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Info-Hams Digest            Wed,  8 Jun 94       Volume 94 : Issue  641

Today's Topics:
                           "73's" (2 msgs)
                              Amiga NOS
                               Crystals
                              paKet 5.1
                         Quadrifilar helix ?
                     Singapore HAM Laws? (2 msgs)

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Date: 7 Jun 1994 19:02:31 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews![e-mail]
Subject: "73's"
To: [e-mail]

Weuchsowagan ([e-mail]) wrote:

: As I said before, WHICH EDITION?  We could have different editions.
: Will Turner,  N0RDV

How about _Webster's Third New International_?

apostrophe - to mark the ... plural of letters (as in two a's) or figures
(as in three 7's) and sometimes of words that are not normally nouns
(as in no if's or but's)

Best of 73's and goodbye's, KG7BK, [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 13:13:27 -0800
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!news.tek.com!gv-gate.gvg.tek.com!grovmac.gvg.tek.com![e-mail]
Subject: "73's"
To: [e-mail]

In article <2t2eph$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Cecil A.
Moore -FT-~) wrote:

> e.g. How many A's in the word alphabet? ... A's is the plural of A.
> As is a word. As is not the plural of A. 73's is the plural of 73.
>


Let's miss the point completely, shall we?

The contents of the greeting "73" are already plural.
It means "best wishes" and not "best wish."
One doesn't pluralize a plural expression.
Does "best wisheses" sound correct to you?

[For that matter one doesn't add a superlative to
 a superlative, as in "most unique," since "unique"
 is already a superlative. But I digress.]

More to the point is the abominable quality of writing
among the technical population, although I suspect
the population as a whole is even more grammatically incompetent.

I leave you with the real problem of the "plural apostrophe"
as seen in many a posting to the net:

    "radio's"
    "antenna's"
    "Elmer's"

and so on.

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Date: 7 Jun 94 22:35:23 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Amiga NOS
To: [e-mail]

Greetings!  I do not have ftp access.  I was wondering if someone
might be willing to send me a copy of the latest version of the Amiga

NOS program (via USMail).  Please email me if you can help.

DAve

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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 19:36:03 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA![e-mail]
Subject: Crystals
To: [e-mail]

Here's a long shot, but hopefully...

Has anyone out there in the HAM radio world ever come across, or is
currently in possession of a "Kate Blevis Crystal"?  My grandparents
manufactured crystals (in Canada) for radio tuners during the second world
war and I met some people who have seen them before.  If you have any
information, could you please reply via email to me.

Thanks in advance,
Mark

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E-mail address:  [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 19:06:49 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: paKet 5.1
To: [e-mail]

Mario Campos ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Currently looking at the "paket 5.1" program from Australia. Is this the
: latest version of the program or is there an update available! If there is an
: update - where is it available for downloading? I do not have access to CIS!

It seems like I heard somewhere that 6.0 was out I really don't know
where you might find it, but look for 6.0


Dave

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Date: 8 Jun 94 01:17:34 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Quadrifilar helix ?
To: [e-mail]

> I read Dave Guimont's article on quadrifilar helix antennas in the
> March/april Amsat journal. I would appreciate any info from anyone who
> has any additional info on these antennas.

Dave can be reached at [e-mail] .

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Date: 8 Jun 94 01:16:08 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Singapore HAM Laws?
To: [e-mail]

Nick Stefanisko [[e-mail]] writes:

     Newbee alert!! This is my first time posting here.

     I'm in Singapore right now. And I was wondering, the next time I'm
     here, should I bring my radio? What are the laws regarding 2m and
     70cm transition here. I've talked to a bunch of people here in
     Singapore and they have no clue. I think there is a well established
     radio-phone network here, so I would not be surprised to find out that
     HAM is not allowed.

     I just want to find out before I have to find out the hard way.

And I recommend:

You'll want to check with the authorities before you bring a radio in.
Several of the Asian countries get a bit testy about radios that can
receive their police and government frequencies. I think Singapore is one
of them. Singapore does require a license (licence over there :-)) for
receivers, and I am sure there will be some paperwork involved for an
amateur radio license. I believe the people to contact will be the
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), they do the licensing for
broadcast receivers. If that does not work, try the post office.

After you get back to the U.S., the ARRL or the Singapore Embassy could
help. The embassy number is 202-667-7555.

As far as being a newbee, don't worry about it, everyone was once. And
don't let Derek "Grumpy" Wills bother you, he's generally a good guy, just
has a thing about HAM vs ham vs ham radio . . . :-)

One last note: isn't the coffee there great! Even Mc Donald's serves a
good, strong cup that's not bitter (sigh). Can't get coffee like that here.

73

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Rockwell International        Ham: KD6MCI
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Date: 8 Jun 94 01:13:17 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!cupnews0.cup.hp.com![e-mail]
Subject: Singapore HAM Laws?
To: [e-mail]

Just to let you all know, I did not bring my radio with me to SGP.
I wanted to find out what the local environment was like first.
I think now that I know, I'll be leaving my HT at home.

Oh ya, I hate coffee (how un-American) and I find that Tiger Beer
is a cross between Keystone and Black Label, only not as good. :)
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Integrated              /  /               Nick Stefanisko   [KD6PTD]
Systems         HEWLETT/hp/PACKARD         [e-mail]
Division              /__/                 Sunnyvale, California, USA

Opinions expressed here are not those of my employer; only my fingers
are to blame.

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Date: 8 Jun 94 02:31:47 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!apple.com!apple.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2svl88$[e-mail]>, <2t076r$[e-mail]>, <2t22t5$[e-mail]>p
Subject : Re: "73's"

[e-mail] (Weuchsowagan) writes:


>In article <2t076r$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Cecil A. Moore -FT-~) writes:
>|> From my Webster's, "apostrophe - ... the possessive case, OR THE _PLURAL_
>|> of letters or figures".

>Webster actually lists it as a plural?  May I ask what edition you are
>looking in?

>It's probably another case of the formal rules of the English language
>have now changed.  I know I've seen it written many times in many places,
>and said by many people who would know--namely those who have spent
>the better part of their life studying the English language (I don't
>knowwhy they'd do that...)--that it should *never* be used as a plural.
>Thus 1990's is a possesive of a single year, and 1990s means the entire
>decade.


You would have to excuse me, since, as a furriner, I have only
been using English for a scant 40 years.  My Oxford American
(oxymoron, eh?) Dictionary, however, says:

    "a.pos.tro.phe  n. the sign ' used to show that letters
    or numbers have been omitted (as in can't = cannot;
    '05 = 1905), or showing the possessive case (the boy's
    book, the boys' books), or the plurals of letters (there
    are two l's in bell)."         ^^^^^^^


Very best best wishes-es,

Kok Chen, AA6TY                [e-mail]
Apple Computer, Inc.

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