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- Info-Hams Digest Tue, 11 Oct 94 Volume 94 : Issue 1113
-
- Today's Topics:
- Callsign/address databases-privacy issue (2 msgs)
- FM subcarrier
- Get Over It
- Info-Hams Digest V94 #1101
- Need Help With IC2GAT
- Repeater/Tower noise problem?
- St. Louis Hamfest
- subscribe rec.radio.amateur.misc
- TUTORIAL: dB & dBm
- WANTED: TAC-TEC 310sx
- WTB: Radar gun... (5 msgs)
-
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-
- Date: 10 Oct 1994 21:58:02 -0400
- From: ab4tf@aol.com (AB4TF)
- Subject: Callsign/address databases-privacy issue
-
- In article <37c6sf$nvv@engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM>, wdh@Eng.Sun.COM (Dennis
- Henderson) writes:
-
- Obviously, not much can be done for your privacy if you are already listed
- in a publication or on-line database. However, send a certified letter to
- those organizations that are publishing lists of amateurs and request that
- your name be removed from all future issues. I suspect that they have an
- obligation to remove you at your request...but as I said, that doesn't do
- anything for previous publications in which you may appear.
-
- See a good lawyer.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Oct 1994 17:25:13 GMT
- From: benedict_m@dd.palmer.edu (Mike Benedict)
- Subject: Callsign/address databases-privacy issue
-
- >I'm concerned with having my name and address available publically
- >via call books and the like. I am very unconfortable having
- >folks know I am not home (from overhearing my conversations) and
- >being able to get my address from a public database.
- >
- >I notice on the 610 form that public access is granted to information
- >on the form. Is there a way to prevent the distribution?
- >
- >I hear a lot of folks on the local repeaters telling folks they
- >are going on vacation. Acces to callsign/address information can
- >lead to one's house getting broken into. I strongly suspect this
- >in a recent burglary.
- >
- >Is there another route to privacy besides getting a PO box?
-
- I used to use a PO box, but even that isn't going to stop someone. Its a
- simple matter to look up anyones address in the city directory which can be
- found in your local library. I don't think there is anyway of staying out of
- that book (unfortunately). I now have a rural route address so I don't worry
- about it anymore.
-
- Either way, I never mention my travel plans over the air. I may talk about
- where I've been after the fact, but never before.
-
- Mike Benedict - KA9GSC
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 10 Oct 1994 19:27:50 -0700
- From: rdcole@crl.com (Ron Cole)
- Subject: FM subcarrier
-
- Albert Tyson (tysona@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca) wrote:
- : How can a normal FM radio be used to receive subcarrier FM?
-
- Well sort of. You need a Subcarrier demodulator. Somthing like a XR2211
- will do the job.
-
- Ron
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Oct 94 12:54:53 GMT
- From: William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.rockwell.COM
- Subject: Get Over It
-
- >Maybe we SHOULD drop the questions on which frequency represents black in ATV
- >operation, and stick to that which is truly common across all modes and bands?
-
- isn't this FSK SSTV you're talking about here rather than ATV (that follows
- regular broadcast standards for the most part)?
-
- bill wb9ivr
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Oct 94 16:18:37 GMT
- From: Fitzgerald_Curt/amer_support@qad.COM
- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #1101
-
- Item Subject: Message text
- unsubscribe
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Oct 1994 17:02:32 GMT
- From: Ryan.Jagoe@ucsd.edu
- Subject: Need Help With IC2GAT
-
- Obout a mouth ago I droped (oops) my IC2GAT. I have not had very much
- time to take an extensive look at the guts to see what the cause of my
- problem is. I get very low audio output from the speaker and also if
- I connect an external speaker. Maybe someone has had a similar problem
- and could give me some advice. I don't feel like sending it half
- way across the country to get it fixed.
-
-
- Thanks for the help,
-
- Ryan, VE9BL
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Oct 1994 13:02:47 -0500
- From: David_Bourque/UB_Networks@UB.com (David Bourque/UB Networks)
- Subject: Repeater/Tower noise problem?
-
- OK,
- I've been trying to chase down a noise problem on a 2 meter repeater for over
- a year now. I'm running out of things to look at. I'm down to guessing that I
- have a noise generator on the tower itself but would like to solicit comments.
