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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 94 15:30:58 PDT
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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 20 Sep 94       Volume 94 : Issue 1044

Today's Topics:
                   Bul344 MGT: ACS/RACES Plans 2/3
                  Collins Broadcast Transmitter Help
                       FT757GXII Cat Interface
                        License turnaround ti
                       Needing Info about YAGI.
                  New NY ham license plates (2 msgs)
                          RACES Bulletin 343
                     RB341 Resend: Helicopter Use
                   RB342 National Fire Center Info
     Restrictive Covenants: I can't have *any* antenna? (2 msgs)
                   The City and Tower Installations
            Why is aviation COM VHF *amplitude* modulated?

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Date: 20 Sep 94 18:48:01 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Bul344 MGT: ACS/RACES Plans 2/3
To: [e-mail]

Bid: $RACESBUL.344
Subject: Bul344 MGT: ACS/RACES Plans 2/3


From: W6WWW@KD6XZ.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
To  : RACES@ALLUS

TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO:    ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
INFO:    ALL AMATEURS U.S     (@USA: INFORMATION), CAP, MARS.
FROM:    CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
    ([e-mail])  PH: 916-262-1600, 2800 Meadowview Rd.,
    Sacramento, CA  95832. Landline BBS, 916-262-1657 (Open
    to all). Internet [e-mail] or [e-mail]

BULLETIN 344      MGT: ACS/RACES Plans 2/3
Release Date:     September 19, l994

    For obvious reasons, a city and its county cannot develop
communications plans independent of one another, any more than
can a state and its counties.  Such plans are the basis of
emergency communications mutual aid and are jointly developed in
a spirit of cooperation. For that reason they bear signatures of
approval or concurrence by officials of both jurisdictions. The
purpose  is for each jurisdiction's plan to provide cooperation
with the other -- not for one to dominate the other.

    Nowhere does this discussion, or any ACS - RACES plan,
intend to infer that a state can direct a county or that a county
can direct a city in the application of an ACS or RACES program.
Plans need be compiled and issued in a spirit of mutual benefit
and cooperation , working together to provide emergency
communications when needed. An aspect of this is a standardized
plan format which makes cooperation easier. A further aspect is
that concurring signatures notifies other governments that an
OFFICIAL action was taken to approve the plan.

    Emergency communications plans that fail to reflect the
necessary inter-relationships described above are almost
certainly doomed to failure. Unfortunately, history dictates that
there have been some otherwise responsible government officials
who believed that all of their communication was as close as
their telephone, hence they failed to develop an emergency
communications reserve and then suffered the debilitating results
personally.
(Continues next bulletin)

Note: A sample model plan is available on request with a SASE
9x11 mailer with 75 cents postage to non-government or out of
state requests. For California jurisdicitions the Auxiliary
Communications Service personnel in Sacramento offer to provide a
custom plan for any city or county emergency communications
reserve coordinator.
EOM.


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Date: 19 Sep 1994 16:14:44 GMT
From: gatekeeper.us.oracle.com!barrnet.net!syntex.com!merlot.syntex.com![e-mail]
Subject: Collins Broadcast Transmitter Help
To: [e-mail]

--
To all:

Our local repeater club has been offered a Collins 830 FM Broadcast
transmitter to scavenge. We're looking forward to all those nice tubes,
etc. to raise some funds for our club. However there is a major hurdle.

How can we identify possible PCB-filled capacitors?

Attempts to talk to Contintental (who bought Collins broadcast business)
were not useful. We have been unable to find Sprague, whose capacitors
in the power supply and transmitter are the candidates.

Any suggestions or comments would be welcome.

Regards,
Greg

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Syntex Corporation
[phone]                                 KJ6EP@N6QMY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA
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Date: 20 Sep 94 20:05:06 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FT757GXII Cat Interface
To: [e-mail]

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I am looking for information and/or schematic for a simple RS232/CAT
interface for the Yaesu FT757GXII.

If you have any info that you are willing to share please contact me via
E-mail, Thanks!

John Krohn - KB0CGJ
zytec!owl![e-mail]

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Date: 20 Sep 1994 13:52:57 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: License turnaround ti
To: [e-mail]

In article <35l9nf$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeffrey Valley) writes:
>The FCC has accepted outdated forms for as long as I can remember.  I
>think your overreacting a little there, Hans.

I agree Hans was overreacting, but the FCC is not accepting old forms
anymore.  They did, until this latest revision came out, and then then
put a final cut-off date of 1 Mar 94 on all other forms (unlike before).

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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 18:50:21 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!nntp.utu.fi!jusleniapolku.utu.fi![e-mail]
Subject: Needing Info about YAGI.
To: [e-mail]

Hello Fellows!

