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Info-Hams Digest            Fri, 15 Jul 94       Volume 94 : Issue  794

Today's Topics:
                      A Proposed Message System
                          Beginner Questions
   CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON!!! (was Re: FCC Delays now at 17 weeks!
                            Enough already
                Keyers and Positive/Negative keylines
                         LF Band experience?
                             Licensing...
                 Listening to Comet/Jupiter collision
                Please read: Ham Radio Bootcamp (Long)
                           Still waiting...
                      VHF & UHF in NYC Metro Ar
                       Wanted 2 or 6 meter rig
                         Which Ringo Do I Buy

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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 03:30:20 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: A Proposed Message System
To: [e-mail]

Sounds great, but are you sure you won't be competing with
AT&T's 20% off everything or MCI's friends and family or
maybe Sprint's 20% off the MOST...

And with the price of college now a days, only rich kids whose
parents pay the phones can afford to go out of town for school
anyway.

8-)

--
                               o_/
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                                  '
    Cowabunga, dude......
                                        [e-mail]
                                        Scott Hopson
                    Costa Mesa, Ca.


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Date: 14 Jul 1994 13:01:00 GMT
From: mozz.unh.edu!132.177.128.23![e-mail]
Subject: Beginner Questions
To: [e-mail]

In article <2vvblj$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dan Brown) writes:

       I'd also like to find a computer program to generate exams using
   the current question pool.  I have AUTOEXAM, but it uses the 1990 pools
   for Novice and Technician.  Other than that, it seems like a nice piece of
   work; are current question pools available for that program?



you can get programs for all of the class tests via anonymous ftp to
oak.oakland.edu  in pub/msdos/hamradio/tec22.zip - this is the technician
question pool. gen21.zip is the general test ...


there is also a lot of good stuff in /pub/hamradio

good luck. - Jerry

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Date: 14 Jul 1994 14:32:17 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!cat.cis.Brown.EDU!adis-215.adis.brown.edu![e-mail]
Subject: CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON!!! (was Re: FCC Delays now at 17 weeks!
To: [e-mail]

In article <301rr9$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Michael
P. Deignan) wrote:

> plaws@comp..uark.edu (Peter Laws) writes:
>
> You may want to tell your news admin that your news software is set up
> wrong.
>
> > Imagine the folks that have to wait for *real* licenses!
>
> My general radiotel license took about 8 weeks, to the day.
>

Yes but doesn't the FCC get a cut of that $35.00 you pay?

--
== Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR
== [e-mail], Tel. [phone] Fax. [phone]
== The opinions above are my own and not those of my employer.

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Date: 14 Jul 1994 13:56:59 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!isuvax.iastate.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Enough already
To: [e-mail]

Jeff,
It seems to me you were the only person saying -40F=-40C meant
that you could cancel the -40s.  Everyone else seemed to realize
that since you can't put a degree sign in a usenet post, it was
just deleted.

Sheesh

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Date: 13 Jul 94 17:36:49 EDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!dragon!hayes![e-mail]
Subject: Keyers and Positive/Negative keylines
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Alan Bloom) writes:
> A few of the really old tube-type transmitters used cathode keying.
> In that case, the open-circuit voltage can run +50 to +300V or more
> with closed-circuit current being equal to the final amplifier current,
> perhaps as much as an Amp.  Make sure you have a well-insulated key
> if you use one of these monsters!

My brother got a DX-40 early in his ham carreer, but it wasn't until after
I got licensed that we really had a chance to try it. I was shocked (!) when
I found that the cathode-keyed circuit had nearly 600 (!) volts across the
key contacts key-up. Using a straight key, you'd also see a few small sparks
as you sent. I considered this method of keying to be completely unsafe.
Eventually, I converted the DX-40 to grid-block keying, and it worked pretty
well. Sounded much better with the grid-block, but I did have a problem with
the capacitors in my negative voltage supply occasionally self-destructing.

--
Bill Coleman, AA4LR                ! Internet: [e-mail]
Principal Software Engineer        ! AppleLink: D1958
Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. ! CIS: 76067,2327
POB 105203 Atlanta, GA 30348 USA   !
Disclaimer: "My employer doesn't pay me to have opinions."
Quote: "The same light shines on vineyards that makes deserts." -Steve Hackett.

