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Info-Hams Digest            Wed, 24 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  957

Today's Topics:
                               40m Ant
                           Airband transmit
                       CB's is possessive; CBs
Communications Quarterly , was Qs on no code FCC license and Hardware
                       How to Use An Auto Patch
                     Last issued callsigns table?
                             learning CW
                       List of Hams on Internet
                          Matamoras hamfest
                       Motorola HT's WANTED!!!!
             Need QSL database address (auto responder!)
                            NYC Metro Area
             PLSE INCLUDE SASE FOR DIRECT DX QSL CARDS!!!
                            Rohn (2 msgs)
                                 test
VE 60 day reciprocal pass??? (was: rec.radio.amateur.misc Frequently Asked Questions (Part 3 of 3)
                        W6RO @ The Queen Mary
                   Why Some people hate Wayne Green

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Date: 24 Aug 94 12:03:49 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 40m Ant
To: [e-mail]

>
> Date: 23 Aug 1994 21:10:00 GMT
> From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!yuma!lam
> ar.ColoState.EDU![e-mail]
> Subject: 40m ANT
> To: [e-mail]
>
>    Does anyone know of a way to make an incunspicuos antenna for 40 meter?
>    I live in an apartment now but i
>    would like to be able to dx on 40m.
>                        thanks Rob

Rob,

Try a loop antenna.  There is one in the May, 1994 issue of QST with dimensions
for 40m.

Good Luck and 73

TJ
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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 13:36:24 GMT
From: nmmc!cgc.NMMC.Com![e-mail]
Subject: Airband transmit
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail]  (Robert C. Lokerson) writes:
>
>Well, even if technically feasable (AM/FM, etc) to quote president Nixon:
>"It would be wrong".
>
>Legal aircraft radios need to be certified for that use.

Since when does Holland come under the auspices of Nixon (or, indeed, anyone
in the US?).
--
Chris

   Chris Cox  W0/G4JEC                        [e-mail]
   Network Analyst                                NIC Handle:   CC345
   North Memorial Medical Centre                  Tel: [phone]
   3300 Oakdale Avenue North                      Fax: [phone]
   Robbinsdale, MN  55422

                Europeans consider 100 miles a long way.
                Americans consider 100 years a long time.

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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 01:12:06 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna![e-mail]
Subject: CB's is possessive; CBs
To: [e-mail]

>
>>CB's is the possessive form.
>
>>CBs is the plural form.
>
>>That's why I was confused by the title.

I'm 400 articles behind so forgive me if this has already been
mentioned.

Didn't we have a discussion a one or two months ago concerning
73's vs 73s vs 73 (and of course only the last is correct :).
And didn't someone say that (according to their dictionary)
that an apostrophe is used to pluralize numbers and letters?
Therefore, CB's is the correct plural form of CB.

Jeff NH6IL

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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 11:25:13 GMT
From: hplextra!hplb!hpwin055.uksr!hpqmoea![e-mail]
Subject: Communications Quarterly , was Qs on no code FCC license and Hardware
To: [e-mail]

Dave Newkirk (WJ1Z) ([e-mail]) wrote:


: 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.

    Did IMD testing get done at the LF end ?  most PIN diodes have long
enough periods for use above 10MHz, but parts that work well down to 1
MHz are less common.



: 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.

    I remember seeing someone trying to use 1N4007s in a switch-mode
PSU. The things were evidently so slow that they must be close to their
limit of usefulness as a 60 Hz rectifier. 1N4007s have been used in 100W
TR switches before now, but plenty of reverse bias voltage is essential
to get isolation in the off state and this won't be available in a
retrofit job.


   I wonder about the switching diodes at the inputs to the main IF
filters, there may be a further benefit to close-in IMD of signals that
pass the first IF. I've not tried this, but I feel suspicious about
them. Measuring the IMD of crystal filters can be fun. Mixers and amlifiers
can now be built at home, for pocket money, that make the quartz the
limiting factor !    LF filters like the old European 1.4 MHz ones,
with their large lumps of quartz usually produce better results than the
more modern HF filters....  note that some filters had input
transformers that were very poor for intermod performance.