Does anybody where to get *a Macintosh software* for planning, testing,
and building YAGI antennas? My friend who is needing this prefer to find
something that is free or shareware. Also, all Macintosh programs which
loosely relates to the ham-radio, etc. area are needed.

Could you send me the suggestions for the FTP, Gopher, WWW sites to my
address below. I prefer personal mail, since I don't follow this list
activily.


   Thanks!

   [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:55:32 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!psuvax1!news.ecn.bgu.edu!feenix.metronet.com!net45.metronet.com![e-mail]
Subject: New NY ham license plates
To: [e-mail]

In article <35kbch$[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Alan Crosswell) wrote:

> For the pundit in 3-land who made the crack about us not having enough
> criminals in New York state to produce ham license plates quickly enough,
> I present my new license plate and the observation that we must have a lot
> more hams than criminals in NY or is it criminals that are hams?
>
> Using a World-Wide Web browser, see:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/~alan/ham/

I'm jealous!  Those NY Ham plates look great!

--
Marc B. Grant        | Fax: [phone]   | "There's no excuse
[e-mail]  | Pager: 214-246-1150 |  to drink bad beer"
Amateur Radio N5MEI  |                     |  - Solona Beach Brewery

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Date: 19 Sep 1994 15:40:01 GMT
From: news.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu![e-mail]
Subject: New NY ham license plates
To: [e-mail]

For the pundit in 3-land who made the crack about us not having enough
criminals in New York state to produce ham license plates quickly enough,
I present my new license plate and the observation that we must have a lot
more hams than criminals in NY or is it criminals that are hams?

Using a World-Wide Web browser, see:

http://www.columbia.edu/~alan/ham/

(By the way, the dots and dashes say CQ DE:-)

73 de Alan N2YGK

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Date: 20 Sep 94 18:47:23 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RACES Bulletin 343
To: [e-mail]

Bid: $RACESBUL.343
Subject: RACES Bulletin 343


From: W6WWW@KD6XZ.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
To  : RACES@ALLUS

TO:     ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO:   ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
INFO:   ALL AMATEURS U.S     (@USA: INFORMATION), CAP, MARS.
FROM:   CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
        ([e-mail])  PH: 916-262-1600, 2800 Meadowview Rd.,
        Sacramento, CA  95832. Landline BBS, 916-262-1657 (Open
        to all). Internet [e-mail] or [e-mail]

BULLETIN 343    MGT:ACS/RACES Plans 1/3
Release Date:   September 12, l994

Emergency communications plans, such as those for the ACS/RACES,
benefit the adopting jurisdiction as well as adjacent
jurisdictions. The adopting jurisdiction  specifies the
parameters of the service, such as how it is to be used and
activated. For adjacent ones it alerts them to the potential
communications mutual aid resource that has met with the
sponsoring jurisdictions stamp of approval.

In most states such plans involve three levels: state, county (or
parish), and municipal (or city). Each is prepared in a spirit of
cooperation. They are similar, yet each has its own uniqueness.

Who signs and approves a ACS - RACES plan? The typical process is
as follows:

For a city plan the city OES Coordinator  or Civil Defense
Director, the city Radio Officer and the county Radio Officer are
the ones who normally sign approval.

For a county plan it is the county OES Coordinator, the county
RACES or ACS Radio Officer, and in California, the State OES
Region Radio officer, the OES Region Communications Coordinator
and the State ACS/RACES Radio Officer and Coordinator.

A state plan is signed by the state Chief Radio Officer, state
ACS/RACES coordinator, the state communications and warning
officer and state CD director or deputy.

In some jurisdictions a supplemental process may occur, in that
either a signature of an elected official is required such as the
chairman of the board of supervisors, or the official body may
approve the action by a resolution, in which case a copy should
be attached to the plan. (continues in next bulletin)

Note: Two copies of the l994 California State Plan were forwarded
to each California county OES in May. California jurisdictions
may request additional free copies on agency letterhead. For
others, a printed copy of the California State Plan is available
for $11 (check payable to State of California) and sent to 'State
Plan' Telecommunications Branch, Governors Office of Emergency
Services, 2800 Meadowview Rd, Sacramento, CA 95832.



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Date: 20 Sep 94 18:45:56 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RB341 Resend: Helicopter Use
To: [e-mail]

Bid: $RACESBUL.341
Subject: RB341 Resend: Helicopter Use


From: W6WWW@KD6XZ.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
To  : RACES@ALLUS

TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO:    ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
INFO:    ALL AMATEURS U.S     (@USA: INFORMATION), CAP, MARS.
FROM:    CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
    ([e-mail])  PH: 916-262-1600, 2800 Meadowview Rd.,
    Sacramento, CA  95832. Landline BBS, 916-262-1657 (Open
    to all). Internet [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Bulletin 341  OPS: HELICOPTER USE
Release Date: August 29, l994

    (Extracted from "Landing Site Tips for Lifeflight" in TAC-ONE,
official publication of the San Diego County RACES.)

