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Info-Hams Digest            Wed,  3 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  869

Today's Topics:
                              15mW QSO's
          Atlanta area 2 m 73 cm Repeater Frequencies Needed
                           Call Sign Server
                      Car warrantee and 2m radio
             Did CB's used to require licenses? (2 msgs)
                INFO WANTED:  Alinco DJ-580T (2 msgs)
                      INFO WANTED:  Yaesu FT-530
                    NOS like program for the Mac?
                            Ramsey SlyFox
                             RDF mapping
                 REQUEST: Help finding WWV receiver!
                  SWL QSLs and the bureaus (2 msgs)
                          Technician No Code

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Date: 2 Aug 94 14:08:38 EDT
From: psinntp!main03![e-mail]
Subject: 15mW QSO's
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (David Cook) writes:
>
> I was just reading the write up for the ICOM IC-T21A and IC-T41A HT's in the
> August QST ICOM advertisement. I quote from the ad:
>
> "Auto Low Power Function - Automatically
>  selects 15mW just before battery exaustion
>  so you can complete your QSO."
>
> 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.
>
Granted, this was SSB, on HF, but...
I answered a CQ/QRP call on 10M about 10AM EDT on a quiet weekday morning
about 3 weeks ago. I worked a Missouri station, from Eastern PA easily with 5
watts. He reduced power to 100mw, and he was still FB copy, although no meter.
He then tried 20mw. He dropped, but was still very readable. In case
you think we both had super stations, I run a low G5RV dipole and he was using a
slinky dipole. My rig was Yaesu FT747GX. I've got his QSL at home,
congratulating me on my good hearing, at 8000 mi/watt!

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: 2 Aug 1994 17:23:07 -0400
From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: Atlanta area 2 m 73 cm Repeater Frequencies Needed
To: [e-mail]

Can anyone tell me what the most active 2m and 73 cm repeater frequencies
are in the Atlanta area?  I will be there Thursday and plan on taking my
ICOM dual band with me. Please e-mail me direct if you know of the active
frequencies.

Thanks in advance,

Warren Whitby
[e-mail]
73s de KE4ITL

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Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 16:28:21 GMT
From: news!wrs.com![e-mail]
Subject: Call Sign Server
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Peter P. Benac) writes:


>already).  What is the best way to get a 610 now a days.  I have been inactive

If you call you regional office of the FCC (check the gov section of
the white pages - or better yet call your local Howard Stern outlet
and ask for the FCC phone number) and ask, they will mail you one.

--
Jerald R. Pendleton Email: [e-mail], Personal Email:  [e-mail]
The preceeding message represents only the opinon of the author.  This
do not represent the opinions/positions of Wind River Systems, my mother,
my wife or my poodle.

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Date: 2 Aug 1994 19:25:19 GMT
From: world!news.bu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Car warrantee and 2m radio
To: [e-mail]

I am in the process of looking for a new car and someone brought up the
possibility that installing a 2m rig might void a new car warrantee.  His
thought was that the radio might do damage to the cars computer and that
having the radio might invalidate a provision of the warrantee.

I recently acquired an Icom IC-28h that puts out 45 watts at high power.
I notice interference in my car radio when transmitting at high power, so
there is some leakage going on.  Do I have anything to worry about?

I guess there are two questions here: "Is there a chance of causing damage?"
and "Am I in trouble just by putting it in the car?"

BTW I'm looking at the 94 Accord, Mazda 626, Mitsubishi Gallant, Taurus,
Subaru Legacy, and Camry.

I have a hard time believing that it'll be a problem, but this is the place
to ask.  Please respond directly via e-mail.  Thanks.

                    >David<
--
David R. Gagnon, MD MPH                         [e-mail]
Boston University School of Public Health       [phone] [voice]
Boston, Massachusetts                           [phone] [fax]
                         "ecrasez l'infamie"

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Date: 2 Aug 1994 11:14:16 GMT
From: olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!cs.umd.edu!news.coop.net!news.den.mmc.com!iplmail.orl.mmc.com!mccartney![e-mail]
Subject: Did CB's used to require licenses?
To: [e-mail]

I had one back in 1968 - KTI-0078.  In Cocoa Fl where I lived we used call
signs all the time. I had a Johnson messenger 1 with 5 xtals. It was a tube
type radio and would dim the headlights on my car when you talked.

If I remember right the fee was $25.00 and you could have up to 6 units on
one license.

