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Info-Hams Digest            Sun,  5 Jun 94       Volume 94 : Issue  631

Today's Topics:
                                "73's"
                       440 in So. Cal. (3 msgs)
                          ANS-148 BULLETINS
                          ANS-155 BULLETINS
                           Bearcat 260 Mods
                  CW prosigns on phone (was "73's")
                        FCC Comm'l. Questions
                 need MFJ-941D tuner manual (3 msgs)

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Date: 6 Jun 1994 00:33:45 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews![e-mail]
Subject: "73's"
To: [e-mail]

Nathan N. Duehr ([e-mail]) wrote:

: I'll keep his name and callsign from being published so that if any
: flames are brought about from this post they will be for me and me alone!
: Nate Duehr

Hi Nate, there was a whole list of numbers that meant something on telegraph.
I saw the list back in the '50s but I can't remember where. It was like
"Q" signals or "10-x" signals... just shorthand. I remember the first time
a YL signed "88" instead of "73" and I had to go look it up. As I remember
the list, "73" simply meant "goodbye" in which "best of 73's" would mean
"out of all possible goodbye's, pick out the best one from me to you"...
like "fair thee well" or "go with God" instead of "go to hell". The pure
of spirit, like me, will continue to say...

best of 73's, KG7BK, [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 22:27:42 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: 440 in So. Cal.
To: [e-mail]

Wow! Make a simple little post about the problems with 440 in So. Cal.
and look what happens. All Heck breaks loose. Just for the record, I am a
dues paying member of an open 440 repeater. I own a dual band HT because
the trustee of the repeater group I belong to is also the man who taught
the class and headed the VE team for the test session where I got my
Technicnian Plus HF license. The only reason I haven't upgraded yet is
that I was asked to be control op of the Novice/Tech station for Field
Day. Since I would not be able to do that if I had gotten my General, I
have put off testing. As you all may be able to tell from my call, it is
quite recent. I am offended by the "no-clue" reference, particularily
since the worst offenders in the L.A. area are constantly bragging about
their Advanced and Extra Class licenses while they are not jamming and
violating every other paragraph on Part 97. On the other hand, most of
the no-code operators I know are good ops.

Probably the most important thing is that this is supposed to be a hobby
and a public service, not a name calling, politics baiting, rude shoving
match. I don't care how long you've had your license, how much you have
invested in equipment, how fast you can copy CW. If you want to restrict
the earned priveleges of other amateurs, you are a lid. Plain and simple.
Think back. When was the last time you elmered someone? When was the last
time you did something constructive for the hobby? Or are you a "I got
mine, later for the rest of you" ham? I'm starting to think that there
should be a Public Service requirement for higher license classes to stop
them from getting complacent and too far removed from the roots of the hobby.

(lowering podium)

BTW, someone did email me some freqs for open 440 repeaters in the San
Fernando/San Gabriel Valley area. When you come right down to it, that's
probably the most constructive thing to come out of this thread.

George KE6EPC (God help me, I started all this)
--
                                             [e-mail]

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Date: 6 Jun 1994 00:07:52 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!ukma!asuvax!chnews![e-mail]
Subject: 440 in So. Cal.
To: [e-mail]

Greg Bullough ([e-mail]) wrote:

: How can one steal what can't be owned?

Funny thing, Greg. This is exactly the same argument the Native Americans
used about land. Who owned the land in North America before 1492? Who
owned the RF frequencies in 1776?

73, KG7BK, [e-mail]

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Date: 6 Jun 1994 00:21:39 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!chnews![e-mail]
Subject: 440 in So. Cal.
To: [e-mail]

Jay Maynard ([e-mail]) wrote:

: The FCC has said exactly the opposite: "all amateur repeaters shall be
: closed". The Great OZ has spoken. They're not listening.
: Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can

Hi Jay, Oz can just as easily say "all amateur repeaters shall be open".
There's no right and wrong... just what Oz says... no principles involved...
just what Oz says.

73, KG7BK, [e-mail]

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Date: 5 Jun 94 23:03:43 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ANS-148 BULLETINS
To: [e-mail]

SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-148.01
CALL FOR PAPERS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 148.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 28, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-148.01

Call For Papers For The AMSAT-NA Space Symposium & Annual Meeting

The 1994 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium is to be held
Oct. 7-9, in Orlando, FL.  This is a call for papers and presentors.  Come
help us celebrate 25 years of AMSAT in Space.  Share your experience with
the amateur satellite community.  We need your help to be a success.  Edit-
ing, formatting, graphics and even typing can be provided.  Even if you
cannot attend, please consider a paper for publication.

