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- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 04:12:27 PST
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- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #110
- To: Info-Hams
-
-
- Info-Hams Digest Fri, 4 Feb 94 Volume 94 : Issue 110
-
- Today's Topics:
- Access to VOA News by United States Residents
- A code speed question
- ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 792 16/01/94
- Automotive computers and amateur radios - Help!
- Boring WWV Programs (2 msgs)
- BV2CH Testing (2 msgs)
- Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 01 February
- FCC Database Online For Calif.
- Internet legality question
- Is there a ARC at Boston Univ.?
- none
- Questions on 2m Amp Market
- TEST (3 msgs)
- Testing
- Wanted: Mods for Collins KWM-2A
-
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- Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu.
-
- Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available
- (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams".
-
- 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: 2 Feb 1994 20:22:56 GMT
- From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ukma!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!insosf1.infonet.net!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Access to VOA News by United States Residents
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <2ioqhf$q4f@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, ignacy@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (Ignacy Misztal) writes:
- >The local nameserver does not know voa.gov. Can you provide the IP number?
- >
-
- Try 152.75.16.1
- It was posted in an earlier post also.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 01:11:20 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!raffles.technet.sg!ntuix!ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg!asirene@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: A code speed question
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <2ipg9u$6r9@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aa813@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph B. Swartz) writes:
- >
- > In a previous article, elendir@enst.fr (Elendir) says:
- >
- >> Hi there,
- >>
- >> I am learning the morse code, and occasionaly I try accelerated rates
- >>(15 wpm, e.g). And while I can get many letters, I find it impossible to
- >>write them down. So this is my question :
- >> How can you achieve at the same time listening and writing of the letters
- >>at such speeds ? That seems a mistery to me.
- >>
- >
- > I found that disconnected script worked well. I could not print that fast
- > and regular script presupposes that you know what the next letter will be
- > (which I never do). Happiness is thinking, "This makes no sense, but
- > looking at the paper and finding WORDS!"
- >
- > I still cannot copy in my head.
-
- Hi,
-
- I have the same problem. I find that writing down the characters I copy
- rather distracting and tends to make me lose characters. I guess I could copy
- at 18 wpm but still writing down is the hardest part.
-
- Also, is it advisable to be buffering (lagging) in your decoding? Or
- should I strive for no lag situation?
-
- 73 de 9V Danile
-
- >
- > 73, Joe N8IPC
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 3 Feb 94 08:19:15 GMT
- From: cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!demon!dis.demon.co.uk!eiffel.demon.co.uk!rogerb@rutgers.rutgers.edu
- Subject: ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 792 16/01/94
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <1994Jan31.064521.3076@fawlty.towers.oz.au>
- steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au "Steve Blanche" writes:
-
- > > Amateur Radio Teletype : By FRANK VK2FJL.
- > > ...
- > > For instance - it is known that at least four
- > > different keyboard layouts using different keys for the upper
- > > case or upshift characters are in use by Amateur RTTY
- > > stations ...
-
- > Seems like an awful lot of bother, why not scrap the old metal
- > monster and run a protocol that supports the ASCII subset, such
- > as the many packet protocols in use, even PACTOR probably works.
-
- Around 1980 I was a student at UNSW. One of the UNSWARS members had
- gained access to computer time on a PDP-11, and the necessary interfaces
- to make a RTTY repeater. We applied to the WIA for repeater approval,
- including a document which explained all about the ASCII code.
- We were refused permission for any kind of repeater running ASCII. The
- official response was simply "NO", the rumour was that WIA disposals
- had a lot of metal monsters that they still wanted to get rid of.
- I suspect the actual reason was just that those in control didn't want
- to see anyone doing anything different or innovative.
-
- Roger
- (ex-VK2BEQ)
- --
- -- Roger Browne, 6 Bambers Walk, Wesham, PR4 3DG, UK | Ph 0772-687525
- -- Everything Eiffel: compilers/libraries/publications | +44-772-687525
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 2 Feb 1994 23:16:49 GMT
- From: iris.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil!edfue0!engberg@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Automotive computers and amateur radios - Help!
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Mike,
- I once had my Plymouth Reliant die momentarily when I keyed the 2 mtr rig.
