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Info-Hams Digest            Fri,  4 Mar 94       Volume 94 : Issue  233

Today's Topics:
                Amateur Radio Newsline #863  25 Feb 94
                     Have a say about ARRL policy
                    IMPORTANT - June VHF QSO Party
                      IPS Daily Report 25 02 94
                          MAC/WEFAX????????
              Medium range point-to-point digital links
                         Nude Radio Amateurs
                      On-line Repeater Directory
                     Yaesu FT2400H - Great radio.

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Date: 3 Mar 1994 12:58:01 GMT
From: paperboy.ids.net!anomaly![e-mail]
Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #863  25 Feb 94
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Dana Myers ) writes:

> However, I do not believe 97.205(e) is the basis for civil action to
> prevent someone from using a particular frequency.  In other words,
> if I want to prevent my repeater from repeating certain stations, either
> by manual or automatic means, I have that right.  But litigating for a
> civil injunction goes way beyond limiting the use of my equipment.

> A horrible precendent.


I disagree completely. I applaude the decision.

As the trustee for a local 440mhz repeater, if I want someone off
my machine, up to now the only recourse I have had is to ask them
politely. If they continued to to operate "simplex" on my repeater
input, well, golly, that was just too bad for me, huh?

Since there are dozens of CB scumballs who, unfortunately, with the
declining price of dual-band radios, have decided to explore 440 (I
guess it was inevitable), I welcome this precident wholeheartly, as
now I can easily, with the FCC's backing, keep the effluvia from
overflowing onto my machine. Overall, the quality of life for the
users of my machine is increased, as they don't have to deal with
the aftermath of a poorly implemented nocode license on a daily
basis.

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: Thu, 03 Mar 94 09:34:25 EST
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!caen!malgudi.oar.net!wariat.org!mystis![e-mail]
Subject: Have a say about ARRL policy
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (howard n lester) writes:

> In article <[e-mail]>,
> Ed Hare (KA1CV) <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >You can also usually find your Division Director at most major hamfests
>
> How much do they usually sell for?
>
> :)
>
Do you really want us to tell you what they are WORTH?

:-)


--
"We are all now safe from crime. The Brady 'Law' has taken effect.
 All can sleep peacefully knowing our paternalistic government will
 take care and protect us! Of course I also believe in Santa Claus,
 The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy and The Great Pumpkin!"

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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 06:13:58 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!newshub.nosc.mil!news![e-mail]
Subject: IMPORTANT - June VHF QSO Party
To: [e-mail]

Scott, I share your dissappointment that the date changed, but I'm not
sure that it should be moved back to the other date for 1994.   Some of
us have already made our plans for this years contest for the date
stated now.

It would have been better if the National Convention hadn't been
scheduled when it was, but if one had to move, the contest probably was
the easier don't you think?    I intend to participate in both the
convention and the contest.

Roger Keating - KD6EFQ
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Feb 94 23:19:06 GMT
From: nprdc!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!cass.ma02.bull.com!syd.bull.oz.au!brahman!tmx!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!ipso![e-mail]
Subject: IPS Daily Report 25 02 94
To: [e-mail]

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 25 February 1994
Summary for 25 February and Forecast up to 28 February
No IPS Warning is current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SU02ARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 097/044

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             26 February        27 February        28 February
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 095/041

1C. SOLAR CO02ENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------

2A. MAGNETIC SU02ARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet to unsettled

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 24 February
    Learmonth       10  2233 2322
    Fredericksburg  12                          03
    Planetary       12                          05


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
26 Feb    10    Quiet to unsettled.
27 Feb    10    Quiet to unsettled.
28 Feb    10    Quiet to unsettled.

2C. MAGNETIC CO02ENT
None.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SU02ARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MI25LE         HIGH
25 Feb      normal         normal         fair-normal
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MI25LE         HIGH
26 Feb      normal         normal         fair
27 Feb      normal         normal         fair
28 Feb      normal         normal         fair
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION CO02ENT
NONE.

-----------------------------------------------------------

4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SU02ARY
MUFs at Sydney were 10 to 20% above predicted monthly values

T index:  71

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
26 Feb    60    About 15% above predicted monthly values.
27 Feb    60    About 15% above predicted monthly values.
28 Feb    60    About 15% above predicted monthly values.

