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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 29 Mar 94       Volume 94 : Issue  341

Today's Topics:
               ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 802  27/03/94
                     Do you post these E V E R !
                             frequencies
                   Fricker HF Propagation papers ?
                      Ham-related mailing lists
          HELP: Anyone know what a XR2206 chip is? (2 msgs)
           Macintosh Amateur Radio Software - January 1994
                        New Award Announcement
                        Obscenity on ham bands
                       QSLing packet messages?
                      Question on Kenwood 732 A
                     SUMMARY:2m HT Recomendations
                         Telecom and Meteors
                     World Wide Web Sites wanted!

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Date: 29 Mar 1994 14:59:22 +1000
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!sserve!usage!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram.esi.com.au![e-mail]
Subject: ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 802  27/03/94
To: [e-mail]

[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

ANARTS NEWS BULLETIN 802  27/03/94

SUNDAY TRANSMISSION SCHEDULES
  3.545 MHz                  0930 UTC   This relay is in
                                        recess until April.
  7.045 MHz -3               0030 UTC     VK2CTD (Col)
 14.070 MHz (amtor/fec)      0030 UTC     VK2DPM (Alan)
 14.091 MHz                  0030 UTC     VK2BQS (JIM)
146.675 MHz             0030/0930 UTC     VK2JPA (PAT)
144.850 MHz (ax25 bbs)                    VK2JPA @ VK2RWI
146.675 MHz (rtty mmbbs/repeater)          VK2RTY

Views  expressed  in  this news bulletin are  not  necessarily
those of the Broadcast Officer, the Relay Officers, or of the
Society.


News from W.A.
--------------
R.T.T.Y. MAIL BOX AT WIRELESS HILL PARK
---------------------------------------
The radio for this project is undergoing final testing  at the
QTH of  ROB VK6THP ,  and after a period of OPERATIONAL activ-
ity  from  Robs QTH It hoped to have it installed at  Wireless
Hill park by MID APRIL

PROPOSED  SOUTH WEST DIGIPEATERS FOR THE PACKET NETWORK
------------
It  is  proposed to establish a digipeater at the  MT  WILLIAM
site ,  to complement the current Turner Hill digipeater.  The
proposal  is  to  use  frequency of  144.850  at  Turner  HILL
(presently 144.750) and to use 144.750 on MT WILLIAM

This will provide better coverage into areas such as Collie,
Donnybrook and other south/west towns. Both Turner Hill and Mt
William  will be linked by VHF ROSE links,  and also  back  to
PERTH.  Another  advantage  of this proposal  ,  will  be  the
provision  of  an alternate BBS forwarding link on 144.850  to
VK6AJJ BBS

Finally  it  was decided that a general access port  be  esta-
blished  at WIRELESS HILL PARK as and when time and   finances
permit.  This  will  be on 2m and 70cm ,  the frequencies  for
these have yet to be decided ,  after tests have been  carried
out  on  site  to  determine there  will  be  no  interference
generated to  existing servies who use the site.
----------
ARE YOU, THOSE WHO are READING THIS BULLETIN?, FINANCIAL
MEMBERS OF W.A.A.D.C.A.  ??????

W.A.A.D.C.A is very short of funds.if you use the digipeaters
and services provided by the small group of financial members
of W.A.A.D.C.A. and wish to see the continued DEVELOPMENT of
the packet network , as described above,
THE COMMITTEE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT
and membership APPLICATION as soon as possible.

73 to all DE CLEM VK6CW  W.A.A.D.C.A.
BROADCAST OFFICER

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

SARTG WW AMTOR contest
----------------------

Dates this year are 16th-17th April.

Contest  periods  are 0000-0800 UTC  Saturday,  1600-2400  UTC
Saturday, and 0800-1600 UTC Sunday.

Bands :  80,  40,  20, 15 and 10 metre amateur bands. The same
station  may  be  contacted  once on each  band  for  QSO  and
multiplier credits.

Mode :  Only Amtor allowed.  Use FEC (mode B) for calling. Use
ARQ  (Mode A) for exchange of contest messages.  Exchanging of
contest  messages  in  FEC or in any way  other  than  ARQ  is
subject to disqualification.

Message : RST, Name, QSO number starting with 001.

Classes : A. single operator -- all bands
          B. single operator -- single band
          C. Multi operator  -- single TX, all bands
          D. SWLs            -- all bands

More next week
             ------------------------------------

ANARTS April meeting
--------------------
Please  note that, because of Easter, the meeting will be  put
back  a week until Friday 8th April.  This is normal  practice
when  the meeting clashes with a public holiday,  and the  1st
April is Good Friday.

