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Info-Hams Digest            Fri, 26 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  963

Today's Topics:
                           ARLD053 DX news
                     Clubs in SF Peninsula Area?
                      Code Quick vs Super Morse
                             HDN Releases
                           ICOM Micro-2 AT
                     ICOM service center phone #?
                        I could use a Beverage
                Internet gateway to packet radio in W
                   IPS Daily Report - 25 August 94
        Questions: Digital Scanning, Cellphones, Transmissions
                         Radio Shack HTX 202
                        W6RO @ The Queen Mary
                         Woodpecker  (2 msgs)

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 18:13:27 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLD053 DX news
To: [e-mail]

SB DX @ ARL $ARLD053
ARLD053 DX news

ZCZC AE51
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 53  ARLD053

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 22:47:45 GMT
From: ssf-sys![e-mail]
Subject: Clubs in SF Peninsula Area?
To: [e-mail]

Can any one provide me info including contact person(s) for ham radio clubs in
the San Francisco Peninsula area?  I am in Burlingame and looking for clubs
that have a decent repeater and are active in public service events.  I used to
belong to the Mt. Diablo ARC but I cannot dependably get into their machines
now from this side of the bay.....

Thank You in advance for your help!
-N6OSK

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Date: 25 Aug 94 00:14:00 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!iat.holonet.net!moondog![e-mail]
Subject: Code Quick vs Super Morse
To: [e-mail]

DR>.@SUBJECT:Re: Code Quick for Learning Morse


DR>: I have. I had been trying since 1965 to learn the code. I tried all
DR>: sorts of things and had no luck. With code quick I passed the 5 wpm
DR>: test  (100%, >2 min perfect copy) in about 2.5 months.

DR>Can anyone compare this with SuperMorse or Morse Practice Program?
DR>Is it something different or does it also use 5wpm charater spacing
DR>with 18wpm characters?

I have tried Super Morse and find that it doesn't hold my interest.  As
much as I have tried I can't seem to concentrate on it at all.  Like the
tapes, I have Gordon West and the ARRL code tapes and they don't hold my
concentrate so I lose interest very quickly.
---
. CMPQwk 1.4 #9206 . W. [0M. .. ≡..... G.V. .. .... .mM0... .. D...

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Date: Sun, 21 Aug 1994 21:33:02
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!convex!seas.smu.edu!rwsys!ocitor![e-mail]
Subject: HDN Releases
To: [e-mail]

The following files were processed Sunday 21-08-94 at 1:124/7009

 HAMCOMM         HAM: CW / APLINK / RTTY terminal progams
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RH20.ZIP     1,081,452 SSTV Robot Helper v2.0 for windows
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1,081,452   bytes in 1   file(s)


 HAMDEMO         HAM: Amateur Radio Software Demo Programs
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 ID-AF461.ZIP   754,973 ID-Logic AM/FM Simulator for windows
 ID_SW482.ZIP   509,937 ID-Logic SW Simulator for windows
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1,264,910   bytes in 2   file(s)


 HAMEQUIP        HAM: Radio and equipment modification distribution
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IC745M.ZIP       3,602 Double memory of IC-745
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 3,602       bytes in 1   file(s)


 HAMNEWS         HAM: Ham Bulletins and Newsletters
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 ARLP034.ZIP      2,090 ARRL Propagation Bulletin 08/20/94 - Correction to
                        ARLP031.Zip
 RTDX0819.ZIP     3,176 RTTY DX Bulletin 08/19/94
 VK2-0821.ZIP     2,550 VK2 WICEN News 08/21/94
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 7,816       bytes in 3   file(s)


 HAMPACK         HAM: Packet Communication programs
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 PTM542.ZIP     777,427 Packet Term & Mailbox by OZ4ZK
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 777,427     bytes in 1   file(s)


 HAMSAT          HAM: Satellite tracking and finding programs
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AMSAT232.ZIP     5,740 AmSat Bulletin #232 08/20/94
 ARLK035.ZIP      3,187 ARRL Keplerian Bulletin 08/20/94
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 8,927       bytes in 2   file(s)


 HAMSWL          HAM: Shortwave broadcast schedules
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 VOA-COMP.ZIP     7,467 VOA SWBC Sked in dBase format
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 7,467       bytes in 1   file(s)


 HAMTRAIN        HAM: Amateur radio training material and CW prog's
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 NEWPOOLS.ZIP    75,184 07/94 Nov/Tech/Gen pool questions for Autoexam
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 75,184      bytes in 1   file(s)


 Total of 3,226,785 in 12 file(s)


 * Origin: Ham Distribution Net Coordinator - [e-mail] (1:124/7009)

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 07:25:26 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: ICOM Micro-2 AT
To: [e-mail]

Looking for info on the ICOM Micro-2 AT handheld...

Anyone know how to improve receiver sensitivity,
transmitting power, etc.

What mods are available for this radio?

Please respond by E-Mail if you know....

