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- Info-Hams Digest Mon, 25 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 839
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- Today's Topics:
- Amateur Radio Newsline #884 22 Jul 94
- Antenna Lead Feed-Thru (2 msgs)
- August 73 for Ramsey
- Mobile Radio in Camry?
- Ramsey SlyFox
- Why is 1750Hz tone used in Europe?
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 12:52:02 GMT
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- Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #884 22 Jul 94
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- The following is a QST
-
- The FCC orders more retests as its probe of possible fraud in
- the All Volunteer ham radio testing program continues. President
- Bill Clinton's motorcade is jammed in Naples, Italy and SAREX
- STS-65 is on orbit and on the air. These stories and more on
- Newsline report number 884 coming your way right now!
-
- (*****
- MORE RETESTS IN CAL VE FRAUD CASE
-
- Some fifty nine people previously tested by a group of suspect
- volunteer examiners have been ordered to be retested or face
- administrative sanctions. This is the latest word coming from the
- FCC in the wake of its ongoing probe into alleged fraud and
- corruption in ham radio testing in California.
- Word of the retests was announced by FCC Personal Radio Branch
- Chief John B. Johnston, W3BE. Speaking at the annual meeting
- with the nations Volunteer Examination Coordinators on June 24th,
- Johnston said that twenty examines have had their examination
- credits totally invalidated in addition to the fifty nine ordered
- to retest. W3BE told the VEC's that there was definite evidence
- that at twenty five California test session the commission knows
- about so far, applicants were given answers to the Morse Code test
- message prior to testing. As a result the retesting was ordered.
- As we go to air only three people who have been re-examined have
- received passing grades.
- Johnston has also made public a few other pieces of evidence
- collected in the probe. According to John, one Volunteer Examiner
- allegedly administered examinations at two different locations on
- the same day, and traveling as much as seventy miles one-way
- between test sessions. W3BE says that the FCC has determined
- beyond any doubt that one of the sessions never actually took
- place. Even more incriminating, the FCC appears to have solid
- evidence that only seven people were actually examined at the
- second session even though the VE's proctoring the test claimed
- the number tested on site was twenty-two. This lends a lot of
- credibility to our report two weeks ago that much of the alleged
- fraud was accomplished by manipulating the paperwork going to the
- various VEC's.
- About the only thing not yet made public are the names and
- call signs of the suspect VE's, but this too may soon change. At
- least one major ham radio publication is known to have a copy of
- the list of VE's that are under government scrutiny. We hear
- that entire list plus the names of some suspect applicants may be
- appearing in print worldwide within the next few weeks.
-
- (*****
- MORE TESTING FRAUD ANNOUNCED
-
- California is not the only place where ham radio testing fraud
- is taking place. In a related matter, Johnston also told the VEC
- Conference that government investigators have cracked two other
- licensing cheating cases. In a Texas incident a non ham actually
- assumed the identity of a deceased radio amateur to certify test
- results for applicants who never even attended a test session. In
- that case the Contact VE -- that's the person who sets up test
- sessions in a given region -- the Contact VE has already
- surrendered his license to the FCC. Twenty four applicants at
- the test session have had their fraudulently obtained licenses
- canceled as well.
- Also, an Technician Class ham in Kansas has had his license
- suspended for a year. This, after the FCC found that he had
- tried to bribe a Volunteer Examination Coordinator in order to
- obtain an upgrade. At airtime, the FCC has not yet released this
- hams call sign or name.
-
- (*****
- PRESIDENT CLINTON JAMMED IN ITALY
-
- Radio communications for a Naples Italy motorcade for President
- Bill Clinton have been maliciously jammed. According to news
- reports, the incident occurred when President Clinton arrived for
- the Group of Seven summit in the port city of Naples on Thursday
- night July 7th.
- The Italian news agency ANSA quoted police sources as saying
- that while Clinton's motorcade was traveling from the airport to
- his waterfront hotel, an unknown voice repeatedly broke into
- police radio communications with what it authorities called
- "vulgar expressions."
- The sources said the jammer interrupted communications between
- Italian and U.S. security agents to express his views on the
- Americans and the police. No details of the insults was given but
- the news agency noted that Clinton did not hear them. Naples
- authorities also admit that they have little or no hope of finding
- out who the foul mouthed jammer is.
-
- (*****
- CHECK YOUR LICENSE DATE
-
- The American Radio Relay League advises that amateurs receiving
- new or modified FCC licenses dated June 8th or later should
- carefully note their expiration date. This is because only new,
- first licenses or specific renewals now carry a full 10-year term.
- With new computer software recently installed, the FCC is now
- processing amateur permits to conform with to the way in which it
- processes all other Private Radio Service licenses. As a result,
- Amateur license upgrades, changes of address, call sign, or name
- changes are processed with the original expiration date intact.