Hope to see some of you there. Time is 7.30 pm and takes place
at  the QTH of Keith VK2ZZO.  For further information  contact
Col VK2CTD,  Jim VK2BQS, or Pat VK2JPA (work 230 3722). Supper
supplied.
           ---------------------------------------

                      IPS weekly report
                      -----------------

                  18 MARCH - 24 MARCH 1994

Issue No 12
Date of issue: 25 March, 1994

INDICES:
Date     18    19    20    21    22    23    24
10cm    087   089   089   091   091   092   093
A        18    14    10    22    17    15  (17 estimated)
T       -06    43    47    25    18    57    60

                     SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY

Solar activity was very low over the period.

The  geomagnetic  field  at Learmonth (WA)  was  unsettled  to
active  on  18th,  quiet to unsettled on  19th,  unsettled  to
active on 20th,  active on 21st,  unsettled to active on  22nd
with a brief minor storm period, quiet to unsettled with brief
active periods on 23rd and 24th March.

Ionospheric  F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were  depressed
by  up  to  30 per cent during local daylight  hours  on  18th
March, otherwise near predicted levels until late on 21st when
frequencies  became depressed by up to 20 per cent until  22rd
when conditions became enhanced by up to 20 per cent. On 24th,
frequencies  were mostly near predicted monthly  values  apart
from brief enhanced periods of up to 30 per cent. Spread F was
observed during local night on 18th.

     FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK (25 -31 MARCH)

SOLAR:        Low to very low.

GEOMAGNETIC:  Quiet to unsettled, with active periods possible
              29-30 March.

IONOSPHERIC    Mostly  near  predicted  monthly  values,  with
               occasional enhamcements of 15-30 per cent.

Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services

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

VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 18 MAR 94
VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEKENDING 18 MARCH 1994 (BID RTDX0318)

OUR  INFORMATION  THIS WEEK CAME FROM:  9X5LJ,  DJ3IW AND  THE
CENTRAL-EUROPE DX CLUSTER NODE DB0SPC, I5FLN, IK5AAX AND THE
IK5PWJ  PACKET CLUSTER,  N2DBI,  W2JGR AND THE NJ0M  NODE  THE
TWIN-CITIES DX PACKET CLUSTER, W5KSI AND ZS5S.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

BANDPASS
FRIDAY 11
0237-14086  FG5GI                1334-14087  YI1AL
1336-14090  UU9JWB               1426-14086  SV5AZP
2146-21088  C21/YI SEE NOTES     2146-14088  TU4EI QSL W3HCW

SATURDAY 12
0131-14087  ZP5JCY               1242-14089  RU9CX
1244-14082  UU9JWB               1249-14089  ES4MM
1250-14086  HK0DPA               1351-14082  KG4CW
1509-14089  ES4MM                1514-14090  J28JJ
1545-21083  ZD7DP                2120-14088  CO2KG
2128-14089  HK0DPA               2203-14088  KG4CW
2313-14084  CO2KG

SUNDAY 13
1212-14086  UY0IO                1212-14084  SV1CQO
1324-14087  ES4MM                1452-21083  ZD7DP

MONDAY 14
1553-14086  UT5DX                1611-14083  SV1CQO
1627-14088  4X6UO                1842-21086  ZK1AIQ SO. COOK
2148-14088  HK0DPA

TUESDAY 15
0257-14085  ZK1AIQ               1647-14085  CU1AC
2221-14088  TU2EI

WEDNESDAY 16
1554-14087  OD5PL                1558-14090  UU8JA
1618-14090  EI3GZ                1621-14087  OK1DXS
1733-14083  HG6N                 1830-14086  UT5DG
2000-14085  9I2Z QSL DL7VRO      2157-14087  CO2KG
2204-21087  XE3LMV INVERTED

THURSDAY 17
0026-14085  CX3ABE               0103-14084  TI2KSR
1550-14085  UR4UYI               1550-14084  RW3GK
1615-14087  4N7M                 1714-14090  UU8JA
1740-14087  OZ1GML ZEALAND IS. EU-029
1908-14090  S92ZM                2051-21084  J28BS
2103-21083  ZD7DP                2143-14088  J28BS

NOTES OF INTEREST.
NAURU,  C21.  C21/MI  AND  C21/YI ARE THE CALLSIGNS ISSUED  TO
JF2MBF,  MITSUNOBU  ICHINO AND JI1NJC,  YASUNORI  IITSUKA  FOR
THEIR  OPERATION.  C21 WITH THE PORTABLE DISIGNATOR CONSISTING
OF THEIR INITIALS. QSL JR2KDN.

