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Info-Hams Digest            Mon, 17 Oct 94       Volume 94 : Issue 1131

Today's Topics:
                      5/6 tones code for pagers?
           ANARTS RTTY News Bulletin 831 16th October 1994
               Callsign/address databases-privacy issue
                    Commercial License wait 13w 3d
                   Email callsign servers (2 msgs)
                      HAM-Software on FTP-Hosts?
                            Hammarlund 600
                   IPS Daily Report - 17 October 94
                JOTA '94 and Intentional Interference
                            laser replies
             looking EXTRA CLASS questions to download??
                           S.O.S. (2 msgs)
                 What is "Trunk LAN Mobile Radio"???
                      WTB: Radar gun... (2 msgs)
                      Yaesu FT-990 users group?

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 12:14:33 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Clement Vaillancourt)
Subject: 5/6 tones code for pagers?

Where can I find the specifications for the 5/6 tones code used to
activate pagers....?

Thank you very much, 73 de Clement, VE2HQJ
---
   Clement Vaillancourt,                  Institut de Recherche d'Hydro-Quebec
   Analyste,                              Varennes, P. Quebec, Canada, J3X 1S1
   Informatique scientifique           Tel:[phone] Fax:[phone]
   Int: [e-mail]   Radio-Amateur: VE2HQJ@VE2CRL.#MTL.PQ.CAN.NA

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Date: 17 Oct 1994 22:15:35 +1000
From: [e-mail] (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: ANARTS RTTY News Bulletin 831 16th October 1994

[ ANARTS - Australian National Amateur Radio Teletype Society ]

ANARTS News Bulletin 831 16th October 1994

Well,  this  weekend is JOTA.  I hope you have offered  a  few
minutes  of  your time to help get young people interested  in
Amateur Radio.  These youngsters are our replacements, and our
growth  factor ...  How many amateurs do we need to  keep  our
frequencies,  to stop the commercial grab?

Remember,  amateurs  have  been responsible for many  advances
used  for commercial radio application,  and also  that  these
innovators need to have frequencies to experiment. If you have
friends who have been inactive for a period, why not talk them
into dusting off their gear and getting back up on air.  Usage
is automatically recorded by the department off air, and every
few  minutes being active on air helps maintain our  frequenc-
ies.

Keep our frequencies -- use your radios.

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RTTY Digital Journal name and frequency change
----------------------------------------------
The new name for this magazine is now the Digital Journal  and
it has gone from ten issues a year to twelve per year.

If  you are thinking of subscribing,  there was word of a hike
in  fees in 1995,  so do it now.  Cost per year is 35  dollars
(US), in US funds. Address is PO Box 2550 Goldenrod, FL 32733-
2550 USA.

This is - the - journal for digital radio and is well worth  a
subscription.  It has all the rules for contests,  articles on
the  newest modes,  and comparisons with established ones,  dx
news,  and lots more (no -- I do not get a free  subscription,
hi hi -- I just think its worth it.).

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                      IPS WEEKLY REPORT
                      -----------------
                   07 OCTOBER - 13 OCTOBER

ISSUE No 41

DATE OF ISSUE: 14 OCTOBER 1994

INDICES:

DATE     07    08    09    10    11    12    13

10CM     84    86    87    87    88    88    93
A        28    15    11    14    21    12  ( 10 ESTIMATED)
T       -30    01    22    16   -14   -20    06


SOLAR  ACTIVITY WAS LOW 7TH AND 9TH OCTOBER AND VERY  LOW  FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

THE  GEOMAGNETIC  FIELD  AT LEARMONTH (WA)  WAS  UNSETTLED  TO
ACTIVE,  WITH A SHORT MINOR STORM PERIOD, ON 7TH, AND QUIET TO
UNSETTLED  GENERALLY AFTER THAT.  THERE WERE BRIEF  ACTIVE
PERIODS ON 10TH-12TH DURING LOCAL NIGHT.

