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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 30 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  978

Today's Topics:
                      Are ordinary alkalines re
                 Are Ordinary Alkalines Rechargeable?
                 ARLD054 DXCC P5RS7 decision (2 msgs)
                      ARRL Southwestern Div Conv
                          dayton convention
                            FLAME the FCC
                   French UHF band is (almost) dead
                             KOREA P5RS7
                             learning CW
                        Motorcycle Mobile-Help
                        W6RO @ The Queen Mary
               WWW/Mosaic pages for any radio material?

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 14:30:00 -0800
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net!alley.com![e-mail]
Subject: Are ordinary alkalines re
To: [e-mail]

DM>I was in a Radio Shack the other day and I overheard a salesperson selling
DM>someone a battery charger, and he was clearly claiming that it could recharg
DM>alkaline batteries.  He even sold them ordinary RS alkalines, so we're not
DM>talking about the newfangled "rechargeable alkalines" which can be recharged
DM>something like 25 times.

They are selling a product called the "Super Charger" .  I have one that
I ordered on one of the late night Infomercials on T.V.  They do work if
you do periodic recharging while the cells are still good. They will not
recharge 'dead' cells like you can with NiCd's. They work real well if
you keep two sets of batteries for everything you use alkalines in. I've
been doing this and it's been a year now and I haven't had to replace
any batteries.

DM>I found no charger that claimed to charge ordinary alkalines.
Furthermore, DM>the catalog discussed the various battery types and the
only type listed wit DM>the word "rechargeable" were NiCd's.

This is understandable as it isn't actually a Radio Shack product.  By
the way, was this the new catalog? They just released a new one within
the last couple of weeks but haven't had a chance to look a my copy.
They are still charging $2 for it by the way but have a $2 off coupon on
your first purchase. This makes it free if you are actually buying
sometrhing else at the time.

DM>ARE ordinary alkalines rechargeable?

As I pointed out above, yes they are somewhat.  Just don't recharge
them repetitively to try to get them back up to the 1.5V.  I have tried
this and the batteries start leaking. You may be better off in the
longrun trying something like the rayovac renewals although I have yet
to try these as I have never liked Rayovac Alkalines.

John

---
 * OLX 2.1 TD * Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

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Date: 30 Aug 1994 03:23:08 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!indirect.com!bud.indirect.com![e-mail]
Subject: Are Ordinary Alkalines Rechargeable?
To: [e-mail]

I was talking with a group on the air the other night and someone mentioned
that Radio Shack sometimes hire people who don't always know what they're
talking about.

I related a story about a recent visit, where the salesperson was selling
a customer a battery charger that recharged ordinary alkaline batteries.

We're not talking about those newfangled rechargeable alkalines that can be
recharged something like 25 times---I mean ordinary alkalines.  The guy
sold the customer the batteries along with the charger---I saw the batteries.

It's my understanding that ordinary alkalines are not rechargeable.  So I
say this on the air and someone else butts in and "corrects" me---he claims
RS has a "special" charger that can indeed recharge ordinary alkalines.

Not wanting to start an on-the-air argument, I bow out of the QSO and run
to my latest 1995 Radio Shack catalog.  In it there's no charger that claims
to charge any kind of alkaline battery.  Furthermore, there's a discussion
in the catalog about the different battery types and the only kind associated
with the word "rechargeable" is NiCd.

Unfortunately, by this time, the QSO had broken up and I was unable to chime
back in.  So that other guy made me look like I was an idiot or something.

But, just in case---ARE ordinary alkalines rechargeable?
                                Doug
                                KC7DNV

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 23:37:29 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLD054 DXCC P5RS7 decision
To: [e-mail]

SB DX @ ARL $ARLD054
ARLD054 DXCC P5RS7 decision

ZCZC AE52
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 54  ARLD054

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Date: 30 Aug 1994 06:55:21 -0400
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!mailer.acns.fsu.edu!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: ARLD054 DXCC P5RS7 decision
To: [e-mail]

A touchy issue. It appears to have been well
handled. Thanks, folks. 73,

Michael Christie, K7RLS
Crawfordville, Florida

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 21:19:25
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!indirect.com!s146.phxslip.indirect.com![e-mail]
Subject: ARRL Southwestern Div Conv
To: [e-mail]

 From reports I
>have seen, very few complaints were heard from the
>approximately 2600 folks who attended. If you missed it, did
>you ever miss out on a great event. There were special
>events, technical sessions and forums, t hunts, hospitality
>rooms. The list goes on and on.

