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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 28 Jun 94       Volume 94 : Issue  716

Today's Topics:
                                (none)
                    AEA IsoLoop - Opinion (2 msgs)
                      Amps - Pounds relationship
                      Best dual-band HT antenna
                           Contest Question
                             FCC Address?
                    FIELD DAY 1994 REPORT (3 msgs)
                      Hams in PDX (7 land) Area
                    Help with No Scratch mag mount
                             hf radiation
                       Mac/HAM BBS INFO Wanted
                   Need Manual for Kenwood TS-830S
                      Novice on-air CW practice
                        ShareWare 'Super Mors
              Wanted: Novice on-air CW practice (2 msgs)
                         You know its time to

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Date: 29 Jun 94 01:14:42 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (none)
To: [e-mail]

Please unsubscibe me from ANS.  I will be away for teh summer.  Tnx.

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:26:12 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!wang![e-mail]
Subject: AEA IsoLoop - Opinion
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Ray Wade) writes:

>Was it Barnum who said: You can fool some of the people.........?

P.T. Barnum's famous quote was "There's a sucker born every minute."
The quote about fooling "some of the people all of the time" goes like
this:

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and you can fool
all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the
people all of the time."- Abraham Lincoln, KZ1O

I hope this clears up the Isoloop question while I'm at it.

Dave Bushong, 16th president of the USA
--
Dave Bushong, Wang Laboratories, Inc.

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Date: 28 Jun 1994 21:50:32 GMT
From: swrinde!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!news.drexel.edu!news.ge.com!knight.vf.ge.com!cnn.motown.ge.com!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: AEA IsoLoop - Opinion
To: [e-mail]

Chris Thomas writes:

>The question is who is being deluded, those of us who've worked
>240+ countires in a couple of years with one, or those who who just
>plain "know" it doesn't work any good...  If it's me, I hope it
>continues a while longer.  I'd love to make Honor Role with my
>"dummy load".

Maybe the person using the antenna has something to do with the results.


208 Countries confirmed using Hamstick dipole - indoors
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Martin Marietta Corp.   |  in no way related to my company. All my
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[e-mail]  |  considered my own.

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:37:53 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!mixcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Amps - Pounds relationship
To: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael White) writes:

>While reading a recent ad for a well-known power supply company, I noticed
>an interesting relationship between the maximum current rating of the
>supply and the shipping weight; they seemed almost equal. The linear
>regression of the 42 data points (different power supply models) from the
>ad is:

>Weight(in lbs) = (.832 * Current(in amps)) + 3.52

>The coorelation coefficient is .96, so the fit is pretty close. So, if
>you're buying a power supply, you can guess that the shipping weight in
>pounds is about equal to the maximum current rating times 0.8. Ain't
>science grand?

And, of course, if you DRAW current, rather than SUPPLY the current,
remember to make Current negative in the above equation.

This means your radio will float away!  ;-))  But only if it draws more
than 4.23 amps!  Yes, science IS grand.  :-))

--
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  \    /      N9SQB, ARRL, Amateur Radio  |  Call 1-800-682-1776
   |__*|   N9SQB @ WA9POV.#MKE.WI.USA.NA  |  for more information.

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 21:17:27 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!ukma!rsg1.er.usgs.gov!dgg.cr.usgs.gov![e-mail]
Subject: Best dual-band HT antenna
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (William A. Kirsanoff) writes:
|>
|> [e-mail].E wrote:
|>
|>         I have lost my handheld antenna for the second time.  I would
|>         like to know which short duck antenna has would perform the best
|>         with my Alinco 580.  I have heard that the one Larson makes is
|>         pretty good.  I have also heard that the factory supplied antenna
|>         is pretty much a dummy load.
|>
|> I strongly recommend a Larson "Kool-Ducky". I use one on my TH-78 rather

It is called the 'Kulduckie'...

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 22:49:16 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Contest Question
To: [e-mail]

Robert G. Priez ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Here's a hypothetical (maybe not!) question about contest operations for some
: solicited discussion --

FYI - for those interested in contesting, there is an excellent "reflector"
mailing list with somewhere over 500 subscribers currently.  You can
subscribe by sending an email message to:

         [e-mail]

In the text/message area, simply enter ONLY the following:   subscribe

: Question: should HIS call, not MINE be used; should the
: call be MINE/HIS or HIS/MINE; or does it really matter?  (Afterall, when the
: contest scores are published in QST is it the OPERATOR or STATION that gets
: the recognition?)
:    Is this a question of propriety or legality?

