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- Info-Hams Digest Mon, 16 May 94 Volume 94 : Issue 531
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- Today's Topics:
- ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 809 15 May 1994
- Any club at BYU?
- HAM RADIO RUDENESS
- How to suscribe to QST?
- HT Info Request
- IPS Daily Report - 15 May 94
- Licencing cost (was: Canadian Reciprocity)
- List of latest callsigns issued
- PL Tones
- RB326 Protect Digital Terminals
- sdi537.zip - Hams: 1994 IOTA contest logging software
- Undoc. feature in HTX-202 (was Re: HTX-202 question
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-
- Date: 16 May 1994 17:51:30 +1000
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!nac.no!ifi.uio.no!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!news.ci.com.au!eram.esi.com.au!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 809 15 May 1994
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- [ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]
-
- ANARTS RTTY NEWS BULLETIN 809 15 May 1994
-
- Sunday Transmission Schedules.
- 3.545 MHz (Plus/minus 3) 0930 UTC VK2BQS (Jim)
- 7.045 MHz (minus 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 AT 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.
-
-
- G-TOR - An Improvement?
-
- G-TOR is a new digital mode, which has been developed by
- Kantronics. Most of its features (like on-line Huffman data
- compression, link-quality based baud rate adjustment, CRC,
- fundamentals of the packet structure, etc.) are adopted from
- PACTOR. The baud rate used in G-TOR can be 100, 200 or 300
- baud. The main differences are the use of Golay forward error
- correction coding with the obligatory data interleaving and a
- hybrid ARQ system.
-
- The Golay encoding however, as used in the G-TOR mode, is only
- able to correct 3 bits in a block of 24 bits and only half of
- this block (12 bits) carries information. The remaining 12
- bits have to contain the required redundancy, and no new data.
- It is therefore only possible to correct a few errors despite
- the large overhead. For this reason the Golay encoding would
- only be useful for errors caused by short spikes on the higher
- short wave frequencies (10 to 20m).
-
- You cannot however expect it to provide any improvements in
- typical 80m conditions. Here it is necessary not only to use
- hybrid-2 ARQ systems, but also suitable, powerful (invertible)
- codes, which allow the reconstruction of the original
- information, even when only the redundany block is received,
- rather than Golay or similar simple blockcoding, which always
- requires both blocks to be received to get the data trans-
- ferred.
-
- The most robust HF (short wave), narrow band, data
- transmission systems known, apply very powerful convolutional
- codes with Viterbi decoding and soft decision (requiring an
- ADC/DSP just like analog Memory-ARQ). The processing speed of
- those systems exceeds the capability of a KAM by factor 100.
- Despite this very expensive approach, they only achieve around
- 10 dB better weak signal performance than PACTOR-1. The closer
- a system approaches the Shannon boundary (theoretical through-
- put limit) the more difficult it gets to gain another one or
- two decibels.
-
-
- W0XI et al claim that they were able to transfer a certain
- file on the 20m band in about 5 minutes using G-TOR, whereas
- PACTOR, which was used afterwards, took about 20 minutes. The
- conclusion was that G-TOR would be about 4 times faster than
- PACTOR in general, which is actually impossible!! According to
- the system description, G-TOR can on average only be about 1.5
- times faster than PACTOR.
-
- The 20m band, which was used for the tests, normally provides
- a good SNR and only very few fluctuations. It is therefore
- obviously no problem to reach higher throughputs, especially
- when using 300 baud (even short wave Packet Radio could have
- been faster than PACTOR in this case). Also, the comparison
- between PACTOR and G-TOR was based on the PACTOR imple-
- mentation in the KAM, which does not, apparently, provide the
- full performance anyway, due to the different converter and
- the missing ADC. Since the KAM already uses a modem designed
- for 300 baud operation, it is obvious that G-TOR is favoured.
-
- The original PACTOR system will still do better than G-TOR on
- weak signals, as an ADC is used in the PACTOR-Controller (PTC)
- to allow real analog Memory-ARQ. To achieve impartial results,
- you have to transfer the same files containing random charac-
- ters on the typical 80m conditions in G-TOR using two KAMs and
- in PACTOR using two PTCs.
