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Info-Hams Digest            Sun, 28 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  970

Today's Topics:
                        Collins KW-1 for sale
                    Columbus,OH Ham activity info
                   I could use a Beverage (2 msgs)
                   IPS Daily Report - 27 August 94
                         MFJ-492 Memory Keyer
              Need 2m repeater info for West Orange, NJ
                Parkways (Re: Handies and NiMH accus?)
                  Ragchewing conversational protocol
                      Repeater List for DC Area?
                       Santec fm-240 PL switch
                      Standard C528A questions.
                        W6RO @ The Queen Mary
                    WANTED: Old HP parts/equipment
             Wimpy Audio Output - HT's & Mobiles (2 msgs)
                 You have been a ham too long when yo
              You have been a ham too long when you ...

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Date: 28 Aug 1994 09:44:36 -0400
From: ankh.iia.org!ios.com![e-mail]
Subject: Collins KW-1 for sale
To: [e-mail]



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Date: 27 Aug 1994 22:11:08 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!eff!neoucom.edu!news.ysu.edu!yfn.ysu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Columbus,OH Ham activity info
To: [e-mail]

I will be working in Columbus,OH for approximately 8 weeks starting
after Labor Day. Would appreciate info on "good" 2m RPTs to use
and other Ham activities (clubs,swaps,bbs's etc.).
Please reply to [e-mail].  TIA.
--
73 de Chuck Reti WV8A  Detroit,MI
      [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 17:59:43 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: I could use a Beverage
To: [e-mail]

In article <33ha3o$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Derek Wills) writes:
>[e-mail] (General BBS user login) says:
>
>>>Beverage is an antenna.  It is also known as the wave antenna.  It
>>>is a wire of several wavelengths used to receive, not transmit.
>
>                        (rest deleted)
>
>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.

Well, a vertical is much better for transmitting than receiving.
It has a low angle of radiation for transmitting, but the same pattern
also results in picking up a lot of local QRM.

The Beverage is an antenna designed to be nonresonant, with a high-Z
output, effectively.  I suppose you could rig up a matching network
to transmit from one, but it wouldn't be worth the trouble.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra.  C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 21:24:34 GMT
From: galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!olesun![e-mail]
Subject: I could use a Beverage
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
Scott Dorsey <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In article <33ha3o$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Derek Wills) writes:
>>[e-mail] (General BBS user login) says:
>>
>>>>Beverage is an antenna.  It is also known as the wave antenna.  It
>>>>is a wire of several wavelengths used to receive, not transmit.
>>
>>                        (rest deleted)
>>
>>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.
>
>Well, a vertical is much better for transmitting than receiving.
>It has a low angle of radiation for transmitting, but the same pattern
>also results in picking up a lot of local QRM.
>
>The Beverage is an antenna designed to be nonresonant, with a high-Z
>output, effectively.  I suppose you could rig up a matching network
>to transmit from one, but it wouldn't be worth the trouble.

You can transmit on a beverage but the gound losses are awful.

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Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 00:31:14 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.uwa.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!ipso![e-mail]
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 27 August 94
To: [e-mail]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 27/2330Z AUGUST 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 27 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 28 AUGUST - 30 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 26 Aug
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   4.4E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.4E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 2.5E+06
       X-ray background: LT
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             28 Aug             29 Aug             30 Aug
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 28 Aug:  70/5

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

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 26 Aug
    Learmonth        8  3322 2122
    Fredericksburg   8                           8
    Planetary        7                           6

Observed Kp for 26 Aug: 0222 1113
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
28 Aug     9    Quiet to unsettled
29 Aug     6    Quiet
30 Aug     6    Quiet

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

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
28 Aug      normal         normal         fair
29 Aug      normal         normal         normal
30 Aug      normal         normal         normal

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
       Observed
DATE   T-index  MUFs at Sydney
27 Aug    19    near predicted monthly values, limited data due to
equipment failure.

Predicted Monthly T-index for August: 20

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
28 Aug    25    Near predicted monthly values
29 Aug    25    Near predicted monthly values
30 Aug    25    Near predicted monthly values

--
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: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 09:39:51 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA![e-mail]
Subject: MFJ-492 Memory Keyer
To: [e-mail]

    I'm thinking of getting an MFJ-492 Menu Driven Memory Keyer but
have yet to see a product review so would appreciate any comments from
those who know the product.

    Thanks & 73 . . . David    VE3UOL

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Date: 28 Aug 1994 00:06:15 GMT
From: psinntp!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!newsserver.rdcs.Kodak.COM!kodaki.kodak.com![e-mail]
Subject: Need 2m repeater info for West Orange, NJ
To: [e-mail]

This message is being posted as a favor to a friend without netnews
access.  It is not an official statment of anything, let alone Eastman
Kodak.  Please e-mail [e-mail] or [e-mail].  Mail sent to
this address will be trashed.
===================================================================
Hi, by wife and I will be  visiting my aunt and uncle in West Orange,
and info on a good local West Orange repeater would be appreciated.
They're up the hill from the old Edison museum, not that far from the
area where the Edison house is.  I remember there being a Path Mark mar
et and a Christian radio station nearby that bled all over EVERYTHING,
but this was back in 1989.

