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Info-Hams Digest            Wed, 17 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  928

Today's Topics:
                        clip art for QSL card
         CORRECTION Re: VK2WI Weekly News, 31st January, 1994
                    FT5100 died! HELP (Technical)
                           Ham Radio & More
                       Ham Radio shows on AM HF
                         HELP!  HOW TO IMPROV
                        Help with Drake SPR-4
                   ICOM IC-726 - Is It a Good Rig?
                   IPS Daily Report - 15 August 94
             Ragchewing conversational protocol (2 msgs)
                      Transverters with TS-140s
                Where did Beverage come from? (2 msgs)
                       Yahoo - Passed the tech+

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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 17:22:24 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!hawk![e-mail]
Subject: clip art for QSL card
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Mark,
there is a good collection of state outlines in the
Harvard Graphics Dos based software...

regards

George Hawkins
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Date: 17 Aug 1994 16:48:59 +1000
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram.esi.com.au![e-mail]
Subject: CORRECTION Re: VK2WI Weekly News, 31st January, 1994
To: [e-mail]

Arrgghh!  This, of course, should have read "31st JULY, 1994."

Thanks, Dean.  I must be getting old.

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Opinions expressed are mine. | E7 FE 97 88 E5 02 3C AE  9C 8C 54 5B 9A D4 A0 CD

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Date: 17 Aug 1994 13:30:45 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!psgrain!ticsa.com!aztec.co.za![e-mail]
Subject: FT5100 died! HELP (Technical)
To: [e-mail]

A friend borrowed my trusty FT200, and the first time he keyed it his
FT5100 VHF/UHF transceiver died. When he cycled power the VHF portion came
back, but the UHF display is flashing 300 (Mhz). Obviously he's not
receiving anything on UHF.  He suspects that the microcontroller may have
blown, but I feel that, since 2m is working 100%, the micro should be OK.
He also tried removing the backup battery overnight to reset the micro, as
well as some type of "three finger salute". After he replaced the battery,
the rig acts differently, but not much.

Questions are :
1. Why would RF damage a rig? After all, _most_ hams have more than one
   rig.
2. In what way could the rig possibly be damaged? Could it be physical
   damage to the controller?
3. Could it be that the controller is merely confused? Maybe it lost
   some parameters from eeprom? (Assuming it _has_ eeprom). If so,
   what is the correct way to re-initialise the controller?
4. What can I check to pinpoint the problem? If, for example, the PLL
   doesn't lock at 300 MHz, would this cause the display to flash? (A
   theory I have is that the thing got reprogrammed to 300 MHz, the PLL
   won't lock, and the rig is waiting for the PLL to lock before it
   would step upwards in freq).

Thanks
Wouter de Waal ZS1KE / Argo 505 / QRP mostly / Wire Antennas

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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 00:06:00 -0500
From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!news.i-link.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!exchange![e-mail]
Subject: Ham Radio & More
To: [e-mail]

>Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>Newsgroup: rec.radio.amateur.misc
>Organization: Ham Radio & More

>Just a quick reminder that Wayne Green, W2NSD, will be the special
>guest on the Ham Radio & More show this Sunday, 8/14/94. Wayne
>will discuss his background, his opinions, and more. The show can be
>heard on the Talk America Network in over 20 cities and via satellite on

Len,
   Any chance you could post a list of the stations carrying the show?

John



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Date: 17 Aug 94 17:28:13 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Ham Radio shows on AM HF
To: [e-mail]

Hello everyone,

    I am interested in obtaining information about Ham Radio programs on
broadcast shorwave bands.

    Thanks in advance for your help.

73 es DX de Guillermo.


