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Info-Hams Digest            Wed, 24 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  955

Today's Topics:
                     ARLB068 SM ELECTION RESULTS
                      ARLD052 DXAC vote results
                   Can you 6M U.S. coast to coast?
                     Cushcraft R7. Does it work?
                  How to Use An Auto Patch (2 msgs)
                     ICOM service center phone #?
                         Kenwood DSP-100 Info
                       Need qsl route for kg4an
                       Poor audio fix for HT's.
                            Satellite Data

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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 18:12:21 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLB068 SM ELECTION RESULTS
To: [e-mail]

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB068
ARLB068 SM ELECTION RESULTS

ZCZC AG33
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 68  ARLB068

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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 18:52:25 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLD052 DXAC vote results
To: [e-mail]

SB DX @ ARL $ARLD052
ARLD052 DXAC vote results

ZCZC AE50
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 52  ARLD052

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Date: 23 Aug 1994 09:27:05 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!news.hal.COM!halsoft.com!netcomsv!dodge![e-mail]
Subject: Can you 6M U.S. coast to coast?
To: [e-mail]

In article <333irr$[e-mail]>,
Bob Wilkins  n6fri <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Steve Phillips ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: Can you 6M U.S. coast to coast?
>: If so, how much power and what antenna type is best?
>
>Most of the time no amount of power or antenna will work. But during
>times of good propagation, modest stations will work coast to coast.
>
>A month ago several of us in the Berkeley Hills of California were able to
>work a Hawaiian 2meter repeater with a one watt handheld using a
>rubber-duck antenna. This was due to tropospheric ducting, a weather
>related propagation mechinism. Again, normally no amount of power or
>antennas will work over this 2500 mile path.


6m does not react the same as 2m with tropospheric ducting.  The
phenomenon that makes 6m propagate long distances is known as sporadic-E
skip.  One way to monitor this is to use an FM radio that does not mute
the hiss between stations.  Tune low on the FM band and listen for the
level of the hissing.  If the level increases, then sporadic-E skip is
increasing.

There was an article in QST or CQ about this within the last couple of
years.  A ham had done quite extensive studying on sporadic-E.  He tuned
several FM radios to different FM stations that were out of range in
various directions.  Depending on what stations would start to come in he
could use their locations plot the approximate size and location of the
sporadic-E skip zone from his location.

73,
km6wt

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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 09:12:22 +0800
From: ftpbox!mothost!schbbs!NewsWatcher![e-mail]
Subject: Cushcraft R7. Does it work?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Gilbert Baron) wrote:

> I have a Cushcraft R7 antenna. It has never been satisfactory. It resonates
> on some bands and not on others. I have had several traps replaced but as
> soon as it fixes one band I have to get another trap for another band. I
> have it mounted 4 feet above my roof (no metal and nothing else within
> 40 feet) which Cushcraft claims can be a problem but that it should be
> adjustable. This week I got a new 12 meter trap because it would not even
> tune into any part of that band. It fixed 12 meters but now the lowest
> swr on 18 mhz band is 5 to 1. The 20 and 15 meter bands resonate way below
> the band edge. The 40 meter band works fairly well. Has anyone gotten this
> antenna to perform as advertised on all its' bands?
> I must say Cushcraft has been pretty tolerant. The last trap was sent to me
> ups blue arrving yesterday and I have had the antenna for two years so they
> extended the warranty. The problem is that the great service is not a help if
> I can't get the antenna to function. I really have the
> feeling of a 350 dollar ripoff. HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLP please.
>
>                    Gil Baron, El Baron Rojo, W0MN Rochester,MN
>                    "Bailar es Vivir"
>                    PGP2.6 key upon request

Yes!  I had an R5 which worked fine until it got hit by lightning and now
have an R7.  Both worked right out of the box and resonated almost right
where Cushcraft said they would.  They were so close that I did not have to
make any fine adjustments to either of them.  The R5 was better than spec
for VSWR and the R7 meets its spec on most bands and exceeds it (i.e., is
better than) on the others.

Now, my antennas are on top of a concrete 10 floor apartment building,
about three feet above the six foot parapet wall on which I side-mounted an
aluminum pipe.  But your question is dies it work.  Yes it does.

--
- Maurice Nunas, 9V1ZS

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Date: 23 Aug 1994 13:33:51 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.cerf.net!ccnet.com!ccnet.com!not-for-mail@@.
Subject: How to Use An Auto Patch
To: [e-mail]

Richard Joerger ([e-mail]) wrote:

: 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.

I wonder how Racal and its amateur trustee of the repeater stations can
get away with excluding the amateur community from 100 kHz of amateur
spectrum and resources? You say the repeaters are open but you have to be
employed by Racal to be a member. Looks like the company is providing
autopatch service to its employees using amateur frequencies rather than
business or smr service...

any comments?