- The installation is on a 160 foot tower, the 2 meter antenna is one of four at
- the top. Two of the other three are 222 and 449 repeaters. The forth is a
- control receiver antenna in the 222 band. The tower also has several
- commercial services on it. One in the low band, one pager in the 154 range,
- one pager at 929Mhz almost at the very top and also a CAP repeater in the 2
- meter range. The tower also has three stacked 40 meter yagis on it. If you
- can picture this you can see that it is a mess. Oh, did I mention that the
- tower also supports a 160 meter vertical off the south facing side? Anyway,
- not all the feedlines are jacketed. This is where I think my problem arises.
- I've theorizes that somewhere on the tower we've got a diode junction between
- the tower and one of the feedlines. Has anyone got any experience with this
- kind of problem? If so, how does it manifest itself. What are the symptoms.
- How can one prove it without replacing the feedline or insulating from the
- tower. In principle I know it should be done but it is not my tower and I
- don't have complete control over what is on it. I need some supporting
- evidence before I go and put some effort into getting it fixed. Just to
- provide some more data points here is what has happened lately. This summer a
- new station master antenna was installed. This replaced a Diamond brand that
- was up there. My noise problem got worse. We replaced the 1/2 inch hardline
- with 7/8 hardline two weeks ago. My noise problem got worse. The receiver was
- tested using both an HP signal generator and by a commercial Motorola shop.
- The repeater is a Motorola Micor. With the antenna disconnected and the test
- gear connected to the receiver we have no noise. If I connect the signal
- generator to an antenna on the bench I can hear the problem. Now, the problem
- sounds like desense. Yet the transmitter is spectrally clean. Full quiting
- signals become very noisy or drop out completely for no apparent reason. All
- other transmitters at the site have also been confirmed as clean. I'm running
- out of things to look at. Can anyone offer any suggestions? All for now.
- I've consumed enough bandwidth.
- email me directly or post to the group, either is fine.
- WB1FLD
- David Bourque
- dbourque@ub.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 94 20:46:00 -0640
- From: tony.fischer@travel.com (Tony Fischer)
- Subject: St. Louis Hamfest
-
- The 3rd annual Halloween Hamfest will be held Saturday October
- 29th 1994 from 8:30 am to 2:00pm. The location is the same as
- previous years West County Tech. Hwy 40 & Maryville Centre Dr. in St.
- Louis Mo. Talk-in will be on 146.34/94. First prize will be a Yaesu
- FT2500 2M mobile radio. Vendor info please call Walt Garrett at
- 314-831-6918.
-
- Tony
-
- * 1st 1.11 #3331 * At least those who drink know what to blame everything on
-
- ---
- * TRAVEL ONLINE: 81,000 files; 2,500 conferences, 110 game doors.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Oct 94 12:24:43 GMT
- From: William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.rockwell.COM
- Subject: subscribe rec.radio.amateur.misc
-
- >>imagine if prodigy had usenet access. This may be the tip of the iceberg.
- >guess what.....it does, and it should be showing up any day now......
- >David Palmer DPalmer@ix.netcom.com
-
- oh geez, this is going to be interesting...will prodigy be censoring what goes
- out, what comes in, or just attempting to cancel everything they find
- objectionable?
-
- i wonder if they still have a size limit to postings and mail?
-
- will they make the P* users use vi for an editor..?
-
- bill wb9ivr
- (new email addrs for the pile: wnewkirk@iu.net)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 17:23:05 GMT
- From: phb@syseng1.melpar.esys.com (Paul H. Bock)
- Subject: TUTORIAL: dB & dBm
-
- USING AND UNDERSTANDING DECIBELS
-
- by
-
- Paul H. Bock, Jr. K4MSG
-
- Author's Note: This tutorial was originally written for the use of
- non-RF/analog engineers (digital, software) and non-engineers who
- needed an easy-to-follow reference on the general use of the decibel.
- I hope that some amateur operators may find it useful as well.
-
- While the historical accuracy of the comments relating to the
- telephone company and telephone company engineers may be open to
- question (the information as supplied to me was anecdotal), the
- technical points made should be valid regardless of the exact turn
- of history.