0  0 000  0 0  000   00  0  0 | James A. Carter   | [e-mail]
0 0  0  0 0 0  0  0 0  0 00 0 | FCC Lic. KD4PON   | These views are my own and
00   0  0 0000 000  0  0 0 00 | 1-[phone]   | are in no way connected
0 0  0  0   0  0    0  0 0 00 | Martin Mariettia  | to MARTIN MARIETTIA.
0  0 000    0  0     00  0  0 | Orlando, FL 32855 |             Thanks Jim

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Date: 2 Aug 1994 11:54:57 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil![e-mail]
Subject: Did CB's used to require licenses?
To: [e-mail]

   Our family had one of the last CB call signs back in the late 1970's.
So many call signs had been issued that FCC had to start issuing call
signs with four letters.  We were issued KAAN9730.  About a year after
receiving the call, licensing was abolished.

   BTW, the licensing fee was $18.  (I think.)

-Dave
--
David Drumheller, KA3QBQ          phone: [phone]
Acoustics Division, Code 7140       fax: [phone]
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC 20375-5350   e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1994 00:26:07 GMT
From: olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!kira.cc.uakron.edu!malgudi.oar.net!witch!doghouse![e-mail]
Subject: INFO WANTED:  Alinco DJ-580T
To: [e-mail]


In article <[e-mail]>, Mike Wallendahl ([e-mail]) writes:
>Anyone out there currently using the Alinco DJ-580T?  I'm thinking of
>making a purchase in the next few days, so prompt replies will be
>appreciated.
>

Congrats on passing the tests!  I've had a DJ-580T for two years now,
and it's a great little HT.  I use mine in the car as well as
pedestrian mobile, and it works really well on both bands.  You'll
want to replace the rubber duck antenna that comes with it, though,
because it's not much above useless.  I use a Diamond R77-B dual-band
extended rubber duck and it works pretty good.

73...joe



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Joe Salemi, KR4CZ               Internet: [e-mail]
Compuserve: 72631,23   FidoNet: 1:109/136   MCI Mail: 433-3961

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Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 20:43:56 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: INFO WANTED: Alinco DJ-580T
To: [e-mail]

kevin jessup ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mike Wallendahl) writes:

: >Help!

: >I am new to the world of ham radio, and want to get started.  I am
: >thinking of purchasing a handheld unit, and have just about fallen in
: >love with the Alinco DJ-580T.  It is a dual band 2M/440MHz unit.

: After living with the 580T for a year and a half, I must say that I
: really love the ergonomics (mechanical and software) of the unit.

I hated mine and sold it within 6 months.

Intermod was horriable, scanning was real slow, too small for
big fingers, gets hot fast. Should I go on?

Dave


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*  Dave Parker   = KD6RRS =                 *
*  Tracy, California, USA                   *
*  Internet e-mail: [e-mail]      *
*  Packet: KD6RRS@WA6YHJ.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA   *
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Date: 2 Aug 1994 19:06:14 GMT
From: news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net![e-mail]
Subject: INFO WANTED:  Yaesu FT-530
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Wallendahl) says:

>I got lots of replies to my last query about the Alinco, and now I'm
>leaning towards maybe a Yaesu.  Anyone have any horrible experiences with
>this radio?
>
>I found it for $435.  That a good price?

Mike,

I have been using a FT-530 for about a year now and think it is the best dual band HT available  right now.  It has extended RX/TX mods available that are easy to do.

Service is good--I dropped mine off of the roof while putting up a new HF antenna, it hit on the blacktop and broke the BNC antenna connection.  Yaesu fixed it under warrenty even though I told them I dropped it.  It was back in my hands in 10 days.

You can beat the price at AES.

73 de Sam, KE4FSM

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Date: 2 Aug 1994 13:10:49 -0400
From: noc.near.net!chaos.dac.neu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: NOS like program for the Mac?
To: [e-mail]

In article <kleite-280794175009@155.95.178.237>,
Keith J. Leite <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In article <[e-mail]>,
>[e-mail] (Tony Pelliccio) wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to hook up 3 Macs to a SL/IP dedicated connection. I know that
>> on DOS boxes you can use KA9Q's NOS but I'm curious if there's anything for
>> a Mac?
>>
>
>        The sites that come to mind are ftp.ucsd.edu /hamradio/packet/tcpip/net I
>believe. And you can also try sumex. I have been running the software for
>about 2 years now and it works great with my SE/30. I know it support all
>kinds of Mac's ....
>
>        Good Luck de Keith
>
>
>*********************************************
>         Keith J Leite AA1JF
>   AX25 - AA1JF @ WA1PHY.#EMA.MA.USA.NA
>     AMPR - [e-mail]
>  Internet - [e-mail]
>
>**********************************************




You can also check out the Boston Amateur Radio Club archives:

oak.oakland.edu:/pub/hamradio/mac




Hope this helps.




