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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 94 11:08:09 PST From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup <info-hams@ucsd.edu> Errors-To: Info-Hams-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #307 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Sat, 19 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 307 Today's Topics: 1994 Contest calendar enclosed 93 Quest-How to Mount A 2m Antenna? Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 17 March eggbeater const. art. in QST???? FT1000D & Heil Pro-set 4? HAM Origin? Ham Radio FTP area on Oakland Is there any patch for HTX-202? March 1994 "RF design" Editorial Packet, Internet & the FCC Part 97 Q codes? qsl route for TI9CF WARNING: Potential Satellite Anomaly Warning Update - 17 March Send Replies or notes for publication to: <Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu> Send subscription requests to: <Info-Hams-REQUEST@UCSD.Edu> 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: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 19:14:13 GMT From: hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpcvsnz!charlier@hplabs.hp.com Subject: 1994 Contest calendar enclosed To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Thanks for typing that in and posting, Dave. I found a couple of typos, though: Dave Bushong (dbushong@wang.com) wrote: : Here is the 1994 contest calendar from CQ. Each of the fields is : Contest Weekend/Month Hours : ARRL VHF Sweepstakes 33 Should be: 4/Jan : ARRL DX Contest 4/May 14 That should read: ARAL DX contest. (though I'm not sure who the ARAL is, they gotta be crazy to hold a DX contest the same weekend as the WPX CW!) : CO WW WPX CW Contest last/May 48 Of course thats C*Q* not CO. -- Charlie Panek KX7L Hewlett Packard Company charlier@lsid.hp.com Lake Stevens Instrument Division Everett, Washington ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 23:48:04 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!dparker@network.ucsd.edu Subject: 93 Quest-How to Mount A 2m Antenna? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Miles Abernathy (miles@mbs.telesys.utexas.edu) wrote: : It all seemed so easy, there was so much open space up there for an : antenna. I went out and bought an NMO mount and a 2-meter quarter-wave : whip. Now I realize that I can't figure out how to get the headliner out to : drill the hole. You might check with the dealer, or even a cell phone installer for tips, but I would suggest a nice diamond or comet gutter mount with one of these ground independent gain antennas. I have had great luck on my 93 Caravan using this same set-up. I hit all the repeaters that I need to, plus great simplex range, and no holes in the roof! Dave, KD6RRS Tracy, CA. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 21:07:46 MST From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!adec23!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 17 March To: info-hams@ucsd.edu /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY 17 MARCH, 1994 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ (Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data) SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDICES FOR 17 MARCH, 1994 --------------------------------------------------------- SESC NOTICE: Planning for future solar optical and solar radio observations is in progress. Consideration is being given to having no regular solar activity patrol in the optical and radio wavelengths. There is also a possibility of no synoptic images. Can you describe to us any critical impacts such actions would have on your operations or research? Please reply to SESC no later than 23 March 1994. Contact by phone (303) 497-5127 or FAX (303) 497-7392 !!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 076, 03/17/94 10.7 FLUX=085.1 90-AVG=106 SSN=030 BKI=4554 3333 BAI=026 BGND-XRAY=A4.0 FLU1=5.9E+06 FLU10=1.6E+04 PKI=4555 4343 PAI=032 BOU-DEV=044,078,073,058,022,021,027,021 DEV-AVG=043 NT SWF=00:000 XRAY-MAX= B2.3 @ 0504UT XRAY-MIN= A3.1 @ 1843UT XRAY-AVG= A5.6 NEUTN-MAX= +002% @ 2355UT NEUTN-MIN= -002% @ 0650UT NEUTN-AVG= +0.1% PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2355UT PCA-MIN= -0.3DB @ 0330UT PCA-AVG= -0.0DB BOUTF-MAX=55352NT @ 0426UT BOUTF-MIN=55299NT @ 1800UT BOUTF-AVG=55325NT GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+074,+000,+000 GOES6-MAX=P:+135NT@ 1828UT GOES6-MIN=N:-114NT@ 0855UT G6-AVG=+092,+021,-048 FLUXFCST=STD:085,085,090;SESC:085,085,090 BAI/PAI-FCST=015,010,010/025,015,010 KFCST=3344 5322 2334 4322 27DAY-AP=007,017 27DAY-KP=2223 2213 3344 3343 WARNINGS=*GSTRM;*AURMIDWCH ALERTS=**MINSTRM !!END-DATA!! NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 16 MAR 94 was 30.0. The Full Kp Indices for 16 MAR 94 are: 4o 3+ 4- 3- 3+ 4- 3- 3o The 3-Hr Ap Indices for 16 MAR 94 are: 30 17 21 12 18 24 13 15 Greater than 2 MeV Electron Fluence for 17 MAR is: 1.6E+09 SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY -------------------- Solar activity was very low. There are but two simple active regions visible, 7688 (N19W20) and 7692 (N19E45). Solar activity forecast: solar activity is expected to be very low. The geomagnetic field has been at unsettled to minor storm levels with substorms persisting during nighttime. