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Info-Hams Digest            Wed, 26 Oct 94       Volume 94 : Issue 1160

Today's Topics:
                       Active NOAA satellites?
                  ARLB085 FCC proposes reallocation
          Callsign/address databases-privacy issue (2 msgs)
                             Call Sign ID
                           callsign server
                         callsign server site
                      Century Club net questions
        Earth Ground (was: ARRL And Gay Hams Settle Complaint)
            Experience with clip-on window antenna mounts
                       HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS
                          Heathkit parts...
                      Motorola Amateur Group????
                           New Orleans Hams
                 NoCal OO goes after Packet BULLetins
                      Questions on this and that
                              Real Hams
                       repeaters in Ottawa area
                                SELCAL
                Voice of Free China Frequency Schedule
                      YAESU 900 and KENWOOD 50S

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Date: 25 Oct 1994 21:38:06 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Thyne)
Subject: Active NOAA satellites?

can anyone tell me which NOAA satellites are currently broadcasting?

I receive daily infrared or visible imagery from NOAA satellites
passing over the New Zealand region but am at a loss to know exactly
which one and at what time.

Having just gained access to some satellite tracking software
which gives orbital details on NOAA 9, 10, 11 and 12, it does not
tell me which ones are currently active.

PS: Additional information on these satellites would be appreciated.

Thanks

John Thyne

email address: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 15:32:19 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ARLB085 FCC proposes reallocation

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB085
ARLB085 FCC proposes reallocation

ZCZC AG50
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 85  ARLB085
 From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  October 25, 1994
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB085
ARLB085 FCC proposes reallocation
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to convert a
block of spectrum from federal government to commercial use,
including two UHF bands shared by Amateur Radio on a secondary basis
with the government.
The proposal would allocate 2390 to 2400, 2402 to 2417 (both shared
by amateurs), and 4660 to 4685 Mhz to the Fixed and Mobile Services.
The FCC is required by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
to adopt rules for such a reallocation by February 10, 1995.
The FCC said it received a number of responses to its Notice of
Inquiry on the proposed reallocations, including formal comments
from ''the amateur community'' (primarily the ARRL).  More information
was in October QST, on page 83.
NNNN
/EX

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Date: 25 Oct 1994 14:57:32 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Ron Cole)
Subject: Callsign/address databases-privacy issue

Gary Lau ([e-mail]) wrote:

: And-- if you have one of those commercial PO Boxes that resemble a
: street address and used that as a residential address, the CA DMV
: eventually finds out your actual residence address (I know-- I'm
: figuring the DMV got my true residential address from my insurance
: company or the area public utilities. Eventhough they mailed the bills
: and other misc. info to the mailing address, what a surprise last year
: during vehicle registration renewal that my residential address
: appeared on the new registration slip...)

Big Brother is watching you....:)

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Ron Cole                   Internet:[e-mail]    ICBM:29 31.03 N
N5HYH                      CIS:70325,102                   98 25.55 W
CE KZEP/KHBL               AX25:N5HYH @ K3WGF.STX.NA
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Date: 25 Oct 1994 14:49:46 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Ron Cole)
Subject: Callsign/address databases-privacy issue

Dennis Henderson ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Is there another route to privacy besides getting a PO box?

You should never discuss upcomming trips on the radio.  YOu are just
asking for a breakin.

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Ron Cole                   Internet:[e-mail]    ICBM:29 31.03 N
N5HYH                      CIS:70325,102                   98 25.55 W
CE KZEP/KHBL               AX25:N5HYH @ K3WGF.STX.NA
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Date: 25 Oct 1994 15:37 CDT
From: [e-mail] (Brad Killebrew N5LJV)
Subject: Call Sign ID

In article <38hqas$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (John Hughes) writes...
>
>Is it appropriate or not to state a call with a double letter (i.e., xy8ppq) as xy8 double pq?  An older Ham indicated this was not proper.  Seems minor, with all the imaginative phonetics heard and people who say zed for the z in thei
>in their calls...which is supposed to be some fancy british pronunciation?
>What does the group think?

