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Info-Hams Digest            Thu, 19 May 94       Volume 94 : Issue  544

Today's Topics:
                      Any recumbent bike/hams??
        call/digit? and question about Boston area clubs etc.
                       cycles, cycles/sec vs Hz
                        FCC Reciprocal Permit
                     Fond memories of first QSOs?
                      FT-530/Microphone question
                      HTX-202 problem - summary
                         Internet CW vs. FSK
                     Loomis Invented Radio ?????
                   Man named Loomis invented radio?
                   Need help With German Repeaters
                  This Week on Spectrum May 21, 1994
                               VK land

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Date: 19 May 94 03:42:00 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!think.com!spdcc!merk!harvee.billerica.ma.us![e-mail]
Subject: Any recumbent bike/hams??
To: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, Bruce Pea writes:
>Are there any recumbent bike riders/hams out there??
>

there is at least one :-)

>Any Infinity/ham riders?? I'm getting a new Infinity
>and want to put an antenna for my ht on it. Any
>suggestions??

I ride a linear (LWB w/ underseat handlebars).  I suggest 3 things for
all bike mobilers:
    1) use a 1/2 wave antenna (no ground needed)
    2) use a headset (keeps both hands on handlebar
    3) mount your ptt switch on the handlebars near your thumb
       resting position.

happy biking (and don't forget your helmet)

--- eric
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Date: 19 May 94 13:38:29 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!eff!news.kei.com!world![e-mail]
Subject: call/digit? and question about Boston area clubs etc.
To: [e-mail]

Rob Tillotson ([e-mail]) wrote:
: As usual, my most ready source of information is the net :-)  Anyway,
: I am moving to Boston shortly, and I was wondering what to do with my
: callsign.  I mainly operate 2m/70cm FM and packet, so all of my
: communications are (supposed to be) more or less local.  I am aware of
: adding a /1 if I was visiting, but this is a permanent move... am I
: now stuck doing that forever until I change my callsign?  I doubt
: they have any 1x3's left there and I would much rather keep this one
: for a while.  (Good reason to upgrade to Advanced, I guess :-)

: Also, any pointers to Boston-area ham radio or scanning related
: resources will be much appreciated.  If it makes a difference, I'll be
: in Cambridge.

: Thanks,
: --Rob
: --
: Rob Tillotson  N9MTB            Internet: [e-mail]
:                         Home: [e-mail]
:                       NewtonMail: [e-mail]
: <A HREF="http://kidd.vet.purdue.edu:6243/~cq/home.html">My Personal WWW Page</A>

We're in the same boat.  You don't have to use the "/1" at all, ever,
actually.  Or you could get a new call if you feel like it - were up to
N1R$$ or something.

-drt

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|David R. Tucker     KG2S         8P9CL            [e-mail]|
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Date: 19 May 94 13:36:12 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!mixcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: cycles, cycles/sec vs Hz
To: [e-mail]

In <2re4in$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Derek Wills) writes:

>You might also wonder why we usually refer to the ham bands by
>their wavelengths, but 160, 80 and 40m are the "low bands".
>If you are on 20m, do you tell someone you are going up to 80m,
>or down to 80m?

>I suppose we should be happy if there is nothing more serious
>to worry about in the hobby.

What really make me laugh is when a ham (99.9% of them) tell me
how many FEET their 40 METER beam is above the ground.  I
always like to see both English and metric units used in
the same sentence. ;-)

73, from N9SQB, who operates on the 6.56 ft band with a vertical
that is 12 meters off the ground. ;-))

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Date: 19 May 94 13:15:09 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FCC Reciprocal Permit
To: [e-mail]

Hello everyone:

    I am a mexican ham who will be moving soon to San Francisco, CA. I
am interested in obtaining a reciprocal permit to operate in the US. I
already have an FCC Form 610A. In one of the questions, the US mailing
address is requested, however, I still don't have one, can I just put
San Francisco or should I use someone else's address in that city?

    I also would like to know if the FCC postal address that I have
is still valid:

    FCC
    1270 Fairfield Road
    Gettysburg, PA 17325/7245

    Thank you in advance for any help.

73 es DX de Guillermo.


        =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
    = Guillermo Gosset, XE1RGL            =
    = Instituto de Biotecnologia/U.N.A.M. =
    = Cuernavaca, Mexico.               =
    = email:gosset@132.248.32.1           =
        =       [e-mail]              =
        =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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Date: 19 May 94 18:55:46 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!srgenprp![e-mail]
Subject: Fond memories of first QSOs?
To: [e-mail]

jeffrey.n.jones ([e-mail]) wrote:

> Great story! That first QSO is always the greatest and one you always

My first QSO was on 40CW BOOTLEG!  I was running a Heath VF-1 to a single
6AG7 link coupled rig at about 7 watts, and was using the call of a defunct
private school.  The name was "Dudley" and pse QSL via General Delivery,
San Bruno, Calif.

