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Info-Hams Digest            Sat, 25 Jun 94       Volume 94 : Issue  705

Today's Topics:
                     ARLB053 FCC call sign update
                        ARLB054 2300 MHz news
                         ARLB055 FD bulletin
                     ARLP025 Propagation de KT7H
                           Becomming a HAM?
                               Bermuda
                       Denver-Boulder Field Day
                      DX-cluster software
                       IARU Contest Software??
                        Icom 22-S info needed
               June22nd-GANGBUSTER 2Mtr E-Skip Opening
         On-Line Call-Sign Database for countries like India?
                    Railroad track as an antenna?
                     VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, 24 June
                 Waiting for License? Wait some more
               Who makes Super Station Master Antennas?

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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 20:06:08 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLB053 FCC call sign update
To: [e-mail]

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB053
ARLB053 FCC call sign update

ZCZC AG18
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 53  ARLB053

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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 20:08:27 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLB054 2300 MHz news
To: [e-mail]

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB054
ARLB054 2300 MHz news

ZCZC AG19
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 54  ARLB054

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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 20:09:29 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLB055 FD bulletin
To: [e-mail]

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB055
ARLB055 FD bulletin

ZCZC AG20
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 55  ARLB055

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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 20:04:53 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLP025 Propagation de KT7H
To: [e-mail]

SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP025
ARLP025 Propagation de KT7H

ZCZC AP39
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 25  ARLP025

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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 16:49:38 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Becomming a HAM?
To: [e-mail]

Scott Hopson ([e-mail]) wrote:
:Hi,
:    I have had a passing interest in getting my license for many
:years. I have now decided to look into it and get the license, when
:I was much younger you had to learn code, it it still a requirement?
:Also, I'm interested in getting a rating that would allow me to
:talk over a band on a handheld that I could carry into the mountains.

Thanks for all the replies, What I have gathered is I should go to
Radio Shack, get the books and take the Tech. Lic. (No Code)
I think I'll try that, then work my way up through General....

                Thanks Again,
                    Scott

--
                               o_/
                             _/|
                           ___/_\__
                                  '
    Cowabunga, dude......
                                        [e-mail]
                                        Scott Hopson
                    Costa Mesa, Ca.


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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 01:58:16 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!malgudi.oar.net!witch!doghouse![e-mail]
Subject: Bermuda
To: [e-mail]


In article <2ua8ff$[e-mail]>, Robert Kirk ([e-mail]) writes:
>I'll be spending a couple of days in Bermuda this weekend. Should I
>bring my 2M/440 HT? Am I legal (are they reciprocal), and does
>anyone know a repeatyer freq?
>

The only country with automatic reciprocity is Canada.  You'd need a
reciprocol license from Bermuda, which takes about 60-90 days to get,
and you also have to have at least a General Class US license.  So,
no, don't bother bringing your HT.

73...joe



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Joe Salemi, KR4CZ               Internet: [e-mail]
Compuserve: 72631,23   FidoNet: 1:109/136   MCI Mail: 433-3961

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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 14:23:15 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn![e-mail]
Subject: Denver-Boulder Field Day
To: [e-mail]

Dr. Lawrence James ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Where are some sites that are welcoming visitors this Field Day
: weekend in the Denver-Boulder area?  Thanks in advance for letting
: us all know.

Hope that this is not too late!

The Adams County ARES will be at the Adams county campground, between
Highway 85 and riverdale road on 124th just north of the Adams county
fairgrounds.  Visitors are more than welcome.

Have fun!!!!
Joel KG0IL

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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 16:05:17 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!telepost.no!lightning![e-mail]
Subject: DX-cluster software
To: [e-mail]

I am president in a lokal radio amateur club in Norway, and
we are planning to set up a DX-cluster.

According to information I have got, the DX-cluster software are
made by a U.S company called "Pavillion Software"

Does anybody have any information about this company?
What are their adress, phone- and faxnumber?

Any information would be helpful.

Please respond here, or in E-mail: [e-mail]

73 es gud dx
de Raymond - LA7EHA

... Not tonight, dear.  I have a modem.
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12


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Date: 25 Jun 1994 14:16:37 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!udel!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!rtp.vnet.net!char2.vnet.net![e-mail]
Subject: IARU Contest Software??
To: [e-mail]

Mockler Allen & Dixon ([e-mail]) wrote:
: What contesting software is available which supports the IARU contest
: in July? I need something fast. Thanks. de Rick (VE9HF).

I've been using CT (version 8.something) in IARU HF the past few years.
There were some bugs in the scoring early on, but I know later releases
took care of that.

