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Info-Hams Digest            Tue,  8 Nov 94       Volume 94 : Issue 1197

Today's Topics:
                            add info-hams
                         Amateur Radio Stores
                 Anyone know QSL route for KO6IQ ???
                  Baltimore... tech exams ...when???
                         FCC Busts? (3 msgs)
                  FCC new license processing time...
                   Ham Cottage in Ireland for rent
            Help needed with older Kenwood HF model 9R59D
         Interference from computer causing receive problems
                      I PASSED MY TECH TODAY!!!
                           License Arrived!
                         License Arrived :-)
                       License Processing Time
                        Maws Coad and Spelinge
                      Motorola Amateur Group????
                       No code Techs and CW...
                       NOS/NET/Wampes for linux
                      Schematic Drawing Software
                  Subject: Cooling HeatSink on TS50
                   Subject: Ham stores in London ?

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Date: 8 Nov 94 06:39:55 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Tom Staal)
Subject: add info-hams

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 20:47:58 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Denise L. Moquin)
Subject: Amateur Radio Stores

  I just moved down to Jacksonville, Florida from Conn. a couple of months
ago. Does anyone know of any amateur radio stores in the Jacksonville area.
I need a few more battery packs for my HT. I hate to call back up to the
store I delt with in Newington, Conn.

73
Denise Moquin
N1JBR
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Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 15:36:50 -0800
From: [e-mail].3 (Scott Darragh)
Subject: Anyone know QSL route for KO6IQ ???

I am looking for someone that goes under the call KO6IQ if I copied it
right!  I would like to QSL qith him.

Scott

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Date: 8 Nov 94 03:32:25 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Baltimore... tech exams ...when???

> [e-mail] (Rl onco md) says:

>I need to know when there are tech exams for baltimore md.
>please let know where, and which clubs are giving the exams.....

Check with the Maryland Radio Center in Laurel, they test every third
Saturday last I heard.

The Bryantown-Zekiah Swamp VE (ARRL) group in Charles County MD is
holding a test session on 20 Nov.

I know neither are Baltimore county/city, but not that far away.

   jd

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 12:08:46 -0700
From: [e-mail] (Mark Monninger)
Subject: FCC Busts?

If you mean actually kick down the door and arrest someone, I doubt that the
FCC has the authority to do that. If you're jamming military or air control
traffic, the FCC will probably be who tracks you down, but the appropriate
law enforcement folks will probably make the actual arrest. I have heard
stories of cops arresting jammers in the act, often after some hams have
helped DF the guy. The FCC can fine and revoke licenses but the actual
physical enforcement is not their job.

Mark    AA7TA

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Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 15:31:55 -0800
From: [e-mail].3 (Scott Darragh)
Subject: FCC Busts?

In article <39bguh$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Arthur Chandler)
wrote:

>   I was talking with one of the local ARRL chapter presidents, who
> bemoaned the fact that there is one jerk who maliciously jams one of the
> popular local repeaters.
>   "We've complained to the FCC," he said, "But apparently, if the
> offender isn't disrupting commercial broadcasting, they don't want to
> deal with the problem."
>   That sad tale got me wondering: Has the FCC ever busted a HAM -- I mean
> HARD busted, not just a stern warning?

    Hell if they don't then let's all have a protest day and operate out of
our bands.  Then we'll see what kind of response as we bleed all over
everyone!

Scott

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Date: 3 Nov 1994 12:24:49 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Arthur Chandler)
Subject: FCC Busts?

  I was talking with one of the local ARRL chapter presidents, who
bemoaned the fact that there is one jerk who maliciously jams one of the
popular local repeaters.
  "We've complained to the FCC," he said, "But apparently, if the
offender isn't disrupting commercial broadcasting, they don't want to
deal with the problem."
  That sad tale got me wondering: Has the FCC ever busted a HAM -- I mean
HARD busted, not just a stern warning?

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Date: 6 Nov 1994 01:02:47 GMT
From: [e-mail] (FRED MAIA )
Subject: FCC new license processing time...

Since the FCC is getting ready to activate Electronic Filing of FCC Form
610 Applications, the time that it is going to take (in early 1995)
between testing and license receipt will be just a matter of a few days ..
maybe even "hours."

The software is being tested right now by several VEC's including our
operation, the W5YI-VEC.

73/Fred/W5YI
Internet address: [e-mail]

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Date: 7 Nov 94 14:06:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (VEKINIS Peter)
Subject: Ham Cottage in Ireland for rent

I have a rather remote cottage in the extreme south west of Ireland. It is
situated about 5 miles east of Cape Mizen Head, and about 2 miles west of
the village of Goleen, County Cork, Ireland.