IONOSPHERIC  F2 CRITICAL FREQUENCIES WERE MOSTLY DEPRESSED  BY
UP  TO  30 PER CENT,  EXCEPT FOR 9TH OCTOBER WHEN  FREQUENCIES
WERE  NEAR  PREDICTED  MONTHLY VALUES.  STRONG  SPREAD  F  WAS
OBSERVED DURING LOCAL NIGHT 12TH-13TH OCTOBER.

              FORECAST (14 OCTOBER - 20 OCTOBER)

SOLAR:        LOW

GEOMAGNETIC:  QUIET TO UNSETTLED, WITH POSSIBLE ACTIVE PERIODS
              ON 14 OCTOBER.

IONOSPHERIC:  NEAR PREDICTED MONTHLY VALUES.


COURTESY OF IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES

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VK2SG RTTY DX NOTES 7 OCT 94

VK2SG RTTY DXNOTES FOR WEEKENDING 7 OCT 1994 (BID RTDX1007)

Make  note  of  the Japan Amateur  Radio  Teleprinter  Society
JARTS) WW RTTY Contest, 15-16 October. Details of this 48 hour
contest  are  on  page  22 of the October 1994  issue  of  the
Digital Journal, and on page 126 of September QST.

Our  thanks  this week go to DJ3IW and the Central  Europe  DX
Cluster DB0SPC,  DL7AFV,  I5FLN,  KA5CQJ,  NA2M,  N6GG, W5KSI,
W5GAI,  W6/G0AZT,  W7DCR,  WB2CJL, 9K2EC, and the NJ0M Node of
the Minnesota DX Packet Cluster Network.

Friday 30
1700-14085 SV2ASP/A Simplex, weak in USA. See Note.
2144-14091 5H3JA New to mode
2203-14086 EA8BHS
2205-14083 OS6AA
2222-14085 GI0KOW
2236-14084 PY2XB
2240-14086 PY2FR

Saturday 1
0155-14076 RA1AMW/MM Amtor FEC
0204-14073 ZL1BSG Pactor
1417-14088 VQ9TN QSL K5TNP
1540-21087 A71CW
2003-14086 5T5MS
2004-14088 J28JJ
2056-14083 CO2KG

Sunday 2
0041-14087 VR6BX
0109-10128 W6HDO/MM2 Amtor ARQ
1411-14083 RU3AT
1450-14084 RZ3AZO
1559-14088 VQ9TN
1725-14086 4X6UO
1726-14085 ZA1MH
1734-14088 UT5PF
1744-14089 5R8DS
1821-21087 VR6BX
1908-14087 9A2DQ
1914-14082 5H3JA
1937-14083 Z21H
2040-14084 FG5FI
2230-14085 HC5JI
2231-14085 HI8ERQ
2311-14085 V31AR

Monday 3
0100-14088 FO5EM QSL P.O.BOX 6345, FAAA, TAHITI, FR. POLYNESIA
0158-14085 CE3GN
0159-14083 ZP6CC
2135-14083 LU4AV
2136-14083 LU1CIB

Tuesday 4
0024-14082 FO5EM
1408-14087 VQ9TN
1636-14089 5T5MS

Wednesday 5
0104-14070 PP2ZDX Pactor
1227-14082 CO2KG
1231-14085 V31MP
1659-14085 55T5MS
2338-14085 V31MP

Thursday 6
1300-14086 UT5DX
1425-14087 VQ9TN

Notes of Interest:
If you have the good fortune to work SV2ASP/A,  please suggest
to him that he work split.

Eddie,  W6/G0AZT  and  Glenn,  W6OTC,  will operate  from  8R,
Guyana,  13-21 October. Look for them as 8R1TT in the JARTS WW
RTTY contest 15-16 October. QSL to P.O. Box 5194, Richmond, CA
94805.

We  mourn the loss of Bob Poucel,  W2AYJ,  85,  who  became  a
Silent Key on 15 September. Rest in Peace, old friend.

As Bob, WB2CJL is still QRT with rig problems, for next week's
bulletin, send your bandpass and notes of interest to Luciano,
I5FLN at ZS5S.ZAF.AF.

