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Info-Hams Digest            Thu, 21 Jul 94       Volume 94 : Issue  822

Today's Topics:
                       $$ TH-78A Dual Bander $$
                    ARLB062 BOD meeting highlights
                 Bicycle generates noise on 20 meters
                               CW on CB
                  Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
                 FCC delays - I contacted my senator
                     FCC Delays now at 17 weeks!
                  FCC is finally getting faster :-)
                          HF station wanted
               Nikola Tesla - the true father of Radio
                       OMNI Directional Yagi!!!
                 Packet Metabeacons from the Shuttle
     PSI newsfeeds - Was: rec.radio.amatuer.antenna still alive?
                         QST on News Stands?
                    SAREX Keps/Entry Plasma Trail
                  Sister-in-law gets license quickly

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Date: 21 Jul 94 14:24:00 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: $$ TH-78A Dual Bander $$
To: [e-mail]

Greetings....I'm not really sure if this is appropriate spot to post this
listing but I'll try and I'm sure someone will correct me...I have a Kenwood
TH-78A Dual Bander that I would like to sell...it comes with the BC-15 Rapid
Charger, PB-13 and PB-18 Battery Packs, BT-8 Alkaline Battery Pack, SMC-33
Remote Control Speaker Mic and the ME-1 Memory Board instlled.  Ext RX/TX
mods have been done as has the 800MHZ RX.  All are in what I consider to be
excellent condition.  I'm asking $390.00 for all...if interested please
"reply" here or call 315-268-1810.....also have an ICOM 28H 2Mtr rig for
$225.00.....thanks for reading this....73....Roger/N5IFH....(now where did
I put those asbestos shorts?)?)...:.

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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 21:37:20 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu![e-mail]
Subject: ARLB062 BOD meeting highlights
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:

>In article <$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>>
>>The Board commissioned an RF Safety Committee to advise the Board
>>and staff on safe operating practices for the development of policy
>>and educational methods and materials.  Members to be selected by
>>the President.

>Hmmm. No mention of the resignation of the entire Bioeffects Committee.
>I wonder if anyone with legitimate credentials will be willing to be
>on this new committee.

>Gary

Probably not.  I'm sure no one even remotely qualified will even be
appointed by His Majesty.

Cheers and 73,
Chris Morrison KG5NK

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Date: 20 Jul 94 12:01:08 CDT
From: equalizer!timbuk.cray.com!walter.cray.com![e-mail]
Subject: Bicycle generates noise on 20 meters
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Larry Floyd) writes:
>Wayne_Estes ([e-mail]) wrote:
><snip>
>: 1. The tires create static charges while rolling on the pavement.
>: 2. The hubs create static charges as metal parts rub against each other.
><snip>
>: Does anyone out there in internet-land have any ideas as to the cause and
>: possible cures to this problem?
>
Wayne,

    My 2 meter repeater club has a bunch of bicycle mobile folks.
They found that the bearings were causing a flux in the SWR which then
created noise on the HT's they were using.  One fix for this problem
(At least of VHF) was to isolate the antenna from the bike frame,
many folks mount the antenna to the bike rack which intern is mounted to the
wheel where the noise get created.  I would try out a tuned wire for a ground
and wrap it around a plastic tube and mount it like a tire pump somewhere on
the bike.  Remember ground is 1/2 your antenna.

Russ - N0MRR.
  __
  /_)     _   _          Russ Starksen
 / \_/_/_/_)_/_)_    DBMS Group        Phone#: [phone]
 -. ----- -- .-. .-.    Cray Research Inc.    Fax#:   [phone]

[e-mail]  or uunet!cray.com![e-mail]

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Date: 20 Jul 1994 20:25:01 -0400
From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: CW on CB
To: [e-mail]

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

>I haven't seen any followup on teaching CW on CB, so --

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I've been trying to contact the FCC ever since I posted my article "Ham
Radio Bootcamp". Does anyone have the FAX number for the FCC? I would
appreciate it if someone would email it to me! Only faxes seem to get
noticed these days, I guess.  ;-)

- Rob, N1NTE

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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 94 20:22:24 -0500
From: news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: Does CW as a pre-req REALLY Work?
To: [e-mail]

Andrew B. White <[e-mail]> writes:

>mentioned, the code test has changed over the years.  When I took the
>Extra the FCC still required 1 minute of error free copy which is a tougher
>standard than the fill in the blank test.