When you say "XY8 Double PQ" you are "legally" implying that your callsign
is XY8DPQ instead of XY8PPQ.  What do you think the callsign would be
if a guy signed "WA5 Double My Bet"?  His call is WA5DMB, not WA5MMB.
Do you see my parity?  I agree that this is not a serious problem, but
there are alot of people who do not agree with the "double letter" ID
deal.

On a side note, but still on the same topic, the same goes for the
guys who sign "KA5NV and a W".  First, it sounds stupid, and someone
hearing that for the first time might think, "Hmmm KA5NVAAW".
I know that will never happen, but I think the "and a" stuff is dumb.

That's my $.02.  Forward all flames to [e-mail].

--
Brad A. Killebrew N5LJV, EMT-B        | Student of Computer Engr Technology
President, UH Amatuer Radio Club      |    University of Houston, Texas
Internet: [e-mail]                |
AMPRnet : [e-mail]    |    UH Amateur Radio Club WB5FND
Packet  : n5ljv@f6cnb.#setx.tx.usa.na |      [e-mail]
AT&Tnet : 713-743-6676  Fax [phone]  | Info: finger [e-mail]

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Date: 25 Oct 1994 21:07:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Derek Wills)
Subject: callsign server

[e-mail] (Paul Morawski AA3DD) says:

>>I've tried the callsign server at [e-mail] several
>>times with a known call (mine!) and it comes back with "callsign not
>>found".  I also tried with "G5RV" and obtained the same result.

     If you ask it a silly question, it will give you a silly answer.
     This is not a callbook, it is a list of QSL managers, and since
     neither you nor G5RV have QSL managers you are not in the file.
     Send it 9V1YC or HC8N and see what it says.


Derek "via buro" Wills (AA5BT, G3NMX)
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas,
Austin TX 78712.  (512-471-1392)
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Oct 1994 19:14:17 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Ryan Mcneilly)
Subject: callsign server site

In article <38im0j$[e-mail]>,
Waldemar Kebsch <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Seth Taylor) writes:
>
>>Can anyone advise where I might telnet to get a US based
>>callsign server ?
>
>>TNX es 73  Seth KC2WE
>
>Try
>      telnet callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000
>

I have done this, now what user name and password do I use?  --Ryan

>or, if you have access to www .... :-)
>
>      http://www.mit.edu:8001/callsign
>
>Have fun
>
>Waldemar
>--
>Waldemar Kebsch  (dk3vn),  c/o  Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG,
>33106 Paderborn, Federal Republic of Germany, E-Mail: [e-mail]
>+                                                                     +
>++++++ Es geschieht nichts Gutes, es sei denn, Du machst es! ++++++++++


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
  Ryan McNeilly                    Internet: [e-mail]
    KC7BYE - KCARES
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

"You can't deal from a position of weakness"  --Alfred Thayer Mahan
Moral:  Protect the 2nd Amendment!

My comments and opinions are my own and nobody elses!!!!

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Date: 25 Oct 94 13:12:30 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Joe Landis - Systems & Network Mgr)
Subject: Century Club net questions

In article <389dj6$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (karayannopoulos,george) writes:
> While searching the 80m SSB band, I discovered a net running on 3903 or so.
> They called themselves the "3905 net of the Century Club." Does anybody know
> what the Century Club is? Does this have anything to do with DXCC? What is
> the purpose of the 3905 net?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ___________________________________________________________________
> George Karayannopoulos              N2OWO
> [e-mail]             Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ
> Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer's.

The "3905 net" is a "state hunters" net for ... WAS. When we operated KD3XN
portable in Delaware last month, we checked in from the campsite in the
evening. Lots of stations need DE for WAS.

Here's how it works: Stations check in giving their state, and are given a
number. Then each numbered station is called, asking what other station they
want to work, by number. They may "pass" too. The called station then calls net
control with the number and the 2 stations work. The exchange for this net only
needs to be a signal report, but most also exchange call signs.

--
Joe Landis - Systems and Network Manager - North American Drager - Telford, PA
[e-mail] - Ax25: AA3GN@WA3TSW.#EPA.PA.USA.NOAM - ampr: [44.80.8.153]
Vote Libertarian!