- 45 watts to a wet 1/4 wave mag mount. No problem when it's dry.
- When I keyed the transmitter, the electronic fuel injection stopped.
- Not a problem if your going down hill, I suppose.
-
- --
-
- Bob Engberg
- phone: 907-552-7172
- e-mail: engberg@ctis.af.mil
- packet: K0MVL@KL7AA
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 01:04:58 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!a3bee2.radnet.com!cyphyn!randy@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Boring WWV Programs
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Robert Casey (wa2ise@netcom.com) wrote:
- : "This is WWV, with the time, all the time!"
-
- ....and solar index announcements...and navigation sattalite status ...
- and most useful of all, the most accurate frequency being transmitted
- that you can get!
-
- We use WWV to calibrate our 100Kc calibrators, our Freq counters and
- PLL'ed radio sets with.
-
- ....all the time! :)
-
-
-
- --
- Randy KA1UNW If you get a shock while
- servicing your equipment, "Works for me!"
- randy@192.153.4.200 DON'T JUMP! -Pete Keyes
- You might break an expensive tube!
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 23:37:01 GMT
- From: netcomsv!netcom.com!wa2ise@decwrl.dec.com
- Subject: Boring WWV Programs
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- "This is WWV, with the time, all the time!"
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 20:29:43 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!victorc@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: BV2CH Testing
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 20:04:36 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!victorc@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: BV2CH Testing
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- testing3.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 10:10:19 MST
- From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 01 February
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
-
- DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACT
-
- 01 FEBRUARY, 1994
-
- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
-
- (Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)
-
-
- SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACT
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- NOTE: The SIDC Brussels Provisional International Mean Monthly Sunspot
- Number (RI) for January 1994 is 58.8.
-
- !!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 032, 02/01/94
- 10.7 FLUX=094 90-AVG=106 SSN=055 BKI=1123 2211 BAI=006
- BGND-XRAY=B1.0 FLU1=3.0E+05 FLU10=1.1E+04 PKI=2123 2111 PAI=006
- BOU-DEV=009,007,016,028,017,010,005,005 DEV-AVG=012 NT SWF=00:000
- XRAY-MAX= B1.9 @ 0418UT XRAY-MIN= A9.1 @ 1836UT XRAY-AVG= B1.1
- NEUTN-MAX= +002% @ 1215UT NEUTN-MIN= -002% @ 2210UT NEUTN-AVG= -0.1%
- PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 0440UT PCA-MIN= -0.4DB @ 0535UT PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
- BOUTF-MAX=55348NT @ 1452UT BOUTF-MIN=55327NT @ 1934UT BOUTF-AVG=55342NT
- GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+070,+000,+000
- GOES6-MAX=P:+119NT@ 1741UT GOES6-MIN=N:-063NT@ 0848UT G6-AVG=+091,+028,-026
- FLUXFCST=STD:090,090,090;SESC:090,090,090 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,005,005/008,008,008
- KFCST=1112 2111 1112 2111 27DAY-AP=005,011 27DAY-KP=1112 2212 3333 3312
- WARNINGS=
- ALERTS=
- !!END-DATA!!
-
- NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 31 JAN 94 is not available.
- The Full Kp Indices for 31 JAN 94 are: 2o 1o 3- 2o 2- 2+ 2- 3-
- The 3-Hr Ap Indices for 31 JAN 94 are: 7 4 12 7 7 9 7 12
-
-
- SYNOPSIS OF ACT
- --------------------
-
- Solar activity was very low. All the regions on the disk
- were quiet and stable. A 17 degree filament near S32W06
- disappeared sometime between 31/2336Z and 01/1451Z.
-
- Solar activity forecast: solar activity is expected to be
- very low.
-
- The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled.
-
- Geophysical activity forecast: the geomagnetic field is
- expected to be quiet to unsettled for the next three days.
-
- Event probabilities 02 feb-04 feb
-
- Class M 01/01/01
- Class X 01/01/01
- Proton 01/01/01
- PCAF Green
-
- Geomagnetic activity probabilities 02 feb-04 feb
-
- A. Middle Latitudes
- Active 15/05/10
- Minor Storm 10/05/05
- Major-Severe Storm 01/01/01
-
- B. High Latitudes
- Active 20/05/10
- Minor Storm 10/05/05
- Major-Severe Storm 05/01/01
-
- HF propagation conditions were normal over all regions.
