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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 12 Jul 94       Volume 94 : Issue  780

Today's Topics:
                 2M opening to Hawaii de CA. (2 msgs)
                             6M Warnings
                               Bob Heil
                  CW: Complete the Sentence (2 msgs)
                    Does CW as a pre-req (2 msgs)
                  Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
        Exam cheating (was:Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?)
             GARC Shuttle Communications Retransmissions
                           HTX202/404 Mods?
                  Ithaca NY Hamfest August 13th 1994
                    Need manual for US Tower MA550
                Re: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
               Repeater frequencies in IO, MN, MI et IL
                          Site finally up...
                 Where does the name "ham" originate?
                        which Ringo do I buy?

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Date: 11 Jul 94 22:46:15 -0800
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!vax.sonoma.edu![e-mail]
Subject: 2M opening to Hawaii de CA.
To: [e-mail]

Oh am I jazzed!  I just worked Hilo, Hawaii on 2 meters via our club repeater
here in Sonoma County, CA.  The first time I worked Hawaii and it was VHF!
The ducting/QSO occured at 10:00 PM PDT and my QTH is Santa Rosa, CA.

Oh was that exciting.  Just happened to turn the HT on at the right time.
I worked Chris, AH6GG and his friend Michelle, WH6CQQ.

73,
Ken Harrison
N6MHG
email:  [e-mail]

(I had to brag!)  :)

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Date: 12 Jul 1994 13:06:55 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu![e-mail]
Subject: 2M opening to Hawaii de CA.
To: [e-mail]

In article <2vu2ii$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
|>
|> Upgrade to General and you can work people even farther away than that.

If you would take the time to look up his call, you would realize he
already has HF priviledges.  (At least the novice subbands.)

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Date: 12 Jul 1994 05:04:17 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu![e-mail]
Subject: 6M Warnings
To: [e-mail]

    As a new 6M operator, I wanted to find out what other operators used
to alert themselves when the band has been opened.  In lieu of any other
system, I have been leaving my rig on 50.125 and keeping an ear out for other
stations when I hear 10M open up.
    Any Suggestions?

--
Names....I got Lots of those....
Michael Douglas Polkinghorn / Michael the Bard / Galahad  / or Current Resident
[e-mail] / KD6PUD / BCSCR 736              "Witty Disclaimer"

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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 22:49:51
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!udel!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!indirect.com!s146.phxslip.indirect.com![e-mail]
Subject: Bob Heil
To: [e-mail]

Bob Heil of Heil Sound will be the guest this Sunday, July 17, on the
Ham Radio & More show. If you want to know about sound, microphones,
headsets, etc, Bob is the guy to ask. Ham Radio & More is on every Sunday
at 6:00pm EST on the Talk America Network in many cities throughout
 the country and via satellite on Spacenet 3, Transponder 9, 6.8 audio.
For more info, call 602-241-1510.
73,

Len, KB7LPW

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Date: 11 Jul 1994 22:52:22 -0700
From: nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com![e-mail]
Subject: CW: Complete the Sentence
To: [e-mail]

gregory brown ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Don Montgomery ([e-mail]) wrote:
:   (Stuff deleted)

: : BENS BEST BENT _____

           NAILS

: : what's the last word?

See above. 8-)



--
[e-mail] |  Be an idiot, work for a living and vote Republican.
AB6MB         |  Republican: A party devoted to destroying the middle class.
              |    Democrat: A party devoted to protecting the middle class.

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 13:21:31 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!wotan.compaq.com!twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com![e-mail]
Subject: CW: Complete the Sentence
To: [e-mail]

>but the one I forget goes something like:
>
>BENS BEST BENT _____

                                         WIRE

>what's the last word?
>

It sings when you send it.

Earl Morse
KZ8E
[e-mail]

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Date: 12 Jul 94 16:58:11 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Does CW as a pre-req
To: [e-mail]

Text item: Text_1

>You forget to mention that the no-code licenses issued in Japan for HF
>are restricted to domestic contacts and low power, if I'm not
>mistaken. /JBL  KD1ON

And why can't we do the same thing in this country. It would be a great
way to get newcomers hooked on HF and provide an incentive to upgrade.
How about a no-code General class with domestic privileges only and
a low power limitation?

73, KG7BK, OOTC, [e-mail]  (I do not speak for Intel)

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 05:43:15 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna![e-mail]
Subject: Does CW as a pre-req
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Joel B Levin) writes:
>
>You forget to mention that the no-code licenses issued in Japan for HF
>are restricted to domestic contacts and low power, if I'm not
>mistaken.

Sounds a bit like our CB radio service.

Maybe we should require 11M ops to have a nocode tech license; that
would give the techs an HF band to use as amateurs. Allow all HF
modes to be used. Maybe throw out the channel scheme and allow
VFO operation. Currently 11M runs from 26960 to 27410 kc - maybe
the land mobile band from 27410 to 27540 kc could be included in
this new tech band. Benefits: 11M would be cleansed, and the techs
would get a taste of HF.

