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Info-Hams Digest            Wed, 15 Jun 94       Volume 94 : Issue  664

Today's Topics:
                                "73's"
                           440 in So. Cal.
                           Atlanta Hamfest?
                         Cheap packet modem ?
                     FM not working in car radio
                    Ford Explorer and TS-50 Noise
                           help/info needed
                               HTX 202
                    IPS Daily Report - 14 June 94
                    Looking for J. Stephen Buchan
                Microwave bands (was Re: End of `440 i
                     MODS for IC25A? or PCS-300?
                Seek info about Heathkit SB230 (SB220)
                                 Test
                 TH-78A Peculiarities <--Help Wanted
              What price for a new Fluke 75 multimeter?
                          Yaesu phone no.???
     You know its time to retire from the hobby when.... (2 msgs)

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Date: 14 Jun 1994 19:39:03 -0400
From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: "73's"
To: [e-mail]

Language is dynamic, not static.  73's (the plural of 73, by many
official accounts) means "Best Wishes".  It didn't used to, but it
does now.

Therefore, 73 means "best wish".  So, if you say 73, you are only
wishing the listener one wish.  OK, it's your best one, but it's
still only one.  If you want to be more ebulliant, use 73's.  (Or you
can try 146, 219, or any of the other muliples of 73 to give a fixed
number of wishes.)

Forest

Jose    KD1SB

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Date: 14 Jun 1994 17:52:23 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!hacgate2.hac.com!vishnu![e-mail]
Subject: 440 in So. Cal.
To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Jay Maynard) writes:
>When you start advocating that coordinators do patently stupid things that
>will get them sued into oblivion, though, I have to stand up and yell, "HELL
>NO!"

Jay,
   The one point that you keep bringing up that gets under my skin is this
issue of coordinators getting sued.  While I will grant you that it very
likely could happen, and that defending yourself against any lawsuit can be
expensive and time consuming, it doesn't wash as a legitimate reason for
setting the coordination policy a certain way.
   I would hope that at no time the coordinators said to the repeater trustee
"We are going to coordinate your repeater exclusively on these frequencies for
the rest of time."  I see no basis for a lawsuit if they coordinate another
repeater on the same frequency.  (That's not to say it won't happen.  People
sue all the time for all sorts of reasons, valid or not.)  There are all kinds
of ways of insulating yourself from lawsuits, though.  Find someone with no
visible assets willing to be the coordinator and put up with all the legal flak.

Again, people will disagree and debate as to whether policies are "patently
stupid" or brilliant and effective, but I would hope the policies are
decided based on something other than who is threatening a lawsuit.

-Brian

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Date: 15 Jun 1994 02:12:11 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!hobbes.cc.uga.edu!aisun3.ai.uga.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Atlanta Hamfest?
To: [e-mail]

When and where is the Atlanta Hamfest?
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Date: 15 Jun 1994 07:00:59 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.forth.gr!helios.intranet.gr!phaethon![e-mail]
Subject: Cheap packet modem ?
To: [e-mail]

CQ Netters,

Does anyone have a scematic for a home brewed packet modem that actually
works ???
I would appreciate a reply via e-mail...

73's

[e-mail]

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Date: 15 Jun 94 02:54:35 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!headwall.Stanford.EDU![e-mail]
Subject: FM not working in car radio
To: [e-mail]

I'm a complete non-radio, non-car person but have a frustrating
problem with the radio in my '91 VW Jetta:

The FM stations fade out as the temperature cools off.  First thing in
the morning, I get no FM at all.  AM's fine.  After the car's been
sitting in the sun all day, the FM comes back.  If it's been a cool
day, or the car's been in the shade, the signal is weak.

Can anyone tell me what's wrong and how much it's going to cost.  I
read none of the newsgroups I'm posting to, so I'd appreciate
responses directly to my e-mail.  Many thanks.




--
Rob Ehle
Assistant Production Manager
Stanford University Press
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 22:19:58 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!col.hp.com!srgenprp![e-mail]
Subject: Ford Explorer and TS-50 Noise
To: [e-mail]

Earl=Morse%EMC=Srvc%Eng=[e-mail] (Earl=Morse%EMC=Srvc%Eng=[e-mail]) wrote:


: >I recently acquired a Kenwood TS-50 for mobile HF and installed it in my
: >1992 Ford Explorer.  With the key in the Accessory position (all electronics
: >fired up but engine not running), the noise on HF is S9 or better across
: >all bands, but most accute on 17 and 20m.  Anyone out there in netland
: >solved this problem already???
: >

Call Ford.... your local dealer may/maynot have the service bulletin number,
but there is one with parts to fix some of the problem...noisy fuel pump.
I have info home, but will not be able to get it for you till Monday/Tuesday.

