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Info-Hams Digest            Fri,  2 Sep 94       Volume 94 : Issue  987

Today's Topics:
                             73cm Simplex
                       ARLB071 Contest dates ok
                           ARLD055 DX news
                           FAX/WEEFAX SPEC
How to find the answers to frequently-asked questions about Ham Radio
                        IC-970H use for AMSATS
                                JVFAX
                 Maritime CW Usage Snippet of History
                        Need FCC Part 15 Rules
                  Need formula for VHF/UHF path loss
                         Need QSL database ad
                         Number of Call Signs
                            PacketCluster
                PLSE INCLUDE SASE FOR DIRECT DX QSL CA

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Date: 1 Sep 1994 18:49:02 -0400
From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com![e-mail]
Subject: 73cm Simplex
To: [e-mail]

I recently bought a dual band HT and was wondering about the band plan for
73cm.   My ARRL repeater guide doesn't list simplex frequencies other than
440.000.  What are the agreed upon simplex frequencies?  Are they the
unused repeater pairs in my area?

Thanks in advance

Warren Whitby
[e-mail]
Department of Industrial Relations
State of Alabama
73s de KE4ITL

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Date: Thu, 01 Sep 1994 14:51:44 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLB071 Contest dates ok
To: [e-mail]

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB071
ARLB071 Contest dates ok

ZCZC AG36
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 71  ARLB071

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Date: Thu, 01 Sep 1994 14:49:26 EDT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: ARLD055 DX news
To: [e-mail]

SB DX @ ARL $ARLD055
ARLD055 DX news

ZCZC AE53
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 55  ARLD055

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Date: 2 Sep 1994 10:04:44 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!strath-cs!nntphost.dur.ac.uk!hydra.dur.ac.uk![e-mail]
Subject: FAX/WEEFAX SPEC
To: [e-mail]

Hello!

    I am looking for some help in finding out the specification of FAX and/or
WEEFAX data (satellite weather pictures) as received on SW. I am going to be
working on image enhancement project and need info on my sources!


    Any pointers or specs. would be greatly appreciated.

Tnx.

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Date: 1 Sep 94 17:06:09 GMT
From: gonix![e-mail]
Subject: How to find the answers to frequently-asked questions about Ham Radio
To: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ian Kluft) writes:

[...]

>--Call for FAQ Editors--------------------------------------------------------

>As with any volunteer effort, new volunteers are often needed.  We need
>a new editor to post the Ham Radio FAQ.  Preferably this should be
>someone who has enthusiasm for Ham Radio, experience with UseNet, and
>the ability to work with the other editors.  No single person can know
>all the various aspects of this diverse hobby so the editorial review
>group is intended to make a greater combination of experience.

>The FAQ is currently posted with the AUTO-FAQ software, which is
>written in PERL.  So it would be a plus for volunteers to post the
>FAQ to have PERL installed on their system and be able to use "cron"
>or "at" so that postings can go unattended.

>Anyone who wants to make their contribution to the Net as a volunteer
>should contact [e-mail].

I'd like to publicly thank Ian for his 2 1/2 years of service posting
the FAQ.  Ian came along at just the right time to take over an
excellent resource originated by Diana Syriac KC1SP, but technical problems
and professional obligations motivated her to transfer the mechanical
chores (and most of the editorial ones) to a new maintainer.  Ian has
been a true professional, coordinating cross-posting to moderated
newsgroups like *.answers and rec.radio.info, conducting the co-editor's
mailing list to provide broader-based formal feedback and editorial
changes, and even leading newsgroup reorganizations to make the FAQ's
reflect on an even better set of newsgroups.  Like Diana's transition to
Ian, this doesn't reflect a "failure" on anyone's part, just a
realization that ultimately the FAQ belongs to the readers, and opportunities
for more individuals on the net to contribute and become trained
in FAQ maintenance techniques is desirable.  We'd also like to think that
we're not just talking to ourselves, and the overall mission of the FAQ
and its content reflects a reasonable consensus of the readership.

