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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 18 Oct 94       Volume 94 : Issue 1133

Today's Topics:
                      ARRL ORder Desk Problems?
                        FT-530 Mic. Impedence?
               Give me your Definition of Ham Radio!!!
                           New HDN Releases
                    OMNI-V and grounding problem?
                 Q-Codes .. any hints to learn them ?
                         QSL route for LX9SW
                                S.O.S.
                        Sound Operated Phones
                 What is "Trunk LAN Mobile Radio"???
                 What is the new ARRL internet addr?
           Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST? (3 msgs)
         Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST? (1 response)
    Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST? The Advanced. (2 msgs)

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 15:30:52 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Seeler)
Subject: ARRL ORder Desk Problems?

I was wondering if any one else has had problems with the ARRL order desk
in respect to phone orders. I have had problems the last two trys. Once I
was double billed for one order - and that took over a month to get
corrected. This last time I ordered a copy of the 1994 dig. conference and
a number of 1994 QEX issues. I received the billing two weeks later on my
visa but had not seen the books so I waited another week before calling in
case they were in the mail.  I was told they had no record of my order. As
before I was told to copy my visa statement and send it in and it would be
delt with.

Now - about three weeks after having sent the copy of my statement in ( I
know the mail is slow - but this slow?) I had heard nothing so I called
the order desk again.  Once again they had no record of the order or my
letter. This is close to two months after the original order and the
solution is once again  - send another copy of my visa statement to them.

This seems to be a little too much - by the time I pay for the calls, mail
etc the costs are going to be quite high and I am looking at no resoulution
for 2 - 3 more weeks perhaps. Is this a common problem with the ARRL
publications group in others' experience?  I would have to say I could not
recommend this method of ordering to anyone else esp when I am billed but
there is no record of the order even.

Dave Seeler
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 06:36:58 GMT
From: Yves Remedios <[e-mail]>
Subject: FT-530 Mic. Impedence?

In article <37i87h$[e-mail]>, Buddy Brannan writes:

>Does anyone know off-hand what the impedence is for the internal
>microphone on the FT-530 handheld? I have a friend who wants to
replace
>the mic element in his with a less sensitive one (or at least, one
that
>blocks out background noise better...) Please respond via Email...

Surely it is better to find the mic gain pot inside the rig and just
turn it down slightly?  I am not familiar with that type of HT but
can't imagine Yaesu have left out that setting from the mic circuit.

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 94 12:17:07 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Give me your Definition of Ham Radio!!!

Dale Piedfort <[e-mail]> writes:

>This raises a question, What are you looking for, and what have you
>offered this club you belong to.. If they dont fulfill your needs, look
>elsewhere.  We the Olde Pharts make it a point to help and be available
>when someone comes looking for advice, and fully support newcomers to
>the Hobby, (its only a Hobby) I think you need to look around before
>you start painting everyone with the same brush.  If your experiences
>have been that bad it might lead others to think there is something
>wrong with you and your attitude.  Get out and look around and stop
>the complaining, do something, be somebody.


This  strikes me as a very good point.  In CT we have a very
solid repeater club.  They run a great repeater, we have a few
foxhunters, and a few packeteers.  The membership seems to be
looking for more activities, but the club is interested in running
repeaters.  Point being... the club has no responsibility to meet
any other needs.  There is no implicit democratic structure, and if
you don't like it, find a club that fits your needs.

You will find a different make-up from club to club, and finding
one that does the things of interest to you will (may) take time.
I recommend asking some current members about activities, support,
rules, and organization prior to shelling out any cash.  If you do
join and don't like it, just let your membership lapse.  pretty simple.

73 de n1qdq

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Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 15:20:10
From: [e-mail] (Lee Laird)
Subject: New HDN Releases

The following files were processed Saturday 10-15-94 by the Ham Dist Net
Please allow 48 hours for files to arrive at the HDN Anonymous FTP Site.

