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Info-Hams Digest            Fri, 29 Jul 94       Volume 94 : Issue  853

Today's Topics:
                              15mW QSO's
                    6 Meters-New op needs advice.
           AT&T's EO Inc. Disaster - Opportunity for Hams?
                           Call Sign Server
                        Contest mailing list?
                      Converting a CB to a 10M?
                    Did someone say . . . bolus ?
                            Glass antenna
                       Hams from GSFC Ham CLub
                      Help with Jupiter signals
                       May 1994 Callsign Update
                             Note to all
             REQUEST: Help finding WWV receiver! (2 msgs)
                  WANTED:Progrm to run Yaesu FT757gx
                         Whence QST (3 msgs)

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Date: 28 Jul 1994 23:09:36 GMT
From: murky.apple.com!trib.apple.com!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!ncar!csn!col.hp.com![e-mail]
Subject: 15mW QSO's
To: [e-mail]

David Cook ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Hmmm! How many situations have I been in where my battery is about to go
: and I am close enough to the receiving antenna on the other end that 15mW
: of power will do the job. Am I missing something here? 150mW I could maybe
: start to believe.


     The last time the final amp in our local repeater went out (Colorado
Springs, CO - repeater elevation > 14000 ft), I noticed that the repeater
was getting quite weak from about 40 miles away.  When the machine was
swapped out and brought down for repair, the transmitter output was
measured at LESS THAN THREE MILLIWATTS!     ... that's 3mw INTO the
duplexer!   I believe that 15mw will go much further than you think.

                             Greg Tarcza  WA2OOD

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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 22:25:44 GMT
From: walter!dancer.cc.bellcore.com![e-mail]
Subject: 6 Meters-New op needs advice.
To: [e-mail]

In article <318nqj$[e-mail]>,
Sean E. Kutzko <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>Hi, everybody. After years of HF DXing and contesting, I decided
>to expand my horizons and get a 6M rig, to work lots of sporadic-E.
>I picked up a used Yaesu 625-RD and got a 3-el beam up at 40 feel
>with 9913 feedline.
>
>                         I haven't heard a thing.
>
>     I know that it takers some luck and effort for the MUF to hit
>50 MHz right now, but I'm wondering if the band has just been
>REALLY DEAD, or if I've blown my installation somehow. Maybe I
>have a sick rig. All I know is that I'm in EN50, and I haven`t
>heard anything from the southeast at all... a path I was told
>to be fairly reliable.

I'm also new at 6m and have had two lucky opportunities, both
during contest weekends.  The first was field day and I worked t
transcontinental (NJ to CA) on 6m as well as several midwestern
stations.

Then on the JUNE CQ VHF WPX contest the band opened like crazy again
and I made contacts all over the midwest, Texas, Colorado, Nevada
Florida, etc.  M

My station on on both days was a 3 element beam with a Kenwood
TS-690 (50 watts on 6m SSB).  On the CQ WPX contest my
beam was set up on a pole on my deck and doesn't even clear the
trees.

But, as you've noticed, many other times the band is dead...but
I think that's more because the band is under utilized.  6m
should be great for much short distance QSO, rag chews, etc.
and if more of that went on all the time, I think we'd know of more
frequent band openings.

Good luck,


Standard Disclaimer- Any opinions, etc. are mine and NOT my employer's.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Sohl (K2UNK) BELLCORE (Bell Communications Research, Inc.)
Morristown, NJ             email via UUCP      bcr!cc!whs70
201-829-2879 Weekdays      email via Internet  [e-mail]

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Date: 29 Jul 94 17:16:00 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: AT&T's EO Inc. Disaster - Opportunity for Hams?
To: [e-mail]

Reuters is reporting today that AT&T decided to discontinue funding of EO,
Inc., its competitor in the handheld PDA plus radio market.

Does this mean that these devices will be dropped on the surplus market?  Is
there an opportunity to convert them to amateur digital wireless service?


John...
WB4LNM

[e-mail]



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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 22:00:25 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Call Sign Server
To: [e-mail]

OK:  I was a Unix nut when Ham Radio decided to start ASCII transmissions,but
I'm confused. What is a Call Sign Server and how do I access one.  I will
assume it a Unix Workstation that allows me to Look up Call signs and it's
on the internet, but how do I get to it.