If you've seen my latest posting of my Elmers Resource Directory, you'll
know that I've just made a hurried transition from declining services at
UNO to (hopefully) a more stable and better-supported commercial site in
the local Omaha area.  The demands of maintaining the Elmers list
(including working out the bugs and slightly different interfaces at the
new site), reading and participating in news discussions at a leaf site
(which is running 4-7 days behind), as well as personal and professional
obligations, means that I can't in good conscience take over the FAQ
myself.  However, I'm willing to continue to participate as a co-editor
and contribute to the FAQ's ongoing maintenance.

If you have *any* interest in pursuing Internet information projects,
and would like to learn more about automated posting techniques (or even
Unix shell programming in general), please drop us a line.  We'd like to
see this valuable resource continue for some time to come.

73, Paul W. Schleck, KD3FU

[e-mail]

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Date: 1 Sep 1994 17:16:31 GMT
From: lll-winken.llnl.gov!taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil!nps.navy.mil![e-mail]
Subject: IC-970H use for AMSATS
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeyes, Arthur F. (Art)) writes:
>Is anyone using the IC-970 for 9600 baud AMSAT work, and if so, what
>modifications are required?
>
>I contacted ICOM customer service and got the following reply:
>
>>Sir,
>>
>>The IC-970 was developed before 9600 baud packet was on the market.
>>Therefore the radio was not designed with the capability of operation with
>>9600 baud packet.  The IC-970 will work on the AMSAT but not on PACSAT, due
>>to the switching speed needed to operate 9600 baud packet.
>>
>>We do not have factory authorized modifications for the radio outside of the
>>original design of the Radio.
>>
>>73's Ray, KB5KCL
>>
>
>It seems hard for me to believe that radio manufacturers are ignoring 9600
>baud compatability as much as they are ... the reviews I have read on the new
>IC-820 also say that it is also not 9600 baud SAT compatible.
>
>I guess I need to start considering other units for my next purchase ...
>
>any recommendations from other users ???
>
>Thanks
>
>Art Jeyes
>[e-mail]


This is amazing.  ICOM must have changed their policy on helping hams
out with technical issues.  Quite the contrary, ICOM sent me a
photocopy of the schematic and the suggested taps points needed to do
9600 bps.  Ron Parsons W5RKN came to my rescue and has a very eligant
mod that requires only one solder joint to the main pcb board.  I
include it below.  I have done this mod myself and it works fine.  I'd
be happy to answer any questions you might have concerning the mod.

Steve N7HPR ([e-mail])

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Below is a more complete description of my mods.  Yes, please share these with
anyone you feel like. I don't need the MAIN board pring as I have one in the
970 Service manual. Thanks anyway.

Ron W5RKN

========================================

Icom IC-970 9600 baud FSK Mods

The following describes mods for 9600 baud FSK for an Icom IC-970. The mods
require NO soldering or cutting on the IC-970, and are thus easily reversible.

Icom suggested mods for 9600 were:
*       TX mod input at collector of Q59 on the main unit.
*       RX Main at DET output in J29 (main unit).
*       RX Sub at TSAOS output in J9 (main unit).

I made slight mods to Icom's mods:

*       TX mod input at collector of Q59 on the main unit. This is
available at the top of R51 with a micro clip. Ground is at the top of
R60 with a micro clip.  These resistors are about 3" back from the
front of the Main unit and 2" from the right. The micro clips were
attached to a length of RG-174 mini coax. No mods to board! The leads
of the resistors appear to be painted. Scrape the paint off with a
small, sharp knife (a small mod).

*       RX Main output at TSAOM at J29 (main unit). Available on P85
(tone squelch option socket) under the top cover.
*       RX Sub output at TSAOS at J9 (main unit). Available on P87
(tone squelchoption socket) under the top cover.

Two lengths of RG-174 mini coax were connected to a 6-pin headers with the
center conductor on pin 4 and ground on pin 3. The headers were covered with
heat-shrink tubing. The headers plug into P85 (MAIN) and P87 (SUB).

The three coax cables were routed to the back-right of the IC-970
case. The two TVJ hole covers were removed and replaced by two dual
RCA jack boards. These boards were attached with a small bolt through
the hole for the TVJ screws. Thecoax was attached to three of these jacks.


