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Info-Hams Digest            Thu,  6 Jan 94       Volume 94 : Issue    6

Today's Topics:
                               arlb001
                         Clubs and Repeaters
                    CMOS Super keyer (ARRL Manual)
                       EA8FG or EG8CMR address?
                           Hamblaster debut
                  Ham club at a University (2 msgs)
           Has anyone ever suggested an advocacy newsgroup
              looking for ham radio/ares/races clip art
                         mods for DJ-560????
                      New Year's resolutions :-)
                       Peltier Diodes - HELP!!!
                        RAMSEY KITS NOT TOO G
               who sells good HT battery replacements?

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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 04:27:35 -0700
From: sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!nebulus!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: arlb001
To: [e-mail]

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB001
ARLB001 BID reminder

ZCZC AG65
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 1  ARLB001

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 14:56:36 GMT
From: galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!ginews![e-mail]
Subject: Clubs and Repeaters
To: [e-mail]

Our local club, of which I am an officer, wants to install, own, and
operate a repeater.  The equipment, site, etc. seem to be the easy
part (even the coordination :-).  My question is this:  What
organizational structure do other clubs use to operate repeaters?

Not all members of the club are going to participate in the repeater
funding or operation so there is likely to be two levels of dues and
participation.  What kind of legal agreements (if any) are required
between the club and the trustee?  Are there any legal requirements
for the club regarding non-profit status (it will have assets and
raise funds to support the repeater)?  Should the club incorporate?

Being neophites at this, I would like to hear what other
clubs/organizations have done and how they have structured
themselves to deal with this.

Thanks in advance for your constructive comments.

   Donald D. Woelz, K9GR              Office Phone: [phone]
   GENROCO, Inc.                      K9GR @WB9TYT.#MKE.WI.USA.NOAM
   205 Kettle Moraine Drive North     [e-mail] [44.92.1.48]
   Slinger, WI 53086   U.S.A.         [e-mail]

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Date: 06 Jan 1994 08:44:41 GMT
From: koriel!sh.wide!wnoc-tyo-news!waseda-mail!wsdnws!wsdnws![e-mail]
Subject: CMOS Super keyer (ARRL Manual)
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
    [e-mail] (Dick Hissink) wrote:

> I am very enthousiastic about the CMOS Super Keyer II as described
> on page 29-6 from the 1994 ARRL Manual. Is there a european distributor for
> the part kit of this keyer?? I tried to figure out the phone number
> of Idiom Press in Deerfield, but the Dutch PTT could not find the
> company in their phone books. It seems rather risky to me to send
> USD 50 in an envelope and pray that everything comes right!

  I sent cash(US$) via air mail and got it. It was a few years ago.
It really works well. Several months later, I tried again for a
friend of mine. And there was no ploblem.
--
Hidekazu Noguchi
E-mail:[e-mail]           Ham:7K1BWM

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Date: Wed, 05 Jan 1994 23:33
From: sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU![e-mail]
Subject: EA8FG or EG8CMR address?
To: [e-mail]

Can anyone help me out with an address for EA8FG or EG8CMR?  Or
perhaps the name of a simpatico ham in the Canaries who might be
willing to forward a card?  I need a couple of more cards for
my RTTY DXCC, and have had no luck with cards/$ sent via the
Spanish bureau.  Thanks for any leads.

  -- 73 de Chris Thomas, AA6SQ (ex-WA6HTJ) ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 18:16:08 GMT
From: qualcomm.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!psinntp!laidbak!tellab5![e-mail]
Subject: Hamblaster debut
To: [e-mail]

    The Hamblaster Update


The Hamblaster will be introduced at this hamfest.


                          JANUARY 1994

     Jan 30, Sunday: Odeum, Villa Park, IL - Wheaton Commun-
     ity Radio Amateurs hamfest.  Odeum Expo Center.  8 AM -
     3 PM.  Tickets $6 advance, $8 at the door.   VEC  test-
     ing.   All  flea  market tables reserved.  To reserve a
     table, call [phone].


Over the past several months I posted updates about a
DSP "The Hamblaster" that Will Torgrim (N9PEA) and myself
are developing.

We are focusing our efforts on a packet modem that allows
the user to improve H.F. reception by interfacing the Ham-
blaster (a PC compatable DSP sound board) to a transceiver
and a packet or all mode TNC.  Modems/filters for RTTY,
Packtor, Amtor are also under developement and are compatable
with the same control panal software.

Here are the latest developements


1) We do Windows!    There's a receive/demodulator
   control panal that allows me to control the FSK demo-
   dulator's filter center frequency using a mouse driven
   slidebar. There's also an on screen tuning indicator that
   mirrors the tuning slidebar.  You tune the filter by moving
   the mouse cursor over the filter tune slide bar button and
   when you press the left mouse button the slide bar button
   moves.

