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- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 94 08:07:22 PDT
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- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #775
- To: Info-Hams
-
-
- Info-Hams Digest Mon, 11 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 775
-
- Today's Topics:
- Anyone from W1NY read this BBS? Hampden Co. in Mass?
- Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work? (3 msgs)
- Exam cheating (was:Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?)
- F.E.M.A. Freq.
- GARC Shuttle Communications Retransmissions
- HTX202/404 Mods?
- Icom 471a
- Info-Hams Digest V94 #768
- Kenwood TH-79A info wanted
- New General Theory Question Pool
- North American VHF Directory - Now available !!
- SAREX Rise/Set Times 7/11
- Transmission problem (video over symmetric cable)
- What sends COMMAS on CW & very high power in Bowie, MD area?
- which Ringo do I buy?
-
- Send Replies or notes for publication to: <Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu>
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- Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu.
-
- Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available
- (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams".
-
- We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text
- herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
- policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 14:28:57 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!ukma!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!bolt.gsfc.nasa.gov!user@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Anyone from W1NY read this BBS? Hampden Co. in Mass?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Wanted to know if anyone from that club see this BBS? Used to be a member &
- board member MANY years ago. Also, what was the club call before W1NY? I
- got that call for the club when I got 2nd call of W1BHJ ! Was abt. 1964?
- Abt. Dick
- --
- W1DGA
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 12:19:31 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!wvhorn@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <2vldmh$dgs@search01.news.aol.com>, Wwhitby <wwhitby@aol.com> wrote:
-
- >I am a no-code tech....
-
- No you are not. You are a technician class amateur. The only place where
- there is such a thing as a "no-code tech" is on anal-retentive Usenet
- newsgroups.
-
- >I didn't mean this post to offend, and I hope no offense was taken.
-
- I'll forgive you this time, but watch it.
-
- ---Bill VanHorne
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 94 13:40:25 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- >Again, he's certified by the FAA, not by just a pilot's organization
- >similar to the amateur's ARRL.
- >Who administers the pilot's written exam? My ground school instructor
- >administered my written; he was certified by the FAA, not by just
- >a pilot's organization similar to the amateur's ARRL.
-
- the FCC authorizes the VECs and the VECs authorize the VEs. there is a chain
- of command there.
-
- Jeff, you got the license, go get the VE certification and go help. get a
- bunch of guys together and start holding testing sessions every 4-8 weeks.
- Most VE teams don't mind having new blood either.
-
- bill wb9ivr
- (been doing it since 1984 here..)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 09:18:04 -0400
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!udel!news.intercon.com!news1.digex.net!digex.net!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <77370012434n12@131.168.114.12>, Earl=Morse%EMC=Srvc wrote:
- >
- > 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
- > kz8e@bangate.compaq.com
-
- That would be a treat, wouldn't it? I'll bet most of the loud-mouthed anti-
- no-code hams would shut up fast if they had to be retested on CW for their
- license renewal; I like that idea! Bet they'd drop CW requirements REAL fast
- then!
-
- Andy N3LCW
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 94 13:21:29 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: Exam cheating (was:Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?)
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- >The concept of self-testing, in any environment, is a clear conflict of
- >interest. Hams testing hams included.
-
- hams are probably the hardest on themselves .. of course there were those in
- the days of the conditional willing to sell out amateur radio so it's not a
- new problem.
-
- >I noticed in the glamorous, self-accolading article in the recent issue
- >of QST on the VE system the ARRL conveniently forgot to mention the
- >plethora of fradulent examinations which have been caught over the
- >years.
-
- 10 years + operations...certainly worth a pat on the back, i would say. now,
- how do you define plethora or did you just find that in your Roget's? It's
- always been expected that there would be cheating in the system from time to
- time - it even happened with the FCC running the show. you're assuming a lot
- of coverage = a lot of events. see OJ Simpson for another example - only 1
- guy on trial but you'd think they'd finally caught the Indianapolis 500!
-
- >Thus, one must wonder what the true rate of fraud is in the VE system.
-
- i suspect you could ask the VECs to tell you...i would think it's low.
-
- >Then again, does the League care? "Quantity before Quality" is their
- >motto, after all!
-
- actually i think you have it wrong. one big thing that helps keep the VE
- system honest is the public notice requirements -- wish it was a bit more
- stringent that just getting on the repeater 5 min before a test and
- "announcing" it. the ARRL certainly tries to shout from the rooftops where the
- sessions are -- i would think the other VEC groups would collaborate and do
- something similar (and it appears the ARRL/VEC would include their info in
- their news blasts) but they don't seem to do that.
-
- remember back in 84 you had to have everyone preregister in advance of the
- exam?
-
- >Why must one be a ham to test a ham anyway? You don't need to be a
- >GROL holder to test for the commercial examinations.
