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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 19 Jul 94       Volume 94 : Issue  812

Today's Topics:
                         2M Repeater Database
               Can you identify this call sign? - 'NMN'
                        Clubs in Phila. area?
                     ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH
                FCC accepts no data entry volunteers?
             FCC Delays now at 17 weeks!  PLEASE READ!!!
               Getting rid of 27MHZ clock interference
            GRUNDIG SAT 700 OR THE NEW DRAKE SW8 PORTABLE.
                      Info-Hams Digest V94 #758
                     info ATLAS 310 trx? (2 msgs)
                            Jeffrey Herman
                     Looking for new General Pool
                Need info on Wilson 460 mhz conversion
     Ottawa hams - can you help re: dual band filter in TCA mag?
                Please read: Ham Radio Bootcamp (Long)
                     Reviving old NiCads (2 msgs)
                  YALA (Yet Another Licence Arrives)

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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 14:36:35 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!sue![e-mail]
Subject: 2M Repeater Database
To: [e-mail]

Does anybody know if a database for 2M repeaters in North America
exists?


Thanks in Advance.

Mike.
VE5EF
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 94 10:53:38 PDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!sislnews.csc.ti.com![e-mail]
Subject: Can you identify this call sign? - 'NMN'
To: [e-mail]

In article <30coje$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]> writes:

>
> This morning at around 3:00 a.m. e.d.t, I heard on 12.71xx MHZ:
>
>    cq cq cq de nmn nmn nmn qru? k
>
> Any idea of who/what 'nmn' is? .. or where I could find out?
>
> I tried the callsign server at electra.cs.buffalo.edu, but got
> 'no references'.
>
> Mike
--------------------
Mike: I don't know the identify of this station, but it is
a U.S. Naval land station. U.S. Naval shipboard stations
use Nxxx callsigns.
73, Bob

[e-mail]

> --
> =======================================================================
> Mike Stramba         Email: [e-mail]
> Toronto,Canada       Internex Online - Toronto, Canada [phone]
> =======================================================================

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Date: 19 Jul 1994 12:19:27 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!babbage.ece.uc.edu!ucunix.san.uc.edu!ucunix.san.uc.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Clubs in Phila. area?
To: [e-mail]

It appears I'm moving to Philadelphia for a year for graduate
coursework.  Can someone give me some contact people for local clubs and
traffic nets (HF SSB or VHF/UHF FM)?  Names and phone numbers would be
great but calls alone are okay.

Anyone know of -cheap- housing in the Drexel/Penn area for a 42-year-old
PhD student?  (Okay, quit laughing...).

Theodore Allan (Ted) Morris, University of Cincinnati Medical Center,
513-558-0177V, -2682F, [e-mail], [e-mail], WB8VNV
         Previous politically-incorrect tag-line removed.

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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 16:16:22 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!boulder!news.coop.net!news.den.mmc.com!news2!pogo.den.mmc.com![e-mail]
Subject: ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH
To: [e-mail]

ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH!
ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH!

You two boys find something else to play!

In article <3067mh$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jenkins, David F.) writes:
>In <303g7b$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
>>  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.
>
>
>Well, yes, but the "-40F = -40C" appeared in the context of a thread
>in which the "F" and "C" had earlier appeared as variable names in
>an equation...

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Date: 14 Jul 1994 17:05:59 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!bigfoot.wustl.edu!cec3![e-mail]
Subject: FCC accepts no data entry volunteers?
To: [e-mail]

Scott Richard Rosenfeld ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Apparently, there's a clause in somebody's law book that prohibits the
: FCC from accepting volunteer help in doing data entry.  Apparently the
: Gettysburg people would love the help, but CAN'T accept it.  Looks like
: well, I don't know what it looks like...

How about if the FCC gets volunteers to answer the pohones an look up the
inquiry calls that they get about ham licenses???  A way around the loophole?
The FCC people haven't been friendly (to me, at least) yet!