It was the thrill of a lifetime, what with a 10-week old kitten climbing
up my pantsleg and being half bombed on the old man's beer.  My heart was
pounding with anticipation of the FCC inspector imminently appearing be-
hind my back.  I was something like 14 y/o at the time.  The contact was
with a local in town (call withheld, he still doesn't know!). After receiv-
ing my 'legit' license, I looked up our QSO in his log and recall getting
a creepy feeling seeing my bootleg call in another ham's logbook, like
viewing an moment in a previous life.

My first legitimate QSO?  Geez, I don't remember it too well.  Think
it was with a W7 somewhere up north.

Don Montgomery, K6LTS
First legit QSO: June 1955
[e-mail]

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Date: 19 May 94 21:19:08 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn![e-mail]
Subject: FT-530/Microphone question
To: [e-mail]

I have a new Yaesu FT0530 and bought the display mike with it.  A friend and
I have done some testing and have noticed that using the mike significantly
reduces my output strength.  I also got a comment from someone on a repeater
while mobile that I had sounded better on a previous QSO, and the difference
was again the mike.  Should I expect this?  Or might there be a problem?
I've had the radio almost a week, and I've been a ham for two or three weeks
so I'm sure I'm experienced enough to be doing everything right <g>.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Jim Deeming
KB0MED

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Date: 19 May 94 14:32:32 GMT
From: agate!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!coil!emerald.nist.gov![e-mail]
Subject: HTX-202 problem - summary
To: [e-mail]

Many thanks to all who replied! There were a few replies here on the
newsgroup, and I received several more via direct email.

It would appear that the problem with the HTX-202 power saver causing
the receiver to sleep through a transmission is fairly common. I don't
know if ALL units have this problem, but every response I received said
that their HTX-202 has this problem. It is, at least, a common problem.

One person indicated that he sent his back to RS to be checked, and it
has not seemed to do it since then, but that he also has only used the
power saver a few times since then.

One person said (roughly) "It came from RS, What did you expect? Quality?"
His point is well taken! :-) I guess you can't make a silk ear out of a
sow's purse!

Thanks again.
73 - Jim, KE3HO

--
James E. Proctor | [e-mail] | National Inst. of Stand. & Tech.
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"Waiter, this food has snails in it!" - Lucy Ricardo in French Resturant
"I feel like roadkill on the Information Superhighway!" - Doug Marlette

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Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 15:57:55 GMT
From: wang![e-mail]
Subject: Internet CW vs. FSK
To: [e-mail]

Having nothing else to do but ponder things that make you go "hmmm", I
thought I'd pose this question to the net:

You know when people put code in their postings, like this:

._..   ___   ...   .   ._.

Since the net has so much bandwidth, I think they should use FSK,
like this:

_-__   ---   ___   _   _-_

Where a dit is "_" and dah is "-" and it's easier to type; you merely
toggle the shift key to go between a dit and dah.  As an alternative,
they could even convert it to ASCII -- that is, instead of "._" they
could type "A", etc.

Opinions?

Dave, KZ1O
--
Dave Bushong, Wang Laboratories, Inc.

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Date: 19 May 94 11:37:17 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Loomis Invented Radio ?????
To: [e-mail]

The   Invention of Radio  is a very nationalistic thing. Most Western
countries have an Inventor of Radio:
    USA    Loomis, Stubblefield
    Germany    Hertz
    Russia    Popov
    France    Branly
    Italy    Marconi
    Britain ... probably Marconi, since his mother was British and the
        main funding for his develops which led to commercialization
        came from the British navy (Admiralty).

BTW - years ago the Science Museum in London had an exhibit on the 100th
aniversary of Marconi's birth.  Push a button and you'd hear a recording of
him dwedicating the first 'phone link to Australia.  He spoke British English
without a trace of foreign accent.

