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Info-Hams Digest            Sat, 16 Jul 94       Volume 94 : Issue  799

Today's Topics:
                      Computer calculations-Yagi
                            Enough already
                          Experience with R7
                            FTP Mod site?
                       How do you police hams?
                    IPS Daily Report - 15 July 94
                      Is there an ATV newsgroup?
                          Kenwood TH79A Mods
                     need IC-4AT for space flight
                       OMNI Directional Yagi!!!
                Please read: Ham Radio Bootcamp (Long)
                     QSL addresses - please help
                rec.radio.amatuer.antenna still alive?
     What sends COMMAS on CW & very high power in Bowie, MD area?

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Date: 15 Jul 1994 21:00:48 -0700
From: nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com![e-mail]
Subject: Computer calculations-Yagi
To: [e-mail]

    Would someone with a software program for calculating
antenna measurements be kind enough to give me the dimensions for
a yagi (wide spaced or optimum -- doesn't matter) of two or three
elements with a center frequency of 490 Mhz. I'd prefer the equivalent
of plumber's delight if this is available or at least a simple matching
device to avoid expensive coaxial baluns.

    Thanks for the help in advance.

    Ed. Linskey, N6QLO ([e-mail])

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Date: 15 Jul 1994 13:22:38 GMT
From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Enough already
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman) writes:
>Read the portion you deleted! He said something like:
>
>`` -40F = -40C would mean F = C ....''.
>
>That's  why certain portions of previously posted articles are
>included - the followup refers to the included text. You've got
>to read the included text to understand the followup.

Yes, I saw it.  Also, looking back, it was *your* comment in the first place
that said you could cancel the -40 from both sides.  The original d poster
didn't.  (He said the formula worked because the scales corr
corresponded at -40.)  Everyone who jumped on you said of course you could
you couldn't just cancel them.

Thus, the only idiot saying that you can cancel them is you!  Don't
try to brush it off on someone else--like you alwasy do whenever
you suddenly realize what you said earlier was wrong!!!!

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 19:36:23 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!cass.ma02.bull.com!claude!zds-oem![e-mail] (Reid Simmons - [e-mail])
Subject: Experience with R7
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Roger Buffington) writes:
>Roger Buffington ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: Daniel T Senie ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>: : Interesting. I guess the only thing I can disagree with you on is it being
>: : a "well known" problem. I have not experienced any such problems with
>: : my R7, but I have not run high power through it either. I guess the
>: : problem may not be commonly known on this coast...
>
>: A friend of mine (local) who had an R-5 eventually sold it due to the
>: trap problem.  He did an informal on-the-air survey of something like 25
>: hams with R-5 whom he worked on the air.  All but one had had to request
>: at least one new trap from Cushcraft.  But out here in Southern Cal, yes,
>: the problem is well known and widly discussed.
>
>: : >
>

I have had my R7 since they first came out (late '91?).  I run a KW into
it on all bands 40 thru 10 (well, except 30, where there IS a power
limitation) and I have never had a trap failure - not even heard of
anyone having a trap failure.  Also the SWR curves for my installation
match (or in some cases are better than) those published by Cushcraft.

Reid, NZ8K

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Date: 15 Jul 1994 14:58:26 -0500
From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!math.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: FTP Mod site?
To: [e-mail]

Good Day all!

Ive lost the FTP site at which resides a very complete list of mods for
our rigs. Can anyone mail me that site address? Ive determined that the
742-942 kenwood rigs have filter and preamp modules for extended 450 coverage
and 800 coverage, and Id like to enable them.

Thanks Y'all

Bob AA5PB

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 14:49:06
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnexus!olympus.net!olympus.net![e-mail]
Subject: How do you police hams?
To: [e-mail]

>How does the service police itself?

>I recently tuned into a local repeater to hear an exchange of continued
>profanity, attempts to jam signals, music being played over conversations,
>28 WPM code practice, and more by a young kid, some drunk adults, and
>one pot smoking stoner. This all occurred within a 1/2 hour period. The
>offenders even gave their call signs. How do you get these people to
>cease, who has legal authority to enforce laws pertaining to these
>things?

>        Cowabunga, dude......
>                                        [e-mail]
>                                        Scott Hopson
>                                        Costa Mesa, Ca.
>
Didn't you call the Keystone kops right away? Cowabungy, mooooooooo twang.
William Vaughn    [e-mail] "Just plain Bill."

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 23:20:36 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.uwa.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!ipso![e-mail]
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 15 July 94
To: [e-mail]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 15/2330Z JULY 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 15 JULY AND FORECAST FOR 16 JULY - 18 JULY

IPS Disturbance Warning 18 was issued on 11 July and is current for
interval  15-16 July
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 083/024

GOES satellite data for 14 Jul
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   1.5E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  3.9E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.5E+06
       X-ray background: A6.8
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             16 Jul             17 Jul             18 Jul
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 16 Jul: 080/020

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

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 14 Jul
    Learmonth       12  4332 2223
    Fredericksburg  15                          27
    Planetary       15                          24

Observed Kp for 14 Jul: 1124 5545
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
16 Jul    15    Quiet to unsettled
17 Jul    15    Quiet to unsettled
18 Jul    10    Quiet to unsettled

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
15 Jul      normal         normal         fair-normal
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
16 Jul      normal         normal         normal
17 Jul      normal         normal         normal
18 Jul      normal         normal         normal
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
None.
-----------------------------------------------------------
4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
       Observed
DATE   T-index  MUFs
15 Jul    41    near predicted monthly values to 15% enhanced.