-
-
- *General*
-
- The decibel, or dB, is a means of expressing either the gain
- of an active device (such as an amplifier) or the loss in a passive
- device (such as an attenuator or length of cable). The decibel was
- developed by the telephone company to conveniently express the gain
- or loss in telephone transmission systems. The decibel is best
- understood by first discussing the rationale for its development.
-
- If we have two cascaded amplifiers as shown below, with power
- gain factors A1 and A2 as indicted, the total gain is the product
- of the individual gains, or A1 x A2.
-
- Input >-------- Amp #1 --------- Amp #2 ------> Output
-
- A1 = 275 A2 = 55
-
- In the example, the total gain factor At = 275 x 55 = 15,125.
- Now, imagine for a moment what it would be like to calculate the
- total gain of a string of amplifiers. It would be a cumbersome
- task at best, and especially so if there were portions of the
- cascade which were lossy and reduced the total gain, thereby
- requiring division as well as multiplication.
-
- It was for the reason stated above that Bell Telephone
- developed the decibel. Thinking back to the rules for logarithms,
- we recall that rather than multiplying two numbers we can add their
- logarithms and then take the antilogarithm of this sum to find the
- product we would have gotten had we multiplied the two numbers.
- Mathematically,
- log (A x B) = log A + log B
-
- If we want to divide one number into another, we subtract the
- logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, or in
- other words
- log (A/B) = log A - log B
-
- The telephone company decided that it might be convenient to
- handle gains and losses this way, so they invented a unit of gain
- measurement called a "Bel," named after Alexander Graham Bell.
- They defined the Bel as
-
- Gain in Bels = log A
-
- where A = Power amplification factor
-
- Going back to our example, we find that log 275 = 2.439 and
- log 55 = 1.740, so the total gain in our cascade is
-
- 2.439 + 1.74 = 4.179 Bels
-
- It quickly occurred to the telephone company engineers that
- using Bels meant they would be working to at least two decimal
- places. They couldn't just round things off to one decimal place,
- since 4.179 bels is a power gain of 15,101 while 4.2 bels is a
- power gain of 15,849, yielding an error of about 5%. At that point
- it was decided to express power gain in units which were equal to
- one-tenth of a Bel, or in deci-Bels. This simply meant that the
- gain in Bels would be multiplied by 10, since there would be ten
- times more decibels than Bels. This changes the formula to
-
- Gain in decibels (dB) = 10 log A (Eq. 1)
-
- Again using our example, the gain in the cascade is now
-
- 24.39 + 17.40 = 41.79 decibels
-
- The answer above is accurate, convenient to work with, and can
- be rounded off to the first decimal place will little loss in
- accuracy; 41.79 dB is a power gain of 15,101, while 41.8 dB is a
- power gain of 15,136, so the error is only 0.23%.
-
- What if the power gain factor is less than one, indicating an
- actual power loss? The calculation is performed as shown above
- using Equation 1, but the result will be different. Suppose we
- have a device whose power gain factor is 0.25, which means that it
- only outputs one-fourth of the power fed into it? Using Equation
- 1, we find
- G = 10 log (0.25)
-
- G = 10 (-0.60)
-
- G = -6.0 dB
-
- The minus sign occurs because the logarithm of any number less
- than 1 is always negative. This is convenient, since a power loss
- expressed in dB will always be negative.
-
- There are two common methods of using the decibel. The first
- is to express a known power gain factor in dB, as just described.
- The second is to determine the power gain factor and convert it to
- dB, which can all be done in one calculation. The formula for this
- operation is as follows:
- Po
- G = 10 log ---- (Eq. 2)
- Pi
-
- where G = Gain in dB
- Po = Power output from the device
- Pi = Power input to the device
-
- Both Po and Pi should be in the same units; i.e., watts,
- milliwatts, etc. Note that Equation 2 deals with power, not
- voltage or current; these are handled differently when converted
- to dB, and are not relevant to this discussion. Below are two
- examples of the correct application of Equation 2:
-
- Ex. 1: An amplifier supplies 3.5 watts of output with an
- input of 20 milliwatts. What is the gain in dB?
-
- 3.5 watts
- G = 10 log ----
- 0.02 watts
-
- G = 10 log (175)
-
- G = 10 (2.24)
-
- G = 22.4 dB
-
-
- Ex. 2: A length of coaxial transmission line is being fed
- with 150 watts from a transmitter, but the power
- measured at the output end of the line is only 112
- watts. What is the line loss in dB?