73,
Scott


--
Scott Ehrlich, Amateur Radio Callsign: wy1z   [e-mail] [AX.25 Packet]
How to reach me: [e-mail] [Internet], [e-mail] [TCP/IP Packet]
Boston ARC ftp archives: ftp oak.oakland.edu /pub/hamradio
Boston ARC Web page: http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc.html

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Date: Tue,  2 Aug 94 11:18:09 PDT
From: portal.com!portal!cup.portal.com![e-mail]
Subject: Ramsey SlyFox
To: [e-mail]

Responding to:
7/31/94 23:30 31/1364 [e-mail]:

>You admit in the article that you were _not_ at resonance at that
>time.

No such admission.  The final capacitor was peaked properly with all coils
adjusted exactly as described in the manual.  L4, the coil that actually
caused the problem, was in the low-pass filter, not the final tank.

>When tuning a tank circuit, if the variable cap is at either min
>or max, dollars to donuts you are not at resonance.

As a builder of many VHF transmitter kits, plus a few rigs from scratch,
I'm well aware of that, tho sometimes it's hard to tell on those tiny
little trimmers where the max/min points are <g>.

>My apology, I may have been hasty in the assumption that the SlyFox
>manual was just like the FX manual. I haven't seen a SlyFox manual.

So you have built a Ramsey two meter rig?  Tell me about the manual's
instructions for final tuneup.  I'm curious how it differs from the SlyFox.
Did you check it with a spectrum analyzer?

>The original problem was that based on a prepublication leak of your
>article,

I didn't see that post.  Can you tell me who posted it?  I wonder if the
writer was able to read the whole article in advance or just heard some-
thing by word of mouth.

>someone said the SlyFox didn't meet FCC specs, and it does
>when tuned properly.

True, and the big problem is that the manual does not give sufficient info
to assure that it will be tuned properly.  I stand by that.

>I think your review was subjective rather than objective

Please explain that remark.  I made no judgement or conclusions, just stated
my experiences factually.  The only comment that seems subjectively critical
to me was my disagreement with Ramsey's suggestion to poorly equipped hams
that a light bulb is sufficient as a tuning indicator.  But I value your
opinion.

>but I admit to being old-fasioned... real hams don't cry.

I'm not crying for me.  My concern is for the ham without access to a watt-
meter and spectrum analyzer who builds this kit, follows the instructions
to the letter, and ends up with a dirty signal.  The bottom line is that
if you don't properly tune the low pass filter on this rig (and there are
no instructions for doing so), there is a good chance this will happen.
What's more, the builder may never realize it.

73 de Joe K0OV

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Date: 2 Aug 1994 09:10:04 GMT
From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!malgudi.oar.net!infinet![e-mail]
Subject: RDF mapping
To: [e-mail]

Gary Coffman ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <[e-mail]>
: >[e-mail] (Kirsten Down) writes:: >
: >Our school is interested in creating some detailed maps of the forest in
: >our area.  The maps will be used for orienteering (kind of like cross
: >country running through the woods, using a map and a compass to locate
: >checkpoints)  They need to show fairly small details, and I wonder what
: >kind of results we could get with simple RDF equipment.

I can't believe you would actually consider building electronic equipment
or use GPS, Loran, or other high-tech means to get a bunch of high-school
students to draw a rough map of a woods you can easily walk through.  Do
you really need accuracy to the nearest inch?  Gary suggested a
theodolite and chains, instead.  I suggest something much simpler.  Get
some pieces of rope, tie a knot every ten feet, pair off
with each pair carrying a hand compass, and measure the bearing and
distance to representative checkpoints.  Run a circuit, and keep a
hand plot on paper.

When you are through, you will have rough plots throughout the forest
and you can replot them all on a large grid of graph paper.  You will
see a scatter of points for each checkpoint because of the errors in
each circuit, but I am sure you will be amazed at how small the scatter
is.

I wonder if the next step in Boy Scouting will require that they carry
microwave ovens with them on hikes! :-)

73, Van - W8UOF

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*  It ain't wot ya don't know 't gets ya into trouble.  *
*  It's wot ya knot 't ain't true. - "Mr. Dooley"       *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 21:19:43 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!corpgate!nrtphaa9.nt.com!brtph560![e-mail]
Subject: REQUEST: Help finding WWV receiver!
To: [e-mail]

In article <316ff7$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael Covington) writes:
>
>Saurian ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: OK, I'm at my wits end. I have tried to locate a WWV receiver
>: that is not $350.00 . I have scanned the ads in SKY&TEL, Astronomy
>: and the Ham radio mags for anything concerning a WWV receiver or
>: kit. I know Radio Shack used to sell them but THEY DO NOT SELL them
>: anymore. There was a review in SKY&TEL (Apr or May 1993)of a receiver
>: but I was unable to contact the company.
>
>
>All shortwave radios get WWV.  What's the problem?