   Cheers
            David

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Date: 24 Aug 94 13:46:14 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How to Use An Auto Patch
To: [e-mail]

>: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.

if they could swing their own independant line, this might not be a problem.
but it's within reason for Racal to limit access to their PBX that the radio
club is using to provide the service.

and if you really need a car telephone, there are cell radiophones that are
better at being a telephone than any amateur radio system currently in
service...

bill wb9ivr

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Date: 24 Aug 94 13:22:23 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Last issued callsigns table?
To: [e-mail]

Call the FCC Database at [phone] and follow the voice prompts with your
touch tone pad.  (i think there used to be someone in the Gettysburg area that
used to drop by the offices and pick up the complete list including the
outlying territories - these aren't on the tape recordings on the phone.  The
info he had was being posted to the usenet and to packet radio..

if i recall, the individual started getting grief from people over this since
he "was doing the same thing the ARRL was doing" (except he wasn't - he had a
more complete list). Eventually, he changed jobs or was graduated from school
or something and announced he was going to stop doing this.

Amazingly, the ARRL feed seemed to get "slow" when he stopped. A co-inky-dink?
All because some in the communications world didn't want to handle getting
"two" of something (even tho one was a complete list and the other was just
the US 50 states...)  surely, there must be someone in the Gettysburg area
that's just ready to do this job for us.  yeah, yeah - don't call me shirley.).

>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

73, bill wb9ivr

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Date: 24 Aug 1994 02:52:41 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!udel!news.sprintlink.net!tracker.ramp.com![e-mail]
Subject: learning CW
To: [e-mail]

In article <3397dj$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Derek Wills) says:
>
>We see a lot of requests here for computer programs by people interested
>in learning "the code".   Some of us real oldies who were born before
>there were such things as computers learned our CW by listening on the
>air to real people sending real code, and perhaps some people still
>learn it that way these days.
>
>I'm curious to know whether those who learn it from computer programs
>that send perfect code in a quiet room find it a shock once they get
>on the air and have to contend with real people sending code, fading
>signals, QRM, all that stuff?   Is it easy to make the transition to
>the real world?
>
>Perhaps it helps to learn the code without the distractions, but it
>must be a shock to some people - does this turn people off using it
>even after they have passed a code test?
>
>I realize that computer programs can tell you the speed at which you
>are copying, and can be programmed to send other than the standard
>ham QSO material that you hear on the air all the time and which is
>not always the most exciting text to copy, and I suppose a compromise
>is the W1AW code practise sessions (which I used so as to figure out
>my code copying speed).
>
>Anyone have any real data on this?  Do people who teach the code ever
>use real radios in class, and do teachers even have students send code?
>
>Derek Wills (AA5BT, G3NMX)
>Department of Astronomy, University of Texas,
>Austin TX 78712.  (512-471-1392)
>[e-mail]

I just passed my 13 wpm code test upgrading to general, so I would like
to input what I think.I did find a big difference between the cw computer
programs and real world cw qso's. Working cw really trains your ear to
here those fading signals. I have had qso's where half-way through the
signal eithers fades out entirely, or qrm kicks in drowning the other
person out. But, I have gotten QSL cards from these hams so it wasn't a
total loss. There are clubs in my area that send code practice sessions
over vhf and 10 meters. Most of my getting the speed from 5 wpm to 13 wpm
was by working cw qso's evry night on 7100-7150 Mhz.I started answering
faster and faster cq's so I had to concentrate and copy faster.

73 Bob KC7CRH/AG

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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 01:35:51 GMT
From: newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!ulowell!umassd.edu!mdcs.umassd.edu![e-mail]
Subject: List of Hams on Internet
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Scott Darragh) writes:
>Is it possible to get a list of Hams on the newsgroup, with city and state
>and first personal?
>
>Actually, I am most interested in Bay Area.
>
>Scott
>
Hi Scott - Well I am from the Bay area but it's the Boston Bay area.