Predicted Monthly T-index for July: 30

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
16 Jul    35    Near predicted monthly values
17 Jul    35    Near predicted monthly values
18 Jul    35    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: 15 Jul 1994 13:55:14 -0700
From: pacbell.com!amdahl!netcomsv!netcomsv!dodge![e-mail]
Subject: Is there an ATV newsgroup?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, James D. Cronin <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>How about it guys?  We got rec.radio.amateur.everything-else...
>
>How about an ATV newsgroup?  Any interest?
>
>73...Jim  N2VNO
>

Definitely interested!!  In the mean time, are there any atv mailing
lists?

tnx & 73
km6wt

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 17:54:11 EDT
From: amusing!aardvark![e-mail]
Subject: Kenwood TH79A Mods
To: [e-mail]

Please send me your impressions of the 79

Send the mail to:

    [e-mail]
  or
    [e-mail]
** Via the Aardvark Burrow BBS - 1-716-383-1372**

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Date: 16 Jul 1994 01:26:20 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!eff!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu![e-mail]
Subject: need IC-4AT for space flight
To: [e-mail]

The University of Maryland Radio Association, is trying to acquire one or
two ICOM IC-4AT UHF radio units to be used in a satellite data downlink
subsystem

We are aware that production of this model has been discontinued, but we
are interested in this particular model because it fits our requirements.

 It is important that the unit is in (relatively) good condition, has not
undergone extensive abuse and, especially, has not suffered a drop.

Please, if you have a IC-4AT UHF radio and you consider selling it or
donating it for space flight call:

Dimitris A. Geragas
[e-mail]

or

Maurice De Vidts  (NE3S)
[e-mail]

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Date: 15 Jul 94 20:28:44 GMT
From: olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!ceylon!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!BIX.com![e-mail]
Subject: OMNI Directional Yagi!!!
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Scott Richard Rosenfeld) writes:

>OK, this idea has been going around in my head for quite some time, so
>here it goes...

>Take a standard beam Yagi, or an electrically steered phased array.

>The rotate either the beam or the array (your choice, will call "antenna"
>from now on) REALLY REALLY fast - so much so that the receiving end
>can't even tell the antenna's spinning.

>Just think!  High gain IN ALL DIRECTIONS!

>I know it's flawed, because of that time-averaged thing, but imagine
>a receiver that could do a really good interpolation job, or even just
>a smoothing circuit...

>And without it, you'd need to be rotating the antenna (such that you
>get samples of the carrier) at roughly 2.2 times the carrier freq.
>So for 2 meters, that's about 300 million revs per sec.  OK, OK, for a
>physical antenna that would be hard to do.  But a phased array?  Y not?

>Scott NF3I


>--
>73,                            _________   _________  The
>                            \ /  Long   Original
>Scott Rosenfeld  Amateur Radio NF3I  Burtonsville, MD     |   Live    $5.00
>  WAC-CW/SSB  WAS  DXCC - 130 QSLed on dipoles __________| Dipoles! Antenna!

That'd make an EXCELLENT April 1 article. I recommend writing it up. I bet you
could take in a major portion of the Ham community with it. <^_->

Let's imagine a strange beam. It has uniform gain over 36 degree angle and
receives nothing over the rest of the rotation.

In the absence of "cosmic background" noise is constant. It is relatively
unchanging over most of the rotation. Most urban or suburban noise levels
are also relatively insensitive to where the antenna is aiming. So that noise
exists with out regard to antenna directivity.

Two things WILL vary with aim, however. Powerline static and storm static
will vary depending on whether you are pointing at them or not. SO in this
case they'd be attenuated 10dB. Signals also will depend on whether you are
pointing to them or not. So your signal level drops 10dB. But the signal is
what you want to get. ANd your ability to DO something with the signal
depends on its power level. But the scanning antenna has simply reduced the
signal level by 10dB. SO your signal to noise ratio drops the same 10dB for
most forms of noise.

Worse yet assume the powerline static is positioned 10 degrees off from the
signal's location. WIth the postulated antenna you can slide the "cutoff"
on the beam pattern over until the static goes away with the signal present.
This is a VERY high signal to noise ratio situation if we "neglect" for the
moment the other background noise. But if we rotate the antenna we get equal
time on signal and noise so we are back into the low signal to noise ratio
domain a non-directional antenna would give us.