-
- i dunno...new beer, new rules, i guess. certainly not all the FCC people
- running the amateur exams would be licensed hams. believe the thinking is
- that overall hams are interested in looking out for their best interest and we
- were willing to belly up the bar and take on the job. there's a guy locally
- that's a GROL admin but as far as i know there's been only 1 test and others
- are begging for more to be held. (i think there's 6 here at work alone..)
-
- bill wb9ivr
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 14:27:41 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!manager@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: F.E.M.A. Freq.
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <CsnAtC.Anq@news.Hawaii.Edu>, jeffrey@kahuna.tmc.edu (Jeffrey Herman) says:
-
- >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 agree 100%, Mr. Netcop...I posted my response here because that is where the original article
- was posted!!! Any flames,responses,etc.,should be taken to E-mail now don't 'ya think?? Or
- don't 'ya?? -Dan
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 11:13:35 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!ukma!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!trmmstocker.gsfc.nasa.gov!stocker@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: GARC Shuttle Communications Retransmissions
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- INTERESTED IN STS-65 SHUTTLE TRANSMISSIONS
- The Goddard Amateur Radio Club (GARC) invites interested people to tune
- in to
- STS-65 shuttle ground communications transmissions. As a public service
- to the
- Amateur radio community, the GARC retransmits space shuttle air-to-ground
- communications. During the STS-65 mission which also carries a Shuttle
- Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX), Amateur radio operators, shortwave
- listeners,
- and individuals with scanners can listen to these communications on the
- following HF (single sideband) and VHF (FM) frequencies:
-
- 3.860 MHz (lower sideband)
- 7.186 MHz (lower sideband)
- 14.295 MHz (upper sideband)
- 21.395 MHz (upper sideband)
- 28.650 MHz (upper sideband)
- 147.45 MHz (FM) in local Washington D.C. metro area
-
-
- As previous posts have indicated STS-65 also carries SAREX.
-
- Packet Radio
- Callsign: W5RRR-1
-
- Freqs: All operations in split mode. Do NOT transmit
- on the downlink frequency.
-
-
- Voice Freqs: Downlink: 145.55 MHz (worldwide)
- Uplinks: 144.91,144.95,144.97,144.99 MHz
-
- Crew will not favor any specific frequency
-
- Packet Freq: Downlink: 145.55 MHz
- Uplink: 144.49 MHz
-
- Info: Goddard Amateur Radio Club, WA3NAN
-
-
- *******************************************
- * Erich Franz Stocker *
- * N3OXM *
- * stocker@spsosun.gsfc.nasa.gov *
- * *
- * My ideas are my own and do not represent*
- * the opinions of the federal government, *
- * NASA or Goddard Space Flight Center. *
- *******************************************
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 00:52:43 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!caen!malgudi.oar.net!witch!doghouse!jsalemi@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: HTX202/404 Mods?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
-
- In article <2vo9a2$83t@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu>, Charles Richards (chuck62@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu) writes:
- > Does anybody have, or know where I can get plans for modifications
- >(freq. expanding, etc.) for the HTX202 or HTX404? And is it possible to
- >get the 404 up to 462.675(React)?
- >
-
- Sorry, but the answer to your questions is that it's not possible to
- mod those radios. One of the reasons for their good reputation for not
- suffering from intermod problems is their tight front-end. That tight
- front-end also prevents modifying the radios to work out-of-band.
-
- 73...joe
-
-
-
- ----------
- Joe Salemi, KR4CZ Internet: jsalemi@doghouse.win.net
- Compuserve: 72631,23 FidoNet: 1:109/136 MCI Mail: 433-3961
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 94 15:09:11 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: Icom 471a
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I would like to mod a ic471a (UHF MULTI MODE) to recieve at 421
- MHZ (ATV Repeater output). This rig is not listed in any book I
- can find.
- Any info would help
-
- Email tedk@formail.formation.com
- 73 de N3OWM :->
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 94 14:35:20 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #768
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Hello, I thought I would share some interesting VHF propagation news.
- Yesterday 7/11/94 starting at 0030 Zulu, I worked the following on 2 meter SSB.
- 40 stations in the Seattle area, one VE7 in Canada,a station in Idaho, then
- another in Montana.....Mode of propagation was Sporatic E. The whole time, six meters was open with short skip propagation into ore, wash..etc....
- Just thought I would let readers know to listen closely during the May, June,
- and July months for this mode of propagation.
- 73 from the Northern Mojave Desert DM15...de KB6IGC......Todd.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 09:21:40 -0400
- From: news.gcr.com!ukelele!geist@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: Kenwood TH-79A info wanted
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- jhong@fnma.com (Joseph Hong) writes:
-
- >Does any one has production information (spec) for Kenwood TH-79A? It
- >should replace TH-78A. Radio Center (Kansas City) gave me a $469 quote.