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Guillermo Gosset, XE1RGL
Instituto de Biotecnologia/U.N.A.M.    email: gosset@132.248.32.1
Cuernavaca, Mexico.                        [e-mail]
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Date: 17 Aug 1994 12:59:09 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu![e-mail]
Subject: HELP!  HOW TO IMPROV
To: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (John Tant) writes:
>
>>I use a different method that works for me. I just scratch down the
>>dots and dashes, using a shorthand stroke format I developed, and
>>sight read the resulting text. I can read that shorthand as easily
>>as I read normal alphabetic text. This is the way Sammy Morse originally
>>did it, except he used a machine to make the marks while I do it by
>>hand to meet legal requirements for the tests. Of course it isn't
>>terribly fast. In normal operating, I let a machine do it too.
>
>>Gary Coffman KE4ZV          |    You make it,     | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!g
>>Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!ga
>>534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gar
>>Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     |

When I took the Technician test here in Houtosn a few weeks ago, I
overheard the examiners specifically tell the testees that they (the
examiners) would not allow testees to record dots and dashes and then
translate them to english text later.  It wasn't clear to me whether
Gary's method would have been allowed or not.

Seems to me that recording what you hear in "...a shorthand stroke
format...." is  just another form of writing the "normal" text
characters.  Further, it seems to me that *any* scheme that allows the
operator to get the correct final text down on paper should be allowed
(barring replay of the transmitted code).  After all, the name of the
game is to get the message correct, is it not?  If we can do it standing
on our heads, writing Chinese characters with our toes, what's wrong
with that?

Are the rules governing such practices subject to local options?  Is
there any kind of uniformity in what practices are allowed/disallowed?

Just wondering.

David F. Jenkins                    |  Lurk and learn,
Decision and Information Sciences   |  Post and burn.
University of Houston               |                 S. Carpenter

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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 94 21:03:00 +0100
From: spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!dkuug!dkuug!ic.dk!dkb![e-mail]
Subject: Help with Drake SPR-4
To: [e-mail]

I have the opportunity to purchase a Drake SPR-4 Shortwave receiver.
Can anyone give me some info on this model.  I'm new to DX'ing.  My
primary interest is Fax, RTTY, Packet and listening to the big
European SW stations.

The ad' states that it's range is 200khz to 23Mhz am/cw/lsb/usb.

What about 23Mhz to 30Mhz, is this important?
If so, can it be modified to receive 23-30Mhz?
How old is this model?
What would be a fair price to pay for this unit?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Graham.                         [e-mail]
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Date: 17 Aug 1994 14:02:59 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com![e-mail]
Subject: ICOM IC-726 - Is It a Good Rig?
To: [e-mail]

I have the opportunity to pick up an ICOM IC-726.  Could someone tell
me if its a decent HF rig for amateur use and what one might be worth?


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Dan Vestal
[e-mail]
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 23:15:12 GMT
From: ucsnews!newshub.sdsu.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!eff!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!isclient.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 15 August 94
To: [e-mail]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 15/2330Z AUGUST 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 15 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 16 AUGUST - 18 AUGUST
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: moderate

Flares    Max     Fadeout    Begin   End    Freq.  Sectors
 M1/2N    1251UT    none

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number :  81/22

GOES satellite data for 14 Aug
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   3.8E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.3E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.0E+08
       X-ray background: A8.6
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             16 Aug             17 Aug             18 Aug
Activity     Low                Low                Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 16 Aug:  80/20

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: unsettled

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 14 Aug
    Learmonth       13  3233 ----
    Fredericksburg  15                          26
    Planetary       15                          28

Observed Kp for 14 Aug: 4455 4333
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
16 Aug     8    Quiet to unsettled
17 Aug     6    Quiet to unsettled
18 Aug     4    Quiet

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
15 Aug      normal         normal         normal
PCA Event : None.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
16 Aug      normal         normal         fair
17 Aug      normal         normal         normal
18 Aug      normal         normal         normal

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
       Observed
DATE   T-index  MUFs at Sydney
15 Aug     7    about 15% below predicted monthly values, with spread
F 8-16UT.