 And prizes!! Boy, was there
>ever prizes. There was one RADIO given away each hour. The
>lucky grand prize winner is going to be playing around with
>an Icom 736 HF/6m rig. In fact, the winner was:
   É═══════════════════════╜
>              º Norman Rolph, KE6BJH  º
>              º   Palm Desert, Ca     º
>              ├═══════════════════════¼
Hey Tuck. Nice meeting you in San Diego, but I have a small complaint.
I didn't win anything.........
See you next year or maybe at the upcoming F.A.R.E.!
73, Len, KB7LPW

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Date: 30 Aug 94 17:33:44 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: dayton convention
To: [e-mail]

Could someone out there in internet land comfirm the dates for the Dayton
Hamconvention for me ... please email reply to info-hams or to myself
at khowland.foxboro.com  thank you...

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 00:02:19 -0500
From: news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: FLAME the FCC
To: [e-mail]

Bob Levine <[e-mail]> writes:

>Wait till this guy waits about a year or two for a QSL card from the bureau.

They don't receive Federal tax money.

>  "    "    "   "     "     "  "  "   to see contest results in CQ or QST.

Nor do they.

>  "    "    "   "     "     "  "  "   for new announced Ham products to be marketed.

Or that group.

And on, and on, and on...

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Date: 30 Aug 1994 08:47:18 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr![e-mail]
Subject: French UHF band is (almost) dead
To: [e-mail]

Hi,
this is just a warning to those who may want to use UHF
in France.
Our UHF band is (almost) dead.
The first kick was to allow some part of the 433 MHz range to be
used without license for almost every purpose : remote control,
short range comm, etc... The power was intially limited to 10 mW
but has been raised to 500 mW, without any specifications on the
antennae. But who controls the actual output power ?
Next, the lowest part of the band [430 to 434] is constantly polluted
by the harmonics of a system called SYLTRAK, every 15 kHz. As a result,
Paris's UHF repeater has an awful "horse-like" background noise, and
UHF packet communication has become extremely painful.
At the moment, the 434 to 440 MHz part seems safe, but is reserved for
ATV.
And last, the ATV devoted 23 cm part has been requested by the civil
flight operation for other RADAR operation. Since we have a "secondary
status" on the all the 23 cm band, we fear that the whole band will soon
be completely unusable.
The 11 cm band has never been opened. It is required to have a permit
from the army, but they never grant it.

VHF :

The 6 meters band, which was opened between 50.2 and 51.2 under severe
restrictions will most likely be closed very soon, due to problems with
some security equipement embedded in trains.

Isn't France a paradise for hams ?

What to do ?

73 !
Vincent

--
F1RCS - Worldwide Friendship through Amateur Radio
ENST, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, Paris

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Date: 30 Aug 1994 03:20:02 GMT
From: news1.digex.net!access3![e-mail]
Subject: KOREA P5RS7
To: [e-mail]

I received this message from the KE3Q DXCluster Node in the Wash, D.C. area.
Sorry to report this news 73 Steve K3SA.
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Msg #361  From: N4MM  Date: 29-Aug 2356Z  Subj: P5RS7, a dead duck.
ARRL DXCC News Release announces P5RS7 decision.

In response to continued questions concerning the P5RS7 operation of
December 1992 - January 1993, the following is provided:

While reviewing the original documentation and photographs, the DXCC staff
noted some apparent discrepancies.  DXCC staff then requested some additionin
formation.  After more than one year, additional infformation was received.
During that year, the ongoing investigation into the paperwork and
photographs suggested that the operation may have taken place from
another location.  Documentation  in support of P5RS7 accreditation
did not establish that operating permission had been granted by
appropriate authorities, nor did it establish that the operation took
place from the territory of North Korea.

After reviewing all available information, there will be NO DXCC credit
for the P5RS7 operation.

The file had been closed on this issue.  This determination is based
upon Section I., 7) and 12) of the DXCC rules.

73, John, N4MM
================================================



--
Steven C. Affens
[e-mail]

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Date: 30 Aug 1994 04:02:05 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu![e-mail]
Subject: learning CW
To: [e-mail]

There is one aspect about learning code that no one has mentioned.
LISTENING is a more passive method of learning.  One of the best ways
of learning anything is to involve other methods...especially physical
(motor) involvement.  Sending code is no longer required for the
exams, so many people do not practice sending at all anymore.  But, in
my opinion, learning and practicing to SEND is a tremendous aid in
learning to receive.  Passive learning is not very efficient.