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Date: 25 Oct 1994 14:14:51 -0500
From: [e-mail] (David Horak)
Subject: Earth Ground (was: ARRL And Gay Hams Settle Complaint)

In <2EACBE41@smtp> [e-mail] (JONES Peter) writes:

>Doc Elliott KE4KUZ writes:

>>I suppose that things
>>will have to decay further before the average man in the street says "Hey,
>>I've had enough and this has got to stop!"

>To paraphrase:  "methinks you doth protest too much!"

>Pete ON9CUK

Nah, he's expressing the sentiments of a majority populace that's fed up.

David

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 19:10:01 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sami Boulos)
Subject: Experience with clip-on window antenna mounts

I'd like to use a window clip-mount that has a BNC-BNC mount (e.g.
Valor WMBNC or ANLI WA-1) to attach my 5/8 wave 2M telescopic antenna
(ANLI AL-760) to one end and HTX-202 at the other end, inside my car. Is
this a practical setup and what have been peoples' experiences? I don't
want to buy a mobile rig. Any recommendations for other pieces of
equipment?
--
Sami Boulos  |  Bell-Northern Research           |  TEL: [phone]
VE3SKK       |  P.O. Box 3511, Stn. C            |  FAX: [phone]
[e-mail]  |  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada K1Y 4H7  |  #include <disclaimer.h>

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 19:03:46 GMT
From: [e-mail] (joe cira)
Subject: HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS

new amateur radio "ham" bbs at 818-584-1952
73 & 88 de kb6axk,joe

--
US AMATEUR RADIO  |sysop of the HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS|
KB6AXK            | at 1-818-584-1952,joe cira          |
PASADENA,CAL,91107|     [e-mail]               |

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 15:07:54 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Kenneth L Florence)
Subject: Heathkit parts...

Hi all, does anyone know if it is still possible to obtain parts for Heathkit
equipment? I specifically need a bandswitch for an SB1000 amplifier. Does
anyone know if zenith or someone else is selling parts? If anyone has an
ameritron AL-80a and can give me the part number for the bandswitch, I
wud appreciate it (I believe the AL80a and SB1000 were exactly the same - is
this true?). Thanks and 73 de KA3PLS... Ken...

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 19:12:08 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman)
Subject: Motorola Amateur Group????

William=E.=[e-mail] writes:

>>I didn't think Motorola made HAM gear??? (So I heard..)
>>-Evan Platt

>they don't make stuff for the amateur market, yes.

They used to market a 2M transceiver (the Metram?); the price was
outragous.

Jeff NH6IL

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Date: 25 Oct 1994 12:14:42 -0600
From: [e-mail] (F5JTL aka WX3W)
Subject: New Orleans Hams

I will be in New Orleans for a Linguistic Conference in January (5-8).
Since I am a student I don't have much money to spend on the hotel. I am
looking for a place to sleep that would be in or around NO.
Any suggestions?

Please email ur answers to: [e-mail]



      ///                            ///                            ///
     (. .)                          (. .)                          (. .)
 +oOO-(_)-OOo--------------------oOO-(_)-OOo--------------------oOO-(_)-OOo+
 |   Laurent D. Thomin               Email: [e-mail]            |
 | Department of Linguistics         Ham Radio Callsigns: F5JTL ** WX3W/5  |
 | University of New Mexico                                                |
 |                                       |
 |    WEB address: http://www.unm.edu/~f5jtl/index.html                    |
 |                                       |
 |  "We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we |
 |  try to fight it"                                                       |
 |            C.S. Lewis                       |
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Date: 25 Oct 1994 23:24:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (William Freeman USG)
Subject: NoCal OO goes after Packet BULLetins

Gary Phillips (no callsign mentioned) writes:
> ... The reason that part 97 restricts "broadcasting" has little to
> do with the actual content (even though content is used as one of
> the restrictors) and much to do with bandwidth and interference. ...

    Do you have a reference for this assertion?  I rather suspect
that you're guessing, and I believe that you are wrong.