Jeff NH6IL

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Date: 12 Jul 94 17:13:55 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
To: [e-mail]

Text item: Text_1

>Everything in life has its requirements, we meet those requirements
>or don't participate. Earl Morse KZ8E

Hi Earl, What if you were in a wheelchair and couldn't make it up the
steps or your wheelchair wouldn't fit in a restroom. Wonder of wonders,
someone cares enough to make your handicap a little easier to bear...
(and I wouldn't expect someone with a name like yours to be objective
about Morse code). :-)

Are you also against deaf hams obtaining medical waivers for the Morse
code requirement?

73, KG7BK, OOTC, [e-mail]  (I do not speak for Intel)

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 05:25:33 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna![e-mail]
Subject: Exam cheating (was:Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?)
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> William=E.=[e-mail] writes:
>
> 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.

Could you follow up on this with some data?

Jeff NH6IL

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Date: 12 Jul 1994 01:33 CDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.tcu.edu!news.tcu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: GARC Shuttle Communications Retransmissions
To: [e-mail]

In article <2vr9gv$[e-mail]>, Erich Franz Stocker <[e-mail]> writes...
>
>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

[some deleted]

I felt I just had to say this.  I'm listening right now to 3860 kHz and I
hear more jabber from the guy at the radio club than the retransmissions
from the shuttle.  I've noticed this trend over past shuttle missions as well
that the radio club talks an awful lot.  Some of the information is quite
useful but at the expense of the primary purpose for the station.
I don't know how you could solve this problem unless you used another freq for
your bulletins, maybe up 10 kHz, and announced that on the retransmission
freq before you speak, or have a regular schedule for these transmission
on the alternate freq.  I hope you don't think I'm griping too much because I
can't thank the people there enough for this service.  When our link here isn't
working or I go on a trip, you are always there.

Just my $0.02.

myles KG5AI

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Date: 12 Jul 1994 03:13:47 GMT
From: koriel!newsworthy.West.Sun.COM!abyss.West.Sun.COM!spot![e-mail]
Subject: HTX202/404 Mods?
To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Robert Casey) writes:
>Ther are NO mods for the HTX202.  This radio's front end only lets in
>signals between 144 to 148 MHz anyway.
>
>The only reason other radios have mods is that those radio's controller
>firmware was written to allow those mods.  The HTX202's firmware
>doesn't have any code to sense the presense or absense of programming
>diodes, and thus is not modifiable.

You *could* retune the HTX-202 front end to some other range, if the
CPU would spew the correct bits at the MC145170 synth chip.

By the way, the synth chip and data is easily available from motorola.
Nice part.  The HTX-202, for the most part, is a nice, simple, design.

Rumor has it that Maxon builds them.  Really!

---
 * 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: 12 Jul 94 21:52:58 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Ithaca NY Hamfest August 13th 1994
To: [e-mail]

        The Tompkins County Amateur Radio Club Presents The

                ITHACA, NY HAMFEST AND COMPUTERFEST

                  AUGUST 13, 1994 RAIN OR SHINE

                      NEW YORK STATE ARMORY
                    HANSHAW ROAD AND ROUTE 13
                           ITHACA, NY

                Talk-in station on 146.97 (-.600)

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      Admission:  $5 in advance, $6 at door (under 18 free)
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      Paved Outdoor Fleamarket area:  $2 per 8 foot space
     Overnight Parking Available -- Friday Set-up Available

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              (No walk-ins, register by August 6th)

For tickets, reservations, or more information, send a self-addressed
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                                   PO BOX 4144
                                   ITHACA NY 14852-4144

or call:  N2VJV, Howard Claflin Jr., 607-844-8563 or
          N2ISU, Ross Boyer, 607-257-3511


--
Chuck Schultz - [e-mail]
The Total Perspective Vortex BBS, Ithaca, NY

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 94 02:26:15 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: Need manual for US Tower MA550
To: [e-mail]

I recently purchased a US Tower MA550 55-ft tubular crank-up.
I need a copy of the manual.  US Tower REFUSES to supply it!
Their "company policy" is "we don't support used equipment. If you
want a manual, buy a new tower" (direct quote to me over the phone -
nice guys, huh?).  Anyway, I'll gladly pay any reasonable copying costs
or copy your manual and return it.  Thanks!
Mike, KB3RG
PO Box 464
Moffett Field CA 94035
[phone]
FAX [phone]
Email: [e-mail]  or CompuServe 73732,1666

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Date: 12 Jul 1994 13:01:51 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Re: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
To: [e-mail]

In article <77396187534n12@131.168.114.12>, Earl=Morse%EMC=Srvc%Eng=[e-mail] writes:
|>
|> Everything in life has its requirements, we meet those requirements or don't participate.