-
- The 8.64 characters per second, considered to be the typical
- average throughput of PACTOR, and which led to the conclusion
- that G-TOR would be 4 times faster than PACTOR, are much
- slower than the average rate we obtained with our units. Under
- even worse conditions we obtained around 17 characters per
- second, depending on the transferred information due to the
- Huffman coding.
-
- Regardless of the Huffman data compression, which improves the
- throughput of both systems in the same way, the comparison of
- throughput between PACTOR and G-TOR can be easily calculated.
- According to the protocol description published by W0XI, G-TOR
- is able to transfer a maximum of 19 characters per second when
- running on 200 baud (They claim 69 data bytes in a cycle
- duration of 2.4 seconds at 300 baud, which means maximum
- 2/3*69/2.4 characters per second at 200 baud). The maximum
- rate of PACTOR at the same speed is 16 chrs/s, which is a re-
- lationship of 1.18 to 1. The Golay encoding is not able to
- improve the throughput so dramatically that you finally result
- in a factor 4. It must be remembered that the analog Memory-
- ARQ, as used in the original PACTOR implementation, is able to
- improve the effective signal-noise ratio with each aggregated
- packet and hence enables a higher throughput (especially in
- weak conditions) than the Golay coding gain. It is therefore
- obvious that the higher maximum throughput of G-TOR is mainly
- based on its higher maximum baudrate. This however means, it
- has to exceed the usual 500 Hz band width limit.
-
- With this in mind it must also be remembered that a wider
- receiver bandwidth receives more noise. A 300 baud G-TOR
- signal will therefore have a poorer S/N ratio than a 200 baud
- PACTOR signal (if they are both of the same fieldstrength and
- the receiver bandwidth is correctly adjusted for both modes).
- As signals decrease, G-TOR would have to switch to 200 baud
- before the PACTOR signal would be affected, thus further
- reducing some of the proposed speed gain.
-
- There are still some more disadvantages of G-TOR in comparison
- to PACTOR, e.g. the cycle duration is quite long at 2.4
- seconds, and will increase to almost 5 seconds when using the
- Golay encoding, hence leading to quite long break-in times.
- The speed adaptation times are necessarily also longer, thus
- leading to poorer results in rapidly changing conditions
- (multipath).
-
- Furthermore, the interleaving and the 3 different baud rates
- used in G-TOR will probably lead to a lot of problems with the
- listen mode, an important point for all digital modes used in
- Amateur Radio.
-
- Actually G-TOR is just a modified PACTOR system, which probab-
- ly does not provide enough improvement that introducing this
- mode as another new standard would be worthwhile. With regard
- to the basic requirements of each digital data transfer mode
- (like throughput, bandwidth, error rate, etc.) PACTOR already
- represents nearly the optimum attributes that are obtainable
- with an FSK system. A real improvement over the current PACTOR
- system can only be reached when using different modulation
- schemes like PSK, which require a DSP hardware.This step will
- be done this year with the introduction of PACTOR Level-II.
-
- Tom Rink, DL2FAK
- -----------------------------------------
-
- VOLTA RTTY WW Contest (conclusion)
-
- Contest period: from 1200z Saturday to 1200Z Sunday 14-15 May
- (24 hours, no rest periods required)
-
- Final score = total QSO points x total mults (band mults plus
- each INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY worked on 4 bands) x total number
- of QSOs. Use exchange points table to determine points scored
- for each QSO.
-
- Awards: A SPECIAL trophy will be awarded to the top stations
- in each class. In addition, a certificate with special sticker
- to all entrants.
-
- Logs: Use separate logsheets for each band. Logs must show:
- BAND, DATE and TIME (UTC), CALLSIGN and MESSAGE Sent and
- Received, POINTS and NEW MULTIPLIER PREFIX. Summary sheet must
- show full scoring, and list of multipliers worked.
-
- Logsheets, summary sheets amd multipliers and dupesheets and
- the EXCHANGE POINTS TABLE are all available for copying from
- the RTTY Contesters Guide, published by RTTY Journal.