    Be that as it may, the rules being applied are not new.  I
doubt whether the FCC's interpretation as expressed differes
(significantly) from that which they have held for years.  That many
of us, apparently, want packet radio to be a free usenet feed matters
not.  The FCC rules mean what the FCC says they mean, not what we
think that we can imply by spin-doctoring their wording and applying
multiple rules out of context.

    Some people have been likening packet BBS postings to "ROUND
TABLES" (an FCC defined term) rather than to "BULLETINS".  The FCC
isn't even being inconsistant in putting them in the latter category:
in a round table, transmissions other than call-ups (CQs are an
explicit exception to the 1 way rules) are not intentionally made
unless the sender knows that there is at least one specific individual
out there, by way of his check-in, copying the transmission.  A BBS
posting is totally in the blind.

    The HAM radio service was not created to allow us to save a
few bucks by avoiding providers of commercial communications services.
If you want to post and read about cooking, etc., pay for a Compu$erve
account, or equivelent, or, like me, spunge off of your employer's
internet connection if he allows it.  You won't convince me that the
FCC is obligated to let you do it under the auspices of your US
amateur radio license.

    73 (whatever the non-sequitor(SP?) people think)
    Bill - KE1G
--
Bill Freeman, [e-mail], KE1G, PP-SMEL-IA(ME VFR only) N4365Z
USABDA, MassABDA (novice modern), NMRA, rounds, squares, bad jokes.
Telemarketing: Do more than just say no, write saying you seek other vendors.

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 19:26:58 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman)
Subject: Questions on this and that

[e-mail] (David Jenkins) writes:

>2)  I heard WB9RUM talking to a CBAGV (I'm pretty sure) on CW last night.

Might it have been C6AGV? Or even CB1GV is a possibility - some folks,
after the first exchange of callsigns, may shorten the numeric charac-
tor to just the first two elements: A = 1, N = 6, T = 0 (not legal!).

>4)  Did I read somehwere, or did I just make it up because it sounds
>reasonable, that one signs (or may sign) #####/QRP when running low
>power?

You might not want to do this, for some folks will not respond
to your CQ if you append /QRP to your call. After a QSO is started
then feel free to brag to the other fellow that you're only running
x Watts (where x <= 5 for true QRP;  x < 1 for QRPp).

There's a QRP email newsgroup - let me know if you're interested
in subscribing.

.73W,
Jeff NH6IL

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Date: 24 Oct 1994 22:59:51 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Richard McAllister)
Subject: Real Hams

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman) writes:

>[e-mail] (Dale Piedfort) writes:
>
>>THREE:
>>
>>THE AMATEUR IS PROGRESSIVE....He keeps his station abreast of science.
>>It is well-built and efficient.  His operating practice is above re-
>       ^^^^^^^^^^
>>proach.
>If the above code is a mark of a REAL HAM then you have eliminated
>not only all the no-codes but many of the know-codes, too - maybe
>maybe even yourself!
>
>Notice that the `progressive' amateur above (in 1929) built *everything*
>in his station.

Whoo-ha!  Jeff, it said *well-built* not self-built.  And even if
it were self-built, what evidence do you have that this would
eliminate all the no-codes?

>I guess I am a REAL HAM since *all* my transmitters are built from
>scratch (they're all CW, of course).

OK, you've done well on one part of the Amateur's Code, at least according
to your misreading.  Now, would you like to consider working on some of the
other parts?

[Followups directed to r.r.a.policy.]
--
Rich McAllister ([e-mail])

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 18:33:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Sami Boulos)
Subject: repeaters in Ottawa area

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ross Frederick Blakeney) writes:


   Hi, a friend of mine will be going to the Ottawa area, sometime during
   the middle of Nov., and she asked me to try and get a list of Ottawa, and
   area repeaters, both VHF and UHF, with their offset, and QTH.
   any help is greatly appreciated.
   thx in advance, 73 de VE1RFB, Ross

