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Info-Hams Digest            Sun, 23 Oct 94       Volume 94 : Issue 1149

Today's Topics:
                           10m opening....
               Amateur Radio Newsline #897  20 Oct 1994
                    Any D.C. area OMNI V/VI users?
               anyone know anything about hallicrafters
                      Century Club net questions
                        Code Programs/Sound B
                       Keyer polarity for 520?
                           Omni VI opinions
           putting the word 'RADIO' back into packet radio
This Week in Amateur Radio - In band audio bulletin service Edition 82

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Date: 23 Oct 1994 15:21:44 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Adams)
Subject: 10m opening....

Ah what a fine week...here in CA there's been a 10m opening
everyday this week from around noon - 3 (local).  It was nice
to hear a voice on the radio again (still haven't passed the 13wpm for
the u[pgrade)...even pulled in a few new states...

73 de dave, n9uxu

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 02:12:40 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Steve_Coletti)
Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline #897  20 Oct 1994

Amateur Radio Newsline is produced as an audio service by Newsline, a
service of the Westlink Radio Network.  The transcribed version is produced
by Dale Cary, WD0AKO from materials provided by Newsline and is jointly
distributed to online services and bulletin board networks by Steve Coletti
and Dale Cary.

Copyright owner is Newsline.  Permission to reuse any part of either this
written or the audio form requires that the item be taken in it's entirety,
not be subject to any further editing, and give full credit to Newsline as
the source.  Permission is granted to all amateurs who want to transmit the
audio version in it's entirety over nets or repeaters.  The text version
may be used for packet distribution as long as it is also sent in its
entirety.  It may also be excerpted for code practice transmissions. Any
other use is not allowed without the expressed permission of Newsline.

Editorial comment, news items and all other business should be directed to
     Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Newsline's Producer and Editor-In-Chief.
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                      [e-mail]
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                    (RIME users can RO mail to ->35,
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NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #897 - POSTED 10/22/94

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                       The following is a QST

   The Lambda Amateur Radio Club settles its discrimination
 complaint against the ARRL out of court, a Los Angeles suburb
 opens its heart to Amateur Radio and actor Marlon Brando says
 "yes" he is a ham radio operator.  All this and more on Newsline
 report number 897 coming your way right now!

(*****
             LARC AND ARRL SETTLE DISCRIMINATION CLAIM

   The American Radio Relay League and the Lambda Amateur Radio
 Club seem to have reached a resolution of LARC's discrimination
 complaint against the league.  A complaint filed before the State
 of Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in
 March 1992.
   By way of background, back in September of 1985, LARC submitted
 a classified advertisement for publication in the "Club and
 Hamfests" section of QST magazine.  The ad read -- and we quote --
 "the Lambda Net club for gay hams with members nationwide and
 Canada.  On-air skeds and newsletter.  For info write Jim, KK3K,
 at P.O.Box 24810, Philadelphia, PA 19130" -- end quote --.
   The advertisement was published in the November, 1985 issue of
 QST, but was refused in subsequent issues.  Lambda submitted the
 advertisement in 1987, 1989, and 1991.  Each time QST refused it.
 As a result, Lambda filed the complaint before the Connecticut
 Commission on Human Rights.  The complaint asserted that the
 sexual orientation of Lambda members was the reason for the
 refusal to publish the advertisement.  Lambda also said that
 QST's refusal to publish the advertisement constituted
 discrimination based on sexual orientation.
   The ARRL still disputes the allegations in the complaint but
 in February 1994, the Human Rights Commission found that -- and
 again we quote -- "reasonable cause for believing that a
 discriminatory practice had been committed."
   The Commission then scheduled the case for a hearing but to
 date none was ever held.  Instead, the ARRL and Lambda held a
 meeting at which time they reached what both term as a mutually
 acceptable solution to Lambda's discrimination complaint.
   Both organizations say that the matter is now settled.  They
 have also issued a joint statement that indicates that the ARRL
 and Lambda have resolved this situation in -- quote -- "a spirit
 of good will and mutual respect which will allow each organization
 to cooperate as they concentrate their efforts on the many
 challenges confronting ham radio today."