Name - Sonny Mello
Address - 240 Wood St.
City/State - New Bedford, Mass.
Callsign -  Ka1esg - Advanced class. since 1980

>
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>Sant Clara, Ca 95054                    intimidate their quarterback, and
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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 18:09:54
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!cornell.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Matamoras hamfest
To: [e-mail]

I am looking for information on the Tri State Hamfest this Sunday 8/28/94,
in Matamoras, Pa. Good, bad or ugly. If you know anything about this fest
please Email me at [e-mail]
Thanks;

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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 18:19:00 -0800
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.claremont.edu!kaiwan.com!ledge![e-mail]
Subject: Motorola HT's WANTED!!!!
To: [e-mail]

8/23/94
Hello all!  I am in IMMEDIATE NEED of some Motorola
walkie-talkies.  I am looking for either Motorola HT-600,
MT-1000, or Motorola Radius P200 units.  They must be 5 Watt
units and have at least 6 channels and must cover the 157-174 Mhz.
range.  I am also interested in accesories for these units, such as
speaker/microphones, headsets, etc.  Let me know what you have.
WILL PAY CASH or can trade for hardware and/or software items
from my ads.  Leave message here or give me a call.
               Darryl Linkow
               [phone]  9 am - 5 pm PDT
(The VERY BEST time to reach me is ANY MORNING right at 9 am PDT)

---
 * OLX 2.2 * Darryl Linkow [phone]  9 am - 5 pm PDT

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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 16:48:32 GMT
From: ncrgw2.ncr.com!ncrhub2!ncrcae![e-mail]
Subject: Need QSL database address (auto responder!)
To: [e-mail]

>In article <[e-mail]> Tom Skelton  writes:
>I have lost (well, actually, my mail was destroyed by 2 incompetents but I'll
>leave it at that) the address for the automated QSL database in Europe.  All
>you have to do is email the callsign of the station for which you need the
>manager, and you will receive an email back with the info.  I have only used
>it a couple of times, but it is awesome.  Both times I got an answer within 2
or
>3
>hourss.
>
>Now that I've introduced this server....does anyone have the address?  I
>believe it was in Germany but I can't swear to it.  Thanks in advance!
>
>73, Tom WB4iUX ([e-mail]  'regardless of what
>your header says')
>
>
>
>
>
>73, Tom WB4iUX
>My posting is my view only and not AT&T's.  But you know that!
>DX   IS !!!!!
>And always will be.....
>
>
Friend AC4CS found it, and here it is for the benefit of all dx'ers:

Send an email to [e-mail]

Do not put anything in the subject, but put the DX callsign in the
body of the email.  Send it and you will receive any DX manager
info in a couple of hours.  I have found it to be extremely accurate and up
to date.



73, Tom WB4iUX
My posting is my view only and not AT&T's.  But you know that!
DX   IS !!!!!
And always will be.....

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Date: 23 Aug 94 23:21:00 GMT
From: iat.holonet.net!moondog![e-mail]
Subject: NYC Metro Area
To: [e-mail]

JT>>Just a quick reminder that Wayne Green, W2NSD, will be the special
JT>>guest on the Ham Radio & More show this Sunday, 8/14/94. Wayne
JT>>will discuss his background, his opinions, and more. The show can be
JT>>heard on the Talk America Network in over 20 cities and via
JT>satellite on

Sorry I missed this.  Does anyone know in the NYC Metro area a station
that carries Len's show?
---
. CMPQwk 1.4 #9206 . The gene pool has no lifeguard

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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 11:09:57 GMT
From: world![e-mail]
Subject: PLSE INCLUDE SASE FOR DIRECT DX QSL CARDS!!!
To: [e-mail]

I just returned from 2 weeks portable S5, and very much enjoyed working some
big pileups. Already, there are over 100 QSL cards here for us in the first
couple of days back in the States.

I am dismayed, however, by the number of cards that are coming in direct
without return postage.

For the DX-ing newcomers out there:

IF YOU HEAR A DX STATION WORKING BIG PILEUPS, AND YOU WANT THE CARD DIRECT,
PLEASE INCLUDE A STAMPED, SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE!!!

If you are ragchewing with some station in the States and want to exchange
QSLs, that's one thing. I never mind exchanging cards direct with someone,
if I've worked them from home (Massachusetts).

