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Date: Tue,  9 Aug 94 15:43:17 PDT
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Info-Hams Digest            Tue,  9 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  891

Today's Topics:
                     ARLP032 Propagation de KT7H
                      Car warrantee and 2m radio
                          Charging gel cells
                Crossband repeating rigs & auto IDers
       Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 26 July
                      HT at Washington DC Sites?
                Interference to X-10 home automation?
                          MFJ 20-m SSB rig?
                            Need ARRL Info
                  Which code learning method?  Why?
                       Yaesu ft530 vco tune up
                  Youthnet NEWS Announcement 8/8/94

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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 07:04:22 MDT
From: agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!cronkite.nersc.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: ARLP032 Propagation de KT7H
To: [e-mail]

SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP032
ARLP032 Propagation de KT7H

ZCZC AP46
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 32  ARLP032
>From Tad Cook, KT7H
Seattle, WA  August 6, 1994
To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP032
ARLP032 Propagation de KT7H
This is a correction to ARLP031.  Some copies of the original
went out without the last paragraph.

Solar activity is quite low.  Over every day last week the flux
values were lower than the average for the previous ninety days, and
both the flux and sunspot numbers were slightly lower than the
preceding week.  This does not look good for HF propagation in
general, and the higher bands in particular.  At least geomagnetic
indices have been quiet and in the single digits.  The only
unsettled day last week was July 28, when the A index went to 17 and
the K index briefly to four.

Activity should pick up a bit this week, with the flux expected to
stay around 80 until the middle of the month.  There may be some
slightly active periods around August 12 and 19.  Flux values should
drop back to around 75 by August 20, and remain there through the
beginning of September.

Sunspot Numbers from July 28 through August 3 were 25, 11, 25, 14,
33, 24 and 19, with a mean of 21.6.  10.7 cm flux was 74.8, 75.7,
75.3, 75, 74, 75 and 76, with a mean of 75.1.

The path projection for this week is from Phoenix, Arizona to the
Marshall Islands.

80 meters looks good from 0630z to 1330z, and 40 meters from 0530z
to 1400z.  Check 30 meters from 0430z to 1500z, and 20 meters around
1830z to 1930z and again from 0200z to 0900z, peaking around 0600z
to 0830z.  Another 20 meter opening is probable around 1330z to
1445z.  17 meters looks good from 1830z to 0600z, and 15 meters
looks good on most days from 2200z to 0230z.  10 and 12 meters do
not look promising over this path at this time.
NNNN
/EX

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Date: 8 Aug 1994 17:49:42 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!csulb.edu!paris.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Car warrantee and 2m radio
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Andy Domonkos) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, Val Breault wrote:
>>
>> What did the dealer tell you that was different?  Of course you should
>> realize that the dealers are independent businessmen that may not choose
>> to keep informed about all the various details of the business.  If
>> a decent sale was contingent upon getting that information I'm sure
>> ANY dealer would find it.  THEN they'd know about it for the next
>> customer that asks.
>
>The dealer looked at my trade-in w/all the antennas (HF, VHF) and told
>me I wan't planning to to the same on the new car. I said I sure was!
>He informed me that the warranty would be voided. He went as far as wanting
>to put in writing on the sales contract if I installed the gear it would
>void all electrical system warranties! He couldn't show me the GM policy
>on demand! I told him the hell w/your car and my wife and I left!
>What an attitude! I'll blame it on the butt-head business mentality
>in this country these days...

When I bought my Ford Ranger two years ago, we were on the verge of signing
the contract when I inquired about installing a mobile rig and how it would
affect the warranty. The salesman turned white as a ghost and wanted know if
it would affect the deal. I told him it most certainly would. Upon checking,
I found a warning in the owners guide about operating more than 5 watts
inside of the cab no mention of warranty voidance. I went ahead and bought
the truck. The only thing I notice is that it slows down slightly when I'm
running with cruise control and I transmit on 440 at high power (35 watts).

73 de KC6HUR Randy

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Date: 8 Aug 1994 19:53:32 GMT
From: mozo.cc.purdue.edu!rain![e-mail]
Subject: Charging gel cells
To: [e-mail]

I am looking for some info on charging gel cells.  At what point
should you recharge the cell (drop to what voltage), and how do you
tell when the cell is fully charged?  I put my cell on the charger
when it dropped to 11.6V, and monitored the voltage while charging.
The cell came back up to 13V fairly quickly, and after 2-3 hours the
charge current was down to about 70 mA.  Since I was going to bed, I
disconnected the charger rather than leaving it on all night.  Is
there a voltage or current threshold for determining when the battery
is fully charged?  The cell has a 7Ah rating.

