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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 00:00:48 PDT
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Info-Hams Digest            Fri, 28 Oct 94       Volume 94 : Issue 1165

Today's Topics:
                 ##Help my HT set the car alarm off##
                       ARLB086 FCC recip update
                             Call sign id
                          Change of address
            Converting Lat/Lon to Int. Locator Coordinates
                       How's the Wire ... Man?
                   Interest in KaGold mailing List?
                   IPS Daily Report - 27 October 94
                 Q-Codes .. any hints to learn them ?
                         QSL Route For ZP6CW
                          QST article needed
                               vcr plus
              Wayne Green, unfailing clear thinker? NOT!

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 17:35:58 GMT
From: [e-mail] (T.J. Alessi)
Subject: ##Help my HT set the car alarm off##

Set if off? Hmmm, if it set it ON it worry!
:-)
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 17:38:15 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ARLB086 FCC recip update

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB086
ARLB086 FCC recip update

ZCZC AG51
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 86  ARLB086
 From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  October 26, 1994
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB086
ARLB086 FCC recip update

The FCC announced today the termination of a proceeding, PR Docket
92-167, in which it was proposed that Volunteer Examiners inspect
credentials and administer brief examinations to visiting foreign
amateurs as a basis for the granting of temporary FCC operating
permits to amateurs from countries with which the United States does
not have a reciprocal operating agreement.

In its comments on the FCC proposal, filed in 1992, the ARRL had
said there were better ways to achieve the objective of the
proceeding. The League suggested that the US take the lead in
establishing a worldwide common license and urged the FCC to abandon
its proposal and consider alternative steps leading in that
direction, such as US participation in a European common license
arrangement.

The FCC decided not to amend the rules as it had proposed. Instead,
it has noted the suggestions in the comments for alternative means
of licensing visiting foreign amateurs, and will continue to explore
other options for meeting this need and will work to ensure the
reciprocal treatment of US amateurs overseas.
NNNN
/EX

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 94 15:39:52
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Call sign id

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

The rules (part 97.119 sec b2) require "identification by phone transmission
in the English language.  Use of a standard phoneic alphabet as an aid for
correct station identification is encouraged."

This makes sense, since amateur radio being international in scope, to
avoid confusion or misunderstanding.  It may seem small potatoes but it
is a rule.  The Zed I believe is just tradition and separates the
Z from C, E, etc.

I see where an argument can be made that it's not a requirement but it
does make good operating practice and it is traditional.

73
BS KC4WQ

... 73 does not have an s attached
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 14:53:03
From: [e-mail] (Ken Thompson)
Subject: Change of address

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gene Maletta) writes:
>From: [e-mail] (Gene Maletta)
>Subject: Change of address
>Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 20:42:19 UNDEFINED

>Where should I write to for change of address for my licence and any fee?
>Email info if possible     [e-mail]

No fee.  Send a new 610 to the FCC.

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 16:26:22 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Fred McKenzie)
Subject: Converting Lat/Lon to Int. Locator Coordinates

In article <38ogvg$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Thomas de Lellis) wrote:
> Does anyone out there have an algorithm for converting latitude-longitude
> coordinates to international locator coordinates?
> Also, I seem to remember seeing somewhere that there is more than one
> locator scheme (i.e. ARRL vs. what is used in Europe, etc.) What
> are the differences?

Thomas-

The locator scheme I'm familiar with, is called "Maidenhead".  It was
named for a conference held in Maidenhead, England, where agreement was
reached for a standard scheme.  I believe most hams worldwide, are
refering to the Maidenhead scheme, when they talk about "Grid Squares".

If you happen to have a Trimble "Scout" GPS receiver, it has the
capability to indicate your position in the Maidenhead Grid Square system.

The ARRL BBS has (had) an MS-DOS program, GRID.COM, that would make the
conversion either way, with 6 character accuracy.  For example, it
converted my home latitude and longitude to EL98NP.  I've seen a BASIC
language program that only provided the first 4 characters, which is as
much as many U. S. Hams are interested in.

Because of the interest in Grid Squares, I encoded GRID.COM to "UU"
format.  The program is relatively short, so it can be pasted into a
message, and UU-decoded by the recipient.  I'll take a chance, and paste
it here, in case you (and others) can use it.