73 de Bob Carpenter   [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 14:29:00 GMT
From: newsflash.concordia.ca!pavo.concordia.ca![e-mail]
Subject: Man named Loomis invented radio?
To: [e-mail]

>
>Loomis took advantage of the roughly 300 volts/meter potential in the
>atmosphere to activate his transmitter. The current flow is small, except
>during thunderstorms, but it was sufficient to generate a detectable signal
>at a distance in the days before widespread use of electricity.
>
>Nathan B. Stubblefield's work was much further advanced. He sent *voice*
>signals over distances greater than 30 miles before Marconi et al sent
>spark signals. His system was powered by batteries and apparently worked
>on the principle of sheet conductance. (He was very secretive about the
>exact details.) He conducted a demonstration for Congress where he
>communicated by voice with a ship in the Potomac from the shore. His was
>the first "underground" radio station.
>
>And of course there was Tesla. He had radio controlled boats operating
>in the lake of Central Park in one demonstration well before Marconi
>generated his first sparks. Tesla was fasinated by resonance phenomina.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <2r8f28$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Organization: Concordia University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, a Canadian, actually sent the first voice message
without the help of wires on December 23, 1900 from Cobb Island in the Potomac
river. He also improved Marconi's wireless system, made the first radio
broadcast, and invented sonar. An article appeared in Equinox magazine several
years ago that detailed Fessenden's achievements.
-Mark Hillier        Internet: [e-mail]
            Amateur:  VE2HVW
            PACKET:   VE2HVW@VE2FKB
" I hear, I forget. I see, I remember. I do, I understand"

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Date: 19 May 94 11:59:38 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Need help With German Repeaters
To: [e-mail]

The most important thing to know about European repeaters is that
most, if not all, require a 1750 hz tone burst for access.  Not
surprisingly, most of the chatter around Munich will be in
German.  There were some English language repeaters near some of
the major US or British bases but there are no such installations
of any significance around Munich any longer (peace dividend).

The best source on reciprocal license data is the ARRL.  The have
info packages on many countries.

It's been 9 years since I moved back home from Germany but I am
confident this info is still fairly accurate.

Have fun,
Charlie
KF2U
ex-DA1OV

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Date: 18 May 1994 13:59:57 -0400
From: spcuna!starcomm.overleaf.com![e-mail]
Subject: This Week on Spectrum May 21, 1994
To: [e-mail]

On Saturday May 21'st we will have a special guest on Spectrum.  Cliff
Stoll K7TA the author of 'The Cuckoos Egg'.  We will talk about the
internet and his extremely interesting views on the communications world
as we enter the 21'st century.  We will in addition get a guided tour
through the internet from one of the worlds leading experts.  We'll also
take a look at computer security.  So join us for a digital Spectrum
from the high-tech edge.

On May 28'th we will interview Larry Ledlow NA5E.  Larry has just
returned from an assignment with the UN in Croatia and Bosnia.  He will
clue us in on the communications scene in that troubled part of the
world.

On Saturday June 4'th we will take a look at Digital Audio Broadcasting
or DAB.  This high-tech system of broadcasting is in the wings and
should be here near the end of the century.  A few systems have been
proposed for dab and a standard hasn't been decided as of yet.  Our
guest will be Ted Schober.  Ted has been on the leading edge in the
world of DAB and will give us a look into the radio of the future.
--
Spectrum airs live Sunday at 0200 UTC (2200 EDT Saturday) on:

  WWCR, 5810 KHz, Nashville, TN (World Wide)
  WIFI, 1460 AM, Florance, NJ (Philadelphia Area)
  KHNC, 1360 AM, Johnstown, CO (Denver Area)
  Omega Radio Network, Galaxy III, X17, 5.8 MHz WIDE audio. (Satellite)

Spectrum is rebroadcast:

  Sunday at 1500 EDT, on WIFI, 1460 AM, Florance, NJ (Philadelphia Area)

--
Spectrum, "The Communications Magazine You Read With Your Ears."
Box 722, Holmdel, NJ, 07733-0722, USA
[e-mail], [e-mail]
+1 800-787-SPECTRUM, [phone]

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Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 01:33:52 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au![e-mail]
Subject: VK land
To: [e-mail]

In article <2r989o$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mark Readman) writes:
>From: [e-mail] (Mark Readman)
>Subject: VK land
>Date: 16 May 1994 21:57:12 -0400
>
>What is a good time and frequency to hear hams in
>New Zealand or Australia. I usually listen to cw. I live in
>Montreal. Thanks.
>Mark.
>--
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Mark Readman                |  McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
>[e-mail]  |  McGill University, Montreal.
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello Mark

There is usually good propagation between North America and VK/ZL from about
0600 UTC to about 1300 UTC on 7 MHz, with a peak occuring at about your
sunrise, and perhaps a bit after (with radid QSB and sometimes flutter at
this time). Myself and several other CW types hang out from about 7.001
to about 7.018 MHz, and also (less frequently) on the look-out for Generals
above 7.025. I often reply to CQ's from N A above 7.025, but not so
successfully (perhaps because a VK reply is not expected?). The CQ call
from this side is sometimes "CQ NA" (North America).