Predicted Monthly T-index for August: 20

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
16 Aug    20    Near predicted monthly values
17 Aug    25    Near predicted monthly values
18 Aug    20    Near predicted monthly values

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

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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 08:18:42 CDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Ragchewing conversational protocol
To: [e-mail]

On Tue, 16 Aug 1994 16:35:26 GMT,
Freeman A. Kilpatrick  <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Hi All!
>
>I just got my license a few weeks ago, and I noticed a
>conversational oddity that I hadn't expected.  The simplex
>nature of conversation is kind of difficult to get used to.
>When ragchewing, you *have* to say something when the other
>person unkeys their mike.  This is in contrast to normal
>conversation, where a person will usually continue to talk
>if a response is not elicited.  Sometimes the person I'm
>talking to will stop talking, and I won't have anything to
>say.  I feel like I can't just sit there, so I have to come
>up with some banal comment or something.
>
>Obviously, this phenomena is less of a problem when there
>is an actual purpose to the QSO (like a contest or something).
>I'm curious to learn if anyone else has this problem, or are
>most people simply too talkative anyway?

Good observation.  It's especially difficult when you're just starting out.
My son (who's 12) and I received our tickets about 2 months ago, and the
first time we got to use the airwaves was on a trip to the west coast.  My
son did most of the radio work, and it was very frustrating for him at
first because after a conversation was started, the person he was talking
to would make some insignificant comment, then stop.  My son would ask
"What should I say?"  He felt he should respond immediately, but couldn't
think of what to say.  I "coached" him quite a bit, and now he gets along
pretty well.  It takes a little thinking ahead so that you can say
something, even if it changes the subject.  If you =really= have
nothing to say, it's time to say 73 and sign off. ;-)

-Steve-
N9XDC

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Date: 17 Aug 1994 14:01:03 GMT
From: nntp.crl.com![e-mail]
Subject: Ragchewing conversational protocol
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Freeman A. Kilpatrick) wrote:

> When ragchewing, you *have* to say something when the other
> person unkeys their mike.

Yep, otherwise the other ham might think:
    A.  The path collapsed (HF QSB)
    B.  You fell asleep
    C.  One of the xcvrs drifted off-frequency
    D.  His SWR exceeded cut-off limits
    E.  You are slurping a cuppa coffee or took a potty break
    F.  (if on a repeater) The repeater timed out
    G.  (if mobile)  The friendly traffic cop distracted you

> Obviously, this phenomena is less of a problem when there
> is an actual purpose to the QSO

Alas, bidirectional information exchange is all too rarely the purpose
of a QSO.  You might find that use of VOX and a group QSO reduces the
severity of this phenomenon somewhat.  The VOX helps fill in
conversational pauses with coughs and background noise such as dog
barks and flatulent outbursts.

> I'm currently taking
> a linguistics course, and we will be studying 'conversation
> analysis' in a few weeks. I'll report back if I find any
> theoretical foundation for this type of conversation anomaly.

Tongue-in-cheek mode OFF: My guess is this originated in the
time-limited characteristics of HF QSOs.  Each party wants to say as
much as he/she can before QSB, QRM or QRN affects the signal.  Maybe
this is a biological method of speech compression?

Lou

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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 20:17:43 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.ge.com!knight.vf.ge.com!nadir![e-mail]
Subject: Transverters with TS-140s
To: [e-mail]

Bill,

Check with Downeast Microwave on their switching boads. They sell a small board that includes the input (IF) relay and drivers for use with your IF rig. It's small enough so that you usually put it inside the chassis for the microwave transverters that they sell.

73,
Harry, W3IIT

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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 12:31:29 -0100
From: library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!world![e-mail]
Subject: Where did Beverage come from?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Robert G.
Schaffrath) wrote:
> >I have seen other references to "beverage" in this group, but my
> >handy-dandy Random House shows only the usual definition for
> >the word.  What does it mean in ham-ese?
> >
> >David F. Jenkins                         [e-mail]

I remember reading somewhere that the term originated when the low-bands
were popular and some amateur radio antenna builders used to placed a glass
beverage bottle at the base of a tall vertical radiator as an insulator
from ground.
WE7L
[e-mail]

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Date: 16 Aug 94 15:24:30 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!ulowell!aspen.uml.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Where did Beverage come from?
To: [e-mail]

> In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Robert G.
> Schaffrath) wrote:
> I have seen other references to "beverage" in this group, but my
> handy-dandy Random House shows only the usual definition for
> the word.  What does it mean in ham-ese?