-
- I believe the model is TH-72(a?). It is the dual-band version of
- the TH22 and TH42. I tried it out at the store, it's nice. Thinner
- than the 78A.
-
- Supplied battery is 6V 600mah, power out 3W. Don't know what RX
- range is.
- --
- /----------------------------------/-----------------------------/
- / geist@ukelele.gcr.com / This post 100% /
- / packet: ko4er@wa3tai.md.usa.na / content free. Really! /
- /__________________________________/_____________________________/
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 12:10:35 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!acpub.duke.edu!thomasr@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: New General Theory Question Pool
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I just passed my 13 wpm code test!!!! Now I want to take the General theory
- exam. My Radio Shack study guide is outdated as of this month. Where can
- I ftp the new general study pool?
- Thanks.
- Ron Thomas
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 14:32:38 GMT
- From: lll-winken.llnl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!ukma!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!bolt.gsfc.nasa.gov!user@ames.arpa
- Subject: North American VHF Directory - Now available !!
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- As this is NO CREATION of new data, it should be made free to the
- Newsreaders!
- Yes you had to POUND it in.It will take much up dating also, however it
- should be for the benefit of thoes ON THE LIST. This can be had by getting
- the VHF / UHF subnewsgroup reader list & building on it. Likely 50 or more
- on that.Just my 2 cents & great desire to share data. Dick
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 94 14:04:49 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: SAREX Rise/Set Times 7/11
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-65.004
- STS-65 Eastern R/S Times 07/11
-
- Below are the rise and set times for STS-65 for selected US cities
- over the next four days. This data was generated to help hams without
- orbit programs to participate in the SAREX activities. Please note that
- the times shown are UTC and NOT LOCAL TIME. This listing includes only
- those passes with an elevation greater than 5 degrees. For information
- regarding SAREX frequencies and operations procedures, check your
- local PBBS, or bulletins from W1AW, W5RRR, W6VIO or WA3NAN.
-
- Symbol key: rise = time that shuttle appears above horizon
- tca = time of closest approach to observer
- set = time that shuttle disappears below horizon
- el = maximium elevation above horizon
- geo = geometry: A = Ascending orbit, moving south to north
- D = Descending orbit, moving north to south
- E = passes east of observer
- W = passes west of observer
-
- New York City
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 13:59:01 14:02:19 14:05 6 A-E 47
- 11Jul94 15:34:09 15:37:22 15:40 5 D-W 48
-
- 12Jul94 14:06:28 14:09:51 14:12 6 D-W 63
-
- 13Jul94 12:39:01 12:42:13 12:44 5 A-E 78
- 13Jul94 14:13:59 14:17:16 14:20 6 D-W 79
-
- 14Jul94 12:46:16 12:49:31 12:52 6 D-E 94
-
-
- Washington D.C.
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 13:58:00 14:01:41 14:04 8 A-E 47
- 11Jul94 15:33:07 15:36:50 15:40 9 D-W 48
-
- 12Jul94 12:30:55 12:34:08 12:36 5 A-E 62
- 12Jul94 14:05:29 14:09:15 14:12 9 D-E 63
