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-
- Info-Hams Digest Tue, 23 Aug 94 Volume 94 : Issue 953
-
- Today's Topics:
- Can you 6M U.S. coast to coast?
- Communications Quarterly , was Qs on no code FCC license and Hardware
- Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 22 August
- Greasy Popcorn
- Help please identifying a signal
- How to Use An Auto Patch
- Last issued callsigns table?
- Mobile Radio Theft Insurance?
- QST the logo/QST the signal --- revisited
- Request : Baycom Packet on Linux System
- VHF: non-FM
- Whence QST?
-
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-
- We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text
- herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
- policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 10:57:53 -0400
- From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!macgwy-mac2.gsfc.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Can you 6M U.S. coast to coast?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <33brdq$nrf@search01.news.aol.com>, sbjohnston@aol.com
- (SBJohnston) wrote:
-
- > In article <srphillips.10.000D474B@ccgate.dp.beckman.com>,
- > srphillips@ccgate.dp.beckman.com (Steve Phillips) writes:
- >
- > >Can you 6M U.S. coast to coast?
- > >If so, how much power and what antenna type is best?
-
- During Field Day this year, 6 meters was wide open. I worked the west
- coast from here at
- the Goddard Space Flight Center using a 4 element beam and 10 watts.
-
- One tip I have found is that if 2-meters seems open (or 10) there's a good
- chance that 6 will
- be as well.
-
- Jim Blackwell, N3KWU
-
- --
- Jim Blackwell
- Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Science Support
- Computer Sciences Corporation
- NASA/GSFC Code 681.0
- Greenbelt, MD 20771
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 12:29:09 GMT
- From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet.elf.com!rpi!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Communications Quarterly , was Qs on no code FCC license and Hardware
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- David Stockton (dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com) wrote:
- : C. C. (Clay) Wynn, N4AOX (wyn@ornl.gov) wrote:
-
-
- : : Well, they are doing it here. The rf shops are full of those contester rigs in
- : : for the sparkplug changeouts. One of the biggest problems was finding a cheap
- : : second source for those @#$%& overpriced HP diodes ;-)
-
- [deletions]
-
- More news coming in a subsequent *QST*, but we have discovered that the
- lower-cost answer--and one that should provide practically the same IMD
- reduction at amateur frequencies--is to use *Motorola MPN3700* diodes
- instead of the HPs.
-
- We will also show that 1N4007 rectifier diodes, although they contain PIN
- structures that can provide reasonably good IMD performance compared to
- intended-for-RF-switching PINs like the 3081 and MPN3700 *in forward
- conduction*, *aren't* a suitable low-cost answer to the 3081 and 3700
- because they must be *reverse*-biased to exhibit similar "turned off"
- IMD dynamic range compared to 3081s and 3700s that simply have forward bias
- removed.
-
- To answer the begged question ("What do I mean by "lower-cost"?): Allied
- Electronics carries the HP diodes for (rounded number) $2 each. Newark
- Electronics carries the Motorola diodes for (rounded) $1 each. (I suppose
- there are volume discounts; haven't factored that in.)
-
- What's also neat is that the Motorola parts are available both in leaded and
- surface-mount form--important because so many of our radios are now full of
- SMDs. The leaded part is MPN3700; the surface mount (SOT-23
- package) is MMBV3700. Newark carries both; they list the MMBV3700 as
- MMBV3700L; dunno what the *L* means.