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux remains elevated, in excess of 5.0E+04 at various times during the interval. Geophysical activity forecast: the geomagnetic field is expected to be unsettled to active early, then calm to mostly unsettled levels by the end of the period. Episodes of minor storming may occur during local nighttimes. Event probabilities 18 mar-20 mar Class M 01/01/01 Class X 01/01/01 Proton 01/01/01 PCAF Green Geomagnetic activity probabilities 18 mar-20 mar A. Middle Latitudes Active 30/25/15 Minor Storm 20/15/10 Major-Severe Storm 10/05/05 B. High Latitudes Active 35/35/25 Minor Storm 20/20/15 Major-Severe Storm 10/10/05 HF propagation conditions continue to very slowly improve over all regions, but are still mostly below normal for the polar and high latitude paths. Middle latitude paths are returning to normal and should be near-normal on 18 or 19 March. Near-normal propagation conditions are expected over all regions by about 19 March (or 20 March for higher latitude transauroral and/or transpolar paths). COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS ======================================================== REGIONS WITH SUNSPOTS. LOCATIONS VALID AT 17/2400Z MARCH -------------------------------------------------------- NMBR LOCATION LO AREA Z LL NN MAG TYPE 7688 N19W19 225 0070 CAO 09 009 BETA 7692 N18E45 161 0060 HSX 02 001 ALPHA 7691 N07W31 237 PLAGE REGIONS DUE TO RETURN 18 MARCH TO 20 MARCH NMBR LAT LO 7683 S18 090 LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 17 MARCH, 1994 ---------------------------------------------------- BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP NONE POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 17 MARCH, 1994 -------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN MAX END LOCATION TYPE SIZE DUR II IV NO EVENTS OBSERVED INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 17/2400Z --------------------------------------------------- ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXTENSIONS EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH CAR TYPE POL AREA OBSN 70 N39E49 S20E26 S04W01 N44E35 189 ISO POS 020 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 ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ --------- --------- --------- 16 Mar: 0722 0722 0729 SF 7688 N16E01 1555 1605 1615 B1.6 REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY ------------------------------------------------ C M X S 1 2 3 4 Total (%) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ------ Region 7688: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 001 (50.0) Uncorrellated: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 001 (50.0) Total Events: 002 optical and x-ray. EVENTS WITH SWEEPS AND/OR OPTICAL PHENOMENA FOR THE LAST UTC DAY ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date Begin Max End Xray Op Region Locn Sweeps/Optical Observations ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ --------------------------- 16 Mar: 0722 0722 0729 SF 7688 N16E01 III 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, 18 Mar 94 14:07:08 -0500 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: eggbeater const. art. in QST???? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I remember seeing an article on constructing an eggbeater style sat antenna on ..... in an issue of QST. have torn the shack apart and no DICE!!! anyone with a reference or an alt. source for an eggbeater sdesign? i would be very interested. thanks pete n1qdq ------------------------------ Date: 18 Mar 1994 20:26:15 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!jericho.mc.com!fugu!levine@network.ucsd.edu Subject: FT1000D & Heil Pro-set 4? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Heil knows about it. Call them up and ask for the FT1000 mod. --- ------------------------------------------------------------ Bob Levine KD1GG 7J1AIS VK2GYN formerly KA1JFP levine@mc.com <--Internet email Phone(508) 256-1300 x247 kd1gg@wa1phy.ma <--Packet Mail FAX(508) 256-3599 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 20:40:45 GMT From: mozo.cc.purdue.edu!sage.cc.purdue.edu!soubeih@purdue.edu Subject: HAM Origin? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Edward Sorensen <edsorensen@delphi.com> writes: > >I have a father-in-law who is a ham Chuck Kramer (KE4BWG) he asked where and >when the word "HAM" came to be... Is it an acronymn? We have asked many >HAMS and even consulted Encyclopedia Brittanica and still no luck... >Please help, Maybe I can also prove to him that the Internet is worth more I have heard somewhere that this is the proper origin. There was a magazine published named Home Amateur Mechanic, in this magazine an artice was posted on how to build an amateur radio. It was one of the first plans that was publically published. Therefore, as you can see, the nickname of this radio became a HAM radio. This may not be accurate since it just came through the grape vine, but that is where everything in this hobby comes from. Hope I Helped, Jabran, N9KZA Purdue University (Destination, Final Four) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 10:09:17 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews!ornews.intel.com!ccm.hf.intel.com!brett_miller@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Ham Radio FTP area on Oakland To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <wy1zCMuxsM.Hvt@netcom.com> wy1z@netcom.com (Scott Ehrlich) writes: >This is a periodic reminder that the Boston Amateur Radio Club maintains an >FTP area on oak.oakland.edu (141.210.10.117) in /pub/hamradio. >On most systems, the command needed is: ftp oak.oakland.edu > or: ftp 141.210.10.117 > For Gopher: gopher gopher.oakland.edu 70 > World Wide Web URL: http://www.acs.oakland.edu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I just wanted to make a comment on WWW here. I've been using Internet stuff for about 4 years, but last week a guy gave me a program called Mosaic that is a software interface to World Wide Web. All I can say is: WOW!! WWW allows a point and click interface to the Internet. Instead of cryptic unix commands you can see everything and click the mouse on what you want. You can click on a line and have a high resolution movie play on your computer with sound! You can navigate FTP like Program Manger in Windows. I clicked on a few lines and was reading the Dead Sea Scrolls which had pictures of the original manuscripts. It is amazing! All I'm saying here is that if you can get WWW access, get it. It is a full multimedia superhighway - who needs Al Gore! Now we return to your regularly scheduled scanner discussions... Brett Miller N7OLQ brett_miller@ccm.hf.intel.com Intel Corp. American Fork, UT ------------------------------ Date: 18 Mar 94 18:33:53 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx!lazarza@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Is there any patch for HTX-202? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I wonder if this is the right place to post this question. Is there any patch available to expand the frequency range of the HTX-202? If possible, replay to me directly, and if there is interest, i'll post the answers. Thanks in advance Luis Zarza lazarza@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 16:53:24 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!mixcom.com!kevin.jessup@network.ucsd.edu Subject: March 1994 "RF design" Editorial To: info-hams@ucsd.edu The following is reprint from the March 1994, issue of "RF design" magazine. It is being posted here to the amateur radio areas of Internet with the verbal permission of the author, Gary A. Breed, the editor of "RF design". **************************************************************************** March, 1994 RF Engineers: Paving the Information Superhighway By Gary A. Breed, Editor I'd like to clear up some misconceptions about who is building the "infor- mation superhighway" or "national information infrastructure". Although this universal communications network will carry information in digital form, it is NOT being built just by digital engineers. After all, a normal superhighway carries cars and trucks but isn't built just by automotive engineers! No, the information superhighway is being built by COMMUNICATIONS engineers representing RF, microwave, optical and digital specialties. Some people interpreted my December article as saying that RF technology would benefit as a spin-off from the efforts being made in telecommunica- tions. That's the wrong interpretation, because RF IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROCESS! Here's how "RF design" readers are taking part: RF LINKS -- This is the "wireless" technology everyone is talking about. Cellular telephones, new Personal Communications System applications, wireless links for personal computers, RFID "radio bar codes", no-stop toll collection, data links for inventory reporting, wireless office networks, remote meter reading and a zillion other applications. COAXIAL CABLE TECHNOLOGY -- Your cable company simply takes ordinary RF signals and transmits them through a cable instead of over the airwaves. An intermediate step in the building of a new infrastructure will be extended use of cable technology, which is completely RF! FIBER OPTICS -- Lots of RF technology is found here too. Light beams carry the information through these glass fibers, but the circuits that drive the laser diodes at one end, and recover the information at the other are very much like radio transmitters and receivers. MICROWAVE AND SATELITE LINKS -- This is RF communication at the higher frequencies, but still RF. The lower frequencies emphasized in "RF design" magazine are a major part of these systems, too, in the modulation, demodulation, frequency conversion, amplification and signal processing functions. HIGH SPEED COMPUTING -- Making the new infrastructure work will require plenty of computing power. There are some terrific digital engineers designing computer circuits for high speed digital signal processing, error detection and correction, and encryption/decryption. But they also need a solid footing in RF theory and techniques. Remeber that a 66 MHz PC operates with timing signals that would fall in television channel 3 if they were radiated like RF signals! I think I've made my point -- RF is one of the key areas of engineering that will make the new information superhighway possible. Now that Congress, the President and private industry are working together (at least in this one area!), work is accelerating in the rewiring of our nation. I'd love to hear what some of you are doing to make it happen! [END OF QUOTED ARTICLE] ************************************************************************ Mr Breed did not volunteer an internet