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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 94 04:30:07 PST
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Info-Hams Digest            Mon, 28 Feb 94       Volume 94 : Issue  217

Today's Topics:
                   HAMBLASTER INCORRECT STATEMENTS
                 Honda ignition recall -  now NOISE!!
                                JARGON
                         Nude Radio Amateurs
                      On-line Repeater Directory

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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 06:28:29 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu![e-mail]
Subject: HAMBLASTER INCORRECT STATEMENTS
To: [e-mail]

As I've said, I'll be GLAD to take this to email to spare everyone else
this bickering... Why don't _I_ stop then? Got to defend myself: If Jeffy
is going to slam me in public then I'll defend myself in public.

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeffrey D. Angus) writes:
>
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
>  > My goodness, Jeff; are you my shadow? Just because we share the same name
>  > doesn't mean you have to follow me around like a pesty little brother.
>
>  Trust me, I am NOT your little brother. You're the one acting like someone
>  whos (sic) testicles haven't descended yet.
>             ^^^^^^^^^

More reference to body parts.

>  Have you considered getting professional counseling for your persecution
>  complex? Most major universities have excellent out patient services.

Hey, shouldn't I be saying that to you?

>  Perhaps after several sessions you should be able to walk around without
>  being convinced that everyone is staring at your crotch and laughing.

I believe you're the only one staring at it (see the above); you were
also concerned with Walt's...

Let's QSY to email PLEASE.  [e-mail]

73 to you Jeff(1.1),

Jeff(1.2) (new and improved version) NH6IL

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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 13:18:02 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!EU.net!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!gdc!esun223![e-mail]
Subject: Honda ignition recall -  now NOISE!!
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] wrote:
: This past month, Honda sent out a recall notice for their 90-91 Accords.
: They were wanting to replace a part in the distributor which failed when
: the car got high mileage.

: I had this recall work done on my car a couple of weeks ago, and now have
: terrible ignition noise on 2 meters and 440.  Before this work had been
: done, the ignition had been really quite quiet -- now it is nearly
: unbearable.

    I am now going through the same thing.  2m is extremely noisy now.
If you find a solution, please let me know.

--

Jim Kurdzo   AA1GZ
General DataComm
Middlebury, CT  06762-1299
[phone] x6443
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 00:39:08 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!crash!pro-haven![e-mail]
Subject: JARGON
To: [e-mail]

Howdy...

        Regarding ham jargon...here's a good one you might be able to
use...it's XYL and it stands for ex young lady....(which I take great
offense to as a deragatory remark (I am not an "XYL" because I am only 22
years old! :-)  )  The term is used to refer to one's wife...(because most
hams are of male gender and all...)  I think I might start refering to OMs
(old men) as XYM and see if they like that...:-)
        Anyway, hope this helps.....Drop a note if ya have any more
questions, ok?

        Later es 73!

        Tiffany -- kj5gu
---
Internet: [e-mail]
UUCP:     crash!pro-haven!phantom

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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 02:04:02 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!fmsystm.telemax.com!fmsys![e-mail]
Subject: Nude Radio Amateurs
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>the difficult part is finding a place to pin on your callsign tag ... and
>trying to find a place to painlessly hook the speaker mike on the
>handheld.....

Velcro and chest hair works fine.  Just don't be in _too_ much of
a hurry to grab that speaker mic when you hear someone call you...

--
Macy M. Hallock, Jr. N8OBG  +1.216.723.3030  [e-mail] [e-mail]
Telemax, Inc. - F M Systems, Inc. 152 Highland Drive  Medina, OH 44256 USA

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Date: 26 Feb 1994 22:23:51 GMT
From: paperboy.ids.net!anomaly![e-mail]
Subject: On-line Repeater Directory
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Jack Hamilton) writes:

> The ARRL isn't a for-profit organization, and its purpose isn't to make
> money.  They provide many free services, such as the reciprocal operating
> information, the file server, etc.  They also distribute the net directory
> in electronic form.  There may be good reasons for keeping the repeater
> directory under their control, but "we have to make money off of it" isn't
> one of them.

I don't know where you've been, but I hate to break it to you - the
League is a business, interested in one thing - making money. Maybe not
for the "League" as a whole, but take a look at the people who actually
WORK for the League - examine your QSTs over the years and look at the
names of the people who have made a career "working" for the League.


However, the League *IS* a business, whether you like it or not. Over
the past decade, the league has taken positions on issues in Amateur
Radio which suit the financial interests of the League, not the position
which the members want (yes, there are examples where each has the
same position.)

Anyone who doesn't think the League is a business ought to
open their QSTs to the monthly 6+ page advertisement which contains a
list of League publications, and the ARRL Video Classes, Tapes, etc.,
to remove all doubt.


MD
--
-- Michael P. Deignan, KD1HZ          -
-- Internet: [e-mail]    -  I never tell the truth, because I
--     UUCP: ...!uunet!anomaly!kd1hz  -  I don't believe that there is such
--  AT&TNet: 401-273-4669             -  a thing...

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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 01:21:17 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Medium range point-to-point digital links

: >
: >New Alpha Gunnplexers are $48.00 from SHF Parts 7102 W. 500 S. La Porte,
: >IN  46350.   The used (checked out) ones are $25.00 each.  These should
: >be fine for 1 MB/s links.  For more bandwidth, you can get new ones with
: >varactor diodes (voltage tuning) for $66 each.

: Yeah, I have a couple, but these are just raw gunnplexer components.
: Kitting up a competent data transceiver runs the price up a bunch.
: Note for a nationwide network you need a *lot* of these transceivers,
: and not everyone will be a microwave guru who can whip up something
: out of available surplus. We're going to need standard kits, and
: assurance of continuing spares to maintain the network.

Why is a microwave guru needed for gunnplexers?  The only microwave
part is attaching the antenna, and I've not heard of anyone who
couldn't manage that.  Granted, you probably want to mark which end
goes up, but this is a mistake more often made by experienced amateurs,
rather than ignorant newcomers :-).

: Because they are rarely where you need them. You use them when
: they're in the right place, and you can get site access, but
: tall buildings are mainly clustered in metro downtowns. That
: doesn't help much when you need to cross farm country to get
: from one metroplex to the next. Plus those building clusters
: really cause a lot of multipath problems, and those downtowns
: are generally also very high RF environments. Staying away from
: them is generally a win.

I've been told that the 10 GHz equipment at 4U1UN worked quite
well, unlike the VHF gear that got clobbered by the RF.  Are
there really that many sites worse than the top of the United
Nations Building in New York City in terms of RFI?

One of the tricks to making microwave gear resistant to
interference is to use horn antennas or waveguide in your
input circuit.  They make a very low loss high pass filter.
The waveguide below cutoff effect is quite effective in
reducing low frequency interference.

Perhaps the best cure for multipath is to go to higher frequencies
and use sharper antennas.  Dish antennas normally have quite
clean patterns.  You can also improve the pattern by under-
illuminating a dish, although this often isn't necessary.


--
Zack Lau  KH6CP/1           2 way QRP WAS
                           8 States on 10 GHz
Internet: [e-mail]   10 grids on 2304 MHz

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