The World of Ham Radio CD-ROM From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:15:55 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: arl00@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Arlan R. Levitan) Subject: ... _ _ _ ... Need one Dayton flea spot for HPARC! Message-ID: Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:41:10 GMT We just learned that the Hazel Park Amateur Radio Club didn't make the cut for a flea market space at Dayton this year. In the past we have had a community club table for miscellaneous stuff to sell, and a resting spot for our handicapped and elderly members. If anyone has one flea market spot that they don't need, we'd be happy to take it and reimburse your costs. Reply via email. 73 N GUD DX Arlan Levitan KG8OW HPARC Special Events Coordinator From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:15:56 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: 2 meter or 440Mhz? Message-ID: References: <4jljjo$1edk@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:29:27 GMT Stanley Schroeder (RFBG67A@prodigy.com) wrote: : 2 meter or 440 Mhz? Without knowing your location, it makes it more difficult to make a call. Some areas have 440, and in some parts of the country it is virtually non-existent. Also, be sure to find out how many of the repeaters are *open* meaning you can use them without belonging to a group.* Here in southern California, there are lots of 440 repeaters, but many are not only closed [membership required] but they are *private* which means they are open only to a certain group. OTOH, 2 meter repeaters are found virtually everywhere. If your budget can take the hit, and there *is* 440 activity in your area, then a dual-bander is the answer. My recommendation would be the Yaesu FT-51R. The Radio Shack HTX-202 and -404 are good units. I got the -202 for my birthday last year, and liked it so much that I bought the -404. They are good value for the buck. Another good point is lower susceptibility to intermod, because only the ham bands are covered. Downsides are size and weight, and the limited number of memories [12]. If I can help further, please feel free to drop some e-mail. 73 de Jim - KF6CR From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:15:57 1996 From: AXMM03A@prodigy.com (Timothy Woodburn) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 2 meter or 440Mhz? Date: 2 Apr 1996 20:34:24 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4js30g$1pfe@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4jljjo$1edk@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> You might want to consider a dual-bander HT like the Yaesu FT-530. It is absoulutly loaded with features and extremely compact. It is being cleared out by many of the cataloge stores for under $300. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:15:59 1996 From: "Yves Albert (Al \"Al\") Feder" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 220 gear FS Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 21:07:47 -0500 Message-ID: <31608BF3.12A9@ix.netcom.com> I'm getting off 220, and am selling these rigs to pay for some 144/440 gear we're putting in here. HT's: KENWOOD TH-315A, very little use. With case, small charger, manual. $225.00 plus shipping. TEMPO S-2, a veteran, but works great. Thumbwheel freq.selection, factory installed tone board, telescoping and rubber ducky antennas, manuals, case. $175.00 plus shipping. MOBILE RIGS: Icom 37A, with mike/manual. Used mobile. Works fine except at temps below 10F (squeals, etc. - a lot of rigs die of fright until car warms up!!!) $225.00 plus shipping. Kenwood 321A, tone, mic, manual, etc. used mobile but in excellent shape. $300.00 plus shipping. NOTE: This rig goes with the companion 221A for "stacking" for two meters as well. The 221A is also available TO THE BUYER OF THE 321A (NOT SEPARATELY!) with the stacking mount, for an additional $200.00. Kenwood 3530A, toneboard installed, mic, manual, etc. never used mobile. A really nice 220 rig, more elaborate than the 321A but bigger, so I used this one in the shack. $325.00 plus shipping. Most (I think all actually) of the rigs come with factory boxes and all paperwork. e-mail replies only pleez....... Thanks! 73 Al W1EOX -- -- Yves Albert (Al "Al") Feder w1eox@ix.netcom.com Harpsichord Workshops and Recording Studios "Danged if'n I unnerstand all I know" "When I go, I want to go quietly in my sleep, like my grandfather..... not screaming, like his passengers." From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:00 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Monty Wilson Subject: Re: 30 meter operators Message-ID: Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 20:52:30 GMT References: <4jmcs2$jq8@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <31604080.1D0A@vgernet.net> I have been using 30 meters ever since I got shed of the HW-100 in favor of the TS-830S. I can't remember exactly when that was, but 12 and 17 were not available yet in the US. It would have been around 1989 or so. I started out with a Butternut vertical and found it to be lots of fun on 30m. Later when I got rid of the Butternut I switched to 50 ohm dipoles cut for the band. The band is so small that you can cover all of it with very low SWR. Again, loads of fun. Even on low power when this band is open you can use a few watts and a dipole and you are in CW heaven. I use a Vibroplex bug at the house and fall back to a straight key for slow work. I tried CQ a few times on RTTY, but never got an answer and never heard any other amateur RTTY, though the commercial RTTY is all over the place. I heard the bleeps and blurps of packet at the upper end of the band. Just this weekend I was on 30 again, this time from my car. I only use a straight key in the car, so I can copy 20-25 but send only 15 or 17. I like to run 60 watts or so from the Yaesu 747 with a bugcatcher on the back end of the car. It's her father's Oldsmobile. -- .........Monty. mwilson@bangate.compaq.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:01 1996 From: Tom Homewood Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 30 meter operators Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 12:45:52 -0800 Message-ID: <31604080.1D0A@vgernet.net> References: <4jmcs2$jq8@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> Larry Jones wrote: > > I am operating 30 meters virtually all the time now and am interested in > hearing from other 30 meter operators. What kind of equiptment are you > using, what antenna and what do you think about the band as concerns > propagation and dx.- 73, wb5kyk > PS: I am in MS. and if you need a sked let me know. I use an FT-990 and my 160 meter dipole fed with 450 ohm twin line for an antenna. I am located in Western Massachusetts. I have good propagation into Europe and often have stations there call me after I complete a QSO. I think one of the lobes on my antenna favors Europe. I am relatively new to the band, but like it. I also have a vertical which in most cases doesn't work as well. Every once in a while there will be a station or probably a direction that the vertical gets better results, but not often. 73, Tom, K8TH From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:02 1996 From: calhiga@aloha.com (Calvin Higa) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 30 meter operators Date: 3 Apr 1996 10:55:50 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4jtlfm$fa3@news.aloha.com> References: <4jmcs2$jq8@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> I've only been on 30m for a few contacts. Using an ICOM 765 to a limited space dipole around the house ledge 32 feet each leg. Only 10 feet at the feed point. Yet, I've contacted New York and Japan in a 30 minute period. Is the award ban still on for 30 meters? I had a mini-pile up, could it be that a lot of people want signal reports from Hawaii? 73 - Cal AH6OL. Larry Jones (YPAK35A@prodigy.com) wrote: : I am operating 30 meters virtually all the time now and am interested in : hearing from other 30 meter operators. What kind of equiptment are you : using, what antenna and what do you think about the band as concerns : propagation and dx.- 73, wb5kyk : PS: I am in MS. and if you need a sked let me know. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:03 1996 From: Will Flor Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 49Mhz Radio Shack Handheld Date: 3 Apr 1996 23:14:08 GMT Message-ID: <4jv0o0$dbf@news.inc.net> References: <4iaohl$msc@netaxs.com> <4itg19$lvq@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4j3t4h$fu9@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> mgarrett@prairienet.org (Mark A. Garrett) wrote: > >In a previous article, slapinskas@delphi.com () says: > >>Mark A. Garrett writes: >> >>>Yes, the single channel units can be converted to 6 meters with a crystal >>>change and tuneup. Crystals are fundamental X3 for transmit and for the >> >>How complicated is the tuneup? Details available from any articles/site? >> >>Steve Lapinskas >>KA1JJA >> >Steve: >I guess I should post a FAQ on how to do this since I have been posting >general responses. When I get time here I will set down and print up a FAQ o n this and some >things that I have run across. Please do, Mark - I'd like to see it as well. -Will Flor willf@rrgroup.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:04 1996 From: Geoff Brown Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 50MHz Email list Date: 3 Apr 1996 19:00:24 GMT Message-ID: <4juhs8$svu@fhbgb1.itl.net> If you are interested in 50MHz please let us have your EMail address. Tks Geoff http://user.itl.net/~equinox From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:05 1996 From: Judhi Prasetyo Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Again: FT-5200 Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 08:36:19 -0800 Message-ID: <31600603.2EF2@iii.net> References: <315C056C.54A@iii.net> <315CB931.164A@iii.net> Seems funny to reply my own posting. But It could be a good information for some of you. I wrote : >When I connect a speaker (internal or external) then the rig seems >'hang'. >Dial knob still work but no button does including mic up/down button. >The rig works properly if I remove any speaker from the unit. :-( >I also try using earpiece with high impedance coil, but also can't help. >From Kevin Karamanos >First, is your radio modified ?? There are 2 different reset procedures >for the FT-5200, depending on how the internal jumpers are on in your >radio. So is your radio stock or Modified ??? >73's >Kevin Now I fix the problem. It's just because I changed one piece of wire inside the Head Unit labelled wire number 3. I took it out, leave it open, and work properly, just like that. Yes, I leave it OPEN ! Thanks guys for supporting me to fix this problem. -jps From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:06 1996 From: Simon Twigger Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Amateur Exam practice via Email Date: 2 Apr 1996 22:17:01 GMT Message-ID: <4js90t$i79@post.its.mcw.edu> Hi there, I have recently set up a script to automatically generate sample exam papers in response to an email request. For example, to request a Novice paper, send an email to: exams@eeyore.biochem.mcw.edu with the line: generate novice as the body of the email, and a sample novice paper, plus answers, will be returned to your email address in due course. Simply replace 'novice' with technician, general, advanced, extra, or extra96 (new question pool for exams after June 1996) for the other exams. Some figures are required and whilst these aren't provided in the email a figure sheet can be obtained from the ARRL. All these exams can also be taken via the WWW at: http://www.biochem.mcw.edu/Postdocs/Simon/radio/exam.html where all the figures are provided and the exams are graded on-line. 73! Simon, AA9PW/G1SNT From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:07 1996 From: robert@southern.co.nz (Robert Read) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Amiga Ham Software Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 10:43:58 GMT Message-ID: <4jr0fe$j72@orm.southern.co.nz> Does anyone use their Amiga for Ham utilities. I wrote a HF-Fax decoding program if anyone is interested in swapping. Would like Morse and Rtty decoding programs or 68k Source files, so I can write it myself. Cheers RR ====================================== |THE HOME OF AMFAX..|.Robert.Read....| |HF FAX SOFTWARE....|.Christchurch...| |for the Amiga......|.New Zealand....| | EMAIL: robert@southern.co.nz......| ====================================== From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:08 1996 From: vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Amsat Phase 3D Donations. Date: Wed, 03 Apr 96 00:48:37 GMT Message-ID: <4jshva$qas@news.mcn.net> Send your donations for the Amsat Phase 3D satellite project to: Amsat-NA/Phase 3D 850 Sligo Ave. Suite 600 Silver Spring, M.D. 1996 Countdown to Phase 3D ! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:09 1996 From: zut@cais.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Amsat Phase 3D Donations. Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 00:43:07 EST Message-ID: References: <4jshva$qas@news.mcn.net> (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) writes: >Send your donations for the Amsat Phase 3D satellite project to: >Amsat-NA/Phase 3D >850 Sligo Ave. Suite 600 >Silver Spring, M.D. >1996 Countdown to Phase 3D ! Good reminder Vince! Donors get very nice award-quality certificate too! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:10 1996 From: Valerie_Hanson@news.pol.org (Valerie Hanson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: any CB users? Date: Tue, 2 Apr 96 07:05:20 -0600 Message-ID: <7385393.ensmtp@news.pol.org> I work for a market research company, and we are doing a project that may involve the use of CB's. Anyone out there who uses/is knowledgeable about CB radios? Time is short-I'd like to get your ideas ASAP. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:12 1996 From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLB019 Bill seeks protection Date: 2 Apr 1996 10:11:14 -0500 Message-ID: <$arlb019.1996@arrl.org> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB019 ARLB019 Bill seeks protection ZCZC AG98 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 19 ARLB019 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 2, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB019 ARLB019 Bill seeks protection Rep. Bill Baker (R-California) has introduced a bill to protect ham volunteers in the Volunteer Examination program and the Amateur Auxiliary of the FCC from frivolous lawsuits while they are doing their volunteer jobs. The bill, HR 3207, would afford amateurs engaged in statutorily defined activities with the VE program and with the Amateur Auxiliary the same liability as federal workers under the Federal Tort Claims Act. When individuals who fall under such protection are sued for something they have done while performing their duties, the Federal government steps in to protect them. Baker introduced the measure, the Amateur Radio Volunteer Services Act of 1996, March 29, 1996, as an amendment to the Communications Act. While the bill would not afford absolute blanket immunity, it does offer a fairly rigorous body of legal protection from the kind of malicious litigation that tends to frighten volunteers away from these activities, said ARRL Legislative and Public Affairs Manager Steve Mansfield, N1MZA. Baker said that Amateur Radio volunteers provide an invaluable service to all ham radio operators by assisting in licensing and monitoring activities, thus saving taxpayer dollars. Those savings would dry up if volunteers stay away for fear of lawsuits, Baker said in a letter to colleagues. The bill is a simplified version of legislation originally introduced in the 103rd Congress by Rep. Jim Slattery. Individuals and private organizations currently protected by the Federal Tort Claims Act include Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), the Peace Corps and the Job Corps. Baker has enlisted members of both parties as original cosponsors of the bill. These include: Charles Wilson (D-TX); Bob Wise (D-WV); Edolphus Townes (D-NY); Mike Parker (R-MS); Toby Roth (R-WI); Charles Taylor (R-NC); Ron Dellums (D-CA); David Funderburk, K4TPJ, (R-NC); Ed Royce (R-CA); Norman Dicks (D-WA); Vern Ehlers (R-MI); Chris Cox (R-CA); Andrew Jacobs (D-IN); Harold Rogers (R-KY); Dennis Hastert (R-IL); Dave Weldon (R-FL); Anna Eshoo (D-CA); Ken Calvert (R-CA); Doug Bereuter (R-NE); Gene Green (D-TX); George E. Brown (D-CA); Eva Clayton (D-NC); and Sam Farr (D-CA). ARRL members may want to write their own Congressional Representatives urging them to support HR 3207. NNNN /EX From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:13 1996 From: braymon@llake-fs3.isc-br.com (Bob Raymond) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARO's suck Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 16:51:03 GMT Message-ID: <4jrmc5$olj@cnn.isc-br.com> References: <9603252153.S152062467@clubhouse.email.net> clueless129@clubhouse.email.net wrote: >I must confess that at various times in my life I have toyed with >the idea of becomming an amateur radio operator. Dear clueless: Thank you for the new acronym regarding Ham Radio, don't believe I have heard us referred to as AROs before..will have to remember that one. Too bad you tried to MEMORIZE the code, I'll bet it was hard counting all those dits and dahs! Had you listened long enough, you would have found that our conversations are quite diverse, intelligent and technically oriented. It is true that some hams do not fix or build their own equipment, partially due to the fact that is often cheaper to simply buy a radio; however, there are many of us who still build and repair our own equipment. There are dishonest people in all walks of life, and ham radio is no exception, but for the most part, you are stereotyping us incorrectly. What makes you think that hams are NOT involved in community work and highway assistance? The advent of the cellular phone has diminished the role that BOTH hams and CBers play in this arena. Times change. The only one that is a loser here (not a looser) is you. You have certainly lost out on the opportunity to become a respected member of our fraternity. In your case, I feel there is nothing lost in your going back to the chicken band. Have fun working your chicken band clown friends! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:15 1996 From: herb@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Nathan Ryan Gingras) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARO's suck Date: 2 Apr 1996 17:35:45 GMT Message-ID: <4jrohh$ggr@uwm.edu> References: <9603252153.S152062467@clubhouse.email.net> <4jrmc5$olj@cnn.isc-br.com> Bob Raymond (braymon@llake-fs3.isc-br.com) wrote: : clueless129@clubhouse.email.net wrote: : : >I must confess that at various times in my life I have toyed with : >the idea of becomming an amateur radio operator. : : Dear clueless: : : Thank you for the new acronym regarding Ham Radio, don't believe I : have heard us referred to as AROs before..will have to remember that : one. Too bad you tried to MEMORIZE the code, I'll bet it was hard : counting all those dits and dahs! : Had you listened long enough, you would have found that our : conversations are quite diverse, intelligent and technically oriented. : : It is true that some hams do not fix or build their own equipment, : partially due to the fact that is often cheaper to simply buy a radio; : however, there are many of us who still build and repair our own : equipment. There are dishonest people in all walks of life, and ham : radio is no exception, but for the most part, you are stereotyping us : incorrectly. What makes you think that hams are NOT involved in : community work and highway assistance? The advent of the cellular : phone has diminished the role that BOTH hams and CBers play in this : arena. Times change. : : The only one that is a loser here (not a looser) is you. You have : certainly lost out on the opportunity to become a respected member of : our fraternity. In your case, I feel there is nothing lost in your : going back to the chicken band. Have fun working your chicken band : clown friends! : : : From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:17 1996 From: herb@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Nathan Ryan Gingras) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARO's suck Date: 2 Apr 1996 17:43:42 GMT Message-ID: <4jrp0e$ggr@uwm.edu> References: <9603252153.S152062467@clubhouse.email.net> <4jm7nu$l16@news2.texas.net> Bob, Yep, you are a ham allright. Hopefully, if you keep using the word outsider, the hobby (uh, I mean clique) will never get any members under 50! : : Hmmmmm. Clueless here sure knows a LOT about the hobby to be an : outsider! I think Clueless (good name...it fits well!!) used nearly : every cliche topic from the top twenty "Chicken Little - the Band is : Falling" list. CW testing, appliance operatin', QRO vs QRP, etc etc. : I think Clueless already has a ticket and maybe his wife divorced him : and took all his money and now he can't afford to play with the big : boys any more. Or he so pissed off the local 2m group that Clueless : isn't invited to play in the reindeer games there, so he opted for a : change in venue for his Clueless banter. Or maybe he's jaded after : having played the role of the unsuspecting dufus in a : rec.radio.amateur.swap deal one time too many. One can only imagine : the real motivation for this line of mindless trolling drivel. : : I have read that use of the Freudian slip "looser" when you really : meant "loser" has something to do with latent male homosexuality. And : of course the root word for "gaggle" is "gag"....hmmmm maybe I'm onto : something here. But, the saving grace, he still has his account at : AOL!! : : Bob : From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:18 1996 From: <103520.355@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: re: ARRL in FAVOR of no-code? Date: 1 Apr 1996 02:58:59 GMT Message-ID: <4jngpj$sgf@arl-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> In response to Jim Cummings: "In less than an honorable fashion" refers to the fact that no scientific pol l was ever conducted by ARRL to confirm membership's wishes; the issue had nothing whatsover to do with any government decision. In the Hudson Division, an unofficial (nonbinding) poll was conducted, and the _ARRL_ proposal was defeated. The second question asked in the poll, however, was "do you support the CONCEPT of a no-code license?" The results of that poll was supposedly in the affirmative, depending on how one counted the responses, but the question was bogus. There's an old adage in politics: when one can't pass a proposal on its own merit, it's passed in CONCEPT. Indeed, the decision to go ahead with no-code was a done deal before the BoD ever "considered" it for passage. Regards, Vince, WB2EZG From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:19 1996 From: Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARRL in FAVOR of no-code? Date: 4 Apr 1996 16:57:28 GMT Message-ID: <4k0v1o$afc$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: <4jou0g$bg3@zeus.ieee.org> Vince remarked to Hans: >You'll have to cut to the chase, as you suggested several days >ago, and collect "the best minds in ham radio" to secure a >solution. Good answer! Both the IARU and ARRL have recently established and announced groups to do just that. These are "roll up your sleeves and park your ego at the door" working teams. Can we count on you to be a contributor to their work? -- 73, de Hans K0HB --No election system is perfect. For example, every now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:19 1996 From: flanagan@genie.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARRL in FAVOR of no-code? Date: 5 Apr 1996 17:24:56 GMT Message-ID: <4k3l18$ovl@rock101.genie.net> References: <4jou0g$bg3@zeus.ieee.org> <4k0v1o$afc$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> writes: >Can we count on you to be a contributor to their work? Good luck, Hans. Unfortunately, it is always easier to criticize the work of others than it is to do the work yourself. -- Dick Flanagan, W6OLD - (flanagan@genie.com) - Minden, NV From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:20 1996 From: Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: re: ARRL in FAVOR of no-code? Date: 4 Apr 1996 15:05:23 GMT Message-ID: <4k0ofj$6ve$2@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: <4ju2mp$29g@crc-news.doc.ca> Jim Cummings said: >Finally, I do not understand Briancomano's beef with the ARRL >BoD in this issue anyways because the final decision is left >to the FCC, not the ARRL. Since the final outcome was not in >accordance with the ARRL's submission, at least the darts >should be aimed at the appropriate target. Don't try to confuse this issue with facts. Vince is an editor, not a reporter. -- 73, de Hans K0HB --No election system is perfect. For example, every now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:21 1996 From: Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARRL in FAVOR of no-code? Date: 4 Apr 1996 15:01:13 GMT Message-ID: <4k0o7p$6ve$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: <4jou0g$bg3@zeus.ieee.org> Vince comments: >There is likely to be an even larger gap between those >in the Amateur Service when and if a no-code HF license >becomes law. Two points: 1) This "gap" is self imposed. 2) It is rarely observed on the air, but permeates cyberspace. (Maybe it's a "cyber" gap and not a "real" gap.) -- 73, de Hans K0HB --No election system is perfect. For example, every now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:22 1996 From: "Lorelei Lindenaux (SAR)" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Astro 200 Transceiver Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 20:46:39 -0500 Message-ID: Hello: My dad has a Astro 200 Transceiver for Sale. 80 10M with factory installed 500 cycle CW filter. Includes. Mic, AC power supply, DC cables, and spkr. SASE brings Brochure. Will ship US all for $475.00. Show room condition. You can call my dad at 813-842-4818 (New Port Richey, Florida. His name is Maurice W4NHP. Or you can e-mail me at lindenau@virtu.sar.usf.edu. THanks, Lorelei From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:23 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com (David Stockton) Subject: Re: DANG! his FM25 doesn't work, what to do? Message-ID: Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 09:21:37 GMT References: <4jh8m3$2qm@abyss.West.Sun.COM> Dana Myers (myers@West.Sun.COM) wrote: : The FM-25 is a synthesized FM broadcast transmitter sold in kit : form by Ramsey Electronics. Very popular for the micropower and : pirate FM broadcasters. Ah, thanks Dana, that seems to explain everything! I've only ever met one Ramsey kit, a rather nasty 2m receiver with pot and varactor tuned LO that a friend bought as a toy. OK, I don't think the thing was intended to be any sort of tour-de-force, but could easily have been bought by anyone looking for a serious receiver.Unless their other kits are orders of magnitude better than that one, I suppose I must understand why the original poster seemed more than a little irritated. (I find swearing difficult, I can't even complete "Oh shit!" between realising I'm about to come off a horse and getting all the wind knocked out of me.) Cheers David GM4ZNX From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:24 1996 From: d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (David) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: 1 Apr 1996 14:26:43 GMT Message-ID: <4jop33$79i@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <4j8r2i$2e8@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4j9vod$evt@tube.news.pipex.net> In article <4j9vod$evt@tube.news.pipex.net>, walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidso n) says: > >sciencepark@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (anonymous) wrote: > >>But having people come on here waffling how good it was in the good ol' days . > >>Well I have no desire to become like one of the good ol' boys. > >At least they do not perceive a need to conceal their identities. >Why do you? > >73 de G3NYY > >-- >Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk > 100523.1414@compuserve.com > Walt old boy, If I do release my individuality onto here then I'll get a stream of old farts telling me that I ought to do this or I ought to do that. I'm not that kinda guy. I am shy, quiet and anonymous. That is the essence of what i am. comprende? From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:26 1996 From: walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 16:08:50 GMT Message-ID: <4ju4eo$qdt@tube.news.pipex.net> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <4j8r2i$2e8@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4jb82l$r4g@news.sas.ab.ca> <4joq7q$79i@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (David) wrote: >I suppose now we're going to get someone nit-picking the baove apart. I have never nit-picked a baove in my life .... but there's always a first time! (What is it? Sounds like some sort of bagel.) Never mind the old farts ... it's the old *tarts* you have to look out for on eighty metres in the mornings! :-) 73 de G3NYY (de omni re scibili, et quibusdam aliis) -- Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk 100523.1414@compuserve.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:27 1996 From: byoung@qni.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ford Products - RFI Date: 1 Apr 1996 16:07:49 GMT Message-ID: <4jov0l$2cj@suba01.suba.com> References: <4jnjlu$1k1k@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> Peter, The $50 price given for "the fix" is only the part, it does *NOT* include labo r. It's not that hard to drop the gas tank and install yourself, but it can be bo th hazardous (OF COURSE, you're working around gasoline for heaven's sake!) and time consuming. I've replaced the in-tank fuel pump on several Fords, and found that it takes few special tools (I think the only one I didn't have was a non-sparking brass "drift" to knock the locking ring loose.). You just prop erly plan (drive the tank as close to empty as you can...) and use common sense (DO NOT SMOKE WHILE WORKING AROUND GASOLINE, etc, etc.). If ya gotta pay Ford for it, ask in advance for the labor cost! When I checke d the price (to see if it was "cost effective" for me to do the work) on two dif ferent model cars over several years, the labor rate was "constant", but the time required to do the work was radically different! I was told three hours on on e car and six on another! That $55 bucks an hour adds up fast... Bill Young byoung@qni.com KB0UZQ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:29 1996 From: "Yves Albert (Al \"Al\") Feder" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS 220 gear Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 07:17:04 -0500 Message-ID: <31611AC0.505D@ix.netcom.com> I'm getting off 220, and am selling these rigs to pay for some 144/440 gear we're putting in here. HT's: KENWOOD TH-315A, very little use. With case, small charger, manual. $225.00 plus shipping. TEMPO S-2, a veteran, but works great. Thumbwheel freq.selection, factory installed tone board, telescoping and rubber ducky antennas, manuals, case. $175.00 plus shipping. MOBILE RIGS: Icom 37A, with mike/manual. Used mobile. Works fine except at temps below 10F (squeals, etc. - a lot of rigs die of fright until car warms up!!!) $225.00 plus shipping. Kenwood 321A, tone, mic, manual, etc. used mobile but in excellent shape. $300.00 plus shipping. NOTE: This rig goes with the companion 221A for "stacking" for two meters as well. The 221A is also available TO THE BUYER OF THE 321A (NOT SEPARATELY!) with the stacking mount, for an additional $200.00. Kenwood 3530A, toneboard installed, mic, manual, etc. never used mobile. A really nice 220 rig, more elaborate than the 321A but bigger, so I used this one in the shack. $325.00 plus shipping. Most (I think all actually) of the rigs come with factory boxes and all paperwork. e-mail replies only pleez....... Thanks! 73 Al W1EOX -- Yves Albert (Al "Al") Feder w1eox@ix.netcom.com Harpsichord Workshops and Recording Studios "Danged if'n I unnerstand all I know" "When I go, I want to go quietly in my sleep, like my grandfather..... not screaming, like his passengers." From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:30 1996 From: scanware@sincom.com (Gene McAvoy) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS: USS Missouri/WW2END Special Event Certificates - Limited Number! Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 01:20:44 GMT Message-ID: <4jsjiu$7mb@news.cais.com> Reply-To: scanware@sincom.com We have a limited number of original certificates commemorating the end of WWII and the USS Missouri Special Event of (Sept 1995) and operation of WW2END. Each certificate contains a US issue, 32-cent POW/MIA Stamp and the cancellation which was used only at the USS Missouri/ WW2END Special Event. Each certificate signed and numbered. Only 400 were made. Get yours NOW! Just $3.00 from the Missouri Project (a non-profit organization). You can download a .jpg of this certificate from the following URL: http://www.sincom.com/~scanware/index.html For your certificate send $3.00 along with your name and address to: USS Missouri Certificate Project PO Box 1743 Silverdale, WA 98383-1743 Gene / KG7XD email: scanware@sincom.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:31 1996 From: danned@bright.net (David Danneberger) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Glass Mounted Mobile Antennas? Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 02:36:38 GMT Message-ID: <316334e9.51955981@news.bright.net> Hi! I have been told that the antennas you can mount on the glass of your automobile will not work if the glass is tinted. Something about the use of aluminum in the process of tinting the glass. Can anyone fill me in on this possibility? If that is the case does anyone have any suggestions on what I might be able to use on a new 1996 Dodge Caravan. I want to stay away from a magnetic mount. The mounts still leave scratches. Thanks! cul...73, David David Danneberger John Heckewelder Memorial Moravian Church Gnadenhutten, OH danned@bright.net ecunet: david_danneberger.parti@ecunet.com amprnet: n3acy@w8upd.ampr.org From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:33 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Glass Mounted Mobile Antennas? Message-ID: <1996Apr4.161828.9033@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <316334e9.51955981@news.bright.net> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 16:18:28 GMT In article <316334e9.51955981@news.bright.net> danned@bright.net (David Danneb erger) writes: >I have been told that the antennas you can mount on the glass of your >automobile will not work if the glass is tinted. Something about the >use of aluminum in the process of tinting the glass. Can anyone fill >me in on this possibility? Yeah, most tints are metallic. That'll hose the glass mount (of course I don't think much of glass mounts anyway). If the tint is light, it may not kill you, but if it is a darker tint it will almost certainly ruin any hope of making a glass mount work. There are so many drawbacks to glass mount antennas anyway that I advise that you use something else, virtually *anything* else. >If that is the case does anyone have any suggestions on what I might >be able to use on a new 1996 Dodge Caravan. I want to stay away from >a magnetic mount. The mounts still leave scratches. Magmounts can be Ok, just make sure you put a heavy coat of paste wax on the spot where you're going to install the magmount, and make sure everything is *really* clean when you set it down. As long as you *leave* it in place, it won't scratch the roof. I had one on a Camaro for a long time and never had a mark. But you're much better to just drill the hole for a NMO mount and do the job right. (If you're worried about resale, just put a cheap cellular antenna on the mount when you get ready to sell and advertise it as "cellular ready", and ask *extra* for the added "feature".) If it's a lease vehicle and you really can't drill the hole, then you might want to consider a coaxial sleeve dipole mounted on a Hustler mast and bumper mount. That works pretty well, though it looks like a HF antenna. The rear hatch may present a problem though. If the van has a luggage rack, Comet sells a clamp mount that clamps to the rack rail. That's not as good as a hole mount because the grounplane isn't perfect, but it does work, and almost certainly better than a glass mount. You can also use the clamp mount on a mirror if you have "west coast" style mirrors (sometimes come with towing packages). The big problem with all the "temporary" mounting schemes is the routing of the coax into the vehicle. If you run it through a door, it'll eventually fail there from the crimping action, and the exposed portion can beat against the vehicle in the wind. If you drill a hole for the coax, then mount the antenna in it and be done with it. A *real* ham brings a cordless drill with him to the dealership so he can drill the hole and mount the antenna on his new vehicle before he drives it off the lot. :-) I look at where to mount radios and drill holes for antennas as part of my checklist when shopping for a vehicle. If I can't figure out a good way to mount the antennas and radios, I look at something else. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:34 1996 From: William W Janssen Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: GPS - ACCURACY Date: 2 Apr 1996 07:48:03 GMT Message-ID: <4jqm3j$arf@news.calweb.com> References: fanjoy@io.org (George Fanjoy VE3PEB) wrote: >There have been a couple of posts on Ground Positioning Systems and I have a >question. > >We are aware that the system was installed for military uses and that the >US military "adjusted" some or all satellites to reduce the accuracy to 100 >metres or so. > >My grapevine tells me that Pres Clinton recently announed this "adjusting" >would be stopped and the full accuracy made available to all. > > Correct? > > Can existing GPS receivers get the increased accuracy or is >new/upgraded equipment needed? > >-- >George VE3PEB >TORONTO, Canada >(416)621-5248 The GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM is suppoosed to be full accuracy sometime in the near(?) future. No changes are needed to the receivers The stupid military finaly saw the light. The FAA and Coast Guard are installing radio transmitters to to transmit correcting signals so as to cancel the errors that were being introduced. The military was putting in errors and the FAA was taking them out. Bill K7NOM From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:35 1996 From: obrienaj@news.epix.net (Andrew OBrien) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: GPS - ACCURACY Date: 3 Apr 1996 00:46:15 GMT Message-ID: <4jshon$u1@guava.epix.net> References: <4jqm3j$arf@news.calweb.com> The US Govt announced via VP Al Gore that they will stop the military error encoding for commercial/amateur use of GPS in 4-5 years time. 73 de Andy KB2EOQ William W Janssen (billj@calweb.com) wrote: : fanjoy@io.org (George Fanjoy VE3PEB) wrote: : >There have been a couple of posts on Ground Positioning Systems and I have a : >question. : > : >We are aware that the system was installed for military uses and that the : >US military "adjusted" some or all satellites to reduce the accuracy to 100 : >metres or so. : > : >My grapevine tells me that Pres Clinton recently announed this "adjusting" : >would be stopped and the full accuracy made available to all. : > : > Correct? : > : > Can existing GPS receivers get the increased accuracy or is : >new/upgraded equipment needed? : > : >-- : >George VE3PEB : >TORONTO, Canada : >(416)621-5248 : The GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM is suppoosed to be full accuracy : sometime in the near(?) future. No changes are needed to the receivers : The stupid military finaly saw the light. The FAA and Coast Guard : are installing radio transmitters to to transmit correcting signals : so as to cancel the errors that were being introduced. : The military was putting in errors and the FAA was taking them out. : Bill K7NOM -- Andrew J. O'Brien obrienaj@epix.net COMPUSERVE = 73162,3335 PACKET = KB2EOQ@AA2IS.#WNY.NY.USA.NA From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:36 1996 From: fanjoy@io.org (George Fanjoy VE3PEB) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: GPS - ACCURACY Date: 1 Apr 1996 15:15:42 -0500 Message-ID: There have been a couple of posts on Ground Positioning Systems and I have a question. We are aware that the system was installed for military uses and that the US military "adjusted" some or all satellites to reduce the accuracy to 100 metres or so. My grapevine tells me that Pres Clinton recently announed this "adjusting" would be stopped and the full accuracy made available to all. Correct? Can existing GPS receivers get the increased accuracy or is new/upgraded equipment needed? -- George VE3PEB TORONTO, Canada (416)621-5248 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:37 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Monty Wilson Subject: Re: Great DX Conditions! Message-ID: Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 21:50:32 GMT References: <4jonqo$j34@mars.spaceworks.com> <4jpfci$mhp@nadine.teleport.com> w7el@teleport.com (Roy Lewallen) wrote: >Impressive, but the DX just ain't what it usta be. Back when I started, we >had REAL DX that'd keep you glowing all night, like 5 Uniform 4 Golf Tango >and 6 Lima 6 Golf Bravo. Now, that was REAL DX! Roy, I think you're reading your radio's parts list, not your log! I heard a couple of guys talking about XR4TI but it's a car not a dx station. Could you use a Drake TR7 in a Triumph TR7, that's what I want to know. -- .........Monty. mwilson@bangate.compaq.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:38 1996 From: Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Great DX Conditions! Date: 1 Apr 1996 17:26:14 GMT Message-ID: <4jp3jm$nsk$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: <4jonqo$j34@mars.spaceworks.com> Papa Hotel Zero November Echo Yankee and Sierra Lima One Mike were also very strong. -- --73, de Hans K0HB --Minds, like parachutes, only work when they are opened. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:39 1996 From: w7el@teleport.com (Roy Lewallen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Great DX Conditions! Date: Mon, 01 Apr 96 20:48:15 GMT Message-ID: <4jpfci$mhp@nadine.teleport.com> References: <4jonqo$j34@mars.spaceworks.com> Impressive, but the DX just ain't what it usta be. Back when I started, we had REAL DX that'd keep you glowing all night, like 5 Uniform 4 Golf Tango and 6 Lima 6 Golf Bravo. Now, that was REAL DX! 73, Roy Lewallen Charter Member, OFC From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:41 1996 From: jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Hallicrafters SX 28 Date: Mon, 01 Apr 96 22:47:18 GMT Message-ID: <4jpmr3$hq4@crash.microserve.net> References: <4jphh9$k8a@male.EBay.Sun.COM> andrewb@europe.ebay.sun.com (Andrei Bulucea) wrote: >I would like to buy a Hallicrafters SX 28 or similar. receiver. I >found a dealer that is selling a working SX-28 for $475. I would like >to know if this is a reasonable price or not. It might be reasonable if: Every tubular and electrolytic capacitor in the unit has been replaced with a physically and electrically *identical* NOS part, checked for value, within the last year. Every resistor has been replaced with a physically and electrically *identical* NOS part, checked for value, within the last year. All tubes are new, or with less than two months use, and are the original brand, type, and manufacturing date. The unit is cosmetically perfect and has not been repainted or rechromed. There are no modifications or alterations whatsoever, inside or out. It is complete with matching speaker in like-new condition and all original factory literature. Or ... The entire receiver is still in the original factory shipping carton and has only been removed for purposes of operational tests prior to this sale. They made tons of these receivers and they are plentiful on the used market. The specifications are not particularly good and much of the factory wiring looks like the proverbial rat's nest (they can be a real nightmare to service). On the plus side, the knobs remind me of the '64 'Vette I used to have. 73, Jack WB3U PS: If you're not technically inclined and don't have money to burn, maintaining old tube-type gear can present some unique financial problems! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:42 1996 From: lenwink@indirect.com (Len Winkler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Ham Radio & More Show Frequency Changes Date: Tue, 02 Apr 96 20:02:36 GMT Message-ID: <4js10s$1e3@globe.indirect.com> The Ham Radio and More Show, celebrating it's 5 year anniversary this month on the broadcast bands, has new shortwave frequency changes that will greatly enhance it's coverage. Effective 4/7/96: WWCR shortwave will air the show LIVE each Sunday at 6:00pm ET, (2200utc) on 7.435mhz AND 12.160mhz. Also, tape delayed at 5:00am ET (0900utc) Mondays on 3.315mhz and Saturdays at noon ET (1600utc) on 12.160mhz. Call in and be part of the show. The toll free number is 1-800-293-5366 and outside the country at 602-230-2755. Fax at 602-241-1540. Len Winkler, KB7LPW lenwink@indirect.com P.O. Box 9219 kb7lpw@kc7y.az.usa.na Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219 Ham Radio & More Show info at: http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html RealAudio site:http://www.tapr.org/hrm/hrm.html The show airs LIVE each SUNDAY at 6:00pm ET (2200utc) on many stations through out the country. ALSO: LIVE everywhere on WWCR shortwave, 100,000 watts, on 7.435mhz and 12.160 mhz, 2200utc. The show also airs on WWCR shortwave, tape delayed at 0900utc on 3.315, on Mon days, and Saturdays at 1600utc on 12.160. Support "WOG". Written only General!!! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:43 1996 From: Lanier.r.a@nort.bwi.wec.com (Robert A. Lanier) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Subject: Ham Radio Article Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 14:22:46 GMT Message-ID: <4jrcu6$kl6@cc2000.kyoto-su.ac.jp> I am trying to get a copy of the article "Digital HF Radio A Sampling of Techniques" by Rohde. It was published in Ham Radio magazine in April 1985. Does anyone have a copy of this article or know of a source for it? I would be willing to pay all shipping costs. 73s de Tony, KE4ATO lanier.r.a@nort.bwi.wec.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:44 1996 From: willemin@ohio.net (The Willemin's) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: hamfest Date: 3 Apr 1996 22:46:31 GMT Message-ID: <4juv47$m1j@crash.microserve.net> NOARSFEST 96 3rd Sat in July Lorain County Fairgrounds Wellington, Ohio V.E. DXCC Card Checking Free 807's Prizes admission 5.00 Dollars 8 am til 3 pm Hope to C U there Mike AA8EU President NOARS From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:45 1996 From: derry@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu (John Derry) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HF doesn't suck Date: 4 Apr 1996 15:15:48 GMT Message-ID: <4k0p34$kls@yakko.cs.rose-hulman.edu> Howdy, HF doesn't suck, two meters sucks. It's the CB band of the nineties. If you think all they talk about is wx, rig, location, then you have missed a lot. If HF sucks, how can you explain the one-hour QSO I had with Roger in the Netherlands? We talked about a large number of topics, not the least of which was the racing career of (I can't spell this) A. Luyendyck. Oh yes those 2-m fm contacts are really interesting: * Wait, Joe, while I change battery packs. * Do you want to me to go to high power? * Oops, I had the wrong offset, sorry. * I put up a new antenna yesterday, it's a mag mount stuck to the refrigerator. * The repeater has been down for a week, so I haven't been able to get on the air. * Well here I am at the work twenty. * Heard a guy call CQ a while ago. I wonder what he wanted. * It's starting to rain here now. * Try it again. I'm here at my hot spot. * You're a little scratchy. Adjust your squelch. Oh, well. That's the nice thing about this hobby, there's something for everyone. 10-4 73 de Jack, K9CUN From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:46 1996 From: Carl Rosenberg Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HF radio-telephone question Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 17:46:43 -0500 Message-ID: <3161AE53.59E2@genome.wi.mit.edu> Hello Radio knowledgeable people, I'm an aviator with limited radio knowledge, with a newbie question about HF radios. I need to put in an HF set to go far away from land, and a unit (King Gold Crown KHF 950, 150 watts SSB) has been suggested. Question: can I use an SSB transciever to link up with phone networks? The literature mentions "all 176 ITU semi-duplex channels in the radio-telephone network permanently stored in memory". What's an ITU? What radio-telephone network? Is this something I could use on a remote, phone-less airstrip to tie into the telephone network? E.g. in the Bahamas or Africa, or in the air somewhere? Are there more modern or more economical aviation units than the KHF 950? Thanks much, Carl Rosenberg carl@genome.wi.mit.edu From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:47 1996 From: Will Flor Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HF radio-telephone question Date: 3 Apr 1996 23:12:29 GMT Message-ID: <4jv0kt$dbf@news.inc.net> References: <3161AE53.59E2@genome.wi.mit.edu> Carl Rosenberg wrote: > > Question: can I use an SSB transciever to link up with phone >networks? The literature mentions "all 176 ITU semi-duplex channels >in the radio-telephone network permanently stored in memory". What's >an ITU? What radio-telephone network? > The ITU is the International Telecommunications Union, an international body governing telecommunications. I believe it's a UN agency. They have designated a bunch of HF channels for aeronautical use; these frequencies are the ones referenced here. The radio-telephone network referred to is a network of (usually private) HF stations offering radiotelephone service. You call them on the radio and ask to be connected to a given phone #, etc. This is used by ships at sea as well as aircraft. It is not cheap. > Is this something I could use on a remote, phone-less airstrip >to tie into the telephone network? E.g. in the Bahamas or Africa, or >in the air somewhere? > Yes, as long as you could make contact with such a station. If you're at 3000 feet or more, you would probably be able to reach at least one from just about anywhere in the world. -Will Flor willf@rrgroup.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:48 1996 From: gleizero@gate.net (Gustavo D. Leizerovich) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HF SSB Selective Call Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 10:39:09 Message-ID: HF-SSB Selective Call Units. Brand new in the box. Compatible with any SSB radio. Excellent performance in poor S/N environments. Ackback and Busy modes of operation. Price: $99 each Gus Leizerovich gleizero@gate.net From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:49 1996 From: herb@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Nathan Ryan Gingras) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HF sucks! Date: 4 Apr 1996 18:17:44 GMT Message-ID: <4k13o8$mag@uwm.edu> References: <4jelum$6ls@uwm.edu> <4jelvr$6ls@uwm.edu> <4jfjv2$77e@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <315daef0.1385110@news.isl.net> <315dd43f.610573@news.isl.net> <4k0u0e$r6i@cnn.isc-br.com> Distribution: Bob Raymond (braymon@llake-fs3.isc-br.com) wrote: : Lots of griping about HF and Ham radio in general: : : If you think HF and Ham radio sucks, then why do you even remain in : the hobby? Quit bitching about it, and get lost, or go back to your CB : radio or your modem. Those of us who care about the hobby will not : miss you in the least. : : I thought I could be convinced otherwise, but I have decided that I was right in not liking ham radio. You like it, that's good. But that doesn't mean that it is the Ideal hobby for everyone. I just needed confirmation before dropping it totally. I can allways use the money & time for my band which is far more important. l8r. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:50 1996 From: braymon@llake-fs3.isc-br.com (Bob Raymond) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HF sucks! Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 16:31:47 GMT Message-ID: <4k0u0e$r6i@cnn.isc-br.com> References: <4jelum$6ls@uwm.edu> <4jelvr$6ls@uwm.edu> <4jfjv2$77e@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <315daef0.1385110@news.isl.net> <315dd43f.610573@news.isl.net> Lots of griping about HF and Ham radio in general: If you think HF and Ham radio sucks, then why do you even remain in the hobby? Quit bitching about it, and get lost, or go back to your CB radio or your modem. Those of us who care about the hobby will not miss you in the least. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:51 1996 From: dteague@csc.com (Guy Teague) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: How do I run 50 ohm wire thru the wall? Date: 1 Apr 1996 03:32:31 -0500 Message-ID: <4jo4av$i0f@explorer.csc.com> References: <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> <1996Mar28.171001.6814@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4jkv70$e2a@server.cntfl.com> Joe Leikhim (Jleikhim@nettally.com) wrote: : A 38 special is good for blasting holes for RG58 and RG59. A 45 Cal is : good for RG 8 and RG 11. I have no experience with the larger hardline : cables. -------- ... for which your neighbors can be extremely grateful, I'm sure ... -- Regards 73 de dteague@csc.com "They're out there" K Kesey Guy KG5VT gteague@why.net "Hey don't eat that yellow snow" F Zappa From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:52 1996 From: ecgallup@mlode.com (Ed Gallup) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: How do I run 50 ohm wire thru the wall? Date: Mon, 01 Apr 96 17:27:03 GMT Message-ID: <4jp4a6$1ho@news.wco.com> References: <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> <1996Mar28.171001.6814@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4jkv70$e2a@server.cntfl.com> <4jo4av$i0f@explorer.csc.com> >: A 38 special is good for blasting holes for RG58 and RG59. A 45 Cal is >: good for RG 8 and RG 11. I have no experience with the larger hardline >: cables. I believe a 10 or 12 ga shotgun (solid slugs preferred) would work for up to 1 1/8 " hardline. For larger holes, use shot, and back off of wall as required for diameter of hole you want. Ed From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:54 1996 From: km6xu@wco.com (Mark Walsh) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: How do I run 50 ohm wire thru the wall? Date: 2 Apr 1996 03:22:13 GMT Message-ID: <4jq6h5$9no@news.wco.com> References: <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> <1996Mar28.171001.6814@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4jkv70$e2a@server.cntfl.com> Joe Leikhim (Jleikhim@nettally.com) wrote: : gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) wrote: : >In article <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> joes@halsey.com (Joe Sullivan) wr ites: : >>I am remodeling my garage into living space and a Ham shack. What is the : >>recommended way to run coax thru the wall? I would like to know what I am : >>doing before I get to the sheetrock stage. : A 38 special is good for blasting holes for RG58 and RG59. A 45 Cal is : good for RG 8 and RG 11. I have no experience with the larger hardline : cables. My problem is that the .22 works great for the RG-58 on the outside of the house, but the hole on the inside is big enough for any hardline, but what to do? Anyway, the original poster did not mention where his coax is going, and I can't believe that anybody hasn't mentioned lightning protection. I've got a sixteen hole Polyphaser entrance panel (PEEP). It works with sixteen inch centers, and this particular model has eight ports on each side of one of the studs. It will accept coax or hardline up to three inches in diameter which ought to do fall all but the most ardent uwave fanatics, and the protection devices bolt right into the unit. Four six inch wide copper straps go down to a perimeter buss bar to which are attached ground rods. It is definitely adequate. ***** Mark Walsh ***** km6xu@wco.com ***** From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:57 1996 From: landisj@nad.com (Joe Landis - Systems & Network Mgr) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: How do I run 50 ohm wire thru the wall? Message-ID: <1996Apr1.220405.503@nad.com> Date: 1 Apr 96 22:04:05 EST References: <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> <1996Mar28.171001.6814@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4jkv70$e2a@server.cntfl.com> Distribution: world In article <4jkv70$e2a@server.cntfl.com>, Jleikhim@nettally.com (Joe Leikhim) writes: > gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) wrote: > >>In article <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> joes@halsey.com (Joe Sullivan) wri tes: >>>I am remodeling my garage into living space and a Ham shack. What is the >>>recommended way to run coax thru the wall? I would like to know what I am >>>doing before I get to the sheetrock stage. >>>Post answers here or email me at Joes@halsey.com >>>Thank You > > A 38 special is good for blasting holes for RG58 and RG59. A 45 Cal is > good for RG 8 and RG 11. I have no experience with the larger hardline > cables. > Ummm... 12ga slug? :) Joe - AA3GN -- Joe Landis - Systems and Network Manager - North American Drager - Telford, PA landisj@nad.com ..speaking only for myself, of course.. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:58 1996 From: ecgallup@mlode.com (Ed Gallup) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: How do I run 50 ohm wire thru the wall? Date: Thu, 04 Apr 96 21:09:52 GMT Message-ID: <4k1dnc$2og@news.wco.com> References: <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> <1996Mar28.171001.6814@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4jkv70$e2a@server.cntfl.com> <1996Apr1.220405.503@nad.com> >>>In article <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> joes@halsey.com (Joe Sullivan) writes: >>>>I am remodeling my garage into living space and a Ham shack. What is the >>>>recommended way to run coax thru the wall? In all reality, just drill a large (~ 2") hole in the wall when it is complete and stick in a nice white PVC pipe section with flange fittings slid over each end to hold firmly in place. Presents a fairly aesthetic appearance and is functional. Ed WB6SAT ecgallup@mlode.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:16:59 1996 From: k2wk@crystal.palace.net (Walt Kornienko) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: How do I run 50 ohm wire thru the wall? Date: 3 Apr 1996 05:45:00 GMT Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4jt38t$c14@puzzle.palace.net> References: <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> <828003179snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> Mike Gathergood (Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk) wrote: : In article <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> joes@halsey.com "Joe Sullivan" wri tes: : > I am remodeling my garage into living space and a Ham shack. What is the : > recommended way to run coax thru the wall? I would like to know what I am : > doing before I get to the sheetrock stage. : > Post answers here or email me at Joes@halsey.com : > Thank You : There's an article on this in March's QST. ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ : B73 : Mike * QRV around 0800 and 1800 most weekdays on GB3HL * : G4KFK * (Hillingdon 433.075/434.675) and also 51.83 MHz * I must remind one and all that to pass electrical inspection (do I have to get it inspected? you bet?) all antenna leadin wires, coaxial coables, and control wires entering and leaving your shack MUST pass thru a bulk head that is grounded to the service entrance ground. In fact all electrodes (ground rods) must be tied together. That includes all service entrance ground rods, your station equipment ground rods, any and all antenna tower ground rods. This is to ensure that all grounds are at the same potentioal. I have to run 500' of #6 solid Cu bonding all ground rods at each tower, and I have two towers with man, many rods. The article in QST is in error, and I should have expected someone at the League would have caught it before publication. The Nation Electric Code (NEC) is quite specific when it comes to proper/legal amateur station design. Believe me, I know the amateur sections of the NEC quite well as I am in the process of bringing my station up to spec. I'm sorry if I rained on your parade, but please heed my warning. Your insurance company may not pay for all your goodies after the next lightening strike BECAUSE your installation didn't meet the code. -- ***************************************************************** * * * 73 de Walt Kornienko - K2WK (FRC) * * k2wk@crystal.palace.net or K2WK@N2ERH.NJ.NOAM * * * ***************************************************************** From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:00 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: davew@cruzio.com (David Wells) Subject: Re: ICOM 765 MODS Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 22:03:52 GMT Message-ID: <4js888$de4_001@pine222.cruzio.com> References: <4jhlvl$mla@News2.Lakes.com> In article <4jhlvl$mla@News2.Lakes.com>, frello@prairie.lakes.com (Frank Ellesmere) wrote: >Anyone got any ICOM 765 mods? > >Frank KG0FC/G8CJ >Mankato, MN > If you check any of the mod databases you will find sveral. My 765 is about 2.5 years old and had most of them already installed by the factory. I did the passband tuning mod and another mod I came up with to use the 250Hz second IF filter on RTTY. If you would like details, e-mail me. 73 de Dave KD6TO From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:01 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: griffin@jgfl1.allcon.com (Jens Goerke) Subject: Re: ICOM T21a Message-ID: References: <4jk226$2rq@ratty.wolfe.net> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 18:11:11 GMT David Dyk (stevend@wolfe.net) wrote: > Hi. About a year and a half ago, I purchased a ICOM t21a transciever at a > local hamfest. It is now out of warranty, I believe. Recently, it will not > turn on, and won't display anything on the display. The green recieve light > in the corner is on, but not as bright as usual. Also, there is a faint his s > from the speaker, as if the squelch were to low, however the volume and > squelch controls do nothing. Nothing I do seems to have any affect, short o f > taking out the battery and/or disconnecting the power cable. That stops the > noise, and turns off the faint green light. Any comments/suggestions would be [...] I had a similar problem with an IC02 once and solved it by opening the unit and pressing the little button on the inside. Seems to be the "complete reset" button is the only thing that _really_ resets the battery-buffered CPU. Hope that helps, Jens, DB9LL -- Missing coffee error - operator halted. This message may not be distributed via the Microsoft Network. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:02 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: rlubash@poco.mv.com (Richard Lubash) Subject: Job Offering Message-ID: Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 17:37:36 GMT Job Offering: Technical Editor for 73 Amateur Radio Today I am moving on to other aspects of the publishing business and am looking for someone to fill my position at 73. ------------------------ To be a candidate for this position you should: Hold a valid amateur radio license Have an understanding of radio and electronics Have a working knowledge of technical drawing, desktop publishing and photographic scanning using Macintosh computers. Be able to edit manuscripts and reviews for technical content. Work with manufactures and authors to schedule and develop product reviews. Want to live in New Hampshire ------------------------ If interested please email Richard Lubash Technical Editor - 73 Amateur Radio Today 603-924-0058 fax 603-924-8613 email rlubash@poco.mv.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:03 1996 From: PPPwilsonr@cuugnet.cuug.ab.ca (Rick Wilson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Learning Morse Code Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 15:34:12 GMT Message-ID: <4jopuc$f3d@hp.cuug.ab.ca> References: <960325180020637@basselope.org> ken.meinken@basselope.org (Ken Meinken) wrote: >L >From: lloyd17@airmail.net () >L >Subject: Learning Morse Code >L > >L >I am thinking about getting a Ham Liciense. I already have a receiver >L >and DX all the time. Can anyone reccommend a good program for teaching >L >Morse Code? Is there a FAQ list for getting a liciense? If so can >L >someone send me a copy? >L > >L >Thanks! I enjoy this group very much. >L > >L >Regards >L > >L >Lloyd >L > >L > >Lloyd, >I think different approaches work well with different people. What I >found worked for me was to use a code practice oscillator and send a >character and then say the letter in my mind. Keep up with the same >letter 50 or 100 times, then move on to another letter. Later come back >and do the first letter again. >IMO, you want to develop a Pavlovian response so that when you hear "dit >da da" you think and write "W". When you hear "dah dit dit dit" you write >"B", etc. >Once you develop that and know the alphabet and numbers well, then you >might start listening to some code tapes or listen to on the air code >practice. >73, Ken WA8JXM >--- WinQwk 2.0 a#0 As far as computer programs are concerned, I know of 2: Super Morse & Morse Academy. I used Super Morse & it worked just fine. As a matter of fact, I'd still be learning if it wasn't for that program. I believe most hams should be able to get it for you. I'd highly recommend it. My wife is presently using Morse Academy & so far she is quite satisfied with it. The ablsoute best way to learn CW is to spend a little time every day, say 20 minutes. By doing that, you will not overload yourself. That's what I did. Also I didn't send any code unitl I could copy at about 5 wpm. Also, if you have a tape recorder, try making tapes using a newspaper acticle: put the tape away for a day & then try copying it. Not only will it test your copying ability, it will also test your own 'fist'. By making a series of these tapes, say one a day, then you will have an ample supply of test material. I did't use that as I found out about it after I recieved my ticket but it sure seems like a great idea. I originally had some 'code tapes' & as far as I was concerned they were garbage. Alot of fumbling around. The computer program is an outstanding way to learn CW. If I can do it...anyone can do it & I have been active on CW for about 6 months now. I just can't believe how much fun it is. It sure does take practice though!! Good Luck Rick / 73 VE6RVW From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:04 1996 From: user@memo.ericsson.se (Tommy Karlberg) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: mod IC737 Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 23:23:42 GMT Message-ID: <4jr9oh$2a2@erinews.ericsson.se> Hi! I want to use my IC-737 with a SSB-electronics transverter to operate on 70 cm in Europe. as the HF-rig only covers 28 to 30 MHz and the transverter can be altered to operate on 2 * 2 MHz i miss 2 MHz on the satellites. I would like to get the HF rig to operate from 24 to 30 MHZ and get the whole (european) 70cm band in one peace. Is there anybody who knows how to do this mod with the Icom rig? Thanks in advance! / SM7PAF Tommy From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:07 1996 From: "C. Wheeler" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Next test...(thanks for nuthin') Date: 2 Apr 1996 17:11:35 GMT Message-ID: <4jrn47$r8b@gaudi.lahabra.chevron.com> References: sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: >In article , >sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Excuse me if this information is maintained elswhere on the net, but I am >> interested in taking my Technician test and I was wondering if anybody >> knew if there will be a test given in the greater Hampton Roads area in >> the near future. > >Well this was my first post to this newsgroup. Did I get any answers at >all? No I did not. Is it that I only want to take the technician exams? >Hey here is somebody who _wants_ to take the test, who wants to become a >ham. I am sorry if I feel that taking the code test right away is too much >for me for fit in between work, kids, wife and my other hobby. Not a great >statement on the overall helpfullness of this particular newsgroup. Maybe >you people should look up from your code/no-code arguments for a minute! > >btw - I found out the dates and times for the tests using the WWW - all on >my own. First off, in defense of the people on the newsgroup, perhaps no one was able to answer your question. I have no idea where the "Hampton Roads" area is. Out of the 800,000 or so hams in the US, only a small fraction are on Usenet. Of those, you have to be lucky enough to have someone read your note that can actually answer it. But that's about as far I will go in defending most of us. You have hit on something that has been discouraging me - it appears to have discouraged you a bit too.... The amateur newsgroups are pretty worthless. It seems like all of the postings are nothing but stupid, petty, beat the carcass arguments. Code? No code? Who's a "real" ham? Over 80% of the postings in r.r.a.policy are arguments over code that are going nowhere. These arguments are over politics. That's it! Among amateurs, the code/no code debate ranks right up there with the debate over abortion. NOBODY HERE HAS THE ANSWER that will satisfy everyone. But we'll beat the hell out of it! These stupid arguments are not doing us any good. I am surprised that Matt is still going to take a test and get involved with this hobby. He must have a someone that is encouraging him. It must be enough encouragement to offset the newsgroups. I'll tell you something....If I had started reading/paticipating in these newsgroups before I had a license, I may have never gone down to take the test. Who wants to join the ranks of such a bickering group of divided people who will probably never agree. I must be in bad mood this morning. I think I had better quit now before I people think I am related to Burt Fisher. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:08 1996 From: jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Next test...(thanks for nuthin') Date: Wed, 03 Apr 96 04:38:34 GMT Message-ID: <4jsvq3$6ng@crash.microserve.net> References: <4jrn47$r8b@gaudi.lahabra.chevron.com> "C. Wheeler" wrote: >I'll tell you something....If I had started reading/paticipating in >these newsgroups before I had a license, I may have never gone down >to take the test. Who wants to join the ranks of such a bickering >group of divided people who will probably never agree. I agree, but don't forget that hams are a diverse group and that one of the things they like to do most is talk. If everyone had the same opinion about everything, ham radio would be pretty boring. >I must be in bad mood this morning. I think I had better quit now >before I people think I am related to Burt Fisher. Oh well, at least you're more polite than cousin Burt. ;) 73, Jack WB3U From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:09 1996 From: sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Next test...(thanks for nuthin') Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 13:25:17 -0500 Message-ID: References: In article , sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: > In article , > sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: > > > Hi, > > [dumb question snipped] > > Well this was my first post to this newsgroup. Did I get any answers at [rant snipped] My apologies, I fired off my mouth before my brain was engaged. It has been pointed out to me that my original post may very well not have made it outside our company's servers. I should have checked that out before I indicted the newsgroup as a whole. For that I am sorry. But I am really tired of the code/no-code threads ;-) Regards, Matt Matthew C. Sargent sarge@rational.com AMA# 457887 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:10 1996 From: Cecil Moore Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Next test...(thanks for nuthin') Date: 3 Apr 1996 15:25:12 GMT Message-ID: <4ju58o$cdh@itnews.sc.intel.com> References: sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: >Well this was my first post to this newsgroup. Did I get any answers at >all? No I did not. Hi Matthew, next time ask us a question that we know the answer to. 73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC (not speaking for my employer) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:11 1996 From: Mike Persson or Beth Ager Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Next test...