Drew --

I know that a lot of people think 1 minute of solid copy is tougher than fill-
in-the-blanks, but it sure wasn't for me.  I passed both 5 and 13 wpm by having
well above a minute of solid copy in the middle of the test.  Somehow, I think
I was too nervous at the beginning and too tired at the end to get those !@$#
callsigns!

                                               73 de Lee/KE3FB in Md.
                                               [e-mail]

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Date: 20 Jul 1994 23:07:48 GMT
From: noc.near.net!jericho.mc.com!jericho![e-mail]
Subject: FCC delays - I contacted my senator
To: [e-mail]

    Does anyone know where I can get the Q&A to the New General
Test???

    Thanks,

    HADZ.
--

    HADZ    (a.k.a Joseph Hadzima)
            (Mercury Computer Systems Inc.)
            (199 Riverneck Road, Chelmsford MA 01824)
            (508-256-1300x223, HOTLINE: [phone])
            (email [e-mail])
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Date: 21 Jul 94 13:20:14 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FCC Delays now at 17 weeks!
To: [e-mail]

>remember that we are just seeing the results of the prior Years under
>the Bush administration....no funding no technology upgrades and no new

must be a newbie.  the backlog at the FCC started long after Prez. Clinton was
elected. Things ran pretty smoothly under the previous presidents..has Clinton
finally caught up with the appointments he should have been making? he was
behind by quite a bit last year but there's been other news to cover so we
don't hear about things like the G7 meetings, appointments not made, how the
word "universal" no longer means "100%" and such in the general media.

the cold hard truth is it doesn't really matter who was in the white house.
as long as they leave things alone and don't monkey with the works.

there are 2 things that have contributed to the backlog.

1) more people getting new licenses/renewals than ever before..

2) new services the FCC has to administer (such as cable tv regulation..)

and

3) switchover to a new computer system...

(the bowling alley took 3 weeks to change over from their old automatic
scorers to the new ones and they were "plug compatible" by the same maker...)

So confess!  or do i have to get the _Comfy Chair_!?

(_No One_ Expects The Spanish Inquistion!)

bill wb9ivr

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Date: 21 Jul 1994 03:15:26 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!soda.berkeley.edu![e-mail]
Subject: FCC is finally getting faster :-)
To: [e-mail]

My XYL and younger harmonic passed their no-code tech on 26 APR.  I passed
my upgrade to Tech Plus (plus the written part of the General, but not
the 13wpm code :-( on the same night.  My elder harmonic passed her
upgrade to General on the same night.

The first 3 licenses arrived today, 20 JUL.  Total time 12 weeks + 16 hours.
My elder daughter's upgrade did _not_ arrive today (maybe tomorrow).

BTW, _yes_, my new license does say TECH PLUS.
Even though it has a new issue date - 14 JUL, they did _not_ extend my
original expiration date (still 12 OCT 03).  Envelope was postma
rked
18 JUL.

There's hope for those of you who are still waiting!  Now we are a
whole "hamily".

Jim - N1QNK
Susan - N1SLB
Michelle - N1PNT
Jacqie - N1SLE
dont assassinate the president heroin
plutonium plo
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Date: 20 Jul 1994 18:27:20 -0500
From: cs.utexas.edu![e-mail]
Subject: HF station wanted
To: [e-mail]

Greetings!  I'm in need of a HF rig for a relative.  Something inexpensive like a Kenwood 520 or an SB-102 would be great!

73 de Dave, N9UXU
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 94 21:54:23 -0500
From: news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: Nikola Tesla - the true father of Radio
To: [e-mail]


TESLA

Few people recognize his name today, and even among those who do, the words
Nikola Tesla are likely to summon up the image of a crackpot rather than an
authentic scientific genius.  But were you aware that Tesla was responsible
for...

     The Alternating Current Dynamo upon which American electricity is based.
This AC system, which won out over Edisons DC system at the first major
hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls, and was the source of a lasting enmity
between Tesla and Edison.

     Arc lighting systems for street and factory use, fluorescent and neon
lighting.

     The science of Radio, as well as the first interplanetary listening
device.

     The  first Solar Cell, the first radio controlled robots, the first
X-Rays, the electric clock, the speedometer, electric refrigeration...

Tad Wises compelling novel resurrects one of the most fascinating fathers of
the modern world -- a new Prometheus who toyed with natures mightiest forces, a
wizard who harnessed the awesome power of Niagara Falls and learned to hurl
lightning bolts like a demigod.

For more information on this novel and for a chance to win a free copy of TESLA,
eMail [e-mail].