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 94 09:21:49 CDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!news.umkc.edu!UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU![e-mail]
Subject: LF Band experience?
To: [e-mail]

I'm considering experimenting with FM modulated LF (160-190 Kh), and would be
interested in hearing from anyone who has any experience in this area.
RESPOND: [e-mail]      (BILL)

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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 03:49:38 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Licensing...
To: [e-mail]

Maybe the FCC could issue a series of call signs to VECs so that they
could provide them to the person once they pass the test. The application
could be sent into the FCC with this serialized call sign and entered
into the computer when the application arrives, but the new ham could begin
transmiting as soon as he completes the test. This would work like the
upgrades. If a VEC does not use all the issued call signs he could return the
list to the FCC or give them to another VEC.

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


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Date: 13 Jul 1994 22:23:29 -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: Listening to Comet/Jupiter collision
To: [e-mail]

According to an article in July's QST, "Hear the impact?," Jupiter
naturally emits decametric radiation between 3 and 39.5 Mhz and the most
intense emissions are at 8 Mhz.  The earth's ionosphere blocks the lower
frequencies - especially during daytime hours - so the range between 18
and 30 Mhz is studied more intensely by radio astronomers.  The article
says that anyone with good 10, 12 or 15 meter antennas should be able to
hear the comet fragments collide with Jupiter (at least 21 of them).  Dr
F. Reyes at U of Florida says the fragments might interact with the
planet's magnetosphere and create short bursts of radio energy in the
last 10 to 20 seconds before impact.
Current estimates put the first impact at 1926 UTC on July 16.  Fragments
will continue to hit Jupiter until 0800 UTC on July 22.  They don't know
the exact time each fragment will collide with Jupiter, but once the
first one hits - they will know impact times very accruately.  There will
be one hit every 3 to 12 hours.
For more information, there is the ASTRONOMY INFO NUMBER [phone]
(This is the Smithsonian Institution's Astronomy Information Number).
The book suggested is The Amateur Radio Astronomer's Handbook (Crown
Publishers, 1986)
INTERNET ADDRESS (for detailed info): (FTP) astro.ufl.edu under pub/jupiter

It's this Saturday - so be listening.  If anyone is really interested,
they should pick up the July issue of QST and look on page 62.

Max
N7NWG
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 05:51:27 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna![e-mail]
Subject: Please read: Ham Radio Bootcamp (Long)
To: [e-mail]

In article <300om6$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (RobB873302) writes:
>HAM RADIO BOOTCAMP
>.....
>and even Morse code practice could be covered in such a net. VE's could

Interesting idea. I don't have a copy of the CFR regs for 11M - is
A2 emission (modulated CW) allowed on there? I'd be  happy to give
code practice sessions on CB if it's legal. But would that be considered
a broadcast (which I know is prohibited on 11M)?

Jeff NH6IL

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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 03:42:22 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Still waiting...
To: [e-mail]

Well, it's been four days, I still have 13 weeks 3 days left before I
can expect to receive my license. By that time I could be and Extra
Class....

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


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Date: 14 Jul 94 09:07:00 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net!moondog![e-mail]
Subject: VHF & UHF in NYC Metro Ar
To: [e-mail]

SS>The crystals in it are as follows:
SS>1    147.09/147.69  - Queens      Closed Repeater  - PL-114.8 (16)
SS>2    147.00/146.40  - Manhattan   Closed Repeater  - PL-136.5 (21)
SS>3    146.88/146.28  - Staten Island   Open
SS>4    146.79/146.19  - Paramus N.J.    Open         - PL-136.5 (21)
SS>5    146.97/146.37  - Beacon N.Y.     Open
SS>6    146.76/146.16  - Sayerville N.J. Open
SS>7
SS>8    146.94/146.34  - Rye N.Y.        Open
SS>9
SS>10
SS>11   146.58 simplex
SS>12   146.52 simplex

---
. QMPro 1.0 41-6392 . Where is the STUN setting on a Laser Printer?

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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 03:22:08 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Wanted 2 or 6 meter rig
To: [e-mail]

Anyone got an old 2 or 6 meter rig for sale?