73 es Good Hunting de Jules W2JGR at W2TKU.#SRQFL.FL.USA.NA
or at W5KSI.#NOLA.LA.USA.NA

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ARRLDX061 DX news

Thanks to Tedd, KB8NW, the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin, Frank, AH0W/
OH2LVG, the Yankee Clipper Contest Club PacketCluster network,
Chod, VP2ML, The DX Bulletin, Bob, W5KNE, QRZ DX, G0MMI, Adam,
N7VEW, and the Contest Corral column from QST magazine.

RWANDA. It has been reported that Hartmut, 9X5HG, has returned
to Rwanda and is active once again.   Several southeastern USA
stations worked him on October 1 around 0330z on 7028 kHz

ETHIOPIA. ET3BT has been on the 14226 DX Net almost daily. Try
between 1800 and 2230z.

BURUNDI.   4U/F5NWB/9U  has been spotted on 14240  kHz  around
2100Z.  QSL  via  UNSCF Radio Tech,  PO  Box  200,  Bujumbura,
Burundi.

PACIFIC DXPEDITION DELAYED AGAIN.   Masa,  JE1DXC,  aka A35XC,
continucs to have problems with flight reservations.  This has
caused delays in his 3D2, T30 and T2 DXpedition.

MOUNT  ATHOS.   Tokyo  PacketCluster spots show  Monk  Apollo,
SV2ASP/A has been active on RTTY.  Listen for him around 14083
kHz netween 0700 and 0730z.

MADEIRA.   DL8KWS/CT3  and  DL3KUD/CT3 will be active  on  all
bands October 6 through 27.

ANGUILLA   AND  SINT  MAARTEN.    Warren,   WB1HBB,   will  be
vacationing  with some operating from Anguilla as  VP2E/WB1HBB
October 18, 19 and 20.  Sint Maarten is slated for  October 21
through 28 using the call PJ7/WB1HBB.  Try 14.263 kHz at 1230z
and 2100z.  QSL via WB1HBB.

REVILLA GIGEDO.   This is to correct some information released
on  the planned DXpedition to XF4M by Frank,  AH0W/OH2LVG  and
company.  Their 30 meter operation will not, repeat not be the
first such operations from Revilla Gigedo.

QSL TIPS. G0MMI reports that he is the manager for LX1DM.  QSL
contacts from 1990 to 1993 to his Callbook address.   Also, he
is  no  longer the manager for YI1RJ,  Qaid,  who  is  now  in
Jordan.  Adam, N7VEW, is now the QSL manager for Randy, TJ1JR.
Please QSL to Adam's current Callbook address with SASE.

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Society information

The Society may be contacted at :  PO Box 860, Crows Nest 2065
Australia,   for   such  matters  as  membership  and  general
enquiries.  Enquiries  can  also  be made  by  packet  to  the
President  (Col)  VK2CTD, or the  Secretary  (Pat) VK2JPA at
VK2RWI.

News  items  may  be  sent to  Broadcast  Officer  PO  Box  60
Blacktown  2148 Australia,  or by packet to VK2JPA at  VK2RWI.
Email addresses for the Broadcast Officer are :

patl(at)pitt.conmusic.su.oz.au

The  Society welcomes news items on any digital subjects  from
anywhere in the broadcast coverage area.  We are looking  for-
ward  to news from your areas to let other  amateurs know what
you are doing in the hobby. Hope to hear from you.

73s de Pat VK2JPA Broadcast Officer
That concludes the broadcast for this morning/evening.

--
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: Mon, 17 Oct 94 08:01:40 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Tuck Miller)
Subject: Callsign/address databases-privacy issue

>
> If you were really concerned, then you would have already set up
> a P.O. Box, and perform other minor changes in your life. Ask
> your friend who's a cop about it.
>
>  >>I hear a lot of folks on the local repeaters telling folks they
>  >>are going on vacation.
>
> REALLY stupid!
>
> ---
>  * QMPro 1.53 * Thesaurus: ancient reptile with an excellent vocabulary.