(*****
                           MCI FRAUD

   The U.S. Secret Service has broken a huge international
 telephone fraud ring allegedly involving an employee of MCI.
 Federal investigators have arrested Ivey J. Lay, of Charlotte,
 North Carolina.  Lay is accused of stealing more than 100,000
 telephone calling card numbers using a high tech approach.  The
 ring is accused of running up more than $50,000,000 worth of long
 distance calls.
   This is one of the biggest fraud cases ever to hit the
 telecommunications industry.  Ivey Lay's arrest and that of five
 alleged co-conspirators follows a 4 1/2 month investigation by the
 Secret Service.  Agents say the ring operated out of five U.S.
 cities and in Spain and Germany.  Lay was a switch engineer for
 MCI and allegedly acted as the main supplier of stolen numbers.
 Authorities say ring members used a high tech method to steal
 calling card numbers.  Instead of computer hacking or watching
 customers enter their numbers.  Lay allegedly designed computer
 software to divert and hold calling card numbers from carriers
 running through MCI's telephone switching equipment.  Those
 numbers were then sold to computer hackers in the U.S. and in
 Europe.  The numbers' new owners then sold them to Europeans who
 would later use them to call numbers in the U.S. for free.   On
 October 6th, Secret Service agents seized computer disks
 containing thousands of calling card numbers.  MCI fired Lay
 immediately after his arrest.  If convicted, he could serve 10
 years in prison.
   The ring had plenty of victims, tens of thousands of customers
 of MCI, AT&T, Sprint and other local companies had their numbers
 stolen.  Officials with those companies say people whose numbers
 were stolen won't be charged for the fraudulent calls. The Secret
 Service says that among computer hackers Lay is known as
 "Nightshadow."

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          TELEPHONES SUSCEPTIBLE TO RADIO INTERFERENCE

   Talking about telephones, the FCC says it now receives 25,000
 telephone interference complaints per year and ham radio is one of
 the primary culprits.  According to a news release from the Field
 Operations Bureau this is the results found as a result of testing
 241 residential telephones, selected from field office complaint
 files.
   The study showed that 68% of the transmitting stations most
 likely involved in the interference complaints were citizens band,
 broadcast, and amateurs.  Citizens band stations accounted for
 half the interference and broadcast and amateur stations accounted
 for the other half.
   During the study, FCC investigators tested two telephone models
 claimed by their manufactures to be interference proof.  In
 virtually all cases, replacement of the telephones receiving
 interference with the one of these two interference free models
 solved the problem.  The addition of external filters provided
 satisfactory results in only one third of the cases.

(*****
                GLENDALE CALIFORNIA WANTS HAMS

   The city of Glendale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, is
 looking for ham radio operators and anyone else with specialized
 skills that can be used in the aftermath of another serious
 earthquake.  Gerald Shamburg of Glendale's Office of Emergency
 Services says that the city wants to establish a pool of
 volunteers that could help us handle any future situations.
   Shamburg says that the idea is to keep much of the city's
 services going as is possible.  This, through a cooperative effort
 involving the city, the fire and police departments, several
 relief organizations and a coalition known as Citizens for Law and
 Order.
   Even before Mayor Eileen Givens and other officials helped
 launch the program about 20 people had signed up including several
 translators and a retired surgeon.  Emergency Services Director
 Shamburg notes that if there is another large quake or other
 disaster, Glendale will need help with such things as shelter,
 care, communications and other disaster-related services.
   "We need people that can provide translation services and
 licensed amateur radio operators to handle communications" says
 Shamburg adding:  "People don't really need to have any emergency
 experience at all to volunteer."

(*****
                          BRANDO A HAM

   Actor Marlon Brando is a ham.  For years it has been rumored
 that the academy award winner was also a licensed radio amateur,
 but it was not until Brando was interviewed by CNN's Larry King
 on October the 7th that the world knew for sure.
   Brando said that he was an Amateur Radio operator and the
 thing he like most about the hobby was the anonymity that it
 offers.  He also said that he was in the process of updating his
 license.  The actor was very supportive of Amateur Radio but
 stopped short of revealing his own call sign.
   Modern communications appears to be an important part of
 Brando's life.  He told King that he sees the new international
 information superhighway as coming to us quickly.  Brando adds
 that he is already a part of it through his participation in
 America Online, but not under his real name.

