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Info-Hams Digest            Fri,  8 Jul 94       Volume 94 : Issue  765

Today's Topics:
                Amateur calls on auto license plates?
             antenna installation in 94 Ford Chateau Van
                      Drake a+ test&Packard Bell
                       F.E.M.A. Freq. (2 msgs)
                    IPS Daily Report - 08 July 94
                          Micor cabinet keys
                     QSL addresses - please help
                       Radios for Emergency Use
            Re: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work? (2 msgs)
                      Satellites seen from Earth
                Sock Size Conversion Chart: Inches/CM
                    Weather Radio freqs? (2 msgs)

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Date: 8 Jul 1994 17:24:28 GMT
From: sdl!newsgw.mentorg.com!srp![e-mail]
Subject: Amateur calls on auto license plates?
To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Dan Hughes) writes:
>
>I see a lot of vehicles with ham calls on their plates, but I am wary of
>doing this for fear that the specialized plates are a billboard to
>thieves that there might be expensive radio equipment in the vehicle.
>
>Any comments pro or con?  Thanks!     ---Dan, N9XDK
>--


You are absolutely right. Also, thieves can look up your address in
the callbook and have a field day while you are in your car.

I haven't had a problem with this yet....

I suggest that you remove your equipment from your car if you
leave it and make it obvious that you did. I typically leave
the coax connector and power cord visible and not connected
to the radio (which is in my briefcase or back pocket).

If you have more than a handheld, well, then good luck.

73's

john, ki7hs/4

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Date: Sat, 9 Jul 1994 02:45:27 GMT
From: pacbell.com!att-out!nntpa![e-mail]
Subject: antenna installation in 94 Ford Chateau Van
To: [e-mail]

Has anyone had success installing an antenna in a Chateau Van? If so
I would appreciate any hints as to how to get to roof, run wires etc.
Since this is so specific, it would probably be reasonable to respond
by email.

Bob Dunne
908-582-6589
[e-mail]

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Date: 8 Jul 1994 20:43:23 -0600
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!xmission!u.cc.utah.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Drake a+ test&Packard Bell
To: [e-mail]

Anyone ever take this test?
I need study material desperatly
thanks

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 23:34:24 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna![e-mail]
Subject: F.E.M.A. Freq.
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David L. Wilson) writes:
> >>The list of FEMA freqs posted to this group contains various error.
> >>In particular, who ever typed the list had their right hand placed
> >>one key right of where it should be when typind the freq for F-24 to
> >>F-27.  For example, the day primary calling channel of 10493 was
> >>mistyped as 10483.  Also, 10194 (mistyped as 10184 was listed twice).
>
> >  Nahhh! That's just BOB GROVE(proper reverence shown)"encoding"
> >his frequency lists to make sure nobody rips HIM off!!!! (:->
>
> I am not sure what you mean and it may mislead some.  The Grove
> list I have says 10493 as I have stated and I know from monitoring
> that that is correct.  Either 10483 is a typo of a different Grove list
> or a typo by the person who posted the list.  Anyway, 10493 is the
> correct frequency.

Why were they even posted here? Wouldn't rec.radio.scanner be the
appropriate newsgroup for such lists? This group will become a mess
of scannerists start posting their favorite freqs.

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Date: 9 Jul 1994 01:15:05 GMT
From: koriel!newsworthy.West.Sun.COM!abyss.West.Sun.COM!pongo![e-mail]
Subject: F.E.M.A. Freq.
To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David L. Wilson) writes:
>> >>The list of FEMA freqs posted to this group contains various error.
>> >>In particular, who ever typed the list had their right hand placed
>> >>one key right of where it should be when typind the freq for F-24 to
>> >>F-27.  For example, the day primary calling channel of 10493 was
>> >>mistyped as 10483.  Also, 10194 (mistyped as 10184 was listed twice).
>>
>> >  Nahhh! That's just BOB GROVE(proper reverence shown)"encoding"
>> >his frequency lists to make sure nobody rips HIM off!!!! (:->
>>
>> I am not sure what you mean and it may mislead some.  The Grove
>> list I have says 10493 as I have stated and I know from monitoring
>> that that is correct.  Either 10483 is a typo of a different Grove list
>> or a typo by the person who posted the list.  Anyway, 10493 is the
>> correct frequency.
>
>Why were they even posted here? Wouldn't rec.radio.scanner be the
>appropriate newsgroup for such lists? This group will become a mess
>of scannerists start posting their favorite freqs.