- 12Jul94 15:40:57 15:44:24 15:47 7 D-W 64
-
- 13Jul94 12:38:06 12:41:34 12:44 8 A-E 78
- 13Jul94 14:12:59 14:16:43 14:19 9 D-W 79
-
- 14Jul94 12:45:16 12:48:54 12:52 9 D-E 94
- 14Jul94 14:20:36 14:24:03 14:27 8 D-W 95
-
-
- Atlanta, GA
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 12:21:08 12:24:34 12:27 7 A-E 46
- 11Jul94 13:55:30 13:59:51 14:03 19 A-E 47
- 11Jul94 15:30:48 15:35:18 15:39 26 D-W 48
- 11Jul94 17:06:29 17:10:43 17:14 16 D-W 49
-
- 12Jul94 12:28:19 12:32:10 12:35 11 A-E 62
- 12Jul94 14:03:12 14:07:32 14:11 24 A-E 63
- 12Jul94 15:38:34 15:43:00 15:46 23 D-W 64
- 12Jul94 17:14:29 17:18:22 17:21 10 D-W 65
-
- 13Jul94 11:01:21 11:04:27 11:07 5 A-E 77
- 13Jul94 12:35:33 12:39:42 12:43 17 A-E 78
- 13Jul94 14:10:45 14:15:08 14:19 26 D-E 79
- 13Jul94 15:46:17 15:50:34 15:54 18 D-W 80
- 13Jul94 17:22:38 17:25:50 17:28 5 D-W 81
-
- 14Jul94 11:08:00 11:11:48 11:15 10 A-E 93
- 14Jul94 12:42:51 12:47:08 12:50 22 A-E 94
- 14Jul94 14:18:15 14:22:36 14:26 24 D-W 95
- 14Jul94 15:53:59 15:57:59 16:01 12 D-W 96
-
-
- Miami, FL
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 12:20:15 12:24:44 12:28 37 A-E 46
- 11Jul94 13:55:53 14:00:28 14:04 56 A-W 47
- 11Jul94 15:31:42 15:36:22 15:40 45 D-E 48
- 11Jul94 17:07:29 17:12:11 17:16 70 D-W 49
- 11Jul94 18:43:35 18:47:42 18:51 14 D-W 50
-
- 12Jul94 10:52:49 10:56:58 11:00 15 A-E 61
- 12Jul94 12:27:57 12:32:32 12:36 74 A-E 62
- 12Jul94 14:03:48 14:08:21 14:12 44 D-W 63
- 12Jul94 15:39:34 15:44:16 15:48 58 D-E 64
- 12Jul94 17:15:22 17:19:57 17:24 34 D-W 65
- 12Jul94 18:52:03 18:55:22 18:58 6 D-W 66
-
- 13Jul94 11:00:10 11:04:34 11:08 29 A-E 77
- 13Jul94 12:35:40 12:40:15 12:44 65 A-W 78
- 13Jul94 14:11:35 14:16:08 14:20 43 D-E 79
- 13Jul94 15:47:17 15:52:00 15:56 86 D-E 80
- 13Jul94 17:23:16 17:27:33 17:31 18 D-W 81
-
- 14Jul94 09:32:38 09:36:35 09:40 11 A-E 92
- 14Jul94 11:07:33 11:12:05 11:16 58 A-E 93
- 14Jul94 12:43:20 12:47:53 12:51 47 A-W 94
- 14Jul94 14:19:13 14:23:47 14:27 52 D-E 95
- 14Jul94 15:54:55 15:59:32 16:03 44 D-W 96
- 14Jul94 17:31:19 17:34:59 17:38 8 D-W 97
-
-
- Compiled by Dan Schultz, N8FGV
- Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group
- Send comments to n8fgv@amsat.org
- /EX
-
-
- SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-65.005
- STS-65 Central R/S Times 07/11
-
- Below are the rise and set times for STS-65 for selected US cities
- over the next four days. This data was generated to help hams without
- orbit programs to participate in the SAREX activities. Please note that
- the times shown are UTC and NOT LOCAL TIME. This listing includes only
- those passes with an elevation greater than 5 degrees. For information
- regarding SAREX frequencies and operations procedures, check your
- local PBBS, or bulletins from W1AW, W5RRR, W6VIO or WA3NAN.
-
- Symbol key: rise = time that shuttle appears above horizon
- tca = time of closest approach to observer
- set = time that shuttle disappears below horizon
- el = maximium elevation above horizon
- geo = geometry: A = Ascending orbit, moving south to north
- D = Descending orbit, moving north to south
- E = passes east of observer
- W = passes west of observer
-
- Chicago, IL
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 15:31:29 15:34:36 15:37 5 D-E 48
-
- 13Jul94 14:11:33 14:14:30 14:16 5 D-E 79
-
- 14Jul94 14:18:51 14:21:46 14:24 5 D-W 95
-