(*****
                        ITAMSAT BACK ON

   The ITAMSAT ham satellite has been switched on by ground
 command after forty days in hibernation.  A full spacecraft check
 out was performed by the control team and IO-26 was in excellent
 shape.  It's battery is fully charged and the critical parameters
 in nominal status.  A couple of test software were also loaded and
 executed without any problem.
   The reason for the long silence is due to the heavy workload of
 the control team and a lightning that destroyed the main command
 station.  The reload of the internal housekeeping computers code
 with improved capabilities is scheduled to celebrate the first
 year in orbit.

(*****
                        WGN ON THE BIRD

   For those of you who like to listen to WGN Radio from Chicago,
 you can hear it on Anik E1 Ch 2 at 5.22 Audio.  Also, the World
 Radio Network can now be heard on Galaxy 5 Ch 6 6.8 Audio.  This
 is a good audio service to get news from around the world.  The
 net also carries Jonathan Marks, G8WGN's Media Network program
 from Radio Netherlands.

(*****
                           SuperLink

   If you live in the mid-western United States and are interested
 in working Canada on VHF FM please contact Paul Emeott, K0LAV.
 According to an ALL US packet posting, his Superlink repeater
 system links two meter repeaters into Wisconsin through Minnesota,
 North Dakota and North to Winnipeg, Canada.
   The SuperLink system utilizes a 440 MHz backbone.  East and
 South Superlink repeater systems are in the works now.  Plans are
 also in the works to interconnect Superlink with the Seattle
 Washington based Evergreen Intertie Network shortly.

(*****

                               DX

   In DX, word that DL3KDV, will be traveling through the
 Caribbean and will be active from J6, J8 and J7 from mid-November
 through December 12th.  Dieter will be operating on CW, SSB and
 RTTY on 160 through 10 meters.  QSL as he suggests.

(*****
                            HAM SONGS

   Finally, ham radio is a hobby that seems to have something to
 offer everyone.  Get a license and you might talk to anyone from a
 hollywood star to an astronaut in space, and maybe even to a king.
 On the air you might even run into one of the many well known
 country and western recording artists like Chet Atkins WA4CZD,
 Ronnie Milsap WB4KCG or Andrew Huddleston G3WZZ.
   What was that last name and callsign you say?  Andrew
 Huddleston G3WZZ?  Never heard of him?  If you haven't already,
 you will.
   You see, Andrew Huddleston and his wife Lissa Ladefoged are
 the brains and the sound behind a new album of songs written
 especially for and about radio amateurs.  And why an album for
 hams?  G3WZZ says it's all in keeping with the spirit of country:

   "To tell you the truth because there are a couple of really
 funny dramatic stories which I thought were great to write a song
 about.  The problem is in our regular gigs which we do all around
 Europe, Australia and New Zealand, you can't get up on stage and
 sing a song about CQ and about morse code and about that kind of
 thing.  About problems with the wife because your always on the
 air.  So we had to make a whole CD which is only for ham radio
 enthusiasts."  Andrew Huddleston G3WZZ.

   Andrew and Lissa are not newcomers to the country music scene.
 With seven previous albums behind them, they are popular artists
 worldwide.  Andrew tells Newsline that he and Lissa enjoyed
 putting the album together.  And for an encore?

   "Well we have been thinking about doing a video version called
 Seek You, The Movie, because it is the whole CD is actually, it
 tells a whole story about one little amateur radio family.  And it
 would be great to make the movie.  But it depends how many people
 out there think the idea is interesting."  G3WZZ

   Well the FCC rules say that we can't play any of the album cuts
 on your repeater.  But we can tell you that hams who have heard it
 say that Andrew and Lissa may have a ham radio hit on their hands.
   Our favorites are the songs titled Always on the Air, On the
 Monday Evening Gray Line, It's Great to QSO in Morse Again and Out
 In To The Wild Blue Yonder.  This last one is a tribute to those
 hardy souls who like to travel to remote places and put them on
 the air.
   The name of the album is Seek You -- that's SEEK YOU.  Kind
 of a play on words.  Information on getting a copy can be found in
 the latest issues of CQ and QST magazines.