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Date: 20 Jul 1994 16:14:37 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!doc.cc.utexas.edu![e-mail]
Subject: OMNI Directional Yagi!!!
To: [e-mail]

In article <306cv4$[e-mail]>,
Scott Richard Rosenfeld <[e-mail]> wrote:
>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.
>

OK Scott..but you should use your hose hydrolic pressure to rotate the
antenna...Water shoots out the ends of the elements...does your lawn..
improves your grounding...and "Shoots" your signal out with greater
force in all directions..I think its called the "AquaPlane" antenna...

No Really...Ill give up my own un-patented fleshing out of your idea
right here..right now. (someone will grab this and run with it)
You take your computer controlled phased array verticals...use them as
a repeater RX antenna (omni on TX) Upon lack of signals..the processor
rapidly rotates the array with PIN diodes at 20RPM or more..When a signal
is encountered, the array Auto optimizes the incoming signal by looking
at a digitized AGC reading and stores its heading. It also tags the
signal by storing either a value representing its exact frequency
(discriminator output) or uses a TX fingerprint program on a soundblaster
card. The controller then accumulates all the stations positions and
starts rotating rapidly..only to those positions...continually auto
optimizing and updating the database. Upon loss of signal for a
predetermined time...full rotation scan continues.

Any Comments?

Bob AA5PB
Trustee 145.21 442.15 1292.15  UT Austin
Chief KOOP 91.7 FM

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Date: 21 Jul 94 12:52:43 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Packet Metabeacons from the Shuttle
To: [e-mail]

SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-65.018
Packet Metabeacons from Shuttle

Greenbelt, MD July 21, 1994 at 12:30 UTC

The following is a compilation of some of the packet radio metabeacons copied
from the crew on the Space Shuttle Columbia.  These were provided by Gil
Carman, WA5NOM, and Andy MacAllister, WA5ZIB.  The SAREX working group would
like to extend its thanks all of you who have provided us feedback and downlink
updates of the packet system during the STS-65 mission.


W5RRR-1>QST [07/12/94  17:17:00] <I S6 R0>:
Hello from KC5HBV and KC5FVF aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia
We're well into our mission now conducting materials processing and
life sciences experiments that are paving the way for future operations
aboard our international space station
We've talked to schools in Texas, Florida, Hawaii and Germany via SAREX
and it's been great

17-Jul-94  11:33:16  W5RRR-1*>QST <I;0,0>:

Hello from KC5HBV and KC5FVF aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia
We're half way into our mission now conducting materials processing and
life sciences experiments that are paving the way for future operations
aboard our international space station
We've talked to schools in Texas, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana Germany and
Japan via Sarex and really enjoyed their enthusiasm for space exploration
and amateur radio
Wishing you all the best on the upcoming 25th anniversary of humankinds
first steps on the Moon

20-Jul-94  10:21:27  W5RRR-1*>QST <I;0,5>:
Greetings from the SAREX station aboard the space shuttle Columbia.
The crew of Columbia is privileged and honored on this 25th anniversary
of one of humankind's greatest achievements to follow in the footsteps
of our craft's namesake, the command module Columbia, which carried
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon.  We wish all of
you back on earth who are celebrating this historic anniversary our best
wishes and hope that the one small step for a man taken 25 years ago, will
be a giant leap for people of vision as we go on to International Space Station
and beyond.


21-Jul-94  12:01:17  W5RRR-1*>QST <I;0,4>:
With the conclusion of this most successful mission, we wish everyone
on earth the very best and thank you for your support,
KC5HBV, KC5FVF and the rest of the STS-65 Crew.

21-Jul-94  12:02:17  W5RRR-1*>QRZ <UI>:

Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group

/EX

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Date: 20 Jul 94 13:11:11 EDT
From: psinntp!main03![e-mail]
Subject: PSI newsfeeds - Was: rec.radio.amatuer.antenna still alive?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, I wrote:
> 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?

OK - Thanks for the replies. My feed, PSI, informed me that they "upgraded"
their server s/w and some newsgroups got dropped. OOOPS. It's been reinstated.
If you use PSI, you may want to check your feed.
Oh, and yes, the spelling was ok except in my subject line :)

Joe - AA3GN
--
Joe Landis - System & Network Mgr. - North American Drager Co. Telford, PA
[e-mail] | uupsi5!main03!landisj | AA3GN@WB3JOE.#EPA.PA.USA
Opinions are mine only, and do not reflect those of my employer.
...Munging Until No Good...