Conditions and circumstances for Lifeflight to be called is determined by
the Public Safety organizations of the county. For landing site selection a
helicopter requires a minimum area 60 by 60 feet, free of wires and
obstructions directly overhead and not more than an eight degree slope.
Avoid dusty areas. Hosing down an area helps. Site should be marked; usual
markings are an emergency vehicle with flashing lights, smoke bomb, flares
or car headlights criss-crossing each other at right angles.

    For communications with the helicopter enroute, only one person
should be the ground contact. It is best for this person to be free of
patient care and at the landing site, monitoring the specified frequency
open tone. On initial contact, the pilot will give the ETA. The ground
contact must let the pilot know when sight has been made of the helicopter
using clock positions. It is usually best for someone to notify traffic
officers that traffic will need to be stopped just prior to landing. The
contact person must describe the landing site to the pilot using major
landmarks, such as type of site (street, intersection, parking lot, field,
etc.) direction from scene, any obstructions, wind conditions and
identifying features (smoke, flares, lights, etc.). Just before the
helicopter begins its approach, ensure that the landing site is clear of
non-essential personnel, vehicles and loose objects.

    When the helicopter is on its approach, stand in the center of the
landing site waving a flashlight or flare until the pilot verifies that you
are seen, then notify the pilot when the area is clear. Warn ground
personnel to protect their eyes and patients from debris caused by rotor
wash. Do NOT allow use of artificial lights while a helicopter is landing,
as they will blind the pilot. Always maintain radio contact with the pilot
and advise of problems or changes. Keep in mind that the rotor blades will
continue to turn 1 to 3 minutes after landing. While medical crews may exit
while the rotor is slowing down, don't approach or allow anyone else to
approach while the blades are turning without the pilot's permission, then
only from the front of the chopper. Maintain control of landing site until
blades have completely stopped turning.

    Just before the helicopter departs, clear the landing area of ALL
personnel. Once it is clear, inform the pilot. Keep the area clear until
the helicopter is gone. Remember things don't always go as planned. Keep in
constant radio contact with the pilot!
EOM.


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hamradio/races or in hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming and can be
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the bulletin and not the poster.

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Date: 20 Sep 94 18:46:52 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RB342 National Fire Center Info
To: [e-mail]

Bid: $RACESBUL.342
Subject: RB342 National Fire Center Info


From: W6WWW@KD6XZ.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM
To  : RACES@ALLUS

TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO:    ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
INFO:    ALL AMATEURS U.S     (@USA: INFORMATION), CAP, MARS.
FROM:    CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
    ([e-mail])  PH: 916-262-1600, 2800 Meadowview Rd.,
    Sacramento, CA  95832. Landline BBS, 916-262-1657 (Open
    to all). Internet [e-mail] or [e-mail]

BULLETIN 342     MISC: NIFC Boise
Release Date:    September 5, l994

    The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC, formerly
Boise Interagency Fire Center) located in Boise, Idaho is a joint
venture of the several agencies: USFS (U.S. Forest Service), BLM
(Bureau of Land Management), BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs),
USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), NPS (National Park
Service) and NWS (National Weather Service).

    In addition to fires it has also been active in floods,
earthquakes and other disasters such as Hurricane Andrew, Mount
St. Helens volcanic eruption and the Northridge Quake. For the
latter the State Office of Emergency Services ordered virtually
everything from the Boise radio warehouse - hundreds of
portables, repeaters, control stations, fixed links, battery
packs and antennas.

    The NIFC Telecommunications Branch has a large staff of
administrators and technicians for communications assistance. It
stocks equipment in caches, which consist VHF and UHF repeater
and radio kits, some satellite equipment, radio telephone
interconnect kits and electronic key telephone systems.

    When the State has exhausted its cache of kits and
transportable resources it may place a request for Federal
assistance. Because of the size of California, two NIFC-type
warehouses [in CA] duplicate some of the equipment stored further
away in Boise. Requests are placed with the nearest Federal zone
for delivery to the requesting agency. If Zone cannot fulfill the
request it is forwarded to NIFC in Boise. The only costs
associated with the use of the Federal equipment is shipping, any
lost equipment, batteries, and the daily cost of a technician if
required. To make the latter unnecessary, several people in
California have been certified through NIFC training.

