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- Info-Hams Digest Mon, 7 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 259
-
- Today's Topics:
- Amateur Radio Newsline #864 4 Mar 94
- Chest Harness for HT? (2 msgs)
- FCC Exec fired for incompetance?
- Icom Package For Sale
- IRS 501(c) tax-exempt status for our club - How?
- Looking for QSL routes
- PK232->mac software
-
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- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 05:38:55 -0700
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #864 4 Mar 94
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- The electronic publication of the Amateur Radio Newsline is distributed
- with the permission of Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, President and Editor of
- Newsline. The text is transcribed from the audio service by Dale Cary,
- ND0AKO, and is first published on Genie.
-
- Editorial comment or news items should be E-mailed to 3241437@mcimail.com
- or B.PASTERNAK@genie.geis.com. Voice or FAX to +1 805-296-7180.
-
- All other information and disclaimers are in the text header below.
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- NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #114 - POSTED 03/07/94
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- The following is late news about Amateur Radio for Radio
- Amateurs as prepared from NEWSLINE RADIO scripts by the staff of
- the AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, INC. -- formerly the WESTLINK RADIO
- NETWORK. The electronic version of newsline is posted on this
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- [864]
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- * * * * C L O S E D C I R C U I T A D V I S O R Y * * * *
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- * Newsline report number 864 for release on Friday, March *
- * 3, 1994 to follow. *
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-
- The following is a QST
-
- The FCC takes another step toward the electronic filing of
- license applications.
-
- *****
- PRB SIGNATURE
-
- The FCC's has taken another step toward an eventual start-up
- of an all electronic filing system for radio licenses. This,
- with an announcement by its Private Radio Bureau of the adoption
- of procedures to govern the signing of electronically filed
- private radio service applications.
- Last April, the commission amended its rules to permit the
- electronic filing of applications for PRB governed services but
- the agency also continued the requirement that handwritten
- signatures accompany all applications until the Private Radio
- Bureau establishes guidelines for accepting the electronic filing
- of applications. The bureau is currently developing these
- procedural requirements with some already in place. So far on an
- experimental basis at least 7000 licenses applications already
- filed by electronic means.
- The signature procedure that the Private Radio Bureau has now
- adopted is quite simple. It states that if the applicant is an
- individual then the signature on an electronically filed must
- consist of the electronic equivalent of an individuals typed
- name. In a partnership, it will be the electronic substitute of
- both partners names while for a corporate entity the signature
- must be the electronic equivalent of the typed signature of an
- officer, director or duly authorized employee.
- An electronic signature submitted according to these new
- guidelines will designate the individual authorized to bind the
- applicant who is certifying to the accuracy of the information
- contained in a given application. By signing electronically, all
- applicants agree to comply with the terms of the Communications
- Act and the rules governing a particular radio service in the
- same way as if they has submitted a hand written signature on a
- printed application form.
- What does this mean for ham radio? Simply that the legal
- framework is now in place for electronic signatures to be
- accepted by the Private Radio Bureau. It also means that the
- start-up of electronic filing of Amateur Radio applications and a
- shortening of an applicants waiting time for an applicant to get
- on the air can't be all that far away.
-
- *****
- CMRS
-
- The FCC has established a new procedure whereby license
- holders in the private land mobile radio service who are subject
- to reclassification into the commercial radio service can file
- for a waiver to retain existing foreign ownership. Under the
- framework of the 1983 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, certain
- private land mobile radio license holders were re-categorized as
- common carriers and are now subject to foreign ownership
- restrictions as outlined under section 310 B of the
- Communications Act. Section 310 B prohibits the granting of
- common carrier authorization to any alien or representative of an
- alien or to any corporation that has been organized under the
- laws of a foreign government. It also bars any corporation where
- any officer or director is an alien or which has more than 20% of
- its capital stock own by non-citizens or their representatives.
- The budget act does allow those affected by the change in
- status to petition the FCC for a waiver of Section 310 B as long
- as the foreign ownership interest lawfully existed prior to May
- 24, 1993. If a foreign ownership waiver is granted, the FCC
- says that it will recognize only the particular person or entity
- that held the foreign ownership interest as of the May 24th 1993
- cutoff date. Subsequent transfers of these grandfathered foreign
- ownership interests will be limited to domestic persons or
- entities so as to keep the waiver valid and in effect.
-
- *****
- VOICE MAIL HACKERS
-
- Pacific Bell Telephone in San Ramon, California says some of
- its voice mail customers are getting an unpleasant surprise. The
- company is admitting that electronic hackers are breaking in to
- the voice-mail system that it runs for business and residential
- customers. The hackers have altered message greetings and
- changed pass words. One recent incident happened earlier this
- week when a woman found a stranger was using her voice-mail box.