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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 16:29:14 UNDEFINED
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!nntp.msstate.edu!nntp.wes.army.mil!EX1.WES.ARMY.MIL![e-mail]
Subject: QST on News Stands?
To: [e-mail]

In article <30ja44$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (  Larry CONTRACTOR Keith Mr.) writes:
>From: [e-mail] (  Larry CONTRACTOR Keith Mr.)
>Subject: QST on News Stands?
>Date: 20 Jul 1994 13:51:00 GMT


>Has anyone seen QST for sale at a news stand or other magazine outlet?

>I am curious to see if it will sell.. CQ and 73 are usually available
>at the book store, here.  But, I have yet to see QST..

>73,

>Larry, KQ4BY


I have seen QST on the news stand at Books a Million in Jackson, Mississippi.
It has a different cover on it and titles of some of the main articles.  It is
dated July-August 1994.

Brent, K5VXV

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Date: 21 Jul 94 13:14:36 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: SAREX Keps/Entry Plasma Trail
To: [e-mail]

SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-65.019
SAREX Keps/Plasma Trail

Plasma Trail/Shuttle Reentry

People in the southern U.S. should have a very good view of the Space Shuttle
entry plasma trail Friday morning.  The prime deorbit opportunity is still on
rev 219, which will land at KSC about 10 minutes after sunrise there, and pass
over Houston, over College Station and Huntsville at 10:31 UTC, an hour
before local sunrise.  That should give a plasma arc across the sky with a
peak of about 15 deg as seen from Houston.  Shuttle landing is planned for
10:39 UTC at the Kennedy Space Center.  Keep your eyes peeled!

[info provided by Gil Carman, WA5NOM]


SAREX Keplerian Elements

The following is the official SAREX orbital elements for today.  These were
generated by Ron Parise, WA4SIR, at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and
adjusted to improve the drag term by Gil Carman, WA5NOM, of the Johnson Space
Center.

STS-65
1 23173U 94039A   94202.29299650 0.00060047  00000-0  23046-3 0   457
2 23173  28.4656 273.5071 0003567  85.8991 274.2028 15.91315128  2020

Satellite: STS-65
Catalog number: 23173
Epoch time:      94202.29299650         (21 JUL 94   07:01:54.90 UTC)
Element set:     GSFC-045a
Inclination:       28.4656 deg
RA of node:       273.5071 deg          Space Shuttle Flight STS-65
Eccentricity:    0.0003567                  Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee:    85.8991 deg
Mean anomaly:     274.2028 deg
Mean motion:   15.91315128 rev/day      Semi-major Axis: 6676.7339 Km
Decay rate:     6.0047E-04 rev/day*2    Apogee  Alt:        300.73 Km
Epoch rev:             202              Perigee Alt:        295.96 Km


NOTE - This element set is based on NORAD element set # 045.
       The spacecraft has been propagated to the next ascending
       node, and the orbit number has been adjusted to bring it
       into agreement with the NASA numbering convention.

Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group

/EX

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Date: 20 Jul 1994 19:45:05 GMT
From: europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!agate![e-mail]
Subject: Sister-in-law gets license quickly
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
David Drumheller <[e-mail]> wrote:
>   My sister-in-law just received her license.  Callsign: N3SYE.  She
>passed her exam on 27 May, and the license arrived in the mail on 20 July.
>That's a 54 day delay (about eight weeks).
>
>   Given the recent posts claiming 17 week delays, this was very quick.
>Anybody know why?

Perhaps she's a FOB (Friend of Bill)?  Is she from
Arkansas?  Related to a Member of Congress?  Donated
a lot of money?

Sorry, couldn't resist....

-Ken

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Date: 20 Jul 1994 19:41:55 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <D>, <[e-mail]>.edu
Subject : Re: 17 weeks to upgrade!

In article <[e-mail]>,
Tom Skelton  <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Anyone knows if it takes this long just to do a simple address change?
>Do all 610's go in the same pile? tnx..73, Tom WB4iux
>([e-mail])

Nope.  Last address change I did took 3 weeks.



--
Mike Cummings  NX7E                [e-mail]
"Like jewels in a crown, the precious stones glittered in the Queen's
round metal hat." - Jack Handey

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Date: 21 Jul 1994 02:44:16 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!news.tek.com!soul.tv.tek.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>p
Subject : Re: Is there an ATV newsgroup?


Me too.  BTW, there is a fair amount of ATV activity in the Portland area.  We
have an ATV repeater on the air with 426.25 MHz input and 1277.25 MHz output.
There are two scheduled ATV nets every week, Mondays at 7pm and Saturdays at
11am.  Non-video checkins are welcome on 146.25 MHz (2m simplex).

73,

John Reynolds  NZ7J

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