-
- Logs must be received by July 30, 1993, to qualify.
-
- Mail logs to:
- Francesco Di Michele, I2DMI
- P.O. Box 55
- 22063 Cantu
- Italy
- -----------------------------------------
-
- IPS weekly report
- -----------------
-
- 6 May - 12 May 1994
- Issue No 19
- Date of issue: 13 May 1994
- INDICES:
- Date 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
- 10cm 074 074 074 077 080 082 087
- A 29 30 33 24 24 25 (11 estimated)
- T 13 17 10 -10 11 22 15
-
- I.P.S. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY
-
- Solar activity was very low during the period.
-
- The geomagnetic field at Learmonth (WA) was mostly unsettled
- to active. There were minor storm periods on 7th-8th, and 11th
- May
-
- Ionospheric F2 critical frequencies at Sydney were about 10
- per cent below predicted levels on 6th, and mostly near
- predicted values for the rest of the week. There were
- depressed periods to 30 per cent on 8th, and to 40 per cent on
- 11th. Spread F was reported on 6th-9th, and 11th-12th, with
- Sporadic E observed on 11th May.
-
- FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK (13 - 19 May)
-
- SOLAR: Very low to low
-
- GEOMAGNETIC: Mostly quiet to unsettled today. Unsettled to
- active with minor storm levels 14th-15th.
-
- IONOSPHERIC Near predicted monthly values to 30 per cent down
- 14th-15th. Otherwise near predicted monthly
- values. Spread F may degarde night communications
-
- Courtesy of IPS Radio and Space Services
- ----------------------------------------
-
- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 6 MAY 94
-
- VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES FOR WEEKENDING 6 MAY 1994 (BID RTDX0506)
-
- OUR THANKS THIS WEEK GO TO ZS5S, I5FLN, I5ICY, IK5AAX, J28JJ,
- WB2CJL, DJ3IW AND THE CENTRAL EUROPE DX CLUSTER DB0SPC, AND
- THE NJ0M NODE OF THE TWIN CITIES DX PACKETCLUSTER NETWORK.
-
- BANDPASS:
- FRIDAY 29
- 0550-14083 C91AI
- 0910-14087 T92X
- 1703-14084 VS6GA QSL KG6GA
- 2155-14087 5T5MS
-
- SATURDAY 30
- 0723-14084 WL7EF
- 1026-14088 T28RW QSL ZL1AMO
- 1102-14088 YT7OX
- 1214-14087 S51DX
- 1214-14087 KG4CC
- 1544-14085 XU7VK
- 1726-14084 BV7WB
- 1845-14086 VY2SS
- 1944-14083 UA6JBQ
- 2237-14085 9A3TB
-
- SUNDAY 1
- 0703-14085 5B4VX
- 0711-14087 NH6XM
- 0741-14081 YT7OX
- 0744-14086 NL7VJ
- 1029-21086 Z21HD
- 1415-21085 VS6GA
- 1425-21070 J28JJ ARQ
- 1428-14088 HL1XP
- 1443-21084 ZD7DP
- 1556-21085 A41KD
- 1609-21080 TZ6FIC
- 1656-21083 VP8CIL
- 1728-14092 VY2SS
- 1730-14088 YT7CC
- 1922-21085 ZP5YW
- 1923-21086 FG5FI
-
- MONDAY 2
- 0550-14082 C91AI
-
- TUESDAY 3
- NO REPORTS
-
- WEDNESDAY 4
- NO REPORTS
-
- THURSDAY 5
- NO REPORTS
-
- NOTES OF INTEREST:
-
- NORTHERN MARIANAS - JA6VZB AND JF6BCC WILL BE QRV FROM 26-30 MAY FROM KH0,
- FOR THE CQ WPX CONTEST. OUTSIDE OF THE CONTEST THEY WILL BE QRV ON RTTY.
- QSL KH2GR/KH0 TO JF6BCC AND AH0T TO JA6BSM.
-
- CRETE -JULIUS, HA6NY, WILL BE ACTIVE AS SV9/HA6NY FROM 24-31 MAY ON RTTY
-
- 80 TO 10 METERS.