I knew there was a good reason for collecting and keeping back issues of
the various ham rags.  I periodically browse through them to either learn
or reinforce the knowledge of something.

Going through the June 1982 "Q-STreet" I found an article about Harold Henry
Beverage, ex-W2BML, inventor of the beverage antenna and associated with the
likes of Einstein, Marconi, Armstrong, DeForest, Sir Watson Watt, Yagi, and
Irving Berlin.

The name for the antenna has nothing whatsoever to do with any type of bottles
associated with the drinking kind of beverages.  Hahahahahaha hahaha ha ha.
I like that one reply.  Heck, if you don't know the answer baffle 'em with
your BS.  Yup.

73 de WK1V
  -jim-

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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 00:06:00 -0500
From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!news.i-link.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!exchange![e-mail]
Subject: Yahoo - Passed the tech+
To: [e-mail]

Srinivas,

    C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S   T O   Y O U ! ! ! !

    :-)                   A N D                     :-)

    W E L C O M E   T O   H A M   R A D I O ! ! ! ! ! !





   On to your questions...  I use an ICOM 735 as a mobile rig and use
a Japan Radio Corp. JST-135 in the shack.  I enjoy them both very much.
The JST-135 has extremely good sensitivity on the receive side which is
very important for digging out the little guys.  I also enjoy using it
as a SWL rig.  I hope this helps.  Again, congratulations on passing
that test.  Hopefully, by your ticket arrives, you'll be able to go on
the air as an /AG (or even /AE!)
   If you get involved with packet, drop me a line!

73 de John, N4XAN @ KJ4LQ.#TIDE.VA





>Hi,
>I just passed my tech + last weekend. I got thru the Gordon West 5wpm
>tapes in 1 week & got all the questions on the morse code test. Am now
>working on my 13wpm,& general.
>Anyone has any suggestions for a good HF rig ?

>Thanks
>Srinivas
>--
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>Srinivas Chennupaty                          [e-mail]
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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 18:31:24 GMT
From: wang![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]><32l7kv$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <32p4qg$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: 2m/11m crossband QSO: legal?

[e-mail] (Charles A Daley) writes:

>Then again, just for the sake of discussion...

>This suggests that if the repeater in question had a link to 11 meters
>(perish the thought...:) ) then all would be okay???  The one-way
>transmissions would be gone and the repeater would complete the
>requirement for an amateur station.

I'd rather tap a direct feed from talk.bizarre through my TNC than
put up a 2-meter to 11-meter link using my license.

Dave, KZ1O




--
Dave Bushong
OPEN/image Recognition Products

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Date: 15 Aug 1994 23:55:25 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!newshub.sdsu.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!duke.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <32966a$[e-mail]>, <32as26$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>.r
Subject : Re: Crossband repeating rigs & auto IDers

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David R Tucker) writes:
>Joe B. Simpson ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>: Not to mention that technically your mobile crossband repeater must be
>: remotely controllable so you can disable its transmit at any time...
>
>Why, if both repeaters and auxiliary stations can be automatically
>controlled, do you need remote control?  Use a time-out timer and
>you're ok.

I thought the control operator of any station had to have the means to
immediately shut down the transmitter.  Time-out features aren't the same
thing.

  -joe
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"When personal freedom's being abused, | "In Canada we have something called
     you have to move to limit it."    |  multiculturalism - you will find the
                                       |  whole spectrum of races living in
   - U.S. President Bill Clinton, 1994 |  Toronto's slums."       -A Canadian

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