(thanks for nuthin') Date: 3 Apr 1996 05:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <4jt0kg$c8r@bucky.win.bright.net> References: <4jrn47$r8b@gaudi.lahabra.chevron.com> "C. Wheeler" wrote: >sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: >>In article , >>sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: >>Not a great >>statement on the overall helpfullness of this particular newsgroup. Maybe >>you people should look up from your code/no-code arguments for a minute! >> >>btw - I found out the dates and times for the tests using the WWW - all on >>my own. > >First off, in defense of the people on the newsgroup, perhaps no one was >able to answer your question. I have no idea where the "Hampton Roads" >area is. Out of the 800,000 or so hams in the US, only a small fraction >are on Usenet. Of those, you have to be lucky enough to have someone read >your note that can actually answer it. But that's about as far I will go >in defending most of us. > >You have hit on something that has been discouraging me - it appears to >have discouraged you a bit too.... I have no idea where Hampton roads is, either. Sounds like someplace out east. Perhaps if you had been a little more explicit, someone might have been able to answer your query. As for the other complaint: that these ham newsgroups are worthless. Welcome to Usenet, gentlemen. Theodore Sturgeon, the science fiction writer, came up with Sturgeon's Law: Ninety percent of everything is crap. I don't see why that wouldn't apply to Usenet as well :) A few days ago I posted a query about code requirement waivers on behalf of someone I'm elmering and received a flood of responses. Frankly, I'm thrilled with all the OMs on this newsgroup who leapt to help me out. A million thanks to all. 73 de NN9E [Beth Ager] From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:12 1996 From: rfm@urth.eng.sun.com (Rich McAllister) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: No CQ's On 75 Meters ?? Date: 02 Apr 1996 18:58:22 GMT Message-ID: References: <4jeu7r$3j2@crash.microserve.net> In article <4jeu7r$3j2@crash.microserve.net> jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB 3U) writes: >Two different people recently told me on the air that it's unusual to >call CQ on 75 meters. They also said that a number of hams on the >band consider a CQ to be bad operating practice, although they didn't >know why. > >Can someone explain this to me? Those darn contesters call CQ. You wouldn't want to be confused with a Contester, would you? Besides, a real 75er never ends a QSO, so there's no need for a call to start a new one... -- Rich McAllister (rfm@eng.sun.com) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:14 1996 From: jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: No-Code Crybabys Date: Mon, 01 Apr 96 17:25:45 GMT Message-ID: <4jp402$f4p@crash.microserve.net> References: <199603221818.NAA18227@grtk> <1996Mar23.145043.9284@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4j3m77$h49@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> <1996Mar24.224615.17669@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4j5r02$sq4@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> <4jahoe$3uic@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <4jc8qt$lm3@crash.microserve.net> <4jecdh$2uki@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> rawiley@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (R. Wiley) wrote: >The object of the no-code license has nothing to do with >attracting "computer types". Canada tried digital licenses >long before the US no-code license to attract the Pac Man >crowd. The response was underwhelming. The no-code >license was created to help electronic importers sell >2 meter boxes. Although I oppose no-code HF phone privelages, I disagree with the last statement. The motives of the ARRL in this issue may have been unrealistic and ill-conceived, but I believe they were genuine. Part of this problem stems from the fact that in the early days of radio, ARRL was instrumental in keeping the wolves at bay. However, the wolves are smarter now and better able to manipulate a less-astute political adversary. If the ARRL wishes to succeed politically, it should surround itself with a team of accomplished liars, able to fend off the advances of their own kind. The ultimate goal in this matter should be to relieve the FCC of control of this spectrum and permanently deed it to the Amateur Service. Otherwise, the uncertainty will never end and resources will continue to be spent at the political front where they benefit no one except the politicians themselves. 73, Jack WB3U From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:15 1996 Date: 02 Apr 1996 19:28:00 +0200 From: kwp@rai.ping.at (Wolf Harranth) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Message-ID: <6642Mtek-jB@rai.ping.at> Subject: OEM1M Multimedia Test RADIO AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL will operate special event station OEM1M on occasion of the International Marconi Day, on Saturday, 20. April 1996, 0000-2400 UTC. Modes and working frequencies will be announced at the full hour in all our broadcasts. - For the full schedule look at our homepage http://www.ping.at/rai/ or write to: Radio Austria International, A-1136 Vienna, Austria/Europe or send me a netmail Skeds are possible and will be announced at our homepage. If you'd like to take part in our multi media test: - check whether you can pick up our sigs at 0905, 1205 and/or 1605 UTC on 6.155 and/or 13.730 khZ (or via ASTRA Digital Radio) - register for a sked at info@rai.ping.at or Fido 2:310/39.44 or packet OE1WHC@OE1XAB.AUT.EU - If you don't forget to provide the necessary information we will inform you if you are being put on the list - Listen to Radio Austria International on 20 April (at times and frequencies mentioned above), and we will announce your call-sign and assign a working frequency. - Go to that frequency immediately and (hopefully) enjoy the QSO with OEM1M. You will never again have so many listeners - the test will be broadcast live by Radio Austria International to its worldwide audience. Yes, there is a beautifuil special QSL card, too. 73 de Wolf OE1WHC -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wolf HARRANTH OE1WHC InterNet: kwp@rai.ping.at Radio Austria International Fido : 2:310/39.44 A-1136 Vienna Packet : OE1WHC@OE1XAB.AUT.EU Austria/Europe Fax : +43/1/87 87 8-44 04 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## CrossPoint v3.1 R ## From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:16 1996 From: robertm@ios.com (robert morgenstern) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Oh ham radio is better than sex? Date: 3 Apr 1996 02:52:59 GMT Message-ID: <4jsp6b$f1p@news.ios.com> References: <315DD0F2.6E00@ccsnet.com> Burt Fisher (k1oik@ccsnet.com) wrote: : Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 07:12:40 -0500 : From: Robin Arnaud : One reason, I admit, is that I've simply lost interest in ham radio. I've : listened for years to long drawn-out conversations on HF between folks who : have very little to say except to talk about their radios, their antennas, : their feedlines, the skip conditions, that sorta stuff. I've always found : that wearisome and strange, since I don't use my telephone that way. Call : someone on the phone and spend an hour or so talking about the telephone: : "Hi, Stephanie, this is Robin! How's this telephone sound? It's an AT&T. I : just added a bunch of special modifications to it... so how's *your* : telephone doing? REally? Cool! I can't wait for spring to come back so I : can watch the birds gathering on the telephone lines outside again. Oh, but : those deed restrictions in your neighborhood... cables have to be buried, : huh? That's a shame. Hey, did y'hear that? Oh, well, it sounded sorta lik e : an echo for a split second. Better take this phone apart again and check : ...it..." etc etc etc ad nauseum. :  I dont see it the same way; I have discussed wine making, laminar air flow in wind tunnels, home brew wind tunnels that is " pine car " racing how to keep my oil paint tubes from caking up. etc. Its just like a cocktail party, you meet a stranger and what do you talk about? Well, your both at the same party, or on the same frequency, what other interests do you have, scuba diving, photography, raising pidgons, caving, what ever; take the lead , be aggresive try it, it dont bite 73...Bob From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:17 1996 From: pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: out-of-country operations Date: 3 Apr 1996 00:27:38 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4jsglq$al5@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> References: <4js38o$pqi@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> Timothy Woodburn (AXMM03A@prodigy.com) wrote: : I am traveling to the Bahamas this month and would like to take my 2M HT : with me. Is it legal to transmit outside of the US? Are there some : countrys that permitt FCC licensed operators to operate in there country? : I have a travel agency and so travel all over the world. It would be : great to take my hobby with me! : Thanks! : Tim, KF6BVU Tim, there are other countries where you can operate with a reciprocal license but most require arrangements be made ahead of time. The only places where you can 'show up' and operate are U.S. territories, i.e., the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, etc. Best place to check for a list of countries/proceedures would be the ARRL. 73, Jim KH2D From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:18 1996 From: AXMM03A@prodigy.com (Timothy Woodburn) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: out-of-country operations Date: 2 Apr 1996 20:38:48 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4js38o$pqi@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> I am traveling to the Bahamas this month and would like to take my 2M HT with me. Is it legal to transmit outside of the US? Are there some countrys that permitt FCC licensed operators to operate in there country? I have a travel agency and so travel all over the world. It would be great to take my hobby with me! Thanks! Tim, KF6BVU From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:19 1996 From: glass@televar.COM (JA Glasscock) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Packet-Internet, & Internet-Packet Gateways Date: 4 Apr 96 04:51:15 GMT Message-ID: <199604040451.UAA19347@bing.ncw.net> Does anybody know about any Packet-Internet gateways that you can access packet networks from by Telneting in, and email? Please send any information to Vance A. Glasscock . From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:20 1996 From: jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: pot calling kettle Date: Mon, 01 Apr 96 18:59:45 GMT Message-ID: <4jp9g8$fo4@crash.microserve.net> References: <4j3gn6$e29@ns2.ptd.net> <315BC7E9.4097@ccsnet.com> <4jju8g$p6j@crash.microserve.net> <315F1BE4.667F@ccsnet.com> Burt Fisher wrote: >I have helped and showed more kids ham radio than most of you. >I teach electronics. I have helped MANY. You get paid for teaching. Why did you stop helping? 73, Jack WB3U From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:21 1996 From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: pot calling kettle Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 06:06:29 -0500 Message-ID: <31625BB5.1488@ccsnet.com> References: <4j3gn6$e29@ns2.ptd.net> <315BC7E9.4097@ccsnet.com> <4jju8g$p6j@crash.microserve.net> <315F1BE4.667F@ccsnet.com> <4jp9g8$fo4@crash.microserve.net> WB3U wrote: > You get paid for teaching. Why did you stop helping? > > 73, > Jack WB3U I became a teacher and got paid for it due to the many free classes I taught at a local high school. Even after I was a paid teacher I got many donations through work done on my own time. However ham radio is so boring that kids will not even take free equipment so I am selling the donations to fund other projects in the school related to technology (which means NOT ham radio). #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:22 1996 From: cn1135@abaco.coastalnet.com (Prescott) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Q: Code practice on CD Date: 2 Apr 1996 14:03:09 GMT Message-ID: <4jrc2t$spd@treasure.coastalnet.com> Does anyone know of Code practice on audio CD? I'm trying to study for the code test, but I don't have a tape player in my car. Prescott cn1135@abaco.coastalnet.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:23 1996 From: Dio Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSO logging programs Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 14:40:11 -0800 Message-ID: <3162FE4B.41C67EA6@electriciti.com> Are there any QSO/contest logging programs available that make use of the SoundBlaster card. I was watching a sation over the weekend during the contest and they had a really nice program but it made use of a proprietary audio card. I have and Intel/windows box and a Mac. Either platform would be used for the logger. Thanks, 73 DE KE6WEO -- --Dio Beacher Tool & Die (A Hughe Jorgen Company) 1106 2nd St. Suite 316 Encinitas, CA. 92024 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:24 1996 From: dearnshaw@worldbank.org (Darrell Earnshaw) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: QSO logging programs Date: 4 Apr 1996 15:00:14 GMT Message-ID: <4k0o5u$ku9@minerva.worldbank.org> References: <3162FE4B.41C67EA6@electriciti.com> In article <3162FE4B.41C67EA6@electriciti.com>, Dio s ays: > >Are there any QSO/contest logging programs available that make use >of the SoundBlaster card. I was watching a sation over the weekend >during the contest and they had a really nice program but it made >use of a proprietary audio card. I have and Intel/windows box and a >Mac. Either platform would be used for the logger. >Thanks, > >73 DE KE6WEO >-- Yes. There's a Windows/Windows95 logging program called DX4WIN that has the capability to announce DX cluster spots in audio. It s a very comprehensive and powerful program. Unfortunately, it's pretty new to the market, so it's not yet well known. If you want more details, drop me a line. - Darrell (NR3Y) ...and no, I don't have a commerical stake in the program. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:26 1996 From: woolverton@hol.gr (Michael W. Woolverton) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSP on CW Issue - cw (1/1) Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 19:26:16 GMT Message-ID: <4jpl1r$6h8@newsflash.hol.gr> begin 644 cw M1G)O;3H@6E,R2$)`6E,P3E10+D5#4"Y:048N048-"E1O("`Z($-70%=7#0H- M"BTM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2T-"E1H92!F;VQL;W=I;F<@;65S2!F87@N("!-04M%(%1( M12!&25)35"!,24Y%($]&(%E/55(@5$585"`M+2T@1D]2(%I3,4H@+2TM+@T* M+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+2TM+0T*#0HB3D\M0U2P@;&EC96YC92X@(%1H90T*2!W87D@;V8- M"F]B=&%I;FEN9R!A;GD@9F]R;2!O9B!A;6%T975R('1R86YS;6ET=&EN9R!L M:6-E;F-E+@T*#0I5;F9O&%M M:6YA=&EO;G,@870@2!N M979E2X@(%=O2!T:&4@2!R97!L>2D-"@T* ` end From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:27 1996 From: sniper@one.net (bob) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: R.L.Drake Radio club on the Web Date: 2 Apr 1996 22:10:13 GMT Message-ID: <4js8k5$83u@news.one.net> Reply-To: sniper@one.net The Drake Amateur Radio Club can be found at w3.one.net/~sniper ***note w3 not www*** Become an Honorary Member.... Bob From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:28 1996 From: walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Radio amateurs speak Esperanto Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 10:28:30 GMT Message-ID: <4jo7o5$n7c@tube.news.pipex.net> References: <4j5nen$kav@tube.news.pipex.net> <4jmsth$rcp@aldebaran.sct.fr> <828314883snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> Mike Gathergood wrote: > [much drivel snipped] ... > testis Oi! Less of that language here .... :-)) 73 de G3NYY (de omni re scibili, et quibusdam aliis) -- Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk 100523.1414@compuserve.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:29 1996 From: rfisher@sky.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack-You've got questions?-We've got BLANK STARES! Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 06:23:03 GMT Message-ID: <4jqh00$959@alpha.sky.net> References: <4j1egi$enp@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <4jae28$fg8@crash.microserve.net> <4jhci0$dhf@news.service.uci.edu> <4jk2r4$knd@news.preferred.com> <4jlcr2$h9v@madeline.INS.CWRU.Edu> dl278@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William J. Graham) wrote: >interestingly enough a friend who used to manage a company >owned store once told me that he had be advised NOT to hire hams and >others with knowledge of electronics and computers. >Might tell the truth I guess >73 >Bill >N5LMX/DA1WG That's strange! Who ever told him that was off base. RS will give a ham a name badge with his callsign on it if he/she wants it. I know that it made it easier for me to break the old "he's a $4.25/hr sales droid" mentality. I was *almost* sorry I had to give it up for one that said manager instead. Since I got my ticket a year ago, I've encouaged several RS employees to get theirs (only one managed to do it). I don't encourage it for financial gain, but the day is much more interesting when an "old timer" comes in and you spend an hour on a slow day talking about equipment, QSOs or whatever. I met my elmer that way. 73s Rodney, KB0SPZ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:30 1996 From: wjs@en.com (Bill Sheehan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack-You've got questions?-We've got BLANK STARES! Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 16:30:29 GMT Message-ID: <4ju99v$7s2@antares.en.com> References: <4j1egi$enp@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <4jae28$fg8@crash.microserve.net> <4jhci0$dhf@news.service.uci.edu> <4jk2r4$knd@news.preferred.com> <4jlcr2$h9v@madeline.INS.CWRU.Edu> <4jqh00$959@alpha.sky.net> Reply-To: wjs@en.com rfisher@sky.net wrote: >dl278@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William J. Graham) wrote: >>interestingly enough a friend who used to manage a company >>owned store once told me that he had be advised NOT to hire hams and >>others with knowledge of electronics and computers. >>Might tell the truth I guess >>73 >>Bill >>N5LMX/DA1WG >That's strange! Who ever told him that was off base. RS will give a >ham a name badge with his callsign on it if he/she wants it. I know >that it made it easier for me to break the old "he's a $4.25/hr sales >droid" mentality. I was *almost* sorry I had to give it up for one >that said manager instead. Since I got my ticket a year ago, I've >encouaged several RS employees to get theirs (only one managed to do >it). I don't encourage it for financial gain, but the day is much >more interesting when an "old timer" comes in and you spend an hour on >a slow day talking about equipment, QSOs or whatever. I met my elmer >that way. >73s >Rodney, KB0SPZ Thank you Rodney. As an ex-Tandy guy with ten years in these guys assume every thing I say is like being a homer. I was never discouraged to hire electronics students, hams, etc. As a matter of fact I was recruited at tech school!!! Your friend, Mr. Graham, has done you a dis-service by telling you a lie. I know, I spent all of my career opening stores in CLE which is where you are from acording to your freenet address. I left because I switched to the business products division which was disolved. Fortunately they had sent me to several schools and trainings to prepare me to leave. (Kind of kills two misrepresentations being spread about by a bunch of restless college kids doesn't it!!) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:32 1996 From: khiet@cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu (Peter Thanh Khiet Vu) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack: You got blank stares? Try hiring the knowledgable Date: 4 Apr 1996 04:15:11 GMT Message-ID: <4jvicf$17d@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <4jrbps$ash@arl-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> Keywords: radio shack So far RS has been given a bad wrap here on the newsgroup. There are a few guys abd gals that are really nice and help with problems, but the few idiots that are out there give you "good" RS salepersons a bad name. For example, I came in RS one day to see what new items had come in and to see if there were any out dated items on sale. Since I am still in college, I asked a few buddies if they would like to come too. So as wee looked around the store, the salesidiot whispered to the other, "these fools have nothing else to do but come here on a Friday and hang out." I was steamed because I was going to buy a mini CB (50 milliwatt) for my nephews. To my anger, I didn't buy it! I went to another store. (Sagamore Pkw, West Lafayette, IN) Another instance, a RS on Collisium Blvd. , Fort Wayne, IN. I bought a car stereo that was on sale (new). The radio worked fine on tuner mode, but when I played the tape, the right side did not work. I tried multiple tapes, but still the same. My conclusion=it is broken. When I went to return the radio, the salesjerk said, "so did you cut the wires and then resolder it to look new?" (sarcastically said). That insulted my intelligence. The guy accused me of cutting the wire so that I could not return it. The policy is that if you cut the wires, then you have to keep it and they will only repair it. So the lesson is know your RS people and go back to the ones that treat you nicely and stay away from the jerks! RS products are ok, but then aain buyer beware. Peter From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:33 1996 From: johnha102@aol.com (Johnha102) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack: You got blank stares? Try hiring the knowledgable Date: 4 Apr 1996 15:23:38 -0500 Message-ID: <4k1b4a$n9p@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4jrbps$ash@arl-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> Reply-To: johnha102@aol.com (Johnha102) reminds me of a discussion i heard between a shack employee and a customer, customer saw that 49mhz w.t was fm employee told him "yeah it will pick up fm radio" some people's kids From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:34 1996 From: <72527.01012@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Radio Shack: You got blank stares? Try paying enough to hire the knowledgable! Date: 1 Apr 1996 18:40:58 GMT Message-ID: <4jp7vq$em@dub-news-svc-4.compuserve.com> Keywords: radio shack bozo stare >interestingly enough a friend who used to manage a company >owned store once told me that he had be advised NOT to hire hams and >others with knowledge of electronics and computers. >Might tell the truth I guess >73 >Bill >N5LMX/DA1WG I worked for Radio Shack between 1978 and 1980. I quit because I wasn't making any money! What makes you think that anybody with the knowledge and experience to answer questions on computers, stereos, CB and Ham equipment and many other things will work for the measley salary that Radio Shack pays? People with this kind of knowledge are working at jobs that pay between 40 and 80 thousand dollars a year. The kind of person who lasts at Radio Shack IS A SALES PERSON, NOT AN ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN!!! Sales people only make significant mony by selling, not giving advice. I would not trust the advice of any sales person who is working on commission. It is usually BS!!! Radio Shack is a sales oriented establishment , not a laboratory or scientific lab. That is why all the blank stares!! Now talk to a RS sales person about the difference between spiff commission and regular commission and you will get some good answers! 73 from Steve From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:35 1996 From: fergus.8@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Fergus) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack: You got blank stares? Try paying enough to hire the knowledgable! Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 02:44:24 GMT Message-ID: References: <4jp7vq$em@dub-news-svc-4.compuserve.com> Keywords: radio shack bozo stare I am an employee at RS store 01-4427 here in Columbus, Ohio. I am also a ham operator, and know quite a bit about communications and basic electronics. I am a student at Ohio State studying Electrical Engineering. I will have to say that the pay could be better. I realize that I could make more money flipping burgers at the local McDonalds. However, I enjoy working at RS because I enjoy helping people, especially when it comes to ham radio and scanners. Yes, there are some products I don't know much about, like security systems, but that's why we have four people work at my store. They know more about the products I don't know about, and I know more about the products they don't know about. We try to spread the knowledge. Yes, the goal is for all the employees to know about everything in the store, but that takes time. And sometimes people quit because of the pay or other reasons, so we get a new person that doesn't know crap. I will say that after working at this store a year, I have learned a lot about our products and about helping customers. I'm sure the skills I learn will be beneficial in future jobs that I will have. For now, I'm happy working at RS as a part-timer. It keeps me out of trouble, helps me budget my studying time, helps me to deal with customers, and gives me some extra money on the side. BTW, I earn 5.5% commision per hour per week or $4.25 an hour, whichever is higher, plus spiffs. I get 1 week paid vacation, plus paid holidays (even if I don't work that day, birthday included), a 10% employee discount, optional health insurance, and access to the Tandy Stock plan. I usually average a gross pay around 4.75-5.00 an hour. 73's de N8VJF Mark From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:37 1996 From: raiar@inlink.com (Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack: You got blank stares? Try paying enough to hire the knowledgable! Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 23:56:45 GMT Message-ID: <4jse1g$dok@news1.inlink.com> References: <4jp7vq$em@dub-news-svc-4.compuserve.com> fergus.8@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Fergus) wrote: >I am an employee at RS store 01-4427 here in Columbus, Ohio. I am also a ham >operator, and know quite a bit about communications and basic electronics. I >am a student at Ohio State studying Electrical Engineering. >I will have to say that the pay could be better. I realize that I could make >more money flipping burgers at the local McDonalds. However, I enjoy working >at RS because I enjoy helping people, especially when it comes to ham radio >and scanners. Yes, there are some products I don't know much about, like >security systems, but that's why we have four people work at my store. They >know more about the products I don't know about, and I know more about the >products they don't know about. We try to spread the knowledge. Yes, the >goal is for all the employees to know about everything in the store, but that >takes time. And sometimes people quit because of the pay or other reasons, s o >we get a new person that doesn't know crap. >I will say that after working at this store a year, I have learned a lot abou t >our products and about helping customers. I'm sure the skills I learn will b e >beneficial in future jobs that I will have. For now, I'm happy working at RS >as a part-timer. It keeps me out of trouble, helps me budget my studying >time, helps me to deal with customers, and gives me some extra money on the >side. BTW, I earn 5.5% commision per hour per week or $4.25 an hour, >whichever is higher, plus spiffs. I get 1 week paid vacation, plus paid >holidays (even if I don't work that day, birthday included), a 10% employee >discount, optional health insurance, and access to the Tandy Stock plan. I >usually average a gross pay around 4.75-5.00 an hour. >73's de N8VJF >Mark Hi Mark Sorry they are paying you so little, the RS stores near me are much higher. I don't think RS is interested in technical sales, else, everytime they have come up with a good product, they wouldn't have dropped it soon afterwards so they had room to carry some useless trinket that sells like hotcakes, just because it useless. Over the years RS has, at one time or another, offered some very excellent products, most of which I still have and use. Unfortunately, they are in business to make a LARGE profit for their investors, thus they only carry what moves the fastest at the time, and with the highest profit margin. In many cases, it has absolutely nothing to do with the name of the store, like non-electronic toys, etc. Got to Go Gary From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:38 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Monty Wilson Subject: Re: Repeater Frequencies???? Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:15:05 GMT References: <4jh0b0$a28@sparky.midwest.net> <3162A24F.827@cyberspc.mb.ca> Brian Ward wrote: >F.J. Finnie wrote: >> >> F.J. Finnie >> kb0soa@ldd.net >> >> HAM in distress, I just got my HT after what seems like forever. >> I need to get some repeater frequencies that are current on 2 meters. >> I live in Matthews, Missouri. I scan the frequencies and occasionally hear >> a repeater, but I can't seem to get through. My ARRL Repeater Directory is >> on order, but I haven't recieved it yet. could one of you render assistance >> in the interum?? >> >> 73's >> >> KB0SOA > >Probably requires a CTCSS subaudible tone to be transmited to allow the >repeater to key up. > >Try calling on 146.52 simplex to see if someone can help you... On an HT, and in some areas without a lot of simplex activity, he may not be able to raise anyone. >The offsets are 600khz +- offsets, try checking that also... Yes, you need to make sure you're transmitting on the correct input frequency for the repeater you want. In most areas your transmitter needs to drop down 600 kHz if you are listening on 145.xx or 146.xx but your transmitter needs to jump up 600 kHz if you are listening on 147.xx. If you are getting squelched because you're not sending the proper PL tone (CTCSS), you can sometimes get in on the squelch tail of the previous person's transmission. If you wait until someone on the repeater stops transmitting, then quickly send your call sign, the local folks on the machine will realize that someone is trying to get in, and will come back and tell you which tone is needed. Or you could try the ARRL Repeater Directory; most areas have a "standard" PL frequency which is used for all open machines. Another tactic is to make your query on the repeater's output frequency, but on an HT I don't think this will be very effective. Another thing you can try is to find a machine that doesn't require a PL and ask on that machine what the standard frequency is for your area. Usually there is at least one machine out there that you can bring up without PL. -- .........Monty. mwilson@bangate.compaq.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:40 1996 From: Chuck Penson Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Sealed Lead Acid charger control circuit Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 14:20:49 -0600 Message-ID: <31618C21.ACC@sci.mus.mn.us> References: Bob Bergman wrote: > > I recently converted my station to run 100% from a 12v Sealed Gel Cell > battery and have been looking for a control circuit design to properly > charge the battery. There is a simple charge controler detailed in the March(?) issue of QST. It is designed for solar power use but would work just fine with a conventional power supply. It's real simple. Have a look. -- Chuck From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:41 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: griffin@jgfl1.allcon.com (Jens Goerke) Subject: Re: Sealed Lead Acid charger control circuit Message-ID: References: Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 18:04:22 GMT Bob Bergman (bbergman@frii.com) wrote: > I recently converted my station to run 100% from a 12v Sealed Gel Cell > battery and have been looking for a control circuit design to properly > charge the battery. Has anyone come across such a printed design that > could be faxed or ordered with the appropriate IC? Depends on the capacity of your gel cells. > I have a 10A-15A, 13.8vdc power supply that is very well > regulated and filtered for the source. If the current can be limited to 10-15% of the capacity of the gel cells, you can use this power supply for trickle charging. Gel cells can be fully charged with 14.4 volts and kept floating at 13.8 volts. I am using a similar setup for 144 and 430: transformer (20-22V) -> rectifier -> 7815 -> silicon diode -> 14.4 volts switch across second diode -> 13.8/14.4 volts. My gel cell has 9.5 Ah and the 7815 regulator has a maximum current of 1.5 A, so the whole setup was really cheap and simple. If you need schematics or further information, email me. Hope that helps, Jens, DB9LL -- Missing coffee error - operator halted. This message may not be distributed via the Microsoft Network. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:42 1996 From: choffman@pelican.davlin.net (Charles Hoffman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 04:37:24 GMT Message-ID: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> Reply-To: choffman @pelican.davlin.net BTW if there are observations of inappropriate use of the "severe handicap" code waiver provision on applicaations for FCC licenses being exhibited in your area? Here, we do have individuals able to find hapless medical doctors willing to approve the form for the license application for medical reasons, cannot learn the code. Reports locally I am told seem somewhat minor, or at least not severe handicaps. One example is a guy (KC5QLI, advanced nocode license now) with a hearing disorder he calls tinitius, who is very active on the bands and able to hear voice perfectly well, but cannot learn the code. Since I have the same aflliction in my hearing and use high speed daily for the last thirty years I don't really understand. Is this a unique medical situation, a general amateur radio issue or just an isolated incident of abuse of the system? I have disucssed the topic with licensed professional public school administrators working in the field of special education, who are also licensed radio amateurs, who all say this situation is being abused and the FCC provision is clearly provided for persons with SEVERE handicaps. Is this a issue NOT about handicaps, but perhaps about sociopathic individuals who want something for nothing? In my personal radio experience in the last four decades, the community has always risen to the call of the handicapped (total loss of hearing, quads, strokes, etc) with devices to assist and bridge the gap. This has been a personal pride of assisting and becoming involved with disabled persons who, as a result, experience a real sense of accomplishment. The new FCC form seems to allow a window of opportunity for the advantaged to acquire, via a system to support the disadvantaged. I wonder if anyone has observed and considered the same concepts at play and if in the affirmative, what should be done to correct any possible unjustifiable benefits being derived via the oversight in this system? Who should correct the situation if it needs to be adressed at all? Many respected old timers in this area are very concerned with this situation and feel there is an urgent need to clarify the admitance to the testing room procedure, or to change the FCC rule on this or at least change the FCC license application to indicate the explicit nature of the intent of the rule for the "severe handicap". Best regards, K5SBU From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:43 1996 From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Date: 2 Apr 1996 15:25:30 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4jrgta$1m5c@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> >Who should correct the situation if it needs to be adressed at all? Why don't we just drop the code requirement to 5WPM for ALL...or, better yet, eliminate it entirely? That way, we wouldn't have to worry about who's entitled to the "severe handicap" exclusion and who is not...while simletaneously acknowledging that it is now 1996 and Morse Code no longer has any relevant value as a mandated testing element. Hey...that's a GREAT idea! -Drew in Sunny Central Florida- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:44 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Monty Wilson Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Message-ID: Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:15:56 GMT References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <4jrgta$1m5c@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) wrote: >>Who should correct the situation if it needs to be adressed at all? > >Why don't we just drop the code requirement to 5WPM for ALL...or, better >yet, eliminate it entirely?... There are reasons for keeping the requirement as well as for dropping it, but there is an overwhelming reason not to discuss it here: it is already being debated on another thread. -- .........Monty. mwilson@bangate.compaq.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:46 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: hayward@cs.uchicago.edu (Kristin Rachael Hayward) Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Message-ID: References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <316287C3.8C2@arrl.org> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:26:55 GMT In article jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) writ es: :Bart Jahnke (vec@arrl.org) wrote: : :: If you have information about possible abuses, forward that information :: to the FCC. The FCC requires first hand, factual information which may :: bring into question the merits of a Physician's Certification. Cases :: must be individually addressed. Send your information, in letter form, :: with signature, to: : :We had a gentleman show up at our VE testing session last month with a :waiver. He had passed all code/theory elements except 1C, for which he had :the waiver. : :One of our OT Extras, himself a VE, sternly challenged this individual. I certainly hope this attitude is not common at VE sessions. It is not up to *us* to challenge anyone. Why a person decided he/she needed a waiver is none of our business. We are there to run the session as professionally and as *courtesly* as possible. :At first, I had trouble understanding the reason that anyone would want the :Extra ticket if not to work CW... Again, I don't see why it is our business or anyone's business as to why people want a certain license. If they have the waiver, we should treat the candidate politely, and process the paperwork with nothing said. WX9T -- Kristin Rachael Hayward, PhD Director of Administrative Information Systems and Business Services University of Maine http://www.umeais.maine.edu/~hayward From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:48 1996 From: Phil Keller Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.noncomm,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap Subject: Re: Shortwave etc database program.... Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 16:33:50 -0800 Message-ID: <3161C76E.3DA@wco.com> References: <315ED44D.1E94@flinet.com> And the Cost is ???? -Phil- Charles Bolland wrote: > > Sir, > > A stand alone IBM compatible Broadcasting Radio Station Database > program for Longwave, Mediumwave, or Shortwave. 4000 records... > Completely read/write and updateable... > > If you'd like a copy, send your EMail address and Postal Address > which will be used to pass you more detailed information on > the full featured program.... > > The above program will be sent via EMAIL... > > All information will be kept confidential.... > > Chuck > > KA4PRF -- ==================================== "Those who avoid decapitation, leave more offspring." -Carl Sagan- ==================================== Phil Keller N6MWC mailto:philk@wco.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:48 1996 From: Tom Medlin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Take a look at my shack Date: 2 Apr 1996 03:18:29 GMT Message-ID: <4jq6a5$ble@tribune.concentric.net> Just finished my first home page. click on my url to see a picture of it. http://www.cris.com/~tcmedlin From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:50 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Monty Wilson Subject: Re: Thanks for the 8 inch floppy help everyone. Message-ID: Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 21:00:37 GMT References: <4j3gn6$e29@ns2.ptd.net> <315BC7E9.4097@ccsnet.com> Burt Fisher wrote: >tom borthwick wrote: >> >> I have leared alot. Thanks to everyone that responded. I have enough >> info to keep me buisy for a while. >> Thanks again, >> Tom >How many times do I have to read messages from hams that send a >"Thank You" addressed to ALL. That depends on your news reader. You may be able to prevent something as specific as that. >When one seeks help and >someone takes the time to respond, the least the receiver of >help can do is send a simple individual reply for thanks. From the above, I cannot tell that Tom has not done this. Sometimes when I have posted a question on the 'net (especially if I find out later that it was a stupid question or easily looked up in Part 97) the replies start coming in. The tendency is to reply to your own message with a followup similar to the above. What it sounds like Tom is saying here is that he doesn't need any more replies, he has quite enough. It doesn't mean he didn't reply to the ones who helped him out. >Would you at your wedding, if you were the groom, get up at the >end of the reception and yell out, "Gee, Thanks everyone for the >gifts?" If everyone by some strange coincidence was giving me the same toaster again and again, and I wanted politely to stop the flow of toasters, maybe, NAAH, not even then. -- .........Monty. mwilson@bangate.compaq.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:51 1996 From: kb7et@usa.pipeline.com(Jim Sheffield) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc, Subject: Re: The Free-Space Antenna Date: 2 Apr 1996 05:19:09 GMT Message-ID: <4jqdcd$3q9@news1.h1.usa.pipeline.com> References: <4joc0a$g2m@nadine.teleport.com> On Apr 01, 1996 10:44:19 in article , 'w7el@teleport.com (A. Guru)' wrote: >Try the free- >space antenna today! > >A. Guru Most inventive/ingenious April's Fool joke yet!!! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:52 1996 From: jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: TYPICAL CODE TESTS? Date: Tue, 02 Apr 96 06:50:30 GMT Message-ID: <4jqj55$mn3@crash.microserve.net> References: <31606D16.2B77@bright.net> Post / CC by Mail John Robertson wrote: >Anyone able to provide some typical code test (text) for the EXTRA or >a lead as to where to look. Any newsgroups focused on this? I think SuperMorse generates simulated QSO's. That's what's on the test (at least when I took it). Good luck with the upgrade. :) 73, Jack WB3U From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:53 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Monty Wilson Subject: Re: TYPICAL CODE TESTS? Message-ID: Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:12:12 GMT References: <31606D16.2B77@bright.net> John Robertson wrote: >Anyone able to provide some typical code test (text) for the EXTRA or >a lead as to where to look.... > >I have a code generator and would prefer to prep using something like >the actual test-like transmissions. At the faster speed there is definitely time enough for some actual conversation to occur within the five minutes, whereas on the slow Morse and moderate Morse tests the focus is on including all the required elements and providing something that sounds like an amateur transmission. As I remember, the (pretend) sender spent a little time describing his equipment and made a little small talk. I remember him mentioning that he had listened to a certain SW broadcast station the night before. This was around 1989. -- .........Monty. mwilson@bangate.compaq.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:54 1996 From: umbra@opennet.net.au (Zak) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: UHF FM commercial transceiver modules Date: 3 Apr 1996 02:38:13 GMT Message-ID: <4jsoal$1r8@Tandem1.opennet.net.au> I am working on an AVLS project in Asia that may require up to several thousand units and I have been let down badly by a supplier. Actually, we are using a conventional VF transceiver in the range 460-490 Mhz, up to 5 Watts FM. This is the 'let down' product. Synthesized, 12.5 Khz steps programmable using jumpers or RS232 download of frequencies. Can use a modified OEM board from a commercial hand-held transceiver. Don't need speaker, mic, chassis etc. just the board. Does Anybody manufacture or supply an equivalent radio ? We need it to be about 100 x 90 x 20 mm (not including BNC female connector). Our requirement is for 3000 units by 1 June 96. This is as serious as a heart attack, because our supplier was supposed to have 4 samples ready on the 8th of February. As I type this, we are still looking at 3 weeks delay before we get even the SAMPLES ! So basically we are crippled by the lack of a suitable UHF radio. Please get back to me at your convenience. Regards, Zak Madden Snr. Communications Engineer Sakina Technologies email: umbra@opennet.net.au From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:55 1996 From: SCJONES@ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Vanity Callsigns/Unused Callsign list on internet Date: 2 Apr 1996 21:58:49 GMT Message-ID: <4js7up$13n2@mdnews.btv.ibm.com> Reply-To: SCJONES@ Anyone seen a listing of expired callsigns which might be available for vanity use? I ran across one in last week but can't remember where. Thought it might be a t fcc but guess not. Maybe at a man's homepage in TX or NM or ? I think??? I was looking for a copy of SuperMorse and/or NuMorse when I ran across it I believe. Thanks, Steve From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:56 1996 From: wa4pgm@moonstar.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Web Site CORRECTION Date: Mon, 01 Apr 96 16:08:12 EDT Message-ID: References: I'll get it right oneday ! CORRECTION !!!! www.moonstar.com/~wa4pgm/welcome From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:57 1996 From: donrm@sr.hp.com (Don Montgomery) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Z Signals Date: 1 Apr 1996 17:24:11 GMT Message-ID: <4jp3fr$300@canyon.sr.hp.com> References: <4jnck0$2gf@news.citynet.net> wm8s@citynet.net wrote: > Does anyone have a list of the Z-signals (on-line would be nice!) that are This was called the ACP-131 when I was in the military. Maybe the reference section of your local library has one. 73 Don Montgomery, K6LTS donrm@sr.hp.com Pfc (Ret) USA SigC From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:57 1996 From: jlkolb@sd.cts.com (John Kolb) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Z Signals Date: 2 Apr 1996 00:00:37 GMT Message-ID: <4jpqn6$q3m@news3.cts.com> References: <4jnck0$2gf@news.citynet.net> <4jphta$err@solaris.cc.vt.edu> Mike Keitz (mkeitz@bev.net) wrote: : In article <4jnck0$2gf@news.citynet.net>, wm8s@citynet.net says: : > : >Does anyone have a list of the Z-signals (on-line would be nice!) that are Don't know if it was really in the offical list, but as a Navy Radioman, we used ZLF to indicate a operator with a poor "fist" ZLH - now send with your Left Foot. John Kolb KK6IL From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:58 1996 From: mkeitz@bev.net (Mike Keitz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Z Signals Date: 1 Apr 1996 21:30:18 GMT Message-ID: <4jphta$err@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <4jnck0$2gf@news.citynet.net> In article <4jnck0$2gf@news.citynet.net>, wm8s@citynet.net says: > >Does anyone have a list of the Z-signals (on-line would be nice!) that are >(were?) used by the military on CW networks where amateurs use Q-signals? >It's been years since I was active in MARS; are they even still in use? A few years ago, another set of Z-signals for amateur use was proposed in QST (April 1, I believe). For example: ZSH - Do you have a hat with your name and callsign on it? / I have a hat with my name and callsign on it. ZST - Did you see _______ on TV last night? / I saw _______ on TV last night. I only remember those two; but there was about half a page of them and they were quite funny. Also some abbreviations for sending common rag-chewing phrases on CW were suggested. -Mike KD4QDM From amsoft@epix.net Fri Apr 05 17:17:59 1996 From: eugene@ loop.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Z Signals Date: 3 Apr 1996 04:13:01 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4jstsd$458@dobie.loop.com> References: <4jp3fr$300@canyon.sr.hp.com> > donrm@sr.hp.com (Don Montgomery) writes: > wm8s@citynet.net wrote: > > Does anyone have a list of the Z-signals (on-line would be nice!) that ar e > > This was called the ACP-131 when I was in the military. Maybe the > reference section of your local library has one. > > 73 > Don Montgomery, K6LTS > donrm@sr.hp.com > Pfc (Ret) USA SigC > > >>>> BOY THEY USED TO BE FUN TO TRY AND STUMP THE GUY AT THE OTHER END. ON TTY I U SED TO SEND A Z PROSIGN INSTEAD OF QRV, I USED A Z SIGN THAT MEANT "YOU ARE CLEARED FOR IMMEDIATE TAKE OFF", SURE CONFUSED SOME OF THE NAVY SHIPS I WAS RUNNING TRAFFIC TO! DE WB6HRO From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:17 1996 From: luke.smith@fatal.com (Luke Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 200 Mhz Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 19:07:44 GMT Message-ID: <96040716335326366@fatal.com> Distribution: world References: <4k14kb$468@news.jf.intel.com> Didn't parts of the 220 Mhz band get reassigned to some mobile radiotelephone service? -Luke From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:18 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: mack@ncifcrf.gov (Joe Mack) Subject: Announcement: Azimuthal Equidistant Projection Map Server Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 19:45:06 GMT Announcement: Azimuthal Equidistant Projection Map Server is at http://www.xray.duke.edu:1080/ This server will generate on-line X11 or downloadable GIF azimuthal equidistant maps according to your specifications (QTH, scale...). The server uses the GPL'ed package azproj10.zip, written by Michael NV3Z and myself, and which is available from nic.funet.fi/pub/ham/antenna and oak.oakland.edu/pub/hamradio/dos/ham-utils 73 de Joe NA3T FM19gq mack@ncifcrf.gov ------------------------------------------------------------ Here is the README file from AZPROJ Azproj v1.0 is a collection of postscript files and data files for generating azimuthal equidistance projections of the earth from (almost) any point on earth. It can plot color maps of the surface of the earth on any scale, draw and/or label grid squares, show worked grid squares on a band(s) of your choice, dxcc countries (and countries worked an a particular mode, eg CW/SSB), mountain tops, rovers, repeaters, beacons and can use NMEA input from a GPS receiver to center the map. Azproj can be run on ANY computer (Mac, PC/DOS/Win/DVX, Unix) and output to a postscript device (printer, ghostscript runing on a unix or DOS machine with a ghostscript compatible printer, eg HPcolor inkjets). Ghostscript will also allow display of the maps on screens. Although a rudimentary understanding of postscript will help in running azproj, sample .bat files are supplied to make initial maps and it should be possible to make simple changes to the az_ini.ps and *.bat files to get the maps you want. To display the maps on a screen or to use a non-postscript printer, you should first obtain ghostscript (available for PC (DOS, Win, DesqViewX) or Unix) from your favorite ftp site (try ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/ghost) The azproj files are GNU copylefted. Joe Mack NA3T, mack@ncifcrf.gov, mack@xray.duke.edu and Michael Katzmann NV3Z, michael@baa01285.slip.digex.net From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:20 1996 From: n7ory@primenet.com (Dungeon Master) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: any CB users? Date: 3 Apr 1996 14:39:01 -0700 Message-ID: <4jur5l$au2@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <7385393.ensmtp@news.pol.org> Valerie_Hanson@news.pol.org (Valerie Hanson) wrote: >I work for a market research company, and we are doing a project that may >involve the use of CB's. Anyone out there who uses/is knowledgeable about CB >radios? Time is short-I'd like to get your ideas ASAP. Perhaps I could help you. Ask away. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:21 1996 From: Brian Webb <102670.1206@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: aus.radio.amsat,de.comm.ham,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.space,uk.radio.amateur Subject: AO-27 Operational? Date: 7 Apr 1996 20:43:13 GMT Message-ID: <4k99d1$qds$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> Yesterday (Saturday 07 APR) I tried to receive the AO-27 downlink on 436.800 MHz, but didn't hear anything. I listened from 0900 local time to 1800 using a Radio Shack PRO-2006 scanner in FM narrow mode. The receiver was programmed to search from 436.750-436.850 MHz in 5 KHz increments. The antenna was an outdoor sloping dipole for 35 MHz (it works from 30-950 MHz). Also, my squelch was set very low so a weak signal would break squelch. Any idea what the problem is? Brian Webb, KD6NRP From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:22 1996 From: Andrew Mitchell Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: APRS and 50 MHz Propagation Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 18:06:01 -0500 Message-ID: <31606159.6BD1@bconnex.net> I'm interested in hearing from anyone who may be using or is interested in using APRS as a method of monitoring propagation on 50 MHz. Is there anyone operating APRS on 50 MHz? If so, what frequency are you using? 73, Andy -- "The brain is wonderful; it starts working the moment you get up and doesn't stop until you get to the office." - Robert Frost Andrew Mitchell, VA3CW - Barrie, ON CANADA amitchel@bconnex.net (ax.25) va3cw @ ve3fjb.#con.on.can.noam From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:23 1996 From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLP014 Propagation de KT7H Date: 6 Apr 1996 18:13:59 -0500 Message-ID: <$arlp014.1996@arrl.org> SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP014 ARLP014 Propagation de KT7H ZCZC AP35 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 14 ARLP014 From Tad Cook, KT7H Seattle, WA April 6, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP014 ARLP014 Propagation de KT7H Solar activity remains very low. Two days last week, March 30 and 31, had a zero sunspot count, and as this bulletin is being written a week later the Sun is again spotless. Over the next few weeks expect the solar flux to remain near 70, with possible mild geomagnetic disturbances centered around April 7 and April 17. 20 meters is the best daytime band, with the solar activity being too low to sustain much propagation on 15 meters or higher frequencies. 40 meters is the best band for worldwide communication at night, with low solar activity making this the best time of the solar cycle for 160 meters. Regarding the end of this solar cycle and progress toward the next one, the latest projections based upon current conditions and previous solar cycles suggest that for the next few months we will be at the sunspot number minimum. The minimum is centered around April through June of this year, with sunspot numbers reaching the Fall 1995 levels in February 1997. Previous bulletins have mentioned a 10.7 cm solar flux minimum centered around Spring of 1997, but the latest projection moves that period up a bit toward the current period. What it shows is a minimum based on an average flux of 72 for October 1996 through February 1997, with the flux also averaging 72 for June 1996. The projected flux for the dates in between is 73. Spring of 1998 should present a radically different picture. By then the average flux will be climbing toward 100, and 10, 12 and 15 meters should be alive with activity again. In April 1999 the average solar flux is projected at 158, and 192 is the value for April 1999. The next cycle is projected to peak around the turn of the century in August, 2000. Sunspot Numbers for March 28 through April 3 were 24, 22, 0, 0, 13, 14 and 14, with a mean of 12.4. 10.7 cm flux was 71.9, 70.5, 70.2, 70.1, 68.2, 70.7 and 71.1, with a mean of 70.4. NNNN /EX From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:24 1996 From: Vincent Biancomano Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: re: ARRL in FAVOR of no-code? Date: 5 Apr 1996 17:47:04 GMT Message-ID: <4k3mao$9e5@zeus.ieee.org> References: <4ju2mp$29g@crc-news.doc.ca> <4k0ofj$6ve$2@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> In response to Hans Brakob, who writes: >Vince is an editor, not a reporter. The job of editor, writer, and reporter all go into one in my particular case, Hans, and have for 20 years. It's unfortunate for you, but it's a problem you will have to live with. When you can provide evidence that the documentation I've provided is incorrect, then you will have a case. Otherwise, I must assume you are just another ARRL representative seeking no real solutions to the problems at hand, only singing the company line. Regards, Vince, WB2EZG Life Member, ARRL From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:25 1996 From: Vincent Biancomano Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARRL in FAVOR of no-code? Date: 5 Apr 1996 14:51:25 GMT Message-ID: <4k3c1d$39m@zeus.ieee.org> References: <4jou0g$bg3@zeus.ieee.org> <4k0o7p$6ve$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> The ENTIRE exchange of the earlier message posted by Hans Brakob: Vince writes: >There is likely to be an even larger gap between those >in the Amateur Service when and if a no-code HF license >becomes law. (To Vince): Two points: 1) This "gap" is self imposed. 2) It is rarely observed on the air, but permeates cyberspace. (Maybe it's a "cyber" gap and not a "real" gap.) Hans: It matters not whether the gap is self imposed or not. You'll have to cut to the chase, as you suggested several days ago, and collect "the best minds in ham radio" to secure a solution. The situation as it stands at this moment is out of hand. Fix it, or at least set up the mechanism to fix it. The time for fooling with this issue is over. No more time left! Regards, Vince, WB2EZG From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:26 1996 From: kc5egg@ix.netcom.com(Gerald Schmitt ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: re: ARRL in FAVOR of no-code? Date: 8 Apr 1996 07:25:18 GMT Message-ID: <4kaf0u$an3@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <4jng2i$sd0@arl-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> In <4jng2i$sd0@arl-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> <103520.355@compuserve.com> writes: > > > In response to Gary Coffman: > "Above 144 MHz" in my previous posting was intended to mean "220 MHz and above." > My reference was to the BAND, not the upper limit of frequencies. > > Regards, > Vince, WB2EZG Vince ol' Buddy, I notice you now post from Compuserve this peaks my interest. Did the IEEE toss you for excessive nitwitery? Just curious. By the way I did pass the code, biggest waste of time in my life. It sickens me to think of all the technical stuff I could have been doing in that wasted time. Now I think I will waste some time working to get the band plans changed. CW has far more bandwidth than it deserves. Based bandwidth required and number of actual users I think a 20% CW/ 80% other modes is more equitable. This seems like a good place for me to expend some of my excessive political energy. CUL 73 de KC5EGG\AA From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:27 1996 From: wb6siv@cyberg8t.com (Raymond Sarrio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Compare Rig Prices TODAY @ http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html Date: 6 Apr 1996 06:25:14 GMT Message-ID: The Raymond Sarrio Company's Ham Radio WWW site is proud to announce a FREE Ham Radio classified advertising page at http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html. This new classified section will allow Hams to search for equipement with the help of a search engine--no need to scroll through 100's of listing before you find that special piece of gear. Plus, when you find the gear your interested in, each listing comes with point-and-click e-mail access, direct to the Ham that listed the item. For those Hams with gear to sell, take note! It is absolutely FREE to list your equipment within Ham Classifieds, and there will be no posting time delays. Your posting will go on-line, in our classified search engine, immediately. All you need do is fill out a simple forms page, and upon its (point-and-click) submission, your "For Sale" advertisement is on-line within 1 hour. I will be purging the classified listing initially about once every month, but that timeline will shorten as our classified numbers go up. Give it a try, and let me know how you like it. 73's Ray -- The Raymond Sarrio Co. a full feature Ham Radio Storefront on tth WWW at http: //www.csz.com/sarrio in association with Brillar Enterprises http://win-win.co m/brillar an Extensive Discount CD-Rom Catalog! From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:28 1996 From: kd1yvjim@aol.com (KD1YVJim) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Connecticut QSO Party May 4-5, 1996 Date: 4 Apr 1996 18:26:42 -0500 Message-ID: <4k1lri$rak@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: kd1yvjim@aol.com (KD1YVJim) 1996 CONNECTICUT QSO PARTY - OPERATING RULES Connecticut QSO party, sponsored by the Candlewood ARA, 2000Z May 4 until 2000Z May 5, with a rest period 0400Z - 1200Z. Phone, RTTY and CW. Work stations once per band and mode, mobiles as they cross county lines. No repeater QSOs. Single operator, fixed/mobile, Novice, QRP(5W), Multi-single Multi-multi classes plus Connecticut club competition. Connecticut stations may contact other Connecticut stations for QSO/multiplier credit. Connecticut stations exchange report and county; others exchange report and state/province/DXCC country. CW - 40 KHz. up from lower band edges; Novices 25 KHz. up from low end; Phone - 1.860, 3.915, 7.280, 14.280, 21.380 28.380. VHF - 50.150, 144.200, 146.580. RTTY - Normal RTTY Bands (No WARC Bands) Score one point per phone, RTTY QSO and two points per CW QSO. QSOs with club station W1QI and ARRL HQ station W1AW count 5 points. Connecticut stations multiply QSO points by states/ provinces/Connecticut counties worked (DX only one multiplier); others multiply by Connecticut counties worked. Plaques and certificates (100 point minimum). Special certificate for working all 8 Connecticut counties. Send entry and SASE for results by June 5 to CARA, P.O. Box 3441, Danbury CT 06813-3441. Good luck and 73 de Jim, KD1YV From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:29 1996 From: derry@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu (John Derry) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CQ, CQ, CQ... Date: 4 Apr 1996 13:56:18 GMT Message-ID: <4k0ke2$j97@yakko.cs.rose-hulman.edu> Howdy, Now there's this bunch of no-code techs telling us that you can't call CQ anymore. My advice to you is to just ignore these archaic calls and let the caller be answered by someone who knows what it means. My favorite is the person who answers your CQ with, "How can I help you?" My reply is, "You can mow my yard, rotate my tires, and loan me some money." 73 de Jack, K9CUN ================================================================== "A handie talkie and a belt clip is not an amateur radio station." - Anon. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:30 1996 From: jgarver@ichips.intel.com (Jim Garver) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CQ, CQ, CQ... Date: 9 Apr 1996 15:29:37 GMT Message-ID: <4kdvp1$on4@news.jf.intel.com> References: <4k0ke2$j97@yakko.cs.rose-hulman.edu> >Howdy, Howdy yerself. I just had to answer yer CQ... >Now there's this bunch of no-code techs telling us that you can't call CQ >anymore. Well, way back in 1973... some guy pulled up to the shop who knew I was a ham and showed me his new mobile radio. "Works through repeaters", he told me. So I grabbed the mic and spewed out about 15 CQ's followed by my call sign. Some guy comes on and tells me about how I'm not supposed to be calling CQ and should simply say my callsign followed by 'monitoring'. Once. I was not impressed. Didn't seem like no ham radio to me. So I don't think you can blame it all on the godless techs, Jack. >"A handie talkie and a belt clip is not an amateur radio station." Nope. You need a gun too, according to Burt. 73 de WA7LDV -- jgarver@ichips.intel.com I don't speak for Intel From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:31 1996 From: Jim Reid Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RE:CW and HF FASC Committee Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 13:02:45 -1000 Message-ID: <3165A695.68AD@aloha.net> Bob, Pleased about your reaction. It is good that among the committee are both New Zealand and Aussies hams; the chairman is a VK. And the French are very anti-NZART. So, if enuf pressure to retain CW were to come from US hams to the ARRL, I believe they will suppot its retention as a req. One responder has ventured the thot that EU will, in fact, be the deciding opinion; and that they will insist on keeping the CW req for HF operations rights and be willing to give it up ONLY at the cost of more amateur frequency bandwidth at or around 5 and 7 mHz, and the retention for many years of set aside CW mode bandwidth, regardless of the req for CW skill as a license priviledge at HF. Am sure many such suggestions will come forward over the next couple of years. 73, Jim, AH6NB From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:33 1996 From: walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 09:03:39 GMT Message-ID: <4kakto$j97@tube.news.pipex.net> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <4j8r2i$2e8@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk><4ju4em$qdt@tube.news.pipex.net> <4k0e3j$74o@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <56@pplace.win.net> pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) wrote: >And since the internet is open and >not censored, **** em. I wouldn't say that on two meters, ten >meters or even 20 meters, but it is NOT against the policy here, I >believe. You bet you wouldn't say it on the air, or you would have an FCC citation in the mail next morning .... yes, even in your beloved "Land of the Free". As someone has already pointed out, the US Constitution's First Amendment does not apply in the United Kingdom. As its principal use nowadays seems to be to justify antisocial behaviour (and just plain rudeness), I think we are fortunate in *not* having a First Amendment here! 73 de G3NYY (who is old-fashioned enough to believe that the indiscriminate use of four-letter expletives demonstrates a lamentable lack of literacy) -- Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk 100523.1414@compuserve.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:34 1996 From: Frank Erskine Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 18:39:43 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article <56@pplace.win.net>, Patrick Wilson writes >I wouldn't say that on two meters, ten ~~~~~~ >meters or even 20 meters, but it is NOT against the policy here, I ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ >believe. Are these similar to voltmetres? ;-) -- Frank Erskine Sunderland From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:35 1996 From: David Hough Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? Date: Mon, 08 Apr 96 18:10:07 GMT Message-ID: <829012207snx@llondel.demon.co.uk> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <4j8r2i$2e8@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk><4ju4em$qdt@tube.news.pipex.net> <4k0e3j$74o@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) writes: > > 73 de G3NYY > (who is old-fashioned enough to believe that the indiscriminate use of > four-letter expletives demonstrates a lamentable lack of literacy) > I'm not old-fashioned but I agree with the above statement. I don't always agree with Walt but he has my support on this one! Dave -- dave@llondel.demon.co.uk Any advice above is worth what I paid for it. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:36 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Message-ID: <58@pplace.win.net> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <4j8r2i$2e8@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk><4ju4em$qdt@tube.news.pipex.net> <4k0e3j$74o@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <56@pplace.win.net>< Reply-To: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) From: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 22:18:46 GMT Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? I couldn't agree with you more. The only other place in the world I would like to live is in Great Britian. Of course, they never use adjectives or adverbs that are not to a particular liking. But, bugger the hole bunch. I bet I could find a few expletives deleted somewhere in the old monarchy. What say you? >You bet you wouldn't say it on the air, or you would have an FCC >citation in the mail next morning .... yes, even in your beloved "Land >of the Free". Not sure that would happen here gov. The Land of the Free, as you call it, has slipped to a new low in policing the air. Seems the old first ammendment is rearing it's ugly head there too. Wondering if fornication or (FUCK, for the less intelligent) is really pornography or just in the mind. Seems to be in the ear/eye of the beholder > >As someone has already pointed out, the US Constitution's First >Amendment does not apply in the United Kingdom. As its principal use >nowadays seems to be to justify antisocial behaviour (and just plain >rudeness), I think we are fortunate in *not* having a First Amendment >here! I think you are lucky, then we would have 'ad to come up with something else to fight about, wouldn't we? > >73 de G3NYY >(who is old-fashioned enough to believe that the indiscriminate use of >four-letter expletives demonstrates a lamentable lack of literacy) > >-- >Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk > 100523.1414@compuserve.com I agree, the indiscriminate use is poor taste. However the discriminate use is very handy, wouldn't you say? From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:38 1996 From: rice@ttd.teradyne.com (John Rice) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: 3 Apr 96 13:46:21 CDT Message-ID: <1996Apr3.134621.1@ttd.teradyne.com> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <4j8r2i$2e8@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4jb82l$r4g@news.sas.ab.ca> <4jopht$79i@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> In article <4jopht$79i@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk>, d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (David) writes : >So why did someone reply back to my original posting saying things >should be back like the good old days then? Seems to me you have to be a >stereotype to operate a ham radio? That's what I mean!! Maybe because in the 'good old days', Ham Radio was a 'Gentlemans Hobby'. Ham Radio Operators treated each other with courtesy and tact. If this is a 'stereotype', then it's one that I hope I'm still equated to. Obviously this is no longer true (just listen to 80m on a 'good night'). Sad, but true. > So don't go twisting my words around and making me into things I am > not for you must be a so-called bigot too then, won't you? I don't think anyone is trying to 'twist' your words. You are making yourself clear enough. You seem to only wish to hear what you 'want' to hear and don't seem to be too interested in others points of view. You need to keep an open mind and not take 'rantings' personally. -------- John Rice - K9IJ | "I speak for myself, not my employer". k9ij@avsoft.com | Miracles, Magic and Sleight-of-hand done here. k9ij@amsat.org | Licensed since 1959 (708)-438-5065 - (bbs ) | Ex: K8YZR, KH6GHC, WB9CSP, W9MMB, WA1TXV From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:40 1996 From: David Husband Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 13:07:40 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article <4k0e3j$74o@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk>, David writes >I've been watching you around this newsgroup. >You read what other people have to say and then you say something like >more people ought to have some respect and manners on here. > >Walt, you are the ****ing Percy sugden of the Internet. > >You are sucha hypocritical bastard!!! other abuse snipped.. I don't know what is accepted on rec.radio.amateur.misc, but I don't think what you have said above is really acceptable in uk.radio.amateur What you said does not offend me personally, but it does create a very bad impression of yourself and I don't think others want this sort of silly outburst posted in this group. (uk.radio.amateur) I've been around in radio for a long time (I don't regard myself as an "old fart" at 42, but these things are all relative...) and you have to learn to tolerate other people's position and views --- hard, sometimes, I know -- and try to keep a sense of humour.... That's what Amateur Radio and The Internet is all about.. I can't help noticing that people who are afraid of revealing their identities are very often abusive... Go and have a lie down in a darkened room for an hour or so and you will soon feel better.... !! Regards.. -- David Husband, G8HJT, Portland, Dorset 01305 826900 0973 625969 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:41 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Message-ID: <4k04tb$74o@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> From: d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (David) Date: 4 Apr 1996 09:31:23 GMT References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article <4jiikb$jfo@access1.digex.net>, rdd@access1.digex.net (R. D. Davis) says: > >In article <3150503D.5B58@rsvl.unisys.com>, >Edward Stafford wrote: >>A.R. Duell wrote: >>snip >>> >>> AFAIK there's no practical in the Radio Amateur Exam in the UK. There is >>> (I think) in the novice test, but not for the full thing. IMHO this is >>> wrong.... >>> If you think it is wrong why did you write it? Are you trying to say >>that you disagree? What are you doing at Cambridge? Are you making a >>delivery? Are there no longer any literacy requirements for entrance? > >Mr. Stafford, I think that you're unfairly misjudging Mr. Duell; if >you were familiar with the many excellent postings of his to various >Usenet newsgroups, you'd not have posted the above reply. We're most >fortunate to have people with his technical expertise here posting to >Usenet newsroups, who are very helpful to others. Cambridge is most >fortunate to have him there. In the future, please kindly reserve >your snide flames for those those who deserve them. > >-- >R. D. Davis * http://www.access.digex.net/~rdd \Computer preservationist . >Home: +1 410 744-7964 * Eccentrics have more fun! :-)\Unwanted systems gladly >Unconventional Computer Consulting & PERQ Software, \disassembled, removed >divs. of Transpower Industries, Inc. +1 410 744-4900 \for free and preserve d. I agree completely with what RD Davis has said above. I'm the guy who original ly enquired if teh test has any practical work. If it wasn't for the likes of A R Durell replying to me both in this newsgroup and personally through e-mail then I'd be a lot more in the dark concerning the requirents of the test than I am now. Someone takes the time and trouble to reply and help a fellow radio enthu siast in need and the only thing other people can do except saying 'Well done' is critiscise him. Come on fellas, tht's just not on, especially in a serious newsgroup like this one. If you want to make those sort of childish remarks save it for the newsgroup w hich talks about childrens television. David. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:43 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Message-ID: <4k0e3j$74o@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> From: d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (David) Date: 4 Apr 1996 12:08:19 GMT References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article <4ju4em$qdt@tube.news.pipex.net>, walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidso n) says: > >d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk: > >>If I do release my individuality onto here then I'll get a stream >>of old farts telling me that I ought to do this or I ought to do >>that. I'm not that kinda guy. I am shy, quiet and anonymous. That is the >>essence of what i am. > >What you are? A coward? > >Yes, well like all anonymous letters, your posting went straight into my >electronic waste paper basket. > >-- >Walt Davidson So Mr. Walt Davidson you like putting things in the waste paper basket that you don't agree with. I've been watching you around this newsgroup. You read what other people have to say and then you say something like more people ought to have some respect and manners on here. Walt, you are the ****ing Percy sugden of the Internet. You are sucha hypocritical bastard!!! To anyone who doesn't believe what I have just said read the following which i s an extract from a typical Walt Davidson reply: "Don't you know what a kill-file is? A heavy iron file, used for killing precocious 11-year-old readers of obscene radio-related news articles?" -- So Mr Walt Davidson, you like to spout off at other people, but you say things like this - about killing 11 year old precocious children with heavy iron file s. Are you fucking thick or something. We've just had the Dunblane massacre where 19 children were killed and 10 others seriously injured by a middle-aged self- confessed homosexual pervert. A strong feeling tells me you fall into this cat egory. you come on here telling other people off and then you go and saying something as bloody insensitive as that! Anybody who wants to read the original article posted by this middle aged PRAT with tendencies of violence can read it in this newsgroup just to see what sort of a man this Walt Davidson really is. The article number is 47545. So Mr fucking ******* Walt Davidson. In an earlier article you accused me of b eing anti-social. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO'S ANTI-SOCIAL JUST LOOK IN THE FUCKING MI RROR! I'm sorry about the language I've used in this posting, but its deemed to be n ecessary because the sooner people like Walt Davidson are ejected from serious subject newsgroups like this where people come to talk about ham radioand not about killing 11 ye ar olds with iron files the sooner we'll have more people looking in on here. Oh yes, one last thing before I go Mr. Walt Davidson. You said in an article e arlier that radio should be for the young and old alike. So what are you doing saying you want to kill eleven year old children with an iron-file? You probably only want to kill children because they won't succumb to your per verse sexual practises!!! Honestly people like you making me ******* sick! David. AKA The Walt Davidson fuck off support group. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:44 1996 From: lskip Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Forget the Morse Code Date: 2 Apr 1996 18:17:46 GMT Message-ID: <4jrr0a$dk5@is05.micron.net> References: <960325180020636@basselope.org> > I view ham radio as providing very little in *real* public service. Those > days are far in the past. Parades and track meets, etc. went on perfectly > well before we developed 2m FM. > Ken, Sorry that this has evidently happened in your area. However, you should remem ber that it may not be the same elsewhere. Here in Idaho in the last several years, we have been providing NE EDED communication help. During one widlfire season two years ago, the Forest Service asked for our help. This, e ven though the location was a relatively short distance from the National Interagency Fire Center with its state-of-the -art communications equipment. We have also helped during other bad wildfire seasons, and provided the main communica tions in some areas during the recent floods. We have also been asked by the National Weather Service, as well as v arious search-and-rescue and law-enforcement groups, to assist with communications. Possibly you just li ve in the wrong part of the country. 73, Skip KL7IXX From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:45 1996 From: claude@bauv.unibw-muenchen.de (Claude Frantz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: German Hamfest Date: 1 Apr 96 09:10:05 GMT Message-ID: References: <4jgo0n$hhm@madeline.INS.CWRU.Edu> Reply-To: claude@bauv106.bauv.unibw-muenchen.de dl278@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William J. Graham) writes: >Would someone tell me when the big German hamfest is this year? It is 28 to 30 June in Friedrichshafen. Another one is in autumn in Weinheim. -- Claude (claude@bauv106.bauv.unibw-muenchen.de) The opinions expressed above represent those of the writer and not necessarily those of her employer. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:46 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jangus@netcom.com (Jeffrey D. Angus) Subject: Re: Glass Mounted Mobile Antennas? Message-ID: References: <316334e9.51955981@news.bright.net> <1996apr4.161828.9033@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4k19pc$hjk@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 01:37:24 GMT VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) writes: > What a great idea! I'm amazed that I never thought of that! > -Drew in Sunny Central Florida- Somehow, it doesn't amaze us at all. -- Amateur: WA6FWI@WA6FWI.#SOCA.CA.USA.NA | "It is difficult to imagine our Internet: jangus@skyld.grendel.com | universe run by a single omni- US Mail: PO Box 4425 Carson, CA 90749 | potent god. I see it more as a Phone: 1 (310) 324-6080 | badly run corporation." From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:47 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Good Logging Program? Message-ID: <3165a81e.7907275@COBRA.UNI.EDU> From: JP10842@WWW.CEDARNET.ORG (Joe Paricka) Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 23:11:50 GMT Can anyone refer me to a good HF QSO logging program that is accessable for download from the internet? It can be DOS, or Windows. Any information will be appreciated! Thanks and 73's N0ZYA <> From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:47 1996 From: w7el@teleport.com (Roy Lewallen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: GPS - ACCURACY Date: Fri, 05 Apr 96 19:10:38 GMT Message-ID: <4k3r5g$fup@nadine.teleport.com> References: <4jqm3j$arf@news.calweb.com> <4jshon$u1@guava.epix.net> In article <4jshon$u1@guava.epix.net>, obrienaj@news.epix.net (Andrew OBrien) wrote: >The US Govt announced via VP Al Gore that they will stop the military >error encoding for commercial/amateur use of GPS in 4-5 years time. And this makes everyone happy. The civilian users are happy because they think SA will actually be terminated. The military is happy because it isn't. And the political administration is happy because they'll be out of office when the time is up so they don't have to keep (or be blamed for not keeping) their promise. And nothing actually has to be done. A win-win-win. Roy Lewallen, W7EL From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:48 1996 From: sanddral@aol.com (SandDRal) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap Subject: Re: GrandFather left 2 Garages full of Stuff Date: 1 Apr 1996 20:30:28 -0500 Message-ID: <4jpvvk$5lc@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: sanddral@aol.com (SandDRal) Todate the 800 phone number is not working, good luck. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:49 1996 From: luke.smith@fatal.com (Luke Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ham Bands Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 19:16:22 GMT Message-ID: <96040716335326367@fatal.com> Distribution: world This is probably listed in the FAQ for this newsgroup, (I don't know where to find a copy of the FAQ since I receive just a usenet feed, but anyhow.... What are the ham bands available and what modes can you transmit on them. -Luke From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:50 1996 From: tom Medlin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham Bands Date: 8 Apr 1996 19:03:51 GMT Message-ID: <4kbnun$l4e@tribune.concentric.net> References: <96040716335326367@fatal.com> To: luke.smith@fatal.com There are a lot of ham bands and it also depends on what type license you have ast to which ones you can use and what modes of operation you can use. if you are just inquiring as to what modes you will hear, you will hear ssb, cw, and maybe very few am on the hf bands 3.5-4.0 mhz, 7.0-7.3 mhz, 14.0-14.350 mhz, 21.0-21.350mhz, 28.0-28.5 mhz. on the vhf bands 50mhz and higher you will find fm, ssb and packet. you can go to my home page and it has links to amateur radio that will help you get better and more detailed info on this. go to http://www.cris.com/~tcmedlin From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:51 1996 From: hopken@interaccess.com (Ken Hopkins) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ham Radio & The American Red Cross Date: 4 Apr 1996 22:57:38 GMT Message-ID: <4k1k52$3fu@nntp.interaccess.com> Hi. I'm giving a talk later this year on the general subject of how Ham Radio and the Red Cross can work together during disaster. If you have either specific experience or thoughts on the subject, I'd love to hear from you. Just drop me an e-mail and thanks for your help! Ken WA9WCP From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:52 1996 From: pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HAM RADIO IS A CALLING Date: 7 Apr 1996 08:35:20 GMT Message-ID: <4k7uo8$ln3@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> References: <8BD90B7.00290047A8.uuout@hobbs.com> <4jjg2r$bqp@cloner3.netcom.com> Tim Hynde ka8ddz qrp/Rochester, MI (timhynde@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : Right on! I got into radio because I had an interest in short wave and : communications, not because someone "sold" it to me. Why are so many : pre-occupied with marketing our hobby? Are they having trouble drumming : up a QSO on 40m? : Tim, ka8ddz No touble drumming up QSO's Tim. The ARRL, W5YI, Gordon West and a bunch of other people are just looking for some new suckers, opps, I mean customers........ 73, Jim KH2D From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:53 1996 From: CrACKeD Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HAM RADIO IS A CALLING Date: 5 Apr 1996 20:41:01 -0700 Message-ID: References: <8BD71AA.0029004727.uuout@hobbs.com> <96Apr5.172629hwt.264422@uhunix5.its.Hawaii.Edu> > >Really? Well, I guess no-coders like me (who participate in community > >service events often as well as club activities) are pretty worthless, > >eh? Get a clue. > > You could do the same with a CB radio or a GMRS HT. According to > Part 97.1, having been awarded an amateur license is supposed to > imply something about one's technical ability, not yaking on a > rptr. And there is no reason to say no-coders have limited technical ability. Take me for example. The reason why I see it pointless to upgrade is because I don't like HF. That's basically all upgrading gives you extra privledges for. Of course, I'm just going to upgrade for the heck of it, maily because of people like yourself who look at no-coders as morons. > Why the silencer? So nobody will hear me when...well, nevermind. _ ____________.--------. \`' __________|________| / [_(__] | | WWW Site: http://www.primenet.com/~cracked .' .' FTP Site: ftp.primenet.com/users/c/cracked |____| PGP Public Key Block Available Via Finger From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:54 1996 From: wa4pgm@moonstar.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham WWW Home Pages Date: Sat, 06 Apr 96 12:11:32 EDT Message-ID: References: <3166AE72.69F6@fgi.net> In Article<3166AE72.69F6@fgi.net>, write: > Path: news1.mnsinc.com!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!n ews.fgi.net!usenet > From: "Brian D. Morgan" > Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc > Subject: Ham WWW Home Pages > Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 09:48:34 -0800 > Organization: Internet Consultants of Springfield > Lines: 10 > Message-ID: <3166AE72.69F6@fgi.net> > Reply-To: bmorgan@fgi.net > NNTP-Posting-Host: nb215.fgi.net > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0B2 (Win16; I) > > I am still collecting URL's of ham radio home pages. I would appreciate a link from > yours. My URL is listed in the signature. > > Regards, > -- > > Brian D. Morgan, CPBE > Internet Consultants of Springfield > http://www.fgi.net/~bmorgan/wa9iaf.htm > bmorgan@fgi.net 217-698-5970 Hello Brian, Check out my pages, have been adding new stuff daily. Also have quite a few more links to add, hopefully all will be in there by the end of next week. 73 Kyle WA4PGM www.moonstar.com/~wa4pgm/welcome From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:55 1996 From: Tom Medlin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham WWW Home Pages Date: 6 Apr 1996 19:11:53 GMT Message-ID: <4k6flp$7ng@tribune.concentric.net> References: <3166AE72.69F6@fgi.net> I have just finished my new home page. it has pictures of my ham shack and links to arrl, nasa, doppler radar and much more. please add it to all of your pages as links if you like. thanks, tom my page is http://www.cris.com/~tcmedlin From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:56 1996 From: Ken Yu Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re:Help 900mhz Spectra programming. Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 17:13:59 -0700 Message-ID: <31685A47.2810@lafn.org> >I have a motorola spectra 900mhz b5 and b7 mobile radio and programming >software. Need help how to re-program this radio to ham >freq.(902-928mhz)Any help is graetly appreciated. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:56 1996 From: CrACKeD Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Help Wanted With FT-708R Date: 6 Apr 1996 20:36:01 -0700 Message-ID: <4k7d71$cs@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> How can I change the subaudible tones on a Yeasu FT-708R via the keypad? It's not too easy to figure out without a manual. _ ____________.--------. \`' __________|________| / [_(__] | | WWW Site: http://www.primenet.com/~cracked .' .' FTP Site: ftp.primenet.com/users/c/cracked |____| PGP Public Key Block Available Via Finger From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:57 1996 From: Tom Medlin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Help: New to Amateur Radio...... Date: 8 Apr 1996 00:45:05 GMT Message-ID: <4k9nih$co@tribune.concentric.net> References: <1996Apr7.142023.117289@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> To: aleung@engr.ukans.edu Hi Artur .. well i hit this tab key and it sent this post before i got my addressed typed in. for information on how to get your ham license go to my home page at http://www.cris.com/~tcmedlin From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:58 1996 From: mulveyr@ll.aa2ys.ampr.org (Rich Mulvey) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Help: New to Amateur Radio...... Date: 7 Apr 1996 23:06:56 GMT Message-ID: References: <1996Apr7.142023.117289@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Reply-To: mulveyr@vivanet.com On Mon, 08 Apr 1996 07:16:51 GMT, Artur Leung wrote: >Hi, > > I am an Electrical Engineer and am new to this Amateur Radio >field. Can anyone tell me how I can get started? What should I do >now? > Any information is welcome. > Artur: Try calling the American Radio Relay League ( ARRL ) in Newington, CT. The y have free information packages for people who are interested in getting into amateur radio. - Rich --- Rich Mulvey, aa2ys Rochester, NY USA mulveyr@vivanet.com aa2ys@net.wb2psi.ampr.org aa2ys@wb2psi.#wny.ny.us From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:53:59 1996 From: ecgallup@mlode.com (Ed Gallup) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: How do I run 50 ohm wire thru the wall? Date: Fri, 05 Apr 96 22:21:25 GMT Message-ID: <4k469k$ju@news.wco.com> References: <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> <1996Mar28.171001.6814@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4jkv70$e2a@server.cntfl.com> <1996Apr1.220405.503@nad.com> <4k1dnc$2og@news.wco.com> In article <4k1dnc$2og@news.wco.com>, ecgallup@mlode.com (Ed Gallup) wrote: >>>>In article <4jd51d$kon@news0.rain.rg.net> joes@halsey.com (Joe Sullivan) >writes: >>>>>I am remodeling my garage into living space and a Ham shack. What is the >>>>>recommended way to run coax thru the wall? > > In all reality, just drill a large (~ 2") hole in the wall when it is >complete and stick in a nice white PVC pipe section with flange fittings slid >over each end to hold firmly in place. Presents a fairly aesthetic appearance >and is functional. > > Ed WB6SAT ecgallup@mlode.com I must point out, in light of the safety inspection discussion on this subject, that I have three 8 foot ground rods driven in the ground outside this antenna cable port, and that all cables goe through lightning arrestors which are bussed to this ground system before they enter the house. Ed WB6SAT From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:00 1996 From: gfiber@halcyon.com (Gary Fiber) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ICOM 706 DC Power Plug Availability? Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 13:34:21 GMT Message-ID: <4k37sl$eam@news.halcyon.com> References: radke@radke.seanet.com (Howard Radke) wrote: >I have been looking for a source for 706 12 volt connectors so that I can >make up some extra power cords, but to no avail. The plug apparently comes >from a Japanese supplier (JST). I located thier distributer here in >Seattle, but their catalogue does not show the connector used on the 706. >Has anyone out there been successful in locating a source for these >connectors? Of course the local dealer will sell me an ICOM DC power cord >for $23.00. >73, > Howard N7TI >-- >Howard Radke - N7TI >radke@radke.seanet.com Howard, You can pirchase the connector and pins only directly from ICOM, you do not need to purchase the entire cord. Gary From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:02 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jrosenw@pgh.nauticom.net (Johnny) Subject: Re: ICOM 765 MODS Message-ID: Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 11:42:34 GMT References: <4jhlvl$mla@News2.Lakes.com> <4k2qit$kl3@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> Jim Kehler (pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net) wrote: : Which brings up a good question, something I have wondered about for : years. Why is it that we 'hams', most of us being employed in fields : other than electronics design, and few of us being capable of building : our own equipment, think that the first thing we should do with a new : $2000.00 radio that was designed and manufactured by professionals, is : to open the cover and MODIFY it so that it works better ? I never see : anyone asking for TV or refrigerator mods or toaster mods, do those : things all work correctly out of the box ? You never know, maybe there : is a diode in my TV that I could clip and start watching channels I : never dreamed of, or a diode in my toaster that I could clip that would : make the bagels pop out with cream cheese already on them ? : Does anyone have any historical data on the phenomemon of MODS ? Jim, Great question. I posted that same question, (only not so eloquently). I had a lot of people who said I was an idoit (only not so eloquently). A few people, however, did try to respond with more than an insult. A lot of people tried to rationalize it with reasons such as "I want to use my new $2k rig as a signal generator so I can fix my $25 handheld" when they could get a proper signal generator for about $10 at a hamfest. Some wanted to use it for MARS, but I guess they didn't know that they could call the manufacturer who would supply that information for free. Some wanted to take the rig overseas where the band allocations are different. This point was probably the only valid reason that anyone pointed out. But I would suspect that even in the case where the manufacturer made firmware allowance for this, that most of those requesting the mods were after something else anyway. A few wanted their rig to pull 'double duty' and use it in another service as well as in the ham bands. I wonder if they ever checked into those other services to find out if type acceptance was a requirement or not. In short, almost every response was very lame, with the rare exception. Maybe they think that it adds re-sale value. I don't know if that is true or not, but in today's world, I don't know that I would really want to buy a used rig if I had questions on the seller's integrity. I think that most hams just think it is sexy to tell their friends that their new rig is a 0-30Mhz general coverage transmitter. And they are willing to make the occasional mistake at 3am when their eyes can't focus, and transmit out of band, and maybe get an NAL. I have a real problem with anyone who goes out and spends $2k on a rig and then immediately gets on Usenet asking for mods. I guess the best thing that happened as a result of my questioning this was that I got put into a lot of peoples 'kill' files. ;-) Oh, the discussion did take a positive turn and people started asking if transmitting into a dummy load was really 'transmitting'. I don't recall that there was a defacto answer, but the discussion was good anyway. 73 John NM3P From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:04 1996 From: n7ory@primenet.com (Dungeon Master) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: If you own a gun and you are a ham Date: 8 Apr 1996 08:06:01 -0700 Message-ID: <4kba0p$gr7@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <315EA17D.2877@ccsnet.com> <4k61id$1ic@news.voicenet.com> ka3vsp@voicenet.com (Brian Pasternak) wrote: >Burt Fisher wrote: >>You are a double wimp. You need the gun to replace >>the part on your body that is dormant and you use >>the ham radio to play the Wizard of Oz >>-- >>#================#=====================================================#| B urt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | >>| Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | >>| K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | >>#================#=====================================================#| k1 oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | >>#======================================================================# >>Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for >>bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) >Well, it seems that Burt is proof that little minds have little >thoughts. >Have a good one! I do! >Brian Pasternak, KA3VSP. I agree. It seems that "burt" uses his computer behind the curtain, and not the microphone. But remember, little people must stand on a soap-box to be on the same level as others, otherwise, no one even notices them. (GRIN) LOL Rob N7ORY Glendale, Arizona DM33VM N7ORY@KC7Y.AZ.US.NOAM 28.390 USB, 52.525(s), 146.54(s), 442.85+, http://www.primenet.com/~n7ory/index.html From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:04 1996 From: Robert Tanton Newsgroups: aus.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: IPS Daily Report - 03 April 96 Date: 5 Apr 1996 18:44:43 GMT Message-ID: <4k3pmr$siu@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> References: <4jv0ik$2cj@flare.syd.ips.oz.au> To: http://www.ips.gov.au//rwc I am expecting one of the largest solar flares ever observed to occur on Sat. 4-6-96 @1733 GMT . This flare will play havoc with world communication and satellites. Robert Tanton 113/1178 Tampa From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:05 1996 From: dnorris@k7no.com Newsgroups: aus.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: IPS Daily Report - 03 April 96 Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 22:35:00 GMT Message-ID: <4k6kf9$muj@news.syspac.com> References: <4jv0ik$2cj@flare.syd.ips.oz.au> <4k3pmr$siu@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> Robert Tanton wrote: >I am expecting one of the largest solar flares ever observed to occur on >Sat. 4-6-96 @1733 GMT . This flare will play havoc with world >communication and satellites. >Robert Tanton >113/1178 >Tampa Currently 4-6-96 2230 Z. Helloooooo flare???? C. Dean Norris Amateur Radio Station K7NO e-mail to dnorris@k7no.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:06 1996 From: AA3JD@.epix.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: KENWOOD TH22AT MOD.. Date: Fri, 05 Apr 96 20:36:12 PDT Message-ID: Does anyone know where I can get the procedure to modify the TH22 for full band coverage..?? Thanks Gary From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:07 1996 From: swt@lava.net (Steve W. Teegarden ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Las Vegas / Nevada Repeater Freq. Date: Sun, 07 Apr 96 06:44:54 GMT Message-ID: <4k7o6u$208@mochi.lava.net> Aloha, I'm considering relocating to Las Vegas, and would appricate any information on the Freqs for local repeaters, both Las Vegas, and State wide. Both VHF and UHF. Any thoughts or recommedations are appricated ! 73's Steve WH6IC swt@lava.net From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:08 1996 From: Russell Chandler Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Manual Source Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 16:43:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: I am now the owner of a Tempo 2020 by Uniden. Can someone point me to a possible source for obtaining an operators manual? Russell From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:09 1996 From: nenad@athene.cs.rice.edu (Nenad Nedeljkovic) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Mobile Telephone Service via Radio? Date: 7 Apr 1996 03:40:06 GMT Message-ID: <4k7dem$8d7@larry.rice.edu> A cousin of mine lives in Yugoslavia, where the cellular phone service is non-existent. He claims that it is possible to use radio connections to establish mobile telephone service. Apparently, one unit and an antenna would go on the car, and the other unit would be somehow hooked up to his regular phone line. The power output would be 50W (for the base station?) and the range around 50 miles. He's seen this work for other people, but he has no clue about radio technology (and neither do I). Despite the fact that he can't precisely describe the necessary equipment, he wants me to buy it for him. Can somebody please help me figure out how this is supposed to work (if at all), and what kind of equipment is needed. Thanks. -- Nenad Nedeljkovic URL: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~nenad Graduate Student E-mail: nenad@cs.rice.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: + [1] (713) 527-8750 ext.2731 Rice University Fax: + [1] (713) 285-5136 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:10 1996 From: Will Flor Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mobile Telephone Service via Radio? Date: 7 Apr 1996 04:09:26 GMT Message-ID: <4k7f5m$iql@news.inc.net> References: <4k7dem$8d7@larry.rice.edu> nenad@athene.cs.rice.edu (Nenad Nedeljkovic) wrote: >A cousin of mine lives in Yugoslavia, where the cellular phone >service is non-existent. He claims that it is possible to use >radio connections to establish mobile telephone service. >Apparently, one unit and an antenna would go on the car, and >the other unit would be somehow hooked up to his regular phone >line. The power output would be 50W (for the base station?) >and the range around 50 miles. > >He's seen this work for other people, but he has no clue about >radio technology (and neither do I). Despite the fact that he >can't precisely describe the necessary equipment, he wants me >to buy it for him. > >Can somebody please help me figure out how this is supposed to >work (if at all), and what kind of equipment is needed. > What you need is called a "simplex phone patch." They're readily available at ham radio stores, and come from many vendors, at many prices. You can hook one up to an HF rig or a VHF set, which is probably what your friend has in mind. The device goes at the base station; the unit in the car is just a regular radio, although it will have to have a keypad for entering phone numbers and remote control of the phone patch itself. I'm sure you'll get other answers which will shed more light on the answer. 73 de Will KB9JTT From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:11 1996 From: cassidy@elvis.rowan.edu (Kyle Cassidy) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: my upgrade never arrived - wt do I do? Date: 4 Apr 1996 22:43:57 GMT Message-ID: <4k1jbd$l9i@cobain.rowan.edu> About a year ago, I upgraded to general. Although my new class appears in the callbooks, I never recieved an upgraded license. who do i call? (whom do i call?) i'm not terribly concerned about it, but i bother to learn code for it.... thanks, kc -- this is my sig From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:12 1996 From: dmills@interaccess.com (Don Mills) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: my upgrade never arrived - wt do I do? Date: 5 Apr 1996 03:15:25 GMT Message-ID: References: <4k1jbd$l9i@cobain.rowan.edu> In article <4k1jbd$l9i@cobain.rowan.edu>, cassidy@elvis.rowan.edu (Kyle Cassidy) wrote: > About a year ago, I upgraded to general. Although my new class appears in > the callbooks, I never recieved an upgraded license. who do i call? (whom > do i call?) i'm not terribly concerned about it, but i bother to learn > code for it.... > > thanks, > > kc > > > -- > this is my sig You're right, it's no big deal, but if nothing else you will need it some day to upgrade or renew. If you want to look it up, it's section 97.29 -- but what it says is to send a letter explaining what happened (or in this case, didn't) to: FCC 1270 Fairfield Rd. Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245. Vy 73, Don K9DM From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:13 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: my upgrade never arrived - wt do I do? Message-ID: <1996Apr5.153338.13300@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4k1jbd$l9i@cobain.rowan.edu> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 15:33:38 GMT In article <4k1jbd$l9i@cobain.rowan.edu> cassidy@elvis.rowan.edu (Kyle Cassidy ) writes: >About a year ago, I upgraded to general. Although my new class appears in >the callbooks, I never recieved an upgraded license. who do i call? (whom >do i call?) i'm not terribly concerned about it, but i bother to learn >code for it.... You need to go directly to the horse's mouth on this one. Call the FCC. If your upgrade is showing up in the callbooks, then it is in the FCC database, and they should have mailed you a new license. Since you didn't get it, either they have your address wrong, or the post office screwed up. In either event call the FCC and have them issue you a replacement. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:15 1996 From: dstuart@saucer.cc.umr.edu (Dave Stuart (dstuart@umr.edu)) Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.pirate,aus.radio,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Naughty Rude Words Date: 6 Apr 1996 03:24:38 GMT Message-ID: <4k4o5m$pmc@hptemp1.cc.umr.edu> References: <4jloui$lmr@juliana.sprynet.com> : -- : Robert Garland NX3S @ N3ACL.PA.USA.NOAM : Hilltown Township Bucks County robert@kd3bj.ampr.org : Pennsylvania USA Grid FN20ii : Hams do it bouncing off the "F" layer We see that someone else in the world is taking themselves too seriously. I have always heard that hams do it with big towers. Also, teachers do it on the blackboard. Also, chess players mate better. What's naughty about that? -- -- Dave Stuart dstuart@umr.edu University of Missouri -- Rolla KB0SLY From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:16 1996 From: grhosler@mmm.com (Gary Hosler - KN0Z) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Next test...(thanks for nuthin') Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 17:43:14 GMT Message-ID: <4judc3$919@dawn.mmm.com> References: sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: >In article , >sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Excuse me if this information is maintained elswhere on the net, but I am >> interested in taking my Technician test and I was wondering if anybody >> knew if there will be a test given in the greater Hampton Roads area in >> the near future. >Well this was my first post to this newsgroup. Did I get any answers at >all? No I did not. Is it that I only want to take the technician exams? >Hey here is somebody who _wants_ to take the test, who wants to become a >ham. I am sorry if I feel that taking the code test right away is too much >for me for fit in between work, kids, wife and my other hobby. Not a great >statement on the overall helpfullness of this particular newsgroup. Maybe >you people should look up from your code/no-code arguments for a minute! >btw - I found out the dates and times for the tests using the WWW - all on >my own. >very little thanks, >Matt >Matthew C. Sargent >sarge@rational.com >AMA# 457887 Not sure just what your problem is Matt! I haven't the faintest idea where the greater Hampton Roads area is, or for that matter even what state it is located in. Please bear in mind that you are posting a QUESTION to the newsgourp. If people don't have an answer to your question, then chances are that you won't get much of a response. No need to develope an attitude that everyone is down on you cause you have decided to take a No Code Tech test. What class of license you wish to attain is entirely up to you. It all depends on what aspects of the hobby you have an interest in (Sat's, RTTY, CW, SSB, FM, SSTV, FSTV, HF, VHF, UHF, etc.). Different strokes for different folks. Like I said, I haven't the faintest where the greater Hampton Roads area is, but obviously from your signature line you have two wheels and an interest in performance bikes. If Summer EVER returns to Minnesota, I'll be out on my "90" ZX-11 instead of workin DX on 160 Meters. Wanna ride? de KN0Z Gary in Wyoming, MN Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of 3M. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:18 1996 From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Open Letter to "This Week in Amateur Radio" Affiliates Date: Sat, 6 Apr 96 02:53:12 -0500 Message-ID: As most of you know, "This Week in Amateur Radio" has been in operation from the Albany, New York area for over three years. Since taking over and dramatically restructuring the service, we have relied heavily on the generosity of various individuals and organizations to provide the satellite uplink capability that has been our sole means of distribution. That generosity has enabled us to serve the amateur radio community as the fastest, most up-to-the- minute news and information service in the activity. Satellite distribution has also been an "Achilles heel". Our reliance on this cost-effective means of distribution has allowed us to keep our expenses to a managable level; a level that has been, for the most part, supported by our affiliates. Conversely, our reliance on others to provide satellite space has forced us to endure numerous transitions from one satellite to another; from one network to another. As a result, we have been unable to maintain a stable base of affiliates and financial support to do much more than meet our day-to-day expenses. Each of these moves have been beyond our control. Due to the limited funding of the service, we were essentially not in control of our own destiny. Such was the case this week when we learned that the "Tech Talk Network" was being dissolved. It was late Wednesday night when we realized that the wheels had come off, though a few of our affiliates were aware of this a day earlier. We would have again been the last to know had it not been for the alertness of those affiliates who brought the situation to our attention via email. Much of Thursday was spent on the phone with representatives of Skyvision, Inc., the "Tech Talk Network", and the uplink site engineer. A tentative plan to maintain our operations on Telesat Canada Anik E2 was developed based upon the guidance of the parties with whom we had been in contact. By 6:00 AM Friday, a formal proposal to Skyvision had been completed. Thanks to the cooperation of all the parties involved, we remained optimistic that "This Week in Amateur Radio" would be on the bird for scheduled distribution on Saturday, April 6th. Our intention was to gain control of our own situation; to take a more "pro-active" approach. The proposal we submitted, which allowed for and would have been subject to negotiation, was emailed to Skyvision representatives on Friday morning. Due to scheduling conflicts and a round of telephone tag, it wasn't until late Friday evening that it became apparent that our efforts had been futile. Skyvision has opted to withdraw their support of our efforts. I sincerely hope that those involved see this explanation of the situation as fair and accurate. Since we at "This Week in Amateur Radio" have never had an axe to grind, an agenda beyond the scope of our own production, or a discouraging word about any person or program connected with any of the three networks with whom we have been affiliated, we have made every effort to stay above the fray. From a journalistic standpoint, we are proud of our track record of fairness, accuracy, diversity, and longevity in reporting items of significance to amateurs throughout North America. Discussions with other satellite carriers for the donation or lease of satellite space continue in earnest. I encourage anyone with contacts within the TVRO/satellite communications industry to contact us. When a new agreement is reached, "This Week in Amateur Radio" will return to satellite air. Details will be posted as conditions warrant. All affiliates are requested to contact the producers for further information. Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB Executive Producer - "This Week in Amateur Radio" 518/664-6809 sanderman@delphi.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:19 1996 From: paulie@pryan.data.binghamton.edu (Paul Bobby) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: PacketCluster software Date: 04 Apr 1996 17:27:31 -0500 Message-ID: Where can I find information about the software that is commonly used for dxclusters? I've searched the net, and there's no reference. -- Paul Bobby - paulie@data.binghamton.edu - 73 de kb2vkn Key fingerprint = E1 A4 41 6E 43 48 31 C6 33 EF 9E 48 1A 69 B6 4B KeyServer ID = 0xD9CEE7C1 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:20 1996 From: Len Winkler Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital Subject: PACTOR discussed on radio show Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 08:27:02 -0700 Message-ID: <316A81C6.3DAD@indirect.com> Paul Sussman, KB8LUJ, will be the special guest this sunday on the Ham Radio & More radio show. Be sure to listen to find out more about PACTOR. Show times and info appear below. -- Len Winkler, KB7LPW lenwink@indirect.com P.O. Box 9219 kb7lpw@kc7y.az.usa.na Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219 Ham Radio & More Show info at: http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html RealAudio site:http://www.tapr.org/hrm/hrm.html The show airs LIVE each SUNDAY at 6:00pm ET (2200utc) on many stations throughout the country. ALSO: LIVE everywhere on WWCR shortwave, 100,000 watts, on 7.435mhz and 12.160mhz, 2200utc. The show also airs on WWCR shortwave, tape delayed at 0900utc on 3.315, on Mondays, and Saturdays at 1600utc on 12.160. Support "WOG". Written only General!!! From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:21 1996 From: w7el@teleport.com (Roy Lewallen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: popagation prediction Date: Fri, 05 Apr 96 03:19:02 GMT Message-ID: <4k23d8$rmh@nadine.teleport.com> References: In article , szinn@voicenet.com (Steve Z.) wrote: >Does anyone have the MINIPROP, MICROPROP , or any other propagation prediction >algorthyms? I'd like to incorporate it in a propgram I'm working on. Any >source code or documentation would be greatly appreciated. Don't know about MICROPROP, but MINIPROP is copyrighted commercial software, a product of W6EL Software. Developers of commercial software don't give away their source code. Roy Lewallen, W7EL From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:22 1996 From: dunaway@magicnet.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL routes for Contests Date: 6 Apr 1996 00:39:13 GMT Message-ID: <4k4efh$onl@comet2.magicnet.net> Reply-To: dunaway@magicnet.net I have worked the CQ WPX SSB contest and have a bunch of new calls, but NO QSL route information. Where does a person obtain this info. I have read that you do NOT ask for QSL info during contests and pile-ups so I didn't. Now what?? dunaway@magicnet.net From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:23 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: psoper@encore.com (Pete Soper) Subject: Re: QSL routes for Contests Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 15:20:52 GMT Message-ID: References: <4k4efh$onl@comet2.magicnet.net> dunaway@magicnet.net writes: >I have worked the CQ WPX SSB contest and have a bunch of new calls, >but NO QSL route information. Where does a person obtain this info. >I have read that you do NOT ask for QSL info during contests and >pile-ups so I didn't. Now what?? What I do is run all the foreign calls through an email server at qsl-info@aug3.augsburg.edu, one callsign per line. I also search the DX newsletters by automatic means for matches. Then I send everything I've got to the outgoing buro, whether I have a QSL route or not. My interest is more in the contesting than the QSL cards but I figure a fraction of the folks I contacted are seeking them, so I send to everybody, every time. As I get better at making contacts I find the desire for a printer for labels getting more and more attractive :-) Yes, it is very awkward for a contester going at a high rate (or checking other bands and making contacts when you think he/she might be listening). If his rate is not high and he isn't doing two things at once behind the scenes then he'll probably give you QSL info cheerfully. If things are busy, noisy on his end, he's tired, or occasionally just a true jerk, then you'll most of the time be ignored, once in a great while get a rude remark. Key thing is to not let it bother you but try to tune into the situation. Over time you'll learn to sense what is appropriate (but will always be wrong a part of the time). Oh, and some contesters understand only enough English for the contest. The critical thing is to avoid snap judgements about your treatment in these situations. If you manage to get on the runner's side of a pileup you'll be amazed at how those snap judgements will revisit your thoughts :-) During WAE last year I chased down some guys after regular contacts to give them "QTC" information, in some cases multiple batches. More than once they reciprocated with a quick "I'd be happy to send a QSL via the buro". In one case the guy gave me his full mailing address. I didn't really want this since I can't afford direct QSLs, but couldn't bring myself to dampen his enthusiasm. And keep in mind that some contesters do not want to hear the words "QSL card". They make tens of thousands of contacts a year, year after year, and would be smothered if they got cards from everybody. So some cards will go to folks that are eager for them, some will go to the box for fireplace starters in the foreign country. Regards, Pete KS4XG From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:24 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Radio amateurs speak Esperanto Message-ID: <828314883snz@g4kfk.demon.co.uk> From: Mike Gathergood Date: Sun, 31 Mar 96 23:28:03 GMT Reply-To: Mike@g4kfk.demon.co.uk References: In article <4jmsth$rcp@aldebaran.sct.fr> bmasala@worldnet.net "Bruno - AERA - LG" writes: > Ave, > > Latine loquor sed radio-amator non sum. Et tu? > > Istos nuntios scripsi in hoc foro quia amici mei, radio-amatores, eos misit > mihi. Vos omnes fortasse credites me aliquid grave ac memorabile Latine dicturum esse. Re vera, illud facere non in animo habeo. Etenim perlecturus sum vobis catalogum lavandariorum. Hic incipit. Tibialium paria tria, subuncularum quinque, tunicae duae, nullum amylum. Sic actum est. Mihi plaudere nunc potestis. Die dulce fruimini! Ignosce mihi, cacare necesse est. BTW, I still prefer Klingon. Qap'lagh Mike The CQ Centre BBS, 01753 595468, 300-28800 bps, 8N1, ANSI-BBS G4KFK Tel/Fax Slough (01753) 582085 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:25 1996 From: tpickett@tir.com (Tim Pickett) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT 202 Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 05:17:00 GMT Message-ID: <4kcrr4$pc4@ramp2.tir.com> References: <4kbsq3$dpl@news-e2b.gnn.com> bbryant@gnn.com (Bruce Bryant) wrote: >Radio Shack has the HT 202 on sale for $189. Is this a good deal? >And please, no more derisive comments about RS itself. That one >has been pretty well beaten into the ground. >Bruce Bryant, KC8BWL Hi Bruce, I will say in my opinion, that the HTX-202 is the best HT on the market for 2 meters. But you must understand there is no mods for this rig. Also it doesn't receive out of the band. But if your looking for a 2 meter only HT, then you can't beat a HTX-202. I owned one for a long time before selling for something that would receive out of band. I like to listen into local police and weather. Great HT and great price. 73 Tim KG8OC/AAR5BP From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:26 1996 From: au@ix.netcom.com(au) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack-You've got questions?-We've got BLANK STARES! Date: 6 Apr 1996 06:52:51 GMT Message-ID: <4k54c3$e6k@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <4jk2r4$knd@news.preferred.com> <4jksst$gdv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4jrhus$kok@tpd.dsccc.com> >> Suddenly, the clerk turns pale. Giving away the trademark of the >> characteristic Blank Stare, clears the throat and says... > >> "Have you see our latest catalog?" > >Nope... The door didn't hit me in the butt as I walked out. > Well Brian, their products really are pretty good. But its the typical Radio Shack employee that gives them a bad rap. Too bad Tandy didn't attempt to recruit some electronic school students or freshly graduated ones to sell for them. If they really paid a decent starting wage they even might keep a few of them. Then I got this one from another person. It seemed to him that the bigger the city, the Blanker the stare! From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:28 1996 From: srwhite@ibm.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack: You got blank stares? Try hiring the knowledgable Date: 8 Apr 1996 20:01:18 GMT Message-ID: <4kbrae$u7s@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> References: <4jrbps$ash@arl-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> Reply-To: srwhite@ibm.net In <4jrbps$ash@arl-news-svc-3.compuserve.com>, <72527.01012@compuserve.com> wr ites: > >> I will say that after working at this store a year, I have learned a lot ab out >>our products and about helping customers. I'm sure the skills I learn will be >>beneficial in future jobs that I will have. For now, I'm happy working at R S >>as a part-timer. It keeps me out of trouble, helps me budget my studying >>time, helps me to deal with customers, and gives me some extra money on the >>side. BTW, I earn 5.5% commision per hour per week or $4.25 an hour, >>whichever is higher, plus spiffs. I get 1 week paid vacation, plus paid >>holidays (even if I don't work that day, birthday included), a 10% employee >>discount, optional health insurance, and access to the Tandy Stock plan. I >>usually average a gross pay around 4.75-5.00 an hour. > >>73's de N8VJF > > > > You are one of the rare employees that Radio Shack has! You are the >exception, not the rule. Most of the RS employees I have run into don't >know the difference between a fuse and a light bulb. I wish there were >more well informed RS employees so I don't waste my time searching >the shelves. > > I will give you an example: Most customers don't remember the stock >numbers of the items they see in the RS catalog, just the description >of the product. I was in Radio Shack on Saturday and over-heard >a customer ask to look at the digital SWR/power meter that RS sells. >The guy behind the counter said, "What's the catalog number?". >The customer didn't know and the sales man said that he would need >to know the catalog number so he could show him the right thing. > > Well I guess the RS sales man thought that RS sold two dozen different >models of a digital SWR meter and needed further information! >This typical of what I go through too. Either the sales man was stupid, >not up on the products that RS sells, or just didn't feel like working >and figured he would give the customer a hard time. > > Radio Shack claims that the sky is the limit to the amount of money >a sales person can make. All they have to do is sell more. Yeah, right! >Try selling more when you are placed in a RS store in a shopping >center on the other end of town from the mall. When I worked from >6 p.m. to closing, there were nights that not a single person walked >into the store. The district manager did not want to hear that! He still >expected to see a sales increase every month. Pretty hard to do when >the typical customer was from the local neighborhood and comes in >with a silly problem. I sold lots of fuses, batteries, turntable needles, >cable TV jumper cables, and just about anything else that cost under >$5.99. Very rarely did somebody come in for a stereo system, or >some other big ticket item. The people in that neighborhood went to the >mall on a Saturday when they wanted those kind of items. The neighborhood >RS store was only to solve their nickel and dime problems and gave them >somebody to bitch at for giving blank stares! > >73 from Steve > > Boy, a chill just went down my spine reading that one! Not only do we share the same first name, we both have been stuck in bad radio shacks! I went through the same BS with the district manager griping because my numbers were poor. I was laid off after my 3rd christmas (the day after xmas) because of "poor performance", but then 4 months later, they closed the store because it was "underperforming"... As I have said before, I don't mind working holidays, as a matter of fact, I h ave worked part time every christmas season since 1990... I guess boycotting it the only was they'll get the message, through their wallets! From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:29 1996 From: Brian Ward Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Repeater Frequencies???? Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 08:07:43 -0800 Message-ID: <3162A24F.827@cyberspc.mb.ca> References: <4jh0b0$a28@sparky.midwest.net> To: "F.J. Finnie" F.J. Finnie wrote: > > F.J. Finnie > kb0soa@ldd.net > > HAM in distress, I just got my HT after what seems like forever. > I need to get some repeater frequencies that are current on 2 meters. > I live in Matthews, Missouri. I scan the frequencies and occasionally hear > a repeater, but I can't seem to get through. My ARRL Repeater Directory is > on order, but I haven't recieved it yet. could one of you render assistance > in the interum?? > > 73's > > KB0SOA Probably requires a CTCSS subaudible tone to be transmited to allow the repeater to key up. Try calling on 146.52 simplex to see if someone can help you... The offsets are 600khz +- offsets, try checking that also... Brian ve4rbl -- ============================================ Brian Ward bward@cyberspc.mb.ca or rrbward@umanitoba.mb.ca check out my web page: http://www.cyberspc.mb.ca/~bward ============================================ From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:30 1996 From: shamrock@microagewny.com (shamrock) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RS HTX-212 has been out a year has anyone found MODs ?? Date: 5 Apr 1996 18:13:23 GMT Message-ID: <4k3ns3$8dg@mawny.microagewny.com> Hi, Just wondering if anyone has found any mods to the HTX-212 like being able to program out-of-band freq like 162.55 into memory instead of just VFO...or being able to select programmed memory channels for selective scanning ie.. scan 5,10, or just two memory channels at a time...I know there is a way to "NOT-Scan" 5 freq's but that leaves 25 left scanning.... Or a way to expand number of memory channels ?? I love the radio it performs really great but just falls a little short in the above areas...guess my Alinco ht spoiled me :>. 73's Bill N2YTE shamrock@microagewny.com ******************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:31 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code Message-ID: <8BDF574.002900498A.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 96 23:16:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: VUBS79A@prodigy.com Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE V>Why don't we just drop the code requirement to 5WPM for ALL...or, better >yet, eliminate it entirely? That way, we wouldn't have to worry about >who's entitled to the "severe handicap" exclusion and who is not...while >simletaneously acknowledging that it is now 1996 and Morse Code no longer >has any relevant value as a mandated testing element. 10 WPM and you've got a deal! --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:32 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code Message-ID: <8BE04C8.002900499C.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Thu, 04 Apr 96 20:24:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: VUBS79A@prodigy.com Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE V>Why don't we just drop the code requirement to 5WPM for ALL...or, better >yet, eliminate it entirely? That way, we wouldn't have to worry about >who's entitled to the "severe handicap" exclusion and who is not...while >simletaneously acknowledging that it is now 1996 and Morse Code no longer >has any relevant value as a mandated testing element. 10 WPM and you've got a deal! --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:33 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jbl@levin.mv.com (Joel B Levin) Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Message-ID: <31652774.3179333@quartz.mv.com> Reply-To: jbl@levin.mv.com Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 14:01:14 GMT References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <316287C3.8C2@arrl.org> In , Jim Lowman wrote: |At first, I had trouble understanding the reason that anyone would want the |Extra ticket if not to work CW, since there is only a 25 kHz gain in the 80, |20 and 15 m voice subbands. I suppose anyone would like the prestige of |attaining the top class of license. One of the reasons I went all the way was because I wanted to be a fully functional member of our VE team. /JBL KD1ON -- Nets: levin@bbn.com | "How does a mouse let me move the cursor anywhere or jbl@levin.mv.com| I want?" "What are address busses?" "How do pots: (617)873-3463 | icons work?" --Time-Life Books ARS: KD1ON | From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:33 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Message-ID: References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <316287C3.8C2@arrl.org> <31652774.3179333@quartz.mv.com> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 22:21:52 GMT Joel B Levin (jbl@levin.mv.com) wrote: : In , : Jim Lowman wrote: : |At first, I had trouble understanding the reason that anyone would want the : |Extra ticket if not to work CW, since there is only a 25 kHz gain in the 80 , : |20 and 15 m voice subbands. I suppose anyone would like the prestige of : |attaining the top class of license. : One of the reasons I went all the way was because I wanted to be a fully : functional member of our VE team. Good point; I had not considered that! 73 de Jim - KF6CR From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:35 1996 From: myers@West.Sun.COM (Dana Myers) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Date: 5 Apr 1996 09:38:10 GMT Message-ID: <4k2pm2$j2q@abyss.West.Sun.COM> References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <316287C3.8C2@arrl.org> In article , Jim Lowman wrote: >Bart Jahnke (vec@arrl.org) wrote: > >: If you have information about possible abuses, forward that information >: to the FCC. The FCC requires first hand, factual information which may >: bring into question the merits of a Physician's Certification. Cases >: must be individually addressed. Send your information, in letter form, >: with signature, to: > >We had a gentleman show up at our VE testing session last month with a >waiver. He had passed all code/theory elements except 1C, for which he had >the waiver. > >One of our OT Extras, himself a VE, sternly challenged this individual. Um, why? Was there some reason to believe this waiver was forged or otherwise not completed as instructed by the FCC? Was this OT Extra actually a doctor qualified to dispute the physician's certification? Just because some folks don't like the rules doesn't mean they don't have to follow them, and this applies to VEs, even OT Extra VEs. If someone presents a properly completed waiver, the VE is bound by law to accept it, not launch off into some stern challenge. Action like this needlessly generates ill will. >While I can understand that there will always be those who are ready to >abuse any well-intentioned accommodation, talking with this gentleman >satisfied me that he was not trying to sidestep the requirement. He said >that he had hit a plateau at 17 wpm, and sought the advice of an audiologist >when he could progress no farther. He was told that he would need a hearing >aid within two years. It isn't up to the VE to second guess the physician's certification; the VE needs to make sure the certificate is properly completed (by the letter of the law) by a qualified physician, end of story. I wonder how the OT Extra would feel if someone sternly challenged his license status, perhaps implicitly accusing him of wrongdoing in the process. >I am glad to see that there is an avenue to report suspected abuse. Yup, so am I. Could you please forward the details of the VE session that this abuse took place at (VEC, date, location, identity of VEs and OT Extra) so I can report the suspected abuse to the VEC? ;-) -- * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ, DoD#: j | Views expressed here are mine and should * * (310) 348-6043 | not be interpreted or represented as * * Dana.Myers@West.Sun.Com | those of Sun Microsystems, Inc. * From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:36 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: hayward@cs.uchicago.edu (Kristin Rachael Hayward) Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Message-ID: References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <4k6ong$jao@news.socketis.net> Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 21:14:44 GMT In article <4k6ong$jao@news.socketis.net> albraun@socketis.net writes: :I'm both a medical doctor and a VE team leader. (snip) :they've hamstrung the VEs so that we are technically in violation of :the rules if we ask the examinee ANY questions at all about the nature of :his or her disability. (snip) : Something I've :thought about doing, but haven't yet, to deal with the abuse problem is to :contact the physician who signed the form (assuming I know him/her :through my medical connections) & explain what is really involved to see :if the alleged disability is legitimate or not, and attach a note to the FCC :if it sounds like it isn't. That avenue though is one open only to VE's :who are also physicians & I'm sure very few of them are. : : :* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * :* Alan Braun MD, NS0B/V31EV *Internet: albraun@socketis.net * :* Jefferson City, MO *Packet: NS0B@N0LBA.#cemo.mo.usa.noam * :* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * : It bothers me to think that a fellow VE team leader would feel this way about the waiver. However, I guess it is a reflection of the hierarchial nature of licensing that some hams hold to. I.e., being a extra is better than anything, and we have to do everything we can to keep out the undesirables..or cw is better than (fill in the words) and we cw people have to stick together. Our jobs is to run the session and to verify/legitimate that which we can *as hams.* We are not there to validate waivers, even if you believe you have a right to question one as a doctor. Kristin WX9T -- Kristin Rachael Hayward, PhD Director of Administrative Information Systems and Business Services University of Maine http://www.umeais.maine.edu/~hayward From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:38 1996 From: albraun@socketis.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Date: 6 Apr 1996 21:46:24 GMT Message-ID: <4k6ong$jao@news.socketis.net> References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> Reply-To: albraun@socketis.net In <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com>, choffman@pelican.davlin.net (Charles Hoffman) writes: >Here, we do have individuals able to find hapless medical doctors >willing to approve the form for the license application for medical >reasons, cannot learn the code. Reports locally I am told seem >somewhat minor, or at least not severe handicaps. (snip) > >Is this a issue NOT about handicaps, but perhaps about sociopathic >individuals who want something for nothing? In my personal radio >experience in the last four decades, the community has always risen to >the call of the handicapped (total loss of hearing, quads, strokes, >etc) with devices to assist and bridge the gap. This has been a >personal pride of assisting and becoming involved with disabled >persons who, as a result, experience a real sense of accomplishment. (snip) > >The new FCC form seems to allow a window of opportunity for the >advantaged to acquire, via a system to support the disadvantaged. I >wonder if anyone has observed and considered the same concepts at play >and if in the affirmative, what should be done to correct any possible >unjustifiable benefits being derived via the oversight in this system? (snip) > I'm both a medical doctor and a VE team leader. I agree that this is unfortunately a problem, one I anticipated when I saw how the FCC implemented the handicap waiver. I filed comments to them on the waiver while it was still just a proposal, and included a 10-page addendum detailing some specific situations where I thought, based on my ham and medical experience (in a field - rheumatology - that deals with chronic disease & chronic disability) some conditions where I thought that waivers were & were not appropriate, in hopes they would provide some specific guidance. Unfortunately that did not happen. Not only that, they've hamstrung the VEs so that we are technically in violation of the rules if we ask the examinee ANY questions at all about the nature of his or her disability. Our team has had only a couple of disability waivers presented to us in the 5 yrs or so this rule has been in effect, and they were at sessions I did not attend for one reason or other. Something I've thought about doing, but haven't yet, to deal with the abuse problem is to contact the physician who signed the form (assuming I know him/her through my medical connections) & explain what is really involved to see if the alleged disability is legitimate or not, and attach a note to the FCC if it sounds like it isn't. That avenue though is one open only to VE's who are also physicians & I'm sure very few of them are. It's a tough problem & one which is not likely to be fixed given the FCC's present total lack of interest in any type of enforcement. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Alan Braun MD, NS0B/V31EV *Internet: albraun@socketis.net * * Jefferson City, MO *Packet: NS0B@N0LBA.#cemo.mo.usa.noam * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:39 1996 From: albraun@socketis.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Date: 7 Apr 1996 05:23:56 GMT Message-ID: <4k7jhc$lcm@news.socketis.net> References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <4k6ong$jao@news.socketis.net> Reply-To: albraun@socketis.net In , hayward@cs.uchicago.edu (Kristin Rachael Hayward) writes: >It bothers me to think that a fellow VE team leader would feel this >way about the waiver. > >However, I guess it is a reflection of the hierarchial nature of >licensing that some hams hold to. I.e., being a extra is better >than anything, and we have to do everything we can to keep out >the undesirables..or cw is better than (fill in the words) and >we cw people have to stick together. > >Our jobs is to run the session and to verify/legitimate that which >we can *as hams.* We are not there to validate waivers, even if >you believe you have a right to question one as a doctor. > I realize that our job as VE's is to run the sessions as fairly as possible. I have not & never would confront someone at the time of a test with questions about the legitimacy of their form even if I was SURE it was fake. (I've been through a forgery experience in a test session before, where someone presented a bogus CSCE, and learned then that the best way is just to accept the paperwork at face value & raise the questions later to the VEC &/or the FCC!) It isn't fair to either the applicant, who is no doubt nervous about the test itself, nor to the other examinees who may be present at the time, to create a disruption at the test session. However, I stand by my position that many people presenting disability waivers really do not have a disability that SIGNIFICANTLY impairs their ability to learn CW. By the same token, many people seeking other forms of disability, including Social Security, SSI, disabled persons license plates etc, likewise do not qualify - I see this every day in my work! Also, there is a subtle financial pressure on doctors to sign the 610 waivers ("if you don't sign my form I'll fire you as my doctor & go somewhere else where they will sign it!") The fact that I'm primarily a CW operator has nothing to do with my thoughts on this subject, just personal experience over the last 18 years of medical practice. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Alan Braun MD, NS0B/V31EV *Internet: albraun@socketis.net * * Jefferson City, MO *Packet: NS0B@N0LBA.#cemo.mo.usa.noam * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:41 1996 From: Paulwho hates dumb hams@iterferion.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 04:14:13 GMT Message-ID: <316740a7.11031680@news.davlin.net> References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <316287C3.8C2@arrl.org> On Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:26:55 GMT, hayward@cs.uchicago.edu (Kristin Rachael Hayward) wrote: >In article jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) wri tes: >:Bart Jahnke (vec@arrl.org) wrote: >: >:: If you have information about possible abuses, forward that information >:: to the FCC. The FCC requires first hand, factual information which may >:: bring into question the merits of a Physician's Certification. Cases >:: must be individually addressed. Send your information, in letter form, >:: with signature, to: >: >:We had a gentleman show up at our VE testing session last month with a >:waiver. He had passed all code/theory elements except 1C, for which he had >:the waiver. >: >:One of our OT Extras, himself a VE, sternly challenged this individual. > > >I certainly hope this attitude is not common at VE sessions. > >It is not up to *us* to challenge anyone. Why a person decided he/she >needed a waiver is none of our business. We are there to run the >session as professionally and as *courtesly* as possible. > >:At first, I had trouble understanding the reason that anyone would want the >:Extra ticket if not to work CW... > >Again, I don't see why it is our business or anyone's business as to >why people want a certain license. > >If they have the waiver, we should treat the candidate politely, and >process the paperwork with nothing said. > >WX9T > > > >-- > Kristin Rachael Hayward, PhD > Director of Administrative Information Systems and Business Services > University of Maine > http://www.umeais.maine.edu/~hayward You are a Moron who does not understand part 97.... we are a self policing radio service. Did you not under go scrutiny for you alleged PhD? same diff babe From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:42 1996 From: Paulwho hates dumb hams@iterferion.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 04:17:47 GMT Message-ID: <31673fb9.10793830@news.davlin.net> References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <316287C3.8C2@arrl.org> On Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:26:55 GMT, hayward@cs.uchicago.edu (Kristin Rachael Hayward) wrote: >In article jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) wri tes: >:Bart Jahnke (vec@arrl.org) wrote: >: >:: If you have information about possible abuses, forward that information >:: to the FCC. The FCC requires first hand, factual information which may >:: bring into question the merits of a Physician's Certification. Cases >:: must be individually addressed. Send your information, in letter form, >:: with signature, to: >: >:We had a gentleman show up at our VE testing session last month with a >:waiver. He had passed all code/theory elements except 1C, for which he had >:the waiver. >: >:One of our OT Extras, himself a VE, sternly challenged this individual. > > >I certainly hope this attitude is not common at VE sessions. > >It is not up to *us* to challenge anyone. Why a person decided he/she >needed a waiver is none of our business. We are there to run the >session as professionally and as *courtesly* as possible. > >:At first, I had trouble understanding the reason that anyone would want the >:Extra ticket if not to work CW... > >Again, I don't see why it is our business or anyone's business as to >why people want a certain license. > >If they have the waiver, we should treat the candidate politely, and >process the paperwork with nothing said. > >WX9T > > > >-- > Kristin Rachael Hayward, PhD > Director of Administrative Information Systems and Business Services > University of Maine > http://www.umeais.maine.edu/~hayward You as full of crap we are a self policing radio service. Did you get a waiver for your doctoral dissertation? From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:43 1996 From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Severe Handicap code exclusion ABUSE Date: 9 Apr 1996 03:53:29 GMT Message-ID: <4kcmvp$k5u@cc.iu.net> References: <4jqb06$nm3@news2.cais.com> <316287C3.8C2@arrl.org> <316740a7.11031680@news.davlin.net> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) In <316740a7.11031680@news.davlin.net>, Paulwho hates dumb hams@iterferion.com writes: > >You are a Moron who does not understand part 97.... we are a self >policing radio service. Did you not under go scrutiny for you >alleged PhD? same diff babe Paul, ol buddy ol pal, go read that part 97 bit again with respect to t he VE and VEC rules and the various documents relating to the creation of the medical waivers. I understand part 97 enough to know that i accept what's turn ed in at the exam, we give the written test and go on. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:45 1996 From: thompson@atl.mindspring.com (David L. Thompson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.amtenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Shunt Feed Crank-up? Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 06:41:29 GMT Message-ID: <4k536t$qjs@mule2.mindspring.com> References: <4jh867$eu@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: thompson@atl.mindspring.com ka_strom@ix.netcom.com(Kevin Alfred Strom) wrote: >Has anyone ever shunt fed a crank-up tower? >Is there a good electrical connection between sections, or do the >sections need to be bonded together with a flexible cable? There was an excellent article by W5RTQ that has be included in the ARRL antenna literature for years..he used a crank up. electrical contact between section is the problem. AE6E told me to use ground strap tied to the outside of each section. Tight when up, but flapping when the tower is down. I also suggest you take a look at the N4KG method (June 1994 QST) that is the opposite of shunt feeding. The real draw back is that often the tower is next to the house..... Dave K4JRB thompson@mindspring.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:46 1996 From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Take a look at my ham shack Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 12:08:47 -0400 Message-ID: <3167E88F.F80@ccsnet.com> References: <4k446r$7s9@tribune.concentric.net> tom Medlin wrote: > > Just finished my new home page and have included a picutre of my ham > shack. Has links to arrl, doppler radar, NASA, and live cam shot of > memphis, tn and the mighty mississippi river. go to or click on > http://www.cris.com/~tcmedlin You have a very nice Web page. And personal as well. Good job .-. // ,. \\ / \ .-. . \\ ( ) // / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \>-'`- Reply-To: mullan@ibm.net Sonoma County Radio Amateurs is sponsoring a test session at Hewlett-Packard 1400 Fountaingrove Parkway, Santa Rosa California on April 13, 1996 commencing at 9:00 AM. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:48 1996 From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: THEY CHARGE TOO MUCH Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 17:01:58 -0500 Message-ID: <316446D6.75E2@ccsnet.com> References: <8BDD4F1.00290048EF.uuout@hobbs.com> ROLAND STINER wrote: > Yes, but there, you get your money's worth! What do you get at a > hamfest? C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R-S! I go to hamfests for R-A-D-I-O-S! So why > are there so many computers and no radios? There are no radios because no real people care about radios. Tell your friends at RIME I am planning to SPAM all conferences with the truth about Howard. #================#=====================================================# | Burt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | | Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | | K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | #================#=====================================================# | k1oik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | #======================================================================# Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:50 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: THEY CHARGE TOO MUCH Message-ID: <8BDE4B8.0029004942.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 96 20:08:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: robert@kd3bj.ampr.org Subject: Re: THEY CHARGE TOO MUCH TO G >that much running a one time per year event. Have you checked the price >of admission to the auto show, boat show, or computer show lately? $7 is >cheap (the computer show) $15 for the boat or car show is normal. And >the food is even more expensive and worse than at the average hamfest! Yes, but there, you get your money's worth! What do you get at a hamfest? C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R-S! I go to hamfests for R-A-D-I-O-S! So why are there so many computers and no radios? Keep it under $5 and they'll come-even with the lack of radios. --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:53 1996 From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: This Week in Amateur Radio #158 (for air through 4/12/95) Date: Sat, 6 Apr 96 02:51:30 -0500 Message-ID: Here is a summary of news items covered on edition #158 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered audio bulletin service, for the week ending 12-Apr: - 1. Bill in Congress Seeks Protection for VEs, Amateur Auxiliary 2. Wisconsin Legislature to Vote on PRB-1 Clone 3. Late Commerce Secretary a Friend of the Amateur Community 4. FCC Commissioner Resigns after Seven Years of Service 5. DA Seeks Death Penalty for Murderer of Two Louisiana Hams 6. ARRL President Appoints New Delta Division Vice Director 7. N4KSO Resigns, League Designates New Virginia SM 8. "The RAIN Dial-up" from Chicago 9. Weekly Propagation Forecast with George Bowen, N2LQS 10. American Astronaut Aboard Mir Active on 144 MHz Using R0MIR 11. Send Your Name and Call Sign to Saturn - An Update 12. AMSAT-URE Establishes Spanish Language Web Page 13. Broadcasters Lobby Congress to Keep Broadcast TV Free 14. "Amateur Radio Newsline" - Edition #973 from Los Angeles 15. "Gateway 160 Meter Net Report" with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR 16. Special Event Station Calendar 17. "This Week" Satellite Service Ends - A Look at What Happened - Funding for the program's transmission and production expense was provided this week by a grant from Dana Rodakis, AJ1R, of St. Petersburg, Florida, where listeners can hear "This Week in Amateur Radio" on the AJ1R repeater system on 51.84, 145.23, 147.285, 442.075, 443.625, and 443.95 MHz serving Florida's Central Gulf Coast. - "This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur voice bulletin service, produced by Community Video Associates, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation based in Albany, NY. The program is heard each Saturday at 8:00 PM (ET) and carried on VHF/UHF repeaters throughout North America and 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. - NOTICE: Due to the dissolution of the "Tech Talk Network", the service WILL NOT be carried on satellite. Last minute negotiations to maintain operations on Telesat Canada Anik E2 through SKYVISION were unsuccessful. Discussions with other satellite carriers for the donation or lease of satellite space continue in earnest. When a new agreement is reached, "This Week in Amateur Radio" will return to satellite air. Details will be posted as conditions warrant. All affiliates are requested to contact the producers for further information. - Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by donations from repeater operators, amateur radio clubs, and individuals. Further information is available from George Bowen, N2LQS, at 518/283-3665 (e-mail kxkvi@delphi.com) or Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB, at 518/664-6809 (e-mail sanderman@delphi.com). You may also reach them @ WA2UMX.FN32AW.ENY.NY.USA.NA via amateur packet. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:54 1996 From: AC6V Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Traveling to CA Date: 7 Apr 1996 03:10:14 GMT Message-ID: <4k7bmm$sna@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <4k4hbq$2jg@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> To: daveey@ix.netcom.com You can use a portable six or what I do is announce I am visiting mobile. Got the royal treatment while in New Orleans last month -- repeater folks gave me all kind of good info -- best cajun food, museums, attractions etc. 73 Rod -- ***************************************************************** Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Reaches Of The Earth! What King Of Old Could Do Thus ? --- AC6V ***************************************************************** A Man May Know Of The World Without Leaving The Shelter Of His Own Home! Loa-Tsze ***************************************************************** From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:55 1996 From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Traveling to CA Date: Sat, 6 Apr 96 13:14:45 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4k4hbq$2jg@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> Take along a repeater directory - I find that a big help. When the repeater ID comes up, make sure the CW matches the call sign in the directory. Use this to say "This is KB9MXD portable 6 listening N6ICW Sacramento" or somethin g to that effect. I find that this works fairly well. Often outsiders are ignored when calling on a repeater, but if you take the time to let them know you are fromoutside the area and that you know what you're doing, that problem is diminished substantially. Good luck, and enjoy your trip! 73 de Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB Stillwater, NY sanderman@delphi.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:56 1996 From: "Bill Scholey" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: TS-430 Only 50 Watts Out Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 07:39:10 PST Message-ID: <41753.bill_scholey@mindlink.bc.ca> Reply-To: To: tcook1@ohiou.edu On Mon, 8 Apr 1996 13:21:04 GMT, cookt@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu wrote: >My brother has a Kenwood TS-430 and it only has about 50 watts out >and he was hoping that someone has seen this problem before, and can >help with a solution. E-mail me tcook1@ohiou.edu Thanks Tim Cook > Tim.. I had a similar problem with low output. The solution in my case was to resolder the the thru connections of the finals on the pcb. Mine has been working fine since then. Good luck Bill Bill Scholey VE7QC Packet Radio AX.25 Mailbox - ve7qc@ve7rob.#vanc.bc.ca.noam Packet Radio TCP/IP Mailbox - ve7qc@ve7ihl.ampr.org Internet id - Bill_Scholey@mindlink.bc.ca From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:57 1996 From: John & Melinda Newsgroups: rec.music.christian,rec.music.classical,rec.music.industrial,,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.skydiving,rec.sport.golf,rec.sport.pro-wrestling,rec.sport.skating.ice.figure,rec.sport.tennis,rec.travel.air,rec.woodworking,sci.astro,sci.med,sci.physics,sci.stat.math Subject: Re: Turn $5 into $5,000! Read and see how! Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 00:13:55 -0800 Message-ID: <31677943.294E@direct.ca> References: <4k6nog$btj@credit.erin> the kid wrote: > > shithead shithead shithead From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:54:58 1996 From: jefam@clark.net (Jeff Amdur) Newsgroups: rec.music.christian,rec.music.classical,rec.music.industrial,,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.skydiving,rec.sport.golf,rec.sport.pro-wrestling,rec.sport.skating.ice.figure,rec.sport.tennis,rec.travel.air,rec.woodworking,sci.astro,sci.med,sci.physics,sci.stat.m Subject: Re: Turn $5 into $5,000! Read and see how! Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 22:12:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4k6nog$btj@credit.erin> <31677943.294E@direct.ca> <4k9dgp$7n1@agate.berkeley.edu> In article <4k9dgp$7n1@agate.berkeley.edu>, "Rafael Martinez, Jr." wrote: > John & Melinda wrote: > >the kid wrote: > >> > >> shithead > > > >shithead shithead > > cabeza de mierda (shithead shithead shithead) I'll see your cabeza de mierda and raise you a tete de merde and throw in a Scheisskopf for good measure!!! ********************* From Jeff the cunning linguist, wondering how El Spamito here chose *these* particular newsgroups to post to: rec.music.christian, rec.music.classical, rec.music.industrial, , rec.radio.amateur.misc, rec.skydiving, rec.sport.golf, rec.sport.pro-wrestling, rec.sport.skating.ice.figure, rec.sport.tennis, rec.travel.air, rec.woodworking, sci.astro, sci.med, sci.physics, sci.stat.m Christian music, pro wrestling and physics????? -- Jeff Amdur Quality foreign language instruction since 1971 (Oy, gevalt! THAT long?!?) Quality timekeeping for sports events since 1973 Doing all that stuff at Arundel High School in Gambrills, Md. since 1977 e-mail jefam@clark.net or (VERY last resort) jiamdur@umd5.umd.edu From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:00 1996 From: bblazev@fly.cc.fer.hr (Boris Blazevic) Newsgroups: rec.music.christian,rec.music.classical,rec.music.industrial,,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.skydiving,rec.sport.golf,rec.sport.pro-wrestling,rec.sport.skating.ice.figure,rec.sport.tennis,rec.travel.air,rec.woodworking,sci.astro,sci.med,sci.physics,sci.stat.math Subject: Re: Turn $5 into $5,000! Read and see how! Date: 8 Apr 1996 15:45:43 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4kbcb7$5c9@bagan.srce.hr> References: <4k6nog$btj@credit.erin> <31677943.294E@direct.ca> John & Melinda (jsherida@direct.ca) wrote: > the kid wrote: > > > > shithead > shithead shithead shithead shithead shithead shithead shithead shithead shithead shithead From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:01 1996 From: Tim Newsgroups: rec.music.christian,rec.music.classical,rec.music.industrial,rec.music.progressive,rec.org.sca,rec.pets,rec.pets.cats,rec.pets.herp,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.skydiving,rec.sport.golf,rec.sport.pro-wrestling,rec.sport.skating.ice.figure,rec.sport.tennis,rec.travel.air,rec.woodworking,sci.astro,sci.med,sci.physics,sci.stat.math Subject: Re: Turn $5 into $5,000! Read and see how! Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 20:11:09 -0400 Message-ID: <3169AB1D.1589@interramp.com> References: <4k6nog$btj@credit.erin> <4k7cdv$sa3@cloner3.netcom.com> Gary Cruse wrote: > > My gawd! An attached file to a Usenet posting. > Don't hold your breath waiting for the money to > flow in, stupid one. > > In <4k6nog$btj@credit.erin> $$$@money.com (A.R.B.) writes: > > > > For less than the price of that CD you have been wanting you can > make > >enough money to buy ALL the CD's (or CD players) you want! Turn your > $5 > >into thousands now! Download the attached file and read about this > >easy and quick method! Why not give it a try? You have spent more than > >$5 on lunch... this time your money will make an incredible profit! It says give it to Hillary Clinton..she knows how to do that and takes a small commission http://www.whitehouse.gov From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:02 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: mack@ncifcrf.gov (Joe Mack) Subject: Re: TYPICAL CODE TESTS? Message-ID: References: <31606D16.2B77@bright.net> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 20:00:03 GMT In article <31606D16.2B77@bright.net> John Robertson writes: >Anyone able to provide some typical code test (text) for the EXTRA or >a lead as to where to look. Any newsgroups focused on this? > I belong to a VE group and dont' have any exams here with me, but all belong to the same formula it's WZ3abc de w3zzz Hi (Operators name), glad to hear about your (rig name, antenna name, dog's name). WX here in (town name, state) is (whatever). I've always wanted to (take a trip to ..., be a stamp collector...). My (dog, wife, pet fish) are here in the (shack, car, tent) with me. 73 wz3abs de w3zzz r The things in brackets are answers to the questions. Joe NA3T mack@ncifcrf.gov From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:03 1996 From: rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Vanity Calls -- What gate??? Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 14:49:12 GMT Message-ID: <4kb91k$rjr@hg.oro.net> Anybody have a clue what gate the FCC is currently accepting for vanities? Jim Jim Weir VP Engineering | You bet your sweet patootie I speak for the RST Engineering | company. If I don't, ain't nobody gonna. Grass Valley CA 95945 | http://www.rst-engr.com | AR Adv WB6BHI--FCC 1/C phone--Cessna 182A N73CQ rst-engr@oro.net | Commercial/CFI-Airplane/Glider-----A&P Mechanic From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:04 1996 From: usao6ret Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Calls -- What gate??? Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 22:08:14 -0500 Message-ID: <3169D49E.3C67@erols.com> References: <4kb91k$rjr@hg.oro.net> <4kb9tt$5sc@news.usit.net> Douglas Nelson wrote: > > Jim Weir (rst-engr@oro.net) wrote: > : > : Anybody have a clue what gate the FCC is currently accepting for > : vanities? > : > : Jim > > Last I heard, they weren't going to open any of the gates until June or > July. > > Doug K4JGWActually, don't look for any gates to be opened this year. What h appened was what one can expect in this age. It seems that the FCC was hit with several petititons challenging parts of the vanity call sign program. Remember that one of the first gates to open gives a family member the opportunity to get the call sign of a decesaed family member if the individual making the request holds a license equal to or higher than the grade of the deceased. That was a point of several petitions -- if Dad was an Extra and I am a Novice, I should still be able to get his call. So, we all sit around and wait on a few crybabies. Oh, excuse me. I forgot this is the land of the free and the home of the brave and all opinions are equally valuable. No gates open now and none likely to open until the end of the year. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:05 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Vanity Callsigns/Unused C Message-ID: <8BDF574.0029004989.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 96 23:16:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: SCJONES@ Subject: Vanity Callsigns/Unused Callsign list on internet S>Anyone seen a listing of expired callsigns which might be available for vanit >use? >I ran across one in last week but can't remember where. Thought it might be >fcc but guess not. >Maybe at a man's homepage in TX or NM or ? I think??? >I was looking for a copy of SuperMorse and/or NuMorse when I ran across it I >believe. W5YI sells one on diskette in QST. That's probably where you saw it. Once the vanity callsign program gets underway, the list will change so fast that the diskette will be obsolete by the time it arrives at your house. --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:06 1996 From: n3kfn@warwick.net (Mike D'alto) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Callsigns/Unused C Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 16:56:30 GMT Message-ID: <4k5t9o$re0@news1.warwick.net> References: <8BE04C8.002900499B.uuout@hobbs.com> roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) wrote: >W5YI sells one on diskette in QST. That's probably where you saw it. >Once the vanity callsign program gets underway, the list will change so >fast that the diskette will be obsolete by the time it arrives at your >house. >--- > OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- Roland, I hope this gets to you. I realize it doesn't belong in this thread, but I had to touch base with you. Quite a few things have changed on this end. I'll try to catch you on the landline to fill you in. 73, Mike From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:07 1996 From: heli@wakkanet.fi (Heli Maki) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Voices cruising in the air Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 23:17:24 +0300 Message-ID: <4k9823$fqk@freenet.hut.fi> Has anybody ever heard a possibility to talk direct to somebody's ears/head from 200 kilometers away? What kind of equipment is needed for that? What kind of transmitter and receiver you would need for that to suprise somebody totally? The receiver at least should be as small as possible and not to notice easily. What about radio waves genarally? What you need to catch them from the air? How is the right frequency adjusted? What kind of traffic in the air is possible to follow? Are there frequencies that are not allowed to listen. How is that prevented? #(:-) Heli-muori #(.-) heli@wakkanet.fi #(;-) +358 21 2407080 #(%-D From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:08 1996 From: kovar@zeus.ia.net (Jack Kovar KE0AX) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WANT TO BUY: LOWE HF-150 Date: 5 Apr 1996 04:00:20 GMT Message-ID: <4k25sk$459@hera.ia.net> I would like to find a LOWE HF-150 for $350 or less. Jack Kovar kovar@ia.net KE0AX From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:09 1996 From: M. Berglund <666@seymour.cwi.net.au> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Wanting To Sell Yaesu FT-26 (Australia) Message-ID: <31665308.0@news.rucc.net.au> Date: 6 Apr 96 11:18:32 GMT I have no got my radio license and I would very much like to sell my hand-held A$390 o.n.o From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:10 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: What about 220Mhz? (was: Message-ID: <8BE34D1.0029004A09.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Sun, 07 Apr 96 20:33:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: jgarver@ichips.intel.com Subject: What about 220Mhz? (was: 2 meter or 440Mhz?) >The people at HRO are downright rude when I ask about >220 gear! Sounds like they don't mind missing a sale! --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:10 1996 From: vbook@vbook.com (Ed Mitchell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: When is Seaside, OR Fest? Date: 6 Apr 1996 22:43:52 GMT Message-ID: <4k6s38$n3t@news.accessone.com> References: <1996Apr5.070327@atl.com> In article <1996Apr5.070327@atl.com>, rodell@atl.com says... > >What are the dates and does someone have an information and/or tickets phone >number or address? > >The magazines seem to be the last thing that comes through the forwarding. > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/_/ Robert W. Odell (WA2WLH) Voice: (206) 487-7859 _/_/ > _/_/ Bothell, Washington, USA CP-ASEL,AMEL _/_/ >_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > June 1 & 2 1996, info 503/657-1781 More info also available at Ham Radio Online in the Announcement's section. http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm 73, Ed, KF7VY -- ------------------------ Ed (KF7VY) and Kim (N7VPL) Mitchell personal email to vbook@vbook.com Visit Ham Radio Online, it's free! at http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:12 1996 From: wa4pgm@moonstar.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: WORKED ALL BRITAIN Date: Sat, 06 Apr 96 12:14:17 EDT Message-ID: References: <4k3t6f$ji3@newsbf02.news.aol.com> In Article<4k3t6f$ji3@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, write: > Path: news1.mnsinc.com!server.esva.net!athos.itribe.net!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci. c om!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e 2 a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail > From: g1ntw@aol.com (G1NTW) > Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc > Subject: WORKED ALL BRITAIN > Date: 5 Apr 1996 14:44:15 -0500 > Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) > Lines: 6 > Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com > Message-ID: <4k3t6f$ji3@newsbf02.news.aol.com> > Reply-To: g1ntw@aol.com (G1NTW) > NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com > > Hi, > Are there any Worked all Britain bookholders out there? if so I would > like > to hear from you. > > 73's from Norman G1NTW @ AOL.COM Hello Norman, Im book holder # 9482. Havnt been active in WAB for years, but maybe oneday. 73s Kyle Check out my pages and pass the word ! www.moonstar.com/~wa4pgm/welcome From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 09 17:55:12 1996 From: l.mclaughlin@slipid.async.csuohio.edu (Bostonian) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTD: RCA WT-100A TUBE TESTER Date: 3 Apr 1996 00:21:30 GMT Message-ID: <4jsgaa$29c@csu-b.csuohio.edu> RCA WT-100A and/or Hickok 700 tube tester wanted. Seeking unit in good running condition, needing some repairs or for parts (if I later come across a working unit). Willing to swap for something or please state a fair price for the respective unit. I would prefer swapping something as cash is tight, but I would have to find out what you are looking for -- I may have it. Please indicate if you have manuals, schematics, charts and/or plug-in tube sockets for the respective tube tester. Kindly, email with details. Thank you.  From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:33 1996 From: malezet@MicroNet.fr (Malezet Jean-Pierre F6FLV) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radi Subject: Re: ! Attention Software Authors ! Date: 13 Apr 1996 13:09:11 GMT Message-ID: <4ko91n$dj6@chleuasme.francenet.fr> References: In article , amsoft@epix.net says: > > >ATTENTION AUTHORS OF AMATEUR RADIO, SWL, AND ELECTRONIC SOFTWARE! > >If your software is shareware, freeware or public domain, AmSoft >would like to include your software in our publication of The >World of Ham Radio CD-ROM. If you only have a commercial version >you may want to think about a shareware version with registration. >Most authors have had good returns on registrations from the first >year of publishing thier software on this CD-ROM. If 50 users >registered your program from our CD-ROM publication, what would that >convert to in income for you? Please give this some thought and let >us here at AmSoft know if you would like to publish your works on >the AmSoft CD-ROM. If you decide to publish on our CD please >upload your software to our FTP site and send me an E-Mail letter of >authorization to publish your software on the AmSoft CD-ROM. > >NOTE: DEADLINE FOR NEXT CD-ROM IS APRIL 29, 1996 > >The FTP site is HAMSTER.BUSINESS.UWO.CA directory /PUB/AMSOFT > > > > I give you authorization to publish my software on the AmSoft CD-ROM. The FTP site of this software is ftp.ucsd.edu Directory :"/hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming " The name is CWMSTXRX.ZIP and CWMSTXRX.TXT Jean-Pierre MALEZET F6FLV From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:34 1996 From: c002@Lehigh.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 144mhz 1.5Kw amp....i forgot Date: 13 Apr 1996 11:01:56 -0400 Message-ID: <4kofl4$13rn@ns1-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> same thing, but 144Mhz FM/ssb/cw 1500W amp david |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | David Roseman | c002@lehigh.edu OUTTA ORDER! | SysOp of NODE 3 BBS | The Flying HAm - BBS | | | Running OBV/2 Software | Technomage - BBS | | | 610.838.2989 | N3SQE/1 - HAm V | | (Parttime system) | N3SQE@Nxxxx.FNxxxx.PA.USA.NA - Packet | |-----My AWESOME home page :) http://www.lehigh.edu/~c002/c002.html-----| From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:35 1996 From: "grene (Chris Trottier)" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 2 Meter Information Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 01:22:13 -0400 Message-ID: <316F3A05.75EA@net-link.net> I started out in CB a while back and decided to go get my Novice Licence so I could 'get away from' 11 meters. 10 meters was real exciting at first but my interest began to fade. It just wasnt exciting anymore to make a contact. I have decided to go take my Tech test before the Novice expires. I would liek to know or know where I can find more information on the capabilities of 2 meter radios. I have heard alot autopatches and repeaters on 2 meters. Can I really use a 2 meter handheld like a cellular phone and call up a friend from the woods? I would also like to knwo what goes on on 2 meters?, is it just alot of casual conversation, or are there contests? Please send any available inforation on the uses of the 2 meter Ham Band to _ \_/ _ [_] _ [_] Chris Trottier aka grene |_,(_),_| grene@net-link.net \ =___= / http://www.serve.com/grene ./ \. http://www.net-link.net/~grene/index.html From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:36 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 200 Mhz Message-ID: <8BE52ED.0029004A45.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 96 12:29:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: luke.smith@fatal.com Subject: Re: 200 Mhz L> Didn't parts of the 220 Mhz band get reassigned to some mobile >radiotelephone service? Yes, 220 MHz to 222 MHz. --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:37 1996 From: marty@alpha.c2.org (Martin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: [Q] Are their any CW sources around? Date: 10 Apr 1996 17:42:00 +0200 Message-ID: <199604101532.IAA25415@eternity.c2.org> Hi folks, is their anybody who knows about net sources for Morse code enthusiasts? Any discussions groups or mailing lists? If you know specific sources for CW enthusiasts or if u just want to get in touch with a fellow CW fan, just drop me a line. --... ...-- marty@alpha.c2.org .-.-. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:38 1996 From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLB020 Milt Chaffee, W1EFW, SK Date: 9 Apr 1996 19:34:28 -0400 Message-ID: <$arlb020.1996@arrl.org> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB020 ARLB020 Milt Chaffee, W1EFW, SK ZCZC AG99 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 20 ARLB020 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 9, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB020 ARLB020 Milt Chaffee, W1EFW, SK Past New England Division Director Milton E. Chaffee, W1EFW, of Southington, Connecticut, died April 8, 1996. Milt was 83. He served as director from 1957 through 1964. Milt was a long-time ARRL member and official, and served in many League capacities, including assistant section manager and section traffic manager in Connecticut. He was an active CW and traffic enthusiast. He also served on the QCWA board of directors. Connecticut Section Manager Betsey Doane, K1EIC, called Milt's passing ''the end of an era.'' ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ, added: ''Milt was a stalwart traffic handler who set and maintained the standards for the rest of us for more than 40 years.'' A memorial service for Milt Chaffee is set for Sunday, April 14, 1 PM, at The First Congregational Church, Route 10, Southington, Connecticut. A reception will follow. NNNN /EX From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:39 1996 From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLP015 Propagation de KT7H Date: 12 Apr 1996 20:26:29 -0400 Message-ID: <$arlp015.1996@arrl.org> SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP015 ARLP015 Propagation de KT7H ZCZC AP36 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 15 ARLP015 From Tad Cook, KT7H Seattle, WA April 12, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP015 ARLP015 Propagation de KT7H The Sun is spotless. There have been no visible sunspots for six of the past seven days, and the average solar flux is a point lower than last week. As mentioned in ARLP014, we should be at the beginning of the sunspot minimum, and the solar flux minimum should occur later this year. The last propagation bulletin had a confusing error which mentioned both 158 and 192 as the solar flux for April, 1999. Actually 192 is the projected average solar flux for April, 2000. This month the geomagnetic field should stay stable, but April 17 and 18 could bring a recurring moderate disturbance. The solar flux should rise above 70 by April 18 through 24, and go back below 70 after May 3. Sunspot Numbers for April 4 through 10 were 11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0, with a mean of 1.6. 10.7 cm flux was 70.2, 69.9, 68.7, 68.4, 68.4, 69 and 68.8, with a mean of 69.1. NNNN /EX From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:41 1996 From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLX009 W3A QRV Date: 12 Apr 1996 20:26:32 -0400 Message-ID: <$arlx009.1996@arrl.org> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX009 ARLX009 W3A QRV ZCZC AX55 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 9 ARLX009 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 12, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX009 ARLX009 W3A QRV Ham radio has part in National Musical Arts event Amateur Radio will play a role at a musical and historical event April 12-14 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. Special event station W3A starts operation at 0000 April 13 and continues for the next 48 hours. Run by members of the Potomac Valley Radio Club, W3A plans to operate approximately 47 kHz up from band edges. The event is in conjunction with National Musical Arts end-of-the-season concert, ''Radio and Music,'' set for April 14. The concert commemorates the 95th anniversary of Gugliemo Marconi's first transatlantic radio transmission and the 70th anniversary of NBC. The musical program includes the work ''Radio Music,'' by John Cage, as well as compositions by Paul Schonfield and Peter Schickele, otherwise known as P.D.Q. Bach. Leonard Schachter, N3RPQ, has loaned part of his vintage radio collection for the presentation of ''Radio Music,'' to be performed by Schickele, Nobel laureate Joseph H. Taylor Jr and National Academy of Sciences President Bruce M. Alberts. Frank Turano, KA3GAL, will display Marconi memorabilia, including a magnetic detector, spark transmitter, receiver and telegraph key. Representatives of the ARRL will host an informational Amateur Radio exhibit during the event. NNNN /EX From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:42 1996 From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLX010 GA call STA Date: 12 Apr 1996 20:26:19 -0400 Message-ID: <$arlx010.1996@arrl.org> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX010 ARLX010 GA call STA ZCZC AX56 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 10 ARLX010 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 12, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX010 ARLX010 GA call STA FCC okays special Olympics call signs for Georgia Hams operating within the state of Georgia may use special call signs from April 15 until August 31, 1996, to commemorate the 1996 Olympics, under a Special Temporary Authority issued by the FCC. Here's how it works: An FCC-licensed radio amateur operating in Georgia with a ''4'' in his or her call sign may replace that number with ''96'' (representing the year) or ''26'' (commemorating the 26th Olympiad) during the period of the STA. Hams with any number in their call signs and operating within the State of Georgia may add ''00'' to the existing number (to mark the centennial year of the Olympic Games). For example, WA4BKD in Georgia also could identify as WA96BKD, WA26BKD or WA400BKD, while NG3K, when operating in Georgia, could identify only as NG300K or as NG3K. The Olympics start in July. The STA stemmed from an initiative by James Altman, N4UCK, of Atlanta and the Georgia Amateur Radio Operators Group he organized, with the support of ARRL. NNNN /EX From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:43 1996 From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLX011 WD8PSX, SK Date: 12 Apr 1996 20:26:26 -0400 Message-ID: <$arlx011.1996@arrl.org> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX011 ARLX011 WD8PSX, SK ZCZC AX57 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 11 ARLX011 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 12, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX011 ARLX011 WD8PSX, SK Joseph F. Haefner, WD8PSX, SK Joe Haefner, WD8PSX, who served as Michigan s Official Observer coordinator for the past three years, died unexpectedly April 11, 1996. He was 71. Joe lived in Garden City, Michigan, and was an active member of the Garden City Amateur Radio Club. Michigan Section Manager Dale Williams, WA8EFK, said Joe s passing ''leaves a gap in the section'' that will be hard to fill. ''He did a marvelous job,'' he said. ''He was very conscientious.'' A wife and daughter survive. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. NNNN /EX From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:45 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: qrz Subject: Re: ARO's Suck Message-ID: References: <4j8fff$e1n@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> <4jek38$qbl@handel.seattleu.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 22:45:50 GMT Peter A. Klein (pklein@news.seattleu.edu) wrote: : In article <4j8fff$e1n@lehi.kuentos.guam.net>, : Jim Kehler wrote: : >I've been reading the amateur radio newsgroups for the last few weeks : >and so far, this is what I have learned: : >1. Some people don't like. . .[long laundry list deleted] : >Is there ever any discussion of anything that anybody DOES like : >in these newsgroups, or are they basically used by people who : >are looking for an output to vent frustration about things they : >don't like ? : >I am also rather new to the internet, which leads me to my second : [snip] : >speak ? Is this standard internet operating proceedure ? : >Is this a replacement for Radio Fun while the HF bands are dead ? : >Is there anywhere I can go to read things about Ham Radio that : >other people DO like, maybe I'm in the wrong newsgroup ? : Welcome to the Internet. I once saw it described in a cartoon as a : 12-lane superhighway gridlocked with garbage trucks. That is too harsh, : but it often applies. The "Net" is a self-selecting group of people. : Some of us are on here to exchange ideas and get information. Many : others simply like to debate or lecture, and will often provoke others : just for the sheer pleasure of a good fight. And because people are : not face-to-face, they will indulge in rudeness most would never : think of doing in person. : Remember Theodore Sturgeon's Law: "Ninety percent of everything is crap." : That applies here, too. Since it's easy to scream at the whole world with : a few keystrokes, there's a lot of nonsense posted. : The best thing you can do is ignore or filter out the garbage, and get : what you can out of the other ten percent. A news reader that sorts : messages by subject lets you select only what interests you. A "kill : file" lets you filter out subjects and authors you don't wish to : encounter again. Used wisely, they make the Net much more pleasurable : and informative. : But I must say I'm glad I'm online. Every so often I pick up a good : technical tip. I keep in touch with happenings in the classical music and : theatre world, and even made a couple of lasting friendships online. I : learned most of what I know about satellites on the Net. I've had a ball : watching Comet Hyakutake using a star chart and schedule I downloaded from : the Web, and I've been looking at comet pictures from all over the world : (with stuff like that, who needs pornography :-) : After a while, some people's outrageous behavior will cease to bother you. : It just comes with the territory--and sometimes it can be good comic relief. : 73, : Peter - KD7MW : --- : -- : Peter A. Klein (pklein@seattleu.edu) : -----==3== --- --- : Information Services, 5569 : | | | | | | | | : Seattle University : @| @| @| @| @| @| @| @| From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:46 1996 From: torarne@telepost.no (Tor Arne Larsen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Buy: KENWOOD TR-851 Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 16:10:32 GMT Message-ID: <316a8a87.10191645@news.telepost.no> Reply-To: torarne@telepost.no Hi, folks... I'm looking for a Kenwood tr-851 70cm all mode. Has anyone one to offer me?? I'm allso interested in other allmode 70cm, not to expencive. Live in Norway... - torarne@telepost.no - From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:47 1996 From: jbaltz@news.cs.columbia.edu (Jerry B. Altzman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Codeless General? Date: 8 Apr 1996 12:54:17 -0400 Message-ID: <4kbgbp$2cv@tune.cs.columbia.edu> References: <4jnbqh$sic@bucky.win.bright.net> <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com> In article <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com>, Cecil A. Moore~ wrote: >method. At 5wpm, it's easy to just write down the dots and >dashes. Then during the multiple choice test, it's easy Not every VE team will let you copy down an entire text's worth of dots and dashes. (I had a big fight with one particular member of the VE team with which I was affiliated, but then it turns out that my schedule won't let me VE anyway, so the point is moot. That particular VE team *won't* let you copy dots-and-dashes: see http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~alan/ham/exam-rules.html for details.) >73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC (not speaking for my employer) //jbaltz -- jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 jbaltz@cs.columbia.edu jbaltz@scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:48 1996 From: "C. Wheeler" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: Codeless General? Date: 9 Apr 1996 18:04:06 GMT Message-ID: <4ke8qn$9o4@gaudi.lahabra.chevron.com> References: <4jnbqh$sic@bucky.win.bright.net> <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com> <4kbgbp$2cv@tune.cs.columbia.edu> jbaltz@news.cs.columbia.edu (Jerry B. Altzman) wrote: >In article <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com>, >Cecil A. Moore~ wrote: >>method. At 5wpm, it's easy to just write down the dots and >>dashes. Then during the multiple choice test, it's easy > >Not every VE team will let you copy down an entire text's worth of dots and >dashes. (I had a big fight with one particular member of the VE team with >which I was affiliated, but then it turns out that my schedule won't let me >VE anyway, so the point is moot. That particular VE team *won't* let you copy >dots-and-dashes: see http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~alan/ham/exam-rules.html >for details.) Looking there I found the following: "Writing down dots and dashes and then after-the-fact transcription to text does not demonstrate the ability to translate (copy) the Morse code at the FCC required transmssion speed. Please do not transcribe dots and dashes or your exam will be deemed invalid." Why do they care how you write it down? What if I write in shorthand? What if I don't write down anything at all? Writing dots and dashes is not a very efficient way of copying code (and certainly isn't practical for 13 or 20 wpm) but I would say that it is copy - if you can answer the questions using whatever you writen down (not using anything else other than your brain). Seems rather presumptuious of the CUARC-VE to say dictate how you copy code with your pencil and paper. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:50 1996 From: "George J. Molnar" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Codeless General? Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:36:42 -0600 Message-ID: <316BC77A.4714@interealm.com> References: <4jnbqh$sic@bucky.win.bright.net> <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com> Reply-To: gmolnar@interealm.com Cecil A. Moore~ wrote: > it's easy to just write down the dots and > dashes. Then during the multiple choice test, it's easy > to translate what one needs. When I conducted VE tests, our team preamble specifically prohibited examinees from using this method. The code requirement is designed to test the ability t o copy BY EAR, unless some disability prevents doing so. Plus, copying down dots and dashes is a lousy way to learn Morse -- it is a language of sound, not dots & dashes. 73 -- George J. Molnar Highlands Ranch, Colorado Amateur Radio: KF2T@N0QCU.#NECO.CO.USA.NOAM http://www.interealm.com/p/gmolnar/index.html From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:51 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <63@pplace.win.net> References: <4jnbqh$sic@bucky.win.bright.net> <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com><4kbgbp$2cv@tune.cs.columbia.edu> Reply-To: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) From: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 21:22:45 GMT Subject: Re: Codeless General? Actually, you can write down anything you want. BUT, the VE team does not have to accept dots and dashes as letters. It is up to the VE team as to whether or not to allow ANY dot and dash combination to count. However, after saying that, I do know that if you translate them, you had better be sure it is ok, cause any mark on a piece of paper can be counted as a mistake. So be sure to ask what they do at any particular session. Pat Wilson N0RDQ In article <4kbgbp$2cv@tune.cs.columbia.edu>, Jerry B. Altzman (jbaltz@news.cs.columbia.edu) writes: >In article <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com>, >Cecil A. Moore~ wrote: >>method. At 5wpm, it's easy to just write down the dots and >>dashes. Then during the multiple choice test, it's easy > >Not every VE team will let you copy down an entire text's worth of dots and >dashes. (I had a big fight with one particular member of the VE team with >which I was affiliated, but then it turns out that my schedule won't let me >VE anyway, so the point is moot. That particular VE team *won't* let you copy >dots-and-dashes: see http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~alan/ham/exam-rules.html >for details.) > >>73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC (not speaking for my employer) > >//jbaltz >-- >jerry b. altzman Entropy just isn't what it used to be +1 212 650 5617 >jbaltz@cs.columbia.edu jbaltz@scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu KE3ML > From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:52 1996 From: Jim Daneke Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Codeless General? Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 08:58:48 -0700 Message-ID: <316D2C38.5E64@ix.netcom.com> References: <4jnbqh$sic@bucky.win.bright.net> <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com> <316BC77A.4714@interealm.com> George J. Molnar wrote: > > Cecil A. Moore~ wrote: > > it's easy to just write down the dots and > > dashes. Then during the multiple choice test, it's easy > > to translate what one needs. > > When I conducted VE tests, our team preamble specifically prohibited examine es > from using this method. The code requirement is designed to test the ability to > copy BY EAR, unless some disability prevents doing so. > Plus, copying down dots and dashes is a lousy way to learn Morse -- it is a > language of sound, not dots & dashes. > Come to my VE session. We hate Morse code and you can use any LEGAL method to pass. We also use multiple choice questions to answer about what you copied. If you hate morse code and only want to pass the stupid test, Call the VE team ahead of time and make sure they use multiple choice. We want to get people into the hobby, not chase them away like BOZO up there. 73 --... ...-- Jim .--- .. -- KI0BB -.- .. ----- -... -... From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:53 1996 From: brian@nothing.ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Codeless General? Date: 11 Apr 1996 15:37:59 GMT Message-ID: <4kj90n$haq@news1.ucsd.edu> References: <4jnbqh$sic@bucky.win.bright.net> <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com> <316BC77A.4714@interealm.com> In article <316BC77A.4714@interealm.com> gmolnar@interealm.com writes: >Cecil A. Moore~ wrote: >> it's easy to just write down the dots and dashes. >When I conducted VE tests, our team preamble specifically prohibited examinee s >from using this method. The code requirement is designed to test the ability to >copy BY EAR, unless some disability prevents doing so. Indeed, and precisely which organ did the examinee use to hear the dots and dashes and write them down? You're not trying to claim that one's ear does the translation, are you? Most people would agree it's the brain that does so. And it would seem to me that an intermediate step of using the hand and eyes doesn't rule that invalid. I believe that the "by ear" restriction is to prohibit mechanical translating devices, not to force a particular copying protocol. If your VE group can provide a reference to a written rule or official opinion that says that listening to and writing down the sounds, then transcribing them to characters later is not "reception by ear", then please do so. Otherwise you are making up restrictions on your own initiative, and should stop doing so. By court order, if necessary. - Brian From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:55 1996 From: cmoore@vegas.ch.intel.com (Cecil A. Moore~) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Codeless General? Date: 12 Apr 1996 04:20:11 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4kkllr$26p9@chnews.ch.intel.com> References: <4jnbqh$sic@bucky.win.bright.net> <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com> <316BC77A.4714@interealm.com> In article <316BC77A.4714@interealm.com>, George J. Molnar wrote: > >When I conducted VE tests, our team preamble specifically prohibited examinee s >from using this method. The code requirement is designed to test the ability to >copy BY EAR, unless some disability prevents doing so. Hi George, I wasn't suggesting using some other part of the body rather than BY EAR. What other part do you have in mind? Writing down dots and dashes is simply one additional step in the decoding process. It's not efficient, but I don't see anything morally wrong with it especially for handi- capped potential hams (the original subject). Are you actually saying that you would not allow a severely handicapped Morse code testee to write down dots and dashes. If so, I hope you have to walk a mile in their shoes in your next life. 73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC (not speaking for my employer) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:56 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Commemorative Olympic Calls Message-ID: <1996Apr10.145744.8526@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4kc3p5$ht8@news.radio.org> <5684@safn2.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:57:44 GMT In article <5684@safn2.UUCP> pmm@saf.com (Penn McClatchey) writes: >Jim Altman (jaltman@altlaw.com) wrote: >: Re: Special Commemorative Olympic Callsigns >: The STA provides: Any ham operating within the State of Georgia with >: a 4 in his/her call sign may replace it with a 96 or a 26. Amateurs > >What is the significance of 26? How does one decide between >96 or 26? Inquiring Georgia minds want to know. It is the 26th Olympiad of the modern era I think. As to which one to choose, that's up to you. As a side note, if you're thinking of having special QSL cards printed, don't forget you can't use the words "Olympics" or "Atlanta 96" or the 5 rings on your card. ACOG will sue you. And a reminder, Delta is still offering low fares *out* of Atlanta during the Olympics. Me, I want the hardhat concession for the venues, if any are still standing when the Games begin. :-) Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:56 1996 From: kc0rl@rmii.com (Eugene L. Olson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CQ - SHAWANO, WISCONSIN Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 07:48:49 GMT Message-ID: <4kd4pn$8b5@natasha.rmii.com> Reply-To: kc0rl@rmii.com I grew up in Shawano, Wisconsin and graduated from Shawano High School in 1953. If any of the Amateur Radio operators in Shawano read this newsgroup I would sure like to hear from you. Here's hoping. "Ole" kc0rl@rmii.com ==================================================== Eugene L. Olson, ("Ole") - Amateur Radio Call: KC0RL Packet Home BBS: KC0RL @ W0LKD.#SECO.CO.USA.NA Internet EMAIL: kc0rl@rmii.com ==================================================== From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:58 1996 From: Michael J Wooding Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:10:40 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article <4k0e3j$74o@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk>, David writes >Honestly people like you making me ******* sick! OOOOOOH! - looks like I missed some fun whilst away dragging my caravan to the Cotswolds and back! It seems that you upset him Walt? Mike Michael J Wooding vhf-comm@g6iqm.demon.co.uk - CompuServe: 100441,377 WWW: http://www.eolas.co.uk/ag/vhfcomm.htm (hambits.htm & hamclip.htm) WWW: http://www.clearlight.com/~vhfcomm Tel: (0)1788 890365 Fax: (0)1788 891883 KM Publications, 5 Ware Orchard, Barby, Nr.Rugby, CV23 8UF, UK VHF Communications Magazine - Especially Covering VHF, UHF and Microwaves From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:47:59 1996 From: sciencepark@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (anonymous) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: 11 Apr 1996 09:33:34 GMT Message-ID: <4kijle$77s@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> Reply-To: d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk In article , Michael J Wooding says: > >In article <437@eltec.win-uk.net>, Eltec International PLC > writes >>>We've even got two so-called comedians making a joke of asking >>>when is a gate not a gate, when its a Bill! >>> >>***SIGH*** He even got the punch line wrong :-( > >Never mind Peter - there's no accounting for taste - or lack of it. > >Anyway, at least I have gained some recognition, a *so-called comedien*! > >you be a comedian, but you'll never be a book editor with spelling skills like that. > >Michael J Wooding vhf-comm@g6iqm.demon.co.uk - CompuServe: 100441,377 >WWW: http://www.eolas.co.uk/ag/vhfcomm.htm (hambits.htm & hamclip.htm) >WWW: http://www.clearlight.com/~vhfcomm >Tel: (0)1788 890365 Fax: (0)1788 891883 >KM Publications, 5 Ware Orchard, Barby, Nr.Rugby, CV23 8UF, UK >VHF Communications Magazine - Especially Covering VHF, UHF and Microwaves From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:00 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Message-ID: <4klh8a$10p@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> From: d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk(David) Date: 12 Apr 1996 12:10:50 GMT Reply-To: d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article <+fMzzCAAAYbxEwim@g6iqm.demon.co.uk>, Michael J Wooding says: > >In article <4kijle$77s@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk>, anonymous > writes >>>you be a comedian, but you'll never be a book editor with spelling skills >>like that. > >Take a look at the Guardian or the Times some days and you will see far >worse than that. > >Incidentally, I was editor of CQ-TV for 11 years, have been editor of >VHF Communications for 6 years (as well as owning and publishing it) and >have written, edited and published several books over the past 12 years. > >And what is more, I have the courage of my convictions to admit to who I >am! > >So do I, but I don't want half of the lunatics on here coming round to my hou se or phoning me up. Just putting your name and address on the page doesn't make you any more of a man than if you actually dared people to phone you up or went round people's houses smashing windows. I've got a right to privacy and I'm using it. You know my name is David so stop all this rubbish about how big you are just because you have your name and address on the page and in future keep rem arks like that to yourself. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:01 1996 From: Michael J Wooding Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 20:22:48 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article <4klh8a$10p@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk>, d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk writes >You know my name is David so stop all this rubbish about how big you are >just because you have your name and address on the page and in future keep >remarks like that >to yourself. I beg to differ that I did not know your name was David. The message I responded to was from *anonymous*. As for all this talk about how big I am, I was just responding to your comments about me never being an editor. As for keeping such remarks to myself - go bury your head. Mike Michael J Wooding vhf-comm@g6iqm.demon.co.uk - CompuServe: 100441,377 WWW: http://www.eolas.co.uk/ag/vhfcomm.htm (hambits.htm & hamclip.htm) WWW: http://www.clearlight.com/~vhfcomm Tel: (0)1788 890365 Fax: (0)1788 891883 KM Publications, 5 Ware Orchard, Barby, Nr.Rugby, CV23 8UF, UK VHF Communications Magazine - Especially Covering VHF, UHF and Microwaves From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:02 1996 From: d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (David) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: 11 Apr 1996 09:31:25 GMT Message-ID: <4kijhd$77s@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <4j8r2i$2e8@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4jb82l$r4g@news. <1996Apr3.134621.1@ttd.teradyne.com> Reply-To: d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk In article <1996Apr3.134621.1@ttd.teradyne.com>, rice@ttd.teradyne.com (John R ice) says: > >In article <4jopht$79i@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk>, d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (David) write s: > >>So why did someone reply back to my original posting saying things >>should be back like the good old days then? Seems to me you have to be a >>stereotype to operate a ham radio? That's what I mean!! > >Maybe because in the 'good old days', Ham Radio was a 'Gentlemans >Hobby'. Ham Radio Operators treated each other with courtesy and tact. >If this is a 'stereotype', then it's one that I hope I'm still equated >to. > >I like the image of it being a gentleman's hobby. That's why I want to take i t. But when old gents like Walt Davidson come on here saying he wants to hit eleven year old children witha heavy iron files (and I've got the posting if a nyone wants it via e-mail) especially so soon after the Dunblane massacre in which 15 children were kille d I think its in very bad taste. >You need to keep an open mind and not take 'rantings' personally. > >I do take them personally someone says he wants to hit eleven year old childr en with iron files. And I think the whole of England, Scotland Ireland and especi ally Dunblane would agree with me. Just go and ask the fifteen mother and fathers of the children who were killed if what Walt Davidson said was in bad taste. >-------- > > John Rice - K9IJ | "I speak for myself, not my employer". > k9ij@avsoft.com | Miracles, Magic and Sleight-of-hand done here. > k9ij@amsat.org | Licensed since 1959 > (708)-438-5065 - (bbs ) | Ex: K8YZR, KH6GHC, WB9CSP, W9MMB, WA1TXV > From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:03 1996 From: shilkoff@ix.netcom.com(Larry Shilkoff) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dont like Radio Shack ? Why do you go there? Date: 11 Apr 1996 21:53:59 GMT Message-ID: <4kjv1n$is4@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <4kifan$82f@lehua.ilhawaii.net> In jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) writes: > >Actually, there are few retail outlets any more >where the salespeople know anything about the product they sell. >73 de Jim - KF6CR > It ain't limited to retail outlets. In my work the project on which I am involved required a stereo jack with an internal SPDT switch. The regional sales representative for the particular make of jacks did not understand "SPDT". And this is supposed to be a professional! Larry From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:04 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jbl@levin.mv.com (Joel B Levin) Subject: Re: For Sale Ads Permitted Here?? Message-ID: <316bfccc.303583272@quartz.mv.com> Reply-To: jbl@levin.mv.com Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:25:02 GMT References: <8291040957906@omnisystem.com> In <8291040957906@omnisystem.com>, Jeff wrote: | |Q for anyone.... | |Does this Newsgroup allow or discourage private For-Sale Ads?? Discourage. That's what rec.radio.swap is for, along with misc.forsale.* and the regional *.forsale groups. /JBL -- Nets: levin@bbn.com | "GO TO JAIL. Go directly to jail. Do not pass or jbl@levin.mv.com| Go. Do not collect $200." POTS: (617)873-3463 | ARS: KD1ON | -- Parker Brothers From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:05 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: crispest@netcom.com (Chris Hinkle ) Subject: Re: For Sale Ads Permitted Here?? Message-ID: References: <8291040957906@omnisystem.com> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 05:30:14 GMT Jeff (jeff@com) wrote: : Q for anyone.... : Does this Newsgroup allow or discourage private For-Sale Ads?? : Jeff The more appropriate place would 'rec.radio.swap'. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:05 1996 Date: 9 Apr 1996 22:41:34 EST Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jeff@com (Jeff) Message-ID: <8291040957906@omnisystem.com> Subject: For Sale Ads Permitted Here?? Q for anyone.... Does this Newsgroup allow or discourage private For-Sale Ads?? Jeff From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:06 1996 From: qwick@???????.com (Qwick) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: For Sale Ads Permitted Here?? Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 06:18:44 GMT Message-ID: <4kklbm$gu3@nntp.interaccess.com> References: <8291040957906@omnisystem.com> You have something to sell? Then post it... no-one can stop you. What better place to post it? :) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:07 1996 From: Michael Neidich Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.antiques.radio+phono,sci.electronics.design Subject: FREE Zenith TransOceanic List w/Model Nrs. etc. Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 15:45:49 -0700 Message-ID: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> TransOceanic Lovers, owners, and wannabees: Request my Zenith Transoceanic list that gives model numbers, chassis numbers, tube count, bands, years of production, identification info. Put FREE LIST in the body of your reply. I'm looking for a D7000Y transistor TransOceanic with the two VHF bands for my own use. If you have spare tubes for sale, let me know. I buy good condition examples, especially leather (Brown) covered models. Thanks, K2ENN From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:08 1996 From: asperges@innotts.co.uk (Jeremy Boot) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: G4NJH Pages Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 18:01:48 GMT Message-ID: <316e8dbe.6735815@news.innotts.co.uk> Reply-To: asperges@innotts.co.uk A gentle reminder to check out: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ this week-end. Enlarged, updated and beautified for your delectation! 6300 visitors can't be wrong..... 73 de Jeremy G4NJH asperges@innotts.co.uk [Am Radio, SWL pages: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ ] From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:09 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: bqrz (BobB) Subject: Re: Get your Ticket from Deal Message-ID: References: <35e_9603222217@woodybbs.com> <31581fab.11239272@news.primenet.com> <4jbq2m$cd4@news3.cts.com> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 22:02:00 GMT John Kolb (jlkolb@sd.cts.com) wrote: : mlmitchell (mitch@primenet.com) wrote: : : Clint.Bradford@228.woodybbs.com (Clint Bradford) wrote: : : > : : >The Telecommunications Act of 1996 removes the conflict of interest : : >wording from existing FCC regulations...allowing your local Ham Dealer : : > : : >Does this bother anyone? Or am I simply getting too conservative in my : : >old age? : : Clint, : : It is illegal, per part 97, for a dealer who directly has an : : involvement in the sale or distribution of ham radio equipment to : : participate in the VE system. I will double check, but I am sure this : : is what it reads. : This was changed within the last month by the 1966 Telecom act. : John Kolb SANDARC and W5YI VE KK6IL From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:10 1996 From: lskip Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Getting back into HF - what band do you suggest? Date: 9 Apr 1996 15:13:14 GMT Message-ID: <4kduqa$a23@is05.micron.net> References: <3162e90c.26094493@news.onramp.net> > Hi. I have been out of HF ham radio for years, and I'm thinking of > putting up an inverted V for one of the bands. Any suggestions on what > band I should select for evening use? >>>> James, Right now, I think 40 meters is the best bet for long distance work; 75/80 is pretty good, and if you have the room, there seems to be a lot of activity on 160. I would suggest using open-wire feedlin e and a tuner, then you can work all bands. In a few more years, the higher bands should be active again. 73, Skip, KL7IXX From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:12 1996 From: ac6v@ix.netcom.com (AC6V) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Great DX Conditions! Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 02:19:31 GMT Message-ID: <4k9t37$rko@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <4jonqo$j34@mars.spaceworks.com> billhar@spaceworks.com (bill harris) wrote: > Great DX Conditions > or > "don't look now but you S-units are showing" > > Did anyone else catch the fantastic band opening last night? I could >not sleep so I was up late and was tuning around 20 meters when I heard >the clock strike midnight. Suddenly the band really came to life with >some great DX stuff. First I heard Romeo Germany 8 Uniform really bang- >ing in from somewhere in the south Atlantic with a big pile-up on the >frequency. I picked a spot and dropped in my call. "Mike India Lima go >ahead". "Germany 8 Uniform, you are 70 over 9, QSL info please." "Not to >worry India Lima, my card 63% to you via burro." "Aw-Right, got him!" > ? G0TCHA? What's today? Let's see that >calendar. Aw rats! > >73 - K5MIL Bill you were receiving LDA's -- Long delayed echoes!! Must have been if worked Mr. R. 73 Rod Hark: I have hurled my voice to the far reaches of the earth! What King of old could do thus ? -- AC6V From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:13 1996 Date: 10 Apr 1996 11:22:34 EST Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jeff@com (Jeff) Message-ID: <8291497553001@omnisystem.com> Subject: Ham Ads Here?? Is this Newsgroup open to Ham-Ads?? Just curious.... Jeff From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:14 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: Ham Ads Here?? Message-ID: References: <8291497553001@omnisystem.com> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 22:40:55 GMT Jeff (jeff@com) wrote: : Is this Newsgroup open to Ham-Ads?? : Just curious.... I like to see them here, but the net-nazi control freaks usually point toward rec.radio.swap. 73 de Jim - KF6CR From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:15 1996 From: NEBJ09A@prodigy.com (Dave Ennes) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HAM RADIO IS A CALLING Date: 9 Apr 1996 04:44:28 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4kcpvc$jma@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> References: <8bd71aa.0029004727.uuout@hobbs.com> <96apr5.172629hwt.264422@uhunix5.its.hawaii.edu> I have NO technical ability and don't care to get any. I have a general license and can receive CW about 25 WPM. When my radio doesn't work I look to see if it's plugged in and if it isn't, I carry it to the radio store. However, I love the hobby and think it has a lot of things for a lot of people. I think we forget it is a hobby and is supposed to be fun. If we have to drop CW to get more people interested in the hobby, lets do it. What is the average age of a ham? Last time I heard it was something like 58. Now that should tell you we have to do something!! N7DTD From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:17 1996 From: braymon@llake-fs3.isc-br.com (Bob Raymond) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HAM RADIO IS A CALLING Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 17:57:38 GMT Message-ID: <4kjhmh$nlt@cnn.isc-br.com> References: <8bd71aa.0029004727.uuout@hobbs.com> <96apr5.172629hwt.264422@uhunix5.its.hawaii.edu> <4kcpvc$jma@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> NEBJ09A@prodigy.com (Dave Ennes) wrote: >I have NO technical ability and don't care to get any. >N7DTD I think your point is well taken. This is a hobby and many of us take it too seriously. As far as I am concerned, as long as you passed your exam, you should be free to pursue whatever does or does not interest you, which of course, includes CW. I do believe, however, like most old-timers that we should not relax the standard for admission to our fraternity too much. Needless to say this is a very controversial subject. I personally would be in favor of limited HF access (assuming international rules permitted such) without demonstrating morse proficiency. I believe that those who can demonstrate this proficiency, however, should be the only ones to hold higher class licenses..such as advanced or extra.. just my opinion, please go light on the flames! Bob, KG7WC From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:18 1996 From: Ted Falkowsky Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HAM RADIO IS A CALLING Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 11:40:36 -0400 Message-ID: <316E7974.2475@telerama.lm.com> References: <8bd71aa.0029004727.uuout@hobbs.com> <96apr5.172629hwt.264422@uhunix5.its.hawaii.edu> <4kcpvc$jma@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> <4kjhmh$nlt@cnn.isc-br.com> <4kjqut$6cv@zeus.ieee.org> Vincent Biancomano wrote: > > I believe your point is badly taken. Amateur radio is DEFINED as > a technical hobby in Part 97.1, and is the reason we were once > able to justify our frequencies, as implied in the FCC Docket > for Incentive Licensing (see QST, April 1966, p. 26). If FCC > wishes to officially declare a personal radio or Citizens-Band > type service, it is free to do so. FCC says we're a technical > hobby and will remain that way. Yet they continue to ease > requirements into the Service. The Amateur Service, unable to > grasp this set of conflicting statements and circumstances, > thus understandably finds itself confused....and always on > the defensive when it comes to commercial interests who > wish to peck away at our frequency allocations. > > Meanwhile, as we've deregulated, we've lost frequency allocation > (see Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act). Keeping our > frequencies is indeed a serious issue. And amateurs should > do all they can to find out what they need to do to keep them. > That means finding out from FCC/ARRL in no-nonsense fashion if > the Service yet needs to justify its frequency allocation as > a technical hobby, or if citizens have a Constitutional right > to these frequencies, free of government intervention. > I have no desire to gain any further technical knowledge of Ham radio. I am p resently a Tech light and have no plans to upgrade. The main reason I wanted to become a ham was to gain acces to the VHF\UHF bands. I am interested in reliable communication s for myself and my family. I also contribute to my community by participating in p ublic service events and emergency preparedness. I don't feel guilty about it and I don't think anyone else should either. Remember, Ham radio is a diverse habby as we ll as a technical one. I think there is plenty of room for all of us. Ted F. N3SQY From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:19 1996 From: glass@televar.COM (JA Glasscock) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ham WWW Home Pages Date: 9 Apr 96 22:49:10 GMT Message-ID: <199604092249.PAA16519@bing.ncw.net> In article <3166AE72.69F6@fgi.net>, "Brian D. Morgan" writes: >I am still collecting URL's of ham radio home pages. Add another: http://www.televar.com/~glass/vance1.htm From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:20 1996 From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Help 900mhz Spectra programming. Date: 9 Apr 1996 17:38:00 -0400 Message-ID: <4kelbo$ldt@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <31685A47.2810@lafn.org> Ken Yu (ak165@lafn.org) wrote: : >I have a motorola spectra 900mhz b5 and b7 mobile radio and programming : >software. Need help how to re-program this radio to ham : >freq.(902-928mhz)Any help is graetly appreciated. Isn't it already there? Gerry K8EF From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:21 1996 From: hirschj@vax2.concordia.ca (vax2.concordia.ca) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: help needed from anyone in frankfurt, germany Date: 11 Apr 1996 10:05 -0500 Distribution: world Message-ID: <11APR199610051776@vax2.concordia.ca> I need some ohone numbers from your city. If you can help me please email. --jack From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:22 1996 From: CrACKeD Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Help Wanted With FT-708R Date: 11 Apr 1996 14:31:01 -0700 Message-ID: References: <4k7d71$cs@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <199604111854.LAA10585@w6yx.stanford.edu> > Mine had tone decks in them -- the 208, 708, and 108 all had them. > They came out from Yaesu at the same time as the radios. > > They were all programmable from the keyboard. Do you know how to change the PL tone from the keyboard? I don't want to change a whole set of tones here, I just want to change one tone to another via the keypad. This radio is just a bit confusing, that's all. _ ____________.