-
- Regards,
-
- David Newkirk, WJ1Z
- Senior Assistant Technical Editor, *QST*
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 20:58:41 MDT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@ames.arpa
- Subject: Daily Summary of Solar Geophysical Activity for 22 August
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
-
- DAILY SUMMARY OF SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY
-
- 22 AUGUST, 1994
-
- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
-
- (Based In-Part On SESC Observational Data)
-
-
- SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDICES FOR 22 AUGUST, 1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------
-
- !!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 234, 08/22/94
- 10.7 FLUX=070.6 90-AVG=078 SSN=012 BKI=1201 2212 BAI=004
- BGND-XRAY=A1.0 FLU1=8.7E+05 FLU10=1.4E+04 PKI=2211 2233 PAI=008
- BOU-DEV=007,011,003,007,010,019,008,019 DEV-AVG=010 NT SWF=00:000
- XRAY-MAX= B1.9 @ 0934UT XRAY-MIN= A1.0 @ 2351UT XRAY-AVG= A1.3
- NEUTN-MAX= +003% @ 2330UT NEUTN-MIN= -002% @ 0400UT NEUTN-AVG= +0.3%
- PCA-MAX= +0.3DB @ 1820UT PCA-MIN= -0.2DB @ 0535UT PCA-AVG= +0.1DB
- BOUTF-MAX=55229NT @ 1336UT BOUTF-MIN=55194NT @ 2020UT BOUTF-AVG=55213NT
- GOES7-MAX=P:+000NT@ 0000UT GOES7-MIN=N:+000NT@ 0000UT G7-AVG=+083,+000,+000
- GOES6-MAX=P:+146NT@ 1931UT GOES6-MIN=N:-024NT@ 2239UT G6-AVG=+111,+029,-004
- FLUXFCST=STD:070,070,070;SESC:070,070,070 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,015,010/010,015,010
- KFCST=2225 5112 2225 5112 27DAY-AP=006,011 27DAY-KP=1212 1223 3522 1223
- WARNINGS=
- ALERTS=
- !!END-DATA!!
-
- NOTE: The Effective Sunspot Number for 21 AUG 94 was 23.0.
- The Full Kp Indices for 21 AUG 94 are: 3- 2- 1- 1o 3o 3+ 2o 1+
- The 3-Hr Ap Indices for 21 AUG 94 are: 12 7 3 4 14 18 8 5
- Greater than 2 MeV Electron Fluence for 22 AUG is: 1.2E+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 quiet levels for the
- past 24 hours.
-
- Geophysical activity forecast: the geomagnetic field is
- expected to be quiet to unsettled for the entire forecast
- period. High latitude stations may experience short periods of
- active levels, especially during local nighttime.
-
- Event probabilities 23 aug-25 aug
-
- Class M 01/01/01
- Class X 01/01/01
- Proton 01/01/01
- PCAF Green
-
- Geomagnetic activity probabilities 23 aug-25 aug
-
- A. Middle Latitudes
- Active 15/30/20
- Minor Storm 05/15/10
- Major-Severe Storm 01/05/05
-
- B. High Latitudes
- Active 25/30/30
- Minor Storm 15/15/15
- Major-Severe Storm 05/05/05
-
- HF propagation conditions were near-normal over all
- regions. No changes are forecast for the next 72 hours. There
- is only a slight chance high-latitude paths may be periodically
- degraded during the local night-times, particularly on
- transauroral circuits. Overall global conditions should remain
- near-normal.
-
-
- COPIES OF JOINT USAF/NOAA SESC SOLAR GEOPHYSICAL REPORTS
- ========================================================
-
- REGIONS WITH SUNSPOTS. LOCATIONS VALID AT 22/2400Z AUGUST
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- NMBR LOCATION LO AREA Z LL NN MAG TYPE
- 7767 S14W36 313 0020 HSX 02 002 ALPHA
- 7764 S08W81 358 PLAGE
- 7766 N09W61 338 PLAGE
- 7768 S14W28 305 PLAGE
- REGIONS DUE TO RETURN 23 AUGUST TO 25 AUGUST
- NMBR LAT LO
- NONE
-
-
- LISTING OF SOLAR ENERGETIC EVENTS FOR 22 AUGUST, 1994
- -----------------------------------------------------
- BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP
- 0929 0933 0936 B1.9 800
-
-
- POSSIBLE CORONAL MASS EJECTION EVENTS FOR 22 AUGUST, 1994
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- BEGIN MAX END LOCATION TYPE SIZE DUR II IV
- NO EVENTS OBSERVED
-
-
- INFERRED CORONAL HOLES. LOCATIONS VALID AT 22/2400Z
- ---------------------------------------------------
- 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
- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ------ ------ --------- --------- ---------
- 21 Aug: 0507 0512 0516 C1.5
-
-
- REGION FLARE STATISTICS FOR THE PREVIOUS UTC DAY
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- C M X S 1 2 3 4 Total (%)
- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- ------
- Uncorrellated: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 001 (100.0)
-
- Total Events: 001 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 **
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 23 Aug 94 02:20:26 GMT
- From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!duke!wolves!psybbs!org!fidonet!z1!n3641!f1!p1!Ken.Kuzenski@ames.arpa
- Subject: Greasy Popcorn
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- >>> - U.S. President Bill Clinton, 1994
-
- >> Where did you get this jewel of Billywisdom?
