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Info-Hams Digest            Mon, 15 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  916

Today's Topics:
                220/2m in Washington, D.C??? (2 msgs)
                     2m/11m crossband QSO: legal?
                Amateur Radio Newsline #887  12 Aug 94
             Broken Kenwood TM-641A;  Any ideas? (2 msgs)
                  Cable TV equivalent of 427.25 Mhz
                           coupla questions
                                index
                   Invalid destination cc:Mail name
                  VOA Internet Audio Debuts Aug. 15

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Date: 14 Aug 1994 17:23:41 -0500
From: mill2.millcomm.com!mill2.millcomm.com![e-mail]
Subject: 220/2m in Washington, D.C???
To: [e-mail]



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Date: 14 Aug 1994 17:29:05 -0500
From: mill2.millcomm.com!mill2.millcomm.com![e-mail]
Subject: 220/2m in Washington, D.C???
To: [e-mail]

Sorry about previous post (I'm still learning how to run this thing).

I'm going to be in the Washington, D.C. area and am wondering if there are
any 220 repeaters permanently linked to 2m.

Any other 220 and 2m repeater information would also be appreciated.

Thanks in advance, John.

my e-mail address is:[e-mail]

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Date: 14 Aug 1994 06:53:35 -0700
From: nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com![e-mail]
Subject: 2m/11m crossband QSO: legal?
To: [e-mail]

Michael Silva ([e-mail]) wrote:
:
: In article <[e-mail]>, Bruce James Robert Linley ([e-mail]) writes:
: >I have a rather odd question to ask. When me and my dad go camping, we
: >use CBs to communicate (my dad is not a ham)- one in the truck and a
: >handheld. The problem is that the handheld just can't get a good signal
: >out in certain areas due to it's inherently small antenna. I can hear
: >the truck's CB just fine on the handheld anywhere in the camping area.
: >Would it be possible for me to talk to my dad through a local 2m
: >repeater (he could receive me on a scanner), and my dad to communicate
: >back on the CB? Is either communication considered a "one-way" trans-
: >mission? I've already talked to the 2m repeater owner and he has no
: >objections to this particular use of his repeater. Any Part97/Part95
: >prohibitions to cross-service QSOs? Thanks.
: >
: Sorry, can't be done.  Look at Part 97.111, and you'll see that you can
: only communicate with other amateurs (except for emergency
: communications).  The repeater owner, by consenting to this use of his
: repeater, is putting his license on the line.  Go back and educate him.

: 73,
: Mike, KK6GM
:

Just for the sake of discussion, how is this vastly different from
calling someone on an autopatch?

Chuck
KD4LXQ

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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 05:38:05 MDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #887  12 Aug 94
To: [e-mail]

The electronic publication of the Amateur Radio Newsline is distributed
with the permission of Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, President and Editor of
Newsline.  The text version is edited from the original scripts and
transcribed from the audio reports by Dale Cary, WD0AKO, and is first
published in The Radio & Electronics Round Table on the Genie Online
System.

If you have any comment, suggestion, or news item you would like to submit,
send them via E-Mail to [e-mail] or [e-mail].
You can contact Newsline at [phone].  It is a combination answering
and FAX machine, if you have a FAX to send, wait for the voice prompt and
press your fax-send button.

All other information and disclaimers are in the text header below.
 - - - - -
 NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #887 - POSTED 08/13/94

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    The following is late news about Amateur Radio for Radio
 Amateurs as prepared from NEWSLINE RADIO scripts by the staff of
 the AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, INC. -- formerly the WESTLINK RADIO
 NETWORK.  For current information updates, please call

                     Audio Version of Newsline
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             Electronic Hardcopy Version of Newsline
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      GEnie (File Library)................... m345;3
      Dallas Remote Imaging BBS (DRIG)....... [phone]
        In bulletin number 36
      The Midwest Connection BBS............. [phone]
        In bulletin number 6 of the ham radio conference
      Delphi.................................
        In the ham radio conference
      Internet...............................
        In the rec.radio.info newsgroup
        FTP: oak.oakland.edu, archive: pub/hamradio/docs/newsline
      Fidonet, RIME, Intellec, I-Link........
        In the Ham Radio conferences on those networks

    For the latest breaking info call the Instant Update Line listed
 above.  To provide information please call [phone].  This
 line answers automatically and will accept up to 30 minutes of
 material.

