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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 14 Jun 94       Volume 94 : Issue  660

Today's Topics:
                           "73's" (2 msgs)
             ATV transmitts on every UHF channel - why ?
                 Com'l License Exams & Adv. Cl. Lic.
              FAX # for Amateur Division, Kenwood Japan
           Help on hard/software to download weather images
                  How long do NJ ham plates take????
                    IPS Daily Report - 13 June 94
           Microwave bands (was Re: End of `440 i (2 msgs)
                         Nickel Hydride Cells
                                 Test
                 TH-78A Peculiarities <--Help Wanted
                        VHF Maritime Outrage!!
                      WANTED: good 2meter mobile
                   Washington State Field Day??????

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Date: 13 Jun 1994 22:22:02 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!news.Cerritos.edu!news.Arizona.EDU!nemo![e-mail]
Subject: "73's"
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dave Bushong) writes:

>I don't believe it, but there have been many more than one 73 on the

Maybe 73 plus an "apostrophe s" (73's) means "Best Regards, y'all"

Howard

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Date: 14 Jun 1994 03:52:06 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews![e-mail]
Subject: "73's"
To: [e-mail]

Howard Lester ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Maybe 73 plus an "apostrophe s" (73's) means "Best Regards, y'all" Howard

That is an absolutely stupendous idea, Howard... history in the making...
Henceforth and forevermore, 73's will mean Best Regards, ya'll. (Ah'll
furgiv ya'll fer missppelling ya'll 'cuz thum dam yankie techer's pubbraly
dun't no hou tu spel wurth cagada.)

73's's's (Ah got ah rully baddd drawlll) KG7BK, [e-mail]

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Date: 14 Jun 1994 00:36:47 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!torn!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!ionews.io.org![e-mail]
Subject: ATV transmitts on every UHF channel - why ?
To: [e-mail]

I recently breadboarded a simple (no crystal) ATV transmitter, and being
a novice experimenter, was amazed to see it actually transmitting my VCR
/ Camcorder signals to my portable tv !

The transmitter works with either an air coil of about .5" or .125"
diameter (both 3 or 4 turns #22). It's a Colpitts oscillator.

I *thought* that the large coil would be have a resonant frequency of
about 100 Mhz, and the smaller one would be about 470 Mhz.

I am wondering why my portable tv is receiving the transmitter on every
UHF channel.

Would the transmitter be generating strong enough harmonics that the signal
is being sent on every UHF channel ?

Mike

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 01:49:49 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!news.uh.edu!nuchat![e-mail]
Subject: Com'l License Exams & Adv. Cl. Lic.
To: [e-mail]

Does anyone know of a site where I can download the FCC question pool for
the comercial license exams?  I understand that about 80 percent of the
quiz comes from the pool of the Advanced class study material.  The pool
changes next month and I would like to take the test over the old questions.

I know that W5YI sells the info for $10 but, surely this public info is
available from the Internet.

Thanks and 73 de A.C.


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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: Mon, 13 Jun 94 21:35:26 MST
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!asuvax!ennews!stat![e-mail]
Subject: FAX # for Amateur Division, Kenwood Japan
To: [e-mail]

I am trying to find some information on my Kenwood TS-50S, basically how
to immitate the Function keys on the microphone.  Kenwood USA has told
me they don't have this information.

I would like to try and FAX Kenwood Japan ... does anyone have a FAX
number for their amateur division?

Thank you,

David WB7TPY

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 01:26:23 GMT
From: yale.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!stevens-tech.edu!vaxc.stevens-tech.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Help on hard/software to download weather images
To: [e-mail]

Hi
     I am looking for some info on what software and hardware do I need to
be able do download weather maps that show ocean water temps off the eastern
coast of NJ. I have heard of SW that goes to a com port but have also heard
recently that you can also imput through a SB16 card, and this actually gives
a better image.
please I'm new to this and would appreciate any and all help.