Dan, N9XX
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Jun 1994 17:46:10 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews!scorpion.ch.intel.com![e-mail]
Subject: Icom 22-S info needed
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
ROB SCHMITT  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>To tune the rig below 146 you have to
>replace a crystal inside the rig. Sold mine
>years ago and can't remember all the details. 73's rs

Hi Rob, I'm sorry but you are mistaken. TechnoLogic Concepts has a kit
that allows an ICOM-22S to tune 144.62 to 148 MHz in 5KHz steps without
changing the crystal. It is an extremely simple mod that allows the
extra frequency coverage: Remove D6, D7, and R38 from the PLL board
and solder a jumper from pin 13 to pin 16 on IC-1. This will allow
simplex only operation from 144.62 to 148 MHz with standard 15KHz spacing.
The TechnoLogic Concepts kit then allows repeater offset operation and
5 KHz spacing. Their address is:

TechnoLogic Concepts, 1803 Mission St., Suite 308, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

email address:   [e-mail]

73, KG7BK, OOTC, [e-mail]

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Date: 23 Jun 94 08:47:01 CDT
From: equalizer!timbuk.cray.com!ned.cray.com![e-mail]
Subject: June22nd-GANGBUSTER 2Mtr E-Skip Opening
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Lightning Bolt) writes:
> Va & MD to Texas, Louisiana, Arkansaw, Mississippi: Grids from VA
> folloes:EM12,20,21,22,24,30,31,32,33,40,50,51,61. EL09,29
> EDST approx. 7-10PM.


At the same time, those of us here in the upper midwest were working into
Florida and southern Georgia.  From western Wisconsin (grid EN44) I worked
the following stations:

    0058  W4EMB   EL95
    0105  K2RTH   EL95
    0111  WB4YJG  EL96
    0115  WD4IXD  EL98
    0119  KE4BXT  EM90
    0126  N9SPO   EM90
    0129  WD4AFY  EM92
    0143  W4ZD    EL97


I spoke to N0HJZ in Minneapolis, MN and he told me that he logged his first
contact at 2352.  W4ZD was 20 dB over S9 when I worked him (I worked him on
my Icom 251 which has a terrible front end, even with a preamp), so things
were really hopping.  The band started to fold shortly after I worked W4ZD,
but was still fading in and out until after 0200.

It's hard to say what else I could've worked had I been around when the band
opened up instead of an hour later.  I kinda suspected something was up when
I walked into the living room and noticed a pretty good herringbone pattern
on the tv station my wife was watching.  I've noticed this alot on the low
VHF channels when 6m opens up, but she was watching channel 8 at the time.


Charlie Betz N0AKC
Cray Research, Inc.  Chippewa Falls, WI
EN44

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Date: 25 Jun 1994 15:58:26 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu![e-mail]
Subject: On-Line Call-Sign Database for countries like India?
To: [e-mail]

Anybody know of an on-line database for HAM's outside of US and Canada?

Someone came into the library here trying to find info about a HAM from
India.

Thanks in advance for your E-mail responses,

Mike Lewis    2nd address:  [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 01:50:37 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!caen!malgudi.oar.net!witch!doghouse![e-mail]
Subject: Railroad track as an antenna?
To: [e-mail]


In article <[e-mail]>, James W. Lynch ([e-mail]) writes:
>Back in the 60's I talked with a ham in Kansas that had hooked up to an old
>telegraph line that was running through his property and used it for a long
>wire.  He claimed that he followed it for 7 miles before he found a break in
>the line.  Oh, yes he had a pretty good signal.
>

One would hope he had a good signal with a 7 mile long antenna. <g>

73...joe



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Joe Salemi, KR4CZ               Internet: [e-mail]
Compuserve: 72631,23   FidoNet: 1:109/136   MCI Mail: 433-3961

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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 94 20:21:37 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!n8emr![e-mail]
Subject: VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, 24 June
To: [e-mail]

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|     Automatic relayed from packet radio via              |
|            N8EMR's Ham BBS, 614-895-2553                   |
==============================================================

SB DX @ WW $RTDX0624
VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, 24 June
VK2SG RTTY DX Notes for week ending 24 June 1994 (BID RTDX0624)

Our information this week came from I5FLN and the IK5PWJ Packet
Cluster, W2JGR and the NJ0M Node of the Twin-Cities DX Packet Cluster,
and W5KSI.  Thank you all for your assistance.