-
- Huntsville, AL
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 13:55:14 13:59:25 14:03 15 A-E 47
- 11Jul94 15:30:24 15:34:48 15:38 21 D-W 48
- 11Jul94 17:06:01 17:10:11 17:13 14 D-W 49
-
- 12Jul94 12:28:05 12:31:47 12:34 8 A-E 62
- 12Jul94 14:02:51 14:07:05 14:10 19 A-E 63
- 12Jul94 15:38:08 15:42:29 15:46 19 D-W 64
- 12Jul94 17:14:01 17:17:48 17:21 10 D-W 65
-
- 13Jul94 12:35:19 12:39:17 12:42 13 A-E 78
- 13Jul94 14:10:22 14:14:39 14:18 21 D-E 79
- 13Jul94 15:45:49 15:50:02 15:53 16 D-W 80
- 13Jul94 17:22:08 17:25:16 17:27 5 D-W 81
-
- 14Jul94 11:07:57 11:11:25 11:14 7 A-E 93
- 14Jul94 12:42:32 12:46:41 12:50 17 A-E 94
- 14Jul94 14:17:50 14:22:05 14:25 20 D-W 95
- 14Jul94 15:53:30 15:57:26 16:00 11 D-W 96
-
-
- Houston, TX
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 12:18:28 12:21:51 12:24 6 A-E 46
- 11Jul94 13:52:49 13:57:12 14:01 26 A-E 47
- 11Jul94 15:28:07 15:32:49 15:37 62 A-E 48
- 11Jul94 17:03:49 17:08:30 17:12 52 D-W 49
- 11Jul94 18:39:42 18:44:01 18:47 18 D-W 50
-
- 12Jul94 12:25:26 12:29:29 12:33 13 A-E 62
- 12Jul94 14:00:26 14:04:57 14:08 41 A-E 63
- 12Jul94 15:35:56 15:40:38 15:44 66 D-E 64
- 12Jul94 17:11:40 17:16:15 17:20 35 D-W 65
- 12Jul94 18:47:50 18:51:41 18:55 10 D-W 66
-
- 13Jul94 12:32:45 12:37:02 12:40 22 A-E 78
- 13Jul94 14:08:03 14:12:37 14:16 57 A-E 79
- 13Jul94 15:43:44 15:48:18 15:52 57 D-W 80
- 13Jul94 17:19:27 17:23:51 17:27 22 D-W 81
-
- 14Jul94 11:05:16 11:09:06 11:12 10 A-E 93
- 14Jul94 12:40:04 12:44:32 12:48 35 A-E 94
- 14Jul94 14:15:36 14:20:11 14:24 66 D-E 95
- 14Jul94 15:51:19 15:55:50 15:59 41 D-W 96
- 14Jul94 17:27:15 17:31:17 17:34 13 D-W 97
-
-
- Denver, CO
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 15:27:39 15:31:02 15:33 6 A-E 48
- 11Jul94 17:02:31 17:06:08 17:09 8 D-W 49
-
- 12Jul94 15:35:00 15:38:35 15:41 8 A-E 64
- 12Jul94 17:10:16 17:13:42 17:16 7 D-W 65
-
- 13Jul94 14:07:42 14:10:56 14:13 6 A-E 79
- 13Jul94 15:42:31 15:46:01 15:49 8 D-W 80
- 13Jul94 17:18:05 17:21:07 17:23 5 D-W 81
-
- 14Jul94 14:14:50 14:18:14 14:21 7 A-E 95
- 14Jul94 15:49:57 15:53:21 15:56 7 D-W 96
-
-
- Compiled by Dan Schultz, N8FGV
- Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group
- Send comments to n8fgv@amsat.org
- /EX
-
-
- SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-65.006
- STS-65 Western R/S Times 07/11
-
- Below are the rise and set times for STS-65 for selected US cities
- over the next four days. This data was generated to help hams without
- orbit programs to participate in the SAREX activities. Please note that
- the times shown are UTC and NOT LOCAL TIME. This listing includes only
- those passes with an elevation greater than 5 degrees. For information
- regarding SAREX frequencies and operations procedures, check your
- local PBBS, or bulletins from W1AW, W5RRR, W6VIO or WA3NAN.
-
- Symbol key: rise = time that shuttle appears above horizon
- tca = time of closest approach to observer
- set = time that shuttle disappears below horizon
- el = maximium elevation above horizon
- geo = geometry: A = Ascending orbit, moving south to north
- D = Descending orbit, moving north to south
- E = passes east of observer
- W = passes west of observer
-
- Seattle, WA
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- no visible passes
-
-
- Albuquerque, NM
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 13:52:06 13:55:15 13:57 5 A-E 47