- Good propagation is expected to continue through the next 72
- hours.
-
-
- COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
- ========================================================
-
- REGIONS WIT
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- NMBR LOCATION LO AREA Z LL NN MAG TYPE
- 7659 S14W85 150 0030 BXO 04 003 BET
- 7662 S17W18 083 0040 CRO 06 008 BET
- 7663 N11W23 088 0010 AXX 02 003 ALPHA
- 7665 N05E39 026 0080 HSX 02 001 ALPHA
- 7660 S09W48 113 PLAGE
- 7661 N10W68 133 PLAGE
- 7664 S13E28 037 PLAGE
- REGIONS DUE TO RET
- NMBR LAT
- NONE
-
-
- LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 01 FEBRUARY, 1994
- -------------------------------------------------------
- BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP SWF
- NO EVENTS OBSERVED
-
-
- POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 01 FEBRUARY, 1994
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- BEGIN MAX END LOCATION TYPE SIZE DUR II IV
- 01/A0018 B1451 S40E08 DSF
-
-
- INFERRED CORONAL HOLES: LOCATIONS VALID AT 01/2400Z
- ---------------------------------------------------
- ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXT
- EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH CAR TYPE POL AREA OBSN
- 60 S25W30 S25W40 S25W40 S15W38 110 ISO POS 002 10830A
-
-
- SUMMARY OF FLARE EVENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn 2695 MHz 8800 MHz 15.4 GHz
- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ --------- --------- ---------
- 31 Jan: 0135 0138 0142 B1.9
- 0311 0417 0507 B4.8
-
-
- REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- C M X S 1 2 3 4 Total (%)
- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ------
- Uncorrellated: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 002 (100.0)
-
- Total Events: 002 optical and x-ray.
-
-
- EVENTS WIT
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn Sweeps/Optical Observations
- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ ---------------------------
- NO EVENTS OBSERVED.
-
- NOTES:
- All times are in Universal Time (UT). Characters preceding begin, max,
- and end times are defined as: B = Before, U = Uncertain, A = After.
- All times associated with x-ray flares (ex. flares which produce
- associated x-ray bursts) refer to the begin, max, and end times of the
- x-rays. Flares which are not associated with x-ray signatures use the
- optical observations to determine the begin, max, and end times.
-
- Acronyms used to identify sweeps and optical phenomena include:
-
- II = Type II Sweep Frequency Event
- III = Type III Sweep
- IV = Type IV Sweep
- V = Type V Sweep
- Continuum = Continuum Radio Event
- Loop = Loop Prominence System,
- Spray = Limb Spray,
- Surge = Bright Limb Surge,
- EPL = Eruptive Prominence on the Limb.
-
-
- ** End of Daily Report **
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 06:54:34 GMT
- From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!iat.holonet.net!bwilkins@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: FCC Database Online For Calif.
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- tweek@netcom.com (Michael D. Maxfield) writes:
- :
- : Yes, I've found that to be a workable method. I don't know about the use
- : of a global at the begining though... I tried it and felt that I had to
- : abort the search after a few minutes... It may work but it might be putting
- : a good load on the cpu??? Any info on leading globals?
-
- Put the * at the beginning and the search must take in the whole data
- base. You just have to sit back and wait. Of course you will get tons of
- output including the frequency of Old Mc Donalds Farm :)
-
- Bob
-
-
-
- --
- Bob Wilkins n6fri voice 440.250+ 100pl san francisco bay area
- bwilkins@cave.org packet n6fri @ n6eeg.#nocal.ca.usa.na
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 4 Feb 1994 01:00:56 GMT
- From: yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews!ornews.intel.com!landesk!bmiller@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Internet legality question
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I know this isn't radio related, but I tried the other groups with
- no response. I am looking for an authoritative source on what
- business practices are "legal" or accepted using internet services.
-
- Can someone point me in the right direction?
