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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 18:29:45 PDT From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup <info-hams@ucsd.edu> Errors-To: Info-Hams-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #928 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Wed, 17 Aug 94 Volume 94 : Issue 928 Today's Topics: clip art for QSL card CORRECTION Re: VK2WI Weekly News, 31st January, 1994 FT5100 died! HELP (Technical) Ham Radio & More Ham Radio shows on AM HF HELP! HOW TO IMPROV Help with Drake SPR-4 ICOM IC-726 - Is It a Good Rig? IPS Daily Report - 15 August 94 Ragchewing conversational protocol (2 msgs) Transverters with TS-140s Where did Beverage come from? (2 msgs) Yahoo - Passed the tech+ Send Replies or notes for publication to: <Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu> Send subscription requests to: <Info-Hams-REQUEST@UCSD.Edu> Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams". 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So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 17:22:24 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!hawk!hawk@network.ucsd.edu Subject: clip art for QSL card To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Mark, there is a good collection of state outlines in the Harvard Graphics Dos based software... regards George Hawkins ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE HAWKINS KKK KK IIIIIIII 5555555 XXX XXX K K II 55 X X K K II 55555 X X MOBILE DXCC-175 K K K II 55 X 160 <> 10 K K II 5 X X SEE YOU ON K K II 55 X X BANDS FROM KKK KK IIIIIIII 555555 XXX XXX MY TRUCK! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- George Hawkins Internet: hawk@hawk.sps.mot.com Principal Staff Engineer UUCP: cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!hawk!hawk Motorola Digital Signal Processor Division 6501 William Cannon Drive West Phone (512) 891-4543 Austin Texas 78735-8598 FAX (512) 891-2947 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1994 16:48:59 +1000 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram.esi.com.au!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: CORRECTION Re: VK2WI Weekly News, 31st January, 1994 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Arrgghh! This, of course, should have read "31st JULY, 1994." Thanks, Dean. I must be getting old. -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) | dave@esi.com.au | VK2KFU @ VK2AAB.NSW.AUS.OC | PGP 2.6 Opinions expressed are mine. | E7 FE 97 88 E5 02 3C AE 9C 8C 54 5B 9A D4 A0 CD ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1994 13:30:45 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!psgrain!ticsa.com!aztec.co.za!wrm@network.ucsd.edu Subject: FT5100 died! HELP (Technical) To: info-hams@ucsd.edu A friend borrowed my trusty FT200, and the first time he keyed it his FT5100 VHF/UHF transceiver died. When he cycled power the VHF portion came back, but the UHF display is flashing 300 (Mhz). Obviously he's not receiving anything on UHF. He suspects that the microcontroller may have blown, but I feel that, since 2m is working 100%, the micro should be OK. He also tried removing the backup battery overnight to reset the micro, as well as some type of "three finger salute". After he replaced the battery, the rig acts differently, but not much. Questions are : 1. Why would RF damage a rig? After all, _most_ hams have more than one rig. 2. In what way could the rig possibly be damaged? Could it be physical damage to the controller? 3. Could it be that the controller is merely confused? Maybe it lost some parameters from eeprom? (Assuming it _has_ eeprom). If so, what is the correct way to re-initialise the controller? 4. What can I check to pinpoint the problem? If, for example, the PLL doesn't lock at 300 MHz, would this cause the display to flash? (A theory I have is that the thing got reprogrammed to 300 MHz, the PLL won't lock, and the rig is waiting for the PLL to lock before it would step upwards in freq). Thanks Wouter de Waal ZS1KE / Argo 505 / QRP mostly / Wire Antennas ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 00:06:00 -0500 From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!news.i-link.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!exchange!john@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: Ham Radio & More To: info-hams@ucsd.edu >Message-ID: <lenwink.164.0009B2BD@indirect.com> >Newsgroup: rec.radio.amateur.misc >Organization: Ham Radio & More >Just a quick reminder that Wayne Green, W2NSD, will be the special >guest on the Ham Radio & More show this Sunday, 8/14/94. Wayne >will discuss his background, his opinions, and more. The show can be >heard on the Talk America Network in over 20 cities and via satellite on Len, Any chance you could post a list of the stations carrying the show? John --- * WR # 365 * Alas, poor tagline. I wrote it well..... ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 94 17:28:13 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: Ham Radio shows on AM HF To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Hello everyone, I am interested in obtaining information about Ham Radio programs on broadcast shorwave bands. Thanks in advance for your help. 73 es DX de Guillermo. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Guillermo Gosset, XE1RGL Instituto de Biotecnologia/U.N.A.M. email: gosset@132.248.32.1 Cuernavaca, Mexico. xe1rgl@amsat.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1994 12:59:09 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: HELP! HOW TO IMPROV To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In <2d.23019.2003.0N850D7C@exchange.com>, john.tant@exchange.com (John Tant) writes: > >>I use a different method that works for me. I just scratch down the >>dots and dashes, using a shorthand stroke format I developed, and >>sight read the resulting text. I can read that shorthand as easily >>as I read normal alphabetic text. This is the way Sammy Morse originally >>did it, except he used a machine to make the marks while I do it by >>hand to meet legal requirements for the tests. Of course it isn't >>terribly fast. In normal operating, I let a machine do it too. > >>Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!g >>Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!ga >>534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gar >>Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | When I took the Technician test here in Houtosn a few weeks ago, I overheard the examiners specifically tell the testees that they (the examiners) would not allow testees to record dots and dashes and then translate them to english text later. It wasn't clear to me whether Gary's method would have been allowed or not. Seems to me that recording what you hear in "...a shorthand stroke format...." is just another form of writing the "normal" text characters. Further, it seems to me that *any* scheme that allows the operator to get the correct final text down on paper should be allowed (barring replay of the transmitted code). After all, the name of the game is to get the message correct, is it not? If we can do it standing on our heads, writing Chinese characters with our toes, what's wrong with that? Are the rules governing such practices subject to local options? Is there any kind of uniformity in what practices are allowed/disallowed? Just wondering. David F. Jenkins | Lurk and learn, Decision and Information Sciences | Post and burn. University of Houston | S. Carpenter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Aug 94 21:03:00 +0100 From: spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!dkuug!dkuug!ic.dk!dkb!graham.davies@decwrl.dec.com Subject: Help with Drake SPR-4 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I have the opportunity to purchase a Drake SPR-4 Shortwave receiver. Can anyone give me some info on this model. I'm new to DX'ing. My primary interest is Fax, RTTY, Packet and listening to the big European SW stations. The ad' states that it's range is 200khz to 23Mhz am/cw/lsb/usb. What about 23Mhz to 30Mhz, is this important? If so, can it be modified to receive 23-30Mhz? How old is this model? What would be a fair price to pay for this unit? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Graham. graham.davies@dkb.dk --- * 1st 1.11 * ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1994 14:02:59 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: ICOM IC-726 - Is It a Good Rig? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu I have the opportunity to pick up an ICOM IC-726. Could someone tell me if its a decent HF rig for amateur use and what one might be worth? --------------------- Dan Vestal vestal.dan@gtefsd.com --------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 23:15:12 GMT From: ucsnews!newshub.sdsu.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!eff!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!isclient.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: IPS Daily Report - 15 August 94 To: info-hams@ucsd.edu SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED AT 15/2330Z AUGUST 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY. SUMMARY FOR 15 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 16 AUGUST - 18 AUGUST ----------------------------------------------------------- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY Activity: moderate Flares Max Fadeout Begin End Freq. Sectors M1/2N 1251UT none Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 81/22 GOES satellite data for 14 Aug Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV: 3.8E+06 Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV: 1.3E+04 Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.0E+08 X-ray background: A8.6 Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day. 1B. SOLAR FORECAST 16 Aug 17 Aug 18 Aug Activity Low Low Very low Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 16 Aug: 80/20 ----------------------------------------------------------- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: unsettled Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 14 Aug Learmonth 13 3233 ---- Fredericksburg 15 26 Planetary 15 28 Observed Kp for 14 Aug: 4455 4333 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST DATE Ap CONDITIONS 16 Aug 8 Quiet to unsettled 17 Aug 6 Quiet to unsettled 18 Aug 4 Quiet ----------------------------------------------------------- 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY LATITUDE BAND DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH 15 Aug normal normal normal PCA Event : None. 