-
- j> Slick Willie said this in a press conference when he was
-
- Just my personal opinion, but I'd rather see this
- remain free of political argument.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 08:20:12 EDT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!opusc!UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU!T230579@ames.arpa
- Subject: Help please identifying a signal
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- >
- >>high of my listening frequency. The signal consisted of 5 character
- >>groups of what appeared to be random letters. The data rate is quite
- >
- >What are these characters then?
- >
-
- `yeah, I'd like to know that too...That would be 60% of the analysis/answer...
-
-
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 16:16:39 GMT
- From: rd1.racal.com!news@uunet.uu.net
- Subject: How to Use An Auto Patch
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article j1q@prodsql.prodigy.bc.ca, Paul Antaki <pantaki@prodigy.bc.ca> writes:
- >Since I'm new to radio and don't really know any fellow amateurs I turn
- >to the net for assistance:
- >
- >I've noticed that a few local repeaters have autopatches that are open
- >(or at least not marked closed). Is there a standard means of accessing
- >them? Does anyone have suggestions?
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Paul
- >-----
- >
- >Paul Antaki
- >Prodigy Technologies Corporation Phone: (604) 687-4636
- >1100-1190 Hornby Street Fax: (604) 687-1671
- >Vancouver, B.C. e-mail: pantaki@prodigy.bc.ca
- >V6Z 2K5
-
-
- I've seen that you got some good answers about clubs and financial support, but
- let me add another twist.
-
- Our company club sponsers three repeaters all with autopatches. Two of the repeaters
- are open. Because we are a company sponsered club we cannot accept members who
- are not employed by Racal. In addition since the patches are connected to the
- company PBX we cannot, by company decree, open the patches to non-members.
-
- It is always best to ask before trying to access a patch belonging to a group
- of which you are not a member. Those who try to access ours are politely informed
- of our policy. If they persist the machine is turned off by a control operator.
-
- 73
-
- Rich
-
-
- ---
- +==============================================================+
- | Richard Joerger |
- | joerger@rd1.racal.com |
- | Racal-Datacom, Sunrise FL |
- | 305-846-6132 |
- +==============================================================+
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 10:53:47 -0400
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!macgwy-mac2.gsfc.nasa.gov!user@network.
- Subject: Last issued callsigns table?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <336c20$9vm@search01.news.aol.com>, tstader@aol.com (TSTADER) wrote:
-
- > In article <333hpu$4n0@dolphin.phoenix.net>, jracz@phoenix.phoenix.net
- > (Jeff Racz) writes:
- >
- > As far as I can tell... the one for August 1st has not been released...
- > judging from the date of last months... I don't expect it for another
- > couple of days!
- >
- > 73 for now.... c u on the shortwaves
- > Terry Stader - KA8SCP
- > America Online Ham Radio Club Host
- > Internet: tstader@aol.com (files <28K) or
- > tstader@si.tiac.net ( files >28K)
- > KA8SCP@WA1PHY.#EMA.MA.USA.NOAM
- > ka8scp@ka8scp.ampr.org [44.56.4.82]
-
- Does anyone know where/how to get this information ?
-
- Jim Blackwell, N3KWU
-
- --
- Jim Blackwell
- Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Science Support
- Computer Sciences Corporation
- NASA/GSFC Code 681.0
- Greenbelt, MD 20771
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 23 Aug 1994 09:32:20 -0500
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Mobile Radio Theft Insurance?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- <1994Aug17.143959.23702@mixcom.mixcom.com> wrote:
- : In <dginsberg-1608941254300001@198.207.32.23> dginsberg@gte.com (Don Ginsberg) writes:
- : >Does anyone know of specialized insurance companies that
- : >will sell a stand-alone policy on ham radio equipment
- : >mounted in your car. I believe that the ARRL has such
- : >a service. Anyone know of others? An idea of prices?