There is a ham at Ford/Detroit? who is in charge of EMI problems...
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Date: 14 Jun 1994 23:12:51 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!newshost.uwo.ca![e-mail]
Subject: help/info needed
To: [e-mail]

Hi,

I am in the process of planning to take the "Ham Radio Exam" but I
am not sure which level I want to try.  What I am looking for is to
find study materials, old exams, course materials, etc. on the internet.
Since I live in Canada, I need materials that apply to the jurisdiction of
Ontario and to this country.  Can anyone suggest an online
source for the materials of which I listed above?

Thanks in advance and looking forward to your responses.

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 19:20:53 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!sun2!sun1![e-mail]
Subject: HTX 202
To: [e-mail]

I like the HTX 202.  So what if it does not go out of band!  The best feature
of the 202 is the tight receive!  Plus, PL encode/decode straight from the
factory...it is a great deal.  Good luck!

Darin, N9RAJ
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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 23:09:33 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!ipso![e-mail]
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 14 June 94
To: [e-mail]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 14/2330Z JUNE 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 14 JUNE AND FORECAST UP TO 17 JUNE

No warning is current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

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

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             15 June            16 June            17 June
Activity     Low                Low                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: unsettled

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 13 June
    Learmonth       14  3333 3332
    Fredericksburg  12                          12
    Planetary       15                          11

Observed Kp for 13 June: 3223 2333


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
15 Jun    12    Unsettled.
16 Jun    16    Unsettled to active.
17 Jun    16    Unsettled to active.

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Slight increase in activity is expected June 16-17 due to
dissappearing solar filament.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
14 Jun      normal         normal-fair    fair
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
15 Jun      normal         normal-fair    fair
16 Jun      normal         fair           fair
17 Jun      normal         fair           fair
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
Degraded HF comms conditions may be experienced June 16-17.

-----------------------------------------------------------

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

Observed T index for 14 June:  44

Predicted Monthly T Index for June is 30.

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
15 Jun    40    Near predicted monthly values.
16 Jun    30    Near predicted monthly values.
17 Jun    30    Near predicted monthly values.


4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
Spread F observed at times during local night. Degraded
conditions may be experienced during June 16-17.




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Date: 13 Jun 94 04:21:22 GMT
From: uchinews!msuinfo!caen!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!utnut!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!altitude!altitude![e-mail]
Subject: Looking for J. Stephen Buchan
To: [e-mail]

I am looking for my cousin, J. Steven Buchan. I found the following
listing in a ham radio call book:

Call-Sign: VE7ORA
Real Name: JOHN STEVEN BUCHAN
Mailing Address: 588 WEST 14TH AVENUE, UNIT 610, VANCOUVER, BC V5Z1P6

Before using the postal address, I would like to try Internet contact.

Steve -

If you see this, drop me a line.

Sincerely yours,

Gordon H. Buchan
[e-mail]

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Date: 14 Jun 1994 21:51:36 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 <2til08$[e-mail]>,

>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?

Of course, I'm one to strongly remind other amateurs that one of our
purposes, as chartered by the FCC, is to advance the state of the radio art.
Certainly, loading more yak boxes onto 440, or any of the other popular
VHF/UHF bands, is not necessarily going to do anything positive for the
radio art.

The issue has been raised that point-point, fixed-location uses, such as
packet forwarding and auxiliary station links, ought to be moving into the
microwave spectrum.  I completely agree with this.  At the same time, I'd
be delighted if we could make the microwave spectrum of more general use.

Nonetheless, it is important to remember that not all spectrum is equivalent.
To suggest that 440Mhz shouldn't be crowded because there are hundreds of
MHz of amateur allocations on higher frequencies is to ignore reality.  If
the FCC tomorrow declared that the 20m band was being re-allocated to non-amateur
use and we were getting 400KHz of replacement spectrum allocated as amateur-only
at 902MHz.  Would this be fair replacement?

My original point was, and is, simply that not all spectrum is the same.

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Date: 15 Jun 1994 06:20:38 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!lynx.unm.edu!SantaFe!santafe![e-mail]
Subject: MODS for IC25A? or PCS-300?
To: [e-mail]

I've got an Icom IC25A, and was wondering if anyone could email me the mods
sheet for it...  Also for the Azden PCS-300 HT too if anyone knows any for
that one aswell...   Please cc any followup post to email.