While I got your attention  I need to renew my license (damn ten years is up
already).  What is the best way to get a 610 now a days.  I have been inactive
for awhile, but with my ex-xyl gone I"MMMMMM BACKKK.  I hear talk about a new
no code tech license.  What will happen to my old tech license I got back in
1979 when I renew? I like my call sign and don't want to lose it.

OH yes  anyone know where I can get a microphone for my IC-290-A in the State
of New Jersey.  I'd like one with the Touch Tone Pad.

Pete, N2BLY



--
                                   Peter P. Benac
                                   North Wind Systems, Inc
                                   [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 14:58:38 GMT
From: psinntp!bnlux1.bnl.gov!pdb.pdb.bnl.gov![e-mail]
Subject: Contest mailing list?
To: [e-mail]

Does anyone know if there is a contest mailing list?

Tnx & 73-

--
John Skora   KC2JT   PDB Computing Systems   [e-mail]   516-282-5750
--

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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 94 00:19:52 GMT
From: spcuna!starcomm.overleaf.com!n2ayj![e-mail]
Subject: Converting a CB to a 10M?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
>Does anyone know how or have specs on converting a USB/LSB CB to a 10M
>radio?
Back in the late 70's -early 80's, when there were sunspots
(remember sunspots? :{(), these conversions were quite The Thing.
There were variations in the designs back then, and you could
actually see the parts. ;{) Several of the CB (yes, they had them) and
ham magazines ran conversion articles for quite a few of the "new"
sysntehsized CB rigs. One magazine (CQ? 73?) ran a whole series, by name
and model number. They also included the store-brand versions of
these radios. I had a JC Penney SSB rig that was a Midland in disguise,
and sold it to someone who wanted it to do the mods.

Seek out a library, a club, or a periodical pack rat who might have
magazines circa Back Then. They may lead you in the right direction.

--
Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ - [e-mail]
"This whole dot-dash concept sounds interesting, Mr. Vail. Why don't you let
me look over your notes on the train to the Patent Office?" - S.F.B. Morse?

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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 21:37:38 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Did someone say . . . bolus ?
To: [e-mail]

Stan Olochwoszcz N2AYJ ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <30ml9p$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
: >I remember when we told our Elmer we got our tickets, he told us we must've
: >made a mistake, as there was no such thing as a KA7 call.  He thought that
: >was a DX prefix!
: >
: Ah, memories. I ran into a ham at the Jersey shore "back then" who SWORE mine
: was a Navy call until I showed him my ticket.

: --
: Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ - [e-mail]
: "Please keep your seat belt securely fastened, keep hands and feet inside the
: car at all times, secure loose items, exit to your right, and enjoy your day at
: SixFlagsDisneyKing's GreatMagicDominionIsland BerryFarmGardensParkWorldLand."



Stan:
    I think I ran into that same ham.  Swore I was bootlegging my call and
refused to talk to me. That is until someone he trusted set hin straight

Pete, N2BLY  (Not to bright lazy yankee)  :)
--
                                   Peter P. Benac
                                   North Wind Systems, Inc
                                   [e-mail]

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Date: 29 Jul 94 20:29:00 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Glass antenna
To: [e-mail]

I have used a Larsen on-glass 2meter antenna and they work great. Just
remember to glue them high up (I used a rear side window) and that there is
no in-glass FM radio antenna on the spot. You can buy cellular look-alikes
these days which are shorter and make it easier to get in a garage.
Peter, KC1QF/EI4GV/ON9CGV, Brussels

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Date: 29 Jul 1994 13:26:17 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov![e-mail]
Subject: Hams from GSFC Ham CLub
To: [e-mail]

Hi,

I would like to get in touch with hams from the ham club in
Goddard Space Flight Center, MD.  Please send a mail to the
above address.

Thanks in advance.

Balu
VU2CPW /W3

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Date: 28 Jul 1994 22:41:12 -0400
From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: Help with Jupiter signals
To: [e-mail]

USENET friends -- we're seeking your help...