ALl that said, except for the powerline static postulated, the rotating
antenna is basically a "chopper" attenuator on the antenna lead which
switches you from a signal plus noise source to a noise only source. It gives
a distinct disadvantage in the signal to noise race.
<^_^>    Joanne Dow, Amiga Exchange Editor
    [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 20:21:22 GMT
From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.csuohio.edu!vmcms.csuohio.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Please read: Ham Radio Bootcamp (Long)
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman) writes:

>
>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
>
I'm pretty sure it is illegal in the U.S.A., but I knew a couple of guys
who did it anyway before getting their Novice tickets -- it was pretty
clumsy the way they did it, transmit by keying the mike and down on AM, and
receive on SSB.

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Date: 16 Jul 1994 01:06:53 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu![e-mail]
Subject: QSL addresses - please help
To: [e-mail]

I now have the information on n1ran, for those who asked:
     Vincent Salerno
     584 Highway 3A
     Bow, NH  03304

I still need the others below. Does anyone have access to the May CD-ROM
update?

TNX,
Charles
n9sqe
>
> Callsign servers return "no references found":
>
> n1qwg
> kg4an
> ke4krt
> w4ma
> kr4mi
> kc5ebw
> kj5rt
> ab7ad
> kc7bnh
> kc7cli
> aa0qv
> kb0mlz
>
> Callsign servers return bad address:
>
> kd4pvm  mail returned from: RT 1 BOX 299, HOPE MILLS, NC  28348
> n7uvh   mail returned from: POB 786, POST FALLS, ID  83854
> wd0fzw  mail returned from: 1400 K AVE LOT 35 ELMWOOD TRLR CT,
>                             SIOUX FALLS, SD  57104
> n4wnl   mail returned from: 713 PATRICIA LN., OXFORD, AL 36203
>

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Date: 15 Jul 94 12:03:59 EDT
From: psinntp!main03!drager.com![e-mail]
Subject: rec.radio.amatuer.antenna still alive?
To: [e-mail]

I've not seen anything in the rec.radio.amateur.antenna group lately. Has it
been renamed, or do I need to look into a feed problem?
Joe - AA3GN
--
Joe Landis - System & Network Mgr. - North American Drager Co. Telford, PA
[e-mail] | uupsi5!main03!landisj | AA3GN@WA3TSW.#EPA.PA.USA
Opinions are mine only, and do not reflect those of my employer.
...Munging Until No Good...

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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 01:07:11 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!ent-img.com!wb6hqk![e-mail]
Subject: What sends COMMAS on CW & very high power in Bowie, MD area?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
Lightning Bolt <[e-mail]> wrote:
>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.

Can't help with the source but ..--.. is the '?' (question mark) character.
The comma character is --..--

bart

[e-mail]

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Date: 15 Jul 1994 14:58:58 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!jabba.cybernetics.net![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <301rr9$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <303jjg$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON!!! (was Re: FCC Delays now at 17 weeks!

In article <303jjg$[e-mail]>,
Michael P. Deignan <[e-mail]> wrote:

>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

Just to make it clearer...

There are fees for examination via National Radio Examiners--W5YI...
those are paid to the Test Center Manager in whatever form is
acceptable locally.

Now that the FCC is charging licensing-associated fees, the FCC fees
are paid with check(s)/M.O.s made out to the FCC.

There two fees schedules (and payees) are seperate.

I believe that the monies received by the FCC are deposited into
the U.S. Gov't General Fund.

73/Steve Modena/AB4EL   a TCM in NC    [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 20:01:35 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2vnt9m$[e-mail]>, <1994Jul13.020744.4852@tower>, <305oh8$[e-mail]>s.
Subject : Re: NTS traffic

> The NTS is an obsolete system for transferring small bits of information
> in an inefficient way.  It is primarily of interest to old-time hams.

Then why was a communications emergency declared by the FCC for a
segment of 80M during the South's floods late last week? Who was
passing traffic on 80? NTS? RACES? ARES?


Jeff NH6IL

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 21:52:52 GMT
From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!malgudi.oar.net!mercury.wright.edu!gracie![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <2vs6gk$[e-mail]>, <301ja7$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>i.oar.
Subject : Re: CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON!!! (was Re: FCC Delays now at 17 weeks!

> When you *whine* that you don't get that kind of service, and then *whine*
> about paying *anything* for your licensing, I end up *whining* about your
> insolence, eh?
>
> Ciao -- 73 de VE6MGS/Mark -sk-

Unfortunately the "Get something for nothing" attitude is way too
prevalent here in the good ole U.S.A.
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Date: 15 Jul 1994 08:59:57 -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 <[e-mail]>, <2vuena$[e-mail]>, <2vv0vl$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: which Ringo do I buy?

In article <2vv0vl$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Scott Turner) writes:
>My Ringo Ranger II works gangbusters.  Not because it's a great antenna,
>but because it's up reasonably high.

I've had a Ringo Ranger on top of a 60' tree for about 3 years.  It still
outperforms the Isopole on top of another tree.  I buy all the Ringos I
can get at swap meets.  For a definitive article on "Ring Gamma-Matched,
end-fed half-wave verticals" see the May 1973 or 1974 issue of Ham Radio
magazine.  If you can't get a Ringo to work for you then you deserve to
pay for a Diamond or Comet.



--
[e-mail]  WA7LDV               from Oregon - The BEAVER state
I speak only for myself.                      A Honeymoon salad = lettuce alone

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