Topics for all amateur satellite disciplines are sought.  The following is
the schedule for receiving papers for the Symposium:

      Author and Title requested ASAP.
      Compose a short abstract by July 1.
      Final drafts are requested on or about August 26.

Direct your inputs and inquiries to:

      Steve Park (WB9OEP)
      12122 99th Ave. N.
      Seminole, FL 34642
      Phone: [phone]
      Internet: [e-mail]
      Pkt Radio: WB9OEP @ W4DPH

Join us in Orlando, FL for the fun and festivities.  For more information
about the Symposium, contact AMSAT-NA Headquarters at [phone].

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-148.02
K9PVW BECOMES A SILENT KEY

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 148.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 28, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-148.02

KARL O. "K. O." LEARNER II, K9PVW, SK

An old friend to many in the amateur satellite world and long-time AMSAT
member, "K.O." LEARNER II (K9PVW) became a Silent Key (SK) recently.  "K.O"
died on 16-May-94 at his home in Kokomo, Indiana.  He was 49.  For many
years, "K.O." organized the AMSAT booth and programs at Dayton, worked
tirelessly as an AMSAT area coordinator, and ran a local AMSAT Net.  Also,
many will remember him as the Net Control Station for what is today known
as the "OPS Nets" in the early days of AO-13.  "K.O."  worked as an engin-
eer for Delco Electronics in Kokomo.  AMSAT-NA Headquarters wishes to
express its condolences to "K.O's" family and friends and will remember him
as a patient "ELMER" to many beginners trying to make their first contacts
on the OSCARS.

[The AMSAT News Service (ANS) would like to thank Martha Saragovitz of
 AMSAT-NA Heaquarters for this bulletin item.]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-148.03
DOVE STATUS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 148.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 28, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-148.03

DOVE-OSCAR-17 (DO-17) Status Report

On 25-MAY-94 at 05:25 UTC  the DOVE Ground Command Team started loading and
executing test software designed to assure the operation of the voice
module after several months of dormancy.  A brief test of the voice cap-
ability generated only garbled voice, so it was turned off.   The Team is
now investigating possible causes, and at this point believe it is a soft-
ware problem, not hardware.

For the next few days DOVE may be in various modes as the Team continues
testing and/or loading new software.  The S-band transmitter will remain
off.  Telemetry reports are not needed at this time.

[The AMSAT News Service (ANS) would like to thank Jim White (WD0E) for
 submitting this bulletin item. WD0E can be reached at his INTERNET address
 of [e-mail].]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-148.04
OFFICIAL LO-19 STATUS REPORT

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 148.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 28, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-148.04

Official LUSAT-OSCAR-19 (LO-19) Status Report

The satellite LUSAT-1 (LO-19) appears to be healthy.  The software load was
intentionally stopped when the second module was just loaded and turned on.
The next step will be to continue with the satellite's deep tests.  The
satellite is sending telemetry on 437.125 MHz and its digipeater is turned
on for now.  To All Overseas Stations: If you have captured any LUSAT-1
telemetry you are requested to send the "raw" telemetry to the satellite
control station and you will receive a certificate for your efforts. These
tele-metry reports can be sent either via packet radio to:
[e-mail] and LU8DYF@ANY-ACTIVE-SATELLITE, or via Internet
to: [e-mail]

If you intend to use the satellite, please remember that the BBS software
is NOT LOADED and it will NOT be operational for the next 3 weeks, approx-
imately.

We wish to thanks LU8DYF and all the other stations that helped in the
LUSAT-1 recovery: LU1DBC, LU1EXC, LU1FYZ, LU2BDT, LU2FHE, LU3AGY, LU4AGC,
LU4FIO, LU6DYD, LU7ABF, LU7AKC, LU7DSU, LU7XAC, LU8ENU and LW1EEO.

73's de Eduardo Sweet, LU7AKC (LUSAT-1 recovery team)
 packet: lu7akc@lu7akc.#col.cf.arg.soam
 e-mail: [e-mail]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-148.05
WEEKLY OSCAR STATUS REPORTS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 148.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 28, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-148.05

Weekly OSCAR Status Reports: 28-MAY-94

AO-13: Current Transponder Operating Schedule:
L QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE ***  1994 May 07-Jul 11
Mode-B  : MA   0 to MA 170 |
Mode-BS : MA 170 to MA 218 |
Mode-S  : MA 218 to MA 220 |<- S beacon only
Mode-S  : MA 220 to MA 230 |<- S transponder; B trsp. is OFF
Mode-BS : MA 230 to MA 250 |        Alon/Alat 230/-5
Mode-B  : MA 250 to MA 256 |
Omnis   : MA 250 to MA 120 |  Move to attitude 180/0, Jul 11
[G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR]