I have a rhombic installed that is oriented North-west/south east. The
rhombic is 10 wavelengths on 20m, 5 wevelengths on 40m, 2.5 wavelengths on
80 and 20 wavelengths on 10m. It is switchable NW/SE and is headed exactly
for the center of the US. Gain on 10 is about 28db, on 20m it's about 19db
(not tested but from manuals).
The cottage has electric shower, electric oven, microwave, satellite TV
(includes CNN, TNT/Cartoon network), and two bedrooms upstairs with 2 double
beds and two bunk beds. It also includes storage heating. There is a phone
and the neighbors take care of the house (they live about 1.5 miles away).

The house has 240V electricity, however in the shack area of the kitchen
there is a 1600W 110V transformer. There is also a 20m dipole for
comparative measurements.

For XYLs there are many sites to see, dolmens, copper mines (iron age),
castles, walks, fresh fish and nice shops in the nearby villages (Goleen,
Crookhaven and Schull). In Schull there is also the only planetarium in
Ireland.

For OMs, there is excellent facilities, plus Marconi house (in Crookhaven)
and nearby Mount Gabriel which has the last European radar station for
transatlantic flights (it is controlled from Holland). It also retrasmits
VHF air comms for Shannon, London, Brest, Scotland etc and has absolutely
marvelous views (it's about 1500 feet up). About 3 hours by car you can go
to Valentia Island (with a narrow bridge) where there is the Search and
Rescue station covering the atlantic as well as the place where the first
submarine cable between St Johns, NF and Europe was laid.

This can be the base for a wonderful holiday. Eat fresh fish. Local lamb.
Even pluck a chicken. Or hunt a rabbit (millions of them; hunting rabbits
and foxes allowed year-round). Or taste the beer from one of the 6 bars
(pubs) in the nearby village (has about 100 residents - mind you, one of the
pubs sells shoes, the other is also the local gas station, the third is the
butcher and the fourth is the general store/post office).

The cottage rents for $300/week. You need to bring radio and antenna tuner
as well as P.S. (if it's not main powered). And clothes. And I suppose some
money. You can fly into Shannon and drive (about 4 hours - drive on the
left) or into Cork (2 hours drive).

It is available from the spring of next year(95). Most flights from the US
permit stopovers in Shannon, so make a stop and have some ham fun this part
of the pond.

Peter, KC1QF

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 20:22 -0500
From: [e-mail] (JACK HIRSCHBERG)
Subject: Help needed with older Kenwood HF model 9R59D

Does anyone have schematics or specs for this unit. I need
to know the values for a coil. Please email at:
    [e-mail]

Thanks,
Jack

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 11:27:32 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Andy Domonkos)
Subject: Interference from computer causing receive problems

In article <39df2q$[e-mail]>, William A. Frieder wrote:
> --
> William A. "Bill" Frieder        [e-mail]
> N4QNF  Packet Mail =  N4QNF @ W1FJI
> [phone] days     [phone] till 9:30 P.M. EDT
> *******************************************************************************

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Date: 6 Nov 1994 04:00:48 GMT
From: Joe Herman <[e-mail]>
Subject: I PASSED MY TECH TODAY!!!

In note <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Peter
Snidal) writes:
>
>geek!  I hope you don't plug up the air freqs with dumb shit like
>that, too - once you get your "ticket"  (hoo boy)
>--

Interesting, coming from someone who wastes the banswith to flame someone else
in a vulgar manner.  I hope that _your_ operating practices are better than
your posting ones.

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 17:43:46 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Thomas Watson)
Subject: License Arrived!

for those of you keeping up with the time for license arrival (or like me
this past month- wondering when yours will come) mine made it today in 5
weeks even.

i took the test in marietta, ga. on oct 3 and the license arrived today
nov 7. 5 weeks to the day.  the license was effective on oct. 28 and was
postmarked in gettysburg on nov 3. it is a no-code tech license (i know!,
i know!- i started studying code while waiting and i'm up to the 5-7 wpm
range now, [according to morse academy software] and will test some more
when i can do 20 wpm).

thanks to those of you before me who posted your times. it help my
anticipation anxieties!

CU

KE4SJP
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                                             [e-mail]

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 01:34:45 -0500
From: [e-mail] (TOM SUNMAN)
Subject: License Arrived :-)

In article <dbasinge-0311941602300001@129.79.45.10>,
[e-mail] (Mike Basinger) writes:

<The wait is over, finally!!! My Tech No-Code license just came in.

<My callsign is N9YYO.

<Tested: October 1,1994
<Effective Date: October 26, 1994
<Arrival Date: November 3, 1994

<4 weeks and 5 days, the FCC is speeding up.

<Now to start learning code, andjoin the ARRL.