Thanks,
David KC5EGJ

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Date: 14 Jun 1994 20:38:13 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!trane.uninett.no!nac.no!nntp-oslo.uninett.no!mac_inge![e-mail]
Subject: Seek info about Heathkit SB230 (SB220)
To: [e-mail]

Hello, and thanks for reading this message.
I am going to buy me a Linear Amplifier for the HF
bands, and I seek some info about the SB230.
I have heard that it is a very nice amplifier, but I
really don't know more about it.
I have been borrowing a SB220 for a while, but I need some
info about the SB230.
Such as : -Maximum Power Output ?
          -Which amateur bands ?
          -etc

Please answer via e-mail.

vy 73s de Tom/LA1BJA/JW1BJA
tomrune@mac_inge.itek.norut.no

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Date: 14 Jun 1994 19:14:19 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Test
To: [e-mail]

saul yochelson ([e-mail]) wrote:
: saul yochelson ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Test followup
Pssst........whts the answer to the question?

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Date: 14 Jun 1994 23:18:12 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!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]

>>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
>
>Well marc,
>the obvious suggestion is dont tx out of band!!!!

But the mods says it does and a good portion of the time it does without any
problems.  The other times it starts up and dies which is different from trying
to tx somehwere where you definitely cannot (like the aircraft band) there it
will just beep at you.

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 94 15:39:06 CDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!willis1.cis.uab.edu!maze.dpo.uab.edu!uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu![e-mail]
Subject: What price for a new Fluke 75 multimeter?
To: [e-mail]

What is a good price for a Fluke 75 multimeter, and where
can I find one available?

Steve Holland
[e-mail]

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Date: 15 Jun 1994 06:44:12 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!concert!bigblue.unc.edu!samba.oit.unc.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Yaesu phone no.???
To: [e-mail]

Does anyone out there have the phone number for Yaesu's Parts Service?.  I
need to order an owners manual for a radio.

Thanks,

Kenneth


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Date: 15 Jun 94 02:23:13 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!cat.cis.Brown.EDU!pstc3.pstc.brown.edu![e-mail]
Subject: You know its time to retire from the hobby when....
To: [e-mail]

... you're talking on the phone with a ham buddy, and you end the
conversation and hang up the phone with a 'KD1HZ clear'.

MD
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-- "Get 'The Club'... Endorsed by Baby Seal poachers everywhere..."

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Date: 15 Jun 94 04:33:02 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!headwall.Stanford.EDU!abercrombie.Stanford.EDU![e-mail]
Subject: You know its time to retire from the hobby when....
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Michael P. Deignan) writes:

>... you're talking on the phone with a ham buddy, and you end the
>conversation and hang up the phone with a 'KD1HZ clear'.

...you end a face-to-face conversation with "dit dit".

--
-=Paul Flaherty, N9FZX |        "We are meant to be masters of destiny,
->[e-mail]   |       not victims of fate."  -- Ronald W. Reagan

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Date: 15 Jun 94 01:08:26 GMT
From: agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!ccnet.com!ccnet.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: End of `440 in SoCal' thread

Ed Ellers ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Jeffrey Herman <[e-mail]> writes:
:
: >Wow! No need to whine about 440 when we've got all THIS available.

All I hear on 440 is a little alternator whine ;)

: Are FM transceivers for those bands as readily available as those for 440?

Tranceivers are available for the 2.4 GHz band. For some unknown reason
they are not marketed in the usa. There are over a hundred 2.4 GHz
repeaters in Japan.   Get your friend to bring one back from Japan.

I bet if dual-banders came with 2meters and 2.4 GHz there would be a lot
of 2.4 repeaters in southern california. The band does work quite well
for mobile applications. Within five years you will see a lot of 1.9 GHz
radios marketed to the public as portable phones and computer rf links to
the Internet. The commercial radio manufacturers would love to see us
fighting over ten Megs of 440 spectrum while they get ten times that from
us at 2.4 GHz....

: Is "homebrewing" as practical on those bands as on 440 -- referring to
: special construction techniques as well as availability of components that can
: operate at those higher frequencies?

RTFM :) there are many amateur construction articals and the ARRL as well
as the British microwave publications.

: Are propagation characteristics on those bands such that they are as suitable
: for FM voice communication as is 440?

Why limit your self to just fm voice ... try wide band video or high
speed digital lans all requiring the high bandwith that is not available
on the lower bands. Lots more opertunity to have fun doing something that
can't be done with a 2meter dual-bander.

Bob


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