    Check with your local amateur radio club to see if NEWSLINE
 can be heard weekly on the air in your area.

    Articles may be reproduced if printed in their entirety and
 credit is given to AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE as being the source.

    For further information about the AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE,
 please write to us with an SASE at P.O. Box 463, Pasadena, CA
 91102.

                                              Thank You
                                              NEWSLINE

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 [887]

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 (*  Chalfin, K6PGX, Post Office Box 463, Pasadena, CA 91102.     *
 (*  Again, and as always, we thank you. That ends the closed     *
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                       The following is a QST

    Radio Shack says its time to replace the General Mobile Radio
 Service with a license free Family Radio system, the FCC goes full
 speed in regulatory enforcement and changes to ham radio in the
 United Kingdom.  These stories and more on Newsline report number
 887 to follow.

 (*****
               RADIO SHACK PROPOSES NEW RADIO SERVICE

    The Radio Shack Division of Tandy Corporation has filed a
 petition before the FCC to create a new, license free radio
 service in the old General Mobile Radio Service Band.  The Family
 Radio Service as Tandy calls it, would use 16 channel, 500
 milliwatt radios operating between 462 to 467 MHz.  Tandy says
 that the current licensing requirement for GMRS operation an
 impediment.  It says that the ultimate success of a new Family
 Radio Service hinges on it being unlicensed.  The consumer
 electronics giant also asserts that replacing the General Mobile
 Radio Service with its unlicensed Family Radio Service will mean a
 significant saving to the government in administering the service.
    About two years ago, Radio Shack announced that it would be
 selling GMRS transceivers.  The low power entry level units were
 crystalled on 462.7125 Mhz while the two channel version had an
 empty slot for the end user to choose a channel pair.  At that
 time Tandy touted the radios as a step up from the 49 MHz kiddie
 talkies and the crowded 27 MHz Class D Citizens Radio band.  But
 purchasers still have to obtain a GMRS license before using the
 units.  Tandy Radio Shack now says its time to end the need for
 tight government control so that family units who need reliable
 short range communications can have it immediately, and a
 reasonable cost.
    As we go to press, the FCC has not yet issued any rule making
 designation to the Tandy Radio Shack Family Radio Service request.

 (*****
              MIAMI OFFICE CLOSES TWO PIRATE STATIONS

    Lots of enforcement news from the FCC this week.  First,
 Engineers from the Miami FCC Field Operations Bureau Office have
 put a pair of pirate broadcast stations off the air.  They learned
 about one of the stations when they responded to a complaint by a
 television viewer who claimed to be receiving interference to
 Channel 6 from a neighbor with an unlicensed radio station.  The
 FCC investigators positively identified the pirate operator in
 Perrin, Florida, transmitting music on 88.3 MHz under an adopted
 call sign WBASS.  In the course of monitoring this station, the
 FCC observed another broadcast on 91.9 MHz tracked to Homestead,
 Florida.  This station, identified as WGBC, transmitted mostly
 Haitian religious music.  Both stations were shut down.  The FCC
 says that the operators of both stations will receive very heavy
 fines.

 (*****
             TAXI CAB COMPANY INTERFERES WITH THE FBI

    The Buffalo FCC office has cleared up a case of interference
 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The FCC was contacted by
 the local FBI which complained of interference to one of its VHF
 repeater stations.  FCC monitoring picked up a signal.  It
 consisted primarily of data transmissions only 10 kHz away from
 the input frequency of the FBI's station.  Bearings taken by the
 FCC indicated the signal was coming from Canada.  FCC engineers
 contacted the Canadian officials who determined that the only data
 transmissions of the type interfering with the FBI were being used
 by a Toronto cab company.  The cab company was contacted and found
 to have a defective transmitter.  There was no malicious intent.
 After repairs were made, the interference problem was solved.