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST LATITUDE BAND DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH 16 Aug normal normal fair 17 Aug normal normal normal 18 Aug normal normal normal ----------------------------------------------------------- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY Observed DATE T-index MUFs at Sydney 15 Aug 7 about 15% below predicted monthly values, with spread F 8-16UT. Predicted Monthly T-index for August: 20 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST DATE T-index MUFs 16 Aug 20 Near predicted monthly values 17 Aug 25 Near predicted monthly values 18 Aug 20 Near predicted monthly values -- IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney |IPS Radio and Space Services RWC Duty Forecaster tel: +61 2 4148329 |PO Box 5606 Recorded Message tel: +61 2 4148330 |West Chatswood NSW 2057 email: rwc@ips.oz.au fax: +61 2 4148331 |AUSTRALIA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 08:18:42 CDT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Ragchewing conversational protocol To: info-hams@ucsd.edu On Tue, 16 Aug 1994 16:35:26 GMT, Freeman A. Kilpatrick <fkilpatr@afit.af.mil> wrote: >Hi All! > >I just got my license a few weeks ago, and I noticed a >conversational oddity that I hadn't expected. The simplex >nature of conversation is kind of difficult to get used to. >When ragchewing, you *have* to say something when the other >person unkeys their mike. This is in contrast to normal >conversation, where a person will usually continue to talk >if a response is not elicited. Sometimes the person I'm >talking to will stop talking, and I won't have anything to >say. I feel like I can't just sit there, so I have to come >up with some banal comment or something. > >Obviously, this phenomena is less of a problem when there >is an actual purpose to the QSO (like a contest or something). >I'm curious to learn if anyone else has this problem, or are >most people simply too talkative anyway? Good observation. It's especially difficult when you're just starting out. My son (who's 12) and I received our tickets about 2 months ago, and the first time we got to use the airwaves was on a trip to the west coast. My son did most of the radio work, and it was very frustrating for him at first because after a conversation was started, the person he was talking to would make some insignificant comment, then stop. My son would ask "What should I say?" He felt he should respond immediately, but couldn't think of what to say. I "coached" him quite a bit, and now he gets along pretty well. It takes a little thinking ahead so that you can say something, even if it changes the subject. If you =really= have nothing to say, it's time to say 73 and sign off. ;-) -Steve- N9XDC ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1994 14:01:03 GMT From: nntp.crl.com!lgenco@decwrl.dec.com Subject: Ragchewing conversational protocol To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <fkilpatr.777054926@afit.af.mil>, fkilpatr@afit.af.mil (Freeman A. Kilpatrick) wrote: > When ragchewing, you *have* to say something when the other > person unkeys their mike. Yep, otherwise the other ham might think: A. The path collapsed (HF QSB) B. You fell asleep C. One of the xcvrs drifted off-frequency D. His SWR exceeded cut-off limits E. You are slurping a cuppa coffee or took a potty break F. (if on a repeater) The repeater timed out G. (if mobile) The friendly traffic cop distracted you > Obviously, this phenomena is less of a problem when there > is an actual purpose to the QSO Alas, bidirectional information exchange is all too rarely the purpose of a QSO. You might find that use of VOX and a group QSO reduces the severity of this phenomenon somewhat. The VOX helps fill in conversational pauses with coughs and background noise such as dog barks and flatulent outbursts. > I'm currently taking > a linguistics course, and we will be studying 'conversation > analysis' in a few weeks. I'll report back if I find any > theoretical foundation for this type of conversation anomaly. Tongue-in-cheek mode OFF: My guess is this originated in the time-limited characteristics of HF QSOs. Each party wants to say as much as he/she can before QSB, QRM or QRN affects the signal. Maybe this is a biological method of speech compression? Lou ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet: lgenco@crl.com Lou.Genco@LChance.sat.tx.us Ham Radio Packet: N5SGL @ K3WGF.#SAT.TX.USA tcp/ip: n5sgl@sat.ampr.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 20:17:43 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.ge.com!knight.vf.ge.com!nadir!hbrown@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Transverters with TS-140s To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Bill, Check with Downeast Microwave on their switching boads. They sell a small board that includes the input (IF) relay and drivers for use with your IF rig. It's small enough so that you usually put it inside the chassis for the microwave transverters that they sell. 73, Harry, W3IIT ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 12:31:29 -0100 From: library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!world!blanket.mitre.