(*****

   And for this week, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
 You can write to us at:
                     Amateur Radio Newsline
                     Post Office Box 463
                     Pasadena, California
                     91102

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Date: 23 Oct 1994 20:57:09 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Scott Richard Rosenfeld)
Subject: Any D.C. area OMNI V/VI users?

I have an OMNI V and would like to listen to another copy of the same,
or to an OMNI VI, with the hopes of figuring out if mine has a problem.

Maybe even swap boards w/another OMNI V?  It's either the PBT mixer
or the IF/AF board RF amps.  The radio makes a hiss when no filter
is selected, and it's pretty loud...

Can anyone help me out?

Scott 301-549-1022 (h)  301-901-9260 (w)
NF3I

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Date: 23 Oct 1994 12:28:41 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Kok Chen)
Subject: anyone know anything about hallicrafters

[e-mail] (Henry van Cleef) writes:

>In article <[e-mail]> Mike Lyon <[e-mail]> writes:
>>
>>i recently picked up a old hallicrafters shortwave reciever. i would like
>>to see if i can get some schematics,information or anything on it. on the
>>tune dial it says "Skyrider jr." and i can barely make out the model no.
>>it says model "h" in a white circle and after that it says either one of
>>these, i can't tell it's a little rusty, but it's either a s-416,
>>s-116,s-110, s-410.
>
>"Skyrider Jr."  was only used on model S-41.  This was essentially an
>Ecophone EC-1A, built immediately after WWII, and replaced by the S-38.
>It is an AC-DC set.


Is it possible that it says S-41G ?  Raymond Moore's book (Communications
Receivers - the vacuum tube era 1932-1981) states that the S-41G is an
S-41 in a gray cabinet and an S-41W is an S-41 in a white cabinet.

73

Kok Chen, AA6TY                [e-mail]
Apple Computer, Inc.

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Date: 23 Oct 94 03:40:38 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Ross Alexander)
Subject: Century Club net questions

[e-mail] (KU9C) writes:

>In article <389dj6$[e-mail]>,
>[e-mail] (karayannopoulos,george) writes:

>I believe the century club net (3.905 +/-...seems last time i heard them
>they were at 3.903) is a controlled WAS net.

Early net (starts about 02:00 UTC) is on 3903.5 KHz, late net (starts
05:00) moves down to 3902.5 KHz.  For extra enjoyment, there's
*always* an S9+20 QSO at about 3904.0 (in my experience) during late
net.  Invest in a good notch filter ;).

regards,
Ross ve6pdq
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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 94 00:47:00 -0800
From: [e-mail] (John Hiatt)
Subject: Code Programs/Sound B

MS>I've e-mailed Tim with my comments already about SB support in SM, but I
MS>thought I'd say something here.  I tried getting SM 4.1 to work with my SB a
MS>did not have any luck.  Selected the SB option in the set-up, but it still
MS>directed sound to the PC speaker, yechh.  Didn't look into it very far, as I
MS>had also just DL'd the current version of Morse Academy and it works great
MS>with
MS>the SB.  Besides, I think I like MA's presentation and bit better than SM's.

You have to set a variable in the CONFIG.SYS file I believe. It is:

SET BLASTER=your paramaters here.

It tells you about this in the docs included with the program. I
personally prefered the PC speaker output rather than the SB though.
Sounded more realistic through the PC speaker.

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Date: 23 Oct 1994 15:19:42 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Adams)
Subject: Keyer polarity for 520?

Greetings!  I've scammed the manual (thanks guys) and haven't
found it yet.  Does the Kenwood TS-520 (no S or ES) operate on
grid (negative) or direct (positive) keying...my guess would be
direct, but it does have tube finals so...if you know,
please pass the info on...