--
Mark D. Conner  - N9XTN                 Opinions expressed here are
Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences    not necessarily those of the
Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette IN 47907    Government, DoD, Purdue, or
[e-mail]        the author.

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Date: 9 Aug 1994 15:23:55 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!duke.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Crossband repeating rigs & auto IDers
To: [e-mail]

This weekend during a search & rescue exercise we were using 2m simplex for
base-to-team communications, and had some problems with teams behind hills and
in low spots.  Next time we'd like to set up a mobile crossband repeater at
a high spot, but there's been lots of talk lately about the legality of
using crossband repeating rigs that don't ID themselves.  Someone mentioned
that some of the new dual-band rigs had auto ID features on them, but I haven't
noticed any mention of this in any advertising I've seen.  Which, if any,
rigs now have this feature?  And what's the price range on these rigs?

  -joe

KD4LLV
--
"When personal freedom's being abused, | "In Canada we have something called
     you have to move to limit it."    |  multiculturalism - you will find the
                                       |  whole spectrum of races living in
   - U.S. President Bill Clinton, 1994 |  Toronto's slums."       -A Canadian

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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 13:58:38 MDT
From: agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!cronkite.nersc.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech![e-mail]
Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 26 July
To: [e-mail]

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                 DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY

                                  26 JULY, 1994

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                  (Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)


SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDICES FOR 26 JULY, 1994
--------------------------------------------------------

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 207, 07/26/94
10.7 FLUX=074.0  90-AVG=079        SSN=022      BKI=2212 1112  BAI=005
BGND-XRAY=A1.9     FLU1=5.4E+05  FLU10=1.4E+04  PKI=1212 1223  PAI=006
  BOU-DEV=012,010,007,010,006,006,006,010   DEV-AVG=008 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= A5.8   @ 1728UT    XRAY-MIN= A1.2   @ 2141UT   XRAY-AVG= A2.7
NEUTN-MAX= +003%  @ 0010UT   NEUTN-MIN= -002%  @ 2135UT  NEUTN-AVG= +0.3%
  PCA-MAX= +0.2DB @ 1510UT     PCA-MIN= -0.1DB @ 1550UT    PCA-AVG= +0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55252NT @ 2356UT   BOUTF-MIN=55214NT @ 1856UT  BOUTF-AVG=55237NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT  G7-AVG=+075,+000,+000
GOES6-MAX=P:+130NT@ 1949UT   GOES6-MIN=N:-032NT@ 0021UT  G6-AVG=+104,+028,-009
 FLUXFCST=STD:075,075,078;SESC:075,075,078 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,010,010/010,010,010
    KFCST=2233 1222 2233 1222  27DAY-AP=021,017   27DAY-KP=4543 3344 3444 3333
 WARNINGS=
   ALERTS=
!!END-DATA!!

NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 25 JUL 94 was  28.0.
      The Full Kp Indices for 25 JUL 94 are: 3o 2+ 2o 2o   3- 2o 2- 3-
      The 3-Hr Ap Indices for 25 JUL 94 are:  15  10   9   9  13   8   7  13
      Greater than 2 MeV Electron Fluence for 26 JUL is: 1.0E+07


SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY
--------------------

            Solar activity was very low.

            Solar activity forecast:  solar activity is expected to be
       very low.

            The geomagnetic field has been at mostly quiet levels for
       the past 24 hours.

            Geophysical activity forecast:  the geomagnetic field is
       expected to be quiet to unsettled.

            Event probabilities 27 jul-29 jul

                             Class M    01/01/01
                             Class X    01/01/01
                             Proton     01/01/01
                             PCAF       Green

            Geomagnetic activity probabilities 27 jul-29 jul

                        A.  Middle Latitudes
                        Active                15/15/15
                        Minor Storm           10/10/10
                        Major-Severe Storm    05/05/05

                        B.  High Latitudes
                        Active                20/20/20
                        Minor Storm           10/10/10
                        Major-Severe Storm    05/05/05

            Normal HF propagation conditions existed over all regions
       today.  No changes are forecast for the next 72 hours.  Normal
       to possibly slightly above-normal propagation will continue.


COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
========================================================

REGIONS WITH SUNSPOTS. LOCATIONS VALID AT 26/2400Z JULY
-------------------------------------------------------
NMBR LOCATION  LO  AREA  Z   LL   NN MAG TYPE
7757  N12W59  333  0130 HSX  02  001 ALPHA
7758  S14W41  315  0000 AXX  01  001 ALPHA
7756  S12W84  358                    PLAGE
REGIONS DUE TO RETURN 27 JULY TO 29 JULY
NMBR LAT    LO
7749 S09   161
7750 S16   167
7746 N11   157


LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 26 JULY, 1994
---------------------------------------------------
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
NONE


POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 26 JULY, 1994
-------------------------------------------------------
 BEGIN        MAX      END     LOCATION   TYPE   SIZE  DUR  II IV
     NO EVENTS OBSERVED


INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 26/2400Z
---------------------------------------------------
               ISOLATED HOLES AND POLAR EXTENSIONS
      EAST   SOUTH  WEST   NORTH  CAR  TYPE  POL  AREA   OBSN
                 NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS


SUMMARY OF FLARE EVENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------

 Date   Begin  Max   End  Xray  Op Region  Locn    2695 MHz  8800 MHz  15.4 GHz
------  ----  ----  ----  ----  -- ------ ------  --------- --------- ---------
NO EVENTS OBSERVED.


REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
------------------------------------------------

                C   M   X     S   1   2   3   4   Total   (%)
               --  --  --    --  --  --  --  --    ---  ------
Uncorrellated: 0   0   0     0   0   0   0   0    000  ( 0.0)

 Total Events: 000 optical and x-ray.


EVENTS WITH SWEEPS AND/OR OPTICAL PHENOMENA FOR THE LAST UTC DAY
----------------------------------------------------------------

 Date   Begin  Max   End  Xray  Op Region  Locn    Sweeps/Optical Observations
------  ----  ----  ----  ----  -- ------ ------   ---------------------------
                            NO EVENTS OBSERVED.

NOTES:
     All times are in Universal Time (UT).  Characters preceding begin, max,
     and end times are defined as:  B = Before,  U = Uncertain,  A = After.
     All times associated with x-ray flares (ex. flares which produce
     associated x-ray bursts) refer to the begin, max, and end times of the
     x-rays.  Flares which are not associated with x-ray signatures use the
     optical observations to determine the begin, max, and end times.

     Acronyms used to identify sweeps and optical phenomena include:

          II        = Type II Sweep Frequency Event
          III       = Type III Sweep
          IV        = Type IV Sweep
          V         = Type V Sweep
          Continuum = Continuum Radio Event
          Loop      = Loop Prominence System,
          Spray     = Limb Spray,
          Surge     = Bright Limb Surge,
          EPL       = Eruptive Prominence on the Limb.


**  End of Daily Report  **

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Date: 7 Aug 1994 04:33:34 GMT
From: news.bu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: HT at Washington DC Sites?
To: [e-mail]

I will be going to Washington, D.C. and will be touring the usual sites.
We have tickets to the State Dept., the Kennedy Center, the Mint and the
Capitol.  My concern is that these sites will frown on someone walking in
with a 2 meter HT on his hip.  The state department wants a photo ID and
for all I know, they may want to seach us.  Am I better off not trying to
go into these places with the HT?

BTW, can someone recommend some 2 meter repeaters in the D.C. area?

Thanks.
                        >David, N1QGK<
--
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: Sat, 6 Aug 1994 14:33:05 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv![e-mail]
Subject: Interference to X-10 home automation?
To: [e-mail]

In article <31tmrh$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (E. Winnie) writes:
>   I've been using the x-10 system for a bit more then 10 years now. I
>have noticed no problems on any band I work (80m - 432 Mhz). Since this
>includes weak signal work on the vhf/uhf I have to conclude that there is
>no problems at these frequencys

Perhaps they generate no problems for reception, but they are certainly
sensitive to RF. A friend has X-10 lights that can be turned on and off
by a nearby amateur transmitter.

Gary

--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV          |    You make it,     | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     |

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Date: 8 Aug 94 11:59:58 GMT
From: news.acns.nwu.edu!anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!psuvax1!news.pop.psu.edu!news.cac.psu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!duke!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: MFJ 20-m SSB rig?
To: [e-mail]

I'm tempted by the 20-meter QRP SSB rig that MFJ has
been advertising for a few months.  But I'd like to
know more about it before I get *too* interested,
including talking to someone who owns one.

Does anybody on this area own/use one?

Replies here would be best, but could also be sent
to [e-mail]

    Tnx & 73!
        Ken, AC4RD, in Raleigh, NC



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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 20:29:32 +0000
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!pipex!demon!arkas.demon.co.uk![e-mail]
Subject: Need ARRL Info
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>
           [e-mail] "Daniel Meredith" writes:

>
> I am looking for an e-mail address to the ARRL for information
> inquiries..