-
- MARKET REEF - A GROUP CONSISTING OF OJ0/AC6T, OJ0/OH1VR, OJ0/OH6RM,
- OH0MB, AND OJ0/OH2BBF WILL BE ACTIVE 14-17 MAY ON SSB, RTTY AND CW.
- QSL TO HOME CALLS, EXCEPT OH0MB WHICH SHOULD BE QSL'D TO OH0RJ.
-
- BARBADOS -8P9GQ WILL BE ACTIVE ON CW, SSB AND RTTY 10-30 MAY, 80 TO 10 METERS.
-
- ITU GENEVA - NOW UNTIL 11 MAY 4U9ITU ON CW, SSB AND RTTY. ALSO FROM
- 20-22 MAY A GROUP OF ITALIAN OPERATORS WILL BE ACTIVE USING THE SAME CALLSIGN
-
- SEND YOUR BANDPASS AND NOTES OF INTEREST FOR NEXT WEEK'S BULLETIN TO
- LUCIANO I5FLN AT ZS5S.ZAF.AF OR AT I5FLN.ITA.EU.
-
- 73 AND GOOD HUNTING DE JULES W2JGR AT W2TKU.#SRQFL.FL.NA
-
- (VIA HF CLOVER)
- ---------------------------------------
-
- Coming events
- -------------
- 1994
-
- May 14th-15th Volta RTTY WW Contest
-
- June 11th-12th ANARTS WW RTTY DX Contest
-
- ------------------------------------
-
- 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 or the current substitute BBS.
-
- News items may be sent to Broadcast Officer PO Box 60
- Blacktown 2148 Australia, or by packet to VK2JPA @ VK2RWI or
- as mentioned above.
- Email address for the Broadcast Officer is :
-
- patl@pitt.conmusic.su.oz.au
-
- The Society welcomes new 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 the ANARTS NEWS809 15/05/94.
-
- Inserted by VK2BQS (Jim) Vice-President ANARTS
- --
- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2AAB.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
- dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 15 May 1994 19:26:32 -0600
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!lynx.unm.edu!carina.unm.edu!news-user@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Any club at BYU?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Is there any radio-club station at BYU? I'll be visiting Provo-Orem at the
- beginning of August with a French friend of mine and we would like to operate from
- there...
-
- 73 de Laurent
-
-
-
- /// /// ///
- (. .) (. .) (. .)
- +oOO-(_)-OOo--------------------oOO-(_)-OOo--------------------oOO-(_)-OOo+
- | Laurent D. Thomin Email: F5JTL@UNM.EDU |
- | Department of Linguistics Ham Radio Callsigns: F5JTL ** WX3W/5 |
- | University of New Mexico |
- | |
- | "We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we |
- | try to fight it" |
- | C.S. Lewis |
- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 May 94 15:20:20 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!trmmstocker.gsfc.nasa.gov!stocker@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
- Subject: HAM RADIO RUDENESS
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <Cpn3yJ.DLz@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> edwin.m.schaefer,
- k9jma@cbnewsc.cb.att.com writes:
- > Many DXers will tell you that they "use" the frequency waiting for
- someone
- > to appear from a country they want to work. So it may be silent for many
- > minutes - to a hour while they wait, but if you fire up there you will
- > get lots of complaints.
-
- Perhaps 5min may still count as an occupied frequency, but 5min to an
- hour
- doesn't. The most absurd statement I have heard is that a "dxer" has the
- "right"
- to complain because someone may use the frequency that nothing has been
- heard
- on for 5min or more. That certainly isn't real friendly band sharing.
-
- >
- *******************************************
- * Erich Franz Stocker *
- * N3OXM *
- * stocker@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov *
- * *
- * My ideas are my own and do not represent*
- * the opinions of the federal government, *
- * NASA or Goddard Space Flight Center. *
- *******************************************
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 16 May 94 04:26:31 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!news.uh.edu!mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx!al152511@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: How to suscribe to QST?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Hello,
-
- Would someone please send me the address of the QST magazine,
- and tell me the price of the subscription.