Predicted Monthly T Index for February is 30.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION CO02ENT
None.
--
IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney           |IPS Radio and Space Services
email: [e-mail]                          |PO Box 5606
tel: [phone]                            |West Chatswood NSW 2057
fax: [phone]                            |AUSTRALIA

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Date: 27 Feb 94 05:06:20 GMT
From: raven.alaska.edu!aurora.alaska.edu![e-mail]
Subject: MAC/WEFAX????????
To: [e-mail]

Could someone please send me info
on how to set my Mac up for WEFAX.
What do I need (programs, hardware,
radio-stuff)?  Where would I go
about getting these things?

Thanks!!!!!
--------------------------------------
[e-mail]
Roger Asbury    WL7NT

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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 07:00:40 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!news.cerf.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!srgenprp![e-mail]
Subject: Medium range point-to-point digital links
To: [e-mail]

Jon Bloom (KE3Z) ([e-mail]) wrote:
: If 20% of hams are using packet as their primary mode when (for the
: vast majority of them) the support consists of poorly engineered
: 1200-baud links and 300-baud HF links, doesn't it make sense that
: at *least* that 20% would find 56-kbit/s useful?  Understand, I'm

And what kind of performance do you anticipate each will see from this
backbone if it is truly nationwide? My guess is that it will be
worse than what they see now.  What fraction of this 56kbps
which is going everywhere will a given user likely get? Will it be
enough to cause him to want to support it for what it can do for him?

  I'm not knocking making 56kbps hardware a part of a network any more
than I'm suggesting current 1200 bps users should stop what they are
enjoying.  I am questioning whether this is enough to be viable.

: faster the better, within reasonable economic limits.  But "fast
: enough" is a relative term.  It depends on the amount of data you
: want to send and the response times you require.  And it's like

I agree. It's never "enough". The measure though is not what you
or I think but what the "market" will bear. Right now that is a fairly
rapidly moving target.

: If you are going to insist that a 56-kbit/s network isn't useful,
: what are the useage assumptions you are starting from?  I bet I

I definitely didn't say it wouldn't be useful.  I just said that I don't
see how it will be enough to support itself.  Actually one of the "uses"
of it is already happening; it's getting at least a few people talking
about a national amateur network from a system viewpoint including many
of the layers.  I don't know that this has happened as much since the
early 1900's when W1AW himself was around. Perhaps it has.

: can develop a (practical) set of usage assumptions that show
: *your* proposed network to be unacceptably limited.

I haven't yet proposed a network. I'm not even sure that US amateurs
can/will join to support any suitable network.   I have asked for an
estimate of how a 56kbps network could be viable.

: I'm not saying I don't agree that a higher speed network is desriable.
: I'm just saying that the utility of the network vs. the speed
: is purely a matter of degree, and rests on opinions about what
: represents usable network capacity, not on hard data.

I agree and I hope I'm wrong about what it will take to build something
of sufficient utility to be self-supporting within the hobby in the long
term when it is compared to the competing  information age diversions
which are becoming  available.

: By the way... where can I buy my Hubmaster system?  I *know* where
: I can get the 56-kbaud hardware.

Hubmaster is a protocol, not a set of hardware.  You can implement it
yourself at 1200 bps if you want. In some situations, doing so might even
improve per-user throughput and reduce latencies.


Glenn Elmore n6gn

ax.25        n6gn@wx3k.#nocal.ca.usa.na
amateur IP:    [e-mail]
Internet:    [e-mail]

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Date: 25 Feb 94 21:00:35 GMT
From: nprdc!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!pitstop.mcd.mot.com!mcdphx!schbbs!waters.corp.mot.com.corp.mot.com![e-mail]
Subject: Nude Radio Amateurs
To: [e-mail]

In article <2kl23t$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Andrew M. Cohn)
wrote:

> Julian Macassey ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>
> :     I belong to a group with higher purposes. We would never
> : transmit naked. Furthermore, we would never send QSL cards depicting
> : members in the buff.
>
> We who are members of the Formal Amateur Radio Ham Team (FARHT) know
> about your group, Julian, and we do not consider you well dressed at all.
> Here at FARHT, we wear tuxes while operating; during contests we add top
> hats, tails and gloves. (The top hats add the capacitance necessary to
> work the really big ones; the tails make a great counterpoise.

As a result the tales get to be very tall and the B***S*** gets very deep
:-)

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Date: 25 Feb 94 20:58:31 GMT
From: nprdc!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!pitstop.mcd.mot.com!mcdphx!schbbs!waters.corp.mot.com.corp.mot.com![e-mail]
Subject: On-line Repeater Directory
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jack Hamilton)
wrote:

> [e-mail] (Marc B. Grant) wrote:
>
> >SO .... it's not like the ARRL is protecting something very sacred, it's
> >just that they have alot of man-hours involved in the repeater directory
> >project, and if there's anyone that can't understand why they don't want
> >to give the information away, well, then, I guess you just don't
> >understand business.
>
> 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.