Depends on the rules/regulations of the contest and the country from which
you are operating.  Here in the USA, you may legally operate from another
ham's station and use your own callsign .... you then become responsible
as the control operator.  There are legal niceties involved, but suffice
to say, it is both common and legal (in the USA) to do so.  As an
example, if you are an Extra class licensee and using a Novice station
license you are required (as I recall) to stay within the privileges for
that class of licensee. For contests, I have used either my own call at
another's QTH, or on occasion I have used the other fellow's call but
have been listed in the published contest results as the operator.  Check
CQ and QST and you will see lots of examples of this.

In some other countries, you must use only your own call sign (eg. Japan)
unless you are using a "club station" in order to stay within the rules
and regulations of the licensing authority.

Cheers de,
Sandy
WA6BXH/7J1ABV
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:30:41 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!wang![e-mail]
Subject: FCC Address?
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Glenn Meader) writes:

>I need to renew my license.  I got a 610 form - now what's
>the correct address to send it to at the FCC?

Isn't it on the top of the 610 form?  Anyway, it used to be

FCC
P.O. Box 1020
Gettysburg, PA 17326
--
Dave Bushong, Wang Laboratories, Inc.

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Date: 28 Jun 1994 13:46:07 -0600
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10.cs.du.edu![e-mail]
Subject: FIELD DAY 1994 REPORT
To: [e-mail]

I'm gonna follow WA3NNA's format; it's a good one.

CALL: K5ZC

ENTRY CLASS: 1A Commercial - club group

SECTION / LOCATION: STX
                    On Lake Livingston, about halfway between Livingston
                    and Onalaska, Texas.

RIG: ICOM IC-720, ICOM IC-740 (at different times)

ANTENNA: 70' horizontal dipole, in the trees, tuned with an MFJ-941D Versa
         Tuner II.

POWER SOURCE: Commercial mains.

TOTAL ON-AIR OPERATION TIME: Approximately 5 hours

FINAL SCORE:
         1 QSO  on 10
        23 QSOs on 15
        16 QSOs on 20
         5 QSOs on 40
         1 QSO  on 75
       ----
        46 TOTAL QSOs (x2) 100 watts           = 88 points

COMMENTS:
        The dipole didn't get out worth beans. It would tune up just fine, but
if they weren't REALLY strong, we couldn't work them. We're primarily a CW
group, but we only brought one keyer - and my Micromatic died before the start
of the contest period. $#&%@^#$&%@$% We're not a really competitive group
anyway, and that sealed it. Besides, we did get to spend a fair amount of time
driving WD5IYT's boat around the lake... VE3SY's FD logger works reasonably
well, though the user interface could use some work, and it didn't deal with
DOS 6 (or, just now, OS/2) well at all - but, since it was written in 1989, I
suppose I can excuse that.

LESSONS LEARNED:
        Bring at least TWO CW sending devices; your favorite keyer may not
survive the first test. (#$^%@#$^$%&*$^!!)
        Sunblock.
        Try trimming the dipole next time.
        Try real hard not to kick the water ski when falling out of it.
--
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
[e-mail]   | adequately be explained by stupidity.
   "From now on, when someone asks you where you're from, you tell 'em
           'Houston, city of champions!'" -- Rudy Tomjanovich

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Date: 28 Jun 1994 21:44:22 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.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: FIELD DAY 1994 REPORT
To: [e-mail]

In article <2upulv$[e-mail]>,
Jay Maynard EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>  ....We're primarily a CW group, but we only brought one
>keyer - and my Micromatic died before the start of the
>contest period. $#&%@^#$&%@$% We're not a really
>competitive group anyway, and that sealed it...

I'll bet the microphone continued to work flawlessly! ;-)

[e-mail] (Jim Bromley, W5GYJ)

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 23:11:14 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpcvsnz![e-mail]
Subject: FIELD DAY 1994 REPORT
To: [e-mail]

Sure, why not join in and brag a bit...