 (*****
                      FIRE DEPARTMENT ECHOES

    The San Francisco Office of the FCC literally took to the air
 to stop a strange interference problem to the Contra Costa Fire
 Department.  The Fire Department complained that it was receiving
 interference in the form of a deliberately retransmitted echo on
 its low-band VHF channel from a station that was retransmitting
 their signal five seconds after it was made.
    Because of the severity of the disruption to safety-of-life
 communications, the FCC prepared what it calls an admonition
 statement.  We won't go into the details of what was said but it
 was definitely effective.  Soon after it was read on the air the
 interference stopped.  Later, the local TV news heard of the
 problem and aired an interview with the FCC Regional Director who
 explained what was done and why.

 (*****
                INTERFERENCE TO VESSELS IN LA AREA

    Further south, the Los Angeles FCC Office recently received a
 complaint from the Coast Guard station at San Pedro.  It reported
 that ships in the area were receiving interference on Channel 16.
 That's the marine emergency calling channel.  FCC engineers used
 mobile direction finding equipment.  They tracked the interfering
 signal to a nearby trucking company.  FCC investigators determined
 that there were no marine licenses issued to the company.  They
 shut down the unlicensed radio immediately.

 (*****
                            UK CHANGE

    Some good news and some bad news for hams living in the United
 Kingdom.  First the good.  Effective immediately, the UK Amateur
 and Amateur Novice Licence rules have been liberalized by the
 nations Radiocommunications Agency.
    Holders of the full Amateur Class A Licenses may use 26 dBW --
 that's 400 watts -- on the entire of the sub-band of 1.81 to 1.85
 MHz.  This removes the power restriction on 1.81 to 1.83 MHz.  But
 the power limit for 1.85 to 2 MHz remains at 15 dBW.  These same
 Amateur Licenses may now also use 26 dBW between 50 and 51 MHz.
 The maximum permitted power between 51 and 52 MHz is still 20 dBW.
    Next, the Effective Radiated Power level and antenna height
 restrictions have been removed from the whole of the 50 to 52 MHz
 band, allowing the use of any antenna.  Finally, Maritime Mobile
 is now permitted on 50 MHz.
    No for the bad news.  All UK Amateur Radio operators are now
 required to notify their local Radio Investigation Service office
 of unattended digital operation.  This new restriction became
 necessary following a number of problems with unattended
 operation.
    The final change, which also affects all licensees, concerns
 logs which are kept on a computer.  A licensee must now be able to
 provide a print-out of the log to the Radiocommunications Agency
 on demand.

 (*****
                      SAREX AIR SHOW CONTACT

    Approximately 100,000 attendees at the Aerospace American
 annual air show in Oklahoma City heard a 2-way SAREX contact on
 July 17.  Present at the air show was retired three star Air Force
 Lieutenant General Tom Stafford.  He was patched by telephone to
 Commander Bob Cabana, KC5HBV on board the Space Shuttle Columbia
 via amateur stations WH6CJU in Hawaii, N6IZW in San Diego, CA,
 and W5GEL in Corpus Christi, TX.  Each of the stations are part
 of a SAREX worldwide telebridge ground station network.
    General Stafford is a former astronaut who flew aboard the
 Gemini 9 and Apollo 10 missions, and commanded the US/Russian
 Apollo-Soyuz test project.  The SAREX exchange of greetings
 between Stafford and Cabana reflected upon the 25th anniversary of
 the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
    The contact was managed by Frank Bauer, KA3HDO at the Goddard
 Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, and by Lou McFadin, W5DID
 and Gil Carman, WA5NOM from the SAREX Control Room at the Johnson
 Space Flight Center in Houston, TX.