It seems you don't understand the contradiction in the above paragraph.

"not for profit" does not mean "doesn't handle money"!

ARRL has various sources of income, dues (from those of you that aren't
life members :-), sale of publications etc.  One of those sources is the
repeater directory.

Every one of those income sources must go to services or support of some
kind or theu show a profit, but on the other hand the money for those
services and support has to come from somewhere!

In other words "we have to make money off it" is a perfectly valid reason,
especially considering the man-years of effort that went into creating the
publication in the first place!

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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 06:26:06 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!newshub.nosc.mil!news![e-mail]
Subject: Yaesu FT2400H - Great radio.
To: [e-mail]

My Yaesu FT2400H is my favorite radio to use.   It has been outstanding
at
keeping high-power pagers in the area out of my audio and the design
has
some nice features for useability.   I love the light in the microphone
and
the alphanumerics.   Easy to access the power settings and other
adjustable
pots in the top of the rig.

Worst feature: slow response on the tone-decode option.  Mine takes
about
300msec I estimate and that seems way too slow.  Some of the functions
are hard to figure out without the manual, but this is probably the
*only* radio
with that drawback...  :)

If they made one of these for any other band besides 440, I'd buy it
right away.  I won't ever sell this radio.   I hear rumors this radio
is to be discontinued; why, I'll never figure out.  Sales may not be
great enough in the USA.  I heard a rumor that Yaesu sells more of this
radio in Belize than in all of USA; they use them for car phones there.


Roger Keating - KD6EFQ

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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 05:57:41 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!chip.ucdavis.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2l3nuj$[e-mail]>│í
Subject : Re: JARGON

Jesse L Wei ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Now this is my question:  do hams *ever* talk about anything besides what
: kind of rig (s)he's got, ham problems, ham equipment, etc?  As a waiting
: (as in for my ticket) prospective, I've liistened to  the local repeaters,
: and personally, the conversations seem pretty boring if that's all you
: ever talk about.  Have I missed anything? or something?  Is the purpose
: of ham radio to talk about the technicalities of it?  I know that the
: whole nature of it requires technicality, but isn't there more to
: it than that?
Yes, Their latest surgery and their DX count but you'll have to pass the
13wpm code exam.  If you can pass a 5wpm exam you can talk about crummy
sun spot numbers and 10X10 numbers instead.

 : --jesse (still waiting)
Just like the energizer bunny... you keeep waiting and waiting...  and
waiting.  Hang in there.

cheers,
Dan

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Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 18:50:52 GMT
From: oracle!unrepliable![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>l
Subject : Re: Further criminalization of scanning

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:

-- Other Quote  Deleted --

>
>I agree, both with the idea that government is too quick to say "there
>ought to be a law" and that scanner hobbiests are at heart voyeurs. That's
>where the basic difficulty arises. Laws against Peeping Toms have existed
>for centuries. Congress is trying to extend that principle into the wireless
>age, but they're making the same mistake here as they are with the problem
>of violence in society. Banning scanners will be no more effective than
>banning guns, and has the undesirable side effect of causing unnecessary
>harm to legitimate users of these tools. The real problem in both cases
>is sick and twisted individuals with no sense of morals or ethics, not
>the hardware that enables them to pursue their voyeurism or violence.
>
>Gary
>--
>Gary Coffman KE4ZV          |    You make it,     | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
>Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
>534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
>Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     |

How many people were killed by scanner last year?
                Doug :~}

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Date: 2 Mar 1994 22:51:40 -0800
From: nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>swr
Subject : Re: Further criminalization of scanning

Neil Weisenfeld ([e-mail]) wrote:

: I agree that the laws stink, but why does everyone always go for the big
: conspiracy theory?  I seriously doubt that the FBI and FCC are trying to
: "drive scanner manufacturers out of business".  I also doubt that the FCC
: cares what you listen to.  The ECPA is an act of Congress, not FCC.

I agree.  I don't even think Congress cares what I listen to.  The problem
is whether we care who Congress listens to.

: What I think we should do is write to our congresspeople and tell them why
: we feel the cellular and cordless privacy laws are so misguided.

Even if as many as I optimistically hoped would, did, I wonder if it would
do any good.  Congress seems so much more responsive to _larger_ interests.
Besides, the hobby has a stigma in the eyes of some who feel it is not a
proper hobby for a gentleman.  They see us as deviants, huddled in our
closets, eating dogfood out of a can as we eavesdrop on our neighbors.