I for one got a PO box. My friends know where I live, and so the casual
scanner user does not. I can give out certain info, and not really worry
about it. Speaking of privacy, do you have code words set up with your
cable company or other utilities? Why, you might ask. What do you have to
do to order a pay per view movie. Call up and order it? How do they know
it is actually you. Make sure you have them ask a code word before making
any type of changes to your system. How would you like itif someone would
call up the cable company, give your phone number etc, and say order a
$50 pay per view event....Just a thought.....

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 22:54:22 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David R Tucker)
Subject: Commercial License wait 13w 3d

For those who are interested, I just received 2 Commercial licenses
today, 10/17, 13 weeks and 4 days after the FCC received
the applications and longer than that since I took the exams.

(So much for the "more money means better service" theory.)

-drt

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|David R. Tucker     KG2S         8P9CL            [e-mail]|
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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 14:01:57 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Bob Junke)
Subject: Email callsign servers

In article <37m3c9$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:

> In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Rick Gaus)
writes:
> /
> /       Can anyone please send me information on the addresses of
> /any email callsign servers?  I had one old address that does not seem
> /to work now.  I need to access a callsign server by email.
> /
> Try this:
>
> "telnet://[e-mail]:2000/"
    ^
    |
    +--------- This doesn't work for me.

               But this does --> "telnet://callsign.cs.buffalo.edu:2000/

--
Tnx & 73,
Bob

        +-----------------------------------------------------+
        | Bob Junke,                                          |
        | Miami University                                    |
        | Oxford, Ohio 45056                                  |
        | [phone]                      Ham Call: WA4ZOS |
        |                E-mail: [e-mail] |
        |                          E-mail: [e-mail] |
       /)           HAM PBBS: WA4ZOS @ N8JSF.#CIN.OH.USA.NOAM (\
      / )           http://miamilink.lib.muohio.edu/bobj.html ( \
    _( (+-----------------------------------------------------+) ) />
   (((\ \)  /,)                                          / )  / //)/
   (\\\\ \_/ /                                           \ \_/ ////
    \       /                                             \      /
     \    _/                                             \_   /

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 13:59:33 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Bob Junke)
Subject: Email callsign servers

In article <37m3c9$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:

> In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Rick Gaus)
writes:
> /
> /       Can anyone please send me information on the addresses of
> /any email callsign servers?  I had one old address that does not seem
> /to work now.  I need to access a callsign server by email.
> /
> Try this:
>
> "telnet://[e-mail]:2000/"
>
> 73's
> Jim
>
> o   o ooo  o o  ooo   oo  o   o | James A. Carter   | [e-mail]
> o  o  o  o o o  o  o o  o oo  o | MARTIN MARIETTIA  | FCC Lic. KD4PON
> o o   o  o o o  o  o o  o o o o | Electronics &     | These views are my
own and
> o o   o  o oooo ooo  o  o o  oo | Missiles Division | not that of my employer.
> o  o  o  o   o  o    o  o o  oo | Orlando, Florida  |
> o   o ooo    o  o     oo  o   o |            32855  |             Thanks Jim

--
Tnx & 73,
Bob

        +-----------------------------------------------------+
        | Bob Junke,                                          |
        | Miami University                                    |
        | Oxford, Ohio 45056                                  |
        | [phone]                      Ham Call: WA4ZOS |
        |                E-mail: [e-mail] |
        |                          E-mail: [e-mail] |
       /)           HAM PBBS: WA4ZOS @ N8JSF.#CIN.OH.USA.NOAM (\
      / )           http://miamilink.lib.muohio.edu/bobj.html ( \
    _( (+-----------------------------------------------------+) ) />
   (((\ \)  /,)                                          / )  / //)/
   (\\\\ \_/ /                                           \ \_/ ////
    \       /                                             \      /
     \    _/                                             \_   /

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 14:23:43 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Joseph M. Prusik)
Subject: HAM-Software on FTP-Hosts?

Karlheinz Barth ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Hallo!

: Are there any FTP-Hosts where I can find HAM-Software?