--------. \`' __________|________| / [_(__] | | WWW Site: http://www.primenet.com/~cracked .' .' FTP Site: ftp.primenet.com/users/c/cracked |____| PGP Public Key Block Available Via Finger From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:23 1996 From: no6b@no6b.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert Dengler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Help Wanted With FT-708R Date: 12 Apr 1996 20:34:46 GMT Message-ID: <4kmep6$n30@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> References: <4k7d71$cs@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> Reply-To: no6b@no6b.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert Dengler) In <4k7d71$cs@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, CrACKeD writes: >How can I change the subaudible tones on a Yeasu FT-708R via the keypad? >It's not too easy to figure out without a manual. > > _ ____________.--------. > \`' __________|________| > / [_(__] > | | WWW Site: http://www.primenet.com/~cracked > .' .' FTP Site: ftp.primenet.com/users/c/cracked > |____| PGP Public Key Block Available Via Finger Cannot be done. Perhaps on the 709 it can. Bob NO6B From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:24 1996 From: wa6awd@wolfenet.com (Alan Burgstahler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Help Wanted With FT-708R Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 02:38:21 GMT Message-ID: <4khrb2$p1g@ratty.wolfe.net> References: <4k7d71$cs@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> CrACKeD wrote: >How can I change the subaudible tones on a Yeasu FT-708R via the keypad? >It's not too easy to figure out without a manual. My FT-708R was not bought with a Yaesu tone deck, and I'm not sure there even was an "official" Yaesu tone deck at that time. Mine has a Communications Specialists deck in it, and it's programmed with dip switches. I'm fairly sure that any tone deck that went into that radio had to be manually programmed, and could not be programmed via the keypad. Alan Burgstahler - WA6AWD - Kent, WA, USA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:24 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: cfb@novum.com (Charles Bacon) Subject: Help with Heathkit Message-ID: Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 13:28:58 GMT I need the schematic/manual for a Heathkit DF-1. I'll be happy to cover copying/postage. Charles Bacon cfb@novum.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:25 1996 From: Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ICOM 765 MODS Date: 9 Apr 1996 19:50:36 GMT Message-ID: <4kef2c$gji$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> References: >: I have a real problem with anyone who goes out and spends >: $2k on a rig and then immediately gets on Usenet asking >: for mods. I don't really have a problem with that. The essence of amateur radio is experimentation. I don't think I've ever owned a radio that I didn't modify in some manner to make it "better" (at least better in my mind!). Maybe it's the new substitute for souped-up '49 Fords? -- 73, de Hans K0HB --No election system is perfect. For example, every now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:27 1996 From: ka3vsp@voicenet.com (Brian Pasternak) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: If you own a gun and you are a ham Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 15:02:04 GMT Message-ID: <4k61id$1ic@news.voicenet.com> References: <315EA17D.2877@ccsnet.com> Reply-To: ka3vsp@voicenet.com Burt Fisher wrote: >You are a double wimp. You need the gun to replace >the part on your body that is dormant and you use >the ham radio to play the Wizard of Oz >-- >#================#=====================================================#| Bu rt Fisher | Teacher of video, broadcasting and electronics | >| Amateur call | South Dennis, Ma. (Cape Cod) | >| K1OIK | If you sit on the fence, it is a pain in the butt | >#================#=====================================================#| k1o ik@ccsnet.com MAC is 5% of the market | >#======================================================================# >Get a GIF of K1OIK by telnet://ccsnet.com and go to FREE downloads for >bf1pres.gif (hams never had such excitment!) Well, it seems that Burt is proof that little minds have little thoughts. Have a good one! I do! Brian Pasternak, KA3VSP. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:27 1996 From: szumbrun@aol.com (SZumbrun) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Info Re:Ft-1000MP Date: 13 Apr 1996 01:13:01 -0400 Message-ID: <4knd4t$55f@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: szumbrun@aol.com (SZumbrun) Does anyone know how, and/if it is advisable to increase the power out of the Ft-1000MP to say 150-200 watts? Steve W6SHO e-mail szumbrun@aol.com. Thanks! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:28 1996 From: hardwick@ins.co.nz (Tom) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: kenwood TH-79A daul band hand held Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:46:00 GMT Message-ID: <4kkg7n$aj1@celebrian.otago.ac.nz> Hi. I have a th79a daul band handheld. I havve been told that it can go down to abouth 50 to 60 Mhz. I can get down to 118.0Mhz. Does anyone know how to get done feather. Tom zl4trh Tom Hardwick(NZ) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:29 1996 From: hardwick@ins.co.nz (Tom) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: kenwood TH-79A daul band hand held Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:48:35 GMT Message-ID: <4kkgch$aj1@celebrian.otago.ac.nz> References: <4kkg7n$aj1@celebrian.otago.ac.nz> Forgot to put e-mail address in other posting sorry. If you can help please reply here or send email to hardwick@ins.co.nz Tom Hardwick(NZ) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:30 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for QSL's fro Message-ID: <8BE92E3.0029004AD9.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 96 12:19:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: jrouse@dc.infi.net Subject: Re: Looking for QSL's from... >Stateside contesters are the worst -- >had a return rate of 20 percent of 50 cards sent out following a >contest last year. I disagree, the absolute worst QSLers are by far hams from the Philippines (DU.) ZERO return rate, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA! --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:32 1996 From: darryl.linkow@grinder.com (DARRYL LINKOW) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Looking for QSL's from... Message-ID: <8BE5583.016B00532E.uuout@grinder.com> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 96 23:31:00 -0800 Distribution: world Reply-To: darryl.linkow@grinder.com (DARRYL LINKOW) Hello all and thanks for reading this. I am looking for QSL cards from N7ANL, Richard Glaese in Kootenai, ID. I have sent him 2 SASE's along with some other written requests, and no answer back. If anyone QSO's with him on a regular basis, please ask him what he did with the SASE's?? I guess maybe he needed the stamps and envelopes to mail out his bills or something, because he sure never QSL'd me back with either one of them! Also, if you know N6OBP, Joe Robinson, in Suisun, CA ask him what he did with my SASE, also, because he didn't use it to return a QSL. I even called on landline and left him a message on his answering machine, but didn't get a return call or anything back in the mail from him either. What's with these people anyhow?? They promise to QSL. The QSO's are 5x9 both ways, and no return QSL, even when I send SASE's!! Any and all help in getting in contact with the above operators would be appreciated. 73, Darryl KE6IHA --- * OLX 2.2 * Darryl Linkow (818)346-5278 9 am - 5 pm PDT From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:34 1996 From: pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for QSL's from... Date: 10 Apr 1996 13:55:33 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4kgekl$cdc@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> References: <8BE5583.016B00532E.uuout@grinder.com> DARRYL LINKOW (darryl.linkow@grinder.com) wrote: : Hello all and thanks for reading this. I am looking for QSL cards : from N7ANL, Richard Glaese in Kootenai, ID. I have sent him 2 : SASE's along with some other written requests, and no answer back. If : anyone QSO's with him on a regular basis, please ask him what he : did with the SASE's?? I guess maybe he needed the stamps and : envelopes to mail out his bills or something, because he sure never : QSL'd me back with either one of them! : Also, if you know N6OBP, Joe Robinson, in Suisun, CA ask him what he : did with my SASE, also, because he didn't use it to return a QSL. : I even called on landline and left him a message on his answering : machine, but didn't get a return call or anything back in the mail : from him either. : What's with these people anyhow?? They promise to QSL. The QSO's : are 5x9 both ways, and no return QSL, even when I send SASE's!! : Any and all help in getting in contact with the above operators : would be appreciated. 73, Darryl KE6IHA : --- : * OLX 2.2 * Darryl Linkow (818)346-5278 9 am - 5 pm PDT Darryl, lots of things could be wrong other than what you suggest. I don't know what anyone would do with an SASE with your address on it other than send something to you. Here's a few possibilities: 1. Both of the guys you want cards from are dead. Thier wives don't QSL. 2. The mailman lost your envelopes, and they never received them. Did you sent them Registered, and do you have a return receipt to prove they were delivered ? 3. Maybe they are no longer interested in ham radio, and they threw your cards in the trash. No laws in the state of California that make QSL'ing mandatory, least not yet. 4. Maybe they are like me, and they pile QSL's up someplace and answer them once a year. Next time, before you start giving names and calls of people who don't QSL and accusing them of stealing your stamps, consider the above. The other thing I can't figure out is why the hell you would be calling people on the phone in California, when you could pick up the microphone and work about 300 other stations in California on any given day. California and Idaho are not exactly rare DX, and you don't have to wait for the next DX'pedition to work them again. QSL's are, regardless of what you have been told, not a required part of the hobby. If you are working on WAS or another award, I suggest you work two or three stations in every state/zone/whatever you need and that will increase your chances of getting the cards you want. If you are new to the hobby, please realize that some hams are not the least bit interesting in sending or receiving QSL cards. Don't expect one from everyone you talk to. 73, Jim KH2D From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:35 1996 From: jrouse@dc.infi.net (John Rouse) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for QSL's from... Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 22:27:16 GMT Message-ID: <4kmc10$gjm@nw003.infi.net> References: <8BE5583.016B00532E.uuout@grinder.com> darryl.linkow@grinder.com (DARRYL LINKOW) wrote: >Hello all and thanks for reading this. I am looking for QSL cards >from N7ANL, Richard Glaese in Kootenai, ID. I have sent him 2 >SASE's along with some other written requests, and no answer back. If >anyone QSO's with him on a regular basis, please ask him what he >did with the SASE's?? I guess maybe he needed the stamps and >envelopes to mail out his bills or something, because he sure never >QSL'd me back with either one of them! >Also, if you know N6OBP, Joe Robinson, in Suisun, CA ask him what he >did with my SASE, also, because he didn't use it to return a QSL. >I even called on landline and left him a message on his answering >machine, but didn't get a return call or anything back in the mail >from him either. ==== Alas, that's ham radio. QSLing has been a very invloved process, and the return rate, with even SASEs and tear-stained envelopes, never exceeds 50-60 percent. I gave up pursuing WAS on 2 meters for that reason, and my latest foray into 160 meters in hot pursuit of DXCC and WAS on that band has been sad. Stateside contesters are the worst -- had a return rate of 20 percent of 50 cards sent out following a contest last year. I gave them a contest point and an SASE, they gave me nothing. It's very, very disappointing, to say the least, but maybe you've hit on something -- shame them in public. Nah. It's just a waste of bandspace. The hobby has enough positive aspects to simply write off -- well, almost -- the turkeys who take your stamp and use it to mail a letter of their own. The world's a mean place, hi... 73, John KA3DBN === John L. Rouse Packet:ka3dbn@ka3rfe.md.usa.noa Capital-Gazette Communications Fax: (301) 464-7027 Annapolis, Maryland Voice mail: (301) 262-3700 X200 ========================= jrouse@dc.infi.net jrouse@capaccess.org From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:36 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Message-ID: <1996Apr10.144226.8411@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <3169ED0E.4E4D@clinet.fi> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:42:26 GMT In article wa4pgm@moonst ar.com writes: > >I know what the others are going thru, Just about every issue I get >is damaged, some minor others I just throw in the trash. >Every since the ARRL done away with the wrappers (plastics or paper) >my QST's look like crap when they get here. They will replace >the damaged issues no problems, but they should get a 1-800 >number so I dont have to keep paiding for the call to get it >another copy. Once in awhile is not bad, but seems to be a every >other month thing. Guess if they can call a scaffold setup >on a rock a country they're not to worried about a damaged QST. >73 Kyle You've got net access, just drop them Email for replacement copies, worked for me. I'd prefer getting my copies pristine too (and most of mine still come that way), but 130,000 wrappers a month isn't pocket change (and wrapper prices recently increased sharply). Maybe the ARRL should offer QST in baggies for an extra charge for those of you having problems with your mail. I'd prefer to avoid another dues increase myself. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:37 1996 From: taylor@tix.timeplex.COM (Seth Taylor) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Mail Mangled QST Date: 10 Apr 96 13:28:26 GMT Message-ID: <9604101320.AA00869@tix.timeplex.com> I receive the QST along with many other magazines (Time, Newsweek, Discover etc.) and for years they arrive just fine. The problem is the postal facility. In fact the one time that a QST did get mangle d about 7 or 8 years ago was when it was in a wrapper. I don't know of any magazine that is mailed these days that is sent any other way than bare bones. Complain to the post facility that is handling the mail. It's probably happening near the end point of delivery. Also the brown wrappers can't be used anymore because of automation. The issues are sent out bar coded with the zip code plus 4 adress to qualify for a bulk rate reduction to the sender (the League). The bar coding has to be printed on a white area of the magazine for recognition by OCR sorting equipment. Also, the post office bulk sorting eqipment tends to tear things off, like paper wrappers, th en there goes the address. The elimination of the plastic wrapper that was used last was probably a cost cutting move. However, the only way to protect the magazine from the abuse described, is to put in one of those over night shipper type boxes. Seth KC2WE From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:38 1996 From: Ed Hare Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Date: 11 Apr 1996 12:51:45 GMT Message-ID: <4kiv91$fs0@mgate.arrl.org> References: <3169ED0E.4E4D@clinet.fi> <1996Apr10.144226.8411@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) wrote: > In article wa4pgm@moonstar.com writes: >>I know what the others are going thru, Just about every issue I get >>is damaged, some minor others I just throw in the trash. >>Every since the ARRL done away with the wrappers (plastics or paper) >>my QST's look like crap when they get here. They will replace >>the damaged issues no problems, but they should get a 1-800 >>number so I dont have to keep paiding for the call to get it >>another copy. Once in awhile is not bad, but seems to be a every >>other month thing. Guess if they can call a scaffold setup >>on a rock a country they're not to worried about a damaged QST. >>73 Kyle >You've got net access, just drop them Email for replacement copies, >worked for me. I'd prefer getting my copies pristine too (and most >of mine still come that way), but 130,000 wrappers a month isn't >pocket change (and wrapper prices recently increased sharply). Maybe >the ARRL should offer QST in baggies for an extra charge for those of >you having problems with your mail. I'd prefer to avoid another dues >increase myself. >Gary Actually, all of my home copies have been arriving just fine. We made this move to save both the cost of wrapping and postage; we get a less expensive rate because the unwrapped magazines can be processed by automated equipment. Interestingly, the number of requests for placement copies immediately dropped substantially when we went to the wrapperless issues -- a few more damaged QSTs reported, but fewer lost in the mails. I subscribe to about a dozen magazines; none are coming wrapped anymore it seems. I have not had a damaged copy in a long time. Perhaps there is a significant difference between postal handling centers and/or local offices. If your copy arrives damaged, contact our Circulation Department here at HQ. You can do this by phone, mail, email or in-person here at HQ. As listed on page 10 of QST, the email address for delivery/circulation contact is circulation@arrl.org. 73 from ARRL HQ, Ed Hare, KA1CV From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:39 1996 From: Anthony_M._Werdein.Wbst139@xerox.COM Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Mail Mangled QST Date: 10 Apr 96 12:03:27 GMT Message-ID: <"10-Apr-96..8:03:04".*.Anthony_M._Werdein.wbst139@Xerox.com> I also had my copy (ies) of QST damaged from the mail, but my was in the form of ripped back covers. Well I e-mailed ARRL, then I called the post office an d spoke to the postmaster and told of him of my problem, along with the type of damage I was receiving. When the replacement copy of QST arrived it had no suffered no damage, which was great! So far it has waterfalled to other trade magazines I receive, they have been in better condition sinced I called. Mayb e this is not possible since you are dealing wiht a APO but it might work for others. 73 Tony N2TRV From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:40 1996 From: fuat@tintin.cc.columbia.edu (Fuat C. Baran) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Date: 10 Apr 1996 21:28:05 GMT Message-ID: <4kh955$37u@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> References: <3169ED0E.4E4D@clinet.fi> <4ke5dp$1nr@jupiter.planet.net> >> I wonder if any of you have been having the same problem. Nope. I get QST and several other magazines each month. Once in a while a piece of mail will be mangled, but overall I'm happy the way things are. Several years ago I had trouble each month with one particular magazine, IEEE Computer. I ended up speaking with folks at the IEEE and my local post office. The IEEE people said that the printer was sending bundles of magazines sorted by destination to the post office and that mine was either the top or bottom magazine in a bundle and more likely to be damaged. They said eventually someone else would be added to the list and my copy would hopefully move further inside the bundle. They also sent a complaint to the printer for forwarding to the sending post office to ask them to be more careful and had me do the same with my post office (complaint form in triplicate). Eventually the problem resolved itself. I think I even got a response from the postmaster saying they were investigating my complaint. --Fuat Columbia University fuat@columbia.edu 703 Watson Labs 212-854-4804 612 W115th Street 212-662-6442 (Fax) New York, NY 10025 Amateur Radio: N2YGN http://www.columbia.edu/~fuat/ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:41 1996 From: burch@netline.net (Burch Akin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 13:01:47 GMT Message-ID: <4klneg$ist@tesla.netline.net> References: <"10-Apr-96..8:03:04".*.Anthony_M._Werdein.wbst139@Xerox.com> Anthony_M._Werdein.Wbst139@xerox.COM wrote: >I also had my copy (ies) of QST damaged from the mail, but my was in the form >of ripped back covers. Well I e-mailed ARRL, then I called the post office a nd >spoke to the postmaster and told of him of my problem, along with the type of >damage I was receiving. When the replacement copy of QST arrived it had no >suffered no damage, which was great! So far it has waterfalled to other trad e >magazines I receive, they have been in better condition sinced I called. May be >this is not possible since you are dealing wiht a APO but it might work for >others. >73 >Tony >N2TRV I have the same problem with my QSTs. I recieve 3 other mags and they are always fine, but my QST is always ripped up (usually the front cover.) KE4ZQV From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:42 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: bb840@scn.org (James Aeschliman) Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Message-ID: Reply-To: bb840@scn.org (James Aeschliman) References: <3169ED0E.4E4D@clinet.fi> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 18:39:11 GMT In a previous article, k8mn@clinet.fi (Dave Heil) says: >Subject: Mail Mangled QST >Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 04:52:30 +0000 >Organization: Clinet, Espoo, Finland. > >We have three ARRL members receiving QST via the APO mail. Each month >our magazines arrive late and in poor condition. Spines are broken, >pages are ripped and bent. I have been corresponding with the League and >have been assured that there are very few who receive the magazine in >tatters. I wonder if any of you have been having the same problem. > I have been getting most QST in same condition as before. Since APO mail must go through more handling, and if a large percentage of APO mail is being damaged, perhaps ARRL could be persuaded to wrap and mail QST to APO addresses separately. -- Jim Aeschliman bb840@scn.org Black Diamond, Washington KD7MK From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:43 1996 From: rdalneko@eos.hitc.com (Randy Dalnekoff) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Maryland Area Hamfest dates needed Date: 11 Apr 1996 15:21:52 GMT Message-ID: <4kj82g$hao@newsroom.HITC.COM> Does anyone have the date for this years spring hamfest/computer show at the Howard County Fairgrounds? please email, as my news server doesn't always update this group. rdalneko@eos.hitc.com. Thanks, Randy From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:45 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Mobile Telephone Service via Radio? Message-ID: <1996Apr7.215821.24278@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4k7dem$8d7@larry.rice.edu> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 21:58:21 GMT In article <4k7dem$8d7@larry.rice.edu> nenad@athene.cs.rice.edu (Nenad Nedeljk ovic) writes: >A cousin of mine lives in Yugoslavia, where the cellular phone >service is non-existent. He claims that it is possible to use >radio connections to establish mobile telephone service. >Apparently, one unit and an antenna would go on the car, and >the other unit would be somehow hooked up to his regular phone >line. The power output would be 50W (for the base station?) >and the range around 50 miles. > >He's seen this work for other people, but he has no clue about >radio technology (and neither do I). Despite the fact that he >can't precisely describe the necessary equipment, he wants me >to buy it for him. > >Can somebody please help me figure out how this is supposed to >work (if at all), and what kind of equipment is needed. The first thing to do is to find out what is permitted there, and on what frequencies. That will determine what equipment you need. Here in the US, there was a service called IMTS which used 50-100 watt mobile duplex radios which connected to base stations owned by service providers (the local telephone company) to allow mobile users access to the telephone network. It would be feasible (though not legal here) to have the base station at a private home connected to a private telephone line instead. IMTS has been superceded by cellular here, though a few IMTS systems still remain in operation. Most of the equipment has been dumped on the surplus market, and you could likely get it cheaply. There were two types, VHF and UHF, so you have to get the right kind to fit the Yugoslav bandplan, if any. It wouldn't do to fire up a mobile phone system on a frequency used by the local police or military. They'd take a dim view of that. Alternatively, he may be trying to describe a phone patch system. Amateurs, and some commercial users, do that here, usually with a phone patch equipped repeater, but also with private patch equipment hooked to a residential phone line. This is somewhat restricted compared to commercial or cellular practice by regulation for amateurs, and is usually operated half-duplex, IE you have to say "over" and release a button to change from talking to listening. Equipment to do this is also widely available, and not expensive. But the first thing you have to do is to find out what the Yugoslavian government permits. Then you can come back and ask about equipment specifics. It wouldn't do for your cousin to wind up in jail because he violated a local regulation. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:46 1996 From: k0hb@hamlink.mn.org (Hans Brakob) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Mods Message-ID: <829416549.AA06033@hamlink.mn.org> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 17:19:57 -0100 Jim, KH2D asked: >Does anyone have any historical data on the phenonemom of MODS? Basically it goes back to the roots of the hobby. Obviously the first decades included only homebrewed equipment, which is the ultimate in "MODS". Later, as "factory made" equipment came into availability, hams still thought they could improve the factory efforts (and in many cases can) so the tradition of "MODS" continues. Also, the habit has strong roots in the modification of surplus military and commercial equipment to operate in the amateur bands. 73, de Hans, K0HB From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:47 1996 From: va3wjr@netrover.com (J. Larry Taylor) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Mods to Kenwood TH22AT Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 06:53:17 GMT Message-ID: <4kflej$3v3@netrover.com> Does anyone have mods for the Kenwood TH22AT? If so could you e-mail to me? Thanx From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:48 1996 From: mazalr@bgumail.bgu.ac.IL (Mazal & Earl Rubin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Mullard Vacuum Tubes Date: 8 Apr 96 14:26:14 GMT Message-ID: <199604081426.RAA21354@bgumail.bgu.ac.il> Anyone have an old book of Mullard Valves? We are looking for the pin out and specs for a R19 rectifier / diode. Thanks in advance. Earl, 4Z4TJ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:48 1996 From: majewski@spsd630a.erim.org (Ron Majewski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need 2 Addr from 1994 DX Callbook Please Date: 11 Apr 1996 21:26:14 GMT Distribution: usa Message-ID: Hello- Two stations I recently worked asked me to QSL to their 1994 callbook addresses, a copy of which I unfortunately do not have. If you have a 1994 version of the International Callbook, may I please impose upon you to look up the addresses for ud6dj and ua2ff ? Thanks and 73, Ron (wb8ruq). -- Ron Majewski (majewski@erim.org) The Environmental Research Institute of Michigan From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:49 1996 From: Brian Ward Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need 220Mhz Radios Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 22:08:07 -0700 Message-ID: <316F36B7.2AFB@cyberspc.mb.ca> I am looking for two - 220 mhz radios for our club to use as link radios in our system, if you have or know of any, please reply to me.. Brian Ward VE4RBL -- ============================================ Brian Ward 73 de VE4RBL bward@cyberspc.mb.ca or rrbward@umanitoba.mb.ca check out my web page: http://www.cyberspc.mb.ca/~bward ============================================ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:50 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Need mod for IC735 noise blanker Message-ID: <1996Apr12.145124.18617@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4kk4mu$4d7@news.usit.net> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:51:24 GMT In article <4kk4mu$4d7@news.usit.net> sfritts@usit.net writes: > >Is there an improvement mod for the IC735 noise blanker? If I turn the >blanker up high enough to reduce the noise, the audio becomes >distorted. That's a surprise? When a blanker blanks, it kills the desired signal for the duration of the noise pulse as well as the noise pulse itself. *Of course* that's going to generate distortion, that's inherent in the process. The hope is that the resulting distortion is less annoying than the noise that is removed. I believe that the time constants used in the IC-735 blanker are as close to optimum as you can reasonably expect in a radio of its type. You can play with the time constants, but I don't think you can substantially improve upon them. The slice level setting is absolutely critical for best performance on different types of impulse noise and signals, so you need to set that carefully on a case by case basis. If the impulses are wide or very frequent, then you may do better leaving the blanker off because too much of the desired signal will also be lost and the distortion will be severe. There's no good way to handle this problem using a blanker. A noise peak clipper may be better in these cases, but the real answer is to eliminate the noise at the source. I hope this doesn't sound like I'm trying to teach you to suck eggs, you may already know all of this and still hope to improve the blanker in the IC-735. I've had my IC-735 for 7 years and I've tried modifying the noise blanker time constants for better operation. I wound up back at the factory values. I don't think you can get it to work much better. I think that if the blanker can't handle the impulses without unacceptable distortion, you're going to have to do something else to deal with the noise (like using an ANC-1 noise canceller). Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:51 1996 From: david_mcgee.mailcenter#u#17@maca.sarnoff.com (Dave McGee) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need PacketCluster site in N. Cent. PA Date: 9 Apr 1996 16:39:31 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: I've been looking for a DX PacketCluster site I can hit from Tioga, PA (about 25 miles south of Corning, NY) without much success. Anyone have any info on this? 73 Dave N3AHF From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:52 1996 From: kleerdex@epix.net (Vic Klein) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Need PacketCluster site in N. Cent. PA Date: 10 Apr 1996 12:50:41 GMT Message-ID: <4kgar1$10h@guava.epix.net> References: In article , david_mcge e.mailcenter#u#17@maca.sarnoff.com (Dave McGee) says: > >I've been looking for a DX PacketCluster site I can hit from Tioga, PA >(about 25 miles south of Corning, NY) without much success. Anyone have >any info on this? >73 >Dave N3AHF Alas, you have joined the ranks of the rural folks like me who must do node-hopping to get to a DX-cluster and accept seeing the spots up to 10 minutes later than everybody else. From here in Bear Gap, about 70 miles north of Harrisburg, I either hop via Danville to Hazelton then link to W3IQS in Scranton, or go via Danville to Williamsport, thence via Elmira north to Rochester where another nice cluster operates. Good luck... =Vic= WA4THR From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:53 1996 From: LLEDLOW Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: New Hampshire Exam Session 4/18 Date: 9 Apr 1996 21:17:32 GMT Message-ID: <4kek5c$831@news.sanders.lockheed.com> An amateur radio examination session will be held at 1830 on Thursday, 18 April, at the Crotched Mountain Foundation in Greenfield, NH. CMF is easily accessible from towns in southern NH, SE VT, and northern MA. Pre-registration is necessary and may be completed by phone, fax, or e-mail. Simply indicate your name, callsign (if any), exams to take, and a contact phone number. You MUST pre-register not later than Tuesday 16 April. Exam coordinator is Larry Ledlow NA5E. 73! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry L. Ledlow, Jr. lledlow@mailgw.sanders.lockheed.com NA5E 1-603-588-6103 voice W5YI-VE #2129 1-603-588-6102 fax ------------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:55 1996 From: Eric@mail.advertisnet.com (Eric) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: new reader Date: 10 Apr 1996 13:19:43 GMT Message-ID: <4kgchf$ot5@news.starnet.net> Hi guys, I'm not real sure if this is the right place to do this, I'm a newbie on th e Inet, but also a ham. From past experiences, fellow hams have always been real helpful. Anyway, my point, I just set up my reader and wanted to know if everything was working ok. Could I get a few responses? It would be greatly appreciated... Also, I realize it's probably an over-posted subject, but I have a few comments about the no-code stuff... I got my license primarily for 2m packet. I have enjoyed it alot. But, I wasn't forced to learn code to get this, obviously. Well, since I've started, July '95, I've watched my father contact people from all over the world with seemingly simple equipment. This tells me that CW would be very reliable in case of emergencies, or limited resources. That gave me an incentive to try to learn it. I'm now studying, when I get the chance. Basically, I don't agree when people say there is no place for CW. Eve n though I am a young ham, I can see the need for practice and use of CW. Also, this is a hobby. In my opinion, a hobby is something someone does for enjoyment, or to "get away" from the real world for a little while. Why not take your hobby as far as you can. Learning CW doesn't mean you have to drop everything else, just adding to your knowledge of the hobby... 73's de KB0TKU... From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:56 1996 From: wa4pgm@moonstar.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: New Web site, URL changed !! Date: Tue, 09 Apr 96 22:51:43 EDT Message-ID: Please my note of my URL change, you will still get there will the old one, but make sure you make change within the next month or two. new url: http://www.moonstar.com/~wa4pgm ham radio and kayaking pages. Lots of changes in the last week, check it out and please add my URL to your list/page. Thanks, Kyle From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:56 1996 Date: 10 Apr 1996 11:42:00 EST Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jeff@com (Jeff) Message-ID: <8291509205404@omnisystem.com> References: <8291027762604@omnisystem.com> Subject: Re: New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped international JE>CH>New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped internationally? JE>CH>I heard something to this effect on 2m. Any comments? JE>CW was "state of the art" many years ago. It isn't anymore. Although JE>it's a skill JE>I personally enjoy, I find the idea of forcing someone else to learn JE>something that's JE>so utterly irrelevant to today's screamingly-advanced JE>communications-modes quite JE>repulsive. Perhaps the CW-religionists ought to work on broadening JE>their bandwidth, JE>both technically and socially.... JE>Jeff From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:57 1996 From: jones <103376.3445@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped international Date: 11 Apr 1996 05:44:45 GMT Message-ID: <4ki68d$b3a$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> References: <8291027762604@omnisystem.com> Interesting that such would come from a sniveling little socialist country like ZL. Recently (back in the USA) a high school principal (who had failed the teacher test four times) sued the school district over the test. At the trail an attorney asked her what percentage 8 was of 80....she waited 40 seconds and asked for the question to be rephrased....she then said that 8 was 1% of 80. Well, if we can have principals that can't figure 10% we can have radio ops that don't know the code......And the two are related. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:58 1996 From: cc wynn Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped international Date: 13 Apr 1996 20:38:29 GMT Message-ID: <4kp3c5$t4s@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> References: <8291027762604@omnisystem.com> <4ki68d$b3a$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4klj9j$stv@asgard.actrix.gen.nz> Glenn McAllister wrote: >ZL will continue to bring this up at every IARU conference until the world in general >realises that CW is an obsolete mode and is is ONLY ONE FACET of amateur radi o ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >operation; and should be tested as such. > It has been reported on this forum more than once that about half of the QSO's currently found on the HF frequencies are CW. So, how do you reason that MF/HF CW (OOK Morse) is an obsolete mode? Is it just because you want it to b e, or that economics (unique skills are expensive!) have forced its demise from some sectors to be replaced by digital gimmickry with dubious reliability? Why do we still hear commercial 500KHz stations on CW? Has the false economy been exposed? Inquiring minds want to know. 73, Clay N4AOX From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:48:59 1996 From: Pete McQuail Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped international Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 22:25:42 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: <$hubpHAWpsbxEwAt@samwise.demon.co.uk> References: <8291027762604@omnisystem.com> In article <4klj9j$stv@asgard.actrix.gen.nz>, Glenn McAllister writes >jones <103376.3445@CompuServe.COM> wrote: >>Interesting that such would come from a sniveling little socialist >>country like ZL. > >Sniveling little socialist country? What's your beef? Socialist? >What do you mean by that anyway??? > >ZL will continue to bring this up at every IARU conference until the world >ingeneral >realises that CW is an obsolete mode and is is ONLY ONE FACET of amateur radi o >operation; and should be tested as such. > Good on you. 73 Pete Mcquail, G8DCJ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:00 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <73@pplace.win.net> References: <8291027762604@omnisystem.com> <4ki68d$b3a$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com><4klj9j$stv@asgard.actrix.gen.nz> Reply-To: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) From: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:49:31 GMT Subject: Re: New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped international Chicken Shit attitude of the less than able. Hold your breath till you turn blue and whine. >ZL will continue to bring this up at every IARU conference until the world in general >realises that CW is an obsolete mode and is is ONLY ONE FACET of amateur radi o >operation; and should be tested as such. > >-- >Glenn McAllister ZL2TLD >PO Box 3675 Delta-Wye Electronics >Wellington >New Zealand > > > From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:01 1996 From: Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped internationally? Date: 8 Apr 1996 16:57:06 GMT Message-ID: <4kbgh2$4mj$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: Charles Copeland asked: >New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped internationally?< At the last ITU WRC meeting (1995) an initiative was opened by the NZ delegation to visit this issue. The agenda item was not pursued at that meeting, but will appear as part of a larger "look" at amateur radio at the the 1999 WRC. Many national societies are now examining this issue, including ARRL, RSGB, RAC, IARU, etc. IARU and ARRL (and I'm sure others) have established working groups to prepare for WRC 99. You should contact your national society with your views and recommendations as early as possible. -- 73, de Hans K0HB --No election system is perfect. For example, every now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:02 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: charles1@netcom.com (charles copeland) Subject: New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped internationally? Message-ID: Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 16:47:36 GMT New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped internationally? I heard something to this effect on 2m. Any comments? From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:04 1996 From: dlawson@mainelink.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Next test...(thanks for nuthin') Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 02:47:13 GMT Message-ID: <4kpl8i$lnb@news.mainelink.net> References: <4judc3$919@dawn.mmm.com> <48@pplace.win.net> pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) wrote: >For those who want to know, it's in the Virginia Beach, Norfolk, >Hampton, Newport News, area of Virginia. Now can we despense with >the, " I don't know, BUT".. > In article <4judc3$919@dawn.mmm.com>, Gary Hosler - KN0Z >(grhosler@mmm.com) writes: >sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) >wrote: > >>In article >, >>>sarge@rational.com (Matthew C. Sargent) wrote: > >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Excuse me if this information is maintained elswhere on the net, but I am >>>> interested in taking my Technician test and I was wondering if anybody >>>> knew if there will be a test given in the greater Hampton Roads area in >>>> the near future. >> >>>Well this was my first post to this newsgroup. Did I get any answers at >>>all? No I did not. Is it that I only want to take the technician exams? >>>Hey here is somebody who _wants_ to take the test, who wants to become a >>>ham. I am sorry if I feel that taking the code test right away is too much >>>for me for fit in between work, kids, wife and my other hobby. Not a great >>>statement on the overall helpfullness of this particular newsgroup. Maybe >>>you people should look up from your code/no-code arguments for a minute! >> >>>btw - I found out the dates and times for the tests using the WWW - all on >>>my own. >> >>>very little thanks, >> >>>Matt >> >>>Matthew C. Sargent >>>sarge@rational.com >>>AMA# 457887 >> >> >>Not sure just what your problem is Matt! I haven't the faintest idea >>where the greater Hampton Roads area is, or for that matter even what >>state it is located in. Please bear in mind that you are posting a >>QUESTION to the newsgourp. If people don't have an answer to your >>question, then chances are that you won't get much of a response. No >>need to develope an attitude that everyone is down on you cause you >>have decided to take a No Code Tech test. What class of license you >>wish to attain is entirely up to you. It all depends on what aspects >>of the hobby you have an interest in (Sat's, RTTY, CW, SSB, FM, SSTV, >>FSTV, HF, VHF, UHF, etc.). Different strokes for different folks. >> >>Like I said, I haven't the faintest where the greater Hampton Roads >>area is, but obviously from your signature line you have two wheels >>and an interest in performance bikes. If Summer EVER returns to >>Minnesota, I'll be out on my "90" ZX-11 instead of workin DX on 160 >>Meters. Wanna ride? >> >> de KN0Z Gary in Wyoming, MN >> >>Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of 3M. >> if at first you don't.... would you like to have a copy of all the messages i got no reples to? oh yes btw... do you have any rca 1000 manuals? From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:05 1996 From: drx1@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (timothy charles phillips) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: not type accepted whats up Date: 9 Apr 1996 22:44:33 -0400 Message-ID: <4kf7ah$s0q@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> I got a responce from a self apointed radio cop that if I used non type acepted equitment I would be operating in violation of fcc rules. what I would like to know is that if I converted a busness band radio to 2m would it be wrong.From what I gathered this goes on as a normal way for the poor working man to get equitment to use.Also if I used my radio for fire control when the fire gets out of control wouldn't this be covered by the rule that if life or property are in imeadate danger that ALL reasonable means of comm. would be allowed just a thought please if you respond be reasoable thanks 73 see ya on sat. tim From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:06 1996 From: billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: not type accepted whats up Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 20:40:43 GMT Message-ID: <4kh9qm$cjn@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4kf7ah$s0q@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> <4kh79d$cb9@jupiter.planet.net> billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl) wrote: >There is no TYPE-ACCEPTANCE requirement for ham equipment. Before someone else jumps all over me, let me note that the ONLY type acceptance that is applicable for ham equipment is for Linear amplifiers for under 144 MHz. Even at that, once such a unit is purchased by a ham, the ham can modify it as he chooses. SEE part 97.315/317. Bill Sohl K2UNK ARRL Local Gov't Liaison, Mt. Olive Township, NJ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:07 1996 From: myers@West.Sun.COM (Dana Myers) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: not type accepted whats up Date: 11 Apr 1996 13:25:38 GMT Message-ID: <4kj18i$56i@abyss.West.Sun.COM> References: <4kf7ah$s0q@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> <1996Apr10.155515.8819@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4khe6i$ii2@hpax.cup.hp.com> In article <4khe6i$ii2@hpax.cup.hp.com>, Jim Hollenback wrote: >Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote: >: Since amateur equipment (other than external HF amplifiers) doesn't >: require type acceptance, and doesn't *have* type acceptance for land > >Not quite true. I can build my amplifier and use it leagally without >the type acceptance. The type acceptance only applies to commercially >built amps. Have a closer look at 97.315/317 - you may build (or modify) *one* of a particular model of HF/6m amplifier per calendar year without type acceptance. Any more than that and you do require TA. -- * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ, DoD#: j | Views expressed here are mine and should * * (310) 348-6043 | not be interpreted or represented as * * Dana.Myers@West.Sun.Com | those of Sun Microsystems, Inc. * From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:08 1996 From: jholly@cup.hp.com (Jim Hollenback) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: not type accepted whats up Date: 10 Apr 1996 22:54:10 GMT Message-ID: <4khe6i$ii2@hpax.cup.hp.com> References: <4kf7ah$s0q@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> <1996Apr10.155515.8819@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote: : Since amateur equipment (other than external HF amplifiers) doesn't : require type acceptance, and doesn't *have* type acceptance for land Not quite true. I can build my amplifier and use it leagally without the type acceptance. The type acceptance only applies to commercially built amps. -- Jim Hollenback From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:09 1996 From: Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: not type accepted whats up Date: 10 Apr 1996 14:17:50 GMT Message-ID: <4kgfue$1pl$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> References: <4kf7ah$s0q@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> >I got a responce from a self apointed radio cop that if I used >non type acepted equitment I would be operating in violation >of fcc rules. what I would like to know is that if I converted >a busness band radio to 2m would it be wrong. That KiloCycleKop is wrong. You can convert equipment from any other service to the amateur service without getting any sort of "type acceptance". I would caution you that the "type acceptance" for the original service would now be void, and it could no longer be used in that service, except in the most dire (protection of life) circumstances. (And even then might be called into question!) Convert away, my friend, with no fear of a visit from the FCC. -- 73, de Hans K0HB --No election system is perfect. For example, every now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:09 1996 From: dnorris@k7no.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Old 20 Extra only freq? Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:12:22 GMT Message-ID: <4klh9g$1up@news.syspac.com> Is my memory correct? Was there not a 20 meter sub-band for the exclusive use of extra class licensees? The time period was 1955-6 and as I recall it was above 14.3 mHz. Can anyone shed light on this for me. Thanks Dean Rest in peace Mr. Ben Johnson! C. Dean Norris Amateur Radio Station K7NO e-mail to dnorris@k7no.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:10 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: aswNS@hamp.hampshire.edu (Albert S Woodhull) Subject: Re: Old 20 Extra only freq? Message-ID: <4d7cc$a51c.1f1@news.hampshire.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 15:05:28 GMT References: <4klh9g$1up@news.syspac.com> On Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:12:22 GMT dnorris@k7no.com wrote in rec.radio.amateur.misc: : Is my memory correct? Was there not a 20 meter sub-band for the : exclusive use of extra class licensees? The time period was 1955-6 : and as I recall it was above 14.3 mHz. Can anyone shed light on this : for me. I think in this period U.S. amateurs were not allowed to use voice in the 14.300 to 14.350 part of 20 meters. I don't think there were any frequency restrictions for any class of license above General, an Advanced or Extra Class license gave no additional privileges of any kind. 73, Al N1AW -- Al Woodhull awoodhull@hampshire.edu n1aw@k1mea.#wma.ma.usa.na n1aw@ka1jy.ampr.org From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:12 1996 From: rwilkins@ccnet.com (Bob Wilkins ~ n6fri) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Packet-Internet, & Internet-Packet Gateways Date: 13 Apr 1996 12:53:16 GMT Message-ID: <4ko83s$4p8@ccnet2.ccnet.com> References: <199604080015.RAA22383@bing.ncw.net> <8291033977405@omnisystem.com> : GL>Does anybody know about any Packet-Internet gateways that you can access : GL>packet networks from by Telneting in, and email? Please send any informat ion : GL>to Vance A. Glasscock . answering the previous question Jeff (jeff@com) wrote: : I wouldn't recommend that ANY Ham interconnect Packet with the Internet! : The two systems can be quite incompatible with respect to potential : commercial : traffic as well as the likelihood of frequently colorful language.... : If you want to get on packet, go packet. If you want the 'Net, log-on. Thats the same as saying that voice repeaters should not interconnect to the public telephone networks. You could run into the same problems. There are quite a number of packet gateway stations with internet connections. By using the telnet application the amateur station can require a password to allow an internet amateur to use any of the rf equipment. Signing on as guest only allows you to read the messages etc, on the amateur bbs. You must send e-mail to each sysop to use their rf stations. Tired of node hopping in your local area? Telnet to an other state and see whats out there! http://www.ccnet.com/~rwilkins/gateways.html Have Fun! ~Bob -- Bob Wilkins home n6fri@uhf.org Berkeley, California work bwilkins@cave.org 94712-2354 play n6fri@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.noam From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:13 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital Message-ID: <71@pplace.win.net> References: <316A81C6.3DAD@indirect.com> Reply-To: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) From: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 02:24:50 GMT Subject: Re: PACTOR discussed on radio show Yeah, sure, another ham too damned lazy to work to get the priviledges, so please, give them to me....please.... golly, I don't wanna have to pass any old test...... Quit whining and earn them, then do your frigging WOG. It would carry more weight and mean LOTS more, if you were working from above and not below. N0RDQ In article <316A81C6.3DAD@indirect.com>, Len Winkler (lenwink@indirect.com) writes: >Paul Sussman, KB8LUJ, will be the special guest this sunday on the Ham >Radio & More radio show. Be sure to listen to find out more about >PACTOR. Show times and info appear below. >-- >Len Winkler, KB7LPW lenwink@indirect.com >P.O. Box 9219 kb7lpw@kc7y.az.usa.na >Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219 >Ham Radio & More Show info at: >http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html >RealAudio site:http://www.tapr.org/hrm/hrm.html > >The show airs LIVE each SUNDAY at 6:00pm ET (2200utc) on many stations >throughout the country. >ALSO: LIVE everywhere on WWCR shortwave, 100,000 watts, on 7.435mhz and >12.160mhz, 2200utc. > >The show also airs on WWCR shortwave, tape delayed at 0900utc on 3.315, >on Mondays, and Saturdays at 1600utc on 12.160. > > >Support "WOG". Written only General!!! > From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:14 1996 From: Davew@cris.com (Dave Harrison) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Phone Patch vs GTE Date: 9 Apr 1996 04:24:51 GMT Message-ID: <4kcoqj$15@tribune.concentric.net> A friend of mine maintains a repeater/phone patch, using space on the roof of our commercial building. Pacific Bell honored the FCC ruling that amateur phone patches qualify for residential (verses measured business) service. He'll be installing another one in an area served by GTE California and they can't find any ruling dealing with phone patches, and will not allow residential lines at the commercial location. Can anyone let me know the FCC ruling/number that GTE can reference? Thanks in advance! Dave From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:14 1996 From: ac6v@ix.netcom.com (AC6V) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: QSL info for S92SS,P49V and J37BC Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 02:05:28 GMT Message-ID: <4k9sfk$men@dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> References: Robert Newman wrote: >Im needing qsl info for S92SS, P49V and J37BC. >Any help would be MOST appreciated. > >Robert/WB4LLP Try using the QSL Manager Data Base at: http://www.systemtechnik.tu-ilmenau.de/ham/qsldb_gate.html For S92SS it shows: S92SS: CHARLES LEWIS, BOX 522, SAO TOME, WEST AFRICA UPDATED BY DL1SBF: 1-OCT-1995 1639Z 73 Rod From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:15 1996 From: l38217@alfa.ist.utl.pt (Pedro Pedroso) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL INFO PLEASE !!!! Date: 11 Apr 1996 13:53:51 GMT Message-ID: <4kj2tf$bu6@ci.ist.utl.pt> Greetings felloww amateurs ! Recently I have worked the following DX stations, but I dont have the QSL info (in spite of searching in several internet QSL servers) : S02R JX9ZP and finaly I need th address for DL7DF wich is said to be the qsl manager for C56CW. Any info on any of the station above mentioned would be very apreciated. Thanks ! 73's + Good DX + Good Contest ! -- | Pedro Pedroso | | | l38217@alfa.ist.utl.pt | CT1ELP | | Eng. Electrotecnica e Computadores | Founder member of GPDX | | (Telecomunicacoes e electronica) | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Address: P.O.Box 116 , 2806 Almada Codex , PORTUGAL | --------------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:18 1996 From: vbook@vbook.com (Ed Mitchell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: RACES as 501(c)(3)??? Date: 9 Apr 1996 02:30:03 GMT Message-ID: <4kci3b$id2@news.accessone.com> References: <4k46ft$q3d@news.citynet.net> In article <4k46ft$q3d@news.citynet.net>, wm8s@citynet.net says... > >Reposted from soc.org.nonprofit: > >I am the director of a my County's RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency >Service) unit. RACES is a team of licensed amateur radio operators that >assist County government agencies during disasters by providing >communications channels and operators. The RACES "concept" was created by >federal code (47 CFR 97) but each individual RACES unit is actually sponsored >by (and a part of) a state or local government agency (usually the >jurisdiction's emergency management agency). > >We would like to solicit funding from area companies, individuals, >grant-making institutions, etc., to finance our equipment (a few tens of >thousands of dollars a year at the most), and I'm having a tough time >figuring out exactly how to go about doing that. > >We're sort of a "pseudo-government entity": not created by local statute but >sponsored by local government; not sponsored by a federal agency but created >by federal statue -- a group without a home, so to speak. I don't want to >have our supporters write the County treasurer a check and then have to go >through the County's budgeting and fiscal process; I'd like to incorporate as >a 501 non-profit organization with our own, separate financial operation. > >I think we should set up a separate corporation and call it something like >"The Kanawha County Emergency Communications Foundation". The sole purpose of >that corporation would be to accept donations for and fund equipment >purchases, operating expenses, etc., for the Kanawha County RACES Unit. > >Am I on the right track? > >Are there certain words in the corporation's name I want to avoid like "fund" >or "foundation"? Certain words I *should* use? > >Does this sound like 501(c)(3)? > >Most importantly: Will the corporation just be able to accept donations for >the team and then have to turn right around and make like, cash payments to >the County treasurer for eventual acquisition of the equipment? Or can the >corporation accept donations, make capital and expense disbursments directly, >and perpetually maintain ownership of the team's gear and other property? > >Or.... do I need to pay an attorney and/or an accountant to do this? I'm a >small business owner, have some free time and think I'm clever enough to do >it myself, but I know the IRS can be picky. There are hundreds of RACES units >around the country; I'd love to find out what they've already done. > >Thanks! >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Rob Bailey, WM8S (wm8s@citynet.net) Kanawha / Charleston >Bailey Computer Systems Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service Rob, I used to be involved with a search and rescue organization in Eastern WA. They incorporated as Kittitas County Search and Rescue Council, Inc, and established 501(c)(3) requirements with the assistance of the County's attorney. This unit serves at the direction of the KC Sheriff's Office and is a quasi-government agency in the sense that RACES is quasi-government. But I don't think that really matters. I think that KCS&RC established itself as a non-profit humantarian aid group. They are funded entirely by donations. Kim, my wife, filed the 501(c)(3) paperwork for a non-profit pre-school group once. She did all the paper work herself. The IRS sent it back the first time, I think, with some add'l information required. She fixed it and returned back to the IRS and they eventually received their non-profit status. Good luck, Ed, KF7VY ------------------------ Ed (KF7VY) and Kim (N7VPL) Mitchell personal email to vbook@vbook.com Visit Ham Radio Online, it's free! at http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/hronline.htm From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:19 1996 From: Charles Bolland Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.noncomm,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap Subject: Radio Station Database Program Stand Alone Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 01:00:53 -0400 Message-ID: <316C9205.2CAC@flinet.com> Sir, It's still available. The IBM/DOS Broadcasting Radio Station Database Program for Longwave, Mediumwave, and Shortwave. Over 4,000 records included already. The program is completely read and write. Records can be added or changed. Sorts in many different formats both on your screen and printing. If you would like a copy of the program, send your request to "chuck@flinet.com". Please include your MAILING ADDRESS. For example, your street number, city, state and zipcode. Also include your Email address. The program will be sent to you via Email probably within 24 hours if not sooner. If you request the program and haven't received it in that period, check back with me.. Remember to send your address. Requests without a mail address will no longer be acknowledge to save time on the internet. In the past, requests without an address were reminded with a message. Usually, the reminder went unanswered anyway. If it was, the reply was sometimes very rude. This program is free! Everything works. It has many features and they all work, not like shareware where some of the features work and others don't. You address will be kept confidential. I will be sending you a first class letter later explaining another full featured Database program available. It's very big! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:20 1996 From: l.mclaughlin@popmail.csuohio.edu (Bostonian) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RCA WT - 100A TUBE TESTER WANTED Date: 14 Apr 1996 01:06:16 GMT Message-ID: <4kpj28$8ua@csu-b.csuohio.edu> RCA WT-100A and/or Hickok 700 tube tester wanted. Seeking unit in good running condition, needing some repairs or for parts (if I later come across a working unit). Willing to swap for something or please state a fair price for the respective unit. I would prefer swapping something as cash is tight, but I would have to find out what you are looking for -- I may have it. Please indicate if you have manuals, schematics, charts and/or plug-in tube sockets for the respective tube tester. Kindly, email with details. Thank you. Having email problems -- my correct address is: l.mclaughlin@popmail.csuohio.edu From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:21 1996 From: fergus.8@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Fergus) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: RS HTX-212 has been out a year has anyone found MODs ?? Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 03:11:53 GMT Message-ID: References: <4k3ns3$8dg@mawny.microagewny.com> In article <4k3ns3$8dg@mawny.microagewny.com> shamrock@microagewny.com (shamro ck) writes: >Hi, > Just wondering if anyone has found any mods to the HTX-212 like >being able to program out-of-band freq like 162.55 area> into memory instead of just VFO...or being able to select >programmed memory channels for selective scanning ie.. scan 5,10, >or just two memory channels at a time...I know there is a way to >"NOT-Scan" 5 freq's but that leaves 25 left scanning.... >Or a way to expand number of memory channels ?? >I love the radio it performs really great but just falls a little short in >the above areas...guess my Alinco ht spoiled me :>. >73's >Bill >N2YTE Bill, Don't know of any other mods for the HTX-212 except the MARS/CAP and out-of-band RX mod described in the manual. However, RS has a new version of the 212 called the HTX-242 on sale for $299 that has 40 memories plus call, and it will store out-of-band freq in memory (I think). Yes, I'm quite happy with the HTX-212 for what I paid for it. Sure gets MUCH less intermod then my Alinco HT's 73 de N8VJF Mark Employee of RS store 01-4427, Columbus OH fergus.8@osu.edu From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:22 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) Subject: Re: RS HTX-212 has been out a year has anyone found MODs ?? Message-ID: References: <4k3ns3$8dg@mawny.microagewny.com> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:59:49 GMT Mark D. Fergus (fergus.8@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote: : In article <4k3ns3$8dg@mawny.microagewny.com> shamrock@microagewny.com (sham rock) writes: : >Hi, : > Just wondering if anyone has found any mods to the HTX-212 like : >being able to program out-of-band freq like 162.55 area> into memory instead of just VFO...or being able to select : >programmed memory channels for selective scanning ie.. scan 5,10, : >or just two memory channels at a time...I know there is a way to : >"NOT-Scan" 5 freq's but that leaves 25 left scanning.... : >Or a way to expand number of memory channels ?? : >I love the radio it performs really great but just falls a little short in : >the above areas...guess my Alinco ht spoiled me :>. : >73's : >Bill : >N2YTE : Bill, : Don't know of any other mods for the HTX-212 except the MARS/CAP and : out-of-band RX mod described in the manual. However, RS has a new version o f : the 212 called the HTX-242 on sale for $299 that has 40 memories plus call, : and it will store out-of-band freq in memory (I think). I checked with my local Radio Shack store and the people there knew nothing about the HTX-242. Can you email me info? -- feustel@netcom.com Dave Feustel N9MYI For PGP Public Key, finger feustel@netcom.com Fort Wayne, IN Or else access http://www.mixi.net/~feustel/ 219-483-1857 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:24 1996 From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Rules that the ham wife must follow Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 19:33:23 -0400 Message-ID: <316C4543.725A@ccsnet.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------459E27FD30F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --------------459E27FD30F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="tips.txt" The following appeared in the Cape Cod Times and I thought I would share it with you. Readers should feel free to cut out the following excerpts from their workbook and tape it to their refrigerator to serve as a handy reminder. I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R T H E L A D Y O F T H E H O U S E Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal on time. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed. Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so that you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of workweary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift. Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up school books, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will also give you a lift. Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces (if they are small). Comb their hair, and if necessary change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing apart. Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer, dishwasher, or vacuum. Try to encourage the chilclren to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him. Some don'ts. Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind. Listen to him. You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.  --------------459E27FD30F0-- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:25 1996 From: muc38@ix.netcom.com(TURNER C. BLANCHARD ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: S.Carolina Band and Frequency information Date: 10 Apr 1996 17:26:00 GMT Message-ID: <4kgqv8$sc8@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> I am looking for some information on what bands (hf 50Mhz, VHF, UHF, 800, 800 Trunked) and frequencies that are in use in South Carolina for Police, Fire, Highway Patrol and other Government sectors. I will be moving to the Greenville area this summer and I would like to be able to hear what is going on. Thank you, Turner muc38@ix.netcom.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:26 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Calls -- What Message-ID: <8BE52ED.0029004A46.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 96 12:29:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: usao6ret@erols.com Subject: Re: Vanity Calls -- What gate??? >It seems that the FCC was hit with several petititons challenging parts >of the vanity call sign program. Remember that one of the first gates to >open gives a family member the opportunity to get the call sign of a >decesaed family member if the individual making the request holds a >license equal to or higher than the grade of the deceased. That was a >point of several petitions -- if Dad was an Extra and I am a Novice, I >should still be able to get his call. Yup, that is a giant point! Glad to see that people took the time to write their comments to the FCC about that one. --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:28 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <70@pplace.win.net> References: <8BE52ED.0029004A46.uuout@hobbs.com> Reply-To: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) From: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 09:32:36 GMT Subject: Re: Vanity Calls -- What Seems to me, if people were so damned proud of Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Uncle Bob, Aunt Sarah, Cousin Billy or whatevers license, they would upgrade to represent the license. Bunch of whiney peckerheads. They aren't proud of anything, they just want something for nothing AGAIN. N0RDQ who is NOT after one of them either. But for Christs sake, when does the responsibility of life and lifes little accomplishments begin to kick in for the individual. Still relying on some other person accomplishments. Sorta like waiting for the relatives to die, so one can have their money (accomplishments). In article <8BE52ED.0029004A46.uuout@hobbs.com>, ROLAND STINER (roland.stiner@hobbs.com) writes: > >To: usao6ret@erols.com >Subject: Re: Vanity Calls -- What gate??? > > >It seems that the FCC was hit with several petititons challenging parts > >of the vanity call sign program. Remember that one of the first gates to > >open gives a family member the opportunity to get the call sign of a > >decesaed family member if the individual making the request holds a > >license equal to or higher than the grade of the deceased. That was a > >point of several petitions -- if Dad was an Extra and I am a Novice, I > >should still be able to get his call. > >Yup, that is a giant point! Glad to see that people took the time to >write their comments to the FCC about that one. >--- > OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- > > * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) > > .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono > __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com > |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 > ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 > > From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:29 1996 From: jjmartin@shore.net (JJ Martin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Calls -- What gate??? Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 04:46:31 GMT Message-ID: <4kcfls$2k6@shore.shore.net> References: <4kb91k$rjr@hg.oro.net> Reply-To: jjmartin@shore.net rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) wrote: >Anybody have a clue what gate the FCC is currently accepting for >vanities? >Jim Yes. None. jim From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:30 1996 From: sscherme@capecod.net (Skid Schermerhorn, W1TTY) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Calls -- What gate??? Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 12:30:55 GMT Message-ID: <4kdlb2$jfd@alpha.pcix.com> References: <4kb91k$rjr@hg.oro.net> Reply-To: sscherme@capecod.net rst-engr@oro.net (Jim Weir) wrote: >Anybody have a clue what gate the FCC is currently accepting for >vanities? >Jim >Jim Weir VP Engineering | You bet your sweet patootie I speak for the >RST Engineering | company. If I don't, ain't nobody gonna. >Grass Valley CA 95945 | >http://www.rst-engr.com | AR Adv WB6BHI--FCC 1/C phone--Cessna 182A N73CQ >rst-engr@oro.net | Commercial/CFI-Airplane/Glider-----A&P Mechanic None. ======== SB QST @ ARL $ARLB011 ARLB011 Vanity calls delayed ZCZC AG90 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 11 ARLB011 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT February 15, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB011 ARLB011 Vanity calls delayed ARRL has learned that the FCC may delay until mid-1996 the announcement of when it plans to open the first gate or gates of the vanity call sign program. A Commission spokesman says the FCC first wants to deal with remaining Petitions for Reconsideration it has received. The FCC had been expected to announce opening dates early this year. FCC vanity call sign application Form 610V is now available, but the FCC will not accept completed forms until it opens the appropriate kfiling gates. Prospective applicants can get the FCC Form 610V package by writing ARRL, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111. Please include an sase. Form 610V also is available from the FCC via the Internet at http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form610V or ftp://ftp.fcc.gov/pub/Forms/Form610V/, or by fax at 202-418-0177. Ask for Form 006108. The FCC's Forms Distribution Center also accepts orders for Form 610V at 800-418-3676. NNNN /EX ========== 73 Skid W1TTY From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:31 1996 From: burch@netline.net (Burch Akin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Vanity Calls -- What gate??? Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 13:41:58 GMT Message-ID: <4kgh28$1jk@tesla.netline.net> References: <4kb91k$rjr@hg.oro.net> <4kb9tt$5sc@news.usit.net> <3169D49E.3C67@erols.com> usao6ret wrote: >of the vanity call sign program. Remember that one of the first gates to >open gives a family member the opportunity to get the call sign of a >decesaed family member if the individual making the request holds a >license equal to or higher than the grade of the deceased. That was a >point of several petitions -- if Dad was an Extra and I am a Novice, I >should still be able to get his call. I contacted the FCC about a month ago and was told this. If Dad was an Extra that kept his Tech callsign, the child can get the callsign it he is a Tech or higher. If Dad has a Extra class callsign, then Jr. can't get the call unless he/she upgrades. Actually, Techs and Generals have the same class callsign. I do agree that it will probably be a long time before the first gate opens. KE4ZQV Burch Akin From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:31 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: oddjob@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Stephen Walters") Subject: Wanted Narrow CW filter for the FT101z Mk2 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 22:23:09 GMT Wanted Narrow CW filter for the FT101z Mk2 Does anyone have one of these for sale, new or second hand? I am in London, England, Steve, G7VFY, Tel (0)956-544202. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:32 1996 From: Peter Coffee AC6EN <72631.113@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What about 220Mhz? (was: Date: 12 Apr 1996 16:00:58 GMT Message-ID: <4klunq$hf6$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> >>> the only 2m/220 mobile rig Kenwood still offers such a configuration. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:34 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Monty Wilson Subject: What about ham husbands? Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 18:14:08 GMT References: <316C4543.725A@ccsnet.com> I changed all the masculine articles to feminine, and added an introductory paragraph to suggest that this is the '90s and this kind of behavior is for special occasions only, and made a couple of other minor changes (like most men don't wear makeup, etc.) to remind us that we should occasionally do these things for our wives, though it is no longer cool to expect them to go above and beyond like this every day for their men. ----------begin quote----------- In these days of two-working-parent families, neither party is expected anymore to serve the other at all times. However, it can make a person feel special if occasionally he comes home to a spouse that has prepared the evening just so. Now and then, when she arrives after you, a little pampering is a nice change of pace for her. Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal on time. This is a way of letting her know that you have been thinking about her and are concerned about her needs. Most women are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed. Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so that you'll be refreshed when she arrives. Look at yourself in the mirror. She has just been with a lot of workweary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. Her boring day may need a lift. Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your wife arrives, gathering up school books, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your wife will feel she has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will also give you a lift. Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces (if they are small). Comb their hair, and if necessary change their clothes. They are little treasures and she would like to see them playing the part. Minimize all noise. At the time of her arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer, dishwasher, or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see her. Greet her with a warm smile and be glad to see her. Some don'ts. Don't greet her with problems or complaints. Don't complain if she's late for dinner. Make her comfortable. Have her lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest she lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for her. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow her to relax and unwind. Listen to her. You may have a dozen things to tell her, but the moment of her arrival is not the time. Let her talk first. -------------end quote---------- PS: after the rest of the house has gone to sleep, put on the headphones, get on 30m CW, and work three new countries. :-) 73 -- .........Monty. mwilson@bangate.compaq.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:35 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Monty Wilson Subject: Re: What about ham husbands? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 13:30:10 GMT References: <316C4543.725A@ccsnet.com> <4kl5re$bbj@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) wrote: >Monty, did you fall down the basement steps on the way to the radio >shack and hit your head ???? We don't do basements here in Houston, Jim. If you dig a hole here, it just fills up with liquid. :-) I thought some guys might get a chuckle out of that who wouldn't know which end of a spatula to hold onto. For some reason, the behavior I stated above is much easier if you enjoy cooking, and if you're in the mood to make a good impression and give her a bit of a surprise. But as I said, for occasional use only 73. -- .........Monty. mwilson@bangate.compaq.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:37 1996 From: Ager or Persson Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What about ham husbands? Date: 13 Apr 1996 20:42:16 GMT Message-ID: <4kp3j8$6k7@bucky.win.bright.net> References: <316C4543.725A@ccsnet.com> <4kl5re$bbj@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> Monty Wilson wrote: >pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) wrote: >>Monty, did you fall down the basement steps on the way to the radio >>shack and hit your head ???? > >We don't do basements here in Houston, Jim. If you dig a hole here, >it just fills up with liquid. :-) I thought some guys might get a >chuckle out of that who wouldn't know which end of a spatula to hold >onto. For some reason, the behavior I stated above is much easier >if you enjoy cooking, and if you're in the mood to make a good >impression and give her a bit of a surprise. But as I said, for >occasional use only I have the original text, directed toward women and taken from a Canadian home ec. textbook, tacked on the wall above my desk. It serves as a warning. I'm convinced that anyone--of either sex--would emerge from such a self-abnegating routine feeling as if he or she had fallen down the stairs and gotten knocked silly. Excuse me--I must go. My OM, W9MP, has just finished vacuuming and is ready to pull the pot roast out of the oven. 73 -- Beth Ager, NN9E ***************************************** In the beautiful north woods of Wisconsin ***************************************** From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:38 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE "CUBICAL QUAD" HF ANTENNA? Message-ID: <1996Apr10.235811.117545@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> From: Bill Date: 10 Apr 96 23:58:10 CDT Hello, Don't see or read much about the venerable QUAD antenna, lately. Don't see many in operation either. Ideas or news, anybody? Bill Worthington AA4FM/0 Eudora, Kansas, USA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:39 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Monty Wilson Subject: Re: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE "CUBICAL QUAD" HF ANTENNA? Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 18:18:27 GMT References: <1996Apr10.235811.117545@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> I made a 3-el quad for 6m when I lived in Dallas. It looked like a box kite turned on its side. I worked several countries on it, with a Yaesu transverter (single 6146) running about 30W keydown. Then I got lazy with my tree pruning and, one windstormy day, a branch turned by beautiful antenna back to the dowels, u-bolts, and telephone wire whence it came. I was sad. Someday I'd like to make another. I still have Bill Orr's book which I used to make the 6m antenna. He did not give the dimensions but his calculations were easy to follow. -- .........Monty. mwilson@bangate.compaq.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:40 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE "CUBICAL QUAD" HF ANTENNA? Message-ID: References: <1996Apr10.235811.117545@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <4kl5ml$bbj@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 22:41:35 GMT : Bill (debral@falcon.cc.ukans.edu) wrote: : : Hello, : : Don't see or read much about the venerable QUAD antenna, lately. : : Don't see many in operation either. : : Ideas or news, anybody? They are still around; no idea why we do not see more of them. I have been over to Cubex in Brea, CA, about a 45-minute drive from here. They make some fine quads, both for HF and VHF. Pretty sure they advertise in a couple of the ham magazines. Their 2m, 4-element "Yellowjacket" model was selling like crazy at the Southwestern Division Convention last year. At that same convention, there was a talk on quads vs. yagis by an advocate of using quads. I missed it, due to being at another presentation, but my wife shared her notes and handouts. 73 de Jim - KF6CR From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:41 1996 From: paul1@news.sfu.ca (Paul Erickson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE "CUBICAL QUAD" HF ANTENNA? Date: 13 Apr 1996 19:33:24 GMT Message-ID: <4kovi4$81j@morgoth.sfu.ca> References: <1996Apr10.235811.117545@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <4kl5ml$bbj@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) writes: >Bill (debral@falcon.cc.ukans.edu) wrote: >: Hello, >: Don't see or read much about the venerable QUAD antenna, lately. >: Don't see many in operation either. >: Ideas or news, anybody? >: Bill Worthington >: AA4FM/0 >: Eudora, Kansas, USA >Hi Bill, > I imagaine quads are alive and well somewhere, but I guess not >two many people use them on 2 meter HT's. > My first one was 4 elements on 10 meters, mounted to a mast >with an armstrong rotor in the front yard..... I don't remeber >how many times I fell running thru the snow to turn the antenna, >but I sure remember working lots of DX with it. > Best one I ever had was a two element 40 meter quad. Couldn't >turn it as it was fixed in one direction (bit big to turn) but >it worked great. > About 4 or 5 years ago I built one (4 elements on 20 meters) >for field day, fixed at the U.S. It worked fine, but since Hawaii >is 4,000 miles closer to the U.S. mainland and in the same zone >we are here in Guam, we didn't win any awards. But we had a fun >weekend at the beach. > I don't know whatever happened to Bill Orr's book, its around >here somewhere..... >73, Jim KH2D I sure miss my 4 element 3 band quad. Current living situation will not allow tower etc. Jim, could you email me at the address below? Would like to talk to you off the net, and my current news server will not allow email, only postings. cheers, Paul VE7CQK email: paul1@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:42 1996 From: pa3btl@aol.com (PA3BTL) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Which PREFIX to put before a RECIPROCAL Permit ? Date: 8 Apr 1996 19:51:59 -0400 Message-ID: <4kc8qv$89g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: pa3btl@aol.com (PA3BTL) Today I received from the FCC a reciprocal permit, so I can operate in the USA. Unfortunately, the FCC did not state on the permit what the prefix should be. I think it will be W4/PA3BTL, but I'm not sure. (PA3 prefix means full license). Reactions will be appreciated, so I can follow the correct rule. Regards, PA3BTL, Henk van Asselt From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:43 1996 From: Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Which PREFIX to put before a RECIPROCAL Permit ? Date: 9 Apr 1996 02:28:10 GMT Message-ID: <4kchvq$4cp$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> References: <4kc8qv$89g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> PA3BTL asked: >Unfortunately, the FCC did not state on the permit what >the prefix should be. The prefix will be the letter "W", "K", or "N" (your choice, but "W" in normally used) followed by a numeral indicating the US call area in which you are operating. Examples: If you are in New York (area "2") you would sign "W2/PA3BTL". -- 73, de Hans K0HB --No election system is perfect. For example, every now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:44 1996 From: cj@hth.com (Christer Johansson) Newsgroups: comp.robotics.misc,comp.home.automation,sci.electronics.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Wrong URL to L.O.S.A List ! Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 16:31:49 GMT Reply-To: cj@hth.com Message-ID: <316bf1c5.0@news.buller.se> Hi, I'm sorry to bother you but thanks to Dave Fritsche who pointed out an typo in the L.O.S.A address given in the list. The correct URL is... http://www.hth.com/losa.htm and NOT... http://www.hth.com/losa.html ^^^^ Regards, /Christer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * High Tech Horizon - Christer Johansson - E-mail: cj@hth.com * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * Vi saljer Parallax, Inc. BASIC Stamp's produkter i Skandinavien * >> World Wide Web On-Line Catalog - http://www.hth.com << -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:45 1996 From: rew5808 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.shortwave Subject: wtb: allied cb & shortwave Date: 12 Apr 1996 21:53:46 GMT Message-ID: <4kmjda$ckg@ferengi.prismnet.com> looking for a knight-kit walkie talkie (model# c-100) 100mw cb from 1963 or 1964. it was blue. also, need a knight-kit ""span master" 4-band shortwave receiver (built or unbuilt). this receiver is also from 1934 or 1964. would also be interested in lafayette, heathkit, or allied catalogs from 1962 to 1966. thanks bobby wb5wur From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 14 17:49:46 1996 From: dber@tiac.com (David Bernazzani) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Yaesu FT10 Handheld - Headphone Capable? Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 23:36:08 GMT Message-ID: <316af17f.1173199@news.tiac.net> Hello all, I own an FT10 5W 2M XCVR which I really like. Many nice features highlight this radio however I can't seem to figure out why when I use standard headphones (with mono adapter since it doesn't seem to put out in stereo) I can't seem to transmit. Is there something I'm missing. I'd like to be able to use headphones to listen and still transmit (to flesh out weak receive signals)? Thanks in advance, 73, Dave Bernazzani N1WSQ ----------------------------------------- "And after all we're only ordinary men" Pink Floyd _Us and Them_ http://www.tiac.net/users/dber ----------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:22:58 1996 From: Ed Hare Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 1. Need Help With RFI Problems Date: 17 Apr 1996 13:45:19 GMT Message-ID: <4l2slf$1nv@mgate.arrl.org> References: <4kpd74$q2o$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <1996Apr15.153857.5500@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) wrote: >The FCC prints a pamphlet on RFI causes and cures, but it isn't >very technical, oriented more toward the consumer. A better book >on RFI causes and cures is offered by the ARRL. The FCC's book is useful in one important regard -- it will help your neighbor understand the difference between transmitter-caused interference and consumer-equipment caused interference. The ARRL also has an "RFI Pamphlet," available from the Technical Department Secretary for an SASE that says the same things (surprise!), but having it said in the FCC's own words often carries more weight with your neighbor. The book is called "Interference to Home Electronic Entertainment Equipment Handbook (CIB-2)." It is available for $2.50 from: (I ordered it by name with no difficulty.) US Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402-9371 Phone: 202-783-3238 202-512-1800 (credit card orders only) Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov ARRL also has several interference packages that will offer some fast starter help. Most are available electronically from the ARRL area at oak.oakland.edu or from info@arrl.org. Paper copies are available from our Technical Department Secretary for $2.00 for ARRL Members, $4.00 for non members. We have the "RFI Pacakge," RFI-Telephone, RFI-TV, RFI-Audio, RFI-Electrical and RFI-CATV. The CATV package is available ONLY in paper form; it is a reprint of an article I wrote for Communications Technology, the journal of the Society of Cable Television Engineers. (I chose that instead of QST because I wanted something hams could hand to their cable operator. They trust CT more than they trust QST, for some reason. :-) ). Our RFI book, Radio Frequency Interference is available from most ham dealers, our Pub Sales Department, using the handy-dandy order form in QST. If you are an ARRL Member, you can get a bit of technical advice before you buy the book by calling us at (860) 594-0214. 73 from ARRL HQ, Ed Hare, KA1CV, ARRL Laboratory Supervisor From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:22:59 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: davek@medphys.ucl.ac.uk (Dave Kirkby) Subject: Re: 1.5kw UHF amp...how much? Message-ID: <1996Apr16.083231.41804@ucl.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 08:32:31 GMT Reply-To: davek@medphys.ucl.ac.uk References: <4kofjp$13r8@ns1-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> In article 13r8@ns1-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU, c002@Lehigh.EDU writes: > the title says it all! > about how much would a 440Mhz 1500w FM capable Amp cost to buy > or build ? > also....where can i get something like this w/ building it all from > scrach????? > > thanks > > DAvid There was once an article in QST on this subject. It used an Eimac cavity as t he basis, so all the RF work was done for you. Contact Eimac, if you have plenty of mone y!! --- Dave Kirkby Dept of Medical Physics, University College London, 11-20 Capper St, London WC1E 6JA Tel: 0171-209 6406 Fax: 0171-209 6269 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:03 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: 2 Meter Information Message-ID: <1996Apr13.143634.24400@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <316F3A05.75EA@net-link.net> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 14:36:34 GMT In article <316F3A05.75EA@net-link.net> "grene (Chris Trottier)" writes: >I started out in CB a while back and decided to go get my Novice >Licence so I could 'get away from' 11 meters. 10 meters was real >exciting at first but my interest began to fade. It just wasnt exciting >anymore to make a contact. > >I have decided to go take my Tech test before the Novice expires. I >would liek to know or know where I can find more information on the >capabilities of 2 meter radios. I have heard alot autopatches and >repeaters on 2 meters. Can I really use a 2 meter handheld like a >cellular phone and call up a friend from the woods? Well sort of, autopatch lets you make calls, but they're generally half-duplex rather than full duplex like cellular, so you and your friends will have to get used to taking turns talking. That won't be hard for you since you're used to that in amateur radio, but it may be hard for your non-amateur friends to understand. Also unlike cellular, while you'll be able to make calls, you generally won't be able to be called, IE the patches generally don't operate in reverse. There are many many 2m radios on the market, most of them are pretty good. There are some exceptions. The worst feature of many current radios is that they are subject to IMD and overload, so you get a lot of pager crud and other interference. This is largely because they try to double as wideband scanners as well as being communications radios. The two uses place contradictory demands on the radios. Unfortunately, most HTs fall in this category (with the notable exception of the Radio Shack HTX202). Unless you just *have* to have foot mobile operation, a mobile rig is a better choice for a number of reasons. The larger radio has room for better filters (though not all mobile rigs take advantage of this) and allow greater standing current in the front end (due to less concern about battery life). These two factors can greatly improve resistance to IMD and overload. The mobile rig will also have a far greater amount of audio, making it easier to hear in a vehicle, will be designed to work correctly with an external antenna (which will greatly extend your range), and will run quite a bit more output power (which will make listening to your signal on the repeater more pleasant for everyone else than if you were operating with a handie-scratchie). And lastly you can get all that for not much more money than a good HT would cost. >I would also like to knwo what goes on on 2 meters?, is it just alot of >casual conversation, or are there contests? Thankfully, there are relatively few contests on 2m, though there are some. Most are limited to the narrowband segments using SSB and CW. There is a lot of casual conversation, mostly via repeaters, though there is considerable simplex operation in some areas as well. There is also a lot of packet activity, satellite operation, foxhunting, and the like. Some Dxing and contesting occurs in the narrowband segment, requiring a *multimode* radio that does SSB or CW. Most 2m rigs don't do those modes, only FM. If you are interested in that sort of activity, then forget HTs entirely and concentrate on the multimode rigs. And don't forget the higher bands. There is much of interest above 2m. On 70cm you'll find many of the same repeater opportunities offered on 2m, but with a different crowd who may or may not better fit with your personality and interests. And there's ATV on 70cm, as well as more satellite operating, more weak signal work, and more advanced packet operation. A dual-bander radio may be what you really want. It'll allow you to work both 2m and 70cm. At 1.2 GHz you'll find FM ATV, which can offer much better pictures, plus all the other things you found on 2m and 70cm. It is less populated in many areas, however, and you should ask around locally before making this jump. There is so much that is interesting, challenging, and fun that you can do on VHF/UHF that it will take you years to explore it all. Operating through the repeaters is fun and useful, but if that's all you do, you'll miss out on a lot. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:04 1996 From: darryl.linkow@grinder.com (DARRYL LINKOW) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ADMS-1B latest revision? Message-ID: <8BEB474.016B00546E.uuout@grinder.com> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 96 19:00:00 -0800 Distribution: world Reply-To: darryl.linkow@grinder.com (DARRYL LINKOW) About a week ago someone here indicated they have a Website with the lastest version of the Yaesu ADMS-1B software update available. If anyone knows the URL for that Website, I would appreciate it if they would post it here or Email me the info. 73, Darryl KE6IHA darryl.linkow@grinder.com --- * OLX 2.2 * Darryl Linkow (818)346-5278 9 am - 5 pm PDT From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:05 1996 Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <77@sapphire.win-uk.net> Reply-To: scollin@sapphire.win-uk.net (Simon Collings) From: scollin@sapphire.win-uk.net (Simon Collings) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:34:47 GMT Subject: ANNOUNCE: MUFsight Propagation Windows Software MUFsight is a Windows based HF propagation package that uses the MINIMUF algorithm to plot predicitions on a world map. Program Highlights * Microsoft® Windows program. MUFsight is a Windows compatible program that has been developed in C++ using Borland's Object Windows Library for a natural look and feel supporting sophisticated features. It is compatible with both Windows 3.x and Windows 95. * HF Propagation Prediction. MUFsight implements the much respected MINIMUF algorithm to predict HF radio propagation conditions for anywhere in the world. Frequency range is 1 - 150MHz for full coverage of the HF band even at times of high solar flux. * Map projections. Predictions can be plotted on either a cylindrical or spherical world map projection as colour coded shading. You can trace values simply by positioning your mouse on the display (lat, long, bearing and great circle path are all traced). Select between MUF and LUF plots from the toolbar. * Single point predictions. Double-click anywhere on the map for a full 24 hour analysis of MUF and LUF figures for the selected geographical location. * Home Location. Set your geographical home location simply by entering the latitude and longitude. * Monitoring Frequency. Choose a monitoring frequency and highlight those parts of the world that should be audible at the current time. The AOR bundled version supports DDE querying of certain AOR RS-232 radio control software to obtain the monitoring frequency without having to type it in. This feature is not available with the standalone version. * On-line context sensitive help. The full Windows hypertext help system is used to provide you with the information you need wherever you are in the program. In addition to the help menu, all dialogs have a "help" push button which calls up information for that dialog. You can also highlight individual menu options using the arrow keys and obtain help on them by pressing . * HF Propagation Working Aid. The G4SGI propagation working aid is included free with the package. A demo sof te software can be downloaded from my website (URL below). Simon -- Simon Collings, G4SGI Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~g4sgi/ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:06 1996 From: Gerald Schmitt Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: AO-27 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:03:06 -0600 Message-ID: <3172AB7A.51E1@ix.netcom.com> I have a very complete satellite station and I did not make it yesterday either. Because of problems with bootleg 2m in central America it is now being turned off at 34 degrees north latitude. You must listen when the bird is north of 34 degrees. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:07 1996 From: Ed Harrington Newsgroups: aus.radio.amsat,de.comm.ham,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.space,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: AO-27 Operational? Date: 17 Apr 1996 20:37:26 GMT Message-ID: <4l3kq6$orc@europa.chnt.gtegsc.com> References: <4k99d1$qds$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> <4kspn4$16c@nms.telepost.no> skontorp@telepost.no (Karl Jan Skontorp) wrote: > > In article <4k99d1$qds$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com>, > 102670.1206@CompuServe.COM says... > > > >Yesterday (Saturday 07 APR) I tried to receive the AO-27 downlink > >on 436.800 MHz, but didn't hear anything. I listened from 0900 > >local time to 1800 using a Radio Shack PRO-2006 scanner in FM > >narrow mode. The receiver was programmed to search from > >436.750-436.850 MHz in 5 KHz increments. The antenna was an > >outdoor sloping dipole for 35 MHz (it works from 30-950 MHz). > >Also, my squelch was set very low so a weak signal would break > >squelch. > > > >Any idea what the problem is? > > > >Brian Webb, KD6NRP > > > Hi! > I have not worked it, but I heard that the sat is only working when in > sunlight! > 73's gl de Karl Jan LA3FY > From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:08 1996 From: delaney@j51.com (Mr. D) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF> Date: 14 Apr 1996 03:36:05 GMT Message-ID: <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> Are the telephone DTMF codes the same as the ones we use for hamming? I thought maybe an easy way to add DTMF to a radio would be one of those portable tone dialers. -- Matthew Delaney N2MDB delaney@j51.com ax.25: n2mdb@k2sk.#eny.ny.usa.na Technical Engineer - @North. Head IMP - Quasar MUD (delaney.j51.com:4000) Personal - http://www.j51.com/~delaney @North Group - http://www.chsn.org From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:09 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF> Message-ID: <1996Apr14.170004.926@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 17:00:04 GMT In article <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> delaney@j51.com (Mr. D) writes: >Are the telephone DTMF codes the same as the ones we use for hamming? >I thought maybe an easy way to add DTMF to a radio would be one of those >portable tone dialers. Yes they are, but we also use the last 4 DTMF tones, A,B,C, and D which aren't on most phones. A portable tone dialer can work, but you've got to watch out that your mic has good response and that you hold the portable dialer at the right distance from it to get the proper deviation. It's not an ideal setup, but you can make it work. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:11 1996 From: sscherme@capecod.net (Skid Schermerhorn, W1TTY) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 14:05:34 GMT Message-ID: <4kr0q4$68p@alpha.pcix.com> References: <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> Reply-To: sscherme@capecod.net delaney@j51.com (Mr. D) wrote: >Are the telephone DTMF codes the same as the ones we use for hamming? Sure are. When I first started using autopatch, I used a pad I "found" in a telephone. >I thought maybe an easy way to add DTMF to a radio would be one of those >portable tone dialers. No idea if that would work but there are lots of mikes around with TT Pads on the back. >-- >Matthew Delaney N2MDB delaney@j51.com ax.25: n2mdb@k2sk.#eny.ny.usa.na >Technical Engineer - @North. Head IMP - Quasar MUD (delaney.j51.com:4000) >Personal - http://www.j51.com/~delaney @North Group - http://www.chsn.org > 73 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:12 1996 From: horak@convex.com (David Horak) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF> Date: 16 Apr 1996 14:54:17 -0500 Message-ID: <4l0tt9$di1@eugene.convex.com> References: <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> <1996Apr14.170004.926@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> In <1996Apr14.170004.926@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: >In article <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> delaney@j51.com (Mr. D) writes: >>Are the telephone DTMF codes the same as the ones we use for hamming? >>I thought maybe an easy way to add DTMF to a radio would be one of those >>portable tone dialers. >Yes they are, but we also use the last 4 DTMF tones, A,B,C, and D >which aren't on most phones. A portable tone dialer can work, but >you've got to watch out that your mic has good response and that >you hold the portable dialer at the right distance from it to >get the proper deviation. It's not an ideal setup, but you can >make it work. And in a different application altogether..... Once, when up in the Texas panhandle, I was using my calling card from a rotary phone. My calling card carrier wouldn't take the rotary dialings so I put the number into my HT and turned up the HT volume. When the time came for me to enter my calling card info, I keyed up my HT with the speaker near the phone and the DTMF worked great!!! David From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:13 1996 From: wa6awd@wolfenet.com (Alan Burgstahler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 01:27:16 GMT Message-ID: <4l1hdl$8k1@ratty.wolfe.net> References: <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> <31742c5f.100173444@news.netrax.net> kjones@sun-link.com (Ken Jones) wrote: >Now, for one free ticket, who can tell us what the letters A B C D >on your pad were labelled on the military TT pads, and (yep, it's a >two-parter) what did those abbreviations mean? Flash-Override Flash Interrupt Priority Did I win? I have a back-lit 16-button pad made by Western Electric that has those buttons on it with those letters, and it's mounted in a bakelite box with a battery inside and a speaker on the bottom. We used to hold them in front of our GE and Motorola microphones to control radio sites, including down UHF links to other sites, etc. Haven't used it in some time, so every time I take it down from the shelf I have to put a new 9v battery in it to get soun d. Alan Burgstahler - WA6AWD - Kent, WA, USA From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:14 1996 From: "Stuart R. Crawford VE6SRC" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLA Web Site Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 01:49:05 -0600 Message-ID: Hello Everyone. Please feel free to stop by the Amateur Radio League of Alberta Web Page...For the latest info from VE6 Land URL is http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~crawfors/arla 73 de Stu VE6SRC Stuart R. Crawford VE6SRC crawfors@cuug.ab.ca Calgary, Alberta ve6src@ve6yyc.#sab.ab.can.na (403) 247-1063 STOP BY THE ARLA WEB SITE -- http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~crawfors/arla From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:15 1996 From: w1aw@arrl.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ARLX012 N5FM marks anniversary Date: 17 Apr 1996 13:36:15 -0400 Message-ID: <$arlx012.1996@arrl.org> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX012 ARLX012 N5FM marks anniversary ZCZC AX58 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 12 ARLX012 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 17, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX012 ARLX012 N5FM marks anniversary Special event station to mark Oklahoma City bombing anniversary A special event station to mark the first anniversary of the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building will take to the air at 9:02 CDT on Friday, April 19, 1996, using the call sign N5FM. It will be operated by the Oklahoma City Autopatch Association, in cooperation with the Salvation Army. N5FM plans to stay on the air for at least 24 hours. The initial operating frequency will be 3900 kHz. Activity will move to other bands as conditions require or permit. N5FM will transmit a packet message from the bombing survivors association to the citizens of the world Friday, April 19, 1996, at 9:03 CDT. NNNN /EX From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:16 1996 From: crum@xmission.xmission.com (crum) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Re: ARRL insurance Date: 13 Apr 1996 21:50:09 -0600 Message-ID: Thanks to everyone who replied or posted about ARRL insurance. It sounds great. All replies from experienced people were positive; besides the followups posted, I got two messages by e-mail from people who had processed claims with no trouble. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:17 1996 From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Re: ARRL insurance Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:03:08 -0400 Message-ID: <31739A8C.7921@ccsnet.com> References: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------5D6566644641 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit crum wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who replied or posted about ARRL insurance. > It sounds great. All replies from experienced people were positive; > besides the followups posted, I got two messages by e-mail from people > who had processed claims with no trouble. --------------5D6566644641 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Tnx" How many times do I have to read messages from hams that send a "Thank You" addressed to ALL. When one seeks help and someone takes the time to respond, the least the receiver of help can do is send a simple individual reply for thanks. After all-the respondents to this call for help responded one by one. I have received up to 75 messages in a call for help and sent individual thanks to each. It was very time consuming, but it was the right thing to do. Would you at your wedding, if you were the groom, get up at the end of the reception and yell out, "Gee, Thanks everyone for the gifts?" If you are a T Y P I C A L ham--absolutely. It is unlikely you will respond to this if you did not even bother to respond to someone who H E L P E D you. --------------5D6566644641-- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:18 1996 From: Will Rogers Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Bird Strikes on tower guy lines Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 16:31:44 -0700 Message-ID: <31718AE0.25F8@flinet.com> Hello! The amateur radio operators of Palm Beach County, Florida need your help. We are looking for information regarding any problems with migratory birds flying into towers or tower guy lines in or near migratory bird "flyways." There is a local concern since we have such an area on the west side of our county. Please respond if you have had such a problem to: wa4lqo@flinet.com Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to this message. Vy 73 de Will WA4LQO From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:20 1996 From: cc wynn Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Bird Strikes on tower guy lines Date: 16 Apr 1996 22:45:54 GMT Message-ID: <4l17v2$ea2@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> References: <31718AE0.25F8@flinet.com> griffin@jgfl1.allcon.com (Jens Goerke DB9LL) wrote: >Will Rogers (wa4lqo@flinet.com) wrote: >[...] >> We are looking for information regarding any problems with migratory >> birds flying into towers or tower guy lines in or near migratory bird >> "flyways." There is a local concern since we have such an area on the >> west side of our county. >[...] > >I don't know if this would help, but I think it should: >Get some "line decoration" from a local kite shop. These are moving >colourful objects that are usually attached to the lines of stationary >kites. > >Hope that helps, > Jens, DB9LL The problem may occur at night, when some migratory species fly, or in bad weather, ie low ceiling. I remember being in contact with a ham on VHF several years ago who was on duty at a commercial VHF TV transmitter site when a flock of birds began to ram his tower. For a few minutes birds fell from the sky all around his position. It was quite impressive and unusual according to the ham. I don't know of any other instances since then. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:21 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Code speed wall solution? Message-ID: <1996Apr15.135832.4640@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4krqgi$da4@shiva.usa.net> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 13:58:32 GMT In article <4krqgi$da4@shiva.usa.net> jay@earth.usa.net (Jay Huldeen) writes: >Without trying to start yet another thread on the relative merits of >code, does anyone here have any practical suggestions for getting past a >wall I've hit? For whatever psychological or brain-wiring reasons, I >have not been able to improve much beyond 11 wpm for about 2 weeks now, >after a steep initial learning curve. I need to test at 13 wpm by May >20, and would like to be at 15 wpm at least. Any suggestions appreciated. >Thanks! That's normal, Jay. This is the traditional "plateau" where the brain runs out of horsepower to do conscious translation and you have to develop the reflex of automatic translation at a subconscious level. The only way to do that is drill, drill, drill at speeds higher than you can comfortably copy. One day you'll suddenly find you can copy well above the plateau with no discernable step in between. That's when the reflex is fully formed and kicks in. It takes some people a week or two to break through, others take months. Hopefully you won't be one of the latter. Don't fret that you're stalled, it happens to everyone. Set your practice speed at 15 WPM and copy what you can. Don't worry about missed letters, just keep copying. You *will* break through. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:23 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: wb6w@netcom.com (Glenn Thomas) Subject: Re: Code speed wall solution? Message-ID: References: <4krqgi$da4@shiva.usa.net> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 05:43:14 GMT My newsreader claims that Jay Huldeen (jay@earth.usa.net) wrote: : Without trying to start yet another thread on the relative merits of : code, does anyone here have any practical suggestions for getting past a : wall I've hit? For whatever psychological or brain-wiring reasons, I : have not been able to improve much beyond 11 wpm for about 2 weeks now, : after a steep initial learning curve. I need to test at 13 wpm by May : 20, and would like to be at 15 wpm at least. Any suggestions appreciated. : Thanks! : -- : Jay Huldeen : jay@usa.net Jay - The learning plateau at 10 or 11 wpm is something that has been known about for many years. In fact the 13 wpm code speed requirement was deliberately selected because it was just beyond the plateau! What's going on is that you are not yet used to hearing the letters at the higher speed. If you have a computer with code practice software, you might try spending a week or so just listening to 17 wpm or so (the next plateau). Don't worry about copying it, but if you can, so much the better! After the letter sounds are more familiar to you, you may find that you're able to copy 13 wpm without much trouble. The 17 wpm plateau is due to the fact that at higher speeds, there isn't enough time to write the letter if you copy letter for letter. The 20wpm level was selected with that knowledge in mind! Above 17 wpm, you have to stack 3 or 4 letters that have been heard but not yet written down without losing them. At still higher speeds, CW becomes more like a language where you hear words instead of letters. Folks who copy much faster (I'm told) don't write stuff down because they can't write that fast, but they sure can hold a conversation! A demo for yourself... Write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dogs back" 10 times as fast as you can. If you print when copying code, print it. Time yourself doing this. This will tell you how fast you can write cw or not - an interesting number to know... 73 de Glenn wb6w -- ********************************************************************* * "Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." * * * * wb6w@netcom.com - Glenn Thomas * ********************************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:24 1996 From: jdecicco@sover.net (John DeCicco) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Code speed wall solution? Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 04:40:02 GMT Message-ID: <4kv888$ljr@thrush.sover.net> References: <4krqgi$da4@shiva.usa.net> jay@earth.usa.net (Jay Huldeen) wrote: >Without trying to start yet another thread on the relative merits of >code, does anyone here have any practical suggestions for getting past a >wall I've hit? For whatever psychological or brain-wiring reasons, I >have not been able to improve much beyond 11 wpm for about 2 weeks now, >after a steep initial learning curve. I need to test at 13 wpm by May >20, and would like to be at 15 wpm at least. Any suggestions appreciated. >Thanks! >-- >Jay Huldeen >jay@usa.net Hello Jay, My suggestion is to keep doing what you're doing. I used to listen to W1AW at a speed just beyond what I could copy, stretching my ability. Then, test time, 15 wpm will be cake. The fastest I got was 45 wpm, then I had to move to a smaller lot, and haven't been on the air in 2.5 years!!! Have fun, and good luck. 73, John KC1IQ Brandon, VT From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:25 1996 From: billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Codeless General? Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 00:49:22 GMT Message-ID: <4ks6cb$le6@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4jnbqh$sic@bucky.win.bright.net> <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com> <316BC77A.4714@interealm.com> <4kj90n$haq@news1.ucsd.edu> <4kn9ho$j2r@alterdial.UU.NET> Gareth Crispell wrote: >> >>If your VE group can provide a reference to a written rule or official >>opinion that says that listening to and writing down the sounds, then >>transcribing them to characters later is not "reception by ear", then >>please do so. Otherwise you are making up restrictions on your own >>initiative, and should stop doing so. By court order, if necessary. >> - Brian >I think Brian is correct. How can any VE group make up their own >arbitrary restrictions? On the other side of the coin, a person will >probably never become code proficient with this limited copy technique. True, but at 5wpm, it is still a perfectly viable way to receive and decode the CW that is being sent. Bill Sohl K2UNK ARRL Local Gov't Liaison, Mt. Olive Township, NJ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:26 1996 From: cmoore@vegas.ch.intel.com (Cecil A. Moore~) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Codeless General? Date: 15 Apr 1996 16:00:20 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ktrqk$1hgk@chnews.ch.intel.com> References: <4kn9ho$j2r@alterdial.UU.NET> <4k6emn$303s@chnews.ch.intel.com> <316BC77A.4714@inter <4ko69p$n9l@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> In article <4ko69p$n9l@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, Zack Widup wrote: >... I like to carry on conversations on CW ... he transmits to me, >I transmit to him, etc, often in the ranges of 30 WPM or so. You can't do >that by translating the characters after you've written them on a paper. Hi Zack, the overwhelming majority of hams can't copy 30 wpm by any means. We are talking about *entry level* requirements. How fair would it be to require someone to hit a home run before he/she is allowed to swing the bat? 73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC (not speaking for my employer) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:27 1996 From: a313@Lehigh.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Codeless General? Date: 17 Apr 1996 15:23:47 -0400 Message-ID: <4l3gg3$25dn@ns4-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> In article <1996Apr16.192017.11208@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gar y Coffman) writes: >In article <4l0ei4$29p0@ns1-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> a313@Lehigh.EDU writes: >>Three is such a ticket as the "Codeless" General. It is really classified as a >>"Conditional" ticket. The VE is required to accept the FCC 610 Form when >>properly completed by a physicain attesting to the handicapped condition whi ch >>precludes an aplicant from successfully completing the exam requirements. AR RL >>policy to VE teams is to accept the application and submit any suspicions >>concerning the validity of the situation with the rest of the test package >>when returned. > >No. The Conditional license was a full General exam, but taken by >mail (with a volunteer examiner) back when the FCC was still doing >the exams. You qualified to take the Conditional exam by living more >than 150 miles from an FCC examining point. The Conditional license >was discontinued when the VE program was instituted since examination >by volunteers then became the norm. And in a sense all licenses since >have been "Conditional". The name stemmed fron the fact that you were >subject to being called before the FCC and retested at any time in order >to determine if your exam had been valid. Licensees who took their >tests before the FCC weren't subject to this recall. > >The waivered licensee today is treated no differently by the FCC >than any other licensee of the same class, IE *any* of them can be >recalled to be retested if there is any suspicion of impropriety. > >Gary >-- >Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems >Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp addres se s >534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org >Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | Yes the old "Conditional" was a General, however when I was a volunteer examiner the 150 mile requirement was deleted. I gave all exam classes and those who successfully passed were issued a ticket with "(C)" next to the class definition.This identified the ticket as "Conditional". With the establishment of the new VE program, the "(C)" was dropped from subsequent tickets. Also the requirement of three examiners came into being. The old program I was part of was specifically for those individuals unable to travel to the FCC Field sites. I would get tests and applications from individuals within a 50 mile radius of my then Northeastern Ohio location. Back in the 70's there were at least three of us volunteers serving the 19th Radio District out of Detroit. As a result of my participation since 1976 I became enrolled in the ARRL VE program. 73's Dick K8WHA> From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:29 1996 From: kd1yvjim@aol.com (KD1YVJim) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Connecticut QSO Party May 4-5, 1996 Date: 14 Apr 1996 06:42:21 -0400 Message-ID: <4kqkqd$51j@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: kd1yvjim@aol.com (KD1YVJim) 1996 CONNECTICUT QSO PARTY - OPERATING RULES Connecticut QSO party, sponsored by the Candlewood ARA, 2000Z May 4 until 2000Z May 5, with a rest period 0400Z - 1200Z. Phone, RTTY and CW. Work stations once per band and mode, mobiles as they cross county lines. No repeater QSOs. Single operator, fixed/mobile, Novice, QRP(5W), Multi-single Multi-multi classes plus Connecticut club competition. Connecticut stations may contact other Connecticut stations for QSO/multiplier credit. Connecticut stations exchange report and county; others exchange report and state/province/DXCC country. CW - 40 KHz. up from lower band edges; Novices 25 KHz. up from low end; Phone - 1.860, 3.915, 7.280, 14.280, 21.380 28.380. VHF - 50.150, 144.200, 146.580. RTTY - Normal RTTY Bands (No WARC Bands) Score one point per phone, RTTY QSO and two points per CW QSO. QSOs with club station W1QI and ARRL HQ station W1AW count 5 points. CARA will be operating W1AW on Sunday, May 5 from 1400z to 2000z, on or near the above-mentioned frequencies. Connecticut stations multiply QSO points by states/ provinces/Connecticut counties worked (DX only one multiplier); others multiply by Connecticut counties worked. Plaques and certificates (100 point minimum). Special certificate for working all 8 Connecticut counties. Send entry and SASE for results by June 5 to CARA, P.O. Box 3441, Danbury CT 06813-3441. Good luck and 73 de Jim, KD1YV From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:30 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: psoper@encore.com (Pete Soper) Subject: Different(ial) RFI Problem: partial solution Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:06:10 GMT Message-ID: References: <4kpd74$q2o$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4kquoh$fdd@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> A while back I posted an article to the Antenna group describing how the 100 watts from my HF rig through a G5RV or 20m Lazy-H was coupling into my stereo speaker leads. The RF found its way to the front of one of the amp stages, getting demodulated in the process, and the result was audio out of the stereo's amplifier independent of its volume control setting. Disconnecting the speakers and listening via headphones confirmed that it was the speaker connections allowing the RF through (in contrast with the problem affecting Mike, WB2TBQ, where the AC line cord is the path into his stereo). I tried various common mode chokes, including seven of the Radio Shack, snap together rectangular filters. I also tried smaller gauge wire wound bifilar around some Amidon FT-50A-75 toroids. No dice: the RF current appears to be differential, not common mode. Using the same toroids wound as inductors I made low pass filters for the speaker leads and this cured my problem on 15, 17 and 20 meters. The problem remains on 40 meters. I'm hopeful that by tweaking the filter parameters a bit to get the cutoff frequency down lower I'll get enough attenuation on 40 meters to have a complete cure. What I'm currently using is a series 12uh inductor (5 turns of hookup wire around the above toroid) with .1uf parallel capacitors on either side of the inductor. I started out with about 40uh (9-10 turns) but found this caused a strange kind of distortion of the stereo sound when playing music. It didn't chop the highs as I expected if I got the cutoff too low. Instead it caused a scratchy, harsh distortion. I was quite surprised by this effect, as 40uh would seem to be neglible to the stereo amp at audio frequencies in comparison to the inductance of the speakers themselves. I wonder what is happening here? Also, the above toroids are the ones spec'd in a telephone RFI article from QST some time ago (past year or two I think). With the number of bifilar turns of magnet wire (and the same gauge) specified in the article, the phones in my house were disabled by this filter. It was as if the phone was off hook. Tests showed I didn't have a DC short and three different phones suffered the same effect. For the next experiment I'll be removing turns until the disruption goes away, then checking to see if there is enough common mode filtering left to give my wife relief from my noise. To the wordy regulars of the Antenna Usenet group (and you know who you are): WOW, I sure have been getting an education reading your stuff. Thanks, guys! Regards, Pete KS4XG From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:32 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: psoper@encore.com (Pete Soper) Subject: Re: Different(ial) RFI Problem: partial solution Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 20:59:35 GMT Message-ID: References: <4kpd74$q2o$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4kquoh$fdd@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <1996Apr17.132608.14498@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: >Sounds like a parasitic oscillation in the stereo audio PA. Try putting >a resistor across the coil (start with 1k and work down) and see if that >stops the distortion. Thanks for the feedback, Gary (no pun intended). Jack, WB3U pointed out that I had a lot more inductance than I thought. My Autek RF-1 said one thing, the Amidon "AL" value for the toroid I used said quite another. After more careful listening it turned out I was clipping highs out of the audio and there was still some distortion, even with the 5 turns on the cores. Jack speculates the distortion might be core saturation. So this is all bad news, as it means the three pole filter isn't going to do the job for eliminating the RFI on 40 meters and in fact might not cure it on the higher bands if I adjust the cutoff to not mess up the audio. My strategy now is this: air core coils, 4 poles or more, find something that works very well with one channel, then consider ferrite with a lower permeability if the size of the coils is an issue. I may have to filter all five channels (surround sound system) and the minibox I chose looks like it might get very dense now! Oh, and trust the Amidon charts, not my Autek for inductance values (darn!). If I get distortion with air cores I'll try your resistor mod. One additional question I raised with Jack: If this really is a differential mode RFI problem, is the stereo receiver's AC line likely to be providing a return path, and if so, should I try aggressively filtering it? I could put some very serious filtering in place on the AC feed before my violin strings sounded like power tools :-) Regards, Pete KS4XG From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:33 1996 From: jlkolb@sd.cts.com (John Kolb) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Different(ial) RFI Problem: partial solution Date: 18 Apr 1996 15:31:47 GMT Message-ID: <4l5n93$22q@news3.cts.com> References: <4kpd74$q2o$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4kquoh$fdd@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> Pete Soper (psoper@encore.com) wrote: : A while back I posted an article to the Antenna group describing how : the 100 watts from my HF rig through a G5RV or 20m Lazy-H was : coupling into my stereo speaker leads. The RF found its way to the : What I'm currently using is a series 12uh inductor (5 turns of hookup wire : around the above toroid) with .1uf parallel capacitors on either side of : the inductor. Try using much smaller capacitors. If you short the leads of a 0.1 uF disc cap, and measure it with a grid dip meter, you may see it resonate as low as 5 MHz. Above it's self resonant freq, it acts more like a inductor than a cap. A C value more like 0.001 may work much better for you, and have less effect on the audio also. John Kolb KK6IL jlkolb@cts.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:34 1996 From: g4kfk@zetnet.co.uk (Michael Gathergood) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 17:15:35 +0100 Message-ID: <4km0a9$1oi@irk.zetnet.co.uk> References: <4khkqu$fp7@news.wco.com> <4kihi6$dgm@tube.news.pipex.net> In message <4kihi6$dgm@tube.news.pipex.net> walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) writes: > Not true. We thought nothing of the kind. I was a "young person" in > those days (well, relatively speaking ...) and I was the Sex Pistols' > number 1 fan! (I still have the yellow T-shirt from the "Never Mind the > Bollocks" tour in 1977 - pity it no longer fits me!) He still has a safety pin in his ear as well, though these days it's used to keep his hearing aid from falling out :-) 73 Mike G4KFK (Pretty Vacant) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:35 1996 From: w9sz@prairienet.org (Zack Widup) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? Date: 14 Apr 1996 13:05:41 GMT Message-ID: <4kqt75$89d@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <4khkqu$fp7@news.wco.com> <19960411.103444.09@innage.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: w9sz@prairienet.org (Zack Widup) In a previous article, martin@wmeadow.demon.co.uk (Martin Trump) says: >In article <4kp8ml$9k6@shiva.usa.net>, Jay Huldeen >writes >>I agree. I've noticed that civility has declined a lot since I was a >>kid, too; people say things now that would have caused fist fights 20 >>years ago > >And you deduce what? ROFL! > >-- >Martin Trump > That there are a lot more fistfights now than there were 20 years ago ;-) Zack W9SZ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:36 1996 From: David Hough Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? Date: Sun, 14 Apr 96 09:17:25 GMT Message-ID: <829498645snx@llondel.demon.co.uk> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <31701044.6615@kalika.demon.co.uk> In article <31701044.6615@kalika.demon.co.uk> Stephen Kennedy writes: > soft on crime. Berlin closes off its streets each year to allow for > a huge dance music party, the UK makes the same thing illegal. So what's the Notting Hill Caarnival then? And what has all this got to do with amateur radio? Dave -- dave@llondel.demon.co.uk Any advice above is worth what I paid for it. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:37 1996 From: walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 20:00:36 GMT Message-ID: <4kua42$283@tube.news.pipex.net> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <31701044.6615@kalika.demon.co.uk> <829498645snx@llondel.demon.co.uk> <829494239snz@cemetery.demon.co.uk> <4krnup$e2h@tube.news.pipex.net> <4ktfi3$i0v@irk.zetnet.co.uk> g4kfk@zetnet.co.uk (Michael Gathergood) wrote: >The RSGB stand at the Rainham rally (February) were giving away >a free 1 pound lottery ticket to anybody who signed up on-the-spot. I told you the day was coming when they'd have to pay people to join them! 73 de G3NYY -- Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk 100523.1414@compuserve.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:38 1996 From: jay@earth.usa.net (Jay Huldeen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? Date: 13 Apr 1996 22:09:25 GMT Message-ID: <4kp8ml$9k6@shiva.usa.net> References: <4khkqu$fp7@news.wco.com> <19960411.103444.09@innage.demon.co.uk> Nick Grose (nick@innage.demon.co.uk) wrote: : In message <4khkqu$fp7@news.wco.com> Mark Walsh wrote: : > Yes, and a small price it is that I shall willingly pay... : The trouble is these days that so many people are so inflexible : and intolerant. They waste their lives fighting 'matters of principle' : when really they just want to have their own way. Consideration : for others and self discipline and restraint have gone out of the window. : In the big scheme of things it is total futility. There is no easy answer. : Not a very nice world for our children to grow up in. There are few : good examples set - just extremes of unrestrained behaviour. I agree. I've noticed that civility has declined a lot since I was a kid, too; people say things now that would have caused fist fights 20 years ago -- only now people are offended if you ask them to reconsider their words. "I have the right to say whatever I want!" blah blah blah. True, you do have that right -- but do you have the sense to know whether it is worthwhile saying? -- Jay Huldeen jay@usa.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:39 1996 From: Michael J Wooding Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:20:42 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article <4k04tb$74o@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk>, David writes >in a serious newsgroup like this one Life is far too serious as it is, and now I cannot be humourous on this ng? I do try to be serious and offer help when I can - honest! Incidentally - just for the curious (?) there have been no changes to the HAMBITS and HAMCLIP pages during the last week, cos I've been away in the Cotswolds! - but there has been a change or two to the VHF Comm pages. Mike Michael J Wooding vhf-comm@g6iqm.demon.co.uk - CompuServe: 100441,377 WWW: http://www.eolas.co.uk/ag/vhfcomm.htm (hambits.htm & hamclip.htm) WWW: http://www.clearlight.com/~vhfcomm Tel: (0)1788 890365 Fax: (0)1788 891883 KM Publications, 5 Ware Orchard, Barby, Nr.Rugby, CV23 8UF, UK VHF Communications Magazine - Especially Covering VHF, UHF and Microwaves From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:41 1996 From: David Husband Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 10:32:22 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article <4kit74$77s@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk>, David writes >Tell me David Husband, > >I agree that you have to tolerate other people'e position and views, but >do you have to put up with someone saying that they want to hit children over >the head with a heavy iron file (which is what Walt Davidson said in a >newsgroup) >especially so soon after the Dunblane tradegy? I think Walt's comments were made as a humourous remark; that was the way I read them and I did not make the connection with Dunblane that you made.... Also I see in another post of yours in this thread, that you again connect Walt's remarks with the Dunblane tragedy. I do not think this is the correct thing to do; I see no connection between these two subjects... BTW, I have 3 children, the eldest son (12 years old) lives with me and can be very trying -- I feel sometimes that I would like to hit him over the head with a heavy iron file -- not that I ever would, but when you have your own children, you will understand how somebody can make that type of comment !! Regards.. -- David Husband, G8HJT, Portland, Dorset 01305 826900 0973 625969 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:42 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: faunt@netcom6.netcom.com (Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604) Subject: Re: Eliminate CW from rigs.See if they sell! Message-ID: References: <4kiqcj$do3@kirin.wwa.com> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 18:45:45 GMT BTW, SBE was still around a few years back, making Multibus communication cards. We used to use them in cisco routers. 73, doug From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:43 1996 From: nx7u@primenet.com (Scott Townley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: EMPLOYMENT AD: USWest Cellular/AZ Date: 14 Apr 1996 13:20:02 -0700 Message-ID: <4krmli$hs0@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> US WEST CELLULAR, a leader in the field of cellular communications, has immediate opportunities in Phoenix, AZ, for: FIELD ENGINEER You will be responsible for RF system design, cellular system optimization and planning, cell site equipment specification, new site evaluation and support for a market region. Cellular systems design support for coverage and capacity expansion. Requires BSEE with 3+ years RF system design experience. MSEE preferred. Previous experience in cellular industry highly desireable. 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Job: NV04-NESS NETWORK ENGINEER-TRANSPORT SYSTEMS You will plan, design, and implement cellular network configurations and interconnections for the efficient transport of cellular voice and data traffic for the present year and up to 5 years into the future. You'll also manage the interconnect capital budget and growth planning process, optimize network configurations to minimize interconnect expense. Requires BSEE plus 3 years experience, or 7 years equivalent experience in the telecommunications industry. Job: NV04-NETS ----- Qualified candidates should submit their resume referencing Job Code to: Hiring Manager US West Cellular 2201 East Camelback Rd. Suite 600B Phoenix, AZ 85016 PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IN PERSON --OR-- you may reply with an ASCII-style resume directly to the sender of this message. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Employment is subject to successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background certification. U S WEST CELLULAR Scott Townley "When the Going gets Weird, nx7u@primenet.com the Weird turn Pro" -Dr. Gonzo, Sports Editor From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:45 1996 From: arad@zoot.tau.ac.il (arad) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: English Project Date: 13 Apr 1996 19:59:08 GMT Message-ID: <4kp12c$e0a@post.tau.ac.il> To whom it may concern Rf: Ham radio - special project - "Young students studying English through amateur radio My name is Freund Bella and I am an English teacher in elementry school in Israel. This year we have started a new original project of teaching English through the amateur radio station 4X6EE which we have in our school. This tool of communication enables us in a unique way to practice the English language in real time. But since it’s a new system - a new method of teaching English - I have to write a special textbook for the use of my students with dialogues and original subject which can be used through the Ham radio talks. Therefore I will be much obliged on any help I could get on the theoretical level as well as on the practical way. If you are willing to take apart on this matter please apply to the following address. Bella Freund. Email: arad@post.tau.ac.il From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:46 1996 From: david@med-buspheb.bu.edu (David Gagnon) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Field Day near Colorado Springs? Date: 16 Apr 1996 05:48:04 GMT Message-ID: <4kvcak$sce@news.bu.edu> Reply-To: david@med-buspheb.bu.edu Hi, My wife and I will be in the Colorado Springs area on Field Day, and I was wondering if there any clubs in the area that we could drop in on. We'll be visiting my sister and it would be fun to show them what goes on on Field Day. Who knows, maybe I can get her and her husband interested in the hobby. Any general list of Field Day sites would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- >David, N1QGK< David R. Gagnon, MD MPH (617) 638-4457 [voice] Boston University School of Public Health (617) 638-4458 [fax] "ecrasez l'infamie" http://www-busph.bu.edu/Depts/Epi-Biostats/David_HomePage.html From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:47 1996 From: cyberiaeal12@easynet.co.uk (cyberiaeal12) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: fm/am recent radio recordings from Soutrhern USA wtb Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 16:24:45 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4l2k9s$1fs@lemon.easynet.co.uk> fm/am recent radio recordings from Southern USA wtb Id like to buy recent talk show public phone in radio tapes max 90 m ins per taep can offer trade with same from london or c$10 per tape.am very interested can supply free tapes try one to start? E mail address bruce-c-sneddon@easynet.co.uk.(Bruce Sneddon) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:48 1996 From: vannossc@ipssmail.sch.ge.com (Scott Van Nostrand) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS: Icom 2GXAT, 2m Date: 16 Apr 1996 15:11:55 GMT Message-ID: <4l0dbr$fa6@crdnns.crd.ge.com> For Sale: Icom IC2GXAT 2m HT. Factory new condition. Wall charger, drop-in Mastercharger, UT-49 decoder unit installed, LC-116 carry case. 7 watts power, auto-repeater. More details if requested. Over $425 invested. Purchased 6/1/95. Out of band receive keypad mod. All packing, manuals, papers. $275 + firm shipping. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:50 1996 From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.antiques.radio+phono,sci.electronics.design Subject: Get into SSTV Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 07:24:05 -0400 Message-ID: <317231D5.1426@ccsnet.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> The following Amiga hardware and software items are for sale at Best, somewhat reasonable, offer: ----------------------> Hardware <---------------------------- Amiga 1OOO 512 K on board memory, $50 plus from $7 to $13 for shipping, extra df1: drive $40 Magnavox RGB and NSTC color monitor $125 AVT-used for slow scan amateur TV $110 NO COD, check first, references provided. I do not screw anyone and no one screws me. I have had 10 offers to buy the Amiga over the last year and refused 5 of them because the buyer really did not understand what an Amiga was (the other 5 never sent any money, they just said "I'll take it)." .-. .-. / \ .-. .-. / \ / \ / \ .-. _ .-. / \ / \ /--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / \ / \ / `-' `-' \ / `-' `-'  From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:51 1996 From: flanders@znet.groupz.net (Jerry Flanders) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Good Logging Program? Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 15:34:44 GMT Message-ID: <4l0elj$vmd@news1.sunbelt.net> References: <3165a81e.7907275@COBRA.UNI.EDU> <4kunt7$2qs@mn5.swip.net> >In article <3165a81e.7907275@COBRA.UNI.EDU>, JP10842@WWW.CEDARNET.ORG >says... >> >> Can anyone refer me to a good HF QSO logging program that is >>accessable for download from the internet? It can be DOS, or Windows. >>Any information will be appreciated! Thanks and 73's >> >>N0ZYA <> =============================================================== A fully-functional logger for both general purpose logging and contesting called LOGEQF (maybe LOG-EQF) is available for download. At the moment, I don't remember where, but a web search on "EQF" will probably turn it up. (Or e-mail me if you can't find it and I will try to find it.) It is not perfect, but it will do a lot, and you get to try it free ($30 to register and get extra features). It is a DOS program that will use extended memory only if you have it. I think it would also work in a DOS window under Windows. Jerry W4UKU flanders@groupz.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:52 1996 From: w9sz@prairienet.org (Zack Widup) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HAM RADIO IS A CALLING Date: 14 Apr 1996 13:08:03 GMT Message-ID: <4kqtbj$89s@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <8BD71AA.0029004727.uuout@hobbs.com> <4jfk2p$7bv@nnrp1.news.p Reply-To: w9sz@prairienet.org (Zack Widup) >> _ ____________.--------. >> \`' __________|________| >> / [_(__] >> | | E-Mail: cracked@primenet.com >> .' .' Web Site: http://www.primenet.com/~cracked >> |____| FTP Site: ftp.primenet.com/users/c/cracked > >Why the silencer? > >Jeff NH6IL > Because it was invented by Hiram Percy Maxim? Zack W9SZ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:53 1996 From: n7ory@primenet.com (Dungeon Master) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham WWW Home Pages Date: 15 Apr 1996 16:37:01 -0700 Message-ID: <4kumit$42n@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <3166AE72.69F6@fgi.net> "Brian D. Morgan" wrote: >I am still collecting URL's of ham radio home pages. I would appreciate a lin k from >yours. My URL is listed in the signature. >Regards, >-- >Brian D. Morgan, CPBE >Internet Consultants of Springfield >http://www.fgi.net/~bmorgan/wa9iaf.htm >bmorgan@fgi.net 217-698-5970 Ok, ok.. I'll bite.. http://www.primenet.com/~n7ory/index.html Amateur / CB / GMRS info.. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:54 1996 From: Ralph Zancha Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Hamfest Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 07:53:53 -0700 Message-ID: <31711181.2F8D@moultrie.com> The Moultrie Amateur Radio Klub is having its 33rd annual hamfest on April 21, 1996 in Arthur, IL. The hamfest is being held at the Moultrie/Douglas county fairgrounds right behind the Arthur High School off of route 133. We have a large indoor vendor area as well as free tailgating. Ticket are $4.00 per person over 14 years old. Talk in is on 146.055/146.655 and 449.275/444.275. Tables are available on a limited number in the main building at $8.00 per table. For more information or to reserve a table call daytime 217-543-2178 or evenings 217-873-5287 and ask for Ralph. Thanks Ralph Zancha WC9V From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:55 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Tom Skelton WB4iUX Subject: Hamfest list - WN4??? Message-ID: Reply-To: Tom.Skelton@ColumbiaSC.ATTGIS.COM (skeltt) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 21:37:45 GMT Sorry I can't remember the poster, but I used to get a SE USA hamfest list from WN4??? (awful when the memory goes, isn't it?). I suspect I was removed from the distribution list due to frequent connection problems here. Would someone please be so kind as to forward the info on this list's creator?? mni tnx...73 Tom WB4iUX Tom.Skelton@ColumbiaSC.ATTGIS.COM From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:56 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: webbte Subject: Re: Heath HW 2036 birdie problem Message-ID: Reply-To: ted.webb@columbiasc.ncr.com (webbte) References: <4l3bls$o8j@www.rpa.net> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 17:00:09 GMT Vince - I had a 2036 in use for years up until just last year and never experienced the problem you have. I used both mobile and on packet and had it apart several times to tweak and th e like but again, never saw your problem so doubt if its a design flaw. Wish I could offer help otherwise. ted / ac4cs >==========Vince Roberts, 4/17/96========== > >I have an HW 2036 with the annoying problem of a full-scale, >pin-the-meter birdie on several frequencies, most noticable on 146.00, >147.00, ect. It's also so strong that 146.52 is useless. This radio >uses the main oscillator as a frequency standard during calibration by >means of a shielded jumper which is removed for regular operation. The >problem is when the jumper is removed the "test" signal remains. I'm >told by a local ham who was a technician for Heath that it's an >unavoidable by-product of a synthesized radio and the only "solution" >is to sightly detune the main osc to move the birdie. > >The other suggestion was to shorten an internal shielded jumper what >was close to a 1/4 wave in length, which I've done. No difference. > >I own two other thumbwheel synth radios as well as two 2-meter synth >HTs and NONE! of them have a noticable birdie. I have a hard time >believing that this is a design problem. If you have any experience >with this problem and this SPECIFIC radio I'd like to hear from you. >Please: no general suggestions. Everyone has a theory and they're only >too happy to share them with me :) The way the radio is now it is >completely useless for me. Thanks. >-------------------------------------------------------------- > Vince Roberts e-mail - vroberts@rpa.net > Rochester, NY packet - N2XMT@WB2WXQ.#WNY.NY.USA.NOAM > (716)383-1299 Fido - 1:2613/313 >-------------------------------------------------------------- > From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:57 1996 From: Scott Macmillan Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Help with FT736 mod. Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 20:58:15 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: I have a Yaesu FT736R fitted with the FTS-8 tone squelch unit. I want to mod the radio so it can switch on other equipment (such as a tape recorder) when the FTS-8 receives a valid tone, and opens the squelch. Someone told me to connect a wire to the front panel 'BUSY' light, and us a transistor to switch a relay. This is almost what I want, but the busy light comes on even when the FTS-8 keeps the squelch closed. Any ideas? -- Best 73's DE Scott - GM7OMU Glasgow, IO75tv. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:58 1996 From: pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HF sucks! Date: 11 Apr 1996 10:45:26 GMT Message-ID: <4kins6$pbb@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> References: <4jelum$6ls@uwm.edu> charles copeland (charles1@netcom.com) wrote: : I don't blame the kid, with hams like KH2D around. : Hang in there Nate, this old fart will be dead by the time you hit 40. Charlie boy, the basic plan for this newsgroup is: 1. Read 2. Think 3. Type You left out most of step one, and all of step two. But we'll be nice and give you another try. Read what the kid and his buddy popgun write. Then read what other hams respond with. If you look hard, (well hard for you, probably) you will see that a lot of people have wasted a lot of keyboard time on these two jerks trying to explain the good parts about ham radio. If anyone sends them anything that makes sense, they don't respond. If anyone sends them anything argumentative, they blast away. Neither one of them are interested in ham radio, they are both just interested in seeing how much shit they can stir up in this newsgroup. I'm not wasting any more of my time trying to explain the hobby to them, since you are such a nice guy, you have my permission to take over the task. That is, if you are a ham. I assume your name is Charlie from the address of your message, but you were so busy with step 3 you forgot to sign it...... 73, Jim KH2D From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:23:59 1996 From: pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HF sucks! Date: 15 Apr 1996 11:15:57 GMT Message-ID: <4ktb5d$sk4@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> References: <4jelum$6ls@uwm.edu> <4kins6$pbb@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> <4kjl5a$lmd@uwm.edu> <4kocgi$1d1@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> <4kojig$i4r@uwm.edu> Nathan Ryan Gingras (herb@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu) wrote: : Jim Kehler (pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net) wrote: : : Nathan Ryan Gingras (herb@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu) wrote: : : : Jim Kehler (pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net) wrote: : : : : charles copeland (charles1@netcom.com) wrote: : : : : : : : : : : : : : I don't blame the kid, with hams like KH2D around. : : : : : : : : : Hang in there Nate, this old fart will be dead by the time you hit 4 0. : : : : : : : : and give you another try. Read what the kid and his buddy popgun : : : : write. Then read what other hams respond with. If you look hard, : : : : (well hard for you, probably) you will see that a lot of people : : : : have wasted a lot of keyboard time on these two jerks trying to : : : : explain the good parts about ham radio. If anyone sends them anything : : : : : You are absolutely right! They have wasted their time trying to tell me : : : that ham radio is good.. I know that some aspects of ham radio are ok, : : : but most are entirely whack! : : : : : N8. : : : : Are you still here Nate ? We thought you were going to band practice.... : Did I say 'usenet sucks'? No, I think I said 'HF sucks'. Of course I'm : still here. : Talk about ME trying to stir things up... look at this guy trying to : reincarnate this thread! : Nate. Just checking Nate, wanted to make sure your trolling rod wasn't getting rusty........ 73, Jim KH2D From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:00 1996 From: jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Impending HDTV.... Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 07:49:58 GMT Message-ID: <4l2fds$90o@crash.microserve.net> References: mwhite@mitre.org (Michael White) wrote: >>The projected cost figures of the HDTVs are extremely high >>compared to current TVs. I suspect the majority of american >>families will be unable to come up money for the HDTVs. >Don't be too sure. Back in the 1950s, even ordinary TV sets cost >around $700; that's several thousand in 1990s dollars. Even today, >lots and lots of people fork over $2k - $3K for big screen TVs. I >even saw an 80 inch set for over $8000 (awe inspiring experience!). >Never underestimate the value people place on entertainment. This reminds me of an editorial in one of the prominent Hi-Fi magazines back in the early 80's. The editor claimed that the cost of components and production of the medium itself would prevent *CD's* from ever becoming a household item. Sure wish I still had a copy of that article. 73, Jack WB3U From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:02 1996 From: ac6v@ix.netcom.com (AC6V) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: INCREDIBLE HAM RADIO INFO SOURCE Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 19:24:17 GMT Message-ID: <4krjck$824@reader2.ix.netcom.com> As there is a lot of requests for ham info that can be answered on WWW pages, I thought I would post THE PAGE that indexs tons of link information. Included are ham companies, ham clubs, Special interest groups from packet to microwave. Propagation, ham software, repeater frequencies, hamfests, publications, university ham clubs, antique radio, ATV &SSTV, Contesting, Digital Radio, DX, Emergency Radio, Handicapped, QRP, Homebrew, Linux, Microwave, Space, Spread Spectrum, Callsign servers, Elmer List, Gov Bodies -- FCC Coast Guard, Scanners, Solar flux, SWL, and LOTS LOTS MORE. See Ron Klimas's Link Page at: http://uhavax.hartford.edu/disk$userdata/faculty/newsvhf/www/ham-www.html Might just be the last Bookmark you may need. Really well done 73 Rod Hark: I have hurled my voice to the far reaches of the earth! What King of old could do thus ? -- AC6V From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:02 1996 From: kd1nr@anomaly.ideamation.com (Tony Pelliccio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: INCREDIBLE HAM RADIO INFO SOURCE Date: 16 Apr 1996 22:02:10 -0400 Message-ID: <4l1jf2$252@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4krjck$824@reader2.ix.netcom.com> In article <4krjck$824@reader2.ix.netcom.com>, AC6V wrote : > >http://uhavax.hartford.edu/disk$userdata/faculty/newsvhf/www/ham-www.html > You just have to love the directory structure on that server. Of course I do realize it's a Vax. I'm intimately familiar with DecVax and DG-Eclipse systems. > >Might just be the last Bookmark you may need. Somehow I doubt that. > > -- == Tony Pelliccio, KD1NR == As offensive as I wanna be. == kd1nr@anomaly.ideamation.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:03 1996 From: Joe Rouvier Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Index of repeters? Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 22:11:32 -0700 Message-ID: Is there a net-accessable index of repeters somewhere? From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:04 1996 From: scott@humboldt1.com (Scott W. Binder) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Index of repeters? Date: 15 Apr 1996 11:06:01 -0700 Message-ID: <4ku369$ah0@home.humboldt1.com> References: Joe Rouvier (panther@humboldt1.com) wrote: : Is there a net-accessable index of repeters somewhere? Have you checked http://www.arrl.org? 73 de AB6TR From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:05 1996 From: Joe Rouvier Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Index of repeters? Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 20:54:35 -0700 Message-ID: References: <3172324F.7914@ccsnet.com> On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Burt Fisher wrote: > Joe Rouvier wrote: > > > > Is there a net-accessable index of repeters somewhere? > > Is that like a repeater? har, har. OK, so I can't spell. Gimme a break. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:06 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Info Re: Ft-1000MP Message-ID: <1996Apr13.135342.24215@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4knd4t$55f@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 13:53:42 GMT In article <4knd4t$55f@newsbf02.news.aol.com> szumbrun@aol.com (SZumbrun) writ es: >Does anyone know how, and/if it is advisable to increase the power out of >the Ft-1000MP to say 150-200 watts? Steve W6SHO e-mail szumbrun@aol.com. >Thanks! Probably not. The power increase is insignificant for on air operation, and the heatsink and PA devices aren't designed to handle the increased stress. Bumping up to 150 watts would only represent a 1.76 db increase in signal strength, and that's barely perceptable on HF. The rule of thumb is that if you can't increase power by 10 db, it probably isn't worth doing. So the next step up from 100 watts should be 1000 watts if you want a worthwhile improvement in signal. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:07 1996 From: thompson@atl.mindspring.com (David L. Thompson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Info Re:Ft-1000MP Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 03:24:55 GMT Message-ID: <4ksiih$t5u@mule1.mindspring.com> References: <4knd4t$55f@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: thompson@atl.mindspring.com szumbrun@aol.com (SZumbrun) wrote: >Does anyone know how, and/if it is advisable to increase the power out of >the Ft-1000MP to say 150-200 watts? Steve W6SHO e-mail szumbrun@aol.com. >Thanks! Probably not adviseable. I have the old FT980 with the same final stage as the FT1000D. The limiting factor is the power supply/heat sink. I did make the Fox Tango change to run 120 to 130 watts with the 980. Dave K4JRB From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:08 1996 From: Dave Bell Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Kenwood TS440S Date: 17 Apr 1996 00:30:38 GMT Message-ID: <4l1e3e$1j0@news.tcd.net> Does anyone here know of a mod for the Kenwood TS440S to make it have true FSK keying for RTTY use. The Hal P38 instruction manual mentions the shift voltage to setup for this radio. In all of the mod articles I have seen there has never been a mention of modifying this radio for FSK use. Dave From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:09 1996 From: kb6axk@ix.netcom.com(JOSEPH A CIRA) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: latest web/www ham sites & pages Date: 17 Apr 1996 14:56:27 GMT Message-ID: <4l30qr$8n6@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> HELLO FELLOW HAMS:and FUTURE HAMS !!!!!!! HAM BBS dedicated to amateur radio !!!! 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ARRL/LAX/ACC | ARRL MIRROR SITE........... ***************************************************************************** researching the CIRA family genealogy in TERMINI IMERESE,PALERMO,SICILY,ITALY............. _____________________________________________________________________________ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:10 1996 From: Joe Rouvier Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Linux CW instructor Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 22:08:32 -0700 Message-ID: Does anyone know where I might get something to help me learn CW that runs under Linux? From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:12 1996 From: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for QSL's from... Date: 16 Apr 1996 03:10:12 GMT Message-ID: <4kv32k$njg@cc.iu.net> References: <8BE5583.016B00532E.uuout@grinder.com> <4klhn1$20r@news.syspac.com> <4kqght$d2g@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> Reply-To: wnewkirk@iu.net (Bill Newkirk) In <4kqght$d2g@lehi.kuentos.guam.net>, pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim K ehler) writes: >From January 12th, 1986 until now I have worked 47,816 stations on HF. what's that? about 14 stations a day for 10 years or so? all different? it's u nusual to keep qsl'ing skeds.. >From that total, 14,255 stations are from the U.S., leaving a total >of 33,561 non U.S. stations. If I sent everyone I worked a QSL card, >at my expense, the postage would be (using old postage costs): > >U.S. 14,255 @ $0.28 = $ 3,991.40 >Non U.S. 33,561 @ $0.50 = $16,780.50 > >For a total of $ 20,771.90 postage. Add the cost of 47,816 envelopes, >and 47,816 QSL cards. Lets, for argument, say the cards/envelopes >cost $ 2,300.00. Add that to the postage, and you get ruffly >$ 24,000.00. Now, do you have $ 24,0000 tied up in your radio >equipment ? I doubt it. So why should I tie up $ 24,000.00 in awards >to hang on other people's walls ? you don't QSL in a lump. you do it continuously. 15 cards a day if we use 32 c ents for postage and 18 cents per card for production costs (hi? lo? it's just a nu mber to make the math work out) so that's $7.50 a day. you might live in a 500,000$ home, but you usually don't pay for one in a lump . >I never was interested in collecting cards. At first I thought it so you should tell your contacts you won't QSL instead of also wasting their time and yours later. Bill Newkirk WB9IVR The Space Coast Amateur Technical Group Melbourne, FL duty now for the future of amateur radio Lombardi's 1st Law of Business: Companies succeed in spite of their best effort. If they succeed at all. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:13 1996 From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Date: Sun, 14 Apr 96 11:44:40 GMT Message-ID: <829482280snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: <3169ED0E.4E4D@clinet.fi> Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk In article <3169ED0E.4E4D@clinet.fi> k8mn@clinet.fi "Dave Heil" writes: > I maintain that most folks save their copies and that the protective > plastic bag was something I've already paid for. I've pointed out that > QST always had such protection (in the old days, QST was mailed in a > brown paper wrapper). Is the League in such sad financial state that it > is forced to cut pennies? Might I suggest that you swap your membership address to the direct overseas mailing address instead of the APO you are using. My copy arrives in in London in a baggie and is pristine. Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:14 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Message-ID: <1996Apr13.114445.23469@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <"10-Apr-96..8: 03:04".*.Anthony_M._Werdein.wbst139@Xerox.com> <4klneg$ist@tesla.netline.net> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 11:44:45 GMT In article <4klneg$ist@tesla.netline.net> burch@netline.net (Burch Akin) write s: >I have the same problem with my QSTs. I recieve 3 other mags and they >are always fine, but my QST is always ripped up (usually the front >cover.) I usually get my QSTs intact, but I have noticed that I now get them about a week later than others in my general area. I suspect my mail carrier is reading them first. He couldn't do that when they were sealed in a baggie. At least my mail carrier is literate and has good taste in magazines. :-) Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:15 1996 From: Dave Heil Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 03:42:58 +0000 Message-ID: <31731742.7F73@clinet.fi> References: <3169ED0E.4E4D@clinet.fi> <1996Apr10.144226.8411@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Gary Coffman wrote: > > You've got net access, just drop them Email for replacement copies, > worked for me. I'd prefer getting my copies pristine too (and most > of mine still come that way), but 130,000 wrappers a month isn't > pocket change (and wrapper prices recently increased sharply). Maybe > the ARRL should offer QST in baggies for an extra charge for those of > you having problems with your mail. I'd prefer to avoid another dues > increase myself. > > Gary > -- > Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems > Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp addre sses > 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org > Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | Many DON'T have net access nor the inclination to ask for new copies each month (or any one month for that matter). Any organization which buys 130,000 of anything each month should be able to negotiate the best possible price. Plastic bags at additional charge can be nixxed too since we received our magazines in wrappers for all of those years at no additional cost--it was built in to the dues structure. It's not as if we'd be getting something extra, we're now NOT getting something we already had. I've found that Canadian members are now receiving their issues in plastic bags again due to complaints. Foreign clubs are also receiving their copies in plastic bags. Dave OH2/K8MN From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:17 1996 From: Scott Miner Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Motorola MCX100 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 11:40:42 -0700 Message-ID: <316FF52A.4E3A@magic.mb.ca> Hello, A friend of mine needs a service manual for a Motorola MCX100 radio. Please contact me if you can help him out. Thanks, Scott sminer@magic.mb.ca From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:17 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Bill Lupo Subject: N.W. New Jersey Hamfest Message-ID: <316DF503.74AA@nji.com> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 06:15:31 GMT Hamfest on Sunday April 28, 1996 at the Budd Lake Firehouse on Rt. 46 Budd Lake NJ. Tables still availaible. For more info call Bill WR2M 201-770-0242 eves and weekends till 11pm or weekdays 201-584-6550 73 De Bill WR2M From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:18 1996 From: "Jack A.Peterson" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need Schematic and info for Realistic DX300 Rcvr. Date: 11 Apr 1996 23:40:11 GMT Message-ID: <4kk58r$56j@insosf1.netins.net> I need a schematic and service info for a Realistic DX300 communications rcvr. I'm willing to pay copying costs and mailing. Thanks! Jack Peterson K0AMB jpeterson@ncn.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:19 1996 From: dandall@esslink.com (Daniel Dallaire) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: New England Schedule Confilicts Date: 14 Apr 1996 19:33:31 GMT Message-ID: Who were the bright folks that scheduled the Boxborough Convention and Hosstraders for the same weekend?? I think maybe we gotta blame Hosstraders for this one.. Boxborough is announced at the convention. If you go to the convention in October, you'll know when the next one will be to the date and where coming up in two years.. I think I'll go to Boxborough!! 73.. -- Replies to dandall@esslink.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:20 1996 From: Glenn McAllister Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: New Zealand forcing CW to be dropped international Date: 16 Apr 1996 09:09:49 GMT Message-ID: <4kvo4t$a59@asgard.actrix.gen.nz> References: <8291027762604@omnisystem.com> <4ki68d$b3a$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4klj9j$stv@asgard.actrix.gen.nz> <4kp3c5$t4s@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> To: wyn cc wynn wrote: ..snip >>realises that CW is an obsolete mode and is is ONLY ONE FACET of amateur rad io > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >It has been reported on this forum more than once that about half of the QSO' s >currently found on the HF frequencies are CW. So, how do you reason that >MF/HF CW (OOK Morse) is an obsolete mode? Is it just because you want it to be, >or that economics (unique skills are expensive!) have forced its demise from >some sectors to be replaced by digital gimmickry with dubious reliability? >Why do we still hear commercial 500KHz stations on CW? Has the false economy >been exposed? Inquiring minds want to know. > >73, >Clay N4AOX > Hi Clay (isn't that a type of dirt?? (-: ) OK, I accept 'obsolete' was a bit harsh. I agree CW still has a great deal of merit as a communication mode. I'm a no-code licensee, but I use CW to 'make the gr ade' when SSB doesn't manage on 6m, 2m & 70cm. I would HATE it if I didn't have th at capability to fall back on when packet, FM & SSB can't get through. And I kno w that if my microphone breaks down I can still bang a couple of wires together. But you know how much chance I have of getting a QSO on 2m CW?? FA. If I call CW o n the SSB call freq, at least someone will hear me (if I call long enough and hard e nough someone might dust off the dusty old key one shelf (and prob ask me to QSY hi! )). But to REQUIRE proficiency in CW?? Why not Packet? SSTV? or indeed any othe r SPECIALISED mode which is part of this extensive hobby? The first Real Ham I met (an uncle of a school friend) didn't use a microphone unless he really HAD to. He was 99% into SSTV. -- Glenn McAllister ZL2TLD PO Box 3675 Delta-Wye Electronics Wellington New Zealand From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:22 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: jlowman@netcom.com (Jim Lowman) Subject: Re: Old 20 Extra only freq? Message-ID: References: <4kn3mp$n0g@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> <4kos7e$4rf$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 22:16:44 GMT Hans K0HB (71111.260@CompuServe.COM) wrote: : For a brief period (1953-1968) there was no "incentive : licensing", so Generals had access to all portions of all : bands. In 1968 incentive licensing returned in essentially : it's present form, in which the Generals remain on 20 and : 75 except for the portions reserved for Advanced and Extra. That was a nice historical perspective, Hans. Since we are on the subject, can you help to jog my memory a bit? I was first licensed as a Novice in 1966, and got my General later that year. Along came incentive licensing, and I got my Advanced in 1968. Missed several good opportunities to upgrade to Extra over the years, so now I am hustling to finish reading the ARRL theory manual before the question pool changes in July. I am sure that someone must had advanced the idea of grandfathering the existing Generals to Extra, since we were using all the amateur frequencies already. What were the arguments against that idea? I remember only being so outraged that I quit ARRL, and only recently rejoined last year, a 27-year lapse. Thanks in advance and 73 de Jim - KF6CR From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:23 1996 From: pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Old 20 Extra only freq? Date: 13 Apr 1996 02:31:53 GMT Message-ID: <4kn3mp$n0g@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> References: <4klh9g$1up@news.syspac.com> dnorris@k7no.com wrote: : Is my memory correct? Was there not a 20 meter sub-band for the : exclusive use of extra class licensees? The time period was 1955-6 : and as I recall it was above 14.3 mHz. Can anyone shed light on this : for me. : Thanks : Dean : Rest in peace Mr. Ben Johnson! : C. Dean Norris : Amateur Radio Station K7NO : e-mail to dnorris@k7no.com Dean, maybe you are thinking of 14.150 to 14.175 ? Or 14.000 to 14.025 ? Jim, KH2D From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:23 1996 From: bet@umich.EDU (Betsy Henderson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Please help me! Reward offered. Date: 17 Apr 96 04:19:45 GMT Message-ID: SUBSTANTIAL REWARD OFFERED FOR RETURN OF MISSING MATERIALS. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. Missing: One royal blue Jansport backpack containing two file holders (one pink, one red), notebooks and numerous papers -- many written in Chinese -- in clear plastic envelopes. Reward offered for return of materials, which may have been dumped from the backpack. Last seen in the trunk of my car (Blue Mazda hatchback) in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies Parking Lot last week. If you have any information, please respond to this message or call collect 1-703-243-9136. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:24 1996 From: fernando@iafrica.com (F.Oliveira) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: QSL info required Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 22:22:35 Message-ID: Keywords: qsl I am looking for QSL info on the following callsigns: HZ1TA JY5IN KA5TQF JY3ZH IK4SDY OD5JY Your help will be appreciated as I would like to have these DX's confirmed. Thanks in advance and best 73s from ZS1ZG Fernando @ iafrica.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:25 1996 From: cyberiaeal12@easynet.co.uk (cyberiaeal12) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Radio recordings Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 16:19:32 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4l2k04$1fs@lemon.easynet.co.uk> Keywords: test From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:26 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT 202 Message-ID: <8BE92E3.0029004AD8.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 96 12:19:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: Tfalkow@telerama.lm.com Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT 202 >Jeff I think it works just fine. Not only am I happy with my HTX-202, I just bought an HTX-212 and I love it. But, of course, thats just my opinion. Does the HTX-202 have PL decode standard (right out of the box) or do you have to install it as an accessory? --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:27 1996 From: Ted Falkowsky Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT 202 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 00:56:11 -0400 Message-ID: <3171D6EB.12EF@telerama.lm.com> References: <8BE92E3.0029004AD8.uuout@hobbs.com> ROLAND STINER wrote: > Does the HTX-202 have PL decode standard (right out of the box) or > do you have to install it as an accessory? > --- > OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- > > * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) > > .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono > > __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com > > |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 > > ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126Yup! Straight out of the box. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:29 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Paul Moller Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT 202 Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 09:56:13 -0500 Message-ID: <316E6F0D.7E39@csg.mot.com> References: <4kbsq3$dpl@news-e2b.gnn.com> <4kcrr4$pc4@ramp2.tir.com> <4kegvc$2d6@eugene.convex.com> <4kg5k0$b1u@server2.codetel.net.do> Radio Shack has the HT-202 on sale this month for $189.xx. I was thinking of getting one, any thoughts pro or con? Paul_Moller@csg.mot.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:30 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT 202 Message-ID: <1996Apr13.115945.23587@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <316E6F0D.7E39@csg.mot.com> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 11:59:45 GMT In article <316E6F0D.7E39@csg.mot.com> Paul Moller w rites: >Radio Shack has the HT-202 on sale this month for $189.xx. I was >thinking of getting one, any thoughts pro or con? If you want a rugged 2m ham bands only HT with *excellent* IMD performance, go for it. You won't find anything better currently sold into the amateur market. If you want a scanner, or a Gameboy, it's not for you. There is only one outstanding problem with the set, there is a birdie on 146.76 MHz. That's a harmonic of the colorburst crystal used in the TT pad. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:30 1996 From: david@med-buspheb.bu.edu (David Gagnon) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT 202 Date: 16 Apr 1996 20:05:09 GMT Message-ID: <4l0uhl$8gf@news.bu.edu> References: <4kbsq3$dpl@news-e2b.gnn.com> Reply-To: david@med-buspheb.bu.edu Bruce Bryant (bbryant@gnn.com) wrote: : Radio Shack has the HT 202 on sale for $189. Is this a good deal? : And please, no more derisive comments about RS itself. That one : has been pretty well beaten into the ground. : Bruce Bryant, KC8BWL I've had my 202 for a while and would recommend it. It did take going through three units before I got a good one however. Don't buy it without the 5 year service agreement. -- >David< David R. Gagnon, MD MPH (617) 638-4457 [voice] Boston University School of Public Health (617) 638-4458 [fax] "ecrasez l'infamie" http://www-busph.bu.edu/Depts/Epi-Biostats/David_HomePage.html From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:31 1996 From: smithj@innet.com (Jim Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT 202 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 96 00:18:54 GMT Message-ID: <4krq1n$h00@news.qwknews.com> References: <4kbsq3$dpl@news-e2b.gnn.com> <4kqjg7$dic@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> >Bruce Bryant (bbryant@gnn.com) wrote: >: Radio Shack has the HT 202 on sale for $189. Is this a good deal? >: And please, no more derisive comments about RS itself. That one >: has been pretty well beaten into the ground. >: Bruce Bryant, KC8BWL Bruce, IMHO, it is. Just be sure to test all the rigs in stock for a birdie on 146.76. Some have it, some do not. Mine has it, and it is in the shop for the third time trying to fix it. BTW, get the TSP with it. Covers all, including my 2 year old dropping it out the car window. Not that he has done that, but I asked and was told it even covered that. ;) Jim Smith N8AVX From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:32 1996 From: Brian Webb <102670.1206@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack-You've got questions?-We've got BLANK STARES! Date: 12 Apr 1996 04:06:18 GMT Message-ID: <4kkkrq$h7i$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com> References: <4k54c3$e6k@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> When I was finishing UCLA, I worked at a Radio Shack. To my knowledge, I was the only technical person who worked in my sales district (I was trained as an aircraft radio repair tech in the USAF). The district manager cut me some slack because of my experience. I was able to expell obnoxious/rude/abusive customers from the store at will. Of course, I also took the opportunity to pick up on as many attractive female customers as possible. Well, that's all. Brian Webb, KD6NRP From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:34 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Radio Shack: You got blank stares? Try hiring the knowledgable Message-ID: <1996Apr13.123434.23847@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4jrbps$ash@arl-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> <4kbrae$u7s@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <4ki59j$5lp@numbat.devetwa.edu.au> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 12:34:34 GMT In article kim@nntp.cadence.com (Kim Helliwell) write s: > >Mostly, that's been my experience. The one person that worked in >the store closest to me that seemed to know anything whatever about >radios is gone, replaced by clueless, bubble-gum chewing high school >students. Gee, I must say that the person going into Radio Shack for technical advice has to be the one without a clue. That's not why they're there. Radio Shack is a convienence store. Do you expect gourmet recipes from the checkout clerk at your 7-11 too? Treat doing business at Radio Shack like you would doing business with any other Quickie Mart . Go in, grab what you want off the shelf, pay the checkout clerk, and leave. Simple. I've had very little trouble with Radio Shack clerks. They generally know how to work the register and how to make change. I really don't expect anything else from them, so I'm rarely disappointed. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:35 1996 From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RPI Hamfest (Troy, NY) Cancelled Date: Mon, 15 Apr 96 18:10:58 -0500 Message-ID: The RPI Amateur Radio Club, W2SZ, has announced that their hamfest, scheduled for Sunday, April 28th, at the RPI Armory in Troy, NY, has been cancelled. For additional information, connect to the RPI hamfest web page http://generators.com/hamfest.html or contact Joan Warren, KB2RQW, via email to warrej@rpi.edu or on the linked 146.82 and 224.42 RPI club repeaters. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:35 1996 From: tony@gcr1.com (Tony Salvador) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RS-232 to TTL Rig Control ... Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 13:30:20 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4l2rtm$1jho@tetsuo.communique.net> If you are thinking about using you PC to control you ham rig check out my page and the FT-736R CAT section. The unit shown is usable on all rigs that require a RS-232 to TTL level converter to control the rig. Kits include all connectors needed for connection to Kenwood, Yaesu or Icom rigs and as well as others. Check it out ... http://www.gcr1.com/n5gpi/ 73, N5GPI From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:37 1996 From: Ted F Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.antiques.radio+phono,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 15:04:37 -0400 Message-ID: <3173EF45.536F@telerama.lm.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> Nathan Ryan Gingras wrote: > > Burt Fisher (k1oik@ccsnet.com) wrote: > : > : I am bored with the hobby. > : > I don't think the hams will be sad to see you go, but that's because you > think for yourself... noone wants that in ham radio! > > I sold all my ham junk too! I am just plain SICK of ham radio! > > Congratulations from Nate.It's a shame you've given up on ham radio. There' s a growing movement to modernize this aging service. Instead of giving up, maybe you could help forge the future. Just a thought... Ted F. N3SQY From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:38 1996 From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.antiques.radio+phono,sci.electronics.design Subject: Selling out of ham radio Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 07:22:57 -0400 Message-ID: <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> C O M P L E T E S T A T I O N I am selling my entire station as one package. See it, test it, buy it. Icom 751 with CW filters, RC-10 keypad, Icom 2KL Solid state 5OO watt amplifier Icom AT-500 automatic tuner Cushcraft A3 Beam Alliance Ham rotor 40 foot crank up tower $3000 cash and I do mean cash. It all works and it is all connected. I am bored with the hobby.  From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:38 1996 From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: 16 Apr 1996 16:08:16 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4l0glg$1dl8@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <31702e9d.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49c3@ccsnet.com> <4l04it$g4u@falcon.eag.unisysgsg.com> >: I am bored with the hobby. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Some of us kink of suspected that He's probably tired of listening to YE OLDE FAHRTZ ramble on, day after day, with their useless rhetoric about how valuable Morse Code is and how amateur radio would be so much poorer without it -Drew in Sunny Central Florida- KF4DDM From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:39 1996 From: braymon@llake-fs3.isc-br.com (Bob Raymond) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 21:20:19 GMT Message-ID: <4l3nro$7ai@cnn.isc-br.com> References: <31702e9d.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49c3@ccsnet.com> <4l04it$g4u@falcon.eag.unisysgsg.com> <4l0glg$1dl8@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <3173EEF1.5232@telerama.lm.com> Ted F wrote: >> >> -Drew in Sunny Central Florida- >> KF4DDMI'll second that! If you want to use code, so be it. BUT, code sho uld not be a >requirement for ANY ham license. Even the marine service is giving up the th e CW ghost. >It's time we stop living in the 50's and move up to the 90's. >Ted F. >N3SQY Not ALL of us OLDER hams are opposed to deleting the CW requirement. I feel that International law allowing, that perhaps there should be a codeless variety of the general license, but would oppose deleting morse from the advanced or Extra class. As an aside, would any of you be in favor of a TOUGHER exam in lieu of the morse requirement, I mean something that proves you know what you are doing...like a test where the questions and answers cannot be memorized? Food for thought. Bob KG7WC From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:41 1996 From: flanders@znet.groupz.net (Jerry Flanders) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Solar Cells Efficiency? Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 20:31:15 GMT Message-ID: <4krn9u$hps@news1.sunbelt.net> Last September, I bought three unused 12" x 24" PV panels at a hamfest in NC. They were unmounted, just the glass panel with the bare metal coating on the back. I was told they were rated at about 900 mA at about 18 volts each. I have finally gotten around to actually connecting electrodes and testing them out. The first one only put out about 250 - 275 mA in bright SC sunlight yesterday (charge current into a 12 v lead-acid battery, with an isolating diode in the circuit (same without the diode - I checked). I thought that perhaps the first one was bad, so last night I wired up connectors to the remaining two and tested them out today. Same thing - about 250-275 mA each. Right now, all three are going, with a separate isolation diode for each, charging a total of about 800 mA in full sunlight. I briefly shorted the three while connected together, and measured only about 1 amp total (about 27V open circuit). Keep in mind that I am talking about 6 square feet of collector area, and there is as yet no protective glass or cover of any kind. Quickie rough calculations tell me my efficiency seems to be way down. Any comments? What charge current do you guys get per square foot with PV cells? They have been unused for a long time - any reason to expect improvement in the future? Maybe I just got rejects - would rejects be as consistent as this? Do rejects deliver low current, or low voltage, or what? Jerry W4UKU flanders@groupz.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:41 1996 From: Ted F Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Sorry Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 13:27:10 -0400 Message-ID: <317529EE.1FE5@telerama.lm.com> oops! My news reader must have burped when I sent my last post! Sorry!!!!! Ted F. N3SQY From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:42 1996 From: Carl Estey Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Tailgate Hamfest in Minneapolis/St. Paul area Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 11:43:21 -0500 Message-ID: <31727CA9.7D80@HBC.Honeywell.com> *** HAMFEST June 8th - Minneapolis area *** The fifth annual Tailgate Swapfest will be held on Saturday, June 8th, from 7:30 AM to 1 PM at the Honeywell parking lot located at Stinson Avenue exit of I-35 in NE Minneapolis. This event is sponsored by the TwinsLAN ARC and will be the ONLY hamfest in June in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. This is a really fun hamfest as it is easy to be a seller - just park your car and open the trunk! Drop me e-mail for more info. 73, Carl WA0CQG -- Carl Estey, Amateur Radio Station WA0CQG Honeywell Inc., Homes and Building Control, MN10-2518, 1885 Douglas Dr., Golden Valley, MN 55422 (612) 954-6922 E-Mail: carl.estey@HBC.Honeywell.com or wa0cqg@wa0cqg-uhf.ampr.org (TCP/IP) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:44 1996 From: kc7fys@aol.com (KC7FYS) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Theory Discussion-Gen'l PLEASE READ Date: 16 Apr 1996 08:12:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4l02r8$seq@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: kc7fys@aol.com (KC7FYS) Hello, I am a tech plus, KC7FYS/7J1AWL, and I have many questions about words I hear in the discussion groups like, "loading" and "impedance" and "L/C" network. Is there any place where I can participate in a discussion on general topics of this kind without bothering those who know much more than me. Please email me with the info if you know of a newsgroup or you are an elmer to whom I can email these questions. Also, I know of the practice tests for the General exam, but is there a TUTORIAL of some sort that's available for a Macintosh user such as myself? I want to learn more. Please email me with info. 73, Jonathan From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:44 1996 From: cheply@coastnet.com (Rob Cheply) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Trade Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 02:57:31 GMT Message-ID: <31730c94.1657170@NEWS.COASTNET.COM> I am currently constructing a collection of box schematics, willing to trade some fer some. E-mail me for more info. on what I've got. ThanX From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:46 1996 From: n7ory@primenet.com (Dungeon Master) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Traveling to CA Date: 15 Apr 1996 16:36:02 -0700 Message-ID: <4kumh2$40i@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4k4hbq$2jg@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> daveey@ix.netcom.com wrote: >Hi >I will be leaving Easter sunday going to Southern California fo 10 >days. Would like to take my dual band HT with, but I am wondering how >I should 'announce' my call on the repeaters in that area, so that >they don't think they are hearing me due to a propogation 'freak'. >Thanks for any help you can provide. >Please either post response here or e-mail me direct. >Thanks Again >Dave KB9MXD Well Dave, last time I was in So Cal, they didn't use call signs.. So I guess when in Rome... (GRIN) But seriously, when my wife and I went to LA last year, it was crazy on 2m. Who ever they were didn't use calls, had extremely foul mouths, and tried to cover each other up.. (Hmm, sounds familiar.. CB?) I finaly asked a couple of guys on 440 about the trash on 2.. They told me "we have to give them somewhere to play or they'll be all over the bands.." I shut my radio off until we left later that week. Sad, really sad.. CU Rob N7ORY N7ORY@KC7Y.AZ.USA.NOAM n7ory@primenet.com http://www.primenet.com/~n7ory/index.html From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:46 1996 From: w7el@teleport.com (Roy Lewallen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE "CUBICAL QUAD" HF ANTENNA? Date: Sat, 13 Apr 96 08:29:13 GMT Message-ID: <4knoir$l1i@nadine.teleport.com> References: <1996Apr10.235811.117545@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <4kl5ml$bbj@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> In article <4kl5ml$bbj@lehi.kuentos.guam.net>, pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) wrote: > I don't know whatever happened to Bill Orr's book, its around >here somewhere..... If you're looking for a book about quads, I recommend _The Quad Antenna_ by Bob Haviland, W4MB. It's published by CQ Communications (the parent company of CQ Magazine). Roy Lewallen, W7EL From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:47 1996 From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Whistlers Date: 14 Apr 1996 10:44:45 -0400 Message-ID: <4kr30t$4ub@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: Thor-Ivar Skofsrud (thoris@sofus.hiof.no) wrote: : Hello! : I am a student at Østfold Regional College in Norway, and I am working on a : project where the goal is to develop a system that can recognise and classif y : whistlers. At this point I have some data from a french satellite that : contains some whistlers, but I need more data to test the system. If anyone : know where I can find data that contains whistlers or have any other : information about this subject, please contact me. : Please direct to other relevant newsgroups also. I think there are recordings of whistlers etc on http://www.pw.physics.uiowa.edu/mcgreevy/ GL and 73 Gerry K8EF From amsoft@epix.net Thu Apr 18 15:24:49 1996 From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Whistlers Date: 16 Apr 1996 17:22:16 -0400 Message-ID: <4l1328$j4a@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4kr30t$4ub@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Gerard Foley (gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote: : Thor-Ivar Skofsrud (thoris@sofus.hiof.no) wrote: : : Hello! : : I am a student at Østfold Regional College in Norway, and I am working on a : : project where the goal is to develop a system that can recognise and class ify : : whistlers. At this point I have some data from a french satellite that : : contains some whistlers, but I need more data to test the system. If anyon e : : know where I can find data that contains whistlers or have any other : : information about this subject, please contact me. : : Please direct to other relevant newsgroups also. : : I think there are recordings of whistlers etc on : http://www.pw.physics.uiowa.edu/mcgreevy/ : GL and 73 : Gerry K8EF The correct source might be http://www.pw-physics.uiowa.edu/mcgreevy/ Sorry for whichever is wrong, and sorrier if both are wrong! GL and 73 Gerry K8EF From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:52:53 1996 From: cps@access.digex.net (Chris Smolinski) Newsgroups: comp.home.automation,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "Invisible" Pet Fences Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 17:23:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4kb0qs$ovg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4l3iac$cc8@news.jf.intel.com> In article <4l3iac$cc8@news.jf.intel.com>, Kelly McArthur wrote: Any information on how much (if any) radio interference these units cause? I'm a ham/swl, and don't want anything that would cause QRM. I doubt there would be a problem with the higher frequencies, but I am into LW/MW DXing also. A 10 kHz square wave can generate a lot of harmonics. Chris > I've looked at the transmitter a little, and it appears to be based on an > inductive loop (if you twist the wires together at any point, the twisted > length of wire won't trigger the collar. This makes it easy to run wires fr om > the house out to the perimeter of the yard without blocking the pets travel > across the wire that feeds the fence). I put a 10K resistor across the > terminals, and measured a 10KHz square wave that varied in amplitude from about > 1V p-p to 5V p-p as you adjust the range. The 10KHz carrier was modulated into > bursts of a couple of milliseconds. There were three patterns depending on -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Check out my WWW page at http://www.access.digex.net/~cps/ for scientific | |software for the Mac, Free Radio, Shortwave Radio, and Spy Numbers Stations | |information. | |Finger me (cps@access.digex.net) for my PGP Public Key | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:52:54 1996 From: Kelly McArthur Newsgroups: comp.home.automation,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: "Invisible" Pet Fences Date: 19 Apr 1996 17:48:16 GMT Message-ID: <4l8jl0$ptd@news.jf.intel.com> References: <4kb0qs$ovg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4l3iac$cc8@news.jf.intel.com> cps@access.digex.net (Chris Smolinski) wrote: >In article <4l3iac$cc8@news.jf.intel.com>, Kelly McArthur > wrote: > >Any information on how much (if any) radio interference these units cause? >I'm a ham/swl, and don't want anything that would cause QRM... > > I have an older Kenwood and Cushcraft R7 relatively close to the fence, and while I don't listen much to LW stuff, I've never heard a hint of interference . I'm pretty sure it's an _inductive_ current loop system, rather than low frequ ency RF, so you won't be able pick it up on radio's. That's why the signal cancels itself if you take part of the loop and twist the wires together, the inductiv e signal cancels since the current is running in two different directions. This makes it easy to connect the perimeter loop to the transmitter in your house w ith out creating a radial barier the pet can't cross. Kelly_McArthur@ccm.jf.intel.com KC7NFR From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:52:55 1996 Newsgroups: comp.home.automation,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: fms@senie.com (Faith Senie) Subject: Re: "Invisible" Pet Fences Message-ID: <4lbqll$3jn@peanut.senie.com> References: <4kb0qs$ovg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4l3iac$cc8@news.jf.intel.com> <4l8jl0$ptd@news.jf.intel.com> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 23:06:29 GMT )>In article <4l3iac$cc8@news.jf.intel.com>, Kelly McArthur )> wrote: )> )>Any information on how much (if any) radio interference these units cause? )>I'm a ham/swl, and don't want anything that would cause QRM... One other thing to consider is QRM to the dog! My parents have one of these invisible fence setups for their miniature poodle. They used to leave his collar which contains the gadget that zaps him if he wanders too far afield on him all the time, until they turned on the TV one day while he was lying on the floor beneath it. His yelping could probably be heard in the next county! Some field got set up in the TV that set off the zapper in his collar, and it gave him quite a jolt. They only put his collar on him when they send him outside now. We haven't gotten much opportunity to test out the system with ham gear, but so far he hasn't jumped out of his skin when my husband was playing HF out in the car when we visited. Of course, he wasn't standing near the car at the time, either (the dog, not my husband...) 73 de Faith N1JIT Faith faith@senie.com http://www.senie.com/faith/ From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:52:56 1996 From: kkemper@aol.com (KKemper) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 1.5kw UHF amp...how much? Date: 18 Apr 1996 18:51:20 -0400 Message-ID: <4l6h18$f6u@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <1996Apr16.083231.41804@ucl.ac.uk> Reply-To: kkemper@aol.com (KKemper) Why not get ahold of K1FO i.e. Lunar Amps. He has 432 amp kits and complete amps for sale. Also if you look in the ARRL UHF/Microwave projects manual a few types of legal limit amps are shown. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:52:57 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: ag001@lafn.org (Abraham Stavsky) Subject: Any repeater listings for VE3? Message-ID: <1996Apr20.210651.11518@lafn.org> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 21:06:51 GMT Could use one - much appreciated. KE6OCM -- From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:52:58 1996 From: kjones@sun-link.com (Ken Jones) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:23:24 GMT Message-ID: <3176a2b4.6122150@news.netrax.net> References: <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> <31742c5f.100173444@news.netrax.net> <4l1hdl$8k1@ratty.wolfe.net> <4l3ccu$iij@news2.aero.org> Once upon a time, Clark W. Hanley wrote 32 lines on the subject: Re: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF>; here's some of it: >Hi > You are close, the I stands for Iimedeate not Interrupt. >Clark >wa6awd@wolfenet.com (Alan Burgstahler) wrote: >>kjones@sun-link.com (Ken Jones) wrote: >>>Now, for one free ticket, who can tell us what the letters A B C D >>>on your pad were labelled on the military TT pads, and (yep, it's a >>>two-parter) what did those abbreviations mean? > >>Flash-Override >>Flash >>Interrupt >>Priority > >>Did I win? Okay kids, settle down now. Alan was close. but Clark got the prize. Clark should be getting his free ticket Real Soon Now... Patterned after the military record traffic message precedences, the call precedences in AUTOVON are Routine (no distinction, often got cut off) Priority, Immediate, Flash, and Flash-Override. As I recall it, the only folks who used the FO button were the technicians who wanted to talk back to the World from Out-backistan or wherever they were. Sure beat the orderwire...but maybe I'm remembering it wrong. 73, Ken Jones -- ( mailto:kjones@sun-link.com ) ( CIS:73135,1243 ) KB3JA -- Maidenhead Grid: FM19mu SKYWARN observer in York Co. PA, listening 147.330 W3MUM/R PGP Fingerprint 0xFE99B25D; key avail on public servers From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:00 1996 From: rich (Rich) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF> Date: 22 Apr 1996 02:47:31 GMT Message-ID: <4les03$k1d@queeg.apci.net> References: <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> <31742c5f.100173444@news.netrax.net> <4l1hdl$8k1@ratty.wolfe.net> <4l3ccu$iij@news2.aero.org> <3176a2b4.6122150@news.netrax.net> <3178331A.3F29@telepath.com> In article <3178331A.3F29@telepath.com>, ssampson@telepath.com says... > >Ken Jones wrote: >> >> Patterned after the military record traffic message precedences, the >> call precedences in AUTOVON are Routine (no distinction, often got >> cut off) Priority, Immediate, Flash, and Flash-Override. >> >> As I recall it, the only folks who used the FO button were the >> technicians who wanted to talk back to the World from Out-backistan >> or wherever they were. Sure beat the orderwire...but maybe I'm >> remembering it wrong. > >You're remembering it wrong :-) > >I was stationed at remote radar sites (before going AWACS) and the Flash >Overide was an Air Defense (real-world and simulated) priority. We went >to Flash Overide upon any Unknown or Hostile track entering our coverage. >This ensured that we would not get cut off with NORAD for any reason. The >thinking was, you would see the track, and several seconds later be >exterminated. Thus, the Flash Overide was usually the last they heard from >you. > >If you used this priority for any other purpose, you were hunted down and >Court Martialed/Article 15'd. In either case your career was over. We had >a lot of Draftees join the USAF back then to stay out of the Army, and they >liked to use that feature. It got them out of the military very quick :-) > >-- >Steve Sampson, N5OWK >USAF Retired >mailto:ssampson@telepath.com >http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x63BA9AF9 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:01 1996 From: Chris Boone Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF> Date: 20 Apr 1996 23:33:38 GMT Message-ID: <4lbs8i$itb@guyana.it.earthlink.net> References: <4kprr5$eo0@tzlink.j51.com> <31742c5f.100173444@news.netrax.net> To: kjones@sun-link.com kjones@sun-link.com (Ken Jones) wrote: > >Now, for one free ticket, who can tell us what the letters A B C D >on your pad were labelled on the military TT pads, and (yep, it's a >two-parter) what did those abbreviations mean? > >73, > >Ken Jones > Well, if memory serves, the Autovon system uses F,I, FO, and P Flash, Interupt, Flash Override and Priority...but I think the order is/was; F I P FO I had a 16 button TT pad backlit with the Autovon markings in it... Cant recall what happened to it... Chris WB5ITT Sr Telecom Tech Entergy-Wst Div Telecommunications Dept. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:01 1996 From: bfleet@mbl.edu (Betchy) Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Code requirement relaxed WAS: Selling out of ham radio Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 14:51:12 -0400 Message-ID: References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F800.5E4B@telerama.lm.com> <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <1996Apr18.173330.20949@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4l65ii$c4i@news.interpath.net> <4l8ejs$18c0@newsgate.sps.mot.com> I guess with your scenerio, all the jammers, foulmouths etc. we hear on 80, 20 15 and just about all others, are Generals or below, bootlegging. C'mon get real, the real hams come in all classes of licenses and code proficiency does not mean legal operation. Just check your violations in QST. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:03 1996 From: ghconkli@bessel.nando.net (Gconklin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.antiques.radio+phono,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Code requirement relaxed WAS: Selling out of ham radio Date: 19 Apr 1996 08:06:43 -0400 Message-ID: <4l7vkj$iua@bessel.nando.net> References: <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <1996Apr18.173330.20949@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4l65ii$c4i@news.interpath.net> In article <4l65ii$c4i@news.interpath.net> cphillips@interpath.com (Curt Phill ips) writes: +In article <1996Apr18.173330.20949@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, + gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) wrote: +>In article <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> john maxwell writes: + +>But the lack of time argument you advance rings rather hollow. If you +>expect to have the time to *operate* HF over the course of your lifetime, +>surely you can find a bit of time *once* to program the wetware to pass +>the Morse test in order to do so. Sure, you may think it is hazing, sure + + ESPECIALLY now, with the widespread availability of computers (and +Morse code practice programs) and the relaxing of the code requirement. + + Code requirement relaxed? Yes, the multiple choice code tests,etc. +now available represent a loosening of the code requirement. I passed +the Novice test in 1968, the General & Advanced in 1970 and Extra in +1995. In the "olden days", you had to have one minute of absolute SOLID +copy... miss one letter, start over. I have to travel approx. +150 miles to take the test, and if I didn't pass on the "first +try", went home with nothing and couldn't take the test again for a +month (like I could travel the 150 miles or more immediately the +next month, especially since I was 15 years old when I passed +General). This is pressure! + + For Novice practice, I had no suitable receiver and no cassette +player (I got my first cassette recorder/player in 1969 and it +cost $100 then, approx. $400 of today's dollarettes). Today, my +computer can give me limitless random practice and limitless +"practice tests". + + You can take the test 3 times in one sitting, usually close to where +you live. I passed the 20 wpm(?) test at a regular meeting of the local +Raleigh Amateur Radio Society. If you fail, often the test will given +somewhere else close by within a week or so (and I say this as a resident +of a medium sized "city" in a relatively rural state). + + With the multiple choice test, you don't even have to copy the required +*item* perfectly to correctly answer the question. + +e.g. +============================================== + You copy "N-me is Ric--rd" + +QUESTION: + "The operator's name was: + +a) Ronald b) Timothy c) Richard d) Ricardo e) Anthony +=============================================================== + +If you don't copy ANYTHING you have a 20% chance of getting it right. +Pretty tough, huh? + + I passed the 20 wpm exam on my first sitting and scored 100% on +the test (I absolutely, positively and totally lucked out on one +question). Realistically, I'd say my real code speed proficiency +(measured the "old" way) was more like 15 wpm. + + So it's never been easier than it is now, even for the "higher" +license classes. + +========= Opinions expressed are solely those of the author ========== +Curt Phillips, CEM KD4YU (ex-WB4LHI)|"I don't want to achieve +Chairman, Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group| immortality through my work. +ARRL Life; QCWA; Raleigh ARS; NRA | I want to achieve it through +Energy/Recycling BBS 704-547-3114 | NOT DYING." -- Woody Allen +==cphillips@interpath.com ============================================ All this stuff may be interesting to someone, but it is NOT part of rec.antiques.radio+phono, which specifically excludes ham radio. Unless, of course, we are treating the Morse code as antique, no longer in production, thus an object of collection as a remembrance of things past. It may be, the FCC still thinks that we need to maintain the skills of running spark gap transmitters. By the way, didn't you have to travel that 150 miles barefoot, in the snow, and with no food? Now that was pressure. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:04 1996 From: psgeorge@infinet.com (Paul S. George) Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Code requirement relaxed WAS: Selling out of ham radio Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 15:59:53 -0500 Message-ID: References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F800.5E4B@telerama.lm.com> <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <1996Apr18.173330.20949@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4l65ii$c4i@news.interpath.net> <4l8ejs$18c0@newsgate.sps.mot.com> In article <4l8ejs$18c0@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, Jim wrote: > I look at the Morse code requirement this way: > > It forms an arbitrary elitist requirement that bans certain individuals > from practically all of HF. It limits the inept and the poorly > motivated to undesirable sectors of the amateur bands (like 75 phone). > For the skilled, the dedicated, and the motivated, it rewards us with > uncrowded band sectors populated by gentlemen who've earned the > privilege. With this kind of logic, I'm surprised that hand-cranking a model-T is not a requirement for getting a drivers license! Morse code is a fine sideline for those who are interested... nothing more! I would think that knowledge of modern communication theory would be more relevent (not really... amateur radio is for the most part an appliance hobby)! -- Paul S. George (psgeorge@infinet.com) From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:06 1996 From: Pricedav.RadOnc@Shands.ufl.edu (David Price) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.antiques.radio+phono,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Code requirement relaxed WAS: Selling out of ham radio Date: 21 Apr 1996 13:37:02 GMT Message-ID: <4lddlu$q12@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F800.5E4B@telerama.lm.com> <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <1996Apr18.173330.20949@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4l65ii$c4i@news.interpath.net> In article <4l65ii$c4i@news.interpath.net>, cphillips@interpath.com says... > >In article <1996Apr18.173330.20949@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, > gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) wrote: >>In article <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> john maxwell writes: > >>But the lack of time argument you advance rings rather hollow. If you >>expect to have the time to *operate* HF over the course of your lifetime, >>surely you can find a bit of time *once* to program the wetware to pass >>the Morse test in order to do so. Sure, you may think it is hazing, sure > > ESPECIALLY now, with the widespread availability of computers (and >Morse code practice programs) and the relaxing of the code requirement. > > Code requirement relaxed? Yes, the multiple choice code tests,etc. >now available represent a loosening of the code requirement. I passed What multible choice code test arew you talking about, I have traveled long and far and have seen very few if any. After studying almost 8 month for my 13wpm, I havent seen one David Price From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:07 1996 From: cphillips@interpath.com (Curt Phillips) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Code requirement relaxed WAS: Selling out of ham radio Date: Fri, 19 Apr 96 21:29:51 GMT Message-ID: <4l90d2$3qn@news.interpath.net> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F800.5E4B@telerama.lm.com> <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <1996Apr18.173330.20949@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4l65ii$c4i@news.interpath.net> <4l74i3$mkh@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> In article <4l74i3$mkh@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, kc5egg@ix.netcom.com(Gerald Schmitt ) wrote: >In <4l65ii$c4i@news.interpath.net> cphillips@interpath.com (Curt >Phillips) writes: >>>In article <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> john maxwell > writes: >>player (I got my first cassette recorder/player in 1969tmoded mode but even when we do accomplish it we >have to be derided because it ain't like it was. Your first line got a little garbled, but *I* WASN'T deriding ANYONE. I wasn't lambasting people with a no-code license. I wasn't saying code is great. I was simply telling about the way it was, not so long ago, as compared to the way it is now. The fact is that I got Novice/General/Advanced under one set of rules, and Extra under another. If I was deriding people licensed under the new testing system, then I'd be deriding myself for getting an "easy" Extra. The fact is that I followed the current rules of the FCC each time I tested, which is all I or anyone can be expected to do. IMO, the major problem with the way they test today is providing a list of all of the questions, not the CW portion. Still, I don't deride or degrade anyone who tested under these rules (as *I* did). I simply think that the FCC is making a mistake. To me, the history of the hobby is a part of its charm. We have a 93 year old ham in RARS, and I enjoy hearing him talk about the REALLY old days. In fact, we have a LOT of hams with decades of experience in RARS, and I think it is important for us to know "where we came from", so to speak. >Personally I found the CW portion of the test Pavlovian and a waste of >time the only greater waste is the half of the HF bands devoted to a Perhaps, but the CW portion of amateur radio testing is FAR from the only "waste of time" I am forced to engage in nowadays, and hardly the most egregious either. However, I encourage anyone who really hates it to let the FCC (and ARRL and whomever) know how you feel. I'm not a big CW fan, but I don't find it all that onerous either. [snip] >on the internet?" If anyone suggests CW is a waste of time for those >not interested in it they are accused of being lazy something for >nothing welfare types. I fully expect such accusations to be directed >at me for this post. Then you have to consider the source. When the no-code license was being considered, I wrote a very unbiased article about it in my column in MODERN ELECTRONICS magazine. In essence, all I said was that the FCC was thinking about doing this, and you should know about it and write them if you care about it. I didn't advocate it, or say that people should be against it. I simply reported on it. I got hate mail (and e-mail) for writing even that. But it didn't really bother me. THEY were the ones who were upset, not me. Therefore, it was only a problem to them, not to me. >Let this nonsense about how tough it was in the good/bad old days go we I don't think the history of the hobby is nonsense. >all took the tests that were in place when we decided to get our >licenses and everyone new or old should be treated as a brother in the >hobby. Locally this is mostly how it is and I am glad because if it was I agree and try to help our new licensees, and even taught a class for prospective Novice/Tech (even, gasp, NO CODE Techs) as recently as two weeks ago. So I didn't mean my posting as negative toward new licensees, and if you'll read it carefully you'll see that there is nothing in it that would be taken that way by a reasonable person. I was just relating a little history. Sorry if you took it the wrong way. ========= Opinions expressed are solely those of the author ========== Curt Phillips, CEM KD4YU ex-WB4LHI) | "Computer users will need a Chairman, Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group| mouse when they grow a ARRL Life; QCWA; Raleigh ARS; NRA | third arm." -Pres of WordStar Energy/Recycling BBS 704-547-3114 | circa 1983 == cphillips@energy.commerce.state.nc.us == cphillips@interpath.com == From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:09 1996 From: jjmartin@shore.net (JJ Martin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Code speed wall solution? Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:08:49 GMT Message-ID: <4l60jk$mb3@shore.shore.net> References: <4krqgi$da4@shiva.usa.net> Reply-To: jjmartin@shore.net Hi Jay (and everyone else), I guess most of us who use ARRL tapes to learn the code run into this problem. I hit the 10 WPM wall and it only took perserverence to get through it. It also took the help of another ham. Actual on-air QSOs helped me get above and beyond. With the help of KQ5I (now known as AA4GZ) who would hunt me down whenever I was using the 80 meter Novice band back in 1982, my speed went up to 20 WPM and above in a pretty short time. I would make a contact with someone at a nice comfortable speed for me. As soon as the QSO was finished I would hear, "KA5MWD DE KQ5I" At first I dreaded it because Bill would get me into a QSO and after a few minutes I would find myself sweating and asking him to QRS. After a couple of months of this the QRS speed was getting faster and faster. At first it was QRS down to 10 WPM then (and happened suddenly) it was QRS down to 13 WPM. When I busted that 13 WPM barrier it really was sudden. It was like, "WOW...I couldn't copy this before? Peshaw..." Each of us "experienced" folk has/had our own unique method. You will choose one too that will work for you. You will hear from many people and you will receive many suggestions/ideas...and some combination of those will be the method that will work for you. But, the bottom line is this, Don't give up. As Gene Shepard (those of us who did the ARRL Intro to Morse Code are familiar with this) would say, "Hehehehe concentrate [pause] concentrate." Good luck. Hope to work you sometime --... ...-- -.. . .-- -.- .---- ...