Anyway, I will have  a pair of HTX-202s, one for her and one for me,
and I just wanted something to keep in touch when we are apart.
SOmething local and quiet is ideal.  Any 2 meter repeater info for the
area will be MUCH appreciated.  By the way, if there are any good open
2m repeaters in midtwn Manhattan, around 47th st and 7th ave, that would
be appreciated too.

Please reply to [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Thank you KE6GXD & KE6KFN

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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 94 10:22:42 GMT
From: news2.new-york.net!starcomm.overleaf.com!n2ayj![e-mail]
Subject: Parkways (Re: Handies and NiMH accus?)
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail].c [e-mail] writes:
>
>
>Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 15:40:49 GMT
>Mike (who doesn't use a .sig) writes of Karl (who does):
>
>     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
>
>Perhaps if you knew what a parkway was, and lived in an area where that
>term is used, you would drive on one. Dictionaries can be so instructive:
>
>                park.way (n) A wide thoroughfare adorned with
>                spaces planted with turf and trees.
>
>In other words, a highly landscaped highway. The term seems more
>prevalent in the Eastern U.S. I believe New Jersey's toll way is
>called "The Garden State Parkway". I hope this helps you deal
>with your problem. (Oh, and don't expect to make sense of my
>.sig either.)  :-)
>
You are exhibiting much correctness, sir. For the most reasonable
explanationof this that I've ever heard, allow me to quote unto you
from David Feldman's "Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses...?"
in which he quotes himself in "Who Put the Butter in Butterfly?":

"One of the main definitions of -way- is "a route or course that is
or may be used to go from one place to another". New York's Robert
Moses dubbed his "route or course that was used to go from one place
to another" -parkway- because it was lined with trees and lawns to
simulate the beauty of a park. The -driveway-, just as a -highway-,
a -freeway-, or a -parkway-, is a path for automobiles. The driveway is a
path, a -way- between the street and a house or a garage."

We do indeed call ours the Garden State Parkway, although waiting at
the barrier tools that slow traffic to a crawl, it is sometimes like
sitting in a driveway.

For reasons beyond my comprehension, driving on -parkways- does
indeed seem to be a Northeastern thing. Others that spring to mind
are the Merrit, Sprain, and the Saw Mill (River). When one says
"The Parkway" in NY Metro however, it usually means the GSP.

BTW, I highly recommend Mr. Feldman's Imponderables books for fun
and dispute resolution. They include:

"Why Do clocks Run Clockwise..?"
"Who Put the Butter in Butterfly..?"
"When Do Fish Sleep...?"
"Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses...?"
and, of course, the original "Imponderables..."

--
Stan Olochwoszcz, N2AYJ - [e-mail]
I NEED A JOB. PLEASE, e-mail fax number for resume. Central NJ preferred.

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Date: 27 Aug 1994 18:50:15 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!astro.as.utexas.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Ragchewing conversational protocol
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Steve Haehnichen) says:

>>Well well.. looks like I'm not alone!  I've had my ticket for two
>>months or so, and I'm starting to get frustrated with the constant
>>stream of ham-radio talk on 2m and 440.  Sometimes it seems like it's
>>all talk about repeaters, ham gear, FCC this-and-than, and Nets..  I
>>myself simply can't imagine getting excited about QSL cards and
>>contests. :-)  (To each their own, I guess.)

   I see a lot of posts like this.  So can I ask, in what is meant to
   be a completely non-inflammatory way, what attracted you to amateur
   radio in the first place?

   In my case, I was an SWL for a year or so as a teenager, and decided
   that CW DXing was what I wanted to do, so I got a license and have been
   doing it ever since.  I knew what I was getting into, and while I do a
   few other things beside DXing, they alone would not be enough to keep
   me interested in the hobby.

   When I got on the air, it was just as I imagined it would be - there
   were no real surprises and I didn't get tired of it after two months.
   Getting a license doesn't magically make you, or anyone else, a more
   interesting person.  I assume that you listened to hams for some time
   before going to the trouble of getting a license - has anything changed
   since then?

   By your own admission, you're not interested in contests or DXing, and
   you don't like "ham-radio talk" - what would make it more interesting
   for you?


Derek Wills (AA5BT, G3NMX)
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas,
Austin TX 78712.  (512-471-1392)
[e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 11:22:39 UNDEFINED
From: psinntp!pbs.org!dalbert.pbs.org![e-mail]
Subject: Repeater List for DC Area?
To: [e-mail]

Does anyone know where I can get a 2m repeater list for the
Washington DC area?