--
[e-mail]
Scott Hopson
Costa Mesa, Ca.
Home Page: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/shopson/homepage.html
KE6LLO

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Date: 25 Aug 1994 14:32:06 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!duke.edu![e-mail]
Subject: ICOM service center phone #?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeffrey D. Angus) writes:
>
>  > "Please hold.  Your call will be answered in the order in which it was
>  > received.  The average wait time is five minutes."
>  >
>  > This kind of "support" makes me want to throw the thing in the trash and
>  > buy a Ten-Tec.
>
>  Geeze but you hams are cheap bastards. I bought an Icom IC-761 (my second)
>  for $1200. (My first cost $2500)

Why, gee, we're so awfully impressed with how much money you have to spend on
your radios.

>  Yes, I'm going to rant some more about this. These are the same people
>  that won't spend the $35 on a service manual because they "Already paid
>  too much for the radio."

I happen to have the service manual already for this rig, so I guess it looks
like you don't know what you're talking about, now doesn't it?

> This is the reason I bought the second 761 for
>  $1200. The original owner (who used to work for DuMont Scopes) thought
>  he was enough of a tech to not need the manual. When he finished with
>  the radio, it was indeed finished.

Unlike your friend, I know I'm NOT enough of a tech to repair this rig myself,
even with the help of the service manual.

My beef is with ICOM (and so many other companies, especially companies that
deal in micromputer equipment) being completely inadequately staffed or
organized in their service departments.  I don't *mind* paying for long
distance phone calls of whatever duration is necessary to resolve whatever
problem I have.   I don't *mind* paying repair bills to people who know what
they're doing for fixing my equipment.  I *do* mind this senseless being put
on hold for five, ten, fifteen, or twenty minutes (yes, I have been on hold
for 20 minutes before on MY nickle) while my long distance meter's ticking -
because when they finally get around to answering the phone, I *still* have
to pay for the rest of the call.  I would even be perfectly willing to leave
my number so they can call me back *collect* when they have time, but they
don't give me that option.

>  Next time you're put on hold, you can ship me the radio. I'll even pay
>  shipping.

Okay, I charge $1500 for shipping.   ;-)


  -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: 26 Aug 1994 11:21:04 +1000
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram.esi.com.au![e-mail]
Subject: I could use a Beverage
To: [e-mail]

So could I :-)

In article <33ha3o$[e-mail]>,
    [e-mail] (Derek Wills) writes:

| Can someone explain in simple to language to one who should
| know (me) why this antenna doesn't obey the law of reciprocity
| or whatever it's called?   Are there other types of antenna
| that are good on transmit or receive only?  This sounds like
| the end of the Nth law of thermodynamics.

Discones are not generally used for transmitting - dunno why.  My guess
is that transmitters are fussier than receivers, impedance-wise.

--
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) | [e-mail] | 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

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Date: 25 Aug 1994 09:39:40 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet.elf.com!rpi!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!sirio.cineca.it!c220.unimo.it!sinf@network
Subject: Internet gateway to packet radio in W
To: [e-mail]

Hi there,

you cantddd try the W9YT via telnet to  w9yt.engr.wisc.edu, but I suggest first to contact the sysop, Mr. Tim - [e-mail] - to get more information
about this gateway.

I found yesterday a list of gateways between packet net and Internet at the following site, and you can retrieve it by anonymous FTP

maya.dei.unipd.it                 /pub/hamradio/packet-gateway



Best regards,


IW4DDC - Andrea "Andy" Fabbri

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SINF - Scuola di Informatica.
Modena Computing Center
University of Modena - ITALY

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 23:22:04 GMT
From: math.ohio-state.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!isclient.merit.edu!msuinfo![e-mail]
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 25 August 94
To: [e-mail]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 25/2330Z AUGUST 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 25 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 26 AUGUST - 28 AUGUST
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number :  71/6

GOES satellite data for 24 Aug
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   3.6E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.3E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.8E+06
       X-ray background: A1.1
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             26 Aug             27 Aug             28 Aug
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 26 Aug:  70/5

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: quiet to unsettled

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 24 Aug
    Learmonth       10  2323 3222
    Fredericksburg  15                           5
    Planetary       12                           5

Observed Kp for 24 Aug: 2211 1222
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
26 Aug    10    Quiet
27 Aug    10    Quiet
28 Aug    10    Quiet

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
25 Aug      normal         normal         fair
PCA Event : None.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
26 Aug      normal         normal         normal
27 Aug      normal         normal         normal
28 Aug      normal         normal         normal

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
       Observed
DATE   T-index  MUFs at Sydney
25 Aug    26    Near predicted monthly values with 15-30%
                enhancements 14-20 UT. Sporadic E was
                observed 02-05 UT and 13-18 UT.