- Pacific Bell's corporate security and various San Francisco area
- law enforcement agency are investigating these incidents. In
- California, breaking into and tampering with a voice-mail system
- violates state law.
-
- *****
- CUBA AND THE ARRL
-
- Cuban American hams are angrily denouncing ARRL acceptance of
- an invitation for United States hams to join their Cuban
- counterparts in future operating events. They are making their
- displeasure known on voice, on CW and on packet.
- The crisis began after the league issued an official bulletin
- saying that the Cuban national society had invited American
- amateurs to participate in a joint operation in the 1994 ARRL
- June VHF QSO Party. It said that ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager
- Joe Lynch, N6CL, received the invitation to lead the group during
- his visit to Cuba the week of February 7th.
- Lynch, who is also the VHF editor of CQ Magazine was in Cuba
- as a member of a Methodist Church work team. While there, he
- extended greetings from ARRL officials and presented Federacion
- Radioaficionados de Cuba President Pedro Rodriguez, CO2RP, with
- a certificate of participation for the June 1993 ARRL VHF QSO
- Party. Joe also presented an author's certificate to Arnie Coro,
- CO2KK, for his article in December 1993 issue of the League's QST
- magazine.
- But many Cuban expatriate hams living in south Florida say
- that Rodriguez is nothing more than a puppet of Cuban Dictator
- Fidel Castro. They claim that Rodriguez is a member of the Cuban
- military who was given a ham call sign and a new political job.
- The job of keeping Cuban hams following the Castro party line.
- This they say at the risk of loosing their ham radio privileges
- and possibly going to jail.
- The Cubans hams living in the United States say that hams
- outside Cuba should not be holding hands with the FRC. Instead
- they should be pressuring their national societies to force the
- FRC to loosen the reign that dictator Castro has placed on the
- Cuban ham community.
- If it does take place, the joint VHF operation will place
- from Bellomonte, Cuba. Officials of the FRC say they have also
- taken under consideration a proposal from an American group for a
- joint operation from Cuba on the High Frequency bands in 1995.
-
- *****
- DAYTON BANQUET
-
- On a lighter note, the planners of the 1994 Dayton Hamvention
- have announced that a broadcasting pioneer will serve as this
- years featured banquet speaker.
- The 1994 Dayton Hamvention Committee has selected the featured
- speaker for this years grand banquet. Joseph M. Costello III,
- WA5HSI, President and CEO of WRNO International will present the
- main address at this years banquet. Mr Costello is best known
- for promoting the licensing and establishment of a US commercial
- shortwave station. Mr. Costellos perseverance has thrust radio
- station WRNO into fore front of shortwave broadcasting. The
- grand banquet will be held Saturday evening April 30th at the
- Dayton Convention Center.
-
- *****
- QSO PARTY
-
- In the contest corner, the 1994 Wisconsin QSO Party is
- scheduled for 18:00 UTC on March 13th. It runs until 01:00 UTC
- on March 14th. Send your entries and logs to WARAC, P.O. Box
- 1072, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201.
-
- *****
- MALTA
-
- In DX, you may have noticed that the 1A0KM, Sovereign
- Military Order of Malta DXpedition scheduled for February was
- postponed. According to word from I0JBL, the scheduled activity
- from the area was put on hold because of some serious problems
- that occurred to two of the four operators. There were no
- details given but it is assumed that most DXers were focusing
- most of their attention on the Peter I Island DXpedition. The
- 1A0KM operations are now scheduled to begin shortly. In fact,
- the group may be on as we go to air.
-
- *****
- RS-15
-
- Also from overseas comes word that there has been a delay in
- the setting of a launch date for Russia's new RS-15 ham radio
- satellite. Sources close to the project now say that the
- official technical presentation before the Russian Space Agency
- has been delayed until at least March 20th.
-
- *****
- WARD
-
-
- Congratulations to the new DOCTOR Jeff Ward, K8KA/G0 who
- recently earned his Doctorate degree. Jeff has been instrumental
- in the design of not only OSCAR satellite hardware, but also the
- ground station software that is used for Pacsat type
- communications. His work has had a great impact on the emerging
- micro satellite and digital communications technologies as well.
-
- *****
- SPACENEWS
-
- Word that KB2DB's "SpaceNews" is now available by satellite!
- The distribution of John Magliacanes' "SpaceNews" ham radio
- newsletter via Amateur Packet Radio networks has been improved
- recently with the help of high-speed "Pacsat" satellites. These
- polar orbiting satellites now make SpaceNews available to every
- inch of the planet several times daily at 9600 bps. W3QNS
- uploads copies of SpaceNews to the KITSAT OSCAR-23 satellite and
- is making them available for all KO-23 users.