Ron Parsons W5RKN
9001 Laurel Grove Dr.
Austin, TX 78758
[phone]
CompuServe 71371,2110

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Date: 1 Sep 1994 14:06:56 +0300
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!gate.compart.fi![e-mail]
Subject: JVFAX
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Sean Lange) writes:

>I'm looking for JVFAX (the fax/sstv prog) and understand it's now up
>to v7.0. Can anyone point me to an ftp site. TIA

ftp.funet.fi:/pub/ham/misc/jvfax70.zip.

Regards,
    Markku / OH2BQZ

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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 21:52:35 GMT
From: newsgate.melpar.esys.com!melpar![e-mail]
Subject: Maritime CW Usage Snippet of History
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (R. D. Keys) writes:

>they can get along now with a no-code license on VHF.  But it is
>still of some interest to note that among the commercial operators,
>you don't even begin to be proficient at this game until you can
>run a comfortable 20wpm, and beyond.  How many hams out there can
>muster 20wpm, reliably......

     Actually, I would venture that since the International Morse
Code test for a 2nd Class Radiotelegraph Operator requires 0ne
minute out of five minutes of solid copy at 16 WPM coded groups and
20 WPM plain language, that one is not considered *proficient*
until one can handle the minimum requirement for a 1st Radiotelegraph
ticket, which is 20/25 WPM *with ease* (and I'll bet the average
operator can handle 25/30 with ease, maybe higher).

     It's an acquired skill, to be sure, rather than something requiring
superior intellect (no put-down intended by that), but it sure is a
*neat* thing to do well.

(|_|)  Paul H. Bock, Jr. K4MSG     Internet: [e-mail]
 | |)  Principal Systems Engineer  Telephone: [phone] x2062

   "You can have my bug when you can pry my cold, dead fingers from
    around it....." - anonymous radiotelegraph operator

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Date: 1 Sep 94 19:27:41 GMT
From: sunriv![e-mail]
Subject: Need FCC Part 15 Rules
To: [e-mail]

Anyone know of a source to quickly obtain a current copy of
Part 15 of the FCC rules and regulations?  I've sent two
letters to the US Government printing office and one to the
FCC asking for a current price list and ordering info, and
neither has responded over the course of the last 3 months.
In years past, a delay of a few weeks was tops to get the
order form and prices, place the order, and get the documents.
Now it seems they don't want to sell me anything.  Any
suggestions?

NOTE:  I'm looking for Part 15, not Amateur Service R&Rs.

Thanks in advance.

   == I used to be young and foolish.  Now I'm just foolish. ==
Ronnie D. Hughes, N5CSE      |    [e-mail]
SunRiver Corp.          |
2600 McHale Court, #125      |    [phone] ext. 118
Austin, TX  78758      |

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Date: 2 Sep 1994 11:00:05 GMT
From: zib-berlin.de!news.th-darmstadt.de!News.Uni-Marburg.DE!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de![e-mail]
Subject: Need formula for VHF/UHF path loss
To: [e-mail]

Mike Morris <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>The subject ine is pretty concise.  I'm trying to locate a set of
>formulas for the range 50-500 mhz for calculating path loss so I can
>figure fade margins.
>

Hello Mike, I dont think what you want is really feasible. Read the ARRL
Handbook.

73, Moritz DL5UH

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Date: 28 Aug 94 01:31:00 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!duke!wolves!psybbs!org!fidonet!z1!n151!f160![e-mail]
Subject: Need QSL database ad
To: [e-mail]

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

Hi Tom!! This is an unrelated response, but I couldn't resist when I saw
your posting. I have some of your qsl's on the wall and this is the
first time I've seen you on the net. My name is Dave, and I worked you
mobile on 20  once and I have a card when you were /VP9 ( I think...I'm
at work, heehee). Anyway, nice to hear (er...see) you on the net es
tnx for the nice cards! 73 de WB4IUY

___
 X OLX 2.1 X Phychic convention cancelled due to unforeseen problems

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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 94 13:03:47 GMT
From: agate!cat.cis.Brown.EDU!noc.near.net!news2.near.net!news.umass.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!world!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Number of Call Signs
To: [e-mail]

In <33veao$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Scott Richard Rosenfeld) writes:
>the biggest pool.  Hey, in the UK, they give "2E" calls to
>their equivalent of "No-Code Tech"s.