2) An option allows me to lock the tuning indicator to the
   "Filter Tune" slide bar.  The Hamblaster sends frequency in-
   formation, that it hears at the output of the first filter,
   to the PC via the PC's I/O epansion port. Even in noisy
   conditions it can count the center frequency of an FSK signal.
   The tuning indicator does jump around in noisy conditions

3) A new Windows control panel provides an on screen digital
   storage oscilloscope.  By pressing the "SNAP SHOT" button,
   you can capture 4 signals and display the traces in a graphics
   window.  The traces can be resized or you can move the window
   left or right.  About 100 ms per trace is aquired.
   You can select or attach the 4 traces to any of the signals that
   are displayed on a block diagram in the o-scope control panal.
   The Hamblaster captures the signals and stores them in it's own
   memory.  Then the PC gets the data from the Hamblaster via the
   PC I/O port and stores it in the PC memory.  The software
   displays the aquisition by getting the data from the PC RAM.
   The process takes about 2 to 3 seconds (the DOS version takes
   about 1/2 the time to execute).

4) Using Windows multitasking, you can run the Hamblaster software
   and your favorate a packet program (like PC Packratt).  I was even
   able to run two instances of the same Hamblaster software.  Both
   control panals displayed the tune bar and responded it real time.
   I also got two o-scope aquisitions.

1-3-94

5) We now have FFT analysis software built into the o-scope control
   panel.  When you click on the "Freq" button the audio spectrum is
   displayed.  You can move the mouse cursor over the display and
   where ever it is positioned, the frequency is displayed in the
   status window.  When you click the mouse the modem filters jump
   to the frequency.  This feature provides a simple tuning aid.

   Another button allows you to convert all 4 traces (mentioned in
   paragraph 3) to spectral displays.  You can, for example, analyze
   the frequency at the input signal, the modem prefilter and the
   mark filter output.   Based on the FFT, a second button allows
   you to modify the filter tune limits by clicking on min-max
   limits that you select.


I have to admit, After I debugged the FFT software and I getting
the control panel working to my satifaction,  I got hooked on the
operation of the Hamblaster system.  I spent hours tuning the 40
and 20 meter bands, displaying the FFT and copying CW/RTTY signals
through the Hamblaster filters.  The FFT really simplifies the
tuning process.

Ongoing developments;

1  Post detection carrier detect.
2  HDL protocol decoding
3  Morse code detection/regeneration
4  Adaptive voice filter.
7  DTMF & PL tone detection.
---
   Jack Albert                   Fellow Radio Hacker
                     Tele [phone]
   Tellabs Operations, Inc.     FAX  [phone]
   1000 Remington Blvd.         [e-mail]
   Bolingbrook, IL  60440
                              *
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                        * * * * * * *
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                      THE BOWTIE FILTER

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Date: 6 Jan 94 04:27:31 GMT
From: ogicse!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Ham club at a University
To: [e-mail]

>     I've started to put together an amateur radio club here at
> George Mason University.  I was wondering if anyone out there had any
> words of wisdom/expereince in starting such clubs.  Please e-mail me to
> keep the bandwidth usage down.

No words of wisdom re: starting a club - I was lucky enough to join one
that is over 40 years old.  :)

You might be interested in subscribing to HAM-UNIV, tho'.  Send a message
to [e-mail] with 'subscribe ham-univ <your name>' in the
message (geez I hope I got that right :)

See you all in the RTTY Roundup ...

73,
Peter Laws,  N5UWY - V31WY

President,
Amateur Radio Club,
University of Arkansas / W5YM


Peter Laws <[e-mail]> | "That's the President of the United States
n5uwy@ka5bml.#nwar.ar.usa.noam   | you're talking about, pinhead."-VP Al Gore

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Date: 6 Jan 1994 07:33:55 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!EU.net!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!blade.stack.urc.tue.nl![e-mail]
Subject: Ham club at a University
To: [e-mail]

Shawn C. Masters (smasters@fame) wrote:

>     I've started to put together an amateur radio club here at
> George Mason University.  I was wondering if anyone out there had any
> words of wisdom/expereince in starting such clubs.  Please e-mail me to
> keep the bandwidth usage down.

Just go on! I am a member of a club station here on the university, in a
matter of fact i am the vice-president of the club. It's very nice to see
people that were never interested in the radio hobby, just having fun with
packet or so.

Good Luck with your club,
Philip (PE1PCP)
and operator on PI5EHV, PI4TUE.

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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 23:32:41 GMT
From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.unomaha.edu!cwis![e-mail]
Subject: Has anyone ever suggested an advocacy newsgroup
To: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mike Basinger) writes:

>I have noticed on rec.radio.amateur.misc that there is some people
>that love argue the about code vs no-code debate over and over. I have
>also notice that some people are sick of that debate (and other
>endless debates, like which antenna is best, etc).