FO-20: The analog mode will be continued indefinitely.
       [Kazu Sakamoto (JJ1WTK) [e-mail]]
`
KO-25: Please note that the KO-25 uplink was switched back to 145.980 MHz.
       The downlink is 436.500 MHz.  [K6OYY]

AO-16: AO-16 is chugging along, the only 1200 baud BBS bird running.  [WH6I]

LO-19: LO-19 is undergoing re-uploading of software.  The ground
       controllers state that it will not be available for general use for
       about a month. [WH6I]

IO-26: IO-26 is also in the software uploading process.  Apparently both
       birds, i.e., LO-19 & IO-26, suffered SEUs at about the same time.
       [WH6I]

MIR: MIR'S BBS is up and running.  It seems that whatever electrical power
problems they were experiencing aboard MIR have now been sorted out.
ZR5JRS has worked the MIR BBS on a number of occassions over the last week
with only a few problems.  The only problem he has experienced is with
users down-range that do not send the disconnect command before MIR goes
LOS at their QTH.  If a several users forget to send the disconnect, ZR5JRS
find that nobody can not get in since the BBS has not yet given a time out.
Please don't forget to send a disconnect command before MIR goes "over-the-
horizon" at your QTH.  [ZR5JRS @ ZS0HFS.NTL.ZAF.AF]

RS-10\11: This satellite, as usual, is working extremely well and ZR5JRS
has made many contacts throughout Southern Africa with good 599 signals.
ZR5JRS notes that it is very pleasant to see a small but revived interest
in RS-10 in South Africa.  He hopes that it will last.
[ZR5JRS @ ZS0HFS.NTL.ZAF.AF]

KO-23: Some new earth images are now showing up on KO-23's BBS.  WH6I notes
that so far none of the images he has looked are very spectacular.  [WH6I]

The AMSAT NEWS Service (ANS) is looking for volunteers to contribute weekly
OSCAR status reports.  If you have a favorite OSCAR which you work on a
regular basis and would like to contribute to this bulletin, please send
your observations to WD0HHU at his CompuServe address of 70524,2272, on
INTERNET at [e-mail], or to his local packet BBS in the Denver, CO
area, WD0HHU @ W0LJF.#NECO.CO.USA.NOAM.  Also, if you find that the current
set of orbital elements are not generating the correct AOS/LOS times at
your QTH, PLEASE INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.  The information you
provide will be of value to all OSCAR enthusiasts.

/EX

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Date: 5 Jun 94 23:03:23 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ANS-155 BULLETINS
To: [e-mail]

SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-155.01
DOVE SAYS "HI"

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 155.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JUNE 4, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-155.01


DOVE-OSCAR-17 (DOVE) Voice Synthesizer Now Being Tested

The satellite is now speaking the phrase "HI, this is DOVE in space" for
one minute of every four minutes.  "HI" has been traditionally sent from
Amateur satellites since OSCAR-1, so it seemed appropriate for this re-
activation of the voice synthesizer in DO-17.  The team will continue to
work on improvements, including possibly raising the amplitude of the
voice, which is presently about 1/2 that of the telemetry.

The speech software has been completely reloaded over the past 3 days.  The
S-band transmitter is presently turned off.  Transmitter power will be
optimized over the next few days while maintaining a positive power budget.
Reception reports are welcome and please send them to PY2BJO.  Telemetry is
not needed at this time.

[The AMSAT News Service would like to thank Jim White (WD0E) for this
 bulletin item.  Jim also wishes to acknowledge the other members of the
 DOVE Ground Command Team of WJ9F, VK7ZBX, N5AHD, NK6K with additional
 support from  WB6LLO and K0RZ.]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-155.02
OFFICIAL LO-19 STATUS REPORT

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 155.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JUNE 4, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-155.02

Official LUSAT-OSCAR-19 Status Report

On 01-JUN-1994, during orbit #22739, the CW beacon was turned back on.
This operation was performed by the control station of Norberto Pennini
(LU8DYF) and by the station in charge of the CW beacon, Ruben Ferreiro
(LU6DYD).

At the same time, LU8DYF, turned OFF the "B" transmitter (437.125 MHz) and
turned ON the "A" transmitter (437.150 MHz).  While this procedure was
happening place, LU6DYD was capturing some telemetry.  Then, when LU8DYF
finally swapped the transmitters, and LU8DYD sent the necessary "pseudo-
random" (PN) command sequence which subsequently turned on the CW beacon.
After more than 9 months of being turned off, the CW beacon was started
up again without any problems.