Bob

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

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Date: 23 Aug 94 16:59:11 EST
From: ccsua.ctstateu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: How to Use An Auto Patch
To: [e-mail]

> 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.
>
Maybe I'm interpreting this wrong, but wouldnt this company sponsorship of the
repeater lead to business transactions being held.  Especially if it is
restricted to employees only.  Or do you just have an ungodly number of employee
hams working there??
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Date: 23 Aug 1994 19:37:14 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!duke.edu![e-mail]
Subject: ICOM service center phone #?
To: [e-mail]

In article <33deq2$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dave Dabell) writes:
>[e-mail] wrote:
>: I need to send my ICOM rig to be repaired, but I don't know where to send
>: it.  Where is the closest ICOM service center to North Carolina?  And does
>: anyone have its, or any other ICOM service center's, phone number?
>
>  [phone] is a number for Icom.

Thanks, but:

"Please hold.  Your call will be answered in the order in which it was
received.  The average wait time is five minutes."

Anybody have any other numbers I can try?

This kind of "support" makes me want to throw the thing in the trash and
buy a Ten-Tec.

  -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

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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 08:45:19 +0800
From: ftpbox!mothost!schbbs!NewsWatcher![e-mail]
Subject: Kenwood DSP-100 Info
To: [e-mail]

In article <32r4vn$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Jeff Racz) wrote:

> I am looking for any information that is available on the Kenwood DSP-100
> for the TS-450/690.  I purchased one used and would like to compare notes
> with someone else who has used one as to whether or not the results I am
> seeing/not seeing represent the normal operation of the unit.  Post in the
> newsgroup so that others can learn as well.
>
> 73...Jeff
> [e-mail]

--
Yes!  Please post here.  I have been trying to find out about this unit for
some time.  Even the Kenwood floks here in Singapore are vague on what it
does.  For example, what does it do compared to such DSP units as Timewave
usually brings blank stares.

- Maurice Nunas, 9V1ZS

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Date: 23 Aug 1994 16:02:06 -0500
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Need qsl route for kg4an
To: [e-mail]

Greetings!  i couldn't find kg4an on any of the servers.  He is the
qsl route for kg4eh at ford naval base.  If anyone has any address,
I'd love to here from you.

73 de dave, n9uxu

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Date: 23 Aug 1994 14:41:02 -0400
From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!swiss.ans.net!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Poor audio fix for HT's.
To: [e-mail]

I bought a set of small Sony speakers made for their Walkman line of
radios (Wal Mart has them).  You have to get a stereo to mono adapter
(from Radio Shack) to use both speakers.  How does it work?  GREAT.  I get
excellent audio from my IC2SAT and ICW2A. It only cost me about $15.00,
including tax and the cost of the adapter.  Sony also makes a line of
amplified speakers that run on batteries that I want to try soon.

BTW, I also use the Sony speakers for external speakers on my base radio.
It doesn't work as good as a bigger speaker, but it works better than the
wimpy internal speaker.

Warren Whitby
[e-mail]
73s de KE4ITL

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Date: 23 Aug 1994 15:43:30 GMT
From: thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!longlast.cs.nyu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Satellite Data
To: [e-mail]

In article <331c7b$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Kourt) writes:
|> I've been playing around with my satellite program, and I would like to update
|> the elements for all the satellites and for any others I can get my hands on.

Read rec.radio.amateur.space (or is it sci.space?).  I, too,
just picked up a tracking program over the last couple of
weeks, and have been looking there for Keplerian element
updates, or keps.

You can also FTP to archive.afit.af.mil, cd to /pub/space,
get tle.new, and import that file using the NORAD layout.

I use PCTrak300, which allows a max of 200 satellites, so
it maxes out before all satellites are updated.  I suggest
you completely erase your program's memory of all satellites
before importing the new set so you don't waste any database
slots on satellites (or STS missions) that may no longer be
up.

Or, you can ftp any .tle files and import them as NORAD
elements for a subset of tle.new.  See the first part of the
file name for the description of the types of satellites you
will be updating, be it weather.tle or amateur.tle for
instance.

You should at least review one .tle file so you know what
to look for when they are posted to whichever newsgroup
they are posted to between the two I listed at the top.

I have a TNC at home, but only a scanner with it, so I'm
working on a Crosstalk script to save keps whenever I'm
lucky enough to be monitoring while someone else in my
area is reviewing them. I already have one that saves the
subject line (and soon to be body) of an article when
someone has something I'm interested in for sale.

Hope this helps.. it's sure helped me.

--
Steven Jackson, Assistant to the Chair of Computer Science
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
251 Mercer Street, NY NY 10012

      Work                 <-- (forwarded)             Home
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

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Date: 23 Aug 1994 18:13:16 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <32b3ns$[e-mail]>, <32h95q$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>.com
Subject : Re: VOA Internet Audio Debuts Aug. 15

Jeffrey Herman ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <32h95q$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Thomas Woolman) writes:
: >
: > 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.