-
- Contact the ARRL directly and they will provide you with information. I
- beleive they use Albert Wohler Insurance Agency. The same agency has been
- handling their claims for years. It is an excellent program, and includes
- insurance on all your equipment - whether lost or stolen, including
- lightning protection (except antennas).
-
- ARRL phone number is 203-666-1541. Just ask the operator about the ARRL
- equipment insurance and she'll point you in the right direction.
-
- --
- Marc Grant | Sr. Systems Engineer | Unit EA-83240
- marcbg@esy.com | E-Systems Garland Division | POB 660023
- | 214-205-4593 | Dallas, TX 75266-0023
- "Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of E-Systems Inc."
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 23 Aug 1994 17:05:43 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!news.bu.edu!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!csemail.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
- Subject: QST the logo/QST the signal --- revisited
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- OK Dave, you win this quibble....
-
-
- >From Dave Newkirk, WJ1Z at QST (arrl.org):
-
- >Historiographical quibble: ARRL didn't borrow *QST* as its logo for the
- >magazine; because *QST* magazine wasn't bought by ARRL until 1919. *QST* was
- >originally owned and published by ARRL's cofounders, Clarence D. Tuska and
- >Hiram P. Maxim. Why did they and not the entity called ARRL start/own *QST*
- >at first? Because they had just founded ARRL, and ARRL the entity therefore
- >had no money worth mentioning. (Almost at once, by the way, the light came
- >on a bit more brightly and they incorporated as the QST Publishing Co to
- >protect themselves in case the new venture went bankrupt.) In no way did
- >they start *QST* as a money-making venture; it was nip and tuck--largely
- >nip--until they threw in the towel in the face of WW I and the resulting
- >government closedown of Amateur Radio.
-
- >Regards,
-
- >David Newkirk, WJ1Z
- >Senior Assistant Technical Editor, *QST*
-
-
- OK, I worded that incorrectly. I should have mentioned that Hiram and
- Clarence were the ones who footed the bill out of their pocket, technically
- before ARRL took it over. Clarification, noted. There was a note in
- the front of the premier issue to that effect, but I was not thinking
- about that at the time. Hence, technically Hiram and Clarence borrowed
- the QST logo from QST the signal.
-
- Granted QST was not originally set up as a money-making matter. It was,
- in reality, something like the several large club newsletters that have
- been published over the years, even to this day. QST just took off, tho,
- where the others basically stayed with the club level interest. Back
- in the 1920's and 1930's there were several large club newsletters that
- were works of art and great fun to read (based upon the few surviving
- copies I have seen).
-
- But, the question of where the QST as a logo or other historical radio
- notation originated is still a bit up for further discussion and general
- clarification. In reading what early issues of QST and other various
- radio documents and books that I have in my library or have been able
- to find (complete QST to 1922, but with holes back to the premier issue,
- and most of the major radio books dating from E. Bucher's works in 1917),
- it is not exactly clear from whence the logo originated. My contention
- is that Hiram and Clarence borrowed it from the standard commercial
- Q-signals of the day, that should have originated at about the time of
- the Titanic sinking. My sources only go back to 1921, where I can
- trace it to the Radio Communication Pamphlet No. 40 of the Signal Corps,
- dating from May, 1921 (see appendix 7 page 566). The implication from
- that appendix is that it was a standard government list of signals,
- ``to be used for all general public service radio communication'',
- and that suggests that it came into being with the Safety of Life
- conventions in 1910/1912 or so. The accepted designation for the
- signal QST is ``General call to all stations'' or the interrogatory
- form ``Have you received the general call to all stations?''
- Hence, Hiram and Clarence would have borrowed if from there,
- since it was a nice way to say in print ``This is a general call to
- to all stations.''
-
- There are a number of ham folks who are of the opinion that it was invented
- by the boys at ARRL/QST (to include Hiram and Clarence). It was not.
- That was the point I was trying to make.
-
- Any further clarification you have on this matter, official or unofficial,
- as long as it can be traced somewhere, is most welcome. I am having
- trouble finding records predating WWI.
