6IL

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Date: 24 May 1994 22:51:05 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!moe![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: repeater slang/lingo.

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (John Albert) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Phil Petersen) writes:
>>YEah... they say "QSL" all the time (which is not intended for voice
>>modes -- especially VHF/UHF) and is improper in the way which it is used.
>>
>>And the same ones that are always "destinated"
>>
>>And the same ones that give a "5-by-9" report to someone wanting a signal
>>check.
>>
>>Need I go on....
>>
>No, I'll do it for you!
>
>The thing that turns my crank is when someone identifies themself
>by giving their call and then they say "for I D ".
>
>Of course! that's what their doing isn't it?


Who cares! It used to bug me too until someone identified themselves
as "N9CALL Friday", now it's kind of a joke. Why does the actual language
matter as long as an idea is communicated accurately? Hopefully the new
hams will learn the proper operating techniques from hams that know the
proper way to operate.

Let's have fun, this is a hobby, not nuclear warfare.

-Rick Nimtz
-N9TJG
South Bend, Indiana
[e-mail]

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Date: 24 May 1994 13:25:19 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!amdahl!netcomsv!dodge![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2rj9i5$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2rqtfr$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Callsign Server EMAIL Address Wanted

In article <2rqtfr$[e-mail]>,
Bruce Cheney <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Thanks for the posting!
>
>Unfortunately, I can EMAIL but I cannot TELNET.
>
>Are there any EMAIL based callsigne servers.


There use to be one at [e-mail].  Send email with

 lookup km6wt

in the message body.


73,
km6wt

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 21:53:00 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2rqthm$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Obstructing justice

>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:
>>of a Bill of Rights. In a nearby local town they ran a vicious
>>speed trap. A farmer put up a sign just outside the city limits that
>>read, "Warning, speed trap ahead run by local parasites." They took
>>him to court trying to get it taken down, but they lost. The truth
>>is still a defense in this country.

I suppose even if the farmer posted "Please obey strictly enforced
speed limits just to be on the safe side" the police might still bug
him.  Even if the farmer told them "I just want to tell people to
not speed and have accidents".

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Date: 24 May 1994 23:41:16 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!col.hp.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2q65f5$[e-mail]>, <2rjvn9$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Six Meter Opening on Saturday

Jim Kurdzo ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Bob Witte ([e-mail]) wrote:
: :    I've usually spent my 6M time on SSB (50.125 and up) but last
: :    weekend played around with FM on the band. It seems that (like 10 FM),
: :    everyone hangs out on the calling frequency (52.525). Are there
: :    other preferred FM simplex frequencies commonly used?

: When the band gets really hot, it usually spills over onto 52.490.
: Sometimes in the fury on 52.525 I just give my call and say "moving to
: 52.490".  You would be surprised how many guys follow you over there!

   Yep. Someone did that the other day and I followed him over there
   for a QRM-free contact.


Bob Witte / [e-mail]  / Hewlett Packard PMO / KB0CY  / [phone]

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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 23:40:01 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!csulb.edu!paris.ics.uci.edu!news.service.uci.edu!ttinews!avatar![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>u
Subject : Re: 2 meter thru-glass

In some article
>: JEFF M. GOLD writes:
>
>: >#1) how does a thru the glass 2 meter antenna actually work?
>
 If your vehicle has an electric-wire rear window defroster, like my 911s
the answer is poorly to hardly at all...and when adjusted for an SWR of 1.3:1
at 146MHz the match went to 7:1 at 145, and 11:1 at 147. In short, the cap
coupled antennas do not work real well at these frequencies if there is ANY
other metal around...and keep it at least 1" away from the metallic edge..or
it wont work at all...I trashed mine via the mail back to Antenna SPecialists
since HRO refused to refund my money.


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Date: 24 May 1994 20:42:21 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!udel!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!indirect.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2rjibd$[e-mail]>, <Anthony_Pelliccio-230594123652@138.16.64.55>, <[e-mail]>ⁿ
Subject : Re: repeater slang/lingo.

Hmmm, I've always wondered if it is absolutely necessary to id every 10
minutes if you are in a roundtable with 5 or 6 or more people and not
saying much.  My policy is, if I don't normally say alot in the rt, is to
say my call discretely on the end of every transmission.  It usually ends
up happening anyhow, especially if you say something directed to a
specific individual.  73

--
Darrell Shandrow at Arizona State University
Mentor: Internet Direct Mentorship Program!
Member: National Federation of the Blind
(The complete information access agenda - You print it you braille it too!)

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