Greg  WB0RTK


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Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 06:36:17 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net!pcappbbs![e-mail]
Subject: Motorcycle Mobile-Help
To: [e-mail]

If you are looking for the best way to go Motorcycle Mobile contact
Ray Davis, KD6FHN he is the president of MARC here in Orange County
MARC is Motorcycling Amatuer Radio Club  714-551-1036.  I would go
into more detail, but being in the Retail Business I dont want this
to be misconstrued as touting the Store.  I will tell you we do all
types of installs on GW's up to and including TS-50S, TM-742's, and
all type of antenna installations. We also have custom Brackets for
all late model GW's.  But call Ray and he will fill you in on what
is available for the Bike.  His group and out installs were just
featured in 73 and WingRider I hope this helps.  Tell Ray that
Uncle Bubba told you to call him

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 12:35:30 GMT
From: netcomsv!netcom.com![e-mail]
Subject: W6RO @ The Queen Mary
To: [e-mail]

In article <9408291445.ZM10981@SALCIUS2> [e-mail] (Wayne_Estes) writes:
>I worked W6RO on Sunday evening.  Long Beach ARA members have schedules for
>operating the station.  Guests in the Queen Mary hotel with amateur licenses
>are also permitted to be guest operators of W6RO.

If use of W6RO (as W6RO) is contingent upon being a hotel guest, could it
be construed that W6RO is being used for commercial purposes, to promote
the hotel?

There is a difference, here, between someone who rents out their home with
a shack as a vacation cottage to someone who will operate the shack under
his own license, and a 'club' station attached to a hotel.

One would hope that all licensed amateurs would be invited to operate at
the landmark.

Greg

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Date: 30 Aug 1994 04:53:09 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.service.uci.edu!mothra.nts.uci.edu![e-mail]
Subject: WWW/Mosaic pages for any radio material?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
Andy Eddy <[e-mail]> wrote:
>From: [e-mail] (Andy Eddy)
>Subject: WWW/Mosaic pages for any radio material?
>Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>Organization: My Own Home/Office
>Date:     Mon, 29 Aug 1994 00:11:35 -0600
>X-Posting-Agent: The Moderator's Assistant V1.0 (shareware edition)
>
>I'm putting a list together of radio-related WWW (World-Wide-Web)/Mosaic
>pages. If anyone has any addresses, I'd be interested in receiving them.
>Not only will this help me set up a database for my purposes, but I'd be
>happy to create an FAQ to be posted every couple of weeks for the
>rec.radio.* group subscribers. Any help?
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>  A  E
>--
>             Andy Eddy, Senior Editor, GamePro Magazine
>  **Author of "Internet After Hours" (Prima Publishing--August 1994)**
>The views expressed in this text aren't necessarily those of my employer
>   *finger me for my recent writing credits and other online accounts*
>"I don't want the world, I just want your half." -- They Might Be Giants


I'll share my pages with the rest of the net.  Make no promises that
these will work.  I built this in the last three weeks while on
vacation -I am still on vacation- and have not had a opportunity to
test it yet.  Your mileage may vary.



<em>AMATEUR / HAM RADIO</em>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.acs.ncsu.edu/HamRadio/">
       The NCSE Ham Radio Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.acs.ncsu.edu:80/HamRadio/">
       The NCSE Ham Radio Page Port 80</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://hypatia.gfsc.nasa.gov/sarex_mainpage.html">
       Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://server.systemtechnik.tu-ilmenau.de/ham.html">
       Systemtechnik - Home Page in Germany</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://itre.uncecs.edu/radio/">
       ITRE UNCECE Home Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://galaxy.einet.net/">
       Galaxy Home Page </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.mcc.ac.uk/OtherPages/AmateurRadio.html">
       A U.K. Home Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://w3eax.umd.edu/w3eax.html">
       W3EAX Home Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://w6yx.stanford.edu/w6yx.html">
       W6YX Home Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://macgwy-mac2.gfsc.nasa.gov/garc/wa3nan-home-page.html">
       Goddard Amateur Radio Club Home Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.calpoly.edu/~dmalone/w6bhz/">
       CalPoly Pomona Home Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~fuat/cuarc/">
       The FCC Law Journal In Columbia</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/fclf.html">
       The FCC Law Journal In Indiana</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://web2.cnam.fr/vms/equipe/bmabboux/astro.html">
       Satellite Tracking / Space Environment Laboratory</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cs.colorado.edu/homes/mcbryan/public_html/bb/24/summary.html">
       Colorado Home Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.ramp.com~/bradf/">
       N7XSS Home Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc/barc.html">
       Boston Amateur Radio Club WWW Home Page</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc/fd.html">
       Boston Amateur Radio Club Field Day WWW Home Page</A>


And while I am at it.  Here is a list of telecommunication pages.
Same disclaimer applies here also.