I'd imagine he wants to do more with the WWV data than just listen to it.
This is where things get a bit more difficult.


--
+------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Bob Hruska  KE4KVQ DoD #1982 | email: [e-mail]                        |
| BNR Inc.  RTP North Carolina |USmail: 35 Davis Drive    RTP, NC 27709      |
+------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+

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Date: 02 Aug 1994 16:16:38 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!casaba.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu![e-mail]
Subject: SWL QSLs and the bureaus
To: [e-mail]

In article <31ljnq$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael Christie) writes:

   Hi, Roxanne [KD1DN]--

   The answer to both questions is "yes" regarding the
   SWL cards.

   They come in and go out just like the amateur QSL
   cards thru the DX bureaus. Similar to the amateur,
   too, this applies solely to DX [vs. local stateside]
   SWLs. 73,

Thanks also to KC1YR and AD1C for answering the musical questions I
posted:

  (a) Will the the ARRL Outgoing Bureau handle them? and
  (b) Will the intended recipient's country's incoming burea handle
      them?

BTW I am not Roxanne, she is, after a fashion, the originator of the
quote in my .sig, which I shall reproduce below.

    /JBL   KD1ON
=
Nets: [e-mail]  |  "Earn more sessions by sleeving."
pots: [phone]  |
ARS:  KD1ON          |                               -- Roxanne Kowalski

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Date: 2 Aug 1994 10:03:38 -0400
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!news.cs.utah.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!caen!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!mailer.acns.fsu.edu!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: SWL QSLs and the bureaus
To: [e-mail]

Hi, Roxanne [KD1DN]--

The answer to both questions is "yes" regarding the
SWL cards.

They come in and go out just like the amateur QSL
cards thru the DX bureaus. Similar to the amateur,
too, this applies solely to DX [vs. local stateside]
SWLs. 73,

Michael Christie, K7RLS/4
Crawfordville, Florida

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Date: 2 Aug 1994 15:53:43 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!isuvax.iastate.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Technician No Code
To: [e-mail]

It all depends on what you want to do.  If you want to work CW you definitely
need it.  (That's a given...)  If you want to work any HF, you'll need to
learn it.  If you want to become a VE, you'll need it.  For DX in the HF bands,
you'll need it.

However, if you just want to work on VHF and UHF, and you don't want to do
anything the Technician license does not allow, then there is no reason to
learn the code--unless you want to.

Personally, I think you should at least try to learn the code.  You might
surprise yourself and enjoy it.  (Then, again, maybe not.)  I found after
learning it, and getting faster, that I really enjoy it.  This is not true for
everyone, but it is for me.

As for who to contact about a testing time, you can try the ARRL.  They should
know when the ARRL VE teams in your area will be giving exams.

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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 18:27:50 GMT
From: uunet.ca!uunet.ca!geac!torsqnt!problem!vigard![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>sqnt
Subject : Re: What to do with old OST's

[e-mail] (Sandy Lynch) writes:
>                          I would contend that the "casual" ham visitor
>to your local library is not going to have the kind of access to such
>magazines that a campus/library employee might have .... hmmmmmmmm?

Any library worthy of the name will allow the general public to
view the collection.  This is the situation at the University of Toronto,
Ryerson Polytechnic and other university libraries I have used in Toronto.
[In particular, the Ryerson library has excellent collections of QST,
73 and other related magazines going back to the stone age :).  Wanna see em?
Just walk on in.]
--
Matthew Francey                     [e-mail]            [e-mail]
"live before you die"               GPS(NAD27): N43o34.210' W079o34.563' +0093m

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Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 05:45:00 GMT
From: lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!mixcom.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <319onr$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <31h20n$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: REQUEST: Help finding WWV receiver!

In <31h20n$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael J. Ferrador N2KRA) writes:

>   Heathkit (Ahh, the memories come back...) used to have "The Most
>Accurate Clock" which would auto-lock to the strongest out of 5, 10
>and 15Mhz and had an optional RS-232 output.

>   I also remember seeing an ISA PC board setup, but much more
>expensive ($500). I don't remember who made it.

>   Anyone seen products in this catagory?

Edmund Scientific has a clock that sets itself from WWV signals.  I don't
recall if it has RS-232 output.

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

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