<73's,
<Mike, N9YYO

    Mike,
       Congratulations! I just passed MY tech exams on October 30th. Glad
to hear the waiting is getting less & less! Kind of gives me hope mine
will be here sooner than I hoped! Have fun, I will!

73's!

Tom Randall
Poughkeepsie,N.Y.

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 17:10:26 GMT
From: [e-mail] (David Drumheller)
Subject: License Processing Time

In article <39eckq$[e-mail]> [e-mail]
(Howard Lester) writes:
> >If you give the VE team a week, and the VEC a week, you should see your
> >license about 4 weeks from the test date. Odd that it took Gettysburg a
> >week to mail license after it was printed though.
>
> They probably ran outta stamps... went to the post office and waited...
> waited... waited....
>

   I believe the FCC does a single `mass mailing' once a week.  If memory
serves me correctly, I read this in the FCC Rule Book published by the
ARRL.

-Dave
--
David Drumheller, KA3QBQ          phone: [phone]
Acoustics Division, Code 7140       fax: [phone]
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC 20375-5350   e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 00:11:32 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Gary Coffman)
Subject: Maws Coad and Spelinge

Take a look at the Brown Bros. Machine iambic key. I think it's
much nicer than the Bencher. It's what I used when I did a lot
of Morse. I sold mine a couple of years ago. All I've got left
now is an old Navy key with huge enclosed coined silver contacts.
Looks like it was made to key a lot of current. It's a little heavy
compared to a Speedex, but plenty good enough for me.  I don't go
that fast anyway.

Gary
--
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Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | [e-mail]
Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     |

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 17:33:41 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Brian Kantor)
Subject: Motorola Amateur Group????

Mark Tomany <[e-mail]> writes:
>    I could never understand why Motorola shunned the Amateur market...
>Lord knows there's enough of their equipment that's been modified for HAM
>use...  Then again, could be the cost.  ;-)

I think it's easy to see why they did - who'd want to deal with a bunch
of cheap bastards who are convinced they know more about radio than the
people selling them stuff they can't make themselves?  Add to that the
totally unrealistic expectations of low prices, high quality, value
retention, and dependability, and you have a market that NO ONE would
want to enter.

What puzzles me is why the various overseas manufacturers are in that
business, and how they actually manage to make a profit from hams.

And yes, I used to work for a ham store.  I'm speaking from experience.
    - Brian

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Date: Mon, 07 Nov 94 21:53:39 EST
From: [e-mail] (Jim Grubs, W8GRT)
Subject: No code Techs and CW...

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plaws@comp..uark.edu (Peter Laws) writes:

> On an related note, has anyone ever studied the effect that the Public
> Domain Q&A pools has had on the hobby?  We've had, what? 10 years of
> experience with them?  Seems to me it cheapens the whole hobby.

Nothing intrinsically wrong with Q&A pools if the pool is large enough
that it is impossible to memorize ALL of it.

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of zeal, well meaning but without understanding."

                - Justice Louis Brandeis

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 10:45:56 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Andy Pevy)
Subject: NOS/NET/Wampes for linux

Christopher Kovacs ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Hi,

>     I am looking for the source for net, nos, or wampes for linux.
> I have gotten out of tcpip net stuff and lost my source for these.
> Can anyone direct me where I can find them???


    wampes and jnos can be found at

    ftp.ucsd.edu:/hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming


>             Thanks...

>             Chris, wa6anm
> ---
> [e-mail]

TTFN  DE G4XYW

--
Disclaimer....

 All my own personal fuzzy thoughts and actions, not Nokia's.

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Date: 7 Nov 94 20:42:24 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Schematic Drawing Software

CIRCAD v2.0 Easy to use schematic drawing CAD is now available via
anonymous FTP from OAK.OAKLAND.EDU /pub/msdos/cad/circad20.zip
This is an early shareware version of Circuit CAD 5.0 by Rick Smith.
(as reviewed in Nuts & Volts Magazine, November 1993.)
                  _\\///_
   co-founder:   (' O O ')    North East Weak Signal group, ARRL affil.
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|  73 de Ron WZ1V,     email: [e-mail]   |
|  Grid FN31mp         BBS:   203-768-4758 (weeknights/weekends only)  |
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Date: 7 Nov 94 13:14:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (VEKINIS Peter)
Subject: Subject: Cooling HeatSink on TS50

Its better to draw air across the TS50S. However, make sure that air is
drawn THROUGH the TS50S's heatsink. Open it and study the installation.

Remember to use the TS50S at 50W in PACTOR.
Peter, KC1QF
[e-mail]

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Date: 7 Nov 94 13:38:00 GMT
From: [e-mail] (VEKINIS Peter)
Subject: Subject: Ham stores in London ?