Between the times mentioned above; you may hear VK3RP, VK6DX, VK3XU and
several other VK's and ZL's.

Very similar propagation also on 10.1 MHz.

73 Drew, VK3XU.

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Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 20:24:15 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>ohio-
Subject : Re: Amateur Radio Newsline #873  6 May 94

In article <[e-mail]> Ed Ellers <[e-mail]> writes:
><[e-mail]> writes:
>
>>I think you're overreacting. Apart from the fact that some Region 1
>>broadcasters seem to target Region 2 listeners, both the hams AND the
>>broadcast stations are legitimate users of the band.
>
>Jeff was referring to deliberately operating within a broadcast station's
>known "footprint."  Seems to me that that's the same as the "Is the frequency
>in use" situation discussed elsewhere.

Ed, go eat a few prunes. If Radio Bangkok with their 25 kW xmtr is on
7110 kc and I use 7109 with 2 watts I think that's efficient use of
the spectrum; Thailand's listening audience is not being bothered
and the ham I'm in QSO with can save power since his BFO is turned
off ;) (and he get news and music at the same time as the QSO!).
A 1kc CW beat note is comfortable to listen to.

.73,
Jeff NH6IL

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Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 16:15:34 GMT
From: spsgate!mogate!newsgate!dtsdev0![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <2ras1j$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>t
Subject : Re: sacred frequencies

In article <[e-mail]> Ed Ellers <[e-mail]> writes:

>That argument doesn't wash.  Kilocycle is MORE descriptive than kilohertz
>-- the first tells you HALF of what the unit is, while the second tells
>you nothing unless you already know what a "hertz" is defined as.

Hertz is equally descriptive as all other derived units used like Ohm, Watt,
Farad, and Henry.  Cycles was eliminated a long time ago since it was
fundamentally wrong (it described something else.)  That the unstated
'per second' was understood is due no more consideration than Hertz is
understood to be cycles per second.  After all, if you 'just gotta know,'
you might as well 'just gotta know' the correct thing.

-dave

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Date: 19 May 1994 01:20:43 GMT
From: tymix.Tymnet.COM!niagara![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>.gov
Subject : Re: Was this a bad idea?

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (edwin.m.schaefer) writes:
>Better not tempt the enforcers - unless it really will save _your_ life.

Oh, swell!  Let's all let our fellow man fend for himself.  After all, =we=
might get in trouble for saving his life!  You'll forgive me if I ignore your
advice.

73, Dick, W6OLD, CFII
--
Dick Flanagan, W6OLD                             w6old@n6qmy.#nocal.ca.usa.na
[e-mail]                                 CIS:73672,751 GEnie:FLANAGAN

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Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 14:40:46 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!csn!server!stortek.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <2rb0eq$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Need Advice

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:
>From: [e-mail] (Gary Coffman)
>Subject: Re: Need Advice
>Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 06:12:20 GMT

>In article <2rb0eq$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Scott Richard
>Rosenfeld) writes:
>>How about a nice, older HW-101 or IC-701 or Kenwood TS-120/130S?
>>Why only 2 meters?  People just don't get it.  VHF stuff is expensive,
>>and who wants older VHF equipment (for the most part)?  Older HF stuff
>>is still very current and functional - and cheap, AND you can work
>>around the world with it.  When did that cease to be the driving
>>force in amateur radio?  Two meters IS all that's left :-(

>VHF/UHF is in general much more useful and much more popular than HF
>for genuine communications. Older equipment is very much available,
>servicable, and cheap, but newer equipment does tend to attract many
>buyers. Because VHF/UHF *is* so much more popular than HF, there is a
>much wider variety of new equipment from which to choose.

-

>What's the point of "working around the world" if you don't have anything
>interesting to *say* to the other operator?

*** Your point is well taken by this posting because you dont have anything
interesting to say. *****

>Just exchanging meaningless signal reports isn't interesting. It has been
done to death already by others.

**** And is still being done on your local repeater some even call for a
"RADIO CHECK " *****

On VHF/UHF you're much more likely to establish long term friendships with
other operators, and to engage them in interesting conversations on a near
daily basis.

*** MOST people dont need an electronic device to make friends *****



>Gary Coffman KE4ZV


LONG LIVE HF and GOD BLESS the MORSE CODE

**** Just Poking a little fun ****
73's
Patrick  N0WCG

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