On 02-JUN-94, during orbit #22754, the CW beacon was turned OFF.  This
operation was again performed by LU8DYF and LU6DYD.  LU6DYD turned OFF the
CW beacon and LU8DYF agained swapped the two transmitters to be sure they
were both working properly.  At the present time, the CW beacon is present-
ly OFF and the "B" Raised Cosine PSK transmitter (437.125 MHz) is now ON.

The LUSAT-1 Recovery Team encourages those stations that have collected
telemetry reports during this period to send them to LU8DYF for analyses
purposes.

Overseas stations: If you capture any LUSAT-1 telemetry and send the
"raw" satellite telemetry  to the satellite control station, you will
receive a certificate for your help.  These telemetry reports can be sent
either via packet radio to [e-mail] and LU8DYF@ANY-ACTIVE-
SATELLITE, or via Internet to: [e-mail]

If you intend to use the satellite, please remember that the BBS is NOT
LOADED and it will NOT be operational for the next 2 weeks (approx.).

The LUSAT-1 recovery team want to thanks all the stations that sent
LUSAT-1 telemetry data in RAW format.

The overseas stations that are will receive the Special Award are:

1) Mr. Norimasa Okamoto (JN2LHU) from Gamagori, Japan.
2) Mr. Bent Bagger (OZ6BL+OZ7SAT) from Denmark.

73's de Eduardo Sweet, LU7AKC (LUSAT-1 recovery team)

 packet: lu7akc@lu7akc.#col.cf.arg.soam
 e-mail: [e-mail]

[The AMSAT News Service (ANS) would like to thank Eduard Sweet (LU7AKC)
 for this bulletin item.]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-155.03
WEEKLY OSCAR STATUS REPORTS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 155.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JUNE 4, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-155.03

Weekly OSCAR Status Reports: 04-JUN-94

AO-13: Current Transponder Operating Schedule:
L QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE ***  1994 May 07-Jul 11
Mode-B  : MA   0 to MA 170 |
Mode-BS : MA 170 to MA 218 |
Mode-S  : MA 218 to MA 220 |<- S beacon only
Mode-S  : MA 220 to MA 230 |<- S transponder; B trsp. is OFF
Mode-BS : MA 230 to MA 250 |        Alon/Alat 230/-5
Mode-B  : MA 250 to MA 256 |
Omnis   : MA 250 to MA 120 |  Move to attitude 180/0, Jul 11
[G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR]

FO-20: The analog mode will be continued indefinitely.
       [Kazu Sakamoto (JJ1WTK) [e-mail]]

LO-19: LO-19 is on the air but only telemetry is being sent and there are
       are no BBS functions operational.  Expect a few more weeks before
       the BBS returns. [WH6I]


KO-23: This bird and KO-25 are very busy at the present time with message
       and file traffic.  Also, the program WISP can also be found on the
       BBS.  WH6I also notes that there are alot of earth image files
       on the BBS.  [WH6I]

AO-16: AO-16 is running strong, the only 1200 baud bird in operation at the
       present time.  WH6I is  uploading the WISP program to AO-16 for
       users to test out.  [WH6I]

IO-26: IO-26 has not been heard from for awhile.   [WH6I]

MIR: For all who have made a contact with MIR and would like to receive a
     QSL card, send your QSLs to the following address:
        RV3DR-Serge Samburov, Space "MIR" QSL Manager
        Chief of Cosmonaut Amateur Radio Department NPO "Energia"
        P.O. BOX 73, Kaliningrad-10 city, Moscow Area, 141070, RUSSIA.
     RV3DR's packet radio address is as follows:  RV3DR@R0MIR-1 or
                                                  RV3DR@RK3KP.#MSK.RUS.EU

The AMSAT NEWS Service (ANS) is looking for volunteers to contribute weekly
OSCAR status reports.  If you have a favorite OSCAR which you work on a
regular basis and would like to contribute to this bulletin, please send
your observations to WD0HHU at his CompuServe address of 70524,2272, on
INTERNET at [e-mail], or to his local packet BBS in the Denver, CO
area, WD0HHU @ W0LJF.#NECO.CO.USA.NOAM.  Also, if you find that the current
set of orbital elements are not generating the correct AOS/LOS times at
your QTH, PLEASE INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.  The information you
provide will be of value to all OSCAR enthusiasts.

/EX

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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 21:38:44 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!nuchat![e-mail]
Subject: Bearcat 260 Mods
To: [e-mail]

Hi All:
I'm  still looking for mods and/or a schematic for the Bearcat 260.
Anybody out there in cyberspace have any info?  Tnx fr the help.