FIELD DAY 1994

CALL : NN7N (+N7HLD)

ENTRY CLASS : 2A - generators, 10 operators

SECTION / LOCATION : WWA
                     Lake Stevens, Washington

RIGS: Kenwood TS-950
      ICOM 735
      Yaesu FT-736R (VHF/Satellite)
      Kenwood TS-460 (Novice/Satellite)
      ICOM dual band rig for packet.

ANTENNAS: HyGain TH-6 on 35 foot tower.
          2 element wire delta loop beam up 60 feet (between 2 trees)
          80 meter dipole up 50 feet.
          6 el beam on 6m
          10 el beam on 2m
          dipole on 10m (for Novices)

POWER SOURCE : Honda 1600W generator

TOTAL ON-AIR OPERATION TIME : Full 24 hours

FINAL SCORE:
     Band     CW QSO        SSB QSO
       80       48             107
       40      271              64
       20      294             308
       15       68              21
       10        0              17
        6        1              27
        2        1               7
      NOV        0              20
      SAT        5               2
      PKT        1               0
     -----
               689      +       573     =    1262 Total QSOs
689 CW X 2 (CW) X 2 (<150W) = 2756 CW points
573 SSBX 1 (ssb)X 1 (<150W) = 1146 SSBpoints
                             -----
                              3902 total points
                             + 800 bonus points (Emergency pwr, SM msg, W1AW
                                      msg, Satellite, Nat pwr, Packet,VHF/UHF)
                             -----
                             4702  score (subject to further checking)

COMMENTS :
  Conditions in general seemed better than for the last couple of years.  20
was the workhorse band, but 40 CW was plenty active, and the wire beam helped
there.  Unlike last year there was a good amount of Sporadic E propagation on
10 and 6.  Tried RS-10 for the first time, and finally got the hang of it
by the last couple of passes in the wee hours of Sunday morning.  Our highest
score in 5 years, but consumed the least amount of beer ever.  Is there
a correlation? ;-)

  Big question in our minds: how did we fare against the "contest madmen"
at W7FR, also 2A in WWA?


LESSONS LEARNED:

    Use real rope to pull up heavy wire antennas.  Nylon twine is
    strong enough, but it stretches too much and is too hard on the
    hands to really tighten up.  Put up a better 15m or 20m antenna for
    our second station to use during the day.  We were able to load up
    the 80 m dipole on 15, but it was hard being heard.


--
Charlie Panek KX7L              Hewlett Packard Company
[e-mail]            Lake Stevens Instrument Division
                                Everett, Washington

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Date: 28 Jun 1994 14:39:34 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!udel!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.world.net!news.teleport.com!news.teleport.com![e-mail]
Subject: Hams in PDX (7 land) Area
To: [e-mail]

John Berkey ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Any of you people out there in or near the Portland, OR area?  If so drop me a
: line here or via e-mail.
: I am interested in comparing notes of radio or internet.
: Also any of you in central Ohio area?
: ..................    John Berkey KB7NVR
: ..................... [e-mail]
: 73's

I live in West Linn but moved from Columbus, Ohio about ten years ago. I've
made 3 trips to Columbus this year and am always pleased to operate in the
almost totally open vhf/uhf operating envirionment there.
More than half of the local repeaters have autopatches. I wrote leters to
the station trustees of all the 2m repeaters listed in the ARRL repeater
directory for which I found a valid address.
I asked if I might possibly obtain the "secret codes" for their autopatch
for use while I visited the area.

I got the same answer from all who replied:
Secret codes? What secret codes? Use # to bring up the patch and * to bring
it down. Enjoy your visit!

They have enabled a great many of the advanced controller features we only
dream about in PDX.
Such as:
paging, mail box/voice mail, reverse patch,
And troubleshooting tools such as:
The ability to cause a short transmission to be recorded, then played back
to listen to your own signal, DTMF tone testing, deviation testing, etc.

Maybe someday....

73's
Gene
KB7WIP


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Date: 28 Jun 1994 23:41:16 GMT
From: sony!sonysjc!sfd217![e-mail]
Subject: Help with No Scratch mag mount
To: [e-mail]

I have a Larsen NMO mag mount and the plastic on the bottom is ripped. The
magnet has started scratching the car paint.