: Even if
: they outlaw the manufacture of scanners that can receive cordless
: (and I haven't heard anyone say that that is what is up for debate --
: only outlawing *listening*, not manufacture), those radios are going to be
: around for a long, long time as used equipment.   The effects of the law
: will be to a) *not* severly restrict the availability of cordless-capable
: scanners and b) give the public a false sense of security.

Paradoxical results to passed laws are not that uncommon.  Some would
say such results have ensued from gun control laws, drug laws or even the
old semi-conductor agreement with Japan.  (This is the beauty of the
system.)

: Rather than thickening the law books, the government should educate the
: public about what is going on.

Yes, I agree.  But I don't think our government is about problem-solving;
it's about pandering.

: All the law is
: going to do is damage the lives of the very few people who get caught and
: damage the lives of the many who blab all sorts of confidential information
: on their cordless phones.

Apparently a price worth paying to feel the problem has been handled and
we can go on with our lives.

David Eitelbach

--
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed
(and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an
endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
                           -- H. L. Mencken

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Date: 3 Mar 1994 19:26:23 GMT
From: news.acns.nwu.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.Brown.EDU!NewsWatcher![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <rohvm1.mah48d-010394075503@136.141.220.39>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: The ARRL is a business (was "Re: ARRL--->Online Repeater directory")

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Todd Jonz) wrote:

> Stephen Baker ([e-mail]) writes:
>
>     > The league publishes the repeater directory which it currently
>     > enjoys monopoly status.  This must be enormously profitable for them
>     > as they are the sole source for such a directory
>
> John E. Taylor III ([e-mail]) replies:
>
>     > Enormously profitable?  I don't think the League makes a _bundle_ on
>     > anything.  They _are_ a business, though.  As others have pointed
>     > out, non-profit does not mean that you can't _make_ money, it just
>     > governs what you _do_ with the money you make.


It is profitable for the executives of the corporation. That's right, why
do you think some of these guys have made a career out of the ARRL? Not
because of their love of amateur radio but because of their love of power
and money. Very simple.

> A league official recently told me that the ARRL spends an average of $75 per
> year per member.  If I'm not mistaken, membership costs only $40.  That extra
> $35 per capita has to come from somewhere.

Actually, I'll have to go over the annual report I have for the ARRL more
closely.

> As John very correctly points out, being a non-profit organization and
> generating revenue are not mututally exclusive.  Although I'm neither a tax
> lawyer nor an accountant, my understanding is that, excluding an allowed
> accrual for operating expenses, a non-profit organization's income and
> expenses must balance to zero at the end of its fiscal year.

Actually you're pretty much correct but you can roll some of your
non-profit dollars into other tax periods.

Tony

--
== [e-mail] (Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR)
== Box 1908, Providence, RI 02912 Tel. [phone]
== All opinions expressed are those of the individual, and not those
== of Brown University.

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Date: 3 Mar 1994 07:25:04 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!bigfoot.wustl.edu!cec3![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <2l3nuj$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: JARGON

Daniel D. Todd ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Jesse L Wei ([e-mail]) wrote:
: : Now this is my question:  do hams *ever* talk about anything besides what
: : kind of rig (s)he's got, ham problems, ham equipment, etc?  As a waiting
: : (as in for my ticket) prospective, I've liistened to  the local repeaters,
: : and personally, the conversations seem pretty boring if that's all you
: : ever talk about.  Have I missed anything? or something?  Is the purpose
: : of ham radio to talk about the technicalities of it?  I know that the
: : whole nature of it requires technicality, but isn't there more to
: : it than that?
: Yes, Their latest surgery and their DX count but you'll have to pass the
: 13wpm code exam.  If you can pass a 5wpm exam you can talk about crummy
: sun spot numbers and 10X10 numbers instead.

Well, I passed the 5 wpm code, and my code is now up to 13 wpm.  Kind of
ironic that I've worked up to general (haven't taken the theory or code
tests yet, but will once school gets out for the semester) from tech plus,
and I've not even received my license for tech plus.  If things keep up,
I'll be up to advanced soon.  The question will be whether or not I'll
have had any air time by then.  I'm just wondering (as the main subject
of my previous post) just what exactly i'm waiting for.

:  : --jesse (still waiting)
: Just like the energizer bunny... you keeep waiting and waiting...  and
: waiting.  Hang in there.


yup, that's me. . .

--jesse

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