>On alot of the other newsgroups sets, they have have an advocacy
>newsgroup that most the endless agruement goto, leaving the original
>newsgroup for general info and talk.

>Maybe people should think about rec.radio.amateur.advocacy, and if it
>is a popular idea, maybe we can put it upto a RFD on news.groups

>just an idea,
>mike

rec.radio.amateur.policy has served as our de-facto advocacy newsgroup,
as most of the advocacy wars seem to revolve around FCC regulations,
no-code licenses, content and administration of VE exams, etc.  Excerpted
from the Guide to the Personal Radio Newsgroups, posted monthly:

"The first reorganization added two groups to the list, one of which is
rec.radio.amateur.policy. This group was created as a place for all the
discussions that seem to drag on interminably about the many rules,
regulations, legalities, and policies that surround amateur radio, both
existing and proposed.  Recent changes to the Amateur Radio Rules (FCC
Part 97) have finally laid to rest the Great Usenet Pizza Autopatch Debate
as well as complaints about now-preempted local scanner laws hostile to
amateurs, but plenty of discussion about what a bunch of rotten no-goodniks
the local frequency coordinating body is, as well as the neverending no-code
debate, may still be found here."

If people aren't using the newsgroup (although many clearly are, if recent
traffic on it is any indication), it is for reasons that won't be
eliminated by the creation of yet another rec.radio.amateur.* newsgroup.
There was also a recent reorganization of the newsgroups (mid-'93), so
people are likely to be burned out on the idea of creating more
newsgroups.  If you are interested in discussing this further off-line
with about two-dozen or so newsgroup veterans and FAQ maintainers, there
is an excellent forum for this purpose, namely the rec.radio.amateur.*
Working Group mailing list.  If you'd like to subscribe, send E-mail to
[e-mail].

--
73, Paul W. Schleck, KD3FU
[e-mail]

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Date: 06 Jan 1994 06:02:46 GMT
From: cronkite.cisco.com![e-mail]
Subject: looking for ham radio/ares/races clip art
To: [e-mail]

I'm working on some identification badges for our radio club's
emergency services group and I'd like a pointer to any "clip art" that
people have done (or found) that might be suitable.

Ideally, something that can be imported into macpaint would be best,
but I don't have any problem dealing with file conversions from most
of the sane formats out there.

Thanks,

Paul KC6TCN

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Date: 6 Jan 1994 08:41:35 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu![e-mail]
Subject: mods for DJ-560????
To: [e-mail]

are there any mods for the dj-560 Ht? (like aircraft mods)

thanks

--
Thomas Jay Pachner -=- Music Major, Bassist, Gamer, and Amateur Operator
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - [e-mail]
BARNEY MUST DIE!!!!!!!!!
Amateur Call Sign:  N9UUJ

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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 14:15:52 -0500
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!yvax.byu.edu!cunyvm!rohvm1![e-mail]
Subject: New Year's resolutions :-)
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Scott
Sminkey - Sustaining Eng Group) wrote, in part:


> I resolve to stay out of any debates on ...(Morse code)...
> and to not take personally anyone else's opinions on these topics...to use the
> Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document...to include my name and email
> address... never send a "Sorry to waste net bandwidth, but...to spend $7 for
> the ARRL Repeater Directory...to make a note of where the Internet on-line
> callbook servers are.

Wow!  If everybody kept resolutions like that, what would we have to read
on this newsgroup?

> and the most important of all:
> I resolve to once in a while just ponder the romance of radio, the
> magic of communicating with a person in a faraway land, and to always
> remember that above all, amateur radio is FUN!!
>

Ah, yes.  Maybe even spend some time on the air, rather than on the
Internet.
;-)

Very 73 and Happy New Year to all...

John Taylor    -    W3ZID
[e-mail]

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Date: 6 Jan 94 17:40:31 GMT
From: ogicse!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Peltier Diodes - HELP!!!
To: [e-mail]

Greetings and Happy New Year!

     I am interested in obtaining information about thermoelectric
devices called Peltier Diodes (junctions?).  My extremely limited
understanding of these devices is that at low voltage DC they act as
unidirectional heat pumps, and have been used in electric cooler
units with suitable heat sinks and "cold" sinks on the heat energy
input side.  Since I am NOT an electrical engineer (a
botanist/professor actually) I'd appreciate any information the
engineers among you might have as to how these devices work
(practically, not theoretically!), how they are rated, and if
possible, how to use them in constructing cooler units.  These might
be useful for improving efficiency of power supply heat sinks?? but
honestly, my ulterior motive is in the construction of a
cool-chamber in which to store my homebrew beers!!  As a ham with a
very small modicum of electronics background (pretty damn small!),
I've been asked by some fellow homebrewers to investigate these
beasts, and try to prototype some "homebrew" coolers for our
homebrews (pretty neat, eh?).
     If any of you have information about these Peltier devices,
application notes,m thermal ratings, recommendations for
installation/increasing efficiency, etc.  I'd be (actually WE'D be)
very appreciative to learn about these, or at least sources where we
could get more information.  Thanks in advance for your help....