Radio astromomers, both professional and amateur, have been
monitoring radio emissions from Jupiter during the recent
cometary impacts.  Jupiter is a well-studied high-frequency
radio source, with a variety of signal types usually around 20-MHz.
Many researchers have reported interesting changes in the
noise patterns, perhaps related to the Shoemaker-Levy comet
fragments and their interactions with the magnetic field of
Jupiter and its moon, Io.

Several astronomers have also reported some rather bizarre
signals present on the tapes made during the collision of
Fragments E, P, and K.  After digital signal processing, while
listening to the audio on headphones, one can hear through the
noise bursts the sound of a human voice.   In the hopes that
someone on the net will be able to assist in the identification
of this signal, I'm posting a transcript of the words that can
be made out.  Note that unintelligible segments are marked  --??--.

BEGIN TEXT 125b
------------------------------------------------
As the --?????--

On a cold and grey Chicago morn
a poor little baby child is born.
In the ghetto.

And his momma cries.

'Cause if there's one thing she don't need
it's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto.

--?????--

While the --???--

And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
plays in the street as the cold wind blows.
In the ghetto.

And his --???-- burns.

So he starts to roam the streets at night
and he learns to how to steal and learns how to fight.
In the ghetto.

Then one night in desperation
the young --???-- away.
He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run
but he don't get far.

As his momma cries.

--?????-- 'round an angry young man
face down in the street with a gun in his hand.
In the ghetto.

And as her young man dies

On a cold and grey Chicago morn,
another little baby child is born.
In the ghetto.

And his momma cries.
-------------------------------------------------
END TEXT 125b

Any help with this material would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

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Date: 29 Jul 1994 01:43:12 GMT
From: spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu![e-mail]
Subject: May 1994 Callsign Update
To: [e-mail]

Does anyone have a copy of the May 1994 update to the U.S. callsign
database on CD-ROM? If so, could you pretty-please run the following calls
through it, and let me know about any hits? Pretty-please with sugar on
top? I have already tried the callsign servers.

 Callsign servers return "no references found":

 n1qwg
 kd1vq
 kg4an
 ke4krt
 w4ma
 kr4mi
 ad4qk
 kc5ebw
 kj5rt
 kj5uq
 kt7aaa
 ab7ad
 kc7bnh
 kc7cli
 wl7viv
 aa0qv
 kb0mlz

 Callsign servers return bad address:

 kd4pvm  mail returned from: RT 1 BOX 299, HOPE MILLS, NC  28348
 n4wnl   mail returned from: 713 PATRICIA LN., OXFORD, AL 36203
 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


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Date: 29 Jul 94 20:33:00 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Note to all
To: [e-mail]

In order to reply to your messages, please supply your e-mail address at the
end of each message. The system supplies addresses that are too long. They
also include uneccessary (for humans) routing information.
I am on a Lanmanager network, running MSMail with an SMTP gateway which does
not allow me to use embedded supplied addresses. And I sure aint going to
type in addresses which in most cases are three lineslong!
Merci,
Peter, KC1QF/EI4GV/ON9CGV

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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 18:29:36 GMT
From: cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!mixcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: REQUEST: Help finding WWV receiver!
To: [e-mail]

Almost any SWL (shortwave) receiver will pick up WWV.  There are a lot of
shortwave sets available for under $100. which are pretty poor performers
for SWL listening, but which will work quite well for WWV/WWVH.

Probably the easiest one to locate is sold by DAK.  It's audio performance
is poor and it's weak-signal sensitivity is abysmal, but it gets excellent
reception of WWV.  (Remember that WWV transmits on 4 or 5 frequencies which
each work better at fidderent times of the day.)


--
Mike Vande Bunt  (N9KHZ)  [e-mail]

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Date: 29 Jul 1994 09:33:39 -0400
From: ankh.iia.org!ralph.vnet.net!char.vnet.net![e-mail]
Subject: REQUEST: Help finding WWV receiver!
To: [e-mail]

Hmmmm....

Lots of people seem to be saying to just buy any SW and that will do.

I as well thought that would be the case.

Has anybody tried to do this lately?