Bandpass

Friday 17
0143-14082  TA2II
0143-14086  SV1CER
2145-14088  UT5RP

Saturday 18
0317-14086  A35RK
1428-14084  J3/KF4KL
1600-21088  SV1ADG
1910-14088  5B4VX
2212-14084  IS0QDV

Sunday 19
0547-14081  EA6MQ
0608-14087  UR7VF
0609-14087  SV1ADG
0728-21069  S92ZM  PACTOR
1555-21068  7Q7JL  PACTOR
1812-14085  J28JJ

Monday 20
2259-14087  FG5GI

Tuesday 21
0035-14086  UN5PR
2231-14084  HI8BG
2234-14087  UX0KN
2347-14089  N2CQR/HI8

Wednesday 22
0201-14077  UN5PR
2347-14083  SV1QN
2353-14086  GW0SFP
2354-14088  EA8ASI

Thursday 23
2224-14089  UX0KN
2226-14087  YV1BWY/LU
2228-14084  HC5CR
2240-14086  N2CQR/HI8


Notes of Interest

Liechtenstein, HB0.  The Eindhoven Students Radio Club will be active
from Sareiser Joch in Malbun, 6-11 July, RTTY and packet included.
They have requested the callsign HB0TUE.  If not approved, will be
HB0/homecall.

Aves Island, YW0.  THe Venezuela Radio Club will be celebrating its
60th anniversary with the Venezuelelan Navy celebrating its 191st
anniversary 21-25 July.  Club call will be YW0RCV.  Activity will be
CW, SSB and digital modes, all bands.

For next week's bulletin send your Bandpass and Notes of Interest to
Bob, WB2CJL @ W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA or WB2CJL @ I5FLN.ITA.EU

Remember, DX Don't Sleep.

GL DE Bob, WB2CJL @ W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA
/EX
SP KT7H @ N7DUO.#WWA.WA.USA.NA

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Date: 25 Jun 1994 17:13:29 GMT
From: tymix.Tymnet.COM!niagara![e-mail]
Subject: Waiting for License? Wait some more
To: [e-mail]

For what it's worth, here is the chronology of my wife's license:

Passed exam:  March 12, 1994
VEC gave paperwork to FCC:  March 28
FCC issued license:  June 14
FCC postmarked license:  June 17
License received:  June 21

To save you looking at your calendars, the FCC had it in their hands
for twelve weeks from receipt to postmark.  Time from examination to
license receipt:  fourteen weeks and three days.

Your milage may--and probably will--vary.

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

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Date: 25 Jun 1994 09:01:05 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!ccnet.com!ccnet.com![e-mail]
Subject: Who makes Super Station Master Antennas?
To: [e-mail]

ROB SCHMITT ([e-mail]) wrote:
: JEFF ZELL NK3O <[e-mail]> writes:
:
: >    Who makes Super Station Master antennas?
:
: PHELPS-DODGE

Cell Wave is the current name of the company.

--
     Bob Wilkins                     work    [e-mail]
 Berkeley, California                home    [e-mail]
     94701-0710                      play    n6fri@n6eeg.#nocal.ca.usa.noam

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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 13:34:56 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!rsiatl!ke4zv![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2u9ji1$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Reply-To : [e-mail] (Gary Coffman)
Subject : Re: AEA IsoLoop - Opinion

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (John Welch) writes:
>  Just for grins, last night my wife (WV9K) *did* use a short antenna
>that worked nearly as well - an 8 inch alligator cliplead dangled off
>a 50 ohm resistor.  With 70 watts peak SSB, she got S-4 receive
>reports from the 20M Maritime Mobile net control, and 3x3 reports from
>Ohio and Alabama on the 40M 3905 Century Club net (we left early due
>to a t-storm).

Ah, a shortened MaxCom antenna. Bet the SWR bandwidth was real good too. :-)

>   We've had *much better* luck with short wire dipoles thumbtacked to
>the ceiling, and they're *much* cheaper than the loops (and a lot more
>easily packed for a trip).  Perhaps the loop advocates are unwilling
>to admit they might have been somewhat mislead by the advertising
>claim ?

It seems there are at least two popular antennas in amateur radio
whose main claim to fame is that they've made a lot of money for
their manufacturers. Those are the through_the_glass type and the
small magnetic loop type. As your wife demonstrated, a near dummy
load will work as an antenna after a fashion. It's only when you
can do side by side comparisons against classic groundplane and
dipole elements that you discover how poorly some of these antennas
actually perform. (The same could be said for some of the popular
mobile HF antennas being hawked to amateurs.)
--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV          |    You make it,     | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     |

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Date: 25 Jun 1994 17:52:01 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews!scorpion.ch.intel.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2tskms$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2uhqh2$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Icom 22-S info needed

In article <2uhqh2$[e-mail]>,  <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Remove D6, D7, and R38 from the PLL board
>and solder a jumper from pin 13 to pin 16 on IC-1. This will allow
>simplex only operation from 144.62 to 148 MHz with standard 15KHz spacing.

Oops, make that simplex only operation from 144.62 to 146 MHz...sorry.

73, KG7BK, OOTC, [e-mail]

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