-
- 112 watts
- G = 10 log ---
- 150 watts
-
- G = 10 log 0.747
-
- G = 10 (-0.127)
-
- G = -1.27 dB
-
-
- *Non-relative (Absolute) Uses of the Decibel*
-
- The most common non-relative, or absolute, use of the decibel
- is the dBm, or decibel relative to one milliwatt. It is different
- from the dB because it represents, in physical terms, an absolute
- amount of power which can be measured.
-
- The difference between "relative" and "absolute" can be
- understood easily by considering temperature. For example, if I
- say that it is "20 degrees colder now than it was this morning,"
- it's a relative measurement; unless the listener knows how cold it
- was this morning, it doesn't mean anything in absolute terms. If,
- however, I say, "It was 20 degrees C this morning, but it's 20
- degrees colder now," then the listener knows exactly what is meant;
- it is now 0 degrees C. This can be measured on a thermometer and
- is referenced to an absolute temperature scale.
-
- So it is with dB and dBm. A dB is merely a relative
- measurement, while a dBm is referenced to an absolute quantity:
- the milliwatt (1/1000 of a watt). We can apply this concept to
- Equation 1 as follows:
-
- dBm = 10 log (P) (1000 mW/watt)
-
- where dBm = Power in dB referenced to 1 milliwatt
- P = Power in watts
-
- For example, take the case where we have a power level of 1
- milliwatt:
-
- dBm = 10 log (0.001 watt) (1000 mW/watt)
-
- dBm = 10 log (1)
-
- dBm = 10 (0)
-
- dBm = 0
-
- Thus, we see that a power level of 1 milliwatt is 0 dBm. This
- makes sense intuitively, since our reference power level is also
- 1 milliwatt. If the power level was 1 watt, however, we find that
-
- dBm = 10 log (1 watt) (1000 mW/watt)
-
- dBm = 10 (3)
-
- dBm = 30
-
- The dBm can also be negative, just like the dB; if our power
- level is 1 microwatt, we find that
-
- dBm = 10 log (1 x 10E-6 watt) (1000 mW/watt)
-
- dBm = -30 dBm
-
- Since the dBm is an absolute amount of power, it can be
- converted back to watts if desired. Since it is in logarithmic
- form it may also be conveniently combined with other dB terms,
- making system analysis easier. For example, suppose we have a
- signal source with an output power of -70 dBm, which we wish to
- connect to an amplifier having 22 dB gain through a cable having
- 8.5 dB loss. What is the output level from the amplifier? To find
- the answer, we just add the gains and losses as follows:
-
- Output = -70 dBm + 22 dB + (-8.5 dB)
-
- Output = -70 dBm + 22 dB - 8.5 dB
-
- Output = -56.5 dBm
-
- As a final note, power level may be referenced to other
- quantities and expressed in dB form. Below are some examples:
-
- dBW = Power level referenced to 1 watt
-
- dBk = Power level referenced to 1 kilowatt (1000 watts)
-
- One other common usage is dBc, which is a relative term like
- dB alone. It means "dB referenced to a carrier level" and is most
- commonly seen in receiver specifications regarding spurious signals
- or images. For example, "Spurious signals shall not exceed -50
- dBc" means that spurious signals will always be at least 50 dB less
- than some specified carrier level present (which could mean "50 dB
- less than the desired signal").
-
- * Paul H. Bock, Jr. K4MSG * Principal Systems Engineer
- (|_|) * E-Systems/Melpar Div. * Telephone: (703) 560-5000 x2062
- | |) * 7700 Arlington Blvd. * Internet: pbock@melpar.esys.com
- * Falls Church, VA 22046 * Mailstop: N203
-
- "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Oct 1994 03:23:38 GMT
- From: hutchine@river.it.gvsu.edu (E.Hutchinson-N8XHP)
- Subject: WANTED: TAC-TEC 310sx
-
- I am looking for Tac-Tec UHF or VHF radios...if you have any or know the
- wearabouts of any...please let me know...