-
-
-
- --
- Brett Miller N7OLQ E-mail: brett_miller@ccm.hf.intel.com
- Intel Corp. Internet: bmiller@landesk.intel.com
- American Fork, UT
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 2 Feb 94 18:43:18 GMT
- From: dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!gandalf.rutgers.edu!lau@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Is there a ARC at Boston Univ.?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Does anybody know if there is a ham radio club at Boston University? I
- got somebody insterested in ham radio through email. Since I do not
- live in the Boston area, I would like to see if it is possible to hook
- the person up with the club at Boston U. I have checked the university
- club station list posted a long time ago on this newsgroup, but Boston
- U. was not on it.
-
- I would appreciate if you can respond through email. I have not had
- much time to check this newsgroup recently.
-
- Thanks and 73.
-
- - Jonathan Lau
- ===============================================================================
- "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,
- vanity of vanities; all is vanity"
- "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
- while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh,
- when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them." - Ecclesiastes
-
- 73 de AA2NM __... ...__ _.. . ._ ._ ..___ _. __
- ===============================================================================
- --
- - Jonathan Lau
- ===============================================================================
- "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,
- vanity of vanities; all is vanity"
- "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
- while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh,
- when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them." - Ecclesiastes
-
- 73 de AA2NM __... ...__ _.. . ._ ._ ..___ _. __
- ===============================================================================
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 21:08:43 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!victorc@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: none
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 4 Feb 94 03:07:16 GMT
- From: ogicse!emory!gatech!prism!gt6681a@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Questions on 2m Amp Market
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Hello. I am conducting some preliminary market research for a small
- business which I plan to start during 94. I am considering offering 2m
- amplifier kits. My questions at this point call for a survey of sorts
- to determine what features are important and in fact is such a kit
- likely to have any appeal.
-
- Please respond via email if you have opinions on the following.
-
- 1. Would you consider building a kit amplifier if the performance was
- comparable with current market offerings?
-
- 2. If yes to question 1, how much savings are required to justify
- building a kit versus buying a built amplifier.
-
- 3. What features would you most like to have in a kit?
-
- 4. Are there any features which current market offerings do not have
- that you would like to see in a kit?
-
- 5. Do you think use of amplifiers with HTs, particularly for mobile use
- would significantly improve your communications?
-
- Thanks in advance for any feedback, and please add any additional info
- that you think is appropriate for this research.
-
- --
- Robert Craig Newbold
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
- uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt6681a
- Internet: gt6681a@prism.gatech.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 22:22:56 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!victorc@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: test
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- test.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 23:12:40 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!victorc@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: TEST
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- This is a testing.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 23:25:31 GMT
- From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!victorc@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: TEST
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- This is a testing.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 21:02:54 GMT
- From: agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!victorc@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Testing
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Hi this is a testing.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 17:32:51 GMT
- From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.mtu.edu!caen!destroyer!jobone!slee01.srl.ford.com!eccdb1.pms.ford.com!pt5000.pto.ford.com!blake@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Wanted: Mods for Collins KWM-2A
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I am looking for any published mods for the Collins KWM-2A. To include plans
- for either their noise blanker add-on or an improvised on. I would also like
- to find out if there is an easy way to put a crystal filter in the beast. The
- CW receive is a bit too broad.
-
- Thanks in advance...
-
-
- +------------------------------------------+
- | |
- | Mike Blake blake@chaos.eng.wayne.edu |
- | mblake@ap.cl.msu.edu |
- | blake@pt5000.pto.ford.com |
- | n4izo@hamgate.cc.wayne.edu |
- | Packet n4izo@wsu.n8fow.ampr.org |
- | |
- +------------------------------------------+
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 2 Feb 1994 23:10:30 GMT
- From: iris.mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil!edfue0!engberg@uunet.uu.net
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <2hmper$ppo@solaris.cc.vt.edu>, <CKBJtu.45s@freenet.carleton.ca>, <2ik0cn$9hq@orca.es.com>u
- Subject : Re: Famous hams
-
- And don't forget:
-
- I0BOY Michael Jackson
-
- --
-
- Bob Engberg
- phone: 907-552-7172
- e-mail: engberg@ctis.af.mil
- packet: K0MVL@KL7AA
-
- ------------------------------
-
- End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #110
- ******************************
-