--jesse

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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 15:28:36 GMT
From: pacbell.com!amdahl!amdahl.uts.amdahl.com![e-mail]
Subject: FCC Delays now at 17 weeks!  PLEASE READ!!!
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, Bruce Lifter
([e-mail]) writes:
>Scott Richard Rosenfeld ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>: He also said that the FCC is receiving upwards of 50 calls a DAY!  And
that
>: in the time it takes to receive a phone call, TWO licenses could be proces-
>: sed!  The backlog is now at 15,000 Form 610s!!!
>
>They seem to be getting more behind each week!
>

Finally, I received my licence yesterday, 11 weeks later!

Ty
KE6ITD

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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 13:58:29 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!wotan.compaq.com!twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com![e-mail]
Subject: Getting rid of 27MHZ clock interference
To: [e-mail]

>
>
>I am not sure if this is the right group. No harm trying.
>
>I have a 27MHZ clock signal connected to a PC card. The problem is that
>the ground plane of the PC card shows a 20millivolt signal which wrecks
>other amplifier circuits on the board. I am using a coaxial cable. Any
>clue as to how I can keep the ground plane clean.

Ok, I'll take a stab.

First of all it sounds as if you have a mixture ofdigital and analog
circuits on this board.  These circuits need to be isolated from each other as
much as possible.  An analog circuit would be susceptible to a 20 mV level
whereas a digital signal would never be bothered by it.

Start at the source.

Be sure that the 27 MHz generator/oscillator/synthesizer has its VCC properly decoupled.
Generally a .01 or .1 uF capacitor from the VCC pin to ground will take care of
any high frequency decoupling.  Be sure to keep the the cap leads short.  .25 " will make a
difference.

Isolating the clock's voltage source from the rest of the voltage plane will keep the
noise conducted from the clock onto the VCC localized at the clock.  This isolation can be
a small ferrite or inductor.

Decoupling and isolation should be done on every chip that this clock feeds for maximum
noise suppression.

You didn't mention if this was a multilayer board, but this should give you asomething to start
experimenting with.

Earl Morse
KZ8E
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 10:03:13 -0400
From: newsflash.concordia.ca!altitude!interso.hip.cam.org![e-mail]
Subject: GRUNDIG SAT 700 OR THE NEW DRAKE SW8 PORTABLE.
To: [e-mail]

WHAT IS THE BEST CHOICE BETWEEN THE GRUNDIG SAT 700 OR THE NEW DRAKE SW8
PORTABLE.

WHO CAN SEND ME SOME INFO ABOUT THAT.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

73

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Date: 19 Jul 94 17:04:51 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #758
To: [e-mail]

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Date: 19 Jul 1994 10:47:51 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de![e-mail]
Subject: info ATLAS 310 trx?
To: [e-mail]

Hello everyone,

I am very interested in the Atlas 310 HF-transceiver, since it seems
a good buy for its money. Does anyone have experience with this rig
and can send me some information/recomendation?

                    73, Moritz DL5UH

                e-mail:[e-mail]

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Date: 19 Jul 1994 12:17:11 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn!jabba.cybernetics.net![e-mail]
Subject: info ATLAS 310 trx?
To: [e-mail]

In article <30gb0n$[e-mail]>,
Bruegemann <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>I am very interested in the Atlas 310 HF-transceiver, since it seems
>a good buy for its money. Does anyone have experience with this rig
>and can send me some information/recomendation?
>
>                    73, Moritz DL5UH

More than 1-1/2 years ago, a close friend *paid* for an Atlas 310 when
it was still on the drawing board stage...to help "ATLAS RADIO" get
the financing needed to start up their production line.

Here is what George reports on the *performance* of the 310:

    "I still have not received the radio!"

As far as my friend knows, this radio exists only as a photo in an
ad on page 66 of the August 1994 issue of CQ radio.

73, Steve    [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 13:16:22 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!mixcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Jeffrey Herman
To: [e-mail]

In <30e30t$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (JUST ME) writes:

>If you want to continue this on email, you should give me an email address
>that works.  So far, none of yours have.

I agree.  I cannot send Email to Jeff either.  I get an illegal domain
name error.

--
 [e-mail]  |  Vote Libertarian!
                          |
                          |  Call 1-800-682-1776
                          |  for more information.