ARRL Email Information Server:  [e-mail].
[This is an automated service using a fixed file format, and apparently won't
respond to written requests.]

Written requests to:  [e-mail]

--
Michael J Dower
                                    'Quoth the raven, "Never more".'  ... Poe

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Date: 9 Aug 1994 15:00:16 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Which code learning method?  Why?
To: [e-mail]

I took my Technician written tests Saturday (passed--yay!), but seeing all
those guys with their tricky gear made me say to myself, "Dave, if you want to
play with the big boys, you'll have to *act* like a big boy!"  And so I've
decided to go ahead and learn code.  I have the diskette I got from ARRL with
Morse Tutor on it, so I broke it out this weekend and fired it up.  I selected
the Farnsworth option, initially with character speed set to 13 and word speed
set to 6.  My reasoning was, that I'd start with an initial speed significantly
greater than that required for the 5 wpm test, and just see how it went--I
could always drop back to a slower speed if I was getting bogged down.

I'd worked through about three of the lessons, and I didn't
think I was having much difficulty, so I decided to see how much easier a
slower speed might be.  When I changed speed to 6/6,
everything sounded like gibberish, and I couldn't keep up at all.  What's going on here?
When I changed back to 6/13, all was well once again.  My theory is that the
faster character speed is giving me more dead air time between characters to
figure out the character, and that dead time is absent when the word and
character speeds are equal--what do you all think?

Anyway, here are my questions:  should I continue with Farnsworth method?
If so, what are the recommended speeds for initial learning?  Is there any
difference between 5 wpm "standard" and Farnsworth set to 5/5?  And
finally, if there *is* a difference, when I take the 5 wpm test, will that be
the same sound as the "standard" or Farnsworth 5 wpm offered by the Morse Tutor
program?

Oh, and one last thing:  are there better PC Morse learning programs than
Morse Tutor?  If so, can you give me titles and possible sources? Thanks for
your help and advice. I really want ot learn code, but like everyone else, I
want to make the process as painless as possible.


David F. Jenkins                         [e-mail]
Decision and Information Sciences
Room 280-A MH
University of Houston
713/743-4725

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Date: Fri, 5 Aug 94 10:27:13 GMT
From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!newsdist.tc.umn.edu!uum1!kksys.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Yaesu ft530 vco tune up
To: [e-mail]

In article <31qstf$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jerry B Altzman) writes:
|>
|> You mean, it doesn't cover the entire 438-450 MHz band as advertised? Or you
|> want it to transmit out-of-band, illegally (CAP doesn't work on UHF yet,
|> don't know about MARS)?
|>

Ryan said nothing about wanting to transmit out of band.  The US 70cm
band allocation runs from 420-450 MHz, not 438-450.
--
73  Chris Cox  W0/G4JEC                               NIC Handle: CC345
[e-mail]           [e-mail]
      Twin Cities Metro Area Network node (biggus.g4jec.ampr.org)
         Eleventh Hour Contest Group ; Minneapolis, MN  EN34jv
**** And lest they forget: ****
  Packet radio fiends really enjoy playing with their bits & PC's...

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Date: 8 Aug 1994 17:58:01 -0400
From: agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!cronkite.nersc.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!swiss.ans.net!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Youthnet NEWS Announcement 8/8/94
To: [e-mail]

Youthnet NEWS Announcement
Alexis Leynes N9KYJ
E-mail: [e-mail]
        [e-mail]
BBS: [e-mail]

IMPORTANT SURVEY FOR THE YOUNG HAM!
    This is a very important survey, if you would want to send an
opinion to me about Youthnet NEWS or anything else, please do so
via my Packet address or my Internet E-mail addresses. Please
include in your reply; your age, and a way to contact you for more
information. There is no age limit for this survey, and all messages
will be returned with a reply. Here are the questions:

1. What made you interested in Ham Radio?
2. Why do young people want to be hams?
3. Are you more interested in building radio equipment or using
them?
4. Are their ham clubs for young hams?
5. What would young hams want to see more in ham radio?
6. Do you think, as a young ham, that you are well represented in
ham clubs, the FCC, ARRL, ect..?
7. What do you talk about with the adults on the air?
8. Is the testing requirements easier or harder for you? What do
you want to see in these tests?
9. How do you think ham radio is helping you in everyday life?
10. If you have parents who are not in the hobby, are they
supportive?
11. What aspect of ham radio are you interested in (voice, FM, AM,
SSB, HF, VHF, UHF, ATV, Packet, Fax, DX, Contest, Special Events,
biking/hiking ect...)?