-
- Also, like I have never received this magazine, how much of them will I
- receive in a year?
-
- Muchos Thanks in advance
-
- Ricardo Rodriguez M.
-
-
- "Among the individuals, like among the nations,
- the respecto to other's right (to keep and
- bear arms) means peace"
- - Benito Juarez
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 13 May 94 19:47:06 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!rhodes!rhodes@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
- Subject: HT Info Request
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I am eight days away from our local HAMFest and I plan to buy a dual band
- 2m/70cm HT in the $400 price range. In researching, I have been leaning
- towards the Yaesu FT-530, but there are several around the same cost.
-
- Alinco DJ-580T
- Kenwood TH-78A
- Standard C178A (new assumably to compete in the $300-$400 range)
- Standard C528A (costs more)
-
- I would appreciate any opinions (pro or con) about these radios. Thanks...
-
- --
- Tim Rhodes ................................ rhodes@rhodes.es.vt.edu
- Sr Systems Engineer ....................... Tim.Rhodes@vt.edu
- Virginia Tech ..............................(waiting for my ticket)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 23:34:16 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!nac.no!ifi.uio.no!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!metro!ipso!rwc@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: IPS Daily Report - 15 May 94
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
- ISSUED AT 15/2330Z MAY 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
- FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
- SUMMARY FOR 15 MAY AND FORECAST UP TO 18 MAY
-
- IPS Warning 13 was issued on 09 May and is still current.
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
- Activity: Very low.
-
- Flares: None.
-
- Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 091/036
-
- 1B. SOLAR FORECAST
- 16 May 17 May 18 May
- Activity Low Low Low
- Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected
-
- Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 090/034
-
- 1C. SOLAR COMMENT
- None.
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
- Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: unsettled to active with minor storm
- levels from 06-09UT and 12-15UT.
-
- Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 14 May
- Learmonth 26 3354 5343
- Fredericksburg 23 19
- Planetary 25 22
-
- Observed Kp for 14 May: 2553 3333
-
-
- 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
- DATE Ap CONDITIONS
- 16 May 20 Unsettled with active periods mostly during night
- hours.
- 17 May 15 Unsettled.
- 18 May 10 Quiet to unsettled.
-
- 2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
- None.
-
- 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
- LATITUDE BAND
- DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
- 15 May normal normal poor-fair
- PCA Event : None.
- 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
- LATITUDE BAND
- DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
- 16 May normal normal poor-fair
- 17 May normal normal fair
- 18 May normal normal normal
- 3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
- NONE.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
- MUFs at Sydney were near predicted monthly values with 20-50%
- enhancements 08-15UT and 30% depressions 19-20UT.
-
- Observed T index for 15 May: 45
-
- Predicted Monthly T Index for May is 30.
-
- 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
- DATE T-index MUFs
- 16 May 30 Near predicted monthly values.
- 17 May 35 Near predicted monthly values.
- 18 May 35 Near predicted monthly values.
-
-
- 4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
- None.
-
-
-
-
- --
- IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney |IPS Radio and Space Services
- email: rwc@ips.oz.au fax: +61 2 4148331 |PO Box 5606
- RWC Duty Forecaster tel: +61 2 4148329 |West Chatswood NSW 2057
- Recorded Message tel: +61 2 4148330 |AUSTRALIA
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 16 May 1994 05:23:56 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pipex!bnr.co.uk!corpgate!bnrgate!bmerha64.bnr.ca!news%bmerha64@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Licencing cost (was: Canadian Reciprocity)
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <2qtcsb$pua@falcon.bgsu.edu>
- fyfe@andy.bgsu.edu (Bob Fyfe) writes:
-
- > In article <CpDsKL.90F@freenet.carleton.ca>
- > ae517@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Russ Renaud) writes:
-
- [snip]
- > > de va3rr (YES! a vanity call)
- > > also aa8lu (ya takes what ya gets)
- > > --
- >
- > So Russ, after reading your post and a couple of follow-ups, I didn't
- > get a since whether $24.00 was the annual cost of a license or the
- > annual cost of a vanity license.
- >
- > Is that the base cost of a license?