I've seen old 2 meter SSB rigs... Looking for something
I can experiment with. 6 meters would be good also.

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


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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 01:00:00 -0600
From: conch!gruntwork.sps.mot.com!oakhill!val!afarm![e-mail]
Subject: Which Ringo Do I Buy
To: [e-mail]

On 11 Jul 94 01:22pm, Gary Coffman said the following:

 GC> Short of buying a Cellwave antenna (mucho $$$), a Comet or Diamond will
 GC> give the best bang for the buck. (Note you can *build* a Comet or
 GC> Diamond type antenna fairly easily and cheaply. That really gives the
 GC> best bang for the buck.)

   Gary: Can you post the instructions for building a Diamond type
         antenna?

              Gregory  < KB5YKO >

... .
 * Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 147
 * Silver Xpress V4.00

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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 05:35:49 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2vh2ps$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Enough already! (was: Show work for full credit)

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ross Alexander) writes:
>[e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman) writes:
>
>>In article <2vh2ps$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jenkins, David F.) writes:
>>>
>>>But if -40F = -40C, then F always = C, and *that* isn't right, either...
>
>>I hope you're not serious. You can't cancel the -40 on both sides.
>>The F and C are units of measurement not multiplicative factors.
>
>>Sheesh - the TV generation.
>
>F = 9/5 C + 32 (a formula taught in grade schools)
>
>-40 = 9/5 x -40 + 32
>-40 = -72 + 32
>-40 = -40

Look Ross, I'm not disputing  the fact that the two scales  coincide
at -40 degrees, I was pointing out that you can't cancel the -40 on
both sides:   -40F = -40C  does not imply that F = C for all
temperatures. Now, if we  have -40*X = -40*Y then that DOES
imply that X = Y.

Sheesh.

Jeff NH6IL

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Date: 14 Jul 1994 14:54:40 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!cat.cis.Brown.EDU!pstc3![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <301ja7$[e-mail]>, <301rr9$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON!!! (was Re: FCC Delays now at 17 weeks!

In article <[e-mail]>,
    [e-mail] (Tony Pelliccio) writes:

|> Yes but doesn't the FCC get a cut of that $35.00 you pay?

No, I believe $15 goes to the COLEM and $20 to the local testing
group to cover expenses.

MD
--
--   The best way for Bill Clinton to keep his
--   legal fees down is to keep his zipper up.
--

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Date: 14 Jul 94 09:16:40 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!news.tufts.edu!news.hnrc.tufts.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <301pb8$[e-mail]>ne
Subject : Re: Passed the test, time to wait...

In article <301pb8$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Suzanne Buice Cleek) writes:
> I'll stay with my
> no-code tech for now  because work, school, etc doesn't provide time for
> studying for upgrades.

The next step is to learn the code.  If you have access to a personal computer,
you might find working with a morse code program such as Super Morse to be an
entertaining diversion for a few minutes a day.

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Date: 14 Jul 1994 10:41:07 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!news1.digex.net!digex.net![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2vud99$[e-mail]>, <2vujjd$[e-mail]>, <3000gt$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Lack of professional consideration for HAM operators

In article <3000gt$[e-mail]>, Paul J. Brewer wrote:
> I don't know why people assume that paying for the liscence would encourage
> better service. This is true for the private sector but is cewrtainly
> not true for the public sector.
>
> Suppose the fee was $25, and it was still a 12 week wait. Would we pay....
> yes. Would they have a reason to improve.... not necessarily. After all,
> they have a monopoly -- they can charge whatever they want and take
> however long they want. Other examples include the motor vehciles dept.
> of any state.
>
> Paul Brewer KI6CQ
> [e-mail]
>
How many of you get REAL COURTEOUS service at your state's motor vehicles
agencies? That's govt fee based services for you...