: Thanks in advance
: Karlheinz

: [e-mail]

ftp.cdrom.com:/incoming/simtel/msdos/hamradio
--

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Date: 17 Oct 94 17:48:05 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Colin Schmutter)
Subject: Hammarlund 600

From: Colin Schmutter

I am looking at adding a product detector to a Hammarlund 600 receiver.

Can anyone point me to references from the past (old QST issues or Ham Radio
etc) they may have articles.

If anyone has done such a mod I would be interested in what is involved.

Please reply by Email to [e-mail]

Thanks

      COLIN SCHMUTTER  <[e-mail]>
      COMPUTER RESOURCES, B.C.I.T. [phone]

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 23:09:50 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Regional Warning Centre)
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 17 October 94

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 17/2330Z OCTOBER 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 17 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 18 OCTOBER - 20 OCTOBER
-----------------------------------------------------------
1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number :  92/37

GOES satellite data for 16 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   8.3E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  9.8E+03
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.8E+07 (normal)
       X-ray background: B1.3
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             18 Oct             19 Oct             20 Oct
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 18 Oct:  92/37

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: quiet

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 16 Oct
    Learmonth        6  2222 2122
    Fredericksburg   4                           5
    Planetary        5                           6

Observed Kp for 16 Oct: 3122 2211
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
18 Oct     8    Quiet
19 Oct     8    Quiet
20 Oct     8    Quiet

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

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
18 Oct      normal         normal         normal
19 Oct      normal         normal         normal
20 Oct      normal         normal         normal

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
       Observed
DATE   T-index  MUFs at Sydney
17 Oct    26    near predicted monthly values

Predicted Monthly T-index for October: 20

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
18 Oct    25    Near predicted monthly values
19 Oct    20    Near predicted monthly values
20 Oct    20    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: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 13:59:41 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Neil Gould)
Subject: JOTA '94 and Intentional Interference

Jamboree-on-the-air is a great event to promote amateur radio
to Boy and Girl Scouts all over the world.  I am sure the 99.9%
of all Hams fully support this effort.  I heard and worked
several stations that opened their stations to show ham radio
to the kids and leaders.  I enjoy seeing the reactions of the kids
as they talk to others around the country.

BUT... It was very embarassing to have intentional interference
by a very very SICK person who made unacceptable comments
on the air so that my boys and their leaders could hear them.
I apologized and ignored him the best I could, but it still bothered
me a great deal.  I know there is nothing I can do about it now, but
I just wanted to express my disappointment in this one person.

If anyone knows anyway to deal with this problem, it would be
appreciated.  Obviousely, he never identified himself.

Again, though, thanks to all those hams who did help out.

*********************************************************************
* Neil Gould                                 Texas Instruments Inc. *
* Internet:   [e-mail]                 Plano, TX 75086        *
*                                                214-575-4793       *
* WA5ZGC                                     FAX [phone]       *
* "The opions expressed are my own and nobody elses."               *
*********************************************************************

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Date: 17 Oct 1994 18:25:07 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Brian Kantor)
Subject: laser replies

>> [Can you] turn all of the traffic lights green like emergency vehicles do?"

You can easily modify an automotive timing light to do it.

In California, it's now a minor crime: 'tampering with a traffic signal'.
    - Brian

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Date: 17 Oct 1994 18:41:46 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Hall)
Subject: looking EXTRA CLASS questions to download??

  I have the extra class question from the pool but I am looking for a
program on computer that will asked the question and keep score on how
you are doing right or wrong..Is there a program like this that I can
down load from a FTP Site?..Hope someone can help...Jeff

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 12:35:58 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Albert)
Subject: S.O.S.

Has any seen the TV commercial for S.O.S. steel wool pads?
Dirty pots ans pans clank out, in morse code, S.O.S..  When
I first heard it I was in the kitchen.  I had to run to TV
room!  I thought that was the silliest commercial I've seen!




---
   Jack Albert  WA9FVP             (Fellow Radio Hacker)

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 19:10:26 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: S.O.S.