@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: Where did Beverage come from? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <940813091331.e39@gms.mh.wp.kgf.com>, RGS@gfimda.UUCP (Robert G. Schaffrath) wrote: > >I have seen other references to "beverage" in this group, but my > >handy-dandy Random House shows only the usual definition for > >the word. What does it mean in ham-ese? > > > >David F. Jenkins DJENKINS@jetson.uh.edu I remember reading somewhere that the term originated when the low-bands were popular and some amateur radio antenna builders used to placed a glass beverage bottle at the base of a tall vertical radiator as an insulator from ground. WE7L 74551.1275@compuserve.com ------------------------------ Date: 16 Aug 94 15:24:30 -0500 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!ulowell!aspen.uml.edu!martinja@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Where did Beverage come from? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu > In article <940813091331.e39@gms.mh.wp.kgf.com>, RGS@gfimda.UUCP (Robert G. > Schaffrath) wrote: > I have seen other references to "beverage" in this group, but my > handy-dandy Random House shows only the usual definition for > the word. What does it mean in ham-ese? I knew there was a good reason for collecting and keeping back issues of the various ham rags. I periodically browse through them to either learn or reinforce the knowledge of something. Going through the June 1982 "Q-STreet" I found an article about Harold Henry Beverage, ex-W2BML, inventor of the beverage antenna and associated with the likes of Einstein, Marconi, Armstrong, DeForest, Sir Watson Watt, Yagi, and Irving Berlin. The name for the antenna has nothing whatsoever to do with any type of bottles associated with the drinking kind of beverages. Hahahahahaha hahaha ha ha. I like that one reply. Heck, if you don't know the answer baffle 'em with your BS. Yup. 73 de WK1V -jim- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 00:06:00 -0500 From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!news.i-link.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!exchange!john@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: Yahoo - Passed the tech+ To: info-hams@ucsd.edu Srinivas, C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O Y O U ! ! ! ! :-) A N D :-) W E L C O M E T O H A M R A D I O ! ! ! ! ! ! On to your questions... I use an ICOM 735 as a mobile rig and use a Japan Radio Corp. JST-135 in the shack. I enjoy them both very much. The JST-135 has extremely good sensitivity on the receive side which is very important for digging out the little guys. I also enjoy using it as a SWL rig. I hope this helps. Again, congratulations on passing that test. Hopefully, by your ticket arrives, you'll be able to go on the air as an /AG (or even /AE!) If you get involved with packet, drop me a line! 73 de John, N4XAN @ KJ4LQ.#TIDE.VA >Hi, >I just passed my tech + last weekend. I got thru the Gordon West 5wpm >tapes in 1 week & got all the questions on the morse code test. Am now >working on my 13wpm,& general. >Anyone has any suggestions for a good HF rig ? >Thanks >Srinivas >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >Srinivas Chennupaty chennu@ichips.intel.com >-------------------------------------------------------------------- --- * WR # 365 * Under penalty of law, this tag not to be removed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 18:31:24 GMT From: wang!dbushong@uunet.uu.net To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <474@ted.win.net><32l7kv$ood@crl.crl.com>, <490@ted.win.net>, <32p4qg$erc@crl.crl.com> Subject : Re: 2m/11m crossband QSO: legal? chdaley@crl.com (Charles A Daley) writes: >Then again, just for the sake of discussion... >This suggests that if the repeater in question had a link to 11 meters >(perish the thought...:) ) then all would be okay??? The one-way >transmissions would be gone and the repeater would complete the >requirement for an amateur station. I'd rather tap a direct feed from talk.bizarre through my TNC than put up a 2-meter to 11-meter link using my license. Dave, KZ1O -- Dave Bushong OPEN/image Recognition Products ------------------------------ Date: 15 Aug 1994 23:55:25 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!newshub.sdsu.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!duke.edu!jbs@network.ucsd.edu To: info-hams@ucsd.edu References <32966a$504@agate.berkeley.edu>, <32as26$qnk@news.duke.edu>, <CuLn0B.qL@world.std.com>.r Subject : Re: Crossband repeating rigs & auto IDers In article <CuLn0B.qL@world.std.com> drt@world.std.com (David R Tucker) writes: >Joe B. Simpson (jbs@duke.edu) wrote: > >: Not to mention that technically your mobile crossband repeater must be >: remotely controllable so you can disable its transmit at any time... > >Why, if both repeaters and auxiliary stations can be automatically >controlled, do you need remote control? Use a time-out timer and >you're ok. I thought the control operator of any station had to have the means to immediately shut down the transmitter. Time-out features aren't the same thing. -joe -- "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 ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #928 ****************************** 