I wouldnt buy anything in London!
Their prices are exorbitant.
Lets do a comparison:
Street price of a TS50S
 in the UK is                                     in the US is
    UKP 995  or $1658                                   $969
minus VAT (17.5%)  = $1411                             none
minus import tax (at 6.5%  = $1324                     N/A
Price is then    $1324                                 $969

A typical margin on the TS50S in the UK is 32.5%

less margin=  $994 dealer buys from Kenwood UK (Kenwood UK in certainly in
it for the money!)

There are SOME lessons here:

1/ UK AMATEUR RADIO STORES MUST REALIZE THAT IF THEY ARE IN IT FOR THE MONEY
THEY SHOULD CHANGE PRODUCTS

2/ UK IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MARKET FOR RADIOS IN EUROPE (ALTHOUGH GERMANY
COMES PRETTY CLOSE TO THE MOST EXPENSIVE CATEGORY AS WELL).

3/ IF YOU WANT CHEAP PRODUCTS, BUY FROM IRELAND (THE TS50S SELLS FOR $1340
retail) OR YOU CAN BUY FROM THE U.S. and get a ticket to the US free in the
deal.!

What is cheap in the UK is second hand stuff. The UK economy is such that
people need money and sell their equipment at real low prices.

This is one man's opinion.

Peter, KC1QF

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 13:58:45 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Paul H. Bock)

References<391f98$[e-mail]> <396cj0$[e-mail]>, <39g1o8$[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Question Pools, was Re: No code Techs and CW...

[e-mail] (Bill Sohl  Budd Lake) writes:

>Peter Laws (plaws@comp..uark.edu) wrote:

>: On an related note, has anyone ever studied the effect that the Public
>: Domain Q&A pools has had on the hobby?  We've had, what? 10 years of
>: experience with them?  Seems to me it cheapens the whole hobby.

>While they may have been derived from a different process, the availability
>of sample test questions has been around since at least the early 1950's
>when I was first studying to be a novice.  I bought the AMECO study
>guide which contained hundreds of actual FCC questions from tests.

     Entire *books* were published in the 1950s and later covering all
the elements of the Commercial exams; in fact, I studied *thousands*
of questions before sitting for the First Class Radiotelephone exam in
1973 (which consisted of about 40 questions covering Elements 1 & 2
{Basic Rules & Regulations and Basic Operating Procedure}, 100
questions on Element 3 {Basic Radiotelephone Theory} and 50 questions
on Element 4 {Advanced Radiotelephone  & Broadcast Theory}).

     The ARRL License Manual I studied in 1956 had lots of questions
and answers for all grades of license then available (Novice,
General/Technician, Extra).

>I've said this before: As a teenager I memorized a good portion
>of the test questions.  No, I didn't memorize that the answer
>to a specific question would be "C", rather I memorized that
>the answer to a particular question was a certain answer.  In
>fact, today's theory tests still involve a great deal of pure
>rote meorization.  What "theory" or logic is there to knowing
>what the novice subband frequencies are? ...None, the only way
>to know that is by pure memorization.  The same is true for
>much of the FCC regulations (although some of the stuff is
>pretty much common sense too).

     Precisely how I did it, too.  Of course, by the time I studied
for the First 'Phone I had been an Electronics Tech for over 10
years, so if a certain correct answer in the study guide didn't
make sense I went back to a theory book to find out why.  But,
at that time it was my *profession*, not just a hobby, so the
motivation was different than just getting a ham ticket; I *needed*
to know the "why."

73,

   Paul, K4MSG

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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 05:33:38 GMT
From: [e-mail] (James V. Kauffman)

References<[e-mail]> <395qpl$[e-mail], <roh033.mah48d-031194075611@136.141.220.39>
Subject: Re: $5 or $6 for VE's? Think again...


    Blah, blah, blah...

    Those that grip the most are usually the ones who do the least!

Jim, N7TTO

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Date: 7 Nov 1994 21:37:53 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Joe B. Simpson)

References<[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: R.S. 2 Meter Amplifier???

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (K.X. Gerling ) writes:
>
>How about that 2m/440 Dual band mag-mount mobile antenna that Radio
>Shack sells?
>
>I believe it is 1/4 wave on 2m and 5/8 on 440, and I have heard that any
>5/8 wave antenna needs to be tuned.

ALL antennas need to be properly matched to the transceiver.

>...  Well, RS fails to sell a VHF/UHF
>SWR meter, and there are no local "Ham" shops.

Radio Shack most certainly DOES sell a VHF/UHF SWR meter.  Check again.

  -joe
--
"When personal freedom's being abused, | "I have an open mind, about everything
     you have to move to limit it."    |       it needs to be open about."
                                       |
   - U.S. President Bill Clinton, 1994 |     - George Greene   9/13/94

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