SPRATLY  ISLANDS,  9M0.  THE NEXT OPERATION FROM  SPRATLY,  IS
SCHEDULED  FOR SOMETIME AROUND APRIL 2ND.  CALLSIGNS  WILL  BE
9M0A, 9M0AG AND 9M0BZ. TO BE ACTIVE ON RTTY, AMTOR, PACTOR AND
PACKET.  LOOK FOR THEM ON RTTY FREQUENCIES, 7030, 14085, 21085
AND 28085.

DXAC.  PROPOSED  MARCH SCHEDULE.  DXAC CHAIRMAN  W4VQ,  ROBERT
BEATTY,  ANNOUNCED A PROPOSED  VOTE.  ONE OF THE TOPICS IS THE
DELETION OF MOUNT ATHOS. MORE ON THIS LATER.

FOR  NEXT  WEEK'S BULLETIN,  SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND  NOTES  OF
INTEREST TO JULES, W2JGR AT W2TKU.#SRQ.FL.USA.NA
REMEMBER, DX DON'T SLEEP.
GL DE BOB, WB2CJL AT W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA
          ------------------------------------------

Coming events
1994
----
April        8th              ANARTS meeting

             16th-17th        SARTG WW AMTOR Contest

             23rd-24th        1ST WW SPDX RTTY Contest
              ------------------------------------

Paper for Teleprinters
----------------------
Please,  PLEASE,  does  anyone want some teleprinter paper,  I
have boxes of it.  It is triplex paper (three sheets of paper,
two sheets of carbon paper),  you can have it for the cost  of
freight  (you  pay the freight).  This paper will work in  any
pressure  machine,  or even typewriters,  no good for  tractor
machines. When you unroll it you finish up with three rolls of
paper  and two rolls of carbon paper.  The paper you can  use,
the carbon -- well you can give it to the children to mess  up
the  house.  Don't  worry about the amount you  want,  I  have
enough.

Contact Syd VK2SG, phone [phone] or ok in the call book.
           ---------------------------------------

Society information

The Society may be contacted at :  PO Box 860, Crows Nest 2065
Australia,   for   such  matters  as  membership  and  general
enquiries.  Enquiries  can  also  be made  by  packet  to  the
President (Col) VK2CTD, or the Secretary (Pat) VK2JPA @ VK2RWI

News  items  may  be  sent to  Broadcast  Officer  PO  Box  60
Blacktown  2148 Australia,  or by packet to VK2JPA @  VK2RWI.

Email address for the Broadcast Officer is :

[e-mail]

The  Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects  from
anywhere in the broadcast footprint.   We know we reach ZL and
many South Pacific islands. We are looking forward to news from
your areas to let other  amateurs know  what you  are  doing in
the hobby. Hope to hear from you.

73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer
That concludes ANARTS News802 27/03/94.

Inserted by VK2BQS (Jim)  Vice-President ANARTS.

--
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)    VK2KFU @ VK2AAB.NSW.AUS.OC     PGP 2.3
[e-mail]           ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave    available

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Date: 29 Mar 94 17:46:11 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!ccnet.com!ccnet.com![e-mail]
Subject: Do you post these E V E R !
To: [e-mail]

Burt Fisher, Cape Cod Reg Tech  ([e-mail]) wrote:

:                          Amateur Radio Call K1OIK

Is this one of the new incentive 1x1 calls?  Oh ! I guess it is one of
those fancy fm broadcast calls...you know, with the frequency cleverly
included.          Had to say something good :)

Bob





--
     Bob Wilkins                     work    [e-mail]
 Berkeley, California                home    [e-mail]
     94701-0710                      play    n6fri@n6eeg.#nocal.ca.us.noam

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Date: Fri, 25 Mar 94 17:45:27 MST
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!asuvax!ennews!wierius!isus!dtr![e-mail]
Subject: frequencies
To: [e-mail]

anyone want to share frequency information either local repeater group
info or scanner related info. yes there may also be a scanner newsgroup
but my link or bbs does not carry this conference/ john

--
[e-mail] (John moran)
Data Terminal Ready BBS [phone]

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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 19:58:51 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Fricker HF Propagation papers ?
To: [e-mail]

I am looking for some BBC technical reports, in all their
gory detail on the Fricker FoF2 and mode-find algorithms.
In the journal articles there are references to BBC
"pamphlets" which were "readily available" in the mid-'80s.
Any ideas?