73, Fred, K4DII

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 20:19:42 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Glenn D. O'Donnell)
Subject: How's the Wire ... Man?

Hi everyone,
  Our local club is looking to buy mass quantities of coax so our members can
take advantage of the bulk rate.  We're looking at various varieties of cable
and we all feel warm & fuzzy about Belden.
  One of our members got a copy of "The Wirebook" from "The Wireman".  The
book is a fantastic collection of information about transmission lines and
such.  It is also, of course, the catalog for "The Wireman".  Their cable
looks almost too good to be true!  Therein lies my skepticism.
  Is their cable REALLY that good?  Who makes it?  I find it hard to believe
that they would make it themselves.  The overhead for such an operation must
be huge.
  Please respond via email since I usually don't get a chance to read the
newsgroups.  I will summarize my findings on these newsgroups.
         adTHANKSvance and 73
        de Glenn O'Donnell, N3BDA
           [e-mail]
--

  Glenn D. O'Donnell, N3BDA       Internet:      [e-mail]
  AT&T Bell Laboratories          Amateur Radio: n3bda@n3dpu.#epa.pa.usa.na
  Allentown, PA                   Home QTH:      Palmerton, PA (Grid FN20eu)

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 94 21:01:55 MST
From: [e-mail] (David Dodell)
Subject: Interest in KaGold mailing List?

[e-mail] (Marvin J. Munster) writes:

> I would definately be interested in your list.  You might want to include
> PkGold as well.  I use both.

I will be starting up a list this weekend, there seems to be enough
interest ... I was referring to Kagold generically to include all gold
products.

david

---
Editor, HICNet Medical Newsletter
Internet: [e-mail]                 FAX: [phone]
Bitnet  : ATW1H@ASUACAD

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 23:24:43 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Regional Warning Centre)
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 27 October 94

SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 27/2330Z OCTOBER 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 27 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 28 OCTOBER - 30 OCTOBER
-----------------------------------------------------------
1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number :  93/38

GOES satellite data for 26 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   5.7E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  3.7E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 7.6E+08 (high)
       X-ray background: B1.3
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             28 Oct             29 Oct             30 Oct
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 28 Oct:  95/41

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: quiet to unsettled

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 26 Oct
    Learmonth        6  3212 2111
    Fredericksburg   7                           8
    Planetary       10                           8

Observed Kp for 26 Oct: 3233 2222
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
28 Oct    20    Unsettled to active
29 Oct    15    Unsettled to active
30 Oct    40    Active to minor storm

COMMENT: IPS Geomagnetic Warning 8 was issued on 27 October and is
current for interval 27 October to 4 November.
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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
27 Oct      normal         normal         fair-normal
PCA Event : None.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
28 Oct      normal         normal         normal-fair
29 Oct      normal         normal-fair    fair
30 Oct      normal         normal-fair    fair

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
       Observed
DATE   T-index  MUFs at Sydney
27 Oct    38    near predicted monthly values, with 15-30% enhanced
                during local night.

Predicted Monthly T-index for October: 20

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
28 Oct    30    Near predicted monthly values to 20% enhanced.
29 Oct    20    Near predicted monthly values
30 Oct    15    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: IPS HF Communications Warning 9 was issued on 27 October and
is current for interval 27 October to 4 November.
--
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: 27 Oct 1994 16:51:50 -0400
From: [e-mail] (John A. Evans)
Subject: Q-Codes .. any hints to learn them ?

Mark Tomany <[e-mail]> writes:

>DT> From: [e-mail] (David Tiller)

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

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

>DT> Well, a couple of them are easy:

>DT> QRM - (M)anmade interference
>DT> QRN - (N)atural interference

>DT> QSB - ?
>DT> QTH - ?

  QTH - <T><H>e House
>DT> QRZ - ?
>DT> QSL - ?
  QSL - <S>end a <L>etter


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John A. Evans, Capt, USAF                     "My number one goal as a
VHDL/EDA Engineer                              runner is to live long enough
N3QOO Tech Plus !!!                            to place in my age group!!!"