address, so I assume that he would only want feedback from readers of "RF design" magazine, and not from those reading this in the rec.radio.amateur areas of internet. Please respect his privacy. I would appreciate any follow ups or Email discussion of how all this applies to amateur radio. To again quote Mr. Breed, "I'd love to hear what some of you are doing to make it happen!". Indeed! What are you as an amateur radio operator doing? Is it even a concern of yours? The freqeuncies Mr. Breed was talking about were all VHF and higher. As I have stated before, IMO, amateur radio needs to look beyond just RF, and take a wider and more interdisciplinary approach to communications. One last quote: "No, the information superhighway is being built by COMMUNICATIONS engineers representing RF, microwave, optical and digital specialties." What about us??? Do we want to be just amateur RADIO... ...or can we evolve into amateur COMMUNICATIONS? FLAME RETARDENT: Please confine this discussion to the RF theory aspects of amateur radio and the associated theory tests. Leave CW, contesting and public service out of it, and I think we'll be OK! ;-)) -- /`-_ kevin.jessup@mixcom.com { }/ Marquette Electronics, Inc \ / N9SQB, ARRL, Amateur Radio |__*| N9SQB @ WD9ANY.#MKE.WI.USA.NA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 22:16:00 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!netnews@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Packet, Internet & the FCC To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I've been seeing snippets of messages here and there about the Amateur rules and Packet, but've been unable to gleen a straight answer. What are the current rules for message forwarding? i.e. I want to set my computer up to recieve Internet mail, and then forward it over packet, is this kosher? According to a year old FAQ, it is as long as you "hand" forward the messages. I really don't want to do that... Furthermore, the FAQ specifies that the FCC sees Internet mail as third-party traffic, therefore must be screened by the control-op. Do these rules still apply? Or has Internet Mail forwarding been given a blessing by the FCC? What's up? Jason Rimmer Eclectic Technologies jrimmer@netcom.com Where technology and your desk meet (most of the time) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 20:22:46 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpspkla!dubner@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Part 97 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Jack C. Lockhart (lockhart@mothra.nts.uci.edu) wrote: : In article <2m7t08$o9i@lester.appstate.edu>, : Watkins, Robert Shawn <RW884@CONRAD> wrote: : >Is there a way I can get a copy of the revised Part 97 via e-mail? : > : > Shawn Watkins : > KE4FPZ : : : I just got mine from. : : ftp.cs.buffalo.edu in pub/ham-radio/ fcc_part-97-1 : fcc_part-97-2 : fcc_part-97-3 I found fcc_part-97-1 on 'buffalo' to be badly truncated and would instead recommend what Bill Starkgraf (wps@ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM) wrote: : Get a copy via ftp from oak.oakland.edu (/pub/hamradio/Part97) : ^ : It is cut into 3 pieces. | | That is /pub/hamradio/part97 ---------------------------- 73, Joe, K7JD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Dubner K7JD | Hewlett-Packard Company | dubner@spk.HP.COM | PO Box 2500 M.S. 2I | | Spokane, WA 99220-2500 | (509) 921-3514 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 18 Mar 94 16:41:24 GMT From: ncrgw2.ncr.com!ncrhub2!tdbunews!nsc32!wps@uunet.uu.net Subject: Q codes? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu pull them from the ARRL server (this is only one place) they will get mailed to you. send mail to: info@arrl.org. Your message (text body of the message) should only include: send q-signals quit Another way it to anonymous ftp them from one of the loactions out there that has the ham files. oak.oakland.edu ftp.cs.buffalo.edu Bill ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Starkgraf wps@ElSegundoCA.ncr.com AT&T Global Information Solutions (310) 524-5754 El Segundo, CA (800) 222-8372 x5754 Call: KD6UQB Simi Settlers ARC Simi Valley, CA ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 18 Mar 1994 12:32:57 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news1.hh.ab.com!icd.ab.com!bjp@network.ucsd.edu Subject: qsl route for TI9CF To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Thanks, Brian (N8RPA) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 21:26:57 MST From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!adec23!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: WARNING: Potential Satellite Anomaly Warning Update - 17 March To: info-hams@ucsd.edu /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ POTENTIAL SATELLITE ANOMALY WARNING UPDATED: 03:50 UT, 18 MARCH /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ ATTENTION: Energetic electrons at greater than 2 MeV continue to be elevated. Highest fluence levels for this event were observed yesterday (16 March) at 3.1E+09 electrons/cm^2-ster-day. Electron densities dropped somewhat to moderate to occasionally high levels today. This event is expected to begin decaying back toward background levels and finally end over the next 24 to 72 hours. ** End of Warning ** ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #307 ******************************