    I currently have have a 486 DX2 -66 with a 500meg drive, 14.4 fax modem,
ink jet printer,SB16, double speed CDROM, SVGA monitor if that helps.



                    Thanks
                    Ron

    RDEMELLO@SITVAX,STEVENS-TECH.EDU

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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 19:37:27 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!admii!ovation!ramcad.pica.army.mil![e-mail]
Subject: How long do NJ ham plates take????
To: [e-mail]

Can a New Jersey amateur tell me how long it took them
to get their call-sign plates from NJ Dept of Motor Vehicles?
I've heard 12 weeks (as bad as the FCC :-]) and it's been
about that, since mid-March.

Just wondering if/when I should call them up and let them give
me a hard time.

        Thanks,
                ...Mark n2wzb
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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 23:17:53 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!trane.uninett.no!ifi.uio.no!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!metro!ipso![e-mail]
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 13 June 94
To: [e-mail]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 13/2330Z JUNE 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 13 JUNE AND FORECAST UP TO 16 JUNE

No warning is current.
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 085/027

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             14 June            15 June            16 June
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 085/027

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: quiet to unsettled

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 12 June
    Learmonth       --  3333 23--
    Fredericksburg  12                          26
    Planetary       12                          21

Observed Kp for 12 June: 3445 3443


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
14 Jun    12    Quiet to unsettled.
15 Jun    12    Unsettled.
16 Jun    16    Unsettled to active.

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Active periods may be observed during June 16-17 due to
dissappearing solar filament.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
13 Jun      normal         normal-fair    fair
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
14 Jun      normal         normal         fair
15 Jun      normal         normal         fair
16 Jun      normal         fair           poor
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
Degraded HF comms conditions may be experienced at mid, high lats on 16th.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near predicted monthly values

Observed T index for 13 June:  42

Predicted Monthly T Index for June is 30.

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
14 Jun    40    Near predicted monthly values.
15 Jun    40    Near predicted monthly values.
16 Jun    40    Near predicted monthly values.


4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
Spread F observed during local night. Strong sporadic E observed
at times. Degraded HF comms possible on 16th.




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Date: 13 Jun 1994 22:01:44 GMT
From: koriel!newsworthy.West.Sun.COM!abyss.West.Sun.COM!spot![e-mail]
Subject: Microwave bands (was Re: End of `440 i
To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Jay Maynard) writes:
>In article <2ti78m$[e-mail]>,
>Dana Myers  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>Not exactly.  The microwave bands may be useful for point-point
>>linking, etc., but aren't commonly used, even by the business or
>>government agencies, for mobile communications as we know it.
>
>Why not? I know some work in that area has been done by the North Texas
>Microwave Society...

I guess that makes 5.8GHz mobile a viable replacement for 70cm.

>>Procuring parts and building working gear for microwave bands is
>>considerably more difficult than building 80m transmitters out
>>of junk televisions.
>
>Building 80m transmitters was, once upon a time, difficult and expensive, too.
>Hams changed that.

Agreed.  I guess this makes 5.8GHz mobile a viable replacement for 70cm.

>>  I agree amateurs should indeed get involved
>>on these bands, but these bands are not necessarily valid replacement
>>spectrum for the functions filled by 2m, 70cm, 33cm and 23cm.
>
>Why not? Those who claim that the purpose of ham radio is solely or primarily
>technological advancement have a golden opportunity to prove that hams can
>still contribute.

Well, either Jay just wants to carry in "splut-like" fashion :-), or he
didn't read what I wrote.

I said "The microwave bands are not necessarily valid replacement spectrum
for functions filled by 2m, 70cm, 33cm and 23cm".  Jay counters with a little
bit of Mom and Apple Pie.  Let's be serious; the microwave bands are not yet
valid replacement spectrum for the popular 2m and 70cm bands.  Offering them
as such ignores reality.  Let's have a constructive discussion rather than
Mom and Apple Pie, OK?