I thought I some pirate CB operators on these FEMA frequencies the
other day....

;-)

---
 * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ, DoD#: j    | Views expressed here are    *
 * [phone]         | mine and do not necessarily    *
 * [e-mail]    | reflect those of my employer    *
 * This Extra supports the abolition of the 13 and 20 WPM tests *

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 23:20:52 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!ipso![e-mail]
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 08 July 94
To: [e-mail]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 08/2330Z JULY 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 08 JULY AND FORECAST FOR 09 JULY - 11 JULY

No IPS Disturbance Warning is current
-----------------------------------------------------------
1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 086/029

GOES satellite data for 07 Jul
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   2.4E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.4E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 2.7E+07
       X-ray background: A6.0
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             09 Jul             10 Jul             11 Jul
Activity     Low                Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 09 Jul: 085/027

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

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 07 Jul
    Learmonth       04  2221 1111
    Fredericksburg  06                          20
    Planetary       12                          16

Observed Kp for 07 Jul: 3433 4333
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
09 Jul    07    Quiet.
10 Jul    07    Quiet to unsettled.
11 Jul    07    Quiet to unsettled.

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
08 Jul      normal         normal         normal
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
09 Jul      normal         normal         normal
10 Jul      normal         normal         normal
11 Jul      normal         normal         normal
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
NONE.
-----------------------------------------------------------
4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near predicted monthly values

Observed T-index for 08 Jul:  29

Predicted Monthly T-index for July is 30.

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
09 Jul    30    Near predicted monthly values.
10 Jul    30    Near predicted monthly values.
11 Jul    30    Near predicted monthly values.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
None.

--
IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney       |IPS Radio and Space Services
RWC Duty Forecaster   tel: [phone]  |PO Box 5606
Recorded Message      tel: [phone]  |West Chatswood NSW 2057
email: [e-mail]  fax: [phone]  |AUSTRALIA

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 21:19:03
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!mbarts.bevb.blacksburg.va.us![e-mail]
Subject: Micor cabinet keys
To: [e-mail]

Someone broke into our repeater building and stole the key to our repeater
cabinet (of all things!).  Of course we don't have a duplicate.

The repeater is a Motorola Micor in its cabinet.  Does anybody know if the
locks on these things is uniquely keyed or is it a generic key?  We have a
key blank but no way of knowing how to cut it.  Anyone have experience with
these things?

Mike KB4NT
[e-mail]

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Date: 8 Jul 1994 23:04:45 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu![e-mail]
Subject: QSL addresses - please help
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Scott Earle) wrote:
>
> Could anyone tell me the addresses for the following stations?
>
>     6Y5GR
>     FM5GN
>     FG5BG
>     HT1T
> and    CO1RG
>
> Thank you very much for any help,
>
>     73 de Scott
>
Scott, I can't help you on these calls, but I think you have given an
example of  a possible need for a newsgroup devoted to QSLing--callsign
server updates, QSL routes, hams who have changed addresses, problems
encountered with foreign mail systems, etc. Anyone else think this is worth
an RFD?

Charles
N9SQE

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Date: 8 Jul 94 16:13:33 -0800
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!vax.sonoma.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Radios for Emergency Use
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, Don Haines writes:

> Same problem, but not as bad. VHF and UHF radios tend to be "line of sight".
> Try picking up that repeater as you canoe down that steep canyon.

You do have a point here.  Sometimes you actually have to get out of the canoe
and hike up a hill to hit a repeater... :)

Another option is a 20 meter QRP transceiver (if you have the license...)
They are small and 20 meters is a good band to contact someone on most any day.

My 2 cents worth...