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 22:43:01 -0400
From: Keith Poole <[e-mail]>
Subject: QSL Route For ZP6CW

From: Keith Poole <[e-mail]>
Subject: QSL Route For ZP6CW
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 22:43:01 -0400
Organization: Graduate School of Industrial Administr., Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone know the QSL route for ZP6CW?

Thanks.

Keith Poole  K7MOA/3 Pittsburgh, PA
             K7MOA   St. Helens, OR
             W6UE    Pasadena, CA

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 22:40:02 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Ed Hare (KA1CV))
Subject: QST article needed

John Unger ([e-mail]) wrote:

: I would like to get a copy of a review of the Drake SPR-4 receiver
: that was published in the December 1970 QST.  No libraries in this
: area carry QST, so I am appealing to this newsgroup for help. I
: will gladly repay you for duplicating and postage costs.

: Thanks es 73 - John, W3GOI

The ARRL Technical Department Secretary will make copies of any QST or IARU
sister society publication. The charge is $3.00, postpaid. We will make the
copy and send it along with a postcard for you to send in with the $3.00
(most people are honest with us).

You can write to her hear at HQ, call her on the phone or send email to
[e-mail].

73, Ed
--
Ed Hare, KA1CV, ARRL Laboratory, 225 Main, Newington, CT 06111
203-666-1541 [e-mail]

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Date: 27 Oct 94 20:46:24 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Mark Dieter)
Subject: vcr plus

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Gilles Monette) writes:
>
> I am looking for information on the vcr plus
> gadget that allow you to program tv shows by
> just entering the given numbers in the tv guide.
> What I am looking for is the formula to generate
> these numbers.  How can I generate them if they are not
> in the tv guide.  Does anyone have that information.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gilles, Ve2gsm

Ask this question in comp.home.automation.  There was a program with
source posted there a few months back.  It could handle up to 6 digit
VCR+ codes.  It should be in an FTP archive someplace.  Good luck



==============================================
|   Mark Dieter Eastman Kodak Rochester NY   |
| [phone] [e-mail] |
==============================================

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 15:52:40 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Nicholas A Ferro)
Subject: Wayne Green, unfailing clear thinker? NOT!

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Gene Wolford) writes:
> I started subscribing to 73 largely do to my feeling that I was getting an
> alternate view of Amateur issues based strictly on facts and logical
> thinking. Of course, I may have so deluded myself because I found his views
> often matched my own.
>
> A few issues back, Green, apparently unable to contain himself, provided an
> insightful view of how he injects thoughtless emotionalism into his
> thinking.
> In this case, rather than respond logically to logically made arguments,
> (in the letters column), he heaped uncalled for vitriolic insults on those
> who disagreed with him.
>
> Detail:
>
> Earlier in the year, Green made some sneeringly negative comment about gun
> ownership and the NRA in one of his editorials. A couple of months later he
> ran a couple of polite, logical, point-by-point letters seeking to debate
> the issue with him.
> He responded with more sneering insults, mixed with emotional
> ranting,(without facts), an a litany of non-facts, sounding as if he had
> just been studying Handgun Control Incs. misguided plans to disarm the
> honest citizen.
>
> You'd think a guy who makes his living courtesy of the 1st amendment could
> see the value of defending it, especially a guy who purports to be as
> conservative as Green.
>
> I don't send money to folks who spend it forcing me to defend my rights.
> Life's too short to pay somebody to steal my spare time and funds.
>
> Good bye Green! No renewal for you.
>
> I guess I'll join ARRL and read their magazine.


Yeah I bought a year of that trash a long time ago.
You won't find anything about anything other than Ham Radio in QST!




            Nick Ferro  KU2A              [e-mail]
            Martin Marietta Company
            525 French Road MD138
            Utica, NY 13502-5993          PacketCluster > WB2BIN
                              PBBS          @ WA2TVE
        LIFE MEMBER ARRL & AMSAT
    QRV 1.8/3.5/7/10/14/18/21/24.9/28/50/144/222/432/903/1296/2401

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 14:31:08 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Paul H. Bock)

References<[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: The (1929) Amateur Code

     Some follow-up notes:

1) The "Amateurs's Code" was written in 1928, not 1929, by Paul M.
Segal, 9EEA (later W9EEA), ARRL General Counsel.  He was also Assistant
Generl Counsel to the Federal Radio Commission in 1929-30 and
Director of the Rocky Mountain Division.