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Date: 19 Jul 1994 17:06:06 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!emory!nntp.msstate.edu!Ra.MsState.Edu![e-mail]
Subject: Looking for new General Pool
To: [e-mail]

I am looking for the new general question pool.  If anyone can email it to
me or point me to an ftp site, I would be very greatful.

Also, I have available for those who are interested, the new pools for
novice and tech (they were updated last year) that have been set up to work
with autoexam.  If you need them, drop me a note, and mention your preferred
method of getting them..ftp/uuencoded mail/etc.

Thanks and 73,
Craig

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 Craig Lindsey - KC5AUG       | My politics are simple: Always go right. If
 Internet: [e-mail]| you go left, you can never go right, and if
 Bitnet:   [e-mail]| you go right, you never go wrong.  -Grizzard
 Office: Allen 38             |
 Office Phone : [phone] |

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Date: 19 Jul 94 16:05:38 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Need info on Wilson 460 mhz conversion
To: [e-mail]

..
>Can this radio be made to work on 440? If so, how?
>Is Wilson still around? If so, I'll call em.
...
> Chirs  KD6DSI

Try RELM Communications (Regency Electronics and Land Mobile).
7505 Technology Drive, West Melbourne, FL  32904 (i think that's the right
zip) and the phone is 407/984-1414.

bill wb9ivr

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Date: 19 Jul 1994 15:51:18 GMT
From: galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Ottawa hams - can you help re: dual band filter in TCA mag?
To: [e-mail]

Can anyone on the Ottawa area help me?  I am looking for more information
on the dual band bandpass filter that appeared in a TCA article a few months
back.  Our University club was interested in the filter and would like to
have a building party in the near future.  However, the article more or less
was about the building party rather than actually building the filter itself.
If anyone could e-mail me about the nice construction drawings, parts lists,
tools needed, etc., I would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!


--
Craig Thomasson  VE4 CET        "If your parents didn't have kids,
[e-mail]         chances are, you won't either."
    Model Railroading... Amateur Radio... Computers... Engineering...
    More fun than any human being should be allowed to endure...

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Date: 14 Jul 1994 17:04:24 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!bigfoot.wustl.edu!cec3![e-mail]
Subject: Please read: Ham Radio Bootcamp (Long)
To: [e-mail]

Jenkins, David F. ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In <300om6$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

: >  HAM RADIO BOOTCAMP
: >  WARNING! The following ideas are of a radical nature and may cause closed
: >  minded
: >  people to scream loudly and form quick, irrational opinions. If you take a
: >  minute to look forward into the future (a bright, positive future, that
: >  is) you may find that a little effort on your part could improve  two
: >  hobbies that have more in common than most people think.
: [good stuff snipped in interests of bandwidth]
: From someone who's used CB for lo, these many years (I really had a license a
: one time--one of the few I knew who ever got one--KFZ9762--could that

: Thanks for a refreshing, reasoned approach that will take only an
: investment of time to implement.

But remember that some of the people who use CB's really aren't wanted on ham
frequencies, and an allure of CB is the lack of need for licensing.   Case
in point: there were some teens riding around in a black? jeep with a CB
cussing out the window about somebody who was using "their" frequency and
trying to find who it was.  The passengers of the jeep were cussing at every-
body they passed.  I don't want that type of person on the ham bands!!!


I think that getting on CB bands to give a little info about ham radio is
fine, but trying to bait CB users onto ham bands can have some
potentaially icky consequences.  Enter the FCC.  With the current 17? week
waiting period for a licnese who would want to get a ham license???  ;)

Yes, some people on CB bands are perfect for ham radio, but at the same
time, some of the things people cherish on CB is what we hate!!!

--jesse, KC5???/AE :)
         (the FCC issued on June 22, didn't tell me what it is, and I'm still
          waiting)

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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 17:58:21
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.hk.net!p130.slip.hk.net![e-mail]
Subject: Reviving old NiCads
To: [e-mail]

I remember in the dim and distant past, an article explaining how to revive
"dead" NiCads (Not just ones with a poor memory)

I think it was something along the lines of applying an overvoltage!

Anyone else know the trick or do I threw my old NiCads away and start again.