Ken Harrison
N6MHG
email:  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 21:42:04 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!wotan.compaq.com!twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com![e-mail]
Subject: Re: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
To: [e-mail]

>>CW lids, they are there, but rare. Nothing a 250Hz filter can't handle!
>
>Very, very rare.
>
>The fact that we see Generals, Advanced, and Extras breaking laws on
>HF show that CW is not a lid-filter; in fact that shows that *anyone*
>can learn CW!! But those who devote most of their on-the-air time
>to CW rarely are the lawbreakers. As I've said on here for the
>last couple of years I've never read in the pages of QST of a
>CW op receiving a NAL from the FCC.
>
>Jeff NH6IL

So since it appears that most of the lids are the SSB ops who learned CW
but never used it, then having them retake a cw test to renew their license would
force the lids to have to maintain a knowledge of the code, thus making them
non-lids?  :-)

Earl Morse
KZ8E
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 23:48:10 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna![e-mail]
Subject: Re: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
To: [e-mail]

In article <77370012434n12@131.168.114.12> Earl=Morse%EMC=Srvc%Eng=[e-mail] writes:
>
>So since it appears that most of the lids are the SSB ops who learned CW
>but never used it, then having them retake a cw test to renew their license would
>force the lids to have to maintain a knowledge of the code, thus making them
>non-lids?  :-)

Well, brushing up on the code prior to a re-test and using it daily are
definitely pineapples and papayas (yum!)

Great name though! ---+
                      |
>Earl Morse  <--------+
>KZ8E

Jeff NH6IL

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Date: 8 Jul 94 22:51:28 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Satellites seen from Earth
To: [e-mail]

| Hi,
| I'm an amateur astronomer and often see satellites moving among the stars.
| I was sure that some of you HAMs would have the coordinates, times, dates of
|
| the nightime visible satellites.
| Would some of you spare some time and forward me this info?
| My coordinates: long. 68*26, lat.+47*28.
| I will really appreciate the info.
| Thanks much.
| Rachel
|
| ------------------------------

Try Traksat.

What is your EMail address?


Lowell Brunson [phone]
Rosenet: [e-mail]
Internet:  [e-mail] (preferred)
           [e-mail]
Packet Radio: [e-mail]

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Date: 8 Jul 1994 23:20:41 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Sock Size Conversion Chart: Inches/CM
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Dave Bushong) wrote:
>
> [e-mail] (Art Winterbauer) writes:
>
> >I'm not sure why, but in the past week or so, I've had qsos with a
> >number of people who, in addition to telling me the temperature at
> >their QTH, have volunteered the size and color of their socks.  I
> >don't know if this is the beginning of a fad, or if I've simply missed
> >this bit of info in previous qsos, but I am now responding in kind.
>
> Art,
>
> In many parts of Europe, the word "sock" is a slang term that refers
> to the external differentiator of the male anatomy, if you get my
> meaning.  So when they are asking your "sock" size, they are really
> referring to something else.  When they ask the "color" of it, they
> are asking to know if you are gay or not.

I don't believe this topic is covered in any of the ARRL study guides.
Since you seem to be in the know, could you tell us about the color coding?
If I say that I am wearing white socks, have I inadvertently indicated an
interest in some particular sexual activity? Could you perhaps provide us
with a table of sock colors and what they mean? I can't imagine bringing up
"sock colors" myself (I still have trouble with the Q codes), but I would
definitely like to know the meaning of what I am hearing.

Charles
N9SQE

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Date: 8 Jul 1994 16:02:43 -0600
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!xmission!xmission![e-mail]
Subject: Weather Radio freqs?
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Shawn Brown) writes:

>I've noticed that REI and Campmor both sell a nice little radio receiver
>that picks up some kind of regional weather forecast.  I've got a handheld
>scanner, and I'm wondering if I can pick this up with it.  Does anyone
>know any common frequencies that these weather brodcasts transmit on?

>Shawn

>--
>S.E.P. Brown | [e-mail] | http://www2.ecst.csuchico.edu/~shawnb

162.xx - the xx varies from locale to locale. With a scanner just scan
from 162.00 to 163.00 and if one is close enought to pickup it will find
it. Warning - most remote areas are too far from the NOAA stations to
pickup, the NOAA stations are usually near major airports, and I am not
aware of repeaters.