-
- *****
- HELP FIND MARTY
-
- We have a special request from our producer Bill Pasternak,
- WA6ITF to try and help him to locate a boyhood friend who he says
- is trying to find him. The person that Bill is trying to contact
- is Martin Schiff, the former K2TRU. Bill says he learned
- that Marty was looking for him when he ran into a non ham cousin
- at a recent family gathering.
-
- "I was more than a little surprised when I was in New York
- not long ago I ran into a cousin, who I haven't seen in 32 years,
- who told me that a friend of mine, who I haven't seen in about 34
- years, has called him, surprisingly, and asked to get in touch
- with me. My cousin did not know where I was at the time and had
- no way of contacting me, so he threw the piece of paper away. He
- really doesn't remember where Marty Schiff, ex-K2TRU is living."
- Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Editor of Newsline.
-
- According to Bill, he and Marty Schiff palled together in the
- late 1950's and into the early 1960's. He says they lost contact
- after Marty went off to college somewhere in the north-east.
- Possibly to MIT.
-
- "Well the last time I saw Marty was a couple weeks before he
- went of to college. He went off to an engineering school as I
- remember some place in the northeast. It could have been MIT. I
- am not a hundred percent sure. This would have been back in 1960
- I guess, 59 to 60 something like that. I did try to contact MIT,
- both the Registrars Office and the Alumni Association, but I
- have had very little luck.
- Also tried the radio club and some friends of mine in the
- Boston area and other states and nobody seems to know Marty. But
- I've got a feeling if he is still around electronics, he's around
- radio people and even though he is not listed as holding a call
- sign right now. There is a good chance he has got some friends
- who are hams.
- I have exhausted every other method of trying to find him
- short of flying back east and starting a house to house search,
- so it occurred to me possibly one of our listeners here on
- Newsline might know him and might put me in touch with him."
- Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Editor of Newsline.
-
- If you happen to know someone named Marty or Martin Schiff
- and if he is originally from West 8th Street in Brooklyn, New
- York, let him know that Bill Pasternak, the former WA2HVK is now
- WA6ITF, that he is living in California and can be reached at
- area code (805) 296-7180 on voice or fax, 24 hours a day.
-
- *****
- And for this week, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
- You can write to us at Post Office Box 463 in Pasadena, CA 91102.
-
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- Date: 7 Mar 94 18:48:14 GMT
- From: usc!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!news.tek.com!gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com!gold.gvg.tek.com!gvgadg.gvg.tek.com!groverc@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Chest Harness for HT?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I had one made for me by a fellow locally. The cost was $25. It includes
- a harness, radio pocket, battery pocket, flashlight loop (mini), and map
- pocket. Call me if you like. I'm very pleased with mine.
-
- Grover WT6P
-
- (916) 478-3153
-
- > The harness seemed to be made out of neoprene or nylon and was black in
- > color. I want one. It would be terrific for cross-country skiing,
- > because if you fall, you don't fall on your radio. Even if you
- > don't fall, it makes the radio easier to use because you can simply
- > press the ptt switch without removing the radio from the harness.
- >
- > Does anyone have any information?
- >
- > -- Dan N2EDC
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Mar 94 23:07:16 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: Chest Harness for HT?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Dan (N2EDC) writes:
-
- A few years ago, at a cross-country ski center, I saw an employee
- with a handheld radio attached to his chest with some sort of
- harness. It held the radio at a diagonal angle such that the
- antenna (VHF duck) pointed at his left shoulder and the base of
- the radio pointed at the right side of his waist.
-
- The harness seemed to be made out of neoprene or nylon and was
- black in color. I want one. It would be terrific for
- cross-country skiing, because if you fall, you don't fall on your
- radio. Even if you don't fall, it makes the radio easier to use
- because you can simply press the ptt switch without removing the
- radio from the harness.
-
- Does anyone have any information?
-
- Look in police/rescue team supply catalogs. I think I saw this harness in
- the Gall's catalog, try 800 information for their number.
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
- Wm. A. Kirsanoff Internet: WAKIRSAN@ananov.remnet.ab.com
- Rockwell International Ham: KD6MCI
- (714) 762-2872
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- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Mar 94 18:32:29 GMT
- From: nprdc!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!umn.edu!rabbit.cccs.umn.edu!RWH@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: FCC Exec fired for incompetance?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <1994Mar6.025345.250@nosc.mil> keating@nosc.mil (Roger Keating) writes:
- >From: keating@nosc.mil (Roger Keating)
- >Subject: FCC Exec fired for incompetance?