     Please e-mail to:  [e-mail]

Rob Wallace
Assistant Profesor of Botany
Iowa State University

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Date: 6 Jan 1994 08:13:53 -0600
From: galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!concert!corpgate!crchh327.bnr.ca!crchh549.bnr.ca![e-mail]
Subject: RAMSEY KITS NOT TOO G
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, Steve Swift <[e-mail]> wrote:
>[e-mail] writes:
>
>>As the unproud owner of an non-working Ramsay 40m receiver, I would
>>rather the damn thing worked! It didn't even have so many parts that
>>Ramsay kits may be cheaper, but since they seldom work, and if they do,
>>seldom work well -- it's just not worth the trouble.
>>Steven Rosenberg, KC6FYL

I disagree that the kits are cheaper.  I bought a Ramsey SCA decoder for
$25 that did NOT work in kit form.  I finally gave up and bought an SCA from
another company for $20 ASSEMBLED TESTED and it WORKS!!!! so much for
cheap.

>[lots of stuff deleted]
>
>I purchased a Ramsey Shortwave Receiver kit for my 8 year daughter
>this Christmas.  We haven't built it yet, but studying the schematic
>shows several fundamental design errors.  Clearly their circuits are
>designed by people who know enough electronics to design "home projects"
>but not enough to come up with a marketable product.  I suspect that
>          Steve Swift, Sr. Staff Engineer

When I lloked at the SCA design they had I found that the frequency
response was down 43 DB at 67Khz which is where the SCA info is at.
others have found some alternate CAP values to make it work but why should
users have to design RAMSEY products for them??

stewart

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 09:12:11 EST
From: galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: who sells good HT battery replacements?
To: [e-mail]

Steve,

I have had excellent luck with my two replacement
packs for my kenwood.  I got them from Periphex, in
oxford, connecticut.  The had a good price and i cant seem to kill the packs.
They make 'em for a wide range of rigs, and imho, they do the job.

hope that you have luck,
tha phone # ??? look in cq or qst
they run ads every month.

later de n1qdq


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Date: (null)
From: (null)
SB QST ARL ARLB001
ARLB001 BID reminder

BID reminder

Thanks to all amateurs who faithfully relay W1AW and other
bulletins.

Amateurs are reminded to maintain the original Bulletin ID number,
BID, on all bulletins.  BID integrity will greatly aid in
decongesting sometimes overworked HF, VHF and UHF packet networks.
NNNN
/EX

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Date: 6 Jan 1994 16:11:57 GMT
From: nothing.ucsd.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]_POPMail/PC_3.2.2>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Disability Waivers for CW scam

[e-mail] (kevin.jessup) writes:
>What if I'm paralyzed from the neck up?! ;-))

They you'll have no problem with the Morse part of the exam.  It doesn't
require any intelligence.

Pretty soon you'll be able to join the ranks of other Extra Class
licensees.
    - Brian

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 00:55:43 EST
From: sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: WWV Seems to Have a Problem.

 Those WWV people are not very friendly. I called them up to be helpful.
 They were having two problems! On the $5 dollar Timex I have that I got at a
 yard sale, I see that WWV is about 5 seconds slow. I also have an S-38
 receiver that I payed $20 for at a swapmeet. And, on that receiver it shows
 that WWV is about 10 kc off most of the time, that is when they are not
drifting
a!

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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 94 23:28:29 GMT
From: ncrgw2.ncr.com!ncrhub2!torynews![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2gf0ot$[e-mail]>as.edu
Subject : Re: TOYOTAS AND MOBILE RIGS

In article <2gf0ot$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Richard Furuta) writes:
>
>I guess I can't quite picture the scenario where an adjacent vehicle
>could come within eight inches of (in particular) the ECU without
>there being some other, more pressing, collision-related factors.
>

It doesn't have to...the eight inches specification relates to the
proximity of the (shielded) antenna cable to the ECU.  A transmitting
antenna could be much further than 8 inches away and still induce large
RF currents in the ECU leads.  However, with the ECU being located inside
the car body, the ECU leads should be shielded against outside sources
of EM fields.

--
                                          ___________
  Kevin Sanders, KN6FQ                   |    ___    |
  [e-mail]    |o o \_/ o o|     Try Boatanchors
  [e-mail]                |o o  @  o o|     For A Real Lift
                                         |___________|

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