73 de dave, n9uxu

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Date: 23 Oct 94 10:24:32 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Gold)
Subject: Omni VI opinions

I am considering selling my Kenwood 850S in favor of getting a Ten
Tec Omni VI.. any opinions, happy or unhappy Omni VI users out
there.
'
thanks

Jeff, AC4HF

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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 16:17:57 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Dino Moriello)
Subject: putting the word 'RADIO' back into packet radio

A friend of mine is looking for hams that are interested in discussing the radio aspect of packet radio. i.e., tx delays, sythesized radio on packet, group delays, etc. He's interested in putting the radio back into packet radio.

If you are interested in the radio side of the hobby and not just BBS forwarding, and running packet dx clusters, bbs, nodes, etc just send him an e-mail or send it to too so I can relay the info.

His packet radio address is VE2BMQ@VE2FKB, his name is Burt. He'S built a digital regen repeater and installed many nodes on 2m and UHF.  You can also try  [e-mail]   on the internet.
IF you could also send me a copy in case the other 2 methods don't work.

thanks Dino

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Date: Sat, 22 Oct 94 21:49:00 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: This Week in Amateur Radio - In band audio bulletin service Edition 82

From: [e-mail]
Subject: This Week in Amateur Radio - In band audio bulletin service Edition 82
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 94 21:49:00 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([e-mail] email, 800-695-4005 voice)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Here is a summary of news items covered on Edition #82 of "This Week in
Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered audio bulletin service,
for the week ending 28-Oct:

1.   FCC Declares Communications Emergency in Texas, Net Frequencies Listed
2.   Astronomers Watch Trajectory of Comet Machholtz-2 Entering Earth Orbit
3.   TAPR Announces Annual Meeting for March 1995 in St. Louis
4.   FAA and FCC Review Tower Marking and Lighting Specs, Responsibility
5.   Weekly Propagation Forecast with George Bowen, N2LQS
6.   AMSAT Holds Annual Meeting in Orlando, Phase 3-D Satellite Progresses
7.   "EZSATS" with Dave Mullenix, N9LTD
8.   Upcoming Special Event Stations
9.   "Amateur Radio Newsline" - Edition #897 from Los Angeles
10.  FCC Kansas City and Anchorage Offices Respond to Interference Problems
11.  "Gateway 160 Meter Net Report" with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR
12.  "The RAIN Dial-up" from Chicago
13.  "Are Non-ham Related Packet Bulletins Legal?" - Next Week with KM6PX

Aquisition and retransmission costs for "Newsline" were provided by the
Stoddard family and members of the KF9MP repeater system, of North Webster,
Indiana.

"This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur radio news and information
service, in audio newsmagazine format, which is produced by Community Video
Associates, Inc., a non-profit, charitable, tax-exempt foundation based in
Albany, New York.  The program is carried on the "Omega Radio Network" each
Saturday at 7:30 PM (EDT) on the Galaxy III commercial communications
satellite, transponder 17 (9H), 5.8 MHz wideband audio (4.040 GHz), located at
93.5 degrees west longitude in geosynchronous orbit, and can be heard on
various VHF/UHF repeaters throughout the United States and Canada, as well as
on 160 meters at 1860 kHz.  Contact your local amateur radio club or repeater
operator if "This Week in Amateur Radio" is not being heard in your area.

Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by contributions from
repeater system operators, amateur radio clubs, and individuals.  For further
information, contact George Bowen, N2LQS, at 518/283-3665.  You may also reach
N2LQS or WA3RKB via amateur packet @ WA2UMX.#ENY.NY.USA.NA and on various
landline bulletin board services.


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Date: 23 Oct 1994 07:48:10 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Gary McDuffie Sr)

References<388m6e$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Spectrum analyzer as a TV receiver...

kevin jessup <[e-mail]> writes:

>In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:

>>Sure you can "watch" TV on a spectrum analyzer, but the frequency domain
>>display you see won't translate into a TV picture unless you can do Fast
>>Fourier Transforms in your head.

>Which should be a requirement for the EXTRA class!  ;-))

Hmm... a new goal.  I'm just getting the hang of copying G-Tor in my
head.  I'll go to work with the spectrum analyzer tomorrow.

Meanwhile...

:)

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