73 de "A.C.", W5EZM


--
A. C. Spraggins                         [e-mail]
South Coast Computing Services, Inc.    [e-mail]
P. O. Box 270355                        [phone]
Houston, TX 77277-0355                  [phone] fax

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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 22:23:40 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu![e-mail]
Subject: CW prosigns on phone (was "73's")
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (RAY WADE) writes:
>
>on phone (voice). How people can get a amateur license and continue to
>butcher C.W. (continuous wave, meaning using Morse Code *NOT* phone)
>prosign is beyond me. This goes for QSL, QTH, and all other "Q"
>signals. TRY TALKING ENGLISH. What in the Hell is wrong with that?

Ask Ed if he'll give you some of his prunes, OM. Do you use the CW
prosign ``CQ'' on phone? Why aren't you using the phone equivalent
of it which is ``Hello All Stations''??

Of course no one is going to say `Hello All Stations' on phone but if
you want all CW prosigns stricken from phone then no fair saying `CQ'
anymore.

Let us all know when and on what frequency you'll be on next so we
can all listen to the first ham in history say `Hello All Stations'.


73s,
Jeff NH6IL

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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 21:43:01 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!nuchat![e-mail]
Subject: FCC Comm'l. Questions
To: [e-mail]

Does Anyone have an address that I can use to ftp the FCC study questions
for the commercial radiotelephone exam?  I know W5YI sells them for $10
but the question pool is about to change and I want to take the test
before then since 75% of the test is taken from the Extra Class questions
that I passed last fall.
Any help will be appreciated.

73 de "A.C.", W5EZM



 --
A. C. Spraggins                         [e-mail]
South Coast Computing Services, Inc.    [e-mail]
P. O. Box 270355                        [phone]
Houston, TX 77277-0355                  [phone] fax

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Date: 5 Jun 1994 22:22:49 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!duq3.cc.duq.edu![e-mail]
Subject: need MFJ-941D tuner manual
To: [e-mail]

I got a used MFJ-941D versa tuner II and do not have the manual for
it.  I'd appreciate it if someone who has it can send me a copy of it
(is it a one page instruction sheet ?). or maybe just explain to me
via email how to use the tuner.

thanks in advance.

73s de jerry N3RKD

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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 00:10:14 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: need MFJ-941D tuner manual
To: [e-mail]

In article <2stj7p$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Sy Jerry) writes:
>I got a used MFJ-941D versa tuner II and do not have the manual for
>it.  I'd appreciate it if someone who has it can send me a copy of it
>(is it a one page instruction sheet ?). or maybe just explain to me
>via email how to use the tuner.
>

Call MFJ and they will send you a manual on the latest model for free.  It
is probably very similar to the one you have since the current model is the
941E.  601-323-5869.q
--
Jim Chandler, N0VAH/AE
[e-mail]
p
v
941E.

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Date: 6 Jun 1994 00:39:15 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!chnews![e-mail]
Subject: need MFJ-941D tuner manual
To: [e-mail]

James W Chandler III ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Call MFJ and they will send you a manual on the latest model for free.  It
: is probably very similar to the one you have since the current model is the
: 941E.  601-323-5869.q Jim Chandler, N0VAH/AE

Hi Jim, not very similar... The "D" version has a single needle meter
and the "E" has a dual needle meter... so half vastly different tuning
methods.

73, KG7BK, [e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 22:47:48 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2sp2nb$[e-mail]>, <2sr3vb$[e-mail]>, <2stbbv$[e-mail]>l
Subject : Re: 440 in So. Cal.

Jay Maynard ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Tell that to Greg Bullough. He thinks I'm a '50s Red-baiter when I call a
: communist idea a communist idea.

Just because communism failed in the Soviet Union doesn't mean that the
basic idea of what communism (or more accurately I think, socialism) is
has gone away.  Apparently many still feel it's a good idea.  <Sigh>

Stick to your guns, Jay.  You ain't wrong.

: >The great majority of hams believe that the federal government should and
: >does own all radio frequencies. If one accepts that idea, then if the FCC
: >says "all amateur repeaters shall be open", the Great OZ has spoken.

: The FCC has said exactly the opposite: "all amateur repeaters shall be
: closed". The Great OZ has spoken. They're not listening.
: --

The guys we are discussing this with aren't listening, either.  Their
minds are made up, don't bother them with the facts.

By the way, an important note here is that the FCC doesn't really claim to
own "all" the radio frequencies.  The FCC considers many frequencies
(including the 440 band most in question here) as "owned" by the federal
government or the military.  We've already seen they care little about
what we do in that spectrum unless someone from the "military or
government" complains.  <Another sigh>.

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