- That is, they are not automatically extended for another 10 years
- as has been the case in years past.
- The FCC currently recommends that amateurs submit license
- renewal applications 60 to 90 days before their expiration date.
- The Commission says that it intends eventually to mail license
- expiration notices to amateurs but that program is not yet in
- place. In the meantime, the ARRL is sending license expiration
- notices to its members, along with an FCC Form 610 and a return
- envelope to the FCC's licensing division in Gettysburg,
- Pennsylvania. The W5YI VEC is doing the same for the general ham
- public but does charge a nominal fee for filing paperwork back to
- the FCC.
-
- (*****
- INTERFERENCE FROM CORPS OF ENGINEERS
-
- The FCC reports that its San Francisco Office recently
- received a call from the Veteran's Administration Hospital in
- nearby Martinez complaining of interference to hospital security
- communications. At the same time, they received a complaint that
- a similar pulse noise was interrupting communications at the U.S.
- Customs Service Office on Mt. Taltamalpais, CA. So FCC engineers
- using their mobile direction finding equipment went out and
- tracked the source of interference. And guess what they found.
- The culprit was a geographic positioning transmitter used by the
- Corps of Engineers in a dredging operation that no government
- authorization to operate. It was ordered to cease its operation
- immediately. It did. Case closed.
-
- (*****
- US-RUSSIA SHUTTLE PACT
-
- Word that Russian and American amateurs who flew aboard the
- space shuttle Discovery on last winters STS-60 mission benefited
- from temporary third party and reciprocal operating agreements
- finalized just before lift-off.
- On February 3 the US Department of State and the Russian
- Ministry of Post and Telecommunications each approved the
- temporary arrangements, which allowed cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev,
- U5MIR, to contact, on February 6, the House of Science and
- Technology for Youth, in Moscow.
- The contact was retransmitted in Russia on HF and VHF,
- according to the ARRL SAREX Working Group.
- After the Russian Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and
- the US State Department approved the arrangements, it still was
- necessary to obtain a Special Temporary Authorization from the
- FCC. The ARRL contacted the FCC's Personal Radio Branch, and the
- STA was granted on February 4th.
- Permanent reciprocal operating and third party agreements
- between the US and Russia have been in negotiations for several
- years.
-
- (*****
- HAITI
-
- As reported in many D-X newsletters, two hams were recently in
- Haiti on assignment for various news agencies. One of them was
- Alan Kaul, W6RCL of NBC Network News. This is the same W6RCL who
- for many years anchored Newsline. Alan operated with an Icom high
- frequency transceiver, antenna tuner and all-band long wire
- antenna. The other ham in Haiti was Bill Howard, N4MU of CNN,
- who was also running 100 watts on SSB.
-
- (*****
- UK HAMS SAY NO TO NO CODE
-
- British Amateurs are opposed to a code-free amateur license
- with High Frequency operating privileges. This according to a
- recent informal survey of United Kingdom hams.
- By way of background, the current UK Class B license, with
- privileges only on 50 MHz and above, is code-free while the Class
- A license requires a 12 wpm Morse Code exam. In 1992 the British
- Radiocommunications Agency asked the Radio Society of Great
- Britain to conduct a "consultation exercise," a survey. Through
- articles in its journal, Radio Communications, and other British
- Amateur Radio publications, readers were asked to express their
- opinion on the subject.
- Out of 60,000 U.K. licensed amateurs, 1,413 responded,
- including 86 from "overseas". By a 2 to 1 margin the respondents
- opposed a code-free HF license. The RSGB said that with the
- world-wide amateur community expanding at some 7 percent per year,
- some method is needed to restrict access to the HF bands, which
- they say are already are very crowded and unlikely to expand.
- British hams also say if the current method of restriction, the
- Morse Code, is eliminated for High Frequency operation then some
- other "filter" to limit numbers of operators should be found.
-
- (*****
- AMSAT CALLS FOR PAPERS
-
- The 1994 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium will be
- held October 7 to 9, in Orlando, Florida. AMSAT is seeking papers
- for the symposium and can provide authors with help in editing and
- graphics if needed. Papers are welcome even if the author is
- unable to attend the symposium.
- Topics for all amateur satellite disciplines are sought,
- including introductory tutorials, satellite operations, Phase IIID
- design and development, and new applications and techniques.
- Final drafts are requested on or about August 26.
- Direct inquiries to Steve Park, WB9OEP, 12122 99th Ave
- North, Seminole, Florida 34642.