- >Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 02:53:45 GMT
-
- >I heard second hand (this is how rumors start!) a report about an FCC
- >official being fired because of incompetance. Here is what I was
- >told:
-
- >National Public Radio reported Friday 4 Mar, that:
- >The executive at the FCC whose responsibility included the computers
- >systems used at the commission, was fired due to his incompetance.
-
- >I did not hear this report; I was asked if I had heard it and if I knew
- >anything more about it. I had no information about it, but was
- >curious.
-
- >Is this report close to correct? What has anyone else heard or read
- >concerning this topic? Please indicate sources.
-
- There were some managers at the FAA that were let go last week because of the
- sad state of affairs with the new ATC software.
-
- --rick
-
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- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 19:20:55 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!grady@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Icom Package For Sale
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Douglas S. Ring (dsring@equinox.unr.edu) wrote:
-
-
- : I have the following Icom equipment for sale which I wish to seel
- : only as a package!!!! The radio has a clean bill of health from Icom
- : service, dated 12/28/93. The radio and all of it's accessories are in
- : excellent condition and have been well cared for.
-
- : IC W2A (2m/440 Handheld Transciever)
- : HM 65 (Speaker Mic. W/earphone jack)
- : BC 72 (Rapid Charger)
- : 2-BP 84 (Battery Pack, Provides 2 watts)
- : 2-BP 85 (Battery Pack, Provides 5 watts)
- : AD 20 (Charging Adapter, Used with BP 84)
- : LC 73 (Radio Case)
- : BC 77 (Standard Charger {Comes With Radio} )
- : ______________________________________________________________________________
- i
- What is the serial number of the W2A? A littel while ago ICOM
- modified the cpu board so the xmit modification won't work anymore.
-
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- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 16:51:13 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!chip.ucdavis.edu!ez006683@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: IRS 501(c) tax-exempt status for our club - How?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- The easiest way to solve this problem, or atleast get an answer, is to
- run down to the local library or bookstore and look for NOLO press they
- publish a whole series of books about the law, and unlike most of us,
- they ARE lawyers. They have a book out for tex exempt organizations it
- includes who is/isn't tax exempt and the various forms of tax exempt
- status.
-
- Good luck and let us know what NOLO has to say,
- Dan
- --
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------*
- * Daniel D. Todd Packet: KC6UUD@KE6LW.#nocal.ca.usa *
- * Internet: ddtodd@ucdavis.edu *
- * Snail Mail: 1750 Hanover #102 *
- * Davis CA 95616 *
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- * All opinions expressed herein are completely ficticious any *
- * resemblence to actual opinions of persons living or dead is *
- * completely coincidental. *
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-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Mar 1994 09:22:50 -0800
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel!olivea!apple.com!apple.com!not-for-mail@network.
- Subject: Looking for QSL routes
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- n1ist@netcom.com (Michael L. Ardai) writes:
-
- >I am trying to catch up on my QSLing, and was wondering if anyone has any
- >QSL info for any of the following. Thanks in advance.
- >/mike
-
- >HI8OMA
-
- During this weekend's Phone contest, he gave out Box 3272, Santo Domingo.
-
- 73
-
- Kok "59 CAL" Chen, AA6TY kchen@apple.com
- Apple Computer, Inc.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Mar 1994 11:55:34 -0600
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: PK232->mac software
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- HI,
-
- A new ham here just bought an older 232 and wants me to set it up. Is
- there any decent packett of multimode shareware/freeware for the Mac and
- the 232?
-
- thanks
-
- Jeff, AC4HF
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 16:46:03 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!chip.ucdavis.edu!ez006683@network.ucsd.edu
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <CM5Mnx.3ro@ryn.mro.dec.com>, <9403061710593.gilbaronw0mn.DLITE@delphi.com>, <2leaa5$o87@crl.crl.com>
- Subject : Re: Further criminalization of scanning
-
- Mickey R Henniger (henniger@crl.com) wrote:
-
- : Getting PGP will not solve the problem. I feel our government intends to:
-
- : 1. provide a somewhat viable encryption standard with a govt backdoor.
- This is unnecessary, why create a backdoor when you have the key? All
- clipper keys are in the posession of our government with no LAWS to
- protect them. Clipper is probably secure except for the fact that the
- keys are all in "their" hands. see sci.crypt or alt.security.pgp
-
- : 2. pass laws which make it illegal to use non-govt sanctioned encryption.
- : (after all, if you are innocent, what do you have to hide?)
- This is a possibility. A scary one.
-
-
- : The standard argument has always been '...in the national interest...'
- : The question becomes:
- : "Do we really want to give up the last sanction of privacy left to us?"
- No!
-
- OBradio: I mentioned it before but got no responses, is the use of PGP
- verification acceptable on packet?
-
- cheers,
- Dan
- --
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------*
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