I actually went with Aaron to a few stores, including Radio Shack, and
was completely suprised to find out that for some reason new SW sets
have bands that conveniently begin and end with gaps just before and
after 5, 10, 15, and 20MHz. It's as if someone is saying we don't want
you picking up on these frequencies.

I personally am a self stiled pesimist and think it's the big
corporations saying: OOo. look at these special frequencies. Lets
try to bleed the public dry for receivers that will pick them up.

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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 94 21:57:17 -0500
From: news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: WANTED:Progrm to run Yaesu FT757gx
To: [e-mail]

I have a 757gx (the original model, not the Mark II) and I recently bought
 the FIF232c control interface that allows it to be controlled by computer.
Unfortunately, none of the programs I have acquired to run it seem to work!
They all seem to be made with later models in mind, the Mark II or later.
If you know of a program that works with the 757gx (preferbly one thatallows
the user to configure the com port) please leave me a message.
My address is : [e-mail]
Thanks.
matt /ke6czm

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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 94 01:01:16 GMT
From: spcuna!starcomm.overleaf.com!n2ayj![e-mail]
Subject: Whence QST
To: [e-mail]

--
Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ - [e-mail]
"This whole dot-dash concept sounds interesting, Mr. Vail. Why don't you let
me look over your notes on the train to the Patent Office?" - S.F.B. Morse?

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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 94 01:11:12 GMT
From: spcuna!starcomm.overleaf.com!n2ayj![e-mail]
Subject: Whence QST
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
>
>--
>Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ - [e-mail]
>"This whole dot-dash concept sounds interesting, Mr. Vail. Why don't you let
>me look over your notes on the train to the Patent Office?" - S.F.B. Morse?
>

--
Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ - [e-mail]
"This whole dot-dash concept sounds interesting, Mr. Vail. Why don't you let
me look over your notes on the train to the Patent Office?" - S.F.B. Morse?

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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 94 01:14:25 GMT
From: spcuna!starcomm.overleaf.com!n2ayj![e-mail]
Subject: Whence QST
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
>
>--
>Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ - [e-mail]
>"This whole dot-dash concept sounds interesting, Mr. Vail. Why don't you let
>me look over your notes on the train to the Patent Office?" - S.F.B. Morse?
>

--
Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ - [e-mail]
"This whole dot-dash concept sounds interesting, Mr. Vail. Why don't you let
me look over your notes on the train to the Patent Office?" - S.F.B. Morse?

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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 21:40:01 GMT
From: olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <30ml9p$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Did someone say . . . bolus ?

Kenneth Grimm ([e-mail]) wrote:
: >>I remember when we told our Elmer we got our tickets, he told us we must've
: >>made a mistake, as there was no such thing as a KA7 call.  He thought that
: >>was a DX prefix!
: >>
: > Ah, memories. I ran into a ham at the Jersey shore "back then" who SWORE mine
: > was a Navy call until I showed him my ticket.
: > --
: > Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ - [e-mail]
: --
: And old timers would say, not exactly incorrectly, that
: my call was for an eXperimental station.
:                     ^
: Also, wasn't the "A" prefix also a military indicator?

: ___________________________________________________________
:
:        Kenneth D. Grimm                 K4XL
:        [e-mail]
: ___________________________________________________________


Still is  MARS Calls for Army and Airforce all start with A  I was the
Chief Operator of AEM1KP  Karlsruhe W. Germany

Pete, N2BLY

--
                                   Peter P. Benac
                                   North Wind Systems, Inc
                                   [e-mail]

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Date: 29 JUL 94 09:48:30
From: pa.dec.com!mrnews.mro.dec.com!est.enet.dec.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <316e8d$[e-mail]>, <3175pe$[e-mail]>om
Subject : Re: Comet Miracle Baby CH-32


In article <3175pe$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (prvalko) writes...
>As I understand it, Comet calls it a Miracle Baby because if you can hit
>a repeater with it, it's a miracle, baby.
>
>Try a 50 ohm resistor with shrink tube around it.

Er, um, actually we nuked (that is, x-rayed) one of these here in the lab.
It's a little helix, about 1" long, about 20 turns, with a small ceramic or
mica capacitor tapped in about halfway up the coil. That's it. Whether they
radiate or not is another question...
-Tom R.   N1OOQ   [e-mail]

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