A quick, perhaps not complete list of VHF repeaters (offsets are +,- 600 kHz):
    146.700 VE2RA0 (-)
    146.940 VE2CRA (-)
    147.030 VE3TEL (-)
    147.300 VE3TW0 (+)
    147.150 VE3MPC (+)
    147.360 VE2KPG (+)
--
Sami Boulos  |  Bell-Northern Research           |  TEL: [phone]
VE3SKK       |  P.O. Box 3511, Stn. C            |  FAX: [phone]
[e-mail]  |  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada K1Y 4H7  |  #include <disclaimer.h>

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Date: 26 Oct 94 19:21:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (VEKINIS Peter)
Subject: SELCAL

Thanks for the message about the fact that the receiver shifts to AM during
selcal xmission.
However, I still need a decoding mechanism.
 I have the specs here. If anyone wants the specs, I can fax them to
him/her, and perhaps that person can give me more details on building or
designing a decoder.
Thanks, Peter, KC1QF
[e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 01:00:31 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Scott M Gennari)
Subject: Voice of Free China Frequency Schedule

Here's the current English frequency schedule for Voice of Free China.
This was copied from a frequency schedule mailed to me by VOFC.

Voice of Free China English Frequency Schedule
(Effective from September 25, 1994 - March 26, 1995)

0200    15345/JK 11825/SE 11740/CA 9680/NA 7130/AN 5950/NA
0300    15345/JK 11825/SE 11745/JK 9680/NA 5950/NA
0700    5950/NA
1200    9610/AN 7130/JK
2200    9850/E 5810/EU

AN  Australia/New Zealand       JK  Japan/Korea         CA  Central America
NA  North America               EU   Europe             SE  South East Asia

Scott Gennari
[e-mail]

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Date: 26 Oct 94 19:21:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (VEKINIS Peter)
Subject: YAESU 900 and KENWOOD 50S

I bought a TS50S about a year ago, and it has become my favorite radio. As a
real mobile fan, I installed it in the car and use it every day on a net on
20m. It's a great little radio. With the MFJ 949D mobile tuner (an extra
$89) it works on most bands with the 20m Hustler whip. I bought it for $990
plus the $89 for the tuner. A great combination.

Then the 900 was advertized. As someone who likes bying newly released
radios for mobile/portable operation, I bought it from HRO as well (it cost
$1230). I also bought the mobile mount and the remote kit (the cable to
extend the placement of the front panel).

Well as soon as I connected it, it didnt work. I reset it and got pretty
upset about it (I had bought a 747 about 1.5 years ago, and the wide AM
filter was broken - so much about my Yaesu experience), but it still didnt
work. It didnt turn on. Then my friend Dan, KA7AGN/DA1DW switched the
battery switch off, reset it and voila! It worked. This leads me to believe:
1/static is a problem for the 900, and 2/Information that may help the user
was not in the manual; it should have been.

So if you buy a 900,  remember that if it doesnt turn-on, it may be a reset
static problem. Underneath the unit there is a Battery switch, push it to
off, reset the radio, and put the battery switch back to on. It should work.

Peter, KC1QF
[e-mail]

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Date: 25 Oct 1994 17:16:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] ()

References<[e-mail]> <38d4fr$[e-mail]>, <38hmm7$[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Spectrum analyzer as a TV receiver...

John,

This finally makes sense.

When I first read this thread, I thought it was a typo,
because converting a TV to a spectrum analyser seems
more of a usefull home brew project..

73, Moritz DL5UH

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 13:52:34 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Wally Blackburn)

References<387rmc$[e-mail]> <38glsj$[e-mail]>, <38h2dm$[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: FT757 are they any good?

I asked before - maybe by entering this thread:

Does anybody know where I can get the connector for serial control (i.e.
the CAT port) on the 757?  I am trying to help a guy out via long-distance,
so I can't even look at it.

What would be great would be a manufacturer and number.  Next best would be
a good description.  Thanks.

--
   Wally Blackburn           Clinton-Gore - Socialist Leadership
   [e-mail]                  for the 90s!
   Amateur Radio Station AA8DX       I'm the NRA.
   '91 FXR    DoD #1375

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