Dave

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Date: 19 Jul 1994 09:29:41 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.world.net!news.teleport.com!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail@@
Subject: Reviving old NiCads
To: [e-mail]

David Cripps ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I remember in the dim and distant past, an article explaining how to revive
: "dead" NiCads (Not just ones with a poor memory)

: I think it was something along the lines of applying an overvoltage!

: Anyone else know the trick or do I threw my old NiCads away and start again.

: Dave

This may or may not be what you are thinking of.  In the September 1993
issue of QST on page 23, there is a shaded box with the title,
"Reconditioning Small Lead-Acid Batteries."  It's kind of long, so I
wasn't going to type it unless you really needed it.  The basic concepts
though are to apply a large amount of voltage in the correct polarity
untill it to start charging - 50 volts on a six volt battery.  He does
say that you should do this when you are there, or else put on a
"sutiable resistor in the charging circut to prevent excessive current if
the battery came "alive" when [he] wasn't around."  The author goes on to
say that this might not work, but he has sucessfully applied charging
voltage in reverse for about 30 seconds - allowing no more than 0.5
amphere of current to flow.  This is actually suggested by some
manufactures of lead-acid batteries.  There is an explanation of why this
works too.  Once the current flow is started, it can be increased by
repeated charging and discharging until the battery begins to act like a
normal battery.

Hope this helps

Max
N7NWG

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Date: 19 Jul 1994 12:57:54 GMT
From: newsgate.watson.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com![e-mail]
Subject: YALA (Yet Another Licence Arrives)
To: [e-mail]

Well, the long wait is over. When I got home yesterday, I
found the magical letter from the FCC, with the callsign
N2ZKE.

For those who are waiting:

Test taken: Apr 10, 1994, Licence Issued: July 13, 1994,
Licence mailed: July 15, 1994, Licence Received: July 18,
1994. Total time to receipt, 14 weeks and two days.

Also, the callsign indicates that the rate of issuing
licences has stepped up. Based on past history, I was
expecting something in the N2Z[A-D]xx category, but it went
to N2ZK.

--vinod / N2ZKE
email: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 13:15:26 GMT
From: walter!dancer.cc.bellcore.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>l
Subject : Re: Gray Areas of 'No Commercial Use'

In article <[e-mail]>, Joe Salemi <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>In article <[e-mail]>, Ted Trost ([e-mail]) writes:
>>: May not be commercial under the current rules, but could be a violation
>>: of the third-party traffic rules.
>>
>>Huh?  Which rule?
>
>97.115, which governs third-party communications.  It's possible to get
>messages over the internet that are from countries that the US doesn't
>have a third-party agreement with.  Transmitting those messages over the
>air (in the case of reading your remote mail over the air, for example)
>could be a violation of this rule.  That's why the internet<->packet
>gateway systems hold mail first so the sysop can check to make sure the
>traffic is legal before releasing it.
>Joe Salemi, KR4CZ               Internet: [e-mail]

This isn't meant as a flame in any way, just a suggestion that there
is too much "strict interpretation" as to exactly what the rules are
and how they should be applied.  If you apply the above (97.115) in
such a strict fashion, you'd also have to say that I shouldn't be
allowed to read a letter to another ham during a QSO (where both I and
the other ham are both in the USA)
and where the letter I recieved was from a third party in one of those
countries that didn't have an agreement with the US.  Frankly, such a
strict interpretation goes farther than I believe the rule was meant to
prohibit.  Remember too, the Internet message may have originated anywhere,
but that's (in my opinion) no longer relavent when the message is
taken off the local node.  At that time, the information transfer
is wholly domestic and doesn't involve international radio transfer
of messages which is the only thing that 97.115 addresses.

Remember too that the USA (i.e. the FCC) doesn't care about third
party traffic and that the basis for 97.115 is really to alert US
hams that they should respect the no-third party rules of other
countries.  After all, in the event that a US ham violated 97.115, who would
be the complaining party?

So, let's enjoy the hobby.  Let's certainly be aware and respect the
FCC rules, but let's not get so bogged down in minutia that we see
prohibitions at every turn.

Bill Sohl
K2UNK

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