Ron
WA6MQC

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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 05:51:08 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Ham-related mailing lists
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>>Hi,
>>
>>    Can someone post a list of all HAM-related mailing lists that
>>we can subscribe to? Tks.
>
>QRP ([e-mail])
>boatanchors (dedicated to tube radio equipment)
>   ([e-mail])
>DX (see the privious article)
>vintage solid state (don't know the sub address)
>contests (sub address unknown)
>
>There's one devoted to commercial radio equipement - can't recall the name.
>Someone on `boats' posted the entire list - there's at least a dozen more.
>
>Jeff NH6IL


We also have reflectors for:

Amateur Radio Newsline (newsline-list)
ARRL Official Bulletins (w1aw-list)
ARRL Letter (letter-list)
KY1N VEC listing (Local Boston area VE sessions - ky1n-list)

And we have interactive lists:

barc-list (local Boston-area stuff)
barc-races (again, local)
fieldorg-l (ARRL Field organization discussions)
ham-tech (Untamed technical discussions about the hobby)
fox-list (local Boston stuff - T-hunting)


To join any or all of the above:

Send a message to: [e-mail]
In the body of the message, type: subscribe list_you_want


73,
Scott, WY1Z, co-moderator
Phil, K9HI, co-moderator


P.S. All ARRL bulletins are archived on the anonymous FTP site of
oak.oakland.edu in the Boston Amateur Radio Club FTP area:
/pub/hamradio/w1aw-list/

P.P.S. Amateur Radio Newsline is now also being archived, too:
oak.oakland.edu:/pub/hamradio/docs/newsline/


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Date: 29 Mar 1994 05:03:55 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ai-lab!synergy![e-mail]
Subject: HELP: Anyone know what a XR2206 chip is?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (A Gnome On A Mission) writes:
|> Help, has anyone out there heard of a chip  XR2206?
.
.
.
|> Mark Simpson

This device is a Monolithic Function Generator made by EXAR.
Don't know where do get them anymore.  I think EXAR died or
or was purchased by someone.  Expect the part number of have the
same numbers but change its prefix.

It should be inexpensive ($10 or less).

I do know of a supplier that stocks old - hard to find stuff.
American II Electronics   1-800-767-2637    813-573-0900

Chris

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Date: 29 Mar 1994 02:34:12 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!mvb.saic.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!news1.digex.net!access.digex.net![e-mail]
Subject: HELP: Anyone know what a XR2206 chip is?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
Christopher Barnhart <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (A Gnome On A Mission) writes:
>|> Help, has anyone out there heard of a chip  XR2206?
>.
>.
>.
>|> Mark Simpson
>
>This device is a Monolithic Function Generator made by EXAR.
>Don't know where do get them anymore.  I think EXAR died or
>or was purchased by someone.  Expect the part number of have the
>same numbers but change its prefix.
>
>It should be inexpensive ($10 or less).
>
>I do know of a supplier that stocks old - hard to find stuff.
>American II Electronics   1-800-767-2637    813-573-0900
>
>Chris


Hi,

     We just got 25 (minimum order) of these at my work from either Exar
or from their distributor (I don't know which off-hand.)  If you need more
info, email me; I have the data book on my desk.

Alan

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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 18:51:53 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!rodan.syr.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Macintosh Amateur Radio Software - January 1994
To: [e-mail]

In article <2mkse6$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (TSTADER) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Diana L.
>Carlson) writes:
>
>And I have noted this in the latest version to be relased in amonth or so.
>
>Thanks Diana... sorry you lost your Mac! I know that many people enjoyed using
>your Hyoercard stacks to prep for their tests!
>
>Has anyone else picked up the role of keeping the stacks up-to-date? Is there a
>volunteer out there on the net?
>

>America Online Ham Radio Club Host
>Ham Radio Software for the Macintosh List Maintainer

Hi,
I would like to know if there is software for the mac which will help
you prepare to take the certification tests to be an operator.  I know
there is a book that helps you learn all the regulations but I would
like to know if there is software also.  Please email me at
[e-mail] because I'm having trouble finding time to
read news regularly.