-
- (*****
- SW CONVENTION
-
- On the convention scene, word that the 1994 ARRL Southwestern
- Division Convention will be held in San Diego, California on
- August 26th to the 28th at Town & Country Convention Center. For
- a registration form, please send a self addressed stamped envelope
- to Bob Boehme, W6RHV, Registration Chairman, 10340 Everell Place,
- Santee, California 92071. The event is sponsored by SANDARC,
- INC. in association with the San Diego County Amateur Radio
- Council.
-
- (*****
- DX-SCARBOROUGH REEF
-
- In DX, after being delayed a day due to bad weather, the
- Scarborough Reef BS7H DXpedition hit the air waves on June 25th.
- Several sources in Japan say the DXpedition was only active from
- 09:00 to 23:00 UTC and then went QRT. They made around 2000 QSO's
- in which none of the contacts were made on CW because they did not
- bring a keyer.
- In a related matter, New England Division DXAC Representative
- Bill Shipp, KC1AG, reports that DK9KX has withdrawn his petition
- for new country status for Scarborough Reef. No reason was given.
-
- (*****
- PETER I VIDEO
-
- Also, another new ham radio video on DXing has been announced.
- "Journey to Peter I Island: Close to the Edge" is a 30 minute
- documentary on this dangerous and exciting DXpedition through the
- Falkland Islands, the Drake Passage and onto Peter I Island. The
- video shows enormous icebergs, animal and marine life, massive
- Antarctic storms and how the DXpedition team was able to make
- almost 60,000 QSOs. The documentary was produced professionally
- from 12 hours of videotape shot by Terry Dubson, W6MHB. A
- donation to obtain the show is required. Those that are
- interested in this documentary can contact Jerry Branson, AA6BB,
- 93787 Dorsey Lane, Junction City, Oregon, 97448.
-
- (*****
- NEW FCC COMMISSIONER SEES LITTLE BUT C-SPAN
-
- The new FCC commissioner Susan Ness has described herself as a
- "C-SPAN junkie" who does not regularly watch commercial TV. Ness,
- speaking to reporters at an informal briefing in her office, said
- there is "nothing that I watch specifically every week" on
- commercial TV. Nevertheless, she said the Federal Communications
- Commission needs to insist that broadcasters "strive for better
- programming" so long as the First Amendment rights of station
- owners are protected.
- Ness' disinterest in commercial TV fare stands in stark
- contrast to Rachel Chong, the other new FCC member who is a
- confessed "Star Trek" addict.
-
- (*****
-
- And for this week, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
- You can write to us at Post Office Box 463, Pasadena, California
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- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 25 Jul 1994 07:36 EDT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!ariel.lerc.nasa.gov!edjcb@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Antenna Lead Feed-Thru
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- I'm building a new house and have selected a second floor location
- for my shack. I'm looking for feed-thru ideas for the outside wall,
- for, say, three RG-8 size and one ladder lead. I'll have 2x6 walls.
- I know this has been hashed over here before, but I didn't save
- the threads. Many thanks for your suggestions.
-
- Jeff Brown, WB2RUZ
- edjcb@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 25 Jul 1994 12:26:29 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!cat.cis.Brown.EDU!pstc3!md@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Antenna Lead Feed-Thru
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <25JUL199407363636@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov>,
- edjcb@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Brown) writes:
-
- |> I'm building a new house and have selected a second floor location
- |> for my shack. I'm looking for feed-thru ideas for the outside wall,
- |> for, say, three RG-8 size and one ladder lead. I'll have 2x6 walls.
- |> I know this has been hashed over here before, but I didn't save
- |> the threads. Many thanks for your suggestions.
-
- I've always found that a piece of PVC piping, 1" or so in diameter, angled
- down at each end, ie:
-
- Wall
- ||
- Outside /------\ Shack
- ||
-
- This helps prevent moisture from getting inside the house, and provides you
- with sufficient feedthru for several pieces of coax. If you get a piece
- of foam rubber you can stick it in the pvc piping to provide a level
- of insulation if you live in a cold-climate area.
-
-
- MD
- --
- -- The best way for Bill Clinton to keep his
- -- legal fees down is to keep his zipper up.
- --
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 94 18:58:00 -0800
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!paris.ics.uci.edu!news.claremont.edu!kaiwan.com!ledge!darryl.linkow@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: August 73 for Ramsey
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- JR>Greg, Your comments are most welcomed, I'm glad you're a certified Ramsey
- JR>watcher. Perhaps we could enlist you to give us help in writing kit
- JR>instructions for novice builders. 73, John Ramsey
-
- John, I have written numerous articles for technical publications
- and have been assembling kits since the early days of Heathkits!
- In exchange for a kit of your new 2M/70cm amplifier, I would
- consider helping you write the instructions for it. If interested,
- leave me email here and ship to:
- Darryl Linkow KE6IHA
- 4958 Marmol Drive
- Woodland Hills, CA 91364
-
- ---
- │ OLX 2.2 │ Darryl Linkow (818)346-5278 9 am - 5 pm PDT
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 25 Jul 1994 12:29:14 -0400
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Mobile Radio in Camry?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Kindly include a 1992 Toyota Celica also in the responses.