-
-
- --
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- = Eric M. Hutchinson - N8XHP Grand Valley State University =
- = * HAZMAT * Allendale, Michigan * BLS/CPR * =
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=hutchine@river.it.gvsu.edu-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 10 Oct 94 19:45:15 GMT
- From: daveb@dgtl.com (David Breneman)
- Subject: WTB: Radar gun...
-
- JERRY NORMANDIN (jnormandin@umassd.edu) wrote:
- : In article <373pj9$600@news.it.gvsu.edu>, hutchine@river.it.gvsu.edu (E.Hutchinson-N8XHP) writes:
- : > I am looking to purchase a CHEAP, USED radar gun...X or K band
- : >is not important. Wanted to take surveys in the area for school project.
- : MAKE SURE YOU USE CAUTION WHEN YOU USE THE RADAR GUN!! THEY CAUSE CANCER!
- : That's why Laser RADAR is now used!
-
- THAT'S NOT QUITE TRUE!! :-) If you drive around in a car 10-12 hours
- a day for 10 years with a radar gun in your lap, you'll definitely
- hard boil the ol' familial eggs. That's just natural selection at work.
- I'll brush off the fact that there is no such thing as "Laser RADAR",
- and comment that LIDAR accounts for only a small percentage of the
- tax-collector's arsenal. It's cumbersome, expensive, may pose health
- threats of its own (ie, shining coherent infrared laser light into the
- eyes of millions of motorists year after year could be dangerous as
- well - although not to Officer Friendly).
-
-
- --
- David Breneman Email: daveb@jaws.engineering.dgtl.com
- System Administrator, Voice: +1 206 881-7544 Fax: +1 206 556-8033
- Product Development Platforms
- Digital Systems International, Inc. Redmond, Washington, U. S. o' A.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 11 Oct 94 12:32:55 GMT
- From: William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.rockwell.COM
- Subject: WTB: Radar gun...
-
- >I suggest you read up on bio physics!
- >all matter, including our cell structure is bipolar.
- >that's why gravity has an effect on our body
-
- I guess you don't need to take classical mechanics and physics to get in the
- laser program at the lincoln lab, eh? I sure don't recall any bits about
- "polarity" in the high school and college physics classes i had to take with
- respect to gravity.
-
- Of course, if you're trying to spill the beans on upsidaisyium, you'll find
- Jay Ward beat you to the punch by about 30 years.
-
- >I don't know about you but I wouldn't want a 250Watt RADAR sitting on my lap
-
- i probably wouldn't either...but then i don't recall too many of those guns
- available commercially ... i want to say that you're off by a couple of orders
- of magnitude or more. we are talking lightweight equipment here that's
- operated off of car power, not a small 110V microwave oven.
-
- bill wb9ivr
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 04:48:46 GMT
- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: WTB: Radar gun...
-
- gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes:
- : In article <1994Oct10.075613.7018@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- : >jnormandin@umassd.edu (JERRY NORMANDIN) writes:
- : >
- : >: I suggest you read up on bio physics!
- : >: all matter, including our cell structure is bipolar.
- : >
- : >What does this mean?
- :
- : It means cells are affected by electric fields, same way a bar magnet
- : will align with an external magnetic field. It's the principle behind
- : electrophoresis. During cell division, while the nucleus is splitting,
- : the cell is particularly vulnerable to electric fields. As far as I
- : know, magnetic fields aren't implicated in this at all.
-
- Note that the person said "all matter". That is why I was wondering about
- the usage of the term.
-
- : >How did they do this? All the ones I have seen had the transmitter in the
- : >head - which was aimed at the automobile. Kind of hard to do that if you
- : >are holding it in your lap. The readout unit may have been held in their
- : >laps, however - and they may have contained a high voltage power supply.
- :
- : Well, obviously, the handheld radar guns used by police are *not* 250 watts.
- : They are in fact in the range of 10 *milliwatts* to 25 *milliwatts*.
-
- Correct.
-
- : However, cops are in the habit of resting the guns in their laps when they
- : aren't actively clocking a vehicle, and they *don't turn them off* for the
- : entire shift. So they get a good near field dose to the testicles. Testicular
- : cancer rates are higher among police who do traffic patrol. Figure what the
- : power density is right at the mouth of a 17 db standard horn and you'll see
- : the levels they are getting are above ANSI limits. This is also why you should
- : never look into the antenna of a microwave transmitter, no matter if it is
- : very low power. The ERP can still be above safety limits at very close range.