Thank you in advance,
Lisa

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Date: 29 Mar 94 21:13:00 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: New Award Announcement
To: [e-mail]

Deignan and Hare lament the lack of "awards" available to no-code techs. Where
have they been?
Two that I can think of are:
1) RCC  Rag Chewers Club
2) VUCC VHF UHF Century Club  100 grid squares on 6, or 100 on 2 , less on the
higher bands.  Yes it does require SOME effort, and more than a handitalkie,
but do we want to dumb-down even the operating awards.
3) Various satellite operating awards.
So, there are a number of operating awards available to the no-code ham... and
I might point out that DXCC CAN be achieved by a no-coder on six meters, given
another good solar cycle.

What say Ed?

73 de Bob  [e-mail]

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Date: 28 Mar 94 19:06:03 GMT
From: olivea!charnel!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!yuma![e-mail]
Subject: Obscenity on ham bands
To: [e-mail]

In article <2n73kp$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dan Hughes) writes:
>
>I just passed my no-code test last week, and have been listening to some
>ham chatter on my SW receiver.  Saturday night on 3910 kHz I heard some
>of the most disgusting language I've encountered anywhere.  One guy was
>spouting one obscentity after another, and three other guys were laughing
>at his inept signal and giving it right back to him.  All but the
>instigator were regularly giving their calls.  Is this pretty much what I
>have to look forward to?

Yep.
On HF, that is.  I run 6m, 2m, and 70cm SSB, and people are nice and polite
and follow the rules.
Novel concept, eh?
With your tech, YOU TOO can get on >50MHz SSB.  I wish I'd spent the $$$$
on better VHF/UHF gear and bought some old tube HF rig, but HF resale values
are pretty high these days....
AND, the antennas are a lot smaller ;-)
Galen, KF0YJ

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Date: 28 Mar 1994 20:02:33 GMT
From: news.bu.edu!transfer.stratus.com!hoop.sw.stratus.com![e-mail]
Subject: QSLing packet messages?
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Jay Sissom) writes:
: A QSO is "A conversation between two radio amateurs".  A QSL card is "A
: postcard that serves as a confirmation of communication between two hams."
:
: (These are quoted from "Now You're Talking"  Copyright 1993 by ARRL.
:
: When you look at these definitions, QSL cards for exchange of packet messages
: makes sense.   Email messages are conversation between two radio amateurs,
: so that makes it a QSO.  If email messages are a QSO, then a QSL card
: would be approriate.  Using these definitions, a QSL card would be acceptable

: Jay
: KA9OKT
:

    Does this mean that we should start exchanging QSL cards for
    our internet contacts ?

--
--

    Bill Northup                   PHONE:       [phone]
    Stratus Computer Inc.          INTERNET:       [e-mail]
    55 Fairbanks Boulevard       Packet:         N1QPR@WA1PHY.#EMS.MA.USA.NA
    Marlboro, MA  01752            Amateur Radio:  N1QPR

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Date: 29 Mar 94 07:56:52 GMT
From: agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!nic.scruz.net!cruzio!comix![e-mail]
Subject: Question on Kenwood 732 A
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>In article <2n672m$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (BDW) writes:
>> Was wondering if anyone out there in radio land has had any experience with
>> the Kenwood TM-732A its a mobil dual band and looks like a real nice piece.

Sounds like everyone like the TM-732A.  Methinks otherwise.
There are some things I like about the radio, however here
are the bad points:

1.  The legends on the front panel above the push buttons are invisible
red letters on black background with no backlighting.  I have to use
a flashlight to see the labels at night.  The LCD backlighting can
be adjusted from too bright to extremely over bright.

2.  The projecting rubber bumps that maquerade as a microphone
touch-tone pad have had all the silk screening rubbed off.
Clue:  paint doesn't stick to rubber very well.

3.  I bought one of the original models.  DTMF squelch does not work
if the memory channel 100Khz digit is odd.  Works fine if it's even.
Kenwood has offered to fix this for free.  I gave up playing phone
tag with them and never had mine fixed.

4.  DTMF squelch does not allow for additional digits (#) to convince
a repeater to pass touch tones instead of muting them.  Paging is
unfathomable.

5.  The removable front panel has no easy way to mount on or under a
dashboard.  The $45 mounting and cable extension kit is a kludge.
I had to use velco for lack of anything better.  This gives it a
nice mushy feel or a moving target when pushing buttons.

6.  The cute little fan ate something and died.  I guess you could
call this abuse.  I would have prefered some better grill protection.

7.  The RJ45 telco connector that is used for the microphone has
fallen apart twice from exessive side loading (something it was
not designed to handle).  At least the old round connector provided
some strain relief.

8.  RX intermod on the UHF band is awful.  Driving through town,
all I hear is paging and IM on UHF.  VHF appears to be ok.  I don't
have two signal generators so I can't verify this with measurements.