Thanks!

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Date: 27 Aug 1994 20:27:56 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!news.sccsi.com!nuchat![e-mail]
Subject: Santec fm-240 PL switch
To: [e-mail]

I have a borrowed Santec FM-240 2d meter xcvr without the manual.  How do
you turn on the PL?  I fingered out how to set the PL freq to 103.5, but
it doesn't indicate being on when looking at the LCD screen and won't key
up any repeaters except those operating with COR.

     Any help will be appreciated.  Thanks and 73

     de W5EZM, A.C. in Houston

--
A. C. Spraggins                         [e-mail]
South Coast Computing Services, Inc.    [e-mail]
P. O. Box 270355                        [phone]
Houston, TX 77277-0355                  [phone] fax

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Date: 26 Aug 1994 17:40:18 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!blkbox.COM!jpunix.com![e-mail]
Subject: Standard C528A questions.
To: [e-mail]

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    I have a Standard C528A 2m/440 transceiver and I have a question
about accessories. I was looking at a catalog for accessories from
Standard and they sure are proud of their accessories! Anyway, I was
wondering what an equivalent model would be for a battery pack and a
speaker-mike? What will work with a Standard C528A?


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Date: 26 Aug 1994 10:48:02 -0700
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!csulb.edu!paris.ics.uci.edu![e-mail]
Subject: W6RO @ The Queen Mary
To: [e-mail]

If I read the original question correctly, you want to know if W6RO
is still in operation and how to operate there.  I  know that W6RO
is still operating on the Queen Mary as late as yesterday.  I
operated there a few times last year.  The Queen was sold, I understand,
but the W6RO boys made the right arrangements to keep the station
going on board.

I believe that there is a photo and some info about how to operate
on the Queen Mary in this months QST.  If you cannot find it, let
me know and I can post the info here.

Clark
WA3JPG

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Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 15:05:24 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!udel!news.sprintlink.net!mv!ka1dt.mv.com![e-mail]
Subject: WANTED: Old HP parts/equipment
To: [e-mail]

My HP113BR has had a mechanical failure in the clock gear train. I'd like to
find a replacement for the clock assembly, or if necessary, I'd purchase a
complete HP113BR. If someone out there has a working HP 115BR, that
would be even better.

Also, fwiw, I'd like to find an HP106A or HP106B.

Anyone having any of these items for sale, please send me mail at
[e-mail] or [e-mail]. Please give
condition and price in message.

Thanks, Dave Knight, KA1DT


--------
Dave Knight                [e-mail] (home)
Nashua, NH                [e-mail] (work)

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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 22:19:04 GMT
From: hplntx!hpscit.sc.hp.com!icon![e-mail]
Subject: Wimpy Audio Output - HT's & Mobiles
To: [e-mail]

Nice ideas re piping the mobile's audio into the car stereo's system via the
CD port.  The problem is that you can't be monitoring the mobile while listening
to the car's radio.

Anyway you can merge the two without degrading the already marginal car stereo
system?  (i.e. can't hijack one of the speakers...)

Greg.

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Date: 26 Aug 1994 16:55:41 GMT
From: thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!longlast.cs.nyu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Wimpy Audio Output - HT's & Mobiles
To: [e-mail]

|> run two radios at the same time thru the car's stereo system

Wish I'd thought of that one! I just snipped the end and
replaced the plug with a mini mono adapter so that the audio
would be "binaural".

--
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: 28 Aug 1994 14:20:47 GMT
From: news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: You have been a ham too long when yo
To: [e-mail]

> How about when you retire from the United States Air Force after 20 long
> years, and then go to school for six months <looking for work all the
> while and not finding it> and then end up working at your favorite ham
> radio store...
>
> Happened to me!
>
> 73 de WK1V
>  -jim-
>
> Oh well, can't be a VE anymore...  :(

Just out of curiosity, why not?  Is that considered a "conflict of
interest", or something?

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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 17:10:37 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!news.eecs.nwu.edu!tellab5![e-mail]
Subject: You have been a ham too long when you ...
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ed Bathgate) writes:
>drive past somebody you know, instead of tooting beep - beep on the car horn,
>you beep  -.-.--.-
>
>
How about when you call your favorite Ham Radio Store and say
"This Joe WA9XXX"  with out giving your last name!




---
   Jack Albert  WA9FVP             (Fellow Radio Hacker)
   Tellabs Operations Inc.
   1000 Remington Blvd        Voice  [phone]
   Bolingbrook, IL  60440    FAX    [phone]


            "I'm normal, I'm normal, I'm normal"!

                From MTV's Liquid Television

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Date: (null)
From: (null)
Gordon AB5DG

                             Gordon Couger
                             Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
                             Oklahoma State University
                             114 Ag Hall, Stillwater, OK  74074
 [e-mail] 405-744-9763 day 624-2855 evenings
    I do not speak for my employer

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