- 11Jul94 15:26:16 15:30:28 15:34 15 A-E 48
- 11Jul94 17:01:29 17:05:50 17:09 19 D-W 49
- 11Jul94 18:37:11 18:41:11 18:44 12 D-W 50
-
- 12Jul94 13:59:03 14:02:50 14:06 9 A-E 63
- 12Jul94 15:33:55 15:38:08 15:41 18 A-E 64
- 12Jul94 17:09:14 17:13:31 17:17 17 D-W 65
- 12Jul94 18:45:15 18:48:47 18:51 7 D-W 66
-
- 13Jul94 14:06:20 14:10:20 14:13 14 A-E 79
- 13Jul94 15:41:26 15:45:41 15:49 19 D-W 80
- 13Jul94 17:16:57 17:21:03 17:24 13 D-W 81
-
- 14Jul94 12:38:54 12:42:28 12:45 8 A-E 94
- 14Jul94 14:13:35 14:17:44 14:21 17 A-E 95
- 14Jul94 15:48:55 15:53:07 15:56 18 D-W 96
- 14Jul94 17:24:42 17:28:25 17:31 9 D-W 97
-
-
- Los Angeles, CA
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 15:24:01 15:27:55 15:31 12 A-E 48
- 11Jul94 16:58:51 17:03:18 17:07 23 A-E 49
- 11Jul94 18:34:21 18:38:44 18:42 20 D-W 50
- 11Jul94 20:10:23 20:14:02 20:17 8 D-W 51
-
- 12Jul94 13:57:04 14:00:19 14:03 6 A-E 63
- 12Jul94 15:31:24 15:35:34 15:39 17 A-E 64
- 12Jul94 17:06:33 17:11:00 17:14 24 D-W 65
- 12Jul94 18:42:13 18:46:24 18:50 15 D-W 66
-
- 13Jul94 14:03:56 14:07:48 14:11 10 A-E 79
- 13Jul94 15:38:50 15:43:08 15:46 21 A-E 80
- 13Jul94 17:14:16 17:18:34 17:22 21 D-W 81
- 13Jul94 18:50:05 18:53:55 18:57 10 D-W 82
-
- 14Jul94 14:11:07 14:15:11 14:18 15 A-E 95
- 14Jul94 15:46:15 15:50:35 15:54 24 D-E 96
- 14Jul94 17:21:51 17:26:00 17:29 17 D-W 97
- 14Jul94 18:58:06 19:01:16 19:03 5 D-W 98
-
-
- Honolulu, HI
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 15:14:29 15:17:59 15:21 7 A-E 48
- 11Jul94 16:48:57 16:53:29 16:57 52 A-E 49
- 11Jul94 18:24:51 18:29:17 18:33 27 A-W 50
- 11Jul94 20:01:06 20:05:24 20:09 17 D-W 51
- 11Jul94 21:37:01 21:41:32 21:45 25 D-E 52
- 11Jul94 23:12:42 23:17:24 23:21 67 D-W 53
-
- 12Jul94 00:49:05 00:52:48 00:56 9 D-W 54
- 12Jul94 15:21:26 15:25:41 15:29 16 A-E 64
- 12Jul94 16:56:44 17:01:18 17:05 64 A-W 65
- 12Jul94 18:32:57 18:37:15 18:41 20 A-W 66
- 12Jul94 20:09:05 20:13:25 20:17 18 D-E 67
- 12Jul94 21:44:49 21:49:28 21:53 41 D-E 68
- 12Jul94 23:20:40 23:25:09 23:29 27 D-W 69
-
- 13Jul94 13:54:48 13:57:51 14:00 5 A-E 79
- 13Jul94 15:28:50 15:33:18 15:37 37 A-E 80
- 13Jul94 17:04:35 17:09:03 17:13 32 A-W 81
- 13Jul94 18:40:56 18:45:08 18:48 17 D-W 82
- 13Jul94 20:16:50 20:21:17 20:25 22 D-E 83
- 13Jul94 21:52:30 21:57:12 22:01 88 D-E 84
- 13Jul94 23:28:45 23:32:44 23:36 12 D-W 85
-
- 14Jul94 14:01:16 14:05:17 14:08 12 A-E 95
- 14Jul94 15:36:18 15:40:51 15:44 86 A-W 96
- 14Jul94 17:12:26 17:16:45 17:20 22 A-W 97
- 14Jul94 18:48:42 18:52:54 18:56 17 D-E 98
- 14Jul94 20:24:24 20:28:59 20:33 33 D-E 99
- 14Jul94 22:00:10 22:04:44 22:08 36 D-W 100
-
-
- Compiled by Dan Schultz, N8FGV
- Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group
- Send comments to n8fgv@amsat.org
- /EX
-
-
- SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-65.007
- STS-65 World R/S Times 07/11
-
- Below are the rise and set times for STS-65 for selected worldwide cities
- over the next four days. This data was generated to help hams without
- orbit programs to participate in the SAREX activities. Please note that
- the times shown are UTC and NOT LOCAL TIME. This listing includes only
- those passes with an elevation greater than 5 degrees. For information
- regarding SAREX frequencies and operations procedures, check your
- local PBBS, or bulletins from W1AW, W5RRR, W6VIO or WA3NAN.