Andy N3LCW

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Date: 14 Jul 1994 10:41:23 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!news1.digex.net!digex.net![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]><2vu2d0$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <300mv7$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: The Amateur Radio Service is a Joke

In article <300mv7$[e-mail]>, Michael P. Deignan wrote:
.............
>
> If you have a person jamming your repeater today, you can't get the FCC to
> lift a finger. Numerous cases have been cited here about troublemakers whom,
> even after you've caught and they've admitted to it, continue to cause
> problems. A troublemaker has to interfere with other services before the
> FCC even takes notice. The net result will be more lawsuits and guerilla
> warfare as the only way to fight the RF terrorist will become lowering
> yourself to their level. Someone in this very newsgroup posted how they
> planted a white-noise generator near a repeater to wreck havoc and get it
> off the air.
>
> Then we have some pundits crying for virtually no testing or licensing
> standards. ITS MY RIGHT! I'M BREATHING, AREN'T I?!?
>
>
...............
> MD
> --
> --   The best way for Bill Clinton to keep his
> --   legal fees down is to keep his zipper up.

Something I heard while I lived in Orlando, Fla on a 2M repeater re;a jammer.

'....guess we got a house torching party this weekend...'

I guess this is what happens when the authorities take a hands-off approach
to criminal activities; a sign of the times?


Andy

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Date: 14 Jul 1994 16:50:38 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!asuvax!chnews!ornews.intel.com!ornews.intel.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2vu2ii$[e-mail]>, <3049e7$[e-mail]>, <304acu$[e-mail]>ntel
Subject : Re: 2M opening to Hawaii de CA.

In article <304acu$[e-mail]> Tom WB7ASR <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>When I lived in Ohio (ex: WA8NSH) 20 some years ago, I worked W1AW on
>two meter FM through a Pittsburg, PA repeater. I know I could of just
>pick up the phone and called W1AW, however its fun to play with radios
>when you get conditions which are unexpected. That's what the hobby is
>all about, playing and having fun!!!
>
>Tom WB7ASR...

Hmm.  My longest 2 meter FM contact was when I worked Columbus, Ohio
from Bristol, VA through a Smokey Mt. Repeater.  This was something like
300 miles.  I'm still impressed that I can't do that out West here where
we have bigger mountains but probably too many mountains.  I was using
my brand new FT-07 Yaesu handheld, first one out with microprocessor.
I can reliably get the guy in Hawaii who is on RS-10.  Why is it that all
the DX hams are on the Big Island?  I used to work a guy on 10 meter AM
all the time who was on the Big one.
Sure, I used to talk to Hawaii all the time on HF when the sunspot cycles
were hot, but it got to be too common so now I listen for weak ones on
VHF and UHF.  No Hawaii yet and no skip anymore much either.
--
[e-mail]  WA7LDV               from Oregon - The BEAVER state
I speak only for myself.                      A Honeymoon salad = lettuce alone

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Date: 14 Jul 1994 15:03:59 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!wrdis02.robins.af.mil![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <2vud99$[e-mail]>, <2vujjd$[e-mail]>ch.e
Subject : Re: Lack of professional consideration for HAM operators

I think a one week cycle is a little optimistic.  However, I think
that Amateur Radio Operators should defray the cost of processing
license applications. If we did, then we would have a reason to
complain if the processing time is excessive.

If I understand the situation correctly, Congress would have to pass a
law that would allow the FCC to assess fees for processing amateur
radio applications and allow the FCC to use the revenue to pay the
salaries of additional employees.  I am not sure that it is quite that
simple.  If the present computer system does not allow multiple access
to the data, then throwing people at the problem will not help, as an
example.

If you really want to help, I suggest a letter to your representatives
and to the FCC that makes the follwing points:

1.  The current processing delay in the issue of new/modified amateur
radio licenses is detrimental to amateur radio.  These delays inhibit
some potential candidates from testing for an amateur radio license
and suggest that the federal government does not support amateur
radio.

2.  If processing delays can be reduced by hiring additional
personnel, then the best solution is impose a processing fee for each
license application and use the revenue to pay additional FCC
employees.

3.  As a licensed Amateur Radio Operator, I support the collection of
fees from applicants to provide the revenue required to operate the
Amateur Radio Licensing activity of the Federal Communications
Commission as long as the fee is charged for each and every
application.  I would not support a plan where some applications are
processed for free while other applicants are charged for the same
service.

OK, who is going to get the ball rolling?


73,

Larry, KQ4BY

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