 HAMNEWS         HAM: Ham Bulletins and Newsletters
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 ARLD062.ZIP      3,347 10/13/94 DX News
 ARLX027.ZIP      1,940 10/11/94 - EME operation cancelled
 ARLX028.ZIP      2,108 10/11/94 - Viedo award for CQ
 ARLX029.ZIP      2,097 10/13/94 - Boy Scouts on air
 OPDX177.ZIP      5,018 Oh/Pa DX Bulletin 10/03/94
 OPDX178.ZIP      4,722 Oh/Pa DX Bulletin 10/10/94
 RACES345.ZIP     2,755 RACES Bulletin #345 09/26/94 - MGT: ACS/RACES Plan 3/3
 RACES346.ZIP     2,955 RACES Bulletin #346 10/03/94 - MGT: Overview
 RSGB1009.ZIP    10,291 RSGB Bulletin 10/09/94
 RSGB1016.ZIP     9,416 RSGB Bulletin 10/16/94
 RTDX1007.ZIP     2,698 RTTY DX Bulletin 10/07/94
 VK2-1002.ZIP     8,813 VK2 division news 10/02/94
 VK2-1009.ZIP     2,597 VK2 WICEN News 10/09/94
 VK2-102A.ZIP     2,609 VK2 WICEN News 10/02/94
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 HAMSAT          HAM: Satellite tracking and finding programs
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 AMSAT274.ZIP     4,263 AmSat Bulletin #274 10/01/94
 ARLS032.ZIP      1,904 10/03/94/94 - Listen to MIR beacon
 OBS280.ZIP       6,476 AmSat Orbital Elements #280 10/07/94
 RMOBS014.ZIP     7,266 Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin #014 October 1994
 SPC1010.ZIP      2,873 Space News 10/07/94
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 HAMSWL          HAM: Shortwave broadcast schedules
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 MOLDOVA.ZIP      1,863 Radio Moldova SWBC Winter '94
 RNZI.ZIP         2,036 Radio New Zealand SWBC Sked 10/01/94-03/19/95
 R_NORWAY.ZIP     1,905 Radio Norway SWBC Sked 09/26/94-03/25/95
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Date: 18 Oct 1994 13:19:52 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Scott Richard Rosenfeld)
Subject: OMNI-V and grounding problem?

First, the background for my story:

Second story ham shack, no cold water pipes, about 20'
to nearest Earth ground, maybe more.

Antenna is a dipole in the attic, just overhead.  Don't
worry, I keep to QRP.


Equipment:

Ten Tec 961 power supply, Ten Tec OMNI V, MFJ-949 tuner,
MFJ-931 arti ground with counterpoise wire.

Symptoms:

With radio, power supply, and tuner in use, no ground braid,
touching the front (bare aluminum) of the case causes the
Power output meter (and reflected power AND Ic) to increase.

Transmitting into the dummy load results in no fluctuations
when touching the case.

When the ground braid is hooked up, joining the radio, power
supply, tuner, and arti ground (no counterpoise hooked up yet)
the problem is still present, except that simply touching ANY
portion of the ground braid causes the fluctuation to occur.

Obviously, it's not that any part of the case is floating.


CONTINUING:  HOOKED UP THE ARTI GROUND...

Tune for maximum ground current, and when achieved, the
case should be "at relative zero potential."  Touching
the case STILL has an effect on the meter.  Actual power
output (forward) at the tuner is not affected, although
the rig shows higher forward AND reverse power and a
higher Ic.

If one fiddles with the arti ground capacitance controls,
it can usually be set such that touching the ground system
has little or no effect on the measured quantities, but
this is NOT at maximum ground current (no even close).

Obviously, my body's stray capacitance is changing the
characteristics of the "ground" system.  But why would
the meter care?  Obviously it would, and the radio's
circuits would "see" something changing and react.  Any
guesses what's actually happening here?

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Technical replies are welcome, the more the better.

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73,                            _________   _________  The
                            \ /  Long   Original
Scott Rosenfeld  Amateur Radio NF3I  Burtonsville, MD     |   Live    $5.00
  WAC-CW/SSB  WAS  DXCC - 130 QSLed on dipoles __________| Dipoles! Antenna!

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 14:14:20 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Tiller)
Subject: Q-Codes .. any hints to learn them ?

Andreas D. Preissig ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I'm judy trying to make my licence here in Germany...

: Can anybody pls help me out with some good hints/tricks how to memorize
: these Codes

Well, a couple of them are easy:

QRM - (M)anmade interference
QRN - (N)atural interference
QSB - ?
QTH - ?
QRZ - ?
QSL - ?


Anyone else have cute reminders??
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"Tainted with Defilement!"  | Ashland, Va 23005     |        77d 31' 32.19" W |

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Date: 18 Oct 1994 14:12:08 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Stephen Hawkins)
Subject: QSL route for LX9SW

This weekend I worked LX9SW on 20 meters.  He gave
his QSL manager/route as AB7BB.  I listen carefully
to him give it three times to make sure it was not
AA6BB.  I cannot find AB7BB in my call book.  Does
anyone have any record of this guy.  If so please
Email me his address.  Thanks Steve WV6U

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 14:17:24 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Tiller)
Subject: S.O.S.

[e-mail] wrote:
: 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?