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Date: 14 Jun 94 04:14:14 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!spool.mu.edu!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10.cs.du.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Microwave bands (was Re: End of `440 i
To: [e-mail]

In article <2til08$[e-mail]>,
Dana Myers  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Well, either Jay just wants to carry in "splut-like" fashion :-), or he
>didn't read what I wrote.

I did too. Nyah. :-)

>I said "The microwave bands are not necessarily valid replacement spectrum
>for functions filled by 2m, 70cm, 33cm and 23cm".  Jay counters with a little
>bit of Mom and Apple Pie.  Let's be serious; the microwave bands are not yet
>valid replacement spectrum for the popular 2m and 70cm bands.  Offering them
>as such ignores reality.  Let's have a constructive discussion rather than
>Mom and Apple Pie, OK?

My point was that 80m was, at one time, not valid replacement spectrum for
stuff below 200 meters, too. We've been handed lemons in the past and made
lemonade out of them. What would you have said back when hams were given 200
meters and down because nobody else wanted it?

The microwave bands - or even 2400 MHz - are not "valid replacement spectrum"
only because hams would rather bitch than switch, as Jim Reese puts it. To
complain that you can't put up yet another yak box on 440, and so it's time to
change the rules in midstream and destroy someone's thousands of dollars worth
of repeater investment, is to capitulate rather than pioneer. Call it Mom and
Apple Pie if you want to...but who's arguing about ham radio as a technical
service now?
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[e-mail]   | adequately be explained by stupidity.
To Sarah Brady, Howard Metzenbaum, Dianne Feinstein, and Charles Schumer:
Thanks. Without you, I would be neither a gun owner nor an NRA life member.

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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 17:31:05
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews!ornews.intel.com!ccm.hf.intel.com![e-mail]
Subject: Nickel Hydride Cells
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mike Willis) writes:
>I have just bought 6 Nickel Hydryde AA cells for use with my Icom handheld. I
>wonder if anyone has any experience with such cells they are able to share? The
>cells are matked as 1.2V 1200mA hours. They weigh about the same as Nicads but

I had some 1000mAH Gold Peak cells  I used in My Icom 2SRA for
a few months about a two years ago.  They discharged very quickly and soon
seemed like they wouldn't hold a charge.  I used the Icom 60-70mA charger and
charged them for about 16 hours.  I was very careful when I charged them, but
it didn't seem to make a difference.  I was told by someone that early NMH
cells had a lot of problems (especially Gold Peak).  I hope you have better
results with yours.  Most cellular phones now use NMH, so maybe things have
improved.


Brett Miller N7OLQ                  [e-mail]
Intel Corp.
American Fork, UT

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Date: 14 Jun 94 06:35:49 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net![e-mail]
Subject: Test
To: [e-mail]

saul yochelson ([e-mail]) wrote:
Test followup

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Date: 13 Jun 1994 22:23:08 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.cs.columbia.edu!news.columbia.edu!namaste.cc.columbia.edu![e-mail]
Subject: TH-78A Peculiarities <--Help Wanted
To: [e-mail]

I had the "beyonds MARS" (remove D3 and cut W1) done to my TH-78A and
everything works pretty well except for a few peculiarities...  When I set
both sides (VFOs) to VHF the right one acts strangely.  The rx is far more
sensitive then the left side because the squelch will open often times on
the right side and the meter will go up while I'm not receiving anything on
the left side.  But...  even though the right side has better rx I cannot
hear any of it because it comes out as barely understandable static.  (When
I am close enough I can get perfect rx on the left side.)

There is no difference around the 440MHz band.  I haven't been able to check
whther these "peculiarities" also occur around the 2m ham bands since I'm not
close to any repeaters right now -- but it definitely holds true for the
aircraft and commercial bands.

One other small thing.  About half the time, the tx doesn't always open up
immediately on the commercial band.  The red light will flash on and the
meter will jump up but then drop down after a split second.  After fiddling
(switching channels or turning the radio on-off) then it will tx properly.
Never any problems tx on the ham bands.

Anybody else noticed the same peculiarities or have any advice for me?