--
Jim Hanks
[e-mail]

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Date: 9 Jul 1994 00:18:14 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com![e-mail]
Subject: Weather Radio freqs?
To: [e-mail]

I called our local NOAA station here and they actually sent me a US map
with all the stations indicated and their frequencies.  Of course now I
can't lay my hands on it!.  (It was old anyway).
Anyway the frequencies are:

*162.400 MHz
 162.425 MHz
 162.450 MHz
*162.475 MHz
 162.500 MHz
 162.525 MHz
*162.550 MHz

The three freq's with the "*" cover 99% of the stations.  The other
freq's are available for future expansion.  In travelling around
the Rockies and Mid-West, I've never heard a station on
any freq except the "*" ones.  With my mobile rig and 2 meter band
5/8-wave antenna, most stations can be heard up to 30 miles away,
and some up to 50 miles.  With a handheld scanner and rubber duck
antenna, you may not do as well.  Of course antenna height and
line-of-sight make all the difference.

Dave  N0UVR
[e-mail]

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Date: 8 Jul 1994 17:39:15 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!chnews!scorpion.ch.intel.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2vg80k$[e-mail]>, <fn$[e-mail]>, <2visoe$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?

In article <2visoe$[e-mail]>,
Matthew Rupert <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>I don't care if I have to learn 13 WPM for my general upgrade.
>I don't care if it's 20 WPM.  I'll learn it if that's what the FCC
>says I gotta do.  >Matt Rupert

Hi Matt, I have a hypothetical question for you. What would you do if
you tried for hundreds of hours to learn to receive Morse code at 13
wpm and just could not do it? I can force my brain to function as a
modem but I know somebody who cannot, and he is otherwise a very
knowledgable, intelligent person and an asset to the ham community.

73, KG7BK, OOTC, [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 21:35:43 GMT
From: cnn.nas.nasa.gov!wilbur.nas.nasa.gov![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2vh3i6$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Radios for Emergency Use

In article <2vh3i6$[e-mail]> [e-mail]
(Hal Lillywhite) writes:
>I see no problems with such technology as long as:
>1.  It is voluntary and
>2.  It does not intrude unduely on the experience of others.  I think
>a good rule of thumb would be that the radio should provide no more
>intrusion than two members of the same party talking to one another.

That sounds reasonable, but I will let it float a while longer.
The question will come defining intrusion.

>>           The fact is that some organizations who lead trips forbid
>>the use of some of this technology.  (Period.)

>I was unaware of that.  Which organizations?  I know the Mazamas
>actively encourages use of ham radios and has offered classes to
>help members get licensed.

The Sierra Club, Outward Bound, NOLS, and more and more clubs as you travel
East.  Not all trips mind you, but many.  Prohibitions tend to be
dropped for more severe trips to things like Denali.

>But would the Russian women have lived without the radio?  Were they
>there because they had a radio and thought it would get them out of
>trouble or would they have been there anyway?  Agreed the radio is
>not a panacea and I hope nothing I have written implies otherwise.

Doubtful, there were other spcial pressures on them (get Sorrow and Storm
by Bob Craig).

>>I refer to the article in Backpacker "Galen Rowell [a noted climber and
>>photographer] Almost Killed Me" and Rowell's side bar response.  I doubt
>>Hal would like a similar "Hal (or me or any rec.radio poster name)
>>Almost Killed Me" net.post.
>
>I don't suscribe to _Backpacker_.  Could you summarize please?

I don't either.
Basically, an Easterner took a trip in early winter and got frostbite
and hypothermia.  His title was in slight jest, but the editors saw fit to
inform Rowell and get his opinion.

Richard has just made a similar disclaimer to the Half Dome conservatism
estimates on travel.  That is a wise choice.

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, [e-mail]
  Resident Cynic, Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers
  {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene
My 2nd favorite use of a flame thrower is the remake of "The Thing."
A Ref: Uncommon Sense, Alan Cromer, Oxford Univ. Press, 1993.

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Date: Sat, 9 Jul 1994 01:55:36 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac.ecs.csus.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <2vg6vg$[e-mail]>, <2vg80k$[e-mail]>charne
Subject : Re: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?

Listen to 14.313 MHz sometime.

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