-
- 73
- Bob
- NA4G
- rdkeys@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu
-
- **************************************************************************
- * 73 TU SU SK DE NA4G ``Boat Anchor Bob'', an ol' CW fart. *
- **************************************************************************
- * Morse has been in the family for over 100 years. *
- * Morse radiotelegraphy (Spark/CW) has been in the family since 1914. *
- **************************************************************************
- * May you have fair winds and following seas on your watch at the key. *
- **************************************************************************
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 23 Aug 1994 13:26:36 +0200
- From: olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!ub4b!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be!rc1.vub.ac.be!info.vub.ac.be!info.vub.ac.be!not-for-mail@ames.arpa
- Subject: Request : Baycom Packet on Linux System
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Does anyone know how I can hook up my Baycom Packet Modem
- to a Linux/Unix System ?
-
- Is there software available comparable to the PC/MS-DOS
- soft Baycom1.5 for a Linux System ??
-
- Wim BONTE
- wjbonte@info.vub.ac.be
- ***************
- *SuperSmallSig*
- ***************
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 23 Aug 94 16:51:48 GMT
- From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!convex!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
- Subject: VHF: non-FM
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Just a reminder: A mailing list exists for those interested in non-FM VHF+
- operation. To subscribe, send mail to:
-
- vhf-request@w6yx.stanford.edu
-
- with the message:
-
- subscribe vhf
-
- Volume averages about three messages per day.
-
- --
- -=Paul Flaherty, N9FZX | "We are meant to be masters of destiny,
- ->paulf@Stanford.EDU | not victims of fate." -- Ronald W. Reagan
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 12:41:52 GMT
- From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet.elf.com!rpi!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Whence QST?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Stan Olochwoszcz N2AYJ (n2ayj@n2ayj.overleaf.com) wrote:
-
- [neat stuff from R. D. Keys, NA4G, about meaning and use of the Q-signal
- *QST* deleted; following excerpt is Bob Keys's copy]
-
- : QST was borrowed by the ARRL as its logo for the magazine in 1915, starting
- : with the first issue, since it was the ham equivalent of a "general
- : call to all stations", in print.
-
- Historiographical quibble: ARRL didn't borrow *QST* as its logo for the
- magazine; because *QST* magazine wasn't bought by ARRL until 1919. *QST* was
- originally owned and published by ARRL's cofounders, Clarence D. Tuska and
- Hiram P. Maxim. Why did they and not the entity called ARRL start/own *QST*
- at first? Because they had just founded ARRL, and ARRL the entity therefore
- had no money worth mentioning. (Almost at once, by the way, the light came
- on a bit more brightly and they incorporated as the QST Publishing Co to
- protect themselves in case the new venture went bankrupt.) In no way did
- they start *QST* as a money-making venture; it was nip and tuck--largely
- nip--until they threw in the towel in the face of WW I and the resulting
- government closedown of Amateur Radio.
-
- Regards,
-
- David Newkirk, WJ1Z
- Senior Assistant Technical Editor, *QST*
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 13:33:09 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet.elf.com!rpi!psinntp!arrl.org!zlau@network.ucsd.edu
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- References <wyn.134.2E5352E5@ornl.gov>, <Cuxs3v.Gru@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com>, <1994Aug23.122909.8660@arrl.org>d.
- Subject : Re: Communications Quarterly , was Qs on no code FCC license and Hardware
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- Dave Newkirk (WJ1Z) (dnewkirk@arrl.org) wrote:
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- : We will also show that 1N4007 rectifier diodes, although they contain PIN
- : structures that can provide reasonably good IMD performance compared to
- : intended-for-RF-switching PINs like the 3081 and MPN3700 *in forward
- : conduction*, *aren't* a suitable low-cost answer to the 3081 and 3700
- : because they must be *reverse*-biased to exhibit similar "turned off"
- : IMD dynamic range compared to 3081s and 3700s that simply have forward bias
- : removed.
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- Maybe that is why I've had no trouble using 1N4007 rectifier diodes--my
- inexpensive biasing technique using 470 ohm resistors does *reverse* bias
- those diodes during turn-off. People have commented to me that they tried
- them and they didn't work but they work fine for me. :-).
- --
- Zack Lau KH6CP/1 2 way QRP WAS
- 8 States on 10 GHz
- Internet: zlau@arrl.org 10 grids on 2304 MHz
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