9.  The UHF receiver is essential deaf below 435Mhz.

10. The 4 function keys on the microphone use a crud D/A (digital
to analog) converter.  Moisture condensation has made using these
buttons in the morning a real challenge.

11. The controls and functions are arranged in what I consider to
be a disorganized manner.  Operation of the function key can be:
    just the button
    funct key followed by the button
    funct key held > 1 second followd by the button
    funct key held while pressing the button.
    funct key held while pressing the button and turning on the power.
I have to create a cheat sheet to operate the radio.  I have my
own idea on how a radio should be controlled.  Function keys were
basically a good idea when there were only a few functions and
a crummy idea when expanded to the huge number of goodies that need
to be controlled in todays radios.

12. Many of the radio "modes" are either not displayed or well
hidden on the front panel.

13. The squelch has little or no hysteresis.  This is because
it's actually a 5 bit (32 position) A/D converter.  This yields
a ganularity of about 10 degrees.  If hysteresis had been introduced,
it would have been difficult to adjust the squelch.  Lacking squelch
hysteresis, weak signals sound like a machine gun.

14. The radio does NOT include a built in diplexer.  This resulted in
my doing something stupid.  I used seperate antennas for VHF and
UHF on my truck.  They were about 10 inches apart.  I blew out the
UHF front-end FET.   A duplexer offers reasonable isolation between
the VHF and UHF sides.  Add $50.

15. The radio arrived with the deviation set to 6.5Khz, PL=400Hz,
and -250Hz off frequency.  (Should be 5.0Khz, 750Hz, 0Hz).
Microphone gain appears exessive and is not adjustable.

Before you declare the TM-732A a lost cause, you might consider
that many of the above complaints also apply to comparable equipment.
I did some shopping around when I bought mine 2 years ago, and
found equal or worse problems with the competition.

Credibility check:  I used to play RF design engineer and have
designed or worked on about 20 different radios in the past.


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Date: 29 Mar 94 17:55:36 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: SUMMARY:2m HT Recomendations
To: [e-mail]


The information here is a bit fragmented, no?

Ownoing a th78, it has good features, loytso memory, and a bunch of paging
stuff that i will never use
However, it has the best VFO flexibilioty in the game.
I just got to play with a ft-530 and it has some shortcomings in that
department.  Namely,
that when you try to monitor 2 meters on the 70cm vfo, or v.v, you
do not have access to your memory programming.  The 78 gives you 2
VFOs that are at parity, except for a few freqs via modification.

All dual in band work necessitates direct netry for the off band...
I think that this is a shortcoming.  So, who cares about paging! buy
a pager.  Not that this feature breaks the radio, but it is a more significant
point that
some other "features".

Note:  if  the 530 does allow mem recoll on the sub band, OOOPS...
73 es sri fer bad editor
n1qdq

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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 05:38:18 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!news.oc.com!NewsWatcher![e-mail]
Subject: Telecom and Meteors
To: [e-mail]

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

> There was a feature article on this in one of the Ham magazines, I think
> it was _Ham Radio_. The US government uses meteor scatter to gather information
> on snow pack thickness in the Rockies for hydrological forecasting. I don't
> recall whether it was the Corps of Engineers, NOAA, or some other branch
> of government doing it. But I do recall that they were using frequencies
> near 6 meters, 100 watts, and 3 element yagis to connect the reporting
> stations to receivers in Washington. Meteor scatter has also been used

In doing some climatological research on snowpack sublimation at high
altitude (alpine) environments in the Rockies, I've dialed into
the "SNOTEL" machine several times. I BELIEVE it's
a Forest Service project (but am not totally sure - it's been several
months since I last checked) in Washington State.

The system seems pretty reliable.  SNOTEL sites are scattered throughout
the west.  The ones I check seem to get something transmitted every 3
days or so and frequently you get "runs" of data where readings are
transmitted
every day for a number of consecutive periods...

THANKS & 73 de WB5KXH

    ======== insert usual disclaimers here ============
      Bob Wier, East Texas State U., Commerce, Texas
keeper of the Adobe Photoshop, MC68HC11, ICOM mailing lists
      [e-mail] (watch for address change)

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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 05:01:40 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: World Wide Web Sites wanted!
To: [e-mail]

I am looking for all pointers to Hypertext sites (World Wide Web sites).
I know there is a UK callsign server available via WWW.

What else is there?

Thanks much!

PLEASE PLEASE e-mail direct if possible.

Scott


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