John Albert ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Has any seen the TV commercial for S.O.S. steel wool pads?
: Dirty pots ans pans clank out, in morse code, S.O.S..  When
: I first heard it I was in the kitchen.  I had to run to TV
: room!  I thought that was the silliest commercial I've seen!

   ... but do they send it as a prosign, as it should be, or as three
individual letters?

:-)

- Rich

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Date: 17 Oct 94 14:21:00 CDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: What is "Trunk LAN Mobile Radio"???

Hello;

    Does anybody out there know what "Trunk LAN Mobile Radio" is?  I had
this term thrown at me in a meeting and had no idea what the other person
was talking about.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Doc Elliott
LOSAT Computer Engineer
INTERNET:  [e-mail]
KE4KUZ

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Date: 17 Oct 94 12:58:58 GMT
From: William=E.=[e-mail]
Subject: WTB: Radar gun...

[e-mail] (bill nelson) wrote:
              ^^^^^^^^^
>Light is NOT rf.......

First they start making calculators with equals keys and now this..sigh.

Next, they'll probably come out with a printer that makes Don Lancaster happy.

That light is a radio frequency is going to be important as an underpinning in
defending the privilege to have an amateur radio station against those who
think everything man does is "against nature".

We're bathed in RF. Born, live and die in it.  Perfectly natural stuff. Our
contribution is small compared to what people willingly allow themselves to be
exposed to.

>I don't know of the FCC claims jurisdiction over lasar transmission devices,
>I doubt if they do.

I believe the radiological health folks did initially and that the FCC is
involved now (look at the labels on things like your CD player or the grocery
store scanner). I want to say it's Health and Human Services (was part of the
old HEW) that worries about things like how much laser light you are exposed
to by the POS scanners and such.

73, bill wb9ivr

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 13:37:56 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Zack Lau (KH6CP))
Subject: WTB: Radar gun...

bill nelson ([e-mail]) wrote:
: [e-mail] (JERRY NORMANDIN) writes:
: :
: : ALSO I thought the radar used in metropolitan areas were at least 25 WATT.

: No way.  They are under 1 watt - with a horn antenna that amplifies the
: signal (by making it much more directive) by about 100 times.  I seem to
: recall that they were around 100 mw - which would mean the effective
: radiated power would be about 10 watts - at the mouth of the horn.

This isn't right.  The mouth of the horn is too close for the
gain to fully develop--you are still in the near field region.
Otherwise, you could run into the paradox of two horn antennas
being close together, and getting more energy out of the
antennas than you put in.

One of the curious things about really big dishes is that you
can reduce the field strength away from the dish by making it
bigger!  Imagine a huge dish 1 mile across, perfectly built.
You will get a tremendous amount of gain at X band, but you
have to go so far away to see it that the field strenth isn't
really that strong.  Not surprisingly, you can stand anywhere on
the surface of the dish and the field will be pretty weak.

Where is the most dangerous spot on the big dish?

At the feed--but the feed is really a little antenna without
much gain.  Thus, you should really worry about stuff like
open waveguide and tiny antennas more than big horns or dishes
at microwaves.
--
Zack Lau  KH6CP/1           2 way QRP WAS
                           8 States on 10 GHz
Internet: [e-mail]   10 grids on 2304 MHz

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Date: 17 Oct 1994 09:09 -0500
From: [e-mail] (SODERMAN.WALTER)
Subject: Yaesu FT-990 users group?

Is there an FT-990 user group is existence somewhere?  If so, how do I contact
some of those folks?

Thanks,
Walt  KE4QOH

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Date: 17 Oct 1994 17:19:50 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Tim Tyler)

References<37jh0l$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>, <37sqsk$[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: ARRL And Gay Hams Settle Complaint

  I do!

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 Tim Tyler    Internet: [e-mail]  Packet: KA8VIR @WB8ZPN.#SEMI.MI.USA.NA
P.O. Box 443   C$erve:72571,1005 GEnie: T.Tyler5 AOL: Hooligan MCI: 442-5735
Ypsilanti MI
  48197       I'm an equal-opportunity discriminator, and I affirm action.

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