home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 94 04:30:17 PST
- From: Ham-Policy Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-policy@ucsd.edu>
- Errors-To: Ham-Policy-Errors@UCSD.Edu
- Reply-To: Ham-Policy@UCSD.Edu
- Precedence: List
- Subject: Ham-Policy Digest V94 #516
- To: Ham-Policy
-
-
- Ham-Policy Digest Wed, 2 Nov 94 Volume 94 : Issue 516
-
- Today's Topics:
- CW exemption for Old Fellows?
- May I transmit or not?
-
- Send Replies or notes for publication to: <Ham-Policy@UCSD.Edu>
- Send subscription requests to: <Ham-Policy-REQUEST@UCSD.Edu>
- Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu.
-
- Archives of past issues of the Ham-Policy Digest are available
- (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-policy".
-
- We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text
- herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
- policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: 1 Nov 1994 19:24:17 GMT
- From: mjsilva@ix.netcom.com (michael silva)
- Subject: CW exemption for Old Fellows?
-
- I just got my November QST and there's a little article about the FCC
- denying a petition to grant an automatic CW exemption for anyone over
- 65. I hadn't heard about this petition before. The guy who submitted
- the petition is a 67 year-old Tech, and he claims that old age results
- in diminished faculties and that people 65 and older were severely
- disabled in terms of passing a code exam, so should be granted a waiver.
- The FCC (rightly) turned him down, stating that there was already a
- provision to grant waivers for recognized disabilities.
-
- The article also states that the FCC received *no* comments on the
- petition. How is it that nobody knew about this?
-
- What I want to know is, how the 65+ crowd feels about somebody trying to
- codify into regulation your age as a "severe disability"? I think I'll
- enjoy the responses.
-
- Mike, KK6GM
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 31 Oct 1994 17:19:59 GMT
- From: alata@ganges.ece.utexas.edu (Dr. Arata)
- Subject: May I transmit or not?
-
- Hello all. My name is Arata.
-
- I came from Japan and I got reciprocal
- permit from FCC. Last saturday, I passed General Exam. And this is
- my first americam license. This makes me happy and sad.
- The problem is :
- I was told by someone I cannot transmit till I will get my american
- license. It makes me sad and feel strange. Because,
- 1. I do have reciprocal permit and I transmitted before I took
- the exam.
- 2. If I fail the exam I can transit. But when I pass the exam I
- CANNOT. Isn't it strange?
- 3. American license holders can transmit on their new frequency
- when they pass the upgrade exam, BEFORE they will get new license.
-
- Anyway I will wait till I will get my american license and it makes
- me to have a lot of time to prepare my upgrade.
-
- Arata Miyauchi
- was W5/7K3RFF will be ??5???
- alata@ganges.ece.utexas.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 94 17:50:27 -0500
- From: Ed Ellers <edellers@delphi.com>
-
- References<CCG8H1.IGJ@news.Hawaii.Edu> <CyIHLE.E0C@zeno.fit.edu>, <1994Oct31.190339.15079@arrl.org>
- Subject: Re: I WANT, I WANT, I WANT, I WANT Wah Wah Wah
-
- Ed Hare (KA1CV) <ehare@arrl.org> writes:
-
- >Well, I have heard problems on CW; my favorite frequency always seems to be
- >the national tune-up frequency. Although I think these problems are less on
- >CW than they are on phone, it is my conjecture that this is probably due to
- >two reasons: some of the phone problems are from non-hams who can't really do
- >any other kind of operating (they probably wouldn't know CW), and, more
- >likely, it is too much work to get on CW and swear for hours on end. :-)
-
- I thought the W1AW CW bulletin frequencies were "the national tune-up freqs..."
-
- :-)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 30 Oct 1994 04:34:55 GMT
- From: billsohl@earth.planet.net (Bill Sohl Budd Lake)
-
- References<Cy8u0z.6HJ@news.Hawaii.Edu> <38jrgg$60a@abyss.West.Sun.COM>, <CyB5vA.9w8@news.Hawaii.Edu>
- Subject: Re: Questions on this and that
-
- Jeffrey Herman (jeffrey@kahuna.tmc.edu) wrote:
- : The 10-minute ID is what I had in mind, Dana. But I still wouldn't test
- : the FCC regarding this. Along these lines:
-
- : Here's a cute anecdote provided by Chuck K5FO: During the late 50's,
- : the phrase `Shave and a haircut - two bits'' became popular on
- : either the broadcast AM radio or TV (might have been a commercial).
- : Hams started using the first part (. ... .) in place of CQ on
- : HF. Another station hearing the psudo-CQ would answer with the
- : ``two bits'' part: . . and the QSO would then take off. This
- : got very popular with US hams but the FCC took a dim view of it
- : and started handing out lots of pink slips. The dit dit is still
- : retained on HF today - you'll hear a CW op end a QSO with that.
-
- : Why would the FCC not like the . ... . / . . exchange in
- : place of CQ and the proper response? Only recognized prosigns
- : are to be used on CW. Thus, I wouldn't test the FCC regarding
- : sending an A or N or T in place of 1 or 6 or 0, respectively,
- : with regard to a callsign exchange.
-
- This (the shave & a haircut story) sounds like pure myth to me.
- Anyone have any actual references (i.e. QST articles/story) to
- back up this claim? Not meant as a flame, just want to
- validate this story.
-
- --
- Bill Sohl K2UNK (billsohl@planet.net)
- Budd Lake, New Jersey
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 2 Nov 1994 06:13:10 GMT
- From: gbrown@unlinfo.unl.edu (gregory brown)
-
- References<102794072745Rnf0.78@amcomp.com> <38rm5k$3hb@crcnis1.unl.edu>, <1994Nov2.022732.8616@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>
- Subject: Re: Kindness and ham radio
-
- Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote:
- : In article <38rm5k$3hb@crcnis1.unl.edu> gbrown@unlinfo.unl.edu (gregory brown) writes:
-
- (everything we both said is deleted because it has nothing to do with
- ham radio and I'm sure everyone is tired of it...but thanks for doing
- your part to confirm my observations about how ridiculous your
- position is :-) )
-
-
- : Gary
- : --
- : Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
- : Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
- : 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us
- : Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | |
-
- Oh, wait, I get it!!! "Destructive Testing Systems"! You have a
- vested interest in speed!!! Sorry!
-
- Greg
-
- ------------------------------
-
- End of Ham-Policy Digest V94 #516
- ******************************
-