- Thanks
- Ron Thomas
- thomasr@acpub.duke.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 25 Jul 94 18:23:04 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: Ramsey SlyFox
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Text item: Text_1
-
- Sometime ago someone posted a half-truth about the Ramsey SlyFox hidden
- transmitter. He said that the SlyFox didn't meet FCC specs according to
- a review in 73 magazine. In the interest of truth and fairness here are
- the facts from the 73 magazine article.
-
- The poster's information was mostly incorrect. Quoting from the
- article, "... the level of the second harmonic was only 16 dB below
- that of the fundamental, much higher than allowed by the FCC". But
- this was _BEFORE THE UNIT WAS TUNED PROPERLY_ and the article itself
- says, "Any home-built transmitter... must be tuned up properly."
-
- A clue that the unit was not tuned properly was its low power output.
- Quoting again, "But when I spread the turns on the kit unit... and
- retuned the final capacitor, power increased dramatically... The second,
- third, and fourth harmonics of the kit now measure -70, -50, and -70 dB
- respectively, _EASILY_ satisfying FCC requirements. All spurious
- emissions are better than 54 dB below the carrier..." (emphasis mine)
- Every kit builder should have a wattmeter and a dummy load,(available
- from Radio Shack).
-
- In the 50's, it was a rare ham who didn't wind his own coils and
- everyone knew the coils might have to be adjusted for proper operation.
- It is a sad day in ham radio when kit-builders complain that they
- shouldn't have to pinch or spread coils that they had to wind for a kit.
- If you can't achieve resonance in a final by adjusting the capacitor,
- then you must adjust the coil... an extremely simple concept. Should a
- kit manual also be required to teach the physics that hams are supposed
- to know in order to pass their ham tests?
-
- 73, KG7BK, OOTC, Cecil_A_Moore@ccm.hf.intel.com (Not speaking for Intel)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 25 Jul 1994 11:11:33 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!ousrvr.oulu.fi!oulu.fi!so-patu@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Why is 1750Hz tone used in Europe?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <30vo14$s7b@news.iastate.edu> jdwhite@iastate.edu (Jason White) writes:
-
- >
- >
- > I'm simply curious as to why a 1750Hz tone is used to access European
- > repeaters.
- >
- I cant see a reason why it isnt used elsewhere...i think the keyword
- is that it makes it easier to use repeaters anywhere, i mean, you
- dont have to know which ctcss freq to use...just enter the right
- frequency, push tone button, and there you go...and even if you
- didnt know the right frequency it makes only eight tries (on 2m)
- to go through all repeater frequencies (145.600-145.775)...well 16
- channels on 70cm, but i find it anyway a bit easier when compared
- with trying different ctcss freqs on all rpt freqs :)
-
- BTW: i heard that there are also carrier-operated repeaters, at
- least in Australia. I think it might cause problems, because of
- all QRM on the air, the repeater would be "on" every now and then
- even if nobody was trying to use it...thats why _some_ selective
- calling is essential!
-
- Timo, OH6NVG Phone: +358-81-344947
- GSM: +358-40-0853872 (OULE TPa)
- Fax: +358-81-5514515
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 25 Jul 1994 09:45:23 -0700
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!gatekeeper.us.oracle.com!barrnet.net!nntp.crl.com!crl3.crl.com!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
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- References <1994Jul20.103802.1@woods.uml.edu>, <CtC4CE.CFw@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com>, <310fo0$7hh@athos.cc.bellcore.com>a
- Subject : Re: Elmers, please read
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- Luis,
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- In case nobody else tells you, check QST magazine for the times and
- frequencies for the W1AW code practice. The schedule will tell you
- what speeds are being sent.
-
- Good luck, you can do it.
-
- Smitty, NA5K
-
- --
- Henry Smith (hbs@crl.com)
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 12:26:05 GMT
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- References <geist.774896852@ukelele>, <wa2iseCtGr27.FCF@netcom.com>, <n1istCtH8JF.AJF@netcom.com>e
- Subject : Re: Socks here ,, New "Q" signal QSS: color & size of your socks
-
- >In article <wa2iseCtGr27.FCF@netcom.com> wa2ise@netcom.com (Robert Casey) writes:
- >What is the "Q" signal for socks? "QSS"? Use the resistor color code
- >to state color: and 2nd number is size:
- >QSS 6 10 = my socks are blue, size 10
-
- A good idea overall, but what if you have taken a hint from the other
- ongoing thread in this group, and are DXing in the nude?
- --scott
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- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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