Thanks very much,

Marc Wollemborg
<[e-mail]>
<[e-mail]>

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 00:37:40 GMT
From: rit!isc-newsserver!ultb![e-mail]
Subject: VHF Maritime Outrage!!
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>Sounds like the US is bringing their fees into alignment with the Canadian
>fees.
>
>FYI:  fees for Canadian amateurs:  (sorry, don't have the maritime fees handy)
>    qualification exams (per exam):    $ 5.00
>    annual station license
>         (per callsign):    $24.00 (I think that's what it is)
>
>therefore for a 10 year license we pay $240 + the cost of any exam/upgrades
>during that period.

None of this has much to do with ham radio; it's more a matter of
money and control.  The Peoples Republic of Kanada wants to increase
taxes on its already overburdened citizens just as much as Slick Willie
Klinton and Company.  Taxes and fees on boating are there to keep
the cost of leisure time high.  You can't have people enjoying
themselves, now can you?

Ham radio is another good thing to tax.  Again it's a leisure time
activity.  And worse, it gives people a means to communicate outside
the approved media.

>On the other hand, once you have a qualification you have it for life,
>and we do have vanity callsigns (now if only the ones we wanted were
>not already taken).

On the other hand most citizens are like sheep.  Baaaaa...

>                        Dean Denter -- VE7NCD
>[e-mail]  (don't reply to [e-mail] it won't work)
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73...Jim  N2VNO

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Date: 14 Jun 1994 00:39:45 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ysu.edu!yfn.ysu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: WANTED: good 2meter mobile
To: [e-mail]

I'm looking for a 2 meter mobile unit in good shape for a reasonable
price.  Doesn't have to be the newest thing; please write with what you
have.  I just need something I can access a few local repeaters with.

Thanks and 73,

Randy

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 05:51:26 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!modem63.ucdavis.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Washington State Field Day??????
To: [e-mail]

Hello,
I posted a few days ago asking if there was anyone active who would be running
Field Day in the Raymond, Aberdeen or Westport area of Washington State.  I
still haven't heard back and the local emergency coordinator would really like
to see what WE do.  She's going on vacation or I'd invite her to our FD.  So,
anyone in the south-west corner of the state please speak up.


Thanks,
Dan

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Date: 13 Jun 1994 20:06:33 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!ccnet.com!ccnet.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2td3t2$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2ti78m$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Microwave bands (was Re: End of `440 in SoCal' thread )

: Not exactly.  The microwave bands may be useful for point-point
: linking, etc., but aren't commonly used, even by the business or
: government agencies, for mobile communications as we know it.

How about the entire GPS system?  How about the INMARSAT system?  How
about all the satellite links on shipboard?  How about all that military
stuff they don't want you to know about?

Some enterprising amateurs have indeed operated mobile above 1300MHz.  I
personally operated mobile-in-motion full-color ATV on 5.8 GHz.  Remember,
it wasn't too long ago that the common belief was that mobile operation
above 500 MHz wasn't feasible.  If that barrier hadn't been broken, there
would be no cellular service!  As an alternative (and less innovative),
one could always take the point-to-point stuff out of the current
mobile-friendly bands.  This would make more room for the current mobile
technology and put point-to-point stuff on frequencies which are more
suited to it.

: I agree amateurs should indeed get involved
: on these bands, but these bands are not necessarily valid replacement
: spectrum for the functions filled by 2m, 70cm, 33cm and 23cm.

You mean the _mobile_ functions, I hope.  There are many functions that
are perfectly suited for microwave.  Two that come to mind are all packet
backbones and links between repeaters.  Large chunks of 2m and 70cm are
tied up with this non-mobile activity.  Just think if all BBS forwarding
was done on other bands.  The end users would have more access to their
BBS because forwarding could be done "in the background".  If all links
were out of 420-440, and we could use it for non-auxiliary stuff, another
80 FM channels would be available for the traditional mobile user.

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            nophun        pms/s=sohn/g=[e-mail]
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