-
- Symbol key: rise = time that shuttle appears above horizon
- tca = time of closest approach to observer
- set = time that shuttle disappears below horizon
- el = maximium elevation above horizon
- geo = geometry: A = Ascending orbit, moving south to north
- D = Descending orbit, moving north to south
- E = passes east of observer
- W = passes west of observer
-
- London, England
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- no visible passes
-
-
- Paris, France
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- no visible passes
-
-
- Tokyo, Japan
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 22:58:28 23:02:37 23:06 14 A-E 53
-
- 12Jul94 00:33:35 00:37:52 00:41 17 D-W 54
- 12Jul94 02:09:19 02:13:10 02:16 10 D-W 55
- 12Jul94 21:31:15 21:35:00 21:38 9 A-E 68
- 12Jul94 23:06:07 23:10:17 23:13 17 A-E 69
-
- 13Jul94 00:41:13 00:45:24 00:49 15 D-W 70
- 13Jul94 02:17:20 02:20:38 02:23 6 D-W 71
- 13Jul94 21:38:32 21:42:29 21:45 13 A-E 84
- 13Jul94 23:13:38 23:17:49 23:21 18 D-W 85
-
- 14Jul94 00:48:50 00:52:47 00:56 11 D-W 86
- 14Jul94 20:11:05 20:14:38 20:17 8 A-E 99
- 14Jul94 21:45:46 21:49:53 21:53 16 A-E 100
- 14Jul94 23:21:07 23:25:14 23:28 16 D-W 101
-
-
- Sydney, Australia
- STS-65 Element Set JSC-06
-
- date rise tca set el geo orbit
-
- 11Jul94 13:20:10 13:24:21 13:28 16 A-W 46
- 11Jul94 14:56:37 14:59:36 15:02 5 A-W 47
-
- 12Jul94 08:42:03 08:45:51 08:49 10 D-E 59
- 12Jul94 10:16:50 10:21:12 10:25 22 D-E 60
- 12Jul94 11:52:16 11:56:39 12:00 22 A-W 61
- 12Jul94 13:28:07 13:32:00 13:35 11 A-W 62
-
- 13Jul94 08:49:13 08:53:22 08:57 15 D-E 75
- 13Jul94 10:24:21 10:28:47 10:32 24 A-E 76
- 13Jul94 11:59:57 12:04:13 12:07 18 A-W 77
- 13Jul94 13:36:12 13:39:29 13:42 6 A-W 78
-
- 14Jul94 07:21:53 07:25:29 07:28 8 D-E 90
- 14Jul94 08:56:28 09:00:48 09:04 20 D-E 91
- 14Jul94 10:31:50 10:36:14 10:40 24 A-W 92
- 14Jul94 12:07:37 12:11:37 12:15 13 A-W 93
-
- Compiled by Dan Schultz, N8FGV
- Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group
- Send comments to n8fgv@amsat.org
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 12:28:01 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!sun4nl!news.nic.surfnet.nl!tudelft.nl!news@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Transmission problem (video over symmetric cable)
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Hello all.
-
- This is propably not the right group, but what is ?
-
- I would like to connect a video camera (monitoring a robot)
- to a monitor in another room using the standard (UTP) cabling
- and patchboards available in the building.
- I think this is really a transmission problem: converting
- 75 ohm asymetric to xxx Ohm symmetric.
-
- I do not know or the quality of the UTP cabling is good for this
- purpose. I don't know the impedance.
-
- Any ideas are welcome.
-
- Adrie, pe1dqv
-
- Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering,
- Delft University of Technology.
-
-
- Adrie Kooijman
- TU Delft, Industrieel Ontwerpen
- e-mail: A.Kooijman@IO.TUDelft.NL
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 14:38:00 GMT
- From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!ukma!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!bolt.gsfc.nasa.gov!user@@.
- Subject: What sends COMMAS on CW & very high power in Bowie, MD area?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- One home TV wipes out on all channels when this COMMA machine is on!
- Removes color. Other TVs do not see it. comma & 4 seconds, agn comma.
- (..--..). Not on any ham freq. HF nor 2 nor 6! Abt 15 min at beg. of ever
- hr & 15 min at Half hr.
- Poss. Air Force transmitting station 2 miles away? Dick W1DGA
-
- --
- W1DGA
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 12:22:29 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: which Ringo do I buy?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <9407051514.AA26678@pobox.wellfleet> ginsburg@wellfleet.com writes:
- >I'm in the market for a 2 meter vertical for use mostly on packet and
- >it looks like the Cushcraft Ringo is the most popular product. Which
- >of the 3 varieties, Ringo, Ringo Ranger or Ringo Ranger II should I
- >plunk my money down for? Is the RR II that much better than the RR in
- >terms of gain and bandwidth?
-
- Alas, the Ringo is popular because it is cheap, not because it is good.
- It will show an excellent VSWR bandwidth, but so does a dummy load.
- What it won't offer is a clean pattern, gain comensurate with it's size,
- or reasonable longevity. A Comet or Diamond will be better, even a J-pole
- will be better than the basic Ringo. About the only antenna that is worse
- than a Ringo is a Cushcraft 4-pole (fah, a piece of junk). Short of buying
- a Cellwave antenna (mucho $$$), a Comet or Diamond will give the best bang
- for the buck. (Note you can *build* a Comet or Diamond type antenna fairly
- easily and cheaply. That really gives the best bang for the buck.)