- >
- Bob, it's the cost of the license only. There's no real "vanity call"
- applications in Canada, but after you pass your exam, you can pick your
- callsign from a printed pool (at least in DOC offices, I don't know
- about volunteer examiner exams). The pool contains new callsigns and
- recyled ones (callsigns are reissued in Canada).
-
- The story behind the "VA" prefix: In order to be eligible for a
- two-letter suffix in Canada, you have to be an amateur for at least
- ten years, at which time you send a letter to DOC requesting a call
- sign change to two-letter suffix. In Ontario (3-land) there was a
- huge waiting list compiled. (I was on the list 4 years and still had
- a ways to go). Apparently DOC thought it would be nice to give those
- on the waiting list a two-letter suffix (I thought it was nice too),
- *and* on top of that, attempt to match the suffix to the amateurs initials.
- I got a letter from DOC in October last year stating that VA3FD was
- available to me, if I wanted it. Naturally I said yes. I also sent
- a letter to the regional office stating what a good idea it was and
- thanking them for making the opportunity available.
-
- The DOC have since made the VA prefix available to Quebec amateurs,
- and have opened it up to *all* amateurs, hence we now have VA3XYZ
- (three-letter suffixes) so that everyone, apparently, can have their
- initials (or what-have-you), as a "vanity call".
-
- > bobb
-
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- Fred M. Davis VA3FD | These opinions are mine and are not
- Northern Telecom Ltd. | necessarily those of the company
- Semiconductor Components Group | fmdavis@bnr.ca
- Nepean, ON. | va3fd@k9iu.ampr.org
- | freddy.davis@lambada.oit.unc.edu
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- Date: 11 May 94 16:03:54 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!panix!news.columbia.edu!tintin.cc.columbia.edu!fuat@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
- Subject: List of latest callsigns issued
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <2qom3n$187s@watnews1.watson.ibm.com>,
- Vinod Narayanan <vinod@watson.ibm.com> wrote:
- >Could somebody please tell me where to find the
- >list of latest call signs issued by region? I forgot
- >to pay much attention when it was posted last, but now
- >that I should be getting my ticket in the mail in
- >a "few" weeks, I am getting curious...(I took the test
- >about 4 weeks ago, seeing here that the FCC is about
- >6 weeks behind, I don't know what "few" is..sigh..:-(
-
- Glenn Swanson (KB1GW) of the ARRL/VEC gets the list from the FCC and
- posts it to this newsgroup. I have a copy of it available in the
- World Wide Web Home Page for the Columbia University Amateur Radio
- Club (W2AEE). The URL for the home page is:
-
- http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~fuat/cuarc/
-
- According to the latest FCC info (April 1st) the processing time is
- 10-12 weeks. You'll probably get your ticket in about that long.
- If you don't have access to Mosaic, Lynx, or some other WWW navigator,
- send me email, and I can mail you a copy.
-
- 73,
-
- --Fuat, N2YGN
- Columbia University fuat@columbia.edu
- 703 Watson Labs 212-854-4804
- 612 W115th Street 212-662-6442 (Fax)
- New York, NY 10025
-
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-
- Date: 16 May 1994 01:05:37 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!muddy.huber.com!marley.huber.com!eddxu@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: PL Tones
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Does anyone know the rationale behind the frequency choices for the PL
- tones frequencies. Also what does the designations mean. Are they a series
- 4Z follows 5Z Etc. Thanks for the Reply
- Howard K2PYY
-
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-
- Date: 15 May 1994 19:06:47 -0700
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!nic.scruz.net!garlic.com!garlic.com!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: RB326 Protect Digital Terminals
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Bid: $RACESBUL.326
- Subject : RB326 Protect Digital Terminals
-
-
- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
- INFO: ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
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- (W6SIG@WA6NWE.CA) Ph: 916-262-1600
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832
- Landline BBS Open to All: 916-262-1657
- RACESBUL.326 RELEASE DATE: May 16, 1994
-
- Subject: TEC - Protecting Digital Terminals
-
- Ever wonder why the computer fails when it shouldn't, or
- sensitive equipment bites the dust?