It sounds like a prosign - I came running the first time I heard it -
I had the HF rig on and thought it was "the real thing."  (I guess that's
Coke (tm)).

Why is it not falsifying a distress signal?  It _is_ a radio transmission
of the international distress signal...

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[e-mail] |  n2kau/4  | Randolph-Macon College| Fax:   [phone]   |
  Don't let your SKS get    | P.O. Box 5005         | ICBM:  37d 42' 43.75" N |
"Tainted with Defilement!"  | Ashland, Va 23005     |        77d 31' 32.19" W |

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 09:38:19
From: [e-mail] (Ken Thompson)
Subject: Sound Operated Phones

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (John Mollan - Harm) writes:
>From: [e-mail] (John Mollan - Harm)
>Subject: Sound Operated Phones
>Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 19:11:40 GMT

>Recently I have read several books about the US Navy in WWII using
>sound-operated phone systems.

>How do these systems operate?  What is the electronic theory behnd it?

Gee all my phones have sound. :-)

(Sound powered?)
Just need a large receiver, with a speaker-like voice coil, and low loss
transmition, probably with step up transformers for high voltage/low current.

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 14:21:09 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Tiller)
Subject: What is "Trunk LAN Mobile Radio"???

[e-mail] wrote:
: 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.

I think what you are talking about is "Trunked Land mobile radio."  It is
a system by which many users can share a group of freqs by having a computer
at the transmitter control which freqs the radios use.  They all listen to
a data channel for instructions from the head unit.  That way fire, rescue,
police, etc can share 5-10 freqs and fully utilize them (and selectively
intercommunicate) instead of having 25-50 separate rarely-used freqs laying
around.  Cell phone technology is very similar to trunked systems.  See the
description in Radio Shack's "Police Call".
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David Tiller                | Network Administrator | Voice: [phone]   |
[e-mail] |  n2kau/4  | Randolph-Macon College| Fax:   [phone]   |
  Don't let your SKS get    | P.O. Box 5005         | ICBM:  37d 42' 43.75" N |
"Tainted with Defilement!"  | Ashland, Va 23005     |        77d 31' 32.19" W |

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Date: 18 Oct 1994 00:23 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Brad Killebrew N5LJV)
Subject: What is the new ARRL internet addr?

The e-mail address for the ARRL is:  [e-mail]
You can also use their file server at: [e-mail] (in body: help)

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President, UH Amatuer Radio Club      |    University of Houston, Texas
Internet: [e-mail]                |
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AT&Tnet : 713-743-6676  Fax [phone]  | Info: finger [e-mail]



In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jeff Wigal) writes...
>
>
>--
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>O  Jeffrey A. Wigal                     "Some people are born idiots, O
>   [e-mail]               but others get stupider
>O  Washington State University               as they go along."       O
>
>O  Go Cougars!                          --from "Gumpisms"             O
>*---------------------------------------------------------de WY7Q-----*

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 15:06:17 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Hollenback)
Subject: Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST?

Jeff Hall ([e-mail]) wrote:
:   Whats your opinon?  Is the written Advanced class or Extra class exam
: harder?  I am just asking about the written test not the code..thanks..Jeff

The advanced written test is much longer and has more technical questions.
If you pass the advanced written, the extra written should be quite simple.
The code tests for both are the same level of difficulty.
Jim, WA6SDM
[e-mail]

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Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:34:11 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Kenneth D Anderson)
Subject: Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST?

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jim Hollenback) writes:
>Jeff Hall ([e-mail]) wrote:
>:   Whats your opinon?  Is the written Advanced class or Extra class exam
>: harder?  I am just asking about the written test not the code..thanks..Jeff
>
>The advanced written test is much longer and has more technical questions.
>If you pass the advanced written, the extra written should be quite simple.
>The code tests for both are the same level of difficulty.

except the requirement for advanced is 13 wpm and the extra is 20 wpm.  Sure
the text sent is no more difficult at extra than advanced, but I think the
speed might make it a little more difficult!






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126 Soil Tilth Bldg.                N0ZEM@KI0Q.#CIA.IA.USA.NA
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 13:00:06 GMT
From: [e-mail] (T.J. Alessi)
Subject: Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST?

Jeff Hall ([e-mail]) wrote:
:   Whats your opinon?  Is the written Advanced class or Extra class exam
: harder?  I am just asking about the written test not the code..thanks..Jeff

Jeff,
    I took the advanced 19 years ago and the extra 7 years ago.
I currently VE in my area.  In my opinion (IMHO), I think the advanced
is more technical and the extra is more operational.  I think the
questions, or at least most of them, on the extra test are rediculous,
but took me longer to learn because I don't think I ever heard of them before
nor have I used them since ;-).