Errrm - I believe the no-code tech is a little more like the UK's Class-B
license. The 2* series is given to Novices, 2*0 are class A Novices (VHF/
UHF with HF) and 2*1 are class B Novices (VHF/UHF only).

The * depends on where in the UK you are, and is similar to the G* prefix.

The real confusion arises when you have a club station. They have different
G* prefixes, and I can't remember all of them. Sorry to all those GD, GJ
and GU clubs!

Novice call    Full call    Club call    Country
2D        GD                Isle of Man
2E        G        GX        England
2J        GJ                Jersey
2M        GM        GS        Scotland
2U        GU                Guernsey
2W        GW        GC        Wales

And on top of that, there's the good old GB special event prefix.

With a full call or a club call, the number after the prefix indicates the
class of the license. A 2-letter suffix is always an A license, and was
issued before the second world war. A three letter suffix uses the following
numbers to indicate an A or B license:

Class A        Class B
0        1
2        6
3        7
4        8

The number 5 with a three-letter suffix used to be used for reciprocal
licenses (and isn't any more), and the number 9 is for experimental
licenses (please don't ask me what this means!). Current licenses are in
the G0 and G7 series, and once G7 has finished it is planned to use G5 for
class Bs.

And I bet you thought it was going to be easy!

    Scott

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| Senior Software Engineer,   | AMPRnet   : [e-mail]     |
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Date: 3 Sep 94 03:50:25 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: PacketCluster
To: [e-mail]

I am looking for a Packet Cluster in Internet. Some body knwos if there
is some one and if there is how can I subscribe me. Thanks in advance
XE1ZW,Guillermo,Mexico City,Mexico
[e-mail]

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Date: 1 Sep 1994 15:15:48 GMT
From: noc.near.net!jericho.mc.com!fugu![e-mail]
Subject: PLSE INCLUDE SASE FOR DIRECT DX QSL CA
To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Maurice Nunas) writes:
-->
-->Many of us outside USA use cards much bigger than USA sized post cards.
-->Some are as big as Inernational sized postcards.  The cards from the USA
-->usually have US-sized envelopes that are too small for
-->international-sized post cards.  Hams *outside* the US almost always
-->send a nice big envelope that fits international post cards.
-->
-->I throw out dozens of too-small envelopes every week and replace them
-->with an envelope here that I have to buy and hand address.  This is a
-->waste of trees!
-->
     Does one get caned for wasting trees?  ;-)

-->
-->I *do* appreciate the thought of those who send a self addressed envelope,
-->but sure hate to make waste by throwing them out.  I also appreciate the $1
-->that most of you send (or IRCs).
-->
-->Thanks to all for listening.  Please pass the word as not many hams are
-->on the Internet.
-->
-->73 de Maurice, 9V1ZS, from the land of endless summer.


On the other hand, a standard envelope put inside a business
envelope plus a dollar bill plus a QSL card weighs almost
EXACTLY 1/2 ounce so it gets one unit of International Airmail
postage on this end. Using bigger envelopes will raise that
cost for us.

Why can't DX stations get smaller QSL cards?  We dont care about
pretty pictures (well I dont) or monster fold-outs.  Buy generic
QSLs.  It should be much cheaper for you too.  Here, we can get
the generics for about 3 cents each.

Is there some aversion to the smaller size QSLs popular here in the
states?  Maybe no foreign printers can make such sizes?

---
------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Levine  KD1GG 7J1AIS VK2GYN               formerly KA1JFP
[e-mail]   <--Internet email    Phone[phone] x247
[e-mail] <--Packet Mail         FAX[phone]
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 22:25:00 GMT
From: hookup!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu![e-mail]
To: [e-mail]

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

In article <33l3kp$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>Is the moon reflective enough of radio waves to use it as a reflective radio
>telescope?

Sure.  Radio hams do it all the time.

Rumor I heard:  The giant radiotelescope at Aricibo (sp?), Puerto Rico,
was built by NSA so they could spy on Russian VHF/UHF radio traffic via
moon bounce.  When satellites made it obsolete, they gave it to the
radio astronomers.

--

Frank    [e-mail]     W9MKV

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