     If you happen to know of a young ham in your area and reading
this message yourself, please copy down the questions and ask him
or her to answer it. Thank you very much for all of your support.

Final Note: Edition 007 delay
     Due to technical difficulties, Youthnet NEWS edition 007 will
not be sent this week. If you have any interesting stories about
Fox hunting (for example: first time hunting, or an interesting
hunt), send me your stories to my E-mail addresses or Packet
address
and I'll include it in edition 007 all due on Sunday, August 7,
1994.
     By the way, I hope to see you at the International Packet
Youth Forum (send me a message for more details) Mondays at 0100
UTC on AMPRNet channel 14. The International Packet Youth Forum
(IPYF) is a place where young hams meet and just talk (or type)
from all over the world (this is an equal opportunity net).

73's DE Alex N9KYJ
E-mail: [e-mail]
        [e-mail]
Packet: [e-mail]
73's DE Alex N9KYJ
All Rights are Reserved 1994.

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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 16:56:54 GMT
From: newsfeed.pitt.edu!gvls1![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <3287n8$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Car warrantee and 2m radio

In article <3287n8$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>,
>   [e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:
>
>|> Toyota puts it in writing at the time of
>|> the sale that the vehicle warrantee is void if you put two way radio
>|> equipment in it. You agreed to that when the sales contract was signed,
>|> whether you read the fine print in the warrantee book or not. Ignorance
>|> is no excuse under the law. Toyota ECC systems are *not* RFI proofed
>|> against high power VHF signals, and *can* blow up if one is present
>|> in the cabin with the ECC. And the thing *does* cost $1200 over the
>|> parts counter. (That's robbery, of course, but your only alternative
>|> is the junk yard.)
>
>Two points:
>
>1. Since a cellular phone is a two-way radio, I guess people
>who own Toyotas cannot have cell phones in their cars either?

Simple, I bet you that the Toyota people don't classify a cellular phone
as a 2-way radio.

That I would love to see.  Go buy your new Toyota, put your portable
cellular phone on the front seat and then blow out the computer the
first time you make a phone call.  Toyota would never hear the end of it.

=================================================================
Pete Rossi - WA3NNA                  [e-mail]

Unisys Corporation - Government Systems Group
Valley Forge Engineering Center - Paoli, Pennsylvania
=================================================================

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Date: 9 Aug 1994 13:28:11 -0400
From: news1.digex.net!access3![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <3287n8$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Car warrantee and 2m radio

[e-mail] (Michael P. Deignan) writes:

>In article <[e-mail]>,
>   [e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:

>Two points:

>1. Since a cellular phone is a two-way radio, I guess people
>who own Toyotas cannot have cell phones in their cars either?

Cell phone electronics are either: a) hand held, very low power  or
B) installed, preferably by the dealer, with the electronics in the trunk,
away from the ECUs in the engine and passenger compartments.

>2. What happens to the poor ham operator who carries an HT with him,
>doesn't use it, but accidently parks next to my car and I key up with
>1500 watts?

Then there is no problem on the ht owner's part.  There are no electronics
Installed in the car.  So if your 1500w blows his engine he could go to the
dealer and have the service department deal.


>MD
>--

Just my 2 bits on this.  Especially since I plan on installing 2 way boxes
in my next car.

JeffP

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Date: 4 Aug 94 02:00:05 GMT
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References <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <31e32p$[e-mail]>b
Subject : Re: Computer radio - SoftWave by ComFocus - any good?

In article <31e32p$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Steven Jackson) writes:
:In article <[e-mail]>, Henry Wertz <[e-mail]> writes:
:|>      I'd guess getting an ICOM or something is better... I can't get much of
:|> anything on SW with my computer on, so getting a completely computer-dependant
:|> radio might not be a good idea 8-)
:
:I was thinking the same thing, but it seems the receiver
:is separated from the processing.  If the receiver and
:processor are far enough apart, and the transfer method
:is not succeptible to RFI, I would think it would work
:out fine.
[...]
:Steven Jackson, Assistant to the Chair of Computer Science
:Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
:251 Mercer Street, NY NY 10012
:[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

I had a LOT of RFI from my [originally] XT. After the powersupply went,
it was replaced, and now the problem is virtually non-existant!  That's
now the first thing I check for.

I have noticed that now, my problems only occur in the upper HF bands (&
of course VHF).  I would say everything below 15m is virtually unaffected
by my PC beside it.  However, there might be the odd "birdie" unaccounted
for!

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