Suggestions of what to use to replace the plastic would be appreciated.

thanks
--
Jeff    WU2A/6
reply to: [e-mail]
phone: [phone]

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Date: 24 Jun 94 21:40:07 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com!markeh.slip.netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: hf radiation
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (John Mollan - Harm) wrote:

> Research has shown no evidence that there are harmful effects to
> nonpolarizing electromagnetic emmisions in the hf bands.
>
> Picture, if you will, the average ham station, running 200 PEP watts for one
> hour per week.  Compare this, if you will to a commercial broadcast AM
> station running 50,000 watts 24 hours per day.  Now measure the total
> level of electromagnetic emissions received.

During my limited available hamming time, I probably listen 90-95% of the
total. AND, when I transmit it is in a mode (CW, or SSB) where power output
is not continous, as it is during AM or FM (including TV) broadcast.


*** now compare that with a 12KV (or higher) power line running directly
over your house, 24 hours a day. THATS what I'm worried about!




73  Mark KM6FM


>
> Even with the geometrically higher levels of emissions put out by the
> broadcast station, research has failed to document any adverse health
> effects to people living immediately next to the broadcast station's towers.
>
> When it comes to UHF signals in the microwave areas, care must be taken,
> but these are not the frequencies (about 1000 Mhz) used by ham operators.
>
> For more information write ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington CT 06111, attn
> Engineering
>
> John

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Date: 28 Jun 1994 16:49:49 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!news.tek.com!news.bv.tek.com!news.bv.tek.com![e-mail]
Subject: Mac/HAM BBS INFO Wanted
To: [e-mail]

A while ago, someone posted some info on a Mac/HAM BBS.

I lost the information, and would appreciate it if someone
would re-post or email it to me.

TU

NI7M

Bruce Cheney
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 23:09:24 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Need Manual for Kenwood TS-830S
To: [e-mail]

Need users and service manual for the Kenwood TS-830S HF Transceiver.
Will pay any reproduction costs and shipping.
Please E-Mail to [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 18:31:25 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: Novice on-air CW practice
To: [e-mail]

Michael,

are you lookig for a sked, or freq's for ARRL code practice?

pete, n1qdq

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 12:56:00 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!montego!condor.ic.net!ucath![e-mail]
Subject: ShareWare 'Super Mors
To: [e-mail]

      -=> Quoting Rich Pinder in a message to All <=-

RP>From: [e-mail] (Rich Pinder)
RP>Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
RP>Subject: ShareWare 'Super Morse' available?
RP>Date: 25 Jun 1994 23:08:17 -0700
RP>Message-ID: <2uj60h$[e-mail]>
RP>Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
RP>
RP>As I passed my first couple of written tests today I asked the
RP>examinor (sp?) what the best way to learn code was.  He said there was
RP>a shareware program for DOS pcs called 'Super Morse'.......
RP>
RP>Does anyone know an internet location to possible find this program??

 oak.oakland.edu
 /SimTel/msdos/hamradio
 sm410.zip

 ttyl, etb   (no call sign yet :-)

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___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20f Beta

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:57:12 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Wanted: Novice on-air CW practice
To: [e-mail]

I just received my novice license, and after hearing the people on the
novice bands, I feel like a Model T trying to merge onto a freeway.
Somehow, Morse code is just not sinking in.  I have been told that the
best way to learn is to just get on the air, but everyone I hear is too
fast.

If anyone else is in the same boat I am, perhaps we can set up a time and
frequency to practice code.  I have an HF radio with antenna for 40, 20
and 10 meter bands.  I live in the Los Angeles area.


--
                                             [e-mail]

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Date: 28 Jun 1994 22:30:56 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!sookit![e-mail]
Subject: Wanted: Novice on-air CW practice
To: [e-mail]

michael - i also live in the la area and am a tech+ ... while i'd be happy
to set up a sched with you and others, i think that you will find that if
you call cq people out there will reply at your speed ... also, in most
cases if you respond to a cq the person at the other end ofthe call will
adjust to your speed. bear in mind that you will run into a few jerks, but
they are really rare.

if you are still interested in setting up a sched, let me know.

regards, richard kd6lwd

[e-mail]
all disclaimers apply

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 15:27:22 EST
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!wupost!slacc.com![e-mail]
Subject: You know its time to
To: [e-mail]

Here's another one...

The only one in the family that DOESN'T have a licence is the dog, and your
talking to HandiHams about that.....       Allen N0GOM


... Dad, what's a pentagrid converter?
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