 (*****
                     NASA TELEVISION COVERAGE

    NASA television coverage is available to all in the continental
 United States through C-band satellite.  NASA Select video is
 found on Satcom S2.  Satcom S2 is located 22,300 miles straight
 out from Equator at 69 degrees West.

 (*****
                              LUSAT

    Controllers report that the LUSAT 1 ham satellite appears
 healthy after experiencing a software crash.  The software load
 was performed as part of the recovery effort was intentionally
 stopped after the second module was loaded and turned on.  The
 next step of the recovery will involve continuing with the
 satellite's deep tests.  The satellite is sending telemetry on
 437.125 MHz and it's digipeater is turned on.

 (*****
                         MELBOURNE HAMFEST

    On the convention circuit, the Melbourne Hamfest is coming up
 on September 9 - 11 at the Melbourne Auditorium in Florida.
 Featured will be new equipment displays, swap tables, a flea
 market, forums, prizes and more.  For further details send a
 self-addressed stamped envelope to "Hamfest Information, Platinum
 Coast Amateur Radio Society, P. O. Box 1004, Melbourne, FL
 32902.

 (*****
                              CAN EX

    The Canadian National Exhibition, Canada's largest annual
 presentation, will open its gates on Friday 19 August, 1994 and
 run until Labor Day.  The gathering is being held at Exhibition
 Park in Toronto.  VE3CNE, Canada's premier display of Amateur
 Radio will again be in operation at the CNE at the Better Living
 Centre.  QSL cards will be sent to all contacts made.

 (*****
                             DXCC UP

    The ARRL reports that business is up in its DXCC Branch.  In
 March, 1127 applications for new awards and endorsements were
 received, and for the first three months of 1994 applications are
 up by 18%, QSL's by 48%, over 1993.  Turn around time for awards
 right now is about three and a half weeks.

 (*****
                               DX

    In DX, word that YI9CW has been quite active from Iraq.  Check
 18.074 kHz between 14:00 and 15:00 UTC and QSL as directed.
    Also, HL9HH slash KJ6YR, is on from South Korea looking for 40
 and 80 meter fills for Worked All States.  He operates between
 10:30 and 12:00 UTC daily.  On 40 meters, he operates between
 7.002 and 7.009 MHz.  On 80 meters, he is on between 3.502 and
 3.509 MHz.  QSL via PSC 3 Box 3695, APO AP 96266-3695.

 (*****
                       NYC NEWSLINE BACK ON

    Some good news to report.  After several months off the air due
 to equipment failure, the New York City outgoing Newsline service
 is back in operation.  As reported last week, the equipment failed
 while Paul Migliorelli, N2ETO who oversees the operation was away
 from the city.  When he returned he found that the unit was beyond
 repair.  It took a number of weeks to locate the type of machine
 needed.  Another several days were spent reworking it to Newsline
 specifications and more time to ship it to Queens New York.  All
 that has been done and Paul reports that service on the (718)
 353-2801 outgoing line was restored last week.  So if you were a
 regular user of the New York City outgoing newsfeed line, be aware
 that area code [phone] is back in service, once again.

 (*****

    And for this week, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
 You can write to us at:

                           Newsline
                           P.O. Box 463
                           Pasadena, California
                           91102.


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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 20:34:50 GMT
From: agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!ddsw1!a2i!irving.a2i![e-mail]
Subject: Broken Kenwood TM-641A; Any ideas?
To: [e-mail]

In <32h25c$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Fred Lloyd [Phoenix SE]) writes:

>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Don Irving) writes:
>>The squelch function on my 641A suddenly stopped working.  The 220 module is
>>constantly in open-squelch mode with receiver white noise present.
>> [...]

>This happened to me.  Turned out to be a very fine crack in the
>pcb where the squelch potientiometer attaches to the display board.
[...]

It turned out to be a bad solder joint in the squelch circuit.  It's
working fine now.  Thanks for the suggestions!