Predicted Monthly T-index for August: 20

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
26 Aug    20    Near predicted monthly values
27 Aug    25    Near predicted monthly values
28 Aug    25    Near predicted monthly values
COMMENT: Spread F and sporadic E may degrade F layer communications
at times.
--
IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney       |IPS Radio and Space Services
RWC Duty Forecaster   tel: [phone]  |PO Box 5606
Recorded Message      tel: [phone]  |West Chatswood NSW 2057
email: [e-mail]  fax: [phone]  |AUSTRALIA

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Date: 25 Aug 1994 15:48:12 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lille1.fr!thot.u-strasbg.fr![e-mail]
Subject: Questions: Digital Scanning, Cellphones, Transmissions
To: [e-mail]

In article <333n3t$[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Berton Corson) writes:

> First, does anyone know when this will come, or even equal 50% of
> such calls?  Digital cell phones are very expensive, when compared
> to the regular models, which are literally being given away.
    Here in France the GSM system is very very inexpensive. In fact
some store sell one to you for FREE (but you have to subscribe for one
year to a telephone company). Also they are two operators of the GSM in
France (a third one is expected for soon!) so the competition between
them is very hard and the price decrease a lot. For example in the
beginning of the GSM (3 years ago) a such device cost 6000 FF (1 US$
for 6 FF) now you can find some at less than 1000 FF. It's totally
crazy (especially for scanner listenner). Moreover the GSM system is
scrambled so there is no {easy} way to listen them.
    So I am very surprised to learn that in the US the digital
cellphones are so expensive.

--
Have fun, Laurent.

Laurent PELLISSIER                    Ecole des Mines d'Ales
School of Engineering (Computer Science Department), /bin/su
e-mail:[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 07:27:03 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: Radio Shack HTX 202
To: [e-mail]

Anyone know what modifications are available for this radio.

It's an inexpensive but nice 2 meter handheld from Radio Shack.
Does the job just fine....

--
[e-mail]
Scott Hopson
Costa Mesa, Ca.
Home Page: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/shopson/homepage.html
KE6LLO

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Date: 26 Aug 94 21:04:28 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: W6RO @ The Queen Mary
To: [e-mail]

WA2JGJ writes:

        When I was there several years ago (1992), all you had to do was
        find the "Radio" room. As I recall, the current radio room is not
        the same as the room used when the QM was actually in service. The
        current room was located a deck below and just aft of the bridge
        (if memory serve me correctly).

        I also read that the QM was closed (or at least Disney, which ran
        the QM exhibit) and the attraction was closed. But I may not have
        my facts straight.


Disney did indeed bail out from managing the QM for the City of Long Beach
(who actually own her I believe). The Queen has since been reopened with
free admission for the self guided tours (much like the original
arrangement) and restaurants and the hotel as revenue sources. The radio
room is only open part time, I believe during peak tourist times. It was
closed last time I was aboard. A call to the Queen Mary (don't have the
number, area code is 310) may help with determining the actual operating
schedule. Licenses amateurs may operate the station, bring your license.

73

_____________________________________________________________________
Wm. A. Kirsanoff              Internet: [e-mail]
Rockwell International        Ham: KD6MCI
[phone]
Alternate Internet: [e-mail]
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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 17:57:12 GMT
From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news1.oakland.edu!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Woodpecker
To: [e-mail]

Now that the Soviet Union has collapsed (?) Is there any information on the
woodpecker signal they were sending out? Are they still doing it?

Please mail the response to me. Thank you.
--
Mike McDermott    [e-mail]
(Hey, I'm just this guy, you know?)

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Date: 25 Aug 1994 14:20:45 -0500
From: news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!swrinde!cs.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Woodpecker
To: [e-mail]

Mike McDermott ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Now that the Soviet Union has collapsed (?) Is there any information on the
: woodpecker signal they were sending out? Are they still doing it?

: Please mail the response to me. Thank you.
: --
: Mike McDermott    [e-mail]
: (Hey, I'm just this guy, you know?)

I haven't heard the woodpecker in several years

Now that all the new rigs have woodpecker NBs :)


73
Mike
WA5CMI

--
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Mike Cowart                                  Convex Computer Corp.
My opinions are mine, not my employer's.
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Date: 25 Aug 1994 18:01:49 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!nntp-server.caltech.edu!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <32ooq0$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>nasa
Subject : Re: I Passed the Test!

[e-mail] (Rafael Solis) writes:

>Congratulations!   Someone in my radio club told me that one person got his
>license in 25 days!   I got mine in exactly 2 months.

>73 de Rafael, KE6JSR -Fresno, CA-


I got my callsign after 5 days.  That as far as I know is a record for the UK.
Average in the UK is just over 1 Month.

73 de Red, GW0TJO

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 15:40:49 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!uos-ee!ee.surrey.ac.uk![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <330n6q$[e-mail]>, <CSLE87-220894094306@145.39.1.10>s
Subject : Re: Handies and NiMH accus?

Karl Beckman, P.E.                  <     If our English language is so  >
Motorola LMPS.RNSG.Analog Data      <  precise, why do you drive on the  >
(Square waves & round corners)      <  parkway and park on the driveway? >
   Opinions expressed here do not belong to or represent Motorola Inc.
Amateur radio WA8NVW                        NavyMARS NNN0VBH @ NOGBN.NOASI

I have a problem with this sig, I know what a driveway is but I do not generally
drive on a parkway, whatever one of those is. I assume it is the path that goes
through a park? There is a parkway station, but again one would never drive on it
as the roof would collapse.

Mike

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