<em>THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONIC NEWSSTAND</em>
<em>Telecomm Government Info / Institutional Info / Non-Profit Org. WWW's:</em>
<dt><A HREF="ftp://ftp.fcc.gov:70">
       FCC USA On Line Archives</A>
<dt><A HREF="gopher://gopher.enews.com/">
       The Telecommunications Electronic NewsStand</A>
<dt><A HREF="gopher://gopher.internet.com/">
       Global Internet Electronic NewsStand</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.earn.net/EC/bangemann.html">
       Some European Commission documents</A>
<dt><A HREF="gopher://info.itu.ch/1">
       International Telecommunications Union</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.eff.org/pub/">
       EFF</A>
<em>Telecomm Operator / Telcomm Carrier WWW's:</em>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.att.com">
       AT&T</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://ba.com/www/ba_ny.html">
       Bell Atlantic</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.pacbell.com">
       Pacific Bell</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://nsa.bt.co.uk/nsa.html">
       British Telecomm (Scotland)</A>
<em>Telecomm Manufacturer / Research / Standardisation WWW's</em>
<dt><A HREF="http://testgate.mot.com:8000/">
       Motorola Wireless Communications WWW Server</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.ericsson.nl/">
       Ericsson (Netherlands Branch)</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.ibm.com">
       IBM</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.ttl.fi/">
       Turkey Telephone Co. (Finland)</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.bellcore.com/">
       Bellcore</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.atmforum.com/">
       ATM Forum</A>
<em>Telecomm Academic Interest WWW's:</em>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.enst.fr/">
       Telecomm Paris (France)</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://melimelo.enst~bretagne.fr/">
       Telecomm Bretage (France)</A>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.fundesco.es/">
       Fundesco (Spain)</A>
<em>Telecomm Events WWW's:</em>
<dt><A HREF="http://www.toyo-eng.co.jp/NewHome/Messe/index-e.html">
       NetWorld + InterOp 94</A>
</dl>

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 00:00:38 -0500
From: news.delphi.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <33culc$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <33t4r8$57p$[e-mail]>.com
Subject : Re: FLAME the FCC

Steve Wilson <[e-mail]> writes:

>SO...if you would like to have your taxes hiked, then by all means, I'm
>sure that we can accomidate 4-5 week turnaround!

Why would it require a tax hike?  Why couldn't we cut spending in other areas,
such as funding for art exhibitions?

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Date: 30 Aug 1994 12:48:38 +0300
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!news.cc.tut.fi!proffa.cc.tut.fi![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <33l3kp$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>t
Subject : Re: Is the moon reflective of radio waves?


chuck adams ([e-mail]) wrote:

> I have a problem with one of the diagrams in the ARRL Handbook
> (if my memory serves me correctly).  There is a diagram of a
> plane wave incident upon the surface of the moon and the resulting
> reflected wave follows the contour of the surface.

I assume that you are refering to figure 3 on page 10-8 in
The ARRL UHF/Microwave Experimenter's Manual.

> NOT!  Look at incident angles and look at reflected angles
> and that is not the shape of the reflected wave.  Unless
> I'm doing something wrong.

The surface of the moon is covered with all sizes of irregular structures
such as hills and stones (large and small). The signal is scattered in all
directions from these structures (assuming their size is about one
wavelength or larger). If we look at the picture, it shows only the large
mountains (craters). In the first picture a wave front (narrow pulse)
is approaching the surface. In the second picture only those scattered
signals that eventually are going to hit the receiving antenna on earth
are shown. These signals form a wave front which is a copy of the large
structures on the surface and this explains the dispersion (and hence
coherance bandwidth) of the signal. It also explains the libration fading,
since a slightly different wavefront will hit the receiving antenna and
some scattered signal cancel each other, when the direction and distance
between the moon and the EME station(s) vary.

        Paul OH3LWR

--
Phone   : [phone]                       Mail: Hameenpuisto 42 A 26
Internet: [e-mail]             FIN-33200 TAMPERE
Telex   : 58-100 1825 (ATTN: Keinanen Paul)            FINLAND
X.400   : G=Paul S=Keinanen O=Kotiposti A=ELISA C=FI

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 21:16:33
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!indirect.com!s146.phxslip.indirect.com![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

References <[e-mail]>, <33dg3p$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject : Re: Why Some people hate Wayne Green

>Subject: Re: Why Some people hate Wayne Green
>I don't hate anyone, let alone Wayne.
>>
>>What I dislike is:  He rambles about the problems our country has, but he
>>doesn't seem to actually put forth any physical effort to correct them.  I
>>work with teenagers, and it is a sore spot for people to talk about how
>>bad this world is, but not actually do anything.

Wayne Green will be the guest on the Ham Radio & More show again on
Sunday, October 30, 1994.
73, Len, KB7LPW

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