Don
--
Donald J. Irving <[e-mail]>

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Date: 12 Aug 1994 23:55:24 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!koriel!newsworthy.West.Sun.COM!l1-a![e-mail]
Subject: Broken Kenwood TM-641A;  Any ideas?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Don Irving) writes:
>The squelch function on my 641A suddenly stopped working.  The 220 module is
>constantly in open-squelch mode with receiver white noise present.  Turning
>the knob has no effect.  It still receives and transmits.  I took apart the
>control head and verified that the squelch potentiometer is functional with
>a high and low resistance identical to the the pots for the other band
>modules.  It is not an RF interference problem because it happens on all
>frequencies and from any location.  It suddenly happened when I started my
>car this morning.  The rig goes straight to the battery.  Did a voltage
>spike trash the 220 module or something.  I tried re-initializing the 220
>module with no success.
>
>I'll call Kenwood tomorrow, but I am hoping this may have happened to
>someone else with a solution available.  Any ideas??

This happened to me.  Turned out to be a very fine crack in the
pcb where the squelch potientiometer attaches to the display board.

Took a while to find it but a quick blob of solder fixed it right up.

-fred


[ Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ                       [e-mail] ]
[ Sun Microsystems,                              Systems Engineer ]
[ Phoenix, AZ                                      [phone] ]

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Date: 12 Aug 1994 18:48:14 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Cable TV equivalent of 427.25 Mhz
To: [e-mail]

On Fri, 12 Aug 1994, David Adams wrote:

> Can anyone tell me the cable channel equivalent of 427.25 Mhz?  I had
> a whole list of all the channel/freqs before I left indiana (the
> local atv community did NOT believe in downconverters), but I lost
> it.

Cable Channel 58

Instead of your cable use an amateur uhf beam and watch 427.25 amateur tv

     Bob Wilkins                     work    [e-mail]
 Berkeley, California                home    [e-mail]
     94701-0710                      play    n6fri@n6eeg.#nocal.ca.usa.noam

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Date: 14 Aug 1994 16:55:05 -0400
From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: coupla questions
To: [e-mail]

     Well, in a way, you could say that the interference is "expected."
Unless you happen to have a wonderful monitor RFI filtered up the wazoo,
you will get even a little, sometimes almost unnoticable interference. In
the case of our "video" club, (we go around and tape basketball games for
the school district), since not all of us have licenses we use 5w handheld
CB's. If you use those near TV equipment, there is CONSIDERABLE video
interference. (BAD glitches on tapes!!) You might find help in any of the
RFI books published by the ARRL. 73's!

___Joe

ps...the radio you are using is really a nice piece of equipment...

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Date: 15 Aug 94 00:32:00 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: index
To: [e-mail]



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Date: 14 Aug 94 19:02:00 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Invalid destination cc:Mail name
To: [e-mail]

   Following is the 'To:' section of your mail
   message.  Please note the names with the message
        ***  Unknown message recipient  ***
   below their names.  These names are not valid. Please
   correct the spelling of the name or contact the PNL
   Customer Service Desk at [phone] for the correct
   spelling.  Thanks.

       Date: 14-Aug-1994 09:59:06
       To: Ronald B Melton
       *To: [e-mail] at -SMTPlink
       Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #915

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Date: 12 Aug 1994 21:55:06 -0400
From: lll-winken.llnl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.ge.com!news.drexel.edu!dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu!dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu![e-mail]
Subject: VOA Internet Audio Debuts Aug. 15
To: [e-mail]

In article <32b3ns$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Robert Lentz) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, Chris Kern <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>...
>>In accordance with U.S. law, program materials such as VOA newscasts and
>>the VOA News and English Broadcasts radio newswire are provided exclusively
>>for recipients outside the United States.
>
>So, if we are in the states, we technically cannot download the files?
>
>-Robert
>--
>[e-mail]            http://www.astro.nwu.edu/lentz/plan.html



 Just curious, but does anyone know who is responsible for producing the
programs and writing/editing their content? I'm just wondering who's
in charge of the U.S. Propoganda Machine. This might explain why so
people outside of the United States hate Americans. It's because our
radio propoganda is so badly produced.

^TW

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