: Ouch. Sounds as if you've been audited by the IRS.

: I've talked to MANY foreign students on campus about the VOA bcsts and
: none of them had anything bad to say about the VOA - everyone one of
: them mentioned how helpful the bcsts were in getting familiar with
: American culture; some who were from very small towns or villages said
: their community was completely dependent upon the VOA for world news.

: One reason those outside the US might hate Americans is that they've
: encountered American tourists with `attitude problems'.

Also, if you listen at the end of a lot of VOA news and other programming,
you will hear the credits at the end.  Whatever one thinks of VOA
programming, I really don't think they're trying to conceal the names of
the people who write and edit their material.  As for the name of the person
in charge of the VOA, his name is Geoffrey Cowan, and he does not try to
hide his identity from the public.  If one does not like a station, fine,
but I really do not think that it is fair to get quite like this.  I have
posted before that I think the discussion of program content on this net
is perfectly acceptable, but one should also direct one's comments to the
stations in question so that they know what listeners think.  If one has
something to say about VOA or any other station, the only way to let them
know for certain what you think of their programming is to tell them
directly.  I know that I have had plenty of in-person, telephone, fax, and
e-mail contact with various people in various VOA departments, and I have
always been treated fairly, even though by law I am not in their target
audience.  If anyone has feedback for them, I'm sure that they are willing
to listen, and it's the best way to improve whatever you don't like on the
air.  This isn't meant as a flame; rather, it's a bit of (I hope) useful
advice.  I work in domestic radio, and when someone tells me what a terrible
job I do (not often, thank goodness), it's not enough; I ask how I can do
better!

73--
Marie Lamb
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Date: 23 Aug 1994 21:20:07 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <32tnls$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <33dmff$[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: How to Use An Auto Patch

In article <33dmff$[e-mail]>,
Bob Wilkins  n6fri <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Richard Joerger ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>: 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.
>
>I wonder how Racal and its amateur trustee of the repeater stations can
>get away with excluding the amateur community from 100 kHz of amateur
>spectrum and resources? You say the repeaters are open but you have to be
>employed by Racal to be a member. Looks like the company is providing
>autopatch service to its employees using amateur frequencies rather than
>business or smr service...

>any comments?

I think you misread this Bob.  The repeaters can be used by anyone
(at least the two that are "open".)  The PATCHES are closed.  Nowhere
did it say that you have to be a member to use the "open" repeaters.

Anyhow, this is a rehash of the open/closed thing.  The trustee can
exclude usage of the repeater to anyone he/she chooses.

Would the situation be any different if a person was providing the
phone lines and said that you have to be a member of his exclusive
club to use it?

Although it really smacks against the spirit of amateur radio, I think
the situation is merely that of the trustee exercising his/her right
to limit use of the repeater to a select few, as allowed in the
current reading of the rules.

                        ==ken

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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 23:14:57 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!rat!zeus![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <3397dj$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>ulb
Subject : Re: learning CW

>Oh, and there is plenty of QRM, fading, etc. there so you get the full effect.

Almost, if that fading is fast enough to chop letters in half.  Real
challenging copy includes a slurring vibroplex fist, a long-path echo, a
heterodyne, sudden QRN from a neighbor's appliance, and a KHz of drift.

A morse program with a sound board could do all of those effects.  So
could a cruel Volunteer Examiner.  :-)

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Date: 23 Aug 1994 11:46:48 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!ssd.intel.com!chnews!ornews.intel.com!ornews.intel.com!not-for-mail@network.
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <33b0k9$[e-mail]>, <33d6cm$[e-mail]>sd.
Subject : Re: VHF: non-FM

In article <33d6cm$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Brian Kantor) writes:
>In the early days of the Japanese-built ham 2m radios, bad solder joints
>were very common causes of rigs showing up on the warrantee repair bench
>I used to run.
>
>After the pattern became obvious, I began resoldering the entire board
>with a small propane torch.  Radios worked fine and few of them ever had
>to be repaired again.
>    - Brian

Hmm... I used to use that method to remove parts from boards but I hadn't
considered it for fixing them because I used to set the epoxy on fire
when I was removing them.  I was using oxy-acetylene though.

I would like to correct my post about the 'rare' radio.  I have an Icom 201
which is probably pretty rare but the 211 isn't.  The 201 is constructed
such that you can't get at either side of the motherboard to resolder it
without a very complicated mechanical disassembly.  I've resorted to runnig
wires to fix the bad joints.  Its very modularized ala Quasar style but now
we know what was wrong with that idea, don't we?  All the modules have good
solder joints.

See you on 144.200 Mhz.  In the PDX area there is a Monday nite informal
get-together on 144.400 at 21:00 PDT.  Can't really call it a net or
anything but its fun.


--
[e-mail]  WA7LDV               Leave it to the BEAVER state
I speak only for myself.                            <<< OREGON >>>

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