- A National Power Laboratory (NPL) power quality study
- provides a clue. It showed an actual incident rate for
- disturbances large enough to corrupt data or destroy equipment.
- The study accumulated 450 site-months of power line disturbance
- data from 74 monitored locations in the US and Canada.
- During the study NPL recorded the following disturbances
- that exceed computer susceptibility levels at a typical wall
- outlet: 264 sags, 128 surges, 36 spikes and 15 outages. For
- computers and other sensitive loads these figures indicate the
- importance of power conditioning, lightening protection and
- alternative backup power.
-
- The above was by Charles Ruelle, NPL Director, in the Best
- Power Technology Inc. newsletter "Horizons" January l992 issue.
- It points to why knowledgeable computer users opt for standby or
- backup power systems. The result is that consistent random
- computer problems are eliminated with an uninterruptable power
- system, UPS or SPS, standby power system. We've proven this time
- and again at State OES headquarters, where we've been able to peg
- specific computer failures to observed commercial power grid
- surges, lightning strikes and interruptions.
- EOM
-
-
- -----------------
-
- RACES Bulletins are archived on the Internet at ucsd.edu in hamradio/races
- or in hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming and can be retrieved using FTP. The
- opinions stated are those of the author of the bulletin and not the poster.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 00:25:35 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!simtel.coast.net!msdos-ann-request@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: sdi537.zip - Hams: 1994 IOTA contest logging software
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- On behalf of the author I have uploaded to the SimTel Software
- Repository (available by anonymous ftp from the primary mirror site
- OAK.Oakland.Edu and its mirrors):
-
- SimTel/msdos/hamradio/
- sdi537.zip Hams: 1994 IOTA contest logging software
-
- Super-Duper for IOTA (SDI) by Paul O'Kane EI5DI is a comprehensive and
- easy to use logging program for the RSGB IOTA Contest. SDI is derived
- from Super-Duper Version 5.36, which caters for the major RSGB and
- international HF contests.
-
- Main features:
-
- * Fast, simple logging and editing - in "Expert" and "Novice" modes.
-
- * No multiple keystrokes required for logging or editing.
-
- * Instant duping, whether 3 or 3000 QSOs logged.
-
- * Generates Check Lists, Multiplier Lists and Summary Sheets.
-
- * Partial Callsign enquiry by prefix or suffix.
-
- * Unique feature - checks complete log for consistency after each
- QSO or Edit.
-
- * Permits any combination of on-line or off-line logging.
-
- * Log is 100% ASCII - edit with any text editor.
-
- * Export log to SHACKLOG or TurboLog, integrate with station log.
-
- * Updates log file after every QSO.
-
- * Identifies Country by callsign, and Island by IOTA reference.
-
- * Prints log by band, with page totals.
-
- * Prepares your entry in the RSGB recommended format for entries
- on diskette.
-
- 73,
-
- Scott
- - -
- Scott Thompson
- Amateur Radio VE6CGY
- Internet thompsos@cuug.ab.ca
- Amprnet ve6cgy@ve6cgy.ampr.org [44.135.145.20]
-
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-
- Date: 15 May 1994 23:49:24 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!wizard.uark.edu!comp!plaws@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Undoc. feature in HTX-202 (was Re: HTX-202 question
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- teacherjh@aol.com (Teacherjh) writes:
-
- <other stuff about CTCSS deleted>
-
- >This comes from Pg. 20 and 21 of the manual. Here's something that isn't in
- >the manual... when you want to scan, but there's one channel you want to
- >elimiate from your scan, you can "erase" it from memory using F+M-CLR. THis
- >really only hides it, it doesn't erase it. When you want it back, tune to that
- >channel and press F+M-CLR again... your channel is restored... with all its
- >settings. :)
-
- Amazing! I have wanted this feature since I got my unit 2 years ago.
- Thanks. Now about that extended receive ... :-)
-
- Peter Laws <plaws@comp.uark.edu> | "The Ninties are gonna make the Sixties
- n5uwy@ka5bml.#nwar.ar.usa.noam | look like the Fifties" - Dennis Hopper
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