But please try to think about a DX station who is working hundreds or
thousands of contacts a day. It is really unreasonable to expect them to foot
the entire bill for postage.

For example: I was often working 3 QSOs a minute. If you figure 2 were
Stateside and one was in Europe ... if all those hams sent me cards direct,
without return postage, that would cost me $1.08/minute to be on the air.
It would be cheaper if I stayed home and telephoned Slovenia, and paid
the international telephone rates, than to be on the air with costs like that!

I don't expect people to include "green stamps" ($1 bills) in addition, to
help with QSL expenses -- it's very, very nice, the few people who do that,
and much appreciated. I am willing to pay the costs of my own
QSL cards, that's part of the DX-pedition cost.

But I can't afford 2 weeks on the air at $65/hour in postage costs! The cards
that are coming in direct without return postage will probably be answered via
the bureau.

Thanks,

Sharon
S5/KC1YR

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Date: 23 Aug 1994 21:31:33 -0400
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!proto.ida.org!bah.com!bah.com![e-mail]
Subject: Rohn
To: [e-mail]

Can someone give me the mailing address and phone number(s)
for the people at Rohn towers?

((I know this probably has pass over the net a gazzillion times
before, so dont flame me too bad).

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Date: 23 Aug 94 22:46:06 -0500
From: netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!ulowell!aspen.uml.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Rohn
To: [e-mail]

In article <33e7tl$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (J. D. Delancy)
writes:
> Can someone give me the mailing address and phone number(s)
> for the people at Rohn towers?
> ((I know this probably has pass over the net a gazzillion times
> before, so dont flame me too bad).

No, it has passed over the net a bajillion and one times. <Smile>
I just happened to be at a national ham radio chain store today.  Even
interviewed for a job there....not sure yet.

Anyhoo, I also jez happened to pick up some Rohn brochures.  Their info is as
follows:

                           ROHN
                           6718 West Plank Road
                           P.O. Box 2000
                           Peoria, Illinois 61656
                           PH: [phone]
                           FAX: [phone]

Hope this helps ya there J.D.

73 de WK1V
  -jim-
Lowell, Massachusetts
Home of the American
Industrial Revolution
     and
Whistler's Mother
     and
Ed McMahon (I'm still waiting for him to knock at my door and give me
my $10 Million ham radio shopping spree check!)     :)
>

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Date: 24 Aug 94 11:47:19 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: test
To: [e-mail]

Doet tie ut of doet tie ut nie?

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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 11:27:36 GMT
From: world![e-mail]
Subject: VE 60 day reciprocal pass??? (was: rec.radio.amateur.misc Frequently Asked Questions (Part 3 of 3)
To: [e-mail]

: Rec.radio.amateur.misc Frequently Asked Questions
: Part 3 - Amateur Radio Advanced and Technical Questions
: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[snip]
: **  How can I get a "reciprocal license" if I am a licensed ham from another
:     country or if I am a FCC licensed ham who wants to operate in another
:     country (on vacation)?
:     Editor's note (11/92): the regulations affecting this question are
:     being changed.  Contact your local Volunteer Examiner (VE) and ask
:     about a VE 60-day pass.  More details will be included in future
:     revisions of the FAQ.

November of 1992????  I suppose they dropped this.  Anyone know for
sure?

-drt

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|David R. Tucker     KG2S         8P9CL            [e-mail]|
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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 20:20:32 MST
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!udel!news.sprintlink.net!primenet!stat![e-mail]
Subject: W6RO @ The Queen Mary
To: [e-mail]

I will be visiting over in California soon, anyone know the schedule of
W6RO on the Queen Mary, and if guest operation is possible?

David wb7tpy

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Date: 24 Aug 94 13:39:21 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Why Some people hate Wayne Green
To: [e-mail]

>Also, I get a full dose of the garbage of this world from the newspaper
>Warren Whitby
>[e-mail]
>73s de KE4ITL

just a guess, did you tell Wayne this?  [e-mail] should do it.

I don't know if they're paying attention to the GEnie account or not.

73, bill

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