2) My reference yesterday to the Swiss amateur who had his station,
etc., confiscated was in error; it was *ten* Swiss amateurs who
endured this fate in 1926 for "working DX."

3) Equipment for sale to hams in the U.S. in the '20s included
the following:

   1926 - Grebe CR-18 receiver with coils for 200, 80, 40, 20 & 10

   1926 - American Sales CW/phone transmitter

   1927 - Pamco shortwave receiver

   1927 - Ansco transmitters, "5 to 1000 watts"

   1929 - Pilot "Super Wasp" receiver
          National SW-4 Receiver

   1931 - National SW-3 receiver

   1932 - Hammarlund Comet Pro receiver

       and thus into the modern era.....

4) Finally, for those who didn't know it, the 13 WPM code speed requirement
for the Class B (later General Class) license wasn't instituted until
*1936* at ARRL request.  Prior to that, the code speed requirement was
10 WPM for the old First Class amateur license and for the Class B
when it was instituted around 1933 or '34 by the old Federal Radio
Commission (before it became the FCC).

     The Extra First Grade license was 20 WPM, but this license was
dropped in 1933 by the FRC due to staffing limitations.  It reappeared
in 1953 when the Novice-Technician-General/Conditional-Extra structure
was instituted.  The "incentive" program in the '60s created the
Extra Class subbands and reinstated the old Class A as Advanced with
special 'phone subbands.

Sources:  "200 Meters and Down," Clinton B. DeSoto
          "Fifty Years of ARRL"

73 DE K4MSG

       * Paul H. Bock, Jr.        * Principal Systems Engineer
(|_|)  * E-Systems/Melpar Div.    * Telephone: [phone] x2062
 | |)  * 7700 Arlington Blvd.     * Internet: [e-mail]
       * Falls Church, VA 22046   * Mailstop: N203

               "Never ascribe to a sinister motive
          that which is more likely due to stupidity."

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Date: 27 Oct 1994 19:19:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Gregory Ryan Snow)

References<[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>, <38oil1$[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: The Kenwood TH-79


: I talked to Kenwood and they recommended setting the 'locked' memories
: with CTSS or other squelch setting so the radio won't stop there.
: It is a bandaid, the radio takes one to two seconds to pass over
: the memory.

Additional methods that I have used to block out memory channels are
as follows:
- Set an offset (+ or -) then use the reverse key to monitor
the other freq.  On a repeater this would be the input, on for example
the Weather frequency, this would likely be a silent frequency.  When
you wish to use the channel just hit reverse again.
- As stated above any of the squelch setting will also do the trick
but slow down the scanning.  On repeaters that are very busy, I use the
reverse option and a squelch, so that any activity heard on the input
would also be ignored.
- Other ideas include copying the memory to vfo and tuning down one
noch of the ENC control... but this becomes tedious.

These methods are all only fixes not replacement for the true
features.  Lockouts wouldn't have to be scanned at all... as if there
was no channel programed in. Memory bank scanning should also be an option.

Beyond this missing feature the TH79 is a great radio, IMHO the best
on the market, and for me the missing feature was enough to keep me
from buy the radio.  I hope that Kenwood doesn't make a mistake like
this in the next radio they release.

Gregory R. Snow - KA1WIG
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

PS - excuse the readablity of the post.. I was in a hurry.

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 16:01:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman)

References<38jrgg$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>, <38nks8$[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Questions on this and that

[e-mail] (Dana Myers) writes:

>Please cite the section of Part 97 which states that only recognized
>prosigns may be used.

You missed the point, Dana. There was nothing in the rules to
strictly prohibit the use of  .  ...  .  /  .  .  but pink slips
were given out anyway. The FCC is allowed a broad interpretation
of their own rules. They felt that the prosign CQ must be used
to establish a QSO - anything else was prohibited.


Jeff NH6IL

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 15:44:54 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Herman)

References<[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: NoCal OO , packet BBS that lists posts by "topic"?

[e-mail] (C. C. (Clay) Wynn, N4AOX) writes:

>  No wonder the FCC despairs over the Ham bands.

They do? I've always heard that the FCC has nothing but praise
for amateurs.

Jeff NH6IL

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