-
- A note on VSWR bandwidth. Any *simple* monopole antenna that has a
- 2:1 VSWR bandwidth over greater than 2 MHz at 2 meters has something wrong
- with it, like horrible efficiency. (Measurement interpretation errors
- can fool you here. If the coax has greater than 5 db of loss, you'll
- never see greater than 2:1 VSWR at the transmitter, even if the antenna
- is shorted or open.) More complex antenna designs *can* have greater
- bandwidth and still retain efficiency (log colinear stacks, log periodic
- yagis, bowties, etc), but only if the implementation of the design is good.
-
- Gary
-
- --
- 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 | |
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 06:57:16 -0700
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!news.tek.com!macs!macs!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <2vbodi$opb@macs.ico.tek.com>, <wb9omc.773515194@constellation.ecn.purdue.edu>, <gradyCsqDMw.6JK@netcom.com>
- Subject : Re: Radios for Emergency Use
-
- In article <gradyCsqDMw.6JK@netcom.com> grady@netcom.com (Grady Ward) writes:
-
- >I am completely happy with an Icom W2A with the extended transmit and
- >receive modifications using a lithium AA battery pack.
-
- >This rig is able to hit everything from 121.5 satellites to National
- >Park Service in the 170 Mhz range, not to mention and equally wide
- >swath in the UHF area.
-
-
- A *serious* word of warning here. It is usually fairly easy to
- modify amateur radios to work on nearby commercial frequencies.
- However except for emergencies it is illegal to transmit on those
- frequencies with anything except a "type accepted" radio. Type
- acceptance is a fairly involved and expensive process which you
- wouldn't want to do for a single radio, it is worth the expense only
- for manufacturers who will make a and sell a lot of radios to
- recover the investment. (I am not familiar with the Icom W2A but
- I suspect it is not type accepted.)
-
- Amateurs are allowed to transmit with non type accepted radios in
- the amateur bands only. Commercial frequencies (which include SAR
- and Forest Service frequencies) have much tighter equipment
- requirements. On a commercial frequency it is not enough that your
- radio meet specs, the FCC must have certified that it will meet
- those specs. Violation of these regulations can result in *large*
- fines (kilobucks).
-
- In an emergency you can bend this rule but only in a real emergency
- (the FCC will have to agree it was an emergency and that no other
- suitable means of communication was available). This also applies
- only to the communications necessary to deal with the emergency,
- don't call up the rescuers to thank them on a non-type accepted radio.
-
- Yes, my 2 meter set is modified to transmit on SAR frequencies but I
- have never used it there, and the only time I would use it there is
- in an emergency. Even on SAR operations I use it only on amateur
- frequencies. On SAR frequencies I use a type accepted radio provided
- by my unit. This can be a pain in the neck but that is the law.
-
- The FCC has recently been cracking down on those who violate this
- rule, including several SAR people. There was an article about this
- in a recent issue of the Mountain Rescue _Forum_. (I could probably
- find it if somebody wants a reference.)
-
- Be aware that in the U.S. *only* the FCC can regulate such things.
- I am personnaly aware of cases in which state SAR coordinators or
- local sheriffs have issued letters to SAR personnel "authorizing"
- them to use non type accepted radios on SAR frequencies. Those
- letters are not worth the paper they are printed on. The local or
- state authorities may own the rights to use the frequency but they
- do not have authority to authorize a particular radio on that
- frequency, only the FCC can do that. This is a perogative which the
- FCC guards rather jealously. Any local authority issuing such a
- letter is misinformed and will likely cause trouble for both
- themselves and anybody acting on their misinformation.
-
- Personnaly I would like to see this rule modified to allow use of
- non type accepted radios in SAR training and operations, provided
- those radios transmit no more than 7 watts. This would simplify
- things for many of us. (Type accepted radios typically cost several
- times as much an non accepted radios and usually do not have all the
- features of an amateur rig). However until such time as the rule is
- modified (if ever) I will continue to obey it.
-
- Anybody care to join me in a letter writing campaign to the FCC?
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Jul 1994 09:18:14 -0400
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!news1.digex.net!digex.net!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <773527731.27snx@n2ayj.overleaf.com>, <1994Jul7.153925.1@woods.uml.edu>, <2vjjg4$i5d@crl3.crl.com>
- Subject : Re: Copying CW, and why it's friendlier than phone
-
- In article <2vjjg4$i5d@crl3.crl.com>, Henry B. Smith wrote:
-
- > My commute is about an hour long and I work 40 CW in the morning
- > (about 6 AM CST) and 20 CW in the evening (about 4:30 PM CST).
- >
- > Give me a call if you hear me!
- >
- > Smitty, NA5K/M
- >
- Smitty,
-
- Where on 40M CW are you 'parked'? I hang around 7040 - 7050 mobile CW...
-
- Andy N3LCW
-
- ------------------------------
-
- End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #775
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