I don't see anyone here advocating *not* meeting the requirements, only
that the requirements are outdated and should change.  There is a
difference.

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Date: 12 Jul 1994 13:12:38 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu![e-mail].
Subject: Repeater frequencies in IO, MN, MI et IL
To: [e-mail]

I have no idea where "IO" is, but Des Moines is in IOWA (IA).

As for freqs in the DSM area, try 443.400+ (PL 151.4).  This one seems
to get the most activity here.  Other repeaters I know of include
443.500+, 444.050+, 444.150+, 444.350+, 444.500+, 444.575+, 444.625+.

These may not all be in Des Moines, but in surrounding areas, also.  I
believe they are all open repeaters.  (If any require a PL tone, it is
151.4)

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 07:19:18 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ysu.edu!malgudi.oar.net!witch!intec![e-mail]
Subject: Site finally up...
To: [e-mail]

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Date: 12 Jul 94 17:13:14 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Where does the name "ham" originate?
To: [e-mail]

Text item: Text_1

>The  name "ham" for the radio amateur seems to have an unclear origin.
>Does anyone have any ideas? Tnx and 73/Tony

The term "ham" existed long before radio was invented, long before Columbus
discovered America. You've heard of actors "hamming" it up. The term "ham"
for an actor derived from the word "amateur" because amateur actors were
the ones most likely to ham it up. It was natural that amateur radio
operators would be called hams since they are forever amateurs. My English
friends pronounce it 'am.

73, KG7BK, OOTC, [e-mail]  (I do not speak for Intel)

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Date: 12 Jul 1994 16:00:42 GMT
From: nothing.ucsd.edu![e-mail]
Subject: which Ringo do I buy?
To: [e-mail]

My experience with the Ringo antennas is that they're at their best
when pounded into the soil as a grounding rod.

Nearly everything else I've bought has outperformed the Ringo in
side-by-side comparisons at my house.  I'm particularly fond of the
Diamond and Comet white stick antennas.
    - Brian

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Date: 12 Jul 94 06:43:38 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!BIX.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2vppl4$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: ARRL BIO-EFFECTS RESIGNATIONSGNS

[e-mail] (Clifton T. Sharp) writes:

>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Tony Pelliccio) writes:
>>I find this interesting but not surprising. So the ARRL is now in the same
>>boat as tobacco companies. Hmm... makes me wonder if I'll renew in
>>November.

>   As a smoker, I dislike your comparison.  At least the tobacco companies
>have done something on my behalf that I wanted them to do.

>   Seriously, though, I didn't see anything that said ARRL suppressed,
>modified or ignored any of the Committee's findings, which seem to be the
>main accusations against tobacco companies.  All I saw was that the
>Committee wasn't consulted prior to the reply deadline for the NPRM, and
>that it appears (strongly, IMHO) that punitive action was taken by ARRL
>when the Committee replied to the NPRM as individuals and without ARRL
>permission.

>--
>                Optimists say, "The glass is half full."
>   Cliff Sharp            Pessimists say, "It's half empty."
>     WA9PDM            We realists say, "Before I decide,
>  [e-mail]     tell me what's in the glass."

Seems this is not all that different from what happened to Luck Hurder
not long ago. ARRL HQ *SEEMS* to be run by a collection of thought control
police it would appear. That is not a nice picture, nie?
{^_^}    [e-mail]    - opinion expressed is purely my own.

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 05:54:34 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2vk303$[e-mail]>, <77396187534n12@131.168.114.12>, <2vsnsh$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Re: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?

In article <2vsnsh$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ira Machefsky) writes:
>...but we don't ask brain surgeons to know anything about Phrenology, do we?
>Or lawyers anything about medieval English case law. As technology and times
>change, so do the requirements for entry into a field.

The problem with your statement is that about half of all QSO's on
HF are via CW, and CW-only QRP rigs and kits are being sold as fast
as they are being produced.

Jeff NH6IL

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Date: 12 Jul 1994 13:46:54 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2vpr3g$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <2vu2d0$[e-mail]>u
Subject : Re: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?

In article <2vu2d0$[e-mail]>,
Michael P. Deignan <[e-mail]> wrote:

>|> Instead of advocating trashing the
>|> whole system, why not join it and work inside it to make sure it's
>|> honest?  It's not going to change anytime soon.
>
>There is no way to "work inside" it. And, the FCC has made abundantly
>clear that they have no interest in the amateur radio service anymore.
>Why should I care?

Ah yes, "I want amateur radio to be exactly the way *I* want it to be and
I don't want to have to do anything personally to achieve that goal"
is an excellent example of the wanting-something-for-nothing attitude of
today's society.

I guess the welfare-state mentality really has invaded amateur radio.

---Bill VanHorne

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