-
- All the units I have seen have a trigger on them - so called "instant on"
- units. There might be a high EM field, but no microwaves. Are the cops so
- stupid that they would rest the mouth of an active radar unit on their
- testicles? Highly unlikely.
-
- Even if this were not true, I would expect the reflected waves to be much
- higher than any leakage signal through the casing. Add in standing waves,
- and you could get quite a few local hotspots - that would change position
- every time the unit moved a fraction of an inch.
-
- Maybe the get the cancer from the sugar in their doughnuts.
-
- Bill
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 05:16:44 GMT
- From: finster@zeus.fasttax.com (David Finster)
- Subject: WTB: Radar gun...
-
- In article <1994Oct10.075613.7018@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- >Subject: Re: WTB: Radar gun...
- >Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 07:56:13 GMT
-
- >jnormandin@umassd.edu (JERRY NORMANDIN) writes:
- >: My first job after college was as an engineer at Lincoln Lab with the
- >: LASER Group! Lasers are easily "absorbed". They use a frequency of
- >: light that is easily absorbed with g.$a#*)(@@@@ , I don't want
- >: to get into trouble. Also LASER RADAR can be jammed just like
- >: Microwave RADAR! You transmit the calibration signal!
-
- >It can be absorbed - at least most of it can - if you are willing to
- >paint the complete front end of your automobile with the proper substance.
- >Windshields will also, in many cases, return a sufficiently strong signal.
-
- >If they have a calibration signal. If they are using T and D radar, then
- >there is no such signal. Even if there was, the officer would know what
- >was happening, just as they know with current radar. Such jamming happens
- >to be highly illegal, for a number of reasons, and is likely to get you
- >into far more trouble than a simple speeding ticket.
-
- I'm not trying to start anything, simply looking for clarification. Why would
- it be illegal to transmit infrared laser? I wasn't aware there were any
- regulations on transmitting light of any frequency/pulse duration or
- coherency. Am I simply misinformed? Or are there other laws in effect here?
-
- I'll sit back and listen now...
-
- -- Dave
- finster@fasttax.com
-
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- Date: 11 Oct 1994 05:57:35 GMT
- From: steinr@ucs.orst.edu (Jean-Luc Picard)
- Subject: WTB: Radar gun...
-
- In article <1994Oct11.044846.6240@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>,
- bill nelson <billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> wrote:
- ......
- ......
- >
- >: However, cops are in the habit of resting the guns in their laps when they
- >: aren't actively clocking a vehicle, and they *don't turn them off* for the
- >: entire shift. So they get a good near field dose to the testicles. Testicular
- >: cancer rates are higher among police who do traffic patrol. Figure what the
- >: power density is right at the mouth of a 17 db standard horn and you'll see
- >: the levels they are getting are above ANSI limits. This is also why you should
- >: never look into the antenna of a microwave transmitter, no matter if it is
- >: very low power. The ERP can still be above safety limits at very close range.
- >
- >All the units I have seen have a trigger on them - so called "instant on"
- >units. There might be a high EM field, but no microwaves. Are the cops so
- >stupid that they would rest the mouth of an active radar unit on their
- >testicles? Highly unlikely.
- >
- ...
- ...
- >
- >Maybe the get the cancer from the sugar in their doughnuts.
- >
- >Bill
-
- Actually, most of the officers that get this form of cancer are motorcycle
- officers since they must rest their gun near this part of their body
- when chasing a car.
- Also the officers in autos may incidentally rest the gun there if they
- throw it down in a hurry to chase a "speeder".
- It's not done by choice, that's guaranteed...
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- OSU Electrical Engineering |\ <<--COOL!
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- Date: 11 Oct 94 15:40:00 GMT
- From: HPS3@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (Dr. H. Paul Shuch)
-
- ReferencesH. Paul, Shuch)
- Subject: Re: Bad News from VE3ONT
-
- How disappointing! But such is the nature of amateur radio endeavors.
- Thanks so much to you and the group for trying so hard. See you off
- OSCAR 0 some other time. Vy 73, Paul (n6tx@amsat.org)
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