Tom
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T.J. Alessi & Associates * PO Box 16781 * Stamford, CT 06905 * 1.203.969.1880
Internet:[e-mail] or via WWW URL=ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tja/home.html
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Date: 18 Oct 94 15:56:56 GMT
From: [e-mail] (FEEBACK, DANIEL L. / KRUG-TLS)
Subject: Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST? (1 response)

From:    MEDICS::FEEBACK      "FEEBACK, DANIEL L. / KRUG-TLS" 18-OCT-1994 10:50:44.01
To:    SMTP%"[e-mail]"
CC:    FEEBACK
Subj:    Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST? (1 response)

Jeff Hall writes: Whats your opinon? I the written Advanced class or Extra
class exam harder?  I am just asking about the written test not the code ..
thanks .. Jeff

>>In my opinion neither is terribly difficult; however, by comparison I would
say that the Advanced written exam is an order of magnitude more challenging
than the Amateur Extra written test.  Just my opinion which is what you asked
for!!!

73 de Dan, KJ5MX

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Date: 18 Oct 1994 14:09:14 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Galen Watts)
Subject: Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST? The Advanced.

In article <37uv1p$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeff Hall) writes:
>  Whats your opinon?  Is the written Advanced class or Extra class exam
>harder?  I am just asking about the written test not the code..thanks..Jeff

The Advanced is harder in my opinion.  More hard theory.  The VE rule
questions on the Extra are more 'common sense' than the rule questions on
the Advanced.

Now if I could just get that 20wpm
Galen, KF0YJ

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Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:27:11 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Scott Richard Rosenfeld)
Subject: Which is harder ADVANCED OR EXTRA TEST? The Advanced.

The Advanced exam is MUCH harder than the Extra exam.  Heavy on the
circuit analysis and calculations/formulae, light on the theory.

As an Advanced class, your privileges are pretty similar to the
General privs.  But when you get to Extra, there's a significant
jump, such as being able to launch satellites, be a VE for all
classes, etc.  Anyway, the General to Advanced jump is just a written
test.  Advanced to Extra is a two-parter, kind of a "double-filter"
if you will.

Advanced is much more difficult than Extra.


--
73,                            _________   _________  The
                            \ /  Long   Original
Scott Rosenfeld  Amateur Radio NF3I  Burtonsville, MD     |   Live    $5.00
  WAC-CW/SSB  WAS  DXCC - 130 QSLed on dipoles __________| Dipoles! Antenna!

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Date: 18 Oct 1994 15:34:18 GMT
From: Joe Herman <[e-mail]>

References<37fftm$[e-mail]> <37i5rr$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Courtesy In Amateur Radio

While all of that is true - due to money, logistics and other considerations -
most hams start off in 2-meter, and from what I've heard occurances like that
are all too common.  It's a real shame - I'm currently awaiting my ticket -
and when it comes, I hope I don't have the same experience.
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Date: 18 Oct 1994 09:24:50 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Horak)

References<37subu$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>, <37v5dj$[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Earth Ground (was: ARRL And Gay Hams Settle Complaint)

In <37v5dj$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Chris Radek) writes:

>Because some people choose to do things in public that should be kept
>private, you feel it necessary to dismiss gays as a group as "disgusting",
>and compare us to child molesters and the like?

So you agree that your behavior has no place in the public arena?

>What college was this,
>again?  I thought well-educated people were supposed to be open-minded and
>accepting of other cultures.

Open minded perhaps but accepting?  Anyone *educated* on the gay agenda
has the *right* to choose whether they accept it or not.

David

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Date: 18 Oct 1994 16:07:24 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Galen Watts)

References<[e-mail]> <37v5dj$[e-mail]>, <380lri$[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Earth Ground (was: ARRL And Gay Hams Settle Complaint)

In article <380lri$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David Horak) writes:
>In <37v5dj$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Chris Radek) writes:
>>Because some people choose to do things in public that should be kept
>>private, you feel it necessary to dismiss gays as a group as "disgusting",
>>and compare us to child molesters and the like?
>
>So you agree that your behavior has no place in the public arena?

Your sexual behavior has no place in the public arena either, DAVID.

>>What college was this,
>>again?  I thought well-educated people were supposed to be open-minded and
>>accepting of other cultures.
>Open minded perhaps but accepting?  Anyone *educated* on the gay agenda
>has the *right* to choose whether they accept it or not.

Accept it or don't, but legally, you must TOLERATE it.

I think all this is much ado about nothing.
Galen, KF0YJ

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