    The center teaches a highly regarded two-week training
course in Boise on the Incident Command System, Communications
Unit Organization and staffing, theory and equipment,
accountability, incident planning and demobilization. It includes
both tabletop incident practice and hands-on field work with
actual equipment. Completing the training enables one to be a
fully qualified Communications Unit Leader.

Suggested by an article in the "APCO BULLETIN" by Brent Finster,
Communications Director for Aspen-Pitkin County Communications
Center, Aspen, Colorado.
EOM.


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hamradio/races or in hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming and can be
retrieved using FTP.  The opinions stated are those of the author of
the bulletin and not the poster.

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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 13:40:53 GMT
From: spstimes.sps.mot.com!mogate!newsgate![e-mail]
Subject: Restrictive Covenants: I can't have *any* antenna?
To: [e-mail]

My wife and I are looking at a new house... Its a nice house... Nice
neighborhood, nice neighbors... You know, the kind of house that's
just... well..... Nice.  EXCEPT!

There's this one little clause in the deed restrictions:

GENERAL RESTRICTIONS:

Antennae:  No exterior radio or television antenna or aerial or satellite
dish receiver, or other devices designed to receive telecommunication
signals, but not limited to radio, television, or microwave signals which
are intended for cable television, network television reception, or
entertainment purposes shall be erected or maintained, except by
Declarant, without the prior written approval of the architectural review
committee.


Pardon me, but I thought this wasn't legal?  Can someone post, email or
point me to relevant legal precedent which makes the clause invalid?

Thanx,

Michael R. Dow
N1JCX
[e-mail]

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Date: 20 Sep 1994 14:43:43 GMT
From: george.inhouse.compuserve.com!news.inhouse.compuserve.com!compuserve.com![e-mail]
Subject: Restrictive Covenants: I can't have *any* antenna?
To: [e-mail]

Those conditions are legal, and become part of the deed to the property.
They are generally called "restrictive covenants" and are a private
agreement you enter into if you purchase the property.
--
Hans Brakob, K0HB       |  EX-KG6AQI, WA0PQF, WB9DLL
Vice Director           |     WB4GXH, WB0WFF
Dakota Division ARRL    |    73 from Minnesota

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Date: 18 Sep 94 22:37:00 GMT
From: netcomsv!eabbs![e-mail]
Subject: The City and Tower Installations
To: [e-mail]

Hi Guys. I thought I pass along a short nightmaire that's happening to
me right now. Thursday two weeks ago I came home to a note on my front
door from the City Building Inspector. It seems he doing an investgation
of my "radio towers" as he termed them. No doubt this is the result of
one omy neighbors complaining. I have a very robust installation of a 46
foot tower which has been in place for 20, yes TWENTY years. It has
withstanded the worst of weather conditions with a large tri-bander on
it. Now it only has a TV antenna to support. The other tower to which he
refers is a 40 meter groundplane. This was a good but temporary
installation. Apparently this is the one that started all the BS.

The city expects me to get a building permit and submit an engineering
study and design. I drafted a letter to the inspector explaining the
installation in detail. I also expressed my interest in letting him view
the installation, talking the issue over and making minor changes that
he may see fit. I refused to let the petty esthic preferences of one
resident force me into spending hundreds of dollars in an engineering
study to prove the soundness of a time proven installation. I also said
he and the city should not be cop to the "pettiness" of this situation.
We will see how this turns out.

This brings about a request. Can any of you recommend a reference where
the calculations are concisely described for doing this kind of stuff.
No doubt, they will require a calculation of wind load, stress
calculations of the tower and loads of the guy hardware and anchors. Can
anyone help?    .......WA6WRX  Don

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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 19:14:17 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!col.hp.com!srgenprp![e-mail]
Subject: Why is aviation COM VHF *amplitude* modulated?
To: [e-mail]

Jay Maynard ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <jas12-1909941451290001@131.111.200.1>,
: Julian Scarfe <[e-mail]> wrote:
: >Someone subsequently asked me *why* they are AM not FM

: Another reason is the FM capture effect

Another reason is that AM has a small signal/noise advantage over FM
for weak signals.  FM is better above a certain signal level threshold,
but AM is better for signals near the noise level.

AL N1AL

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 15:18:39 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!nntp-server.caltech.edu!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uop!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <357lg2$dg2$[e-mail]>go
Subject : Re: 1.2GHz on an HT -- how far?

In article <357lg2$dg2$[e-mail]>,
Phil Graham <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Microwave ovens do not operate at 1.3 GHz... They operate in the 2.4 GHz area
>(not sure exactly where).

There is an ISM allocation at 2450 (just above the amateur 13cm band)
upon which the ovens operate.

Bill



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Bill Newcomb               "Die to a general pizza delivery philosophy"
[e-mail]                         -Dave Brennan

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