- 7 3 d e w k 1 v jay@earth.usa.net (Jay Huldeen) wrote: >Without trying to start yet another thread on the relative merits of >code, does anyone here have any practical suggestions for getting past a >wall I've hit? For whatever psychological or brain-wiring reasons, I >have not been able to improve much beyond 11 wpm for about 2 weeks now, >after a steep initial learning curve. I need to test at 13 wpm by May >20, and would like to be at 15 wpm at least. Any suggestions appreciated. >Thanks! >-- >Jay Huldeen >jay@usa.net From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:10 1996 From: ddiamond@TRL.OZ.AU (Drew Diamond) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Code speed wall solution? Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 10:01:17 Message-ID: References: <4krqgi$da4@shiva.usa.net> In article hayward@cs.uchicago.edu (Kristin R achael Hayward) writes: >From: hayward@cs.uchicago.edu (Kristin Rachael Hayward) >Subject: Re: Code speed wall solution? >Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 15:39:26 GMT does anyone here have any practical suggestions for getting past a >:wall I've hit? For whatever psychological or brain-wiring reasons, I >:have not been able to improve much beyond 11 wpm for about 2 weeks now, >:: I've taught (and still do teach) Morse, and have seen this many times. It used to be called "The Psychological Pause" (Wireless World June 1941, p 162). Let me quote a little part of it (and remember, it's 1941- hence the quaint English); ".....and there is little doubt that it is due to a quarrel between the concious and the subconcious minds. The bossy concious worries; "I can't get it... What was that letter?... Oh, I am making a mess of it......This will never do, it's worse than last time" ; and the squashed subconcious cannot make heard its gentle; "Let me alone, I'm getting it all right..Oh, do let me alone!" ". Some of the main points made in the article (and I agree), are; -try to relax, very little progress can be made if you're "uptight". -try not to concentrate too hard on a difficult letter; let the "automatic" part of your brain do the work. -don't let yourself be thrown by a missed letter, just put a dot, then carry on. -use the "context" of the correcly copied material to give you clues (this comes later). -Don't practice when you are tired; this is counter-productive. -Adopt regular practice habits, every day, every two days- whatever, try to stick to it as far as possible. Frequent short sessions are much better than infrequent long sessions. -Don't worry, you will break through the barrier, just work away at it like you would tackle any other worthwhile job (what's that little quote I hear in some American movies- "when the going gets tough, the tough get going" (or something like that). Another one I like is "if you never quit- you can't be beaten" 73, Kind Regards, Drew, VK3XU. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:11 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Codeless General? Message-ID: <1996Apr16.192017.11208@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4l0ei4$29p0@ns1-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 19:20:17 GMT In article <4l0ei4$29p0@ns1-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> a313@Lehigh.EDU writes: >Three is such a ticket as the "Codeless" General. It is really classified as a >"Conditional" ticket. The VE is required to accept the FCC 610 Form when >properly completed by a physicain attesting to the handicapped condition whic h >precludes an aplicant from successfully completing the exam requirements. ARR L >policy to VE teams is to accept the application and submit any suspicions >concerning the validity of the situation with the rest of the test package >when returned. No. The Conditional license was a full General exam, but taken by mail (with a volunteer examiner) back when the FCC was still doing the exams. You qualified to take the Conditional exam by living more than 150 miles from an FCC examining point. The Conditional license was discontinued when the VE program was instituted since examination by volunteers then became the norm. And in a sense all licenses since have been "Conditional". The name stemmed fron the fact that you were subject to being called before the FCC and retested at any time in order to determine if your exam had been valid. Licensees who took their tests before the FCC weren't subject to this recall. The waivered licensee today is treated no differently by the FCC than any other licensee of the same class, IE *any* of them can be recalled to be retested if there is any suspicion of impropriety. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:13 1996 From: Dave Maciorowski Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: COLORADO Freqs Date: 18 Apr 1996 13:44:10 GMT Message-ID: <4l5gva$ru8@dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> References: <4l3is8$5t1@mochi.lava.net> To: swt@lava.net swt@lava.net (Steve W. Teegarden ) wrote: >Aloha, > >I'll be relocating back to Colorado soon. Does anyone have the ACTIVE repeate r >freqs for UHF and VHF that I could get ? I was last out there three years ago , >and I found over half of the freqs that I programmed into my SABER where >useless. Seems that alot of Freqs are "Taken" but only a few are USED.... >(Same problem here in Hawaii ! :>) > >Areas Interested in : Denver, Ft. Collins, Vail, Dillon, Colorado Springs, an d >Estes Park. Also any that has coverage in the Gleenwood springs area ? >Thank You !! The Colorado Amateur Radio Page at http://www.rmsd.com/hamradio/ has a list of all allocated repeaters in Colorado. This is one of the few repeater lists on the Internet provided by the area frequency coordinator. For active repeaters in the Denver area, see the CRA Web Page (URL below). ----- Dave Maciorowski, WA1JHK Colorado Repeater Association, Inc. Serving Colorado with Voice and Data, 6-Meters to 1.2 Gig Internet: wa1jhk@ix.netcom.com or wa1jhk@amsat.org CRA: http://www.rmsd.com/hamradio/cra/ From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:14 1996 From: tony@gcr1.com (Tony Salvador) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Computer Control For Your Rig !!! Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 13:43:54 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4lg2il$15c2@tetsuo.communique.net> If you are thinking about using you PC to control you ham rig check out my page and the FT-736R CAT section. The unit shown is usable on all rigs that require a RS-232 to TTL level converter to control the rig. Kits include all connectors needed for connection to Kenwood, Yaesu or Icom rigs and as well as others. Check it out ... http://www.gcr1.com/n5gpi/ 73, N5GPI From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:14 1996 From: amiral@whitemtns.com (ben ferguson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Converting Computer to Amateur Bands? Date: 21 Apr 1996 20:14:54 GMT Message-ID: <4le4vu$ret@news.tdl.com> References: <4l6pqo$6kc@news.smart.net> <4lbft8$n6a@cnn.isc-br.com> >>I have received an inquiry from an amateur friend in the UK requesting >>information about a "slot" which when installed into a computer allows >>the computer to act as an amateur transceiver. Sorry, I didn't see the original post. Comer Communications (see ad, back pages of QEX and elsewhere) offer a two-card general-coverage DSP rx with ham-band exciter. The demo software would'nt run under W95, but I suspect that's been sorted by now. The rig ain't cheap, but then it's not real *expensive* either... ben / aa7hk From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:15 1996 From: braymon@llake-fs3.isc-br.com (Bob Raymond) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Converting Computer to Amateur Bands? Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 19:53:20 GMT Message-ID: <4lbft8$n6a@cnn.isc-br.com> References: <4l6pqo$6kc@news.smart.net> charlie@smart.net (Charles M. Clark) wrote: >I have received an inquiry from an amateur friend in the UK requesting >information about a "slot" which when installed into a computer allows >the computer to act as an amateur transceiver. Wow! What a remarkable invention..I wonder where you plug in the microphone, or better yet the key? All kidding aside, I think what you are referring to is a TNC that can be operated from a bus slot on the computer. If this is what you are talking about, I'll try to find the name of the company or companies that manufacture them. Bob, KG7WC From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:16 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Converting Computer to Amateur Bands? Message-ID: <1996Apr21.062648.3652@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4l6pqo$6kc@news.smart.net> <4lbft8$n6a@cnn.isc-br.com> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 06:26:48 GMT In article <4lbft8$n6a@cnn.isc-br.com> braymon@llake-fs3.isc-br.com (Bob Raymo nd) writes: >charlie@smart.net (Charles M. Clark) wrote: > >>I have received an inquiry from an amateur friend in the UK requesting >>information about a "slot" which when installed into a computer allows >>the computer to act as an amateur transceiver. > >Wow! What a remarkable invention..I wonder where you plug in the >microphone, or better yet the key? > >All kidding aside, I think what you are referring to is a TNC that can >be operated from a bus slot on the computer. If this is what you are >talking about, I'll try to find the name of the company or companies >that manufacture them. I believe he is asking about the DSP 100 from Comer Communications. It occupies 2 ISA slots and is a complete HF transceiver with DSP mod/demod. The mic and speaker jacks are on the back of the DSP card. I don't know if it has a key jack or not. It is $695. Comer's address is Comer Communications 609 Washingtonia Dr. San Marcos, CA 92069 Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:18 1996 From: Jim Reid Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CW and Steam Locomotives Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 12:47:07 -1000 Message-ID: <317817EB.1225@aloha.net> CW, as does a steam locomotive, has a built in romance that will not die. Tho of no more use commercially or economically in the US, steam locomotives are still in use, and valuably so, in much of Asia and parts of Europe and Africa, of which that I am aware. Here in the US, only hobbyists and are left to keep many steam locomotives alive and operating all about the country, and are very popular tourist attractions. CW is destined for the same fate. And, as with steam engines, should you want to operate a train in certain parts of the world, you had better know how to operate a steam engine and know quite a bit about its' mechanics! So there will exist a need for CW knowledge for some time to come, as these same parts of the world where steam engines are still very viable, are the same parts of the world where CW is still very popular to those countries' amateur radio community. See for example the article about those who have worked 100 or more countres since Nov. 15, 1995, the 50th anniversay of the current DXCC program; the great majority were via CW! CQ mag, April 1996, pg. 86 at the bottm; text' also lists many of these same sorts of countries that were worked via CW, seveal in the most sought after catagorey, so the author concludes, get on CW, and in particular upgrade to Extra since it is in the Extra CW segments of the bands in which these DX stations were operated! Of course, your interests in amateur radio must include DX chasing for these points, in your case, to be meaningful. Aloha and 73, Jim, AH6NB It was for exactly these reasons that the last IARU ad hoc committee appointed to look into the CW req for operating in the HF region concluded that CW was still, and probably should remain a licensing requirement "to promote international communications and understanding." And don't be too surprised if this same conclusion is reached during the investigation and study of this issue over the next 2 1/2 years leading to WRC-99, and the reconsidering of the CW requirement need into the future. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:19 1996 From: Mike James Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CW is the BEST Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 17:17:13 -0700 Message-ID: <317AD009.623B@pop.best.com> References: <4imsuh$s49@bingnet1.cc.binghamton.edu> <3172715e.1440940@netnews.mis.net> <4l64o9$48q@jupiter.planet.net> Why perpetuate this stuff? Why further tarnish the image of ham radio with this constant bickering about code/no code? I've seen both sides point to "young people aren't interested in ham radio these days -- they instead are drawn to the Internet." Well, what are we doing to encourage those same young folks who just might be looking at these news groups for info about our hobby? Mike James KE0CH From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:20 1996 From: kc5egg@ix.netcom.com(Gerald Schmitt ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CW is the BEST Date: 21 Apr 1996 00:56:21 GMT Message-ID: <4lc13l$rhr@dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> References: <4imsuh$s49@bingnet1.cc.binghamton.edu> <3172715e.1440940@netnews.mis.net> In <3172715e.1440940@netnews.mis.net> kc4wq@mis.net (Buddy Sohl) writes: > >On 19 Mar 1996 18:04:01 GMT, br00595@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Wayne >Green) wrote: > >>I dont really care what you no-code techs or disability waiver no-code >>extras think about code. The CW bands are a world of well mannered >>people. It has an inherent entrance requirement (you HAVE to know >>code to be there). It is a wonderful world which many of you complaining >>wont ever know. Stay on FM or SSB, PLEASE! > > >Good point Wayne, not to mention that we can squeeze a whole lot more >signa into the same amount of spectrum. > >73 de KC4WQ Since you can squeeze so many more QSOs into the same amount of spectrum with CW and the number of QSOs in the CW segments is so much less the only logical course of action is to redistribute the bands giving say 80% to phone SSTV data etc. The much more efficient CW can easily get along or the remainder, heck the can even share with RTTY. You can rest assured that it will happen it is obvious from the most cursory scan of the bands that this should happen and happen soon. 73 de Jerry From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:21 1996 From: Russ Roslewski Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CW is the BEST Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:37:33 -0600 Message-ID: <3176FC6D.63FE@usafa.af.mil> References: <4imsuh$s49@bingnet1.cc.binghamton.edu> <3172715e.1440940@netnews.mis.net> <4l64o9$48q@jupiter.planet.net> Bill Sohl wrote: > > But there are only two CW exclusive bands that I am aware > of and no-code techs have full access to both of them without > having taken any CW entrance exam. > > Those bands are: 50.0-50.1 and 144.0-144.1. > > Every other band that includes CW as an allowed > mode does so on a shared basis with one or more > other modes. > > Bill Sohl K2UNK > ARRL Local Gov't Liaison, Mt. Olive Township, NJ Of course, you could argue that there are almost NO exclusive bands for any mode, since with a few exceptions, the band plans are determined by the ARRL and not the FCC (or the equivalent in other nations). Thus, they are more of a "gentleman's agreement" than anything else. No, this doesn't mean I advocate working FM on 144.05 or SSB on 3600, just throwing the fact out there. 73, Russ KI7FL -- roslewskirb96.cs26@usafa.af.mil __|__ PP-ASEL (AOPA #01215297) KI7FL (DM79na) CAP _______(*)_______ "Pick me up so high...where eagles fly!" - Sammy Hagar o/ \o "This content in no way reflects the opinions, standards, or policy of the United States Air Force Academy or the United States government." From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:23 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Different(ial) RFI Problem: partial solution Message-ID: <1996Apr18.153505.20201@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4kpd74$q2o$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4kquoh$fdd@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <1996Apr17.132608.14498@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:35:05 GMT In article psoper@encore.com (Pete Soper) writes: >gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: > >>Sounds like a parasitic oscillation in the stereo audio PA. Try putting >>a resistor across the coil (start with 1k and work down) and see if that >>stops the distortion. > >Thanks for the feedback, Gary (no pun intended). > >Jack, WB3U pointed out that I had a lot more inductance than I thought. >My Autek RF-1 said one thing, the Amidon "AL" value for the toroid I >used said quite another. After more careful listening it turned out I >was clipping highs out of the audio and there was still some distortion, >even with the 5 turns on the cores. Jack speculates the distortion >might be core saturation. Yeah, I think he may have hit it on the head. Frankly, I was misled by your comment that the audio sounded "harsh". I don't equate that with high frequency rolloff, which I'd generally say sounded "muffled", but core saturation could definitely give you that effect by generating step harmonics. >So this is all bad news, as it means the three pole filter isn't going >to do the job for eliminating the RFI on 40 meters and in fact might >not cure it on the higher bands if I adjust the cutoff to not mess up >the audio. > >My strategy now is this: air core coils, 4 poles or more, find something >that works very well with one channel, then consider ferrite with a lower >permeability if the size of the coils is an issue. I may have to filter >all five channels (surround sound system) and the minibox I chose looks >like it might get very dense now! Oh, and trust the Amidon charts, not >my Autek for inductance values (darn!). If I get distortion with air >cores I'll try your resistor mod. That's just a trick to dampen parasitic oscillations. If that isn't what's happening, then it won't help. But I'd be concerned about your minibox. It may allow a path for the RF to *bypass* your filtering. Think about that a bit. Capacitance to and from the box with respect to wires entering and leaving it may be bypassing your chokes. I'd mount them out in the open, with the inductors well separated to avoid mutual coupling. >One additional question I raised with Jack: If this really is a differential >mode RFI problem, is the stereo receiver's AC line likely to be providing >a return path, and if so, should I try aggressively filtering it? >I could put some very serious filtering in place on the AC feed before >my violin strings sounded like power tools :-) I'm still somewhat puzzled how you could have differential currents on your speaker leads. Aren't they tightly paired? And didn't you say that you still had the problem with the speaker wires disconnected and using headphones (or was that someone else)? If you do have differential currents, then by definition they are differential with respect to *each other* and not to some third wire. However, I would certainly try a common mode choke on the AC cord. It can't hurt. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:24 1996 From: jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Different(ial) RFI Problem: partial solution Date: Fri, 19 Apr 96 07:08:54 GMT Message-ID: <4l7lpb$7uc@crash.microserve.net> References: <4l5n93$22q@news3.cts.com> <4l6gi5$f0j@newsbf02.news.aol.com> w8jitom@aol.com (W8JI Tom) wrote: >Be careful here fella's. Core saturation would NOT produce noticable >distortion. Forget about that. Tom, the nonlinear attenuation created by a core driven into saturation will cause plainly audible distortion. I've heard it many times in the course of attempting to match poorly specified crossover networks to high power drivers. It's a well-known phenomenon. >Since the inductance of the cores should be negligible at audio >frequencies, and distortion caused by core saturation would also be >negligible. The effect will be only that of adding a non-linear >inductance in series with the audio path, of an inductance value that >has no affect on the audio frequency signals anyway. In the example cited, 9 or 10 turns were wound through a FT-50A-75 toroid. From calculations, the inductance of this coil is approximately 300 uH. Not only is this value not negligible, it's suitable for a 6 dB/octave upper midrange crossover at 4500 Hz. Based on the size of this particular core, I would expect it to create noticeable distortion at even moderate power levels. Incidentally, I question the negligible effect of core saturation even when (in your words) "the inductance value has no effect on the audio frequency signals". The level of audio harmonics created by saturation of an RF inductor may indeed seem insignificant when compared to the level of audio current passing through the coil. However, relative to the level of harmonics created by the amplifier (which may be well below 0.05%), those created in the saturated coil might not be so small. >Core saturation is a moot point unless the design impedance or >application of the inductors is far from correct, so an air core coil >of the same impedance will produce the same results. The application of the inductor *was* far from correct. These were the wrong cores for the job at hand, and in addition, too many turns were used. If for some reason these cores were the only choice, only 2 or 3 turns (maximum) would be required. That doesn't provide much control over the resultant inductance, which is one more reason a core using 43 or 61 material (or air) would be more appropriate. >Look for instability in the amp caused by the load change, and lower >the values of those .1 caps. What load change? Not the nonlinear inductance? If that causes instability in a solid-state audio amp, the amplifier is defective. Impedance VS frequency changes in the drivers themselves are *huge*, not to mention the impedance fluctuations introduced by the typical crossover network. The shunt capacitors of 0.1 uF are also unlikely to cause instability unless something is amiss in the amplifier. Whatever the effect of these caps, it will not be nearly as significant as the much larger capacitors typically used in series with the midrange and tweeter. Again, what Pete experienced was almost certainly the result of saturation of the toroidal cores. The solution will be the use of a core material (and shape) more specifically suited to RF applications and less prone to saturation. 73, Jack WB3U From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:26 1996 From: Don Wilhelm Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Different(ial) RFI Problem: partial solution Date: 19 Apr 1996 23:46:39 GMT Message-ID: <4l98kv$rtq@castle.nando.net> References: <4kpd74$q2o$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> <4kquoh$fdd@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <4l5n93$22q@news3.cts.com> Pete (and others), I don't know where I heard it, and I won't vouch for it as truth, but I believ e that many audio amplifiers are VERY sensitive about a capacitive load. Therefore, you audio distortion may be the result of the caps across the speaker leads. You might try just running about 10 turns of the speaker leads through a toroid core. I know this will only cure the common mode pick-up, bu t unless you are certain you are dealing with differential mode stuff, it is wor th a try. 73, Don W3FPR From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:27 1996 From: walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the internet have anything to do with Amateur Radio??????? Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 07:59:04 GMT Message-ID: <4l28gv$p53@tube.news.pipex.net> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4kakto$j97@tube.news.pipex.net> <829157018.17808@thecroft.demon.co.uk> <4l1b9l$f92@ka4ybr.netmha.com> rmd@ka4ybr.netmha.com (Bob Duckworth) wrote: >I once was employed by an oil exploration firm working in the >South Pacific. A Scot engineer on the crew, when asked what the matter was, >would almost invariably reply, "THE F*CKING F*CKERS F*CKED !" Ha ha! That reminds me of another, similarly endearing chap I once met in Scotland. He was a Frenchman but held a GM3*** callsign. At a meeting of our local radio club, when asked why the CW note on his transmitter sounded a little chirpy, he replied in a strong French accent with gesticulations to match, "Eet eez com-plettly BUGGERRRRRRRRED!!!" An excellent diagnosis of the problem, I thought at the time! (Hi Pierre, if you're out there ....) :-)) 73 de G3NYY -- Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk 100523.1414@compuserve.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:28 1996 From: sciencepark@ccub.wlv.ac.uk (anonymous) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: Does the test involve any practical work? Date: 15 Apr 1996 08:22:32 GMT Message-ID: <4kt108$reu@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> Reply-To: d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk In article , Michael J Wooding says: > >In article <4klh8a$10p@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk>, d9462451@ccub.wlv.ac.uk writes >>You know my name is David so stop all this rubbish about how big you are >>just because you have your name and address on the page and in future keep >>remarks like that >>to yourself. > >I beg to differ that I did not know your name was David. The message I >responded to was from *anonymous*. As for all this talk about how big I >am, I was just responding to your comments about me never being an >editor. > >As for keeping such remarks to myself - go bury your head. > >Mike > Mike, It sometimes comes out as anonymous because you hane to enter your name twice and sometimes I forget to do so. Go and read my reply to David Husband's posting called 'Does the test involve any practical work' and if you still can't see my point of view then you can go and bury YOUR head - and keep it there. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:29 1996 From: cek@mercury.interpath.com (Tech Support -- Camille Klein) Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: 20 Apr 1996 11:22:06 GMT Message-ID: <4lahcu$45n@news.interpath.net> References: <4l9p49$ih7@ralph.vnet.net> Before I say this, I want to make it very clear that I am not flaming, and tha t I have a lot of respect for the cojones that the SKYWARN people have. Speaking as a former resident of tornado alley (the Great Plains), all I can say is that this chap was pretty damn lucky that he is still alive. Tornadoes are unpredictable beasts, and this/these could have turned and headed in his general direction at any moment. Two days before I moved down here to Raleigh , I had the opportunity to watch a tornado from atop the KARE-11 TV building in Minneapolis, MN. The tornado touched down 10 miles away in the suburb of Appl e Valley, but the second the funnel lifted from the earth and started in our general direction, the cameras were left on and everyone on the roof beat a hasty retreat back inside to operate everything by remote. It was a very frightening experience, and one I do not care to repeat. Again, I respect the hell out of the SKYWARN people, but I just want to make it very clear that at the same time the tornado veteran in me is rather aghast at the tremendous personal jeopardy that this person seemingly unnecessarily placed himself in. --Camille. -- =+=+=+=+=I=n=t=e=r=p=a=t=h=:=+=W=e=+=r=u=l=e=,=+='=n=u=f=f=+=s=a=i=d=!=+=+=+=+ Camille R. Klein cek@interpath.net Interpath Tech Support 1-800-890-6305 Account Info: email info@interpath.net 1-919-890-6305 "I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time." -- Anna Freud The opinions expressed are NOT those of Interpath or Capital Broadcasting. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:30 1996 From: cek@mercury.interpath.com (Tech Support -- Camille Klein) Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: 22 Apr 1996 16:40:16 GMT Message-ID: <4lgcpg$1lv@news.interpath.net> References: <4ldt11$g49@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Quoth the raven bonds@ix.netcom.com on Sun, 21 Apr 1996 17:55:07 GMT: : Hey, as we say to our Yankee friends who think we are all just a bunch : of stupid rednecks....Delta can have yo butt back in Minnesota in : about 2.5 hours. If I'd said that everyone down here was a bunch of stupid rednecks, then you'd have a point--besides, I prefer Continental. :) --Camille, who does know som very intelligent rednecks. :) :) :) :) -- =+=+=+=+=I=n=t=e=r=p=a=t=h=:=+=W=e=+=r=u=l=e=,=+='=n=u=f=f=+=s=a=i=d=!=+=+=+=+ Camille R. Klein cek@interpath.net Interpath Tech Support 1-800-890-6305 Account Info: email info@interpath.net 1-919-890-6305 "I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time." -- Anna Freud The opinions expressed are NOT those of Interpath or Capital Broadcasting. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:31 1996 From: bonds@ix.netcom.com Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 17:55:07 GMT Message-ID: <4ldt11$g49@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> References: Reply-To: bonds@ix.netcom.com Tech Support -- Camille Klein wrote: >--Camille, loving the Triangle but at the same time missing Minnesota. Hey, as we say to our Yankee friends who think we are all just a bunch of stupid rednecks....Delta can have yo butt back in Minnesota in about 2.5 hours. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:32 1996 From: Ted F Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:42:19 -0400 Message-ID: <317B9ACB.52F5@telerama.lm.com> References: <4l9p49$ih7@ralph.vnet.net> I know this is not quite on the subject, but... I was wondering if anyone kne w if there was a SKYWARN net in the pittsburgh area. I know we don't really get tornados or anything like that too often, but we do get some beastie storms rippen through here in the spring and fall. Any help would be great! Thanks Ted F. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:33 1996 From: jwprice@unity.ncsu.edu (James Warren Price) Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: 22 Apr 1996 20:16:49 GMT Message-ID: <4lgpfh$d86@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> References: <4lgakj$icl@dg-rtp.dg.com> Bob Goudreau (goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com) wrote: : Tech Support -- Camille Klein (cek@mercury.interpath.com) wrote: : : This is very true. But then, part of the reason why I am not completely : : freaking out about this gentleman's actions is the fact that tornadoes are : : very rare beasts down here in the Carolinas--therefore it is natural to : : expect a certain level of naivete when tornadoes happen here, ... : : Tornadoes are "very rare beasts" here? Since when? Relatively speaking, yes. One bit of supporting evidence is how y'all respond to them. It also snows here, too, but the public still doesn't know how to deal with snow, either. I agree -- Skywarn hams need to learn to respect tornados a little more and know when it's prudent to take cover. Jim N3QYE, n3qye@jbj.org, Raleigh (formerly of KS, IN and WI) From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:34 1996 From: davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (KB5ELV) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Field Day near Colorado Springs? Date: 17 Apr 1996 07:16:36 -0500 Message-ID: <4l2nf4$eji@piglet.cc.utexas.edu> References: <4kvcak$sce@news.bu.edu> <4l0u6c$8gf@news.bu.edu> Hey, y'all, So actually, when *is* Field Day? Someone told me that it was 22-23 June; I would've thought 29-30 June as it's the last weekend. Anyone really in the know on this one? -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV | PC-MATTIC Voice: (512) 441-3246 | MAXIMUM Adaptive Technology Internet: davros@eden.com | Training, Integration, and Consulting davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu | Voice: (512) 441-3246 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:34 1996 From: Cliff Patten Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: First & Last visit to your newsgroup. Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 01:19:57 +0100 Distribution: uk Message-ID: References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> I must admit that after much searching through 1500 plus newsgroups, I was quite looking forward to reading the contents of one aimed at UK amateurs. Wrong. Sorry guys, but if this an example of "Friendly, helpful amateur radio on the Net" I think I will pass on this in future - It reminds me more of certain 2 metre repeaters! <:-) -- Cliff Patten G0 GDW From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:36 1996 From: Cliff Patten Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: First & Last visit to your newsgroup. Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 00:22:57 +0100 Distribution: uk Message-ID: References: <4iossi$s3a@ccuh.wlv.ac.uk> <4ip1mv$qko@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> In article , Chris Hinkle writes >Cliff Patten (cpatten@cbshack.demon.co.uk) wrote: > >: I must admit that after much searching through 1500 plus newsgroups, I >: was quite looking forward to reading the contents of one aimed at UK >: amateurs. > >: Wrong. > >: Sorry guys, but if this an example of "Friendly, helpful amateur radio >: on the Net" I think I will pass on this in future - It reminds me more >: of certain 2 metre repeaters! <:-) > > >: -- >: Cliff Patten >: G0 GDW > > >Great, don't let the door hit ya in the ass. > >N7UJU, Chris in Gilbert, AZ > Ha - I was walking backwards, dogbreath ! (Round here we call them bottoms - mind your language) -- Cliff Patten From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:37 1996 From: Cliff Patten Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur Subject: Re: First & Last visit to your newsgroup. Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 00:08:37 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4l2m4m$l88@irk.zetnet.co.uk> In article <829913042.26726@thecroft.demon.co.uk>, Jacques Hankin writes >g4kfk@zetnet.co.uk (Michael Gathergood) wrote: > >>If you want to just sit back and read what everybody else posts, >>you are at liberty to do so, but it's no good complaining when >>you don't like what you see. > >I agree. What is it with some folks who lurk for a bit and then go off >in a high dudgeon leaving a resounding raspberry? >It seems to happen on a number of newsgroups. 1) I only pretended to go off 2) I save all my raspberries for bathtime 3) I only lurk around public toilets > >I wonder if it is because they have read the hype about the >"superhighway" (barf), and struggle to get on it using Demon's >impossible free software, and then find it does not live up to their >(misplaced) expectations? > FREE ha ha ha ............ >Like all things, (including amateur radio) the more you put in, the >more you get out. > >>Have you tried asking Demon for your ten quid to be refunded? > >OoooooH! Nasty! :-) I'm Glad he didn't mean it Jacques > >Jacques > >Remember when sex was safe... >and rock climbing was dangerous? > Us G Nothings don't have to rely on memories! -- Cliff Patten From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:38 1996 From: Ben Hastings Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: First Radio Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:02:49 -0700 Message-ID: <317C1019.2E26@concentric.net> Hi All. I just got my tech license and am eagar to buy my first 2-meter Ham radio. I am considering the Alinco DJ-G1T 2-meter/440 recieve H-T. Could you please E-mail me about the good/bad points of this radio, if you think it is a good deal(for about $250) and anything else, especialy mods. Thanks in advance, KC8DBW -- Ben Hastings benh@concentric.net From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:39 1996 From: ken.thompson@Symbios.COM (ken.thompson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: fm/am recent radio recordings from Soutrhern USA wtb Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 13:06:26 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4l2k9s$1fs@lemon.easynet.co.uk> In article <4l2k9s$1fs@lemon.easynet.co.uk> cyberiaeal12@easynet.co.uk (cyberi aeal12) writes: >From: cyberiaeal12@easynet.co.uk (cyberiaeal12) >Subject: fm/am recent radio recordings from Soutrhern USA wtb >Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 16:24:45 GMT >fm/am recent radio recordings from Southern USA wtb > Id like to buy recent talk show public phone in radio tapes max 90 >mins per taep can offer trade with same from >london or c$10 per tape.am very interested can supply free tapes >try one to start? > E mail address bruce-c-sneddon@easynet.co.uk.(Bruce Sneddon) You will not learn about capitalization, spelling or punctuation from tapes. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:40 1996 From: Garrie Jantzen Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: future of the hobby/code/etc. Date: 18 Apr 1996 17:45:13 GMT Message-ID: <4l5v39$jhg@mail.coos.or.us> To: Tfalkow@telerama.lm.com I agree with everything you've said so far. I believe (absolutely no facts to substantiate this--just anecdotal evidence) the hobby is in trouble. Have you paid attention to what's happening in D.C.? They're auctioning off frequencies. Companies are willing to pay BIG buck for these frequencies -- they're really in demand! If we don't do something to "grow" the hobby, then we're going to lose either all or part of some bands --for certain! I'm a high school teacher (actually spend most of my time "troubleshooting computer problems in the district) and most kids I meet have no idea (as do most adults) what "Ham Radio" is (I get questions asking just that when they see my ham license plate, club poster or "Yaesu" sticker on my computer). On the other hand ALL of my students know what the Internet is and they are *almost* all interested in getting on it. BTW I've had the club poster displayed for almost three years. Want to guess how many inquiries I've had from this (admittedly passive) "recruiting device"? None. Our club also has a scholarship for licensed hams. In a school of 1300 students -- one applicant in the last three years (the only other ham besides myself!). Some time ago in QSL magazine some "wag" made the observation that you could hand out free Extra Class licenses at any football stadium (or similar public place -- eg. shopping mall) and 99 of 100 people would ask, "what's this for". The other person who knows what it actually is probably wouldn't be interested. Sorry to sound so negative, but I really feel this is reality today. The code used to be a "rite-of-passage" to keep the unwashed hordes away. Guess what folks? The heathens have packed up and gone home -- they're no longer beating down the gates! Should we still have entry requirements for different levels? YES! Here's an opportunity to take the existing exams and make them tougher! Put in some real life role-playing situations like, "What would you do if...? Make the exams more pertinant to real, everyday operating situations. BTW, memorizing band frequencies is something that most of us do without thinking as we work them--or refer to a poster on the wall! To those who think I'm trying to "dumb-down" or "dilute" the hobby, I say, once again, make the practical and theoretical part of the exams tougher! Code is not the ONLY method of keeping those hordes at bay! From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:41 1996 From: sbryant@wco.com (Steven B. Bryant) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: HELP: Grounding Question? Date: 17 Apr 1996 17:33:10 GMT Message-ID: <4l3a0m$b7s@news.wco.com> Hello- I am wondering why I need to ground my radio and power supply using a separate ground wire instead of using the the ground normally provided by a 3-plug AC connector? Wouldn't a separate ground create a ground referencing problem? I'm looking to understand what I need to do when I purchase my Power Supply this week and install my system over the weekend. I will be using an IC 730 with the IC-PS15 Power Supply. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. -Steve B. N6EQY From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:43 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: HELP: Grounding Question? Message-ID: <1996Apr18.150920.20073@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4l3a0m$b7s@news.wco.com> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:09:20 GMT In article <4l3a0m$b7s@news.wco.com> sbryant@wco.com (Steven B. Bryant) writes : > >I am wondering why I need to ground my radio and power supply using a >separate ground wire instead of using the the ground normally provided by >a 3-plug AC connector? Wouldn't a separate ground create a ground >referencing problem? I'm looking to understand what I need to do when I >purchase my Power Supply this week and install my system over the weekend. > >I will be using an IC 730 with the IC-PS15 Power Supply. Any help you >can provide will be greatly appreciated. The power supply will have a third wire safety ground, but the radio still will not. So you'll want to also give it a chassis ground connection. It has a lug for that purpose. You could tie that to the third wire connection of the outlet you use for the power supply. That would give you ordinary electrical shock hazard protection. (The DC negative lead won't serve because it isn't directly connected to chassis either in the power supply or the radio.) The problem is that the house electrical third wire ground won't do much for you as lightning protection. The ground path is too long, and has far too much inductance. You're also right to be concerned about ground loops. They can be damaging. The answer to both problems is to create an entrance panel that serves as a shack ground window. This is a copper plate to which *every* wire that enters or leaves your station is connected *before* going on to connect to equipment in the station. The wires should be either directly connected to the plate in the case of "grounds", or via appropriate suppressors if the wire is nominally "hot". This means coax, power wiring, telco wiring, etc. This plate becomes your station "single point" and shorts any potential ground loops entering your station. This ground window is then connected as directly as possible, using as low an inductance wiring method as possible (5 inch wide smooth solid copper strap preferred, don't use braid), to a *good* Earth ground connection. A single ground rod is generally *not* a good Earth ground connection. I recomend a minimum of 4 rods, with a central rod surrounded by the other 3 arranged around and connected to the central rod in star fashion. The rods should be separated by at least twice the length of a single rod from each other to avoid the charge saturation zones overlapping. This is often a sufficient Earth connection where the water table is high. In other areas where soil conductivity is poor, I'd add a Ufer ground (rebar in concrete) at least 20 feet on a side, and/or a bunch of buried radials to form a capacitive "plate" to couple energy to Earth. Dirt is a pretty poor conductor, with most currents conducted soil grain to soil grain by arcing across the grain boundaries. So surge currents are most effectively conducted to Earth via capacitance, with the Earth forming one plate of the capacitor. This system will give you an effective lightning safety ground, and incidentally it may also serve as a RF ground should you need one, providing the connection between the ground window and Earth is (very) short compared to a quarterwave at the highest frequency you'll be operating. Note, you usually will *not* need a RF ground unless you're trying to feed a long wire or other grossly unbalanced type of antenna. Verticals should be worked against a ground *at their base* and not a ground back at the station. Dipoles and other balanced antennas don't require a RF ground connection. You'll have to be the judge of how much grounding you want to do. I wouldn't sleep easy in thunderstorm country with a lesser system than the one I've described. If you aren't willing to put in an effective system, you might be better just letting the station "float" with respect to Earth and religiously disconnect (and separate) antenna downleads from your equipment when you aren't operating. Note that word "separate", lightning that has just traveled miles through open air isn't going to be deterred by a few inches of separation. Give it a better choice of path than jumping to your equipment, or you. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:44 1996 From: pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Re: HELP: Grounding Question? Date: 20 Apr 1996 02:33:29 GMT Message-ID: <4l9idq$f4l@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> References: <4l3a0m$b7s@news.wco.com> Steven B. Bryant (sbryant@wco.com) wrote: : Hello- : I am wondering why I need to ground my radio and power supply using a : separate ground wire instead of using the the ground normally provided by : a 3-plug AC connector? Wouldn't a separate ground create a ground : referencing problem? I'm looking to understand what I need to do when I : purchase my Power Supply this week and install my system over the weekend. : I will be using an IC 730 with the IC-PS15 Power Supply. Any help you : can provide will be greatly appreciated. : -Steve B. N6EQY Steve, You don't NEED to ground things with a separate ground. Sometimes you can get away with the AC ground. Separate grounds for the radio gear are helpful when you start experiencing RFI problems. I have run plenty of stations without one - including the current one which is 1500 watts. It just depends on the location how things work out. 73, Jim KH2D From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:46 1996 From: Jesse Royall Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: I don't recomend Amateur Radio Date: 20 Apr 1996 13:51:31 GMT Message-ID: <4laq53$pqh@news-f.iadfw.net> You know, I have had my license for over a year now. I have used 2 Meters, 70cm ( which is enjoyable ), and 6 Meters ( which has its ups and downs ). I used to have fun with it... Talk halfway across Texas with 50 watts and a 5/8 wave antenna on the mobile, making FM contacts all over the place. It was a challenge and a hobby back then. Now, since I have moved to Dallas, its no longer a Hobby, it has become torture. When someone asks what kinda antenna I got on my Truck I tell them and then they ask what it is like. And I tell them the Truth. Here in Dallas it has become the CB of the 90s. I know we are suppose to police ourselves but, one person can't do it by himself. The locals around here just say ignore the Problem and it will go away. Well, I have been here 6 months and we have gone from 1-2 people Overpowering/ Bad mouthing/ Dead keying/ ect to now a group of people.... well, Ignoring the prob has really helped down here in Dallas.... In Fact, it has put people on the edge where there are no longer anymore chats about this, that, and the other. they just snap at each other.... These people they ask me about amateur radio I just tell them it is cheaper just to buy a CB. Atleast there you can buy a radio for $20 and be on the air.... where as 2 Meter it is $200 for a 50 watt radio or a HT and still get all the language... you havn't helped yourself one bit...just in debt.... Now I have thought about HF, and I have talked to friends that are on HF, and they say at times its just like CB and 2 Meters you have the same people down there....(No use trying to get away...) Would have been nice if you had to have a license in order to buy Amateur Radio Equipment to knock out alot of this non-sense... I know what you are thinking.... Yes, we do have those amateurs that do the same. I have tried different bands 70cm (where I hang out till I get kicked off the repeater) at which most are closed now days or linked. It has proven to be a great little band at times... I still get out and do alittle chatting over long distances (Not as far though). and I have gone to 6 Meters but we all know that band here today gone in a minute..hehe.. The only place where I can have anytype of chat with polite people is on 2 meter SSB..(No probs down there) That is only because a All mode is about $900 to $3000 and no-one is going to spend that kinda money for a radio just to harass people (well that is what I thought when I got in Amateur Radio....) Now, I know that the prob isn't in Dallas only.... But, what can we do?? Would like to hear what other people are doing and what bands to try. Its to the point that it is no longer a Hobby or fun... Well, I know that this message is alittle long and alittle whiney but, when you have bad weather and a Races Net going its no laughing matter.... We had this prob last night and had alot of damage from high winds and these problem childs decided it was time to play.. So I do appologize for the dumping of a message and such.... BUT, I WILL NOT RECOMMEND AMATEUR RADIO to anyone that asks me.... From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:47 1996 From: rilowite@aol.com (RIlowite) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ICOM 28a? Date: 20 Apr 1996 00:07:53 -0400 Message-ID: <4l9nup$hef@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4l07hr$3tl@solaris.cc.vt.edu> Reply-To: rilowite@aol.com (RIlowite) I have such a unit, and have had it for several years. It has been quite reliable and is still working away as my packet xcvr. What do you need. I still have the manual ,if you need a copy let me know. RIlowite@ AOL.COM (W2GKG) From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:48 1996 From: k0hb@hamlink.mn.org (Hans Brakob) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Icom 765 mods Message-ID: <829663312.AA06066@hamlink.mn.org> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 14:37:24 -0100 Jim Kehler (pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net) wrote: : Which brings up a good question, something I have wondered about for : years. Why is it that we 'hams', most of us being employed in fields : other than electronics design, and few of us being capable of building : our own equipment, think that the first thing we should do with a new : $2000.00 radio that was designed and manufactured by professionals, is : to open the cover and MODIFY it so that it works better ? Because hams tend to be "tinkerers", and in fact the idea of experimentation is intrinsic to the idea of the Amateur Radio Service. The good folks at Icom, Kenwood, Ten-Tec, Yaesu (or insert your favorite brand) certainly do employ "professionals", but they also design to a mass market and a competitive price point. In that effort they make certain design decisions (which are right from their end) but which I may decide do not meet my specific desires. NM3P, in another post, suggests that most of the requests for modification may be from what I'll loosely call "rascals" without honorable intent. There may be some of that, and I suppose when I modified my first 1949 Ford for "better takeoff" I probably was a bit of a "rascal", but I learned a lot about V8 engines in the process! Personally, I am delighted when I find someone willing to "look under the hood" of their new radio, because it suggests one less member of the QCAO (Quarter Century Appliance Operators) club! 73, de Hans, K0HB From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:49 1996 From: tculin@teleport.com (Ted Culin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Impending HDTV.... Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:07:53 GMT Message-ID: <4l3fht$4h0@nadine.teleport.com> References: Reply-To: tculin@teleport.com pmzone@clearlight.com (ML., Michigan, USA) wrote: >Does anyone know if a newsgroup exist where HDTV issues are discussed? > If not, I figured our amateur radio newsgroup would be the best place to >post a technical question about the impending HDTV broadcasting >changeover...So here it goes.... > The projected cost figures of the HDTVs are extremely high compared to >current TVs. I suspect the majority of american families will be unable to >come up money for the HDTVs. > Since HDTV transmissions will be incompatible with the current NTSC >transmissions, is it possible and likely that TV accessory manufacturers will >come up with an economical convertor box to convert HDTV transmissions into >NTSC signals, so that HDTV broadcasts can be viewd by regular NTSC TVs? > Your comments on the topic are appreciated. Please email your response >to pmzone@clearlight.com. Thank-you >73, KB8VBA > If you havn't seen a HDTV demonstration go check one out the picture is amazing. I watched a demo at the local art muesum, one Japaneese short showed someone cooking in the kitchen. You could see very fine detail on the hamburger and other items without really trying, you could see the small droplets of greese flying off the frying pan. I'd say it was easily as good if not better than any fine grained 35 mil photo i've seen. There is a HDTV newletter available on the WWW. Try www.web-star.com some stuff is there as well as a full subscription. I don't have any interest in the company, but the data is there. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:50 1996 From: jlkolb@sd.cts.com (John Kolb) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Info-Hams Digest V96 #368 Date: 19 Apr 1996 22:24:09 GMT Message-ID: <4l93q9$6a1@news3.cts.com> References: <199604180015.TAA29205@flood.xnet.com> Dave Yanke (quake.xnet.COM@xnet.COM) wrote: : > Three is such a ticket as the "Codeless" General. It is really classified as a : > "Conditional" ticket. The VE is required to accept the FCC 610 Form when : Unfortunatly, the message above is inccorect. There is not now, nor : has there ever been a conditional ticket. You must pass the five. Not to nit-pick, but my first ham license was a conditional class license. A conditional was the regular general class test, written and CW, administered by another amateur, permitted when the licensee was more thay 75 miles away from the nearest FCC testing location. (Back before the VE system) This was in 1963, in Yokosuka Japan, clearly more than 75 miles away from the FCC. John Kolb KK6IL jlkolb@cts.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:51 1996 From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Invader on 80 CW - 5 letter groups Date: 17 Apr 1996 18:59:09 -0400 Message-ID: <4l3t3t$ljh@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <4l2k88$moh@server2.codetel.net.do> Bill Meara (w.meara@codetel.net.do) wrote: : I was tuning through the 80 meter band this morning (17 April 1996, : 1015 UTC) and I came across a very strong CW signal at around 3.925 : Mhz. The band 3500-4000 KHz is amateur in the western hemisphere, but in most of the world only small parts are allocated for amateur use. I haven't any facilities to check just what the various allocations are, but the Deutsche Welle and BBC broadcasts on 3995 amd 3955 KHz are authorized by the radio treaties. Likewise the non-amateur operations in 7100-7300 KHz are in accord with international agreements and are not intruders. Gerry K8EF From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:52 1996 From: toml@rmii.com (Tom Levendusky Jr.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Logging Software Help Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 21:30:59 GMT Message-ID: <4le5ua$jn@natasha.rmii.com> I'm looking for a logging program for an IBM compatable. The features I'm interested in are packet cluster, radio control, awards traking, contest logging. Let me know what everyones experience is with these kinds of programs and what you like the best. Thanks. 73 Tom N0MWY From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:53 1996 From: uncle@iap.net.au (Brian Field@iap.net.au) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Elmer in Oz Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 18:16:59 GMT Message-ID: <4ldu46$bek@orange.iap.net.au> References: Reply-To: uncle@iap.net.au houston_dunleavy@uow.edu.au (Houston Dunleavy) wrote: >I'm a neophyte ham living in the Wollongong area looking for advice/support >in getting licensed in Australia and setting up a cheap QRP rig. >Thanks in advance for any info! >-- Laura Goodin, N3TOJ >3/49 Robsons Road >Keiraville NSW 2500 >AUSTRALIA >(using my husband's account!) Maybe I'm not the one to ask, left Sydney almost 10 years ago, and lived in Northern suburbs at that. But I do remember there was a ham club at Fishers Ghost, I *think* there may have been one in W'gong itself, and still another one in Hurstville. Try giving a shout on 2m (don't worry about going portable with your US call - nothing will happen, guaranteed). Phone the WIA office in Parramatta, they should have a list of some of the club officers, or at least data on when/where some of the clubs meet. Uncle Brian VK6BQN From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:54 1996 From: landisj@nad.com (Joe Landis - Systems & Network Mgr) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Message-ID: <1996Apr16.141136.509@nad.com> Date: 16 Apr 96 14:11:36 EST References: <3169ED0E.4E4D@clinet.fi> <1996Apr10.144226.8411@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <31731742.7F73@clinet.fi> Distribution: world In article <31731742.7F73@clinet.fi>, Dave Heil writes: > Gary Coffman wrote: >> You've got net access, just drop them Email for replacement copies, >> worked for me. I'd prefer getting my copies pristine too (and most >> of mine still come that way), but 130,000 wrappers a month isn't >> pocket change (and wrapper prices recently increased sharply). Maybe >> the ARRL should offer QST in baggies for an extra charge for those of >> you having problems with your mail. I'd prefer to avoid another dues >> increase myself. >> Gary > > Many DON'T have net access nor the inclination to ask for new copies each > month (or any one month for that matter). Any organization which buys > 130,000 of anything each month should be able to negotiate the best > possible price. Plastic bags at additional charge can be nixxed too > since we received our magazines in wrappers for all of those years at no > additional cost--it was built in to the dues structure. It's not > as if we'd be getting something extra, we're now NOT getting something we > already had. > > I've found that Canadian members are now receiving their issues in > plastic bags again due to complaints. Foreign clubs are also receiving > their copies in plastic bags. > Dave OH2/K8MN Yeah, just what we need. More plastic in landfills. How about PAPER wrappers? What are you going to do with the cover anyway, frame it? Mine could arrive without the cover, as long as the contents are there. Hmmm... paper?... or plastic?... I'll take mine without. Joe - AA3GN -- Joe Landis - Systems and Network Manager - North American Drager - Telford, PA landisj@nad.com ..speaking only for myself, of course.. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:55 1996 From: dnorris@k7no.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Mail Mangled QST Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 14:20:10 GMT Message-ID: <4l841p$d0v@news.syspac.com> References: <"10-Apr-96..8: 03:04".*.Anthony_M._Werdein.wbst139@Xerox.com> <4klneg$ist@tesla.netline.net> <1996Apr13.114445.23469@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> <4l34hk$474@tesla.netline.net> burch@netline.net (Burch Akin) wrote: snip >I also have that problem. I always get my QST 5-8 days after my >friends do. I used to get my magazines later than others also. All magazines! I found out that old timer mail carriers didn't like to 'tote' the weight that magazines afford and would leave them for the newer substitutes that carry mail on their days off! But, Carriers are constrained in the number of pounds of mail thay have to tote so... magazines might wait around a few days until someone finally gets around to haul 'em. I also found out once that I had a mail man that took it upon himself to help me out and toss my QST's before I had a chance to read them. He doesn't work for the PO any more. Have ur local PO track the mail and meybe you will find the cause. GL//cdn From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:56 1996 From: whoffman@deltanet.com (Wayne Hoffman) Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Mental Block? Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 19:48:19 GMT Message-ID: <4lgnkc$99t@news01.deltanet.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F895.2E15@telerama.lm.com> <4l9csk$l0g@maw.montana.com> <4lajbq$d5t@irk.zetnet.co.uk> Reply-To: wb6wlr@wdc.net bgohl@teleport.com (Brian Gohl) wrote: <> >I wish that I was the one to buy the gear that started this thread, but my >receivers will have to suffice...... Why? You've already got your no-code route, so take it and QUIT BITCHIN !! D. Wayne Hoffman ARS WB6WLR Internet wb6wlr@wdc.net Pac Bell (714) 254-4182 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:57 1996 Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,sci.electronics.design From: mattro@radware.net (Matt Roberts) Subject: Mental Block? (was: Selling out of ham radio) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 21 Apr 96 17:38:38 GMT References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> > > despite about 30 years experience in hardware and software, including > > rf design, the code requirement kept me out of the hobby. i am currently > > working at the 13 wpm test, so i can employ more efficient digital > > Good luck with the test. An old friend of mine was similarly experienced > in radio and enjoyed the hobby but found a mental block when it came to > Morse code. A lot of people on welfare today have a 'mental block' when it comes to workin g, but as long as we keep giving them what they want, they just keep taking it. Seems the sa me is holding true for good ol' amateur radio. Doesn't really matter though, since all I ha ve to do these days is shout 'hearing problem' and I get a code free...what?...Advanced or Ex tra? Why work? By the way, I wonder if that guy ever sold his gear... ---- Matt Roberts, KK5JY, mattro@radware.net From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:58 1996 From: jamesar@ix.netcom.com (James A) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Motorola JT1000 info needed Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 03:08:22 GMT Message-ID: <4lc8ri$htt@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> Does anyone have any tips for field programming the JT1000? I have been told that some of the "software" programmable features can be performed via the keypad. I have the programming plug and am able to program the basics(freq, squelch, dpl, etc), but would like to enable additional features that the radio's are capable of. My dealer can do this for me, but I am involved in search and rescue and don't want to be without my units for an extended period. If anyone can help, an e-mail would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. James Allan From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:53:59 1996 From: boetchaj@uwec.EDU (Alfred J. Boetcher) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need Help With RFI Problems Date: 16 Apr 96 21:41:48 GMT Message-ID: Subject: 1. Need Help With RFI Problems Mike Hatzakis writes: >Have RFI problem from my Icom 735 radio and 20 meter dipole in attic. >My and my neighbors Stereo equipment and her sound system on her computer >are the biggest problems >My stereo has signals that are loud. I tried putting LC filters in the >speaker leads, no dice, disconnected them and still have loud signals. My >theory is >it is the line (110v). When I raise the volume, the interference gets a bit lower and >audio comes in over the interference, but the interference does not increase >in volume with the volume control with headphones only hooked up to stereo. >My Computers sound system also has noise. >My antenna is in the attic with many 110 v power wires. I also get >interference to my computer sound system and the stereo itis hooked to. >Could RFI be getting into my line ???? Can I put toroids into all the AC >to my computer sound system and the stereo itis hooked to. >Could RFI be getting into my line ???? Can I put toroids into all the AC lines ??? >What are the typical cures for this ??? Is there a book on RFI, ie., like the >Antenna book or handbook ??? Any other tests to try to diagnose the problem ???>Please help, I am really excited about having the time to get on HF now... Hi Mike, When faced with RFI I like to investigate One thing first. Is it antenna radiation causing the problem or feed line radiation. First check the VSWR of the antenna and make sure its below 1.5 to 1. A high VSWR causes voltage and current hot spots on the line which can radiate. If it is below 1.5 to 1, disconnect the feedline at the antenna and connect it to a dummy load. Normally, the RFI will go away with this test. All dummy loading the line does is make sure the line is OK. Remember, a low VSWR at the TX does not insure a matched system. It just means current and voltage are in phase at that point. In a matched system, the current and voltage will be in-phase all along the line. Next, I like to run all my balanced antennas with coax and 1:1 baluns at the antenna. If the antenna is resonant and a balun is used, the feedline should not be radiating. In this case the your only alternative is to move the antenna farther away from the AC wiring or orienting it as close to 90 deg. off of any wiring in the same plane. Its surprising how much RFI can be cured by dealing with feedline radiation. 73 Fred WU9R From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:01 1996 From: uncle@iap.net.au (Brian Field@iap.net.au) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,sci.physics.electromag,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Need to Calculate Inductance of Special Coil Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 18:10:17 GMT Message-ID: <4ldtnj$bek@orange.iap.net.au> References: <31791BD1.7713@caltech.edu> Reply-To: uncle@iap.net.au Barry Megdal wrote: >I need the find the equations to be used to calculate the inductance of >a coil wound out of copper strap -- imagine a roll of electrical tape, >where the tape was replaced by (insulated) copper strap of shape similar >to the tape. None of the reference books I have seen seem to cover this >configuration. >Any help is appreciated. Please reply via email. >Thanks. >- Barry Not too sure why you would need it's actual *calculated* inductance, but rather than try the mathematical model, I would first tie a fairly precise cap across it and find its resonant frequency. To be dead cert, do it again with another (different) cap, record resonant freq again. F = 1/(2 pi sqr(LC)). A little algebra to extract L. Uncle Brian VK6BQN From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:02 1996 From: k0hb@hamlink.mn.org (Hans Brakob) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: No Mods! Message-ID: <829667155.AA06071@hamlink.mn.org> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 16:05:19 -0100 Cleaning my hard drive, I found the following old gem, author unknown, but suspected to be Danny, K7SS. ------- WARNING: WARNING: Humor impaired individuals should skip to the next WARNING: message to avoid undue elevation of blood pressure. WARNING: ------- NOTICE: NOTICE: Those who oppose modification of factory built NOTICE: radios may find this organization of interest. NOTICE: - - - - - - - - - - - The Quarter Century Appliance Operators was founded in the early 1950's by a small group of Amateur Radio operators from the Pacific Northwest. They had been active in their hobby for over 25 years, yet still lacked the basic knowledge of radio electronics and had no idea of how their equipment worked. They banded together to try and protect each others honor and pride. At radio gatherings and club meetings in the 1950s one was considered unworthy of the name Ham Radio Operator if he or she couldn't not only name components, but know how to solder them together and make a radio work! When faced with insults and derision, those few hardy pioneers banded together and formed the First Chapter and National Organization of the QCAO. This was known as the "Cold Solder" Chapter. They even coined the now-famous club byword "e pluribus ignoramae" which is Latin for "We don't have to know how to solder, we just wanna talk on our radios." No veterans of that first chapter are known to be active on the air today. In the late 1950s and early '60s, with the worldwide interest in science and space and technology, the QCAO membership went underground. It is with great pride and dignity that today in the 1990s the revived QCAO stands ready to rise from the ashes, and become the standard of mediocrity it once proudly was. In honor of those first pioneering members, QCAO hereby invites all eligible applicants to step forward and join! The benefits of QCAO include not only the pride of membership. Think of the warm glow you will feel at club meetings and gatherings showing off your new all-plastic imprinted QCAO pocket protector! And that's not all! For your minimal membership fee, you will also receive a handsome, suitable-for-framing, certificate of honor, with hand-lettered name and Charter Membership Number. Other QCAO memorabilia will soon be available for members, including T-shirts, caps, pins, etc. At this date charter membership numbers are still available. Membership requires a 25 years (more or less) interest in Amateur Radio, coupled with a basic ignorance of how radios work and how to repair them. Think of meeting other QCAO members on the air! No more embarrassing pauses when someone in the QSO mentions an RF choke or a parasitic bleeder...Be able to exchange meaningful sharing, talk about real things, yes, even swap QCAO numbers with each other! And soon perhaps . . . a worldwide QCAO contest! You no longer have to shrink to the back of the room at post-meeting sessions of your radio club. Just display your QCAO protector and others will be able to identify you immediately. Who knows? Perhaps one of the originals from that old QCAO Chapter is just waiting for you to find him. Join now! Remember "We don't have to know how to solder, we just wanna talk on our radios"! Don't let technoids embarrass you and kick jargon in your face. Stand up for what's right! Join QCAO! "e pluribus ignoramae" 73, de Hans, K0HB From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:04 1996 From: Will Flor Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: not type accepted whats up Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:20:53 -0500 Message-ID: <31769615.2FDD@rrgroup.com> References: <4kf7ah$s0q@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> <4l4h0v$fnk@decius.ultra.net> Michael McCarthy wrote: > The cop has it reversed. Much of the commercial HAM gear is NOT type > accepted. I think only commercial HF linear's require any sort of > acceptance. Home brew linears do not. If you make enough of them, they do indeed need type acceptance. I believe you're allowed one every six months w/o type acceptance, IIRC. Commercially sold (not homebrew) VHF ham transcievers are actually usually type-accepted for Part 15 use, which seems silly to me since I'm using it as part of a Part 97 station, but many do in fact carry a Part 15 type acceptance label. The same goes for many commercial VHF transcievers - both my Motorolas (commercial ) as well as both my Kenwoods (ham) definitely are Part 15 type accepted, according to the labels on the radios themselves when I purchased them. > > On the other hand, converting non type accepted HAM gear for use on > commercial frequencies is NOT permitted... > Not exactly - the *conversion* is permitted, but actually *transmitting* with such a radio isn't permitted as part of an FCC-licensed station. Those of us, like myself, who operate NTIA-licensed radio stations (in addition to FCC-licensed ones) may use such a radio on public service or commercial channels, under strict limits imposed by the FCC, the NTIA, and the MOU between the NTIA license holder (the USAF, in my case) and the FCC license holder (the police or fire department, for instance.) 73 de Will KB9JTT From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:05 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: OK..some advice! From: sysop@pyromania.com Message-ID: Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 22:24:00 CST >I'm using the AP8A antenna. Buy the radial kit for it. It REALLY needs it to >work properly. (It will assemble without it, but the lower section needs to >about 2-3 feet short to tune up properly. And it will radiate like a rock >with no radials.) >73 es GM from jeff Thanks for the above advice.....a shopping we will go....a shopping we will go...73 KE4UGV From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:06 1996 From: Hans K0HB <71111.260@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: OK..some advice! Date: 19 Apr 1996 04:10:19 GMT Message-ID: <4l73nb$h85$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> References: Each of us has an idea of "what bell or whistle I just have to have", so you may get a lot of conflicting answers. I'll treat the radio in a moment. Regarding antennas, a multiband vertical is an excellent choice for your first antenna, given your restricted space and preference for DX work. They tend to be noiser on receive, especially in an urban setting with lots of manmade noise. Regarding radios, the most important consideration is receiver performance. Look for low noise, immunity to overload from nearby strong signals (sometimes called dynamic range), and a decent complement of filters, especially if you contemplate "narrow" modes like PacTOR, RTTY, AMTOR, or radiotelegraph. Memories are a low importance feature in my book. All modern rigs have some (16 is probably plenty) so don't spend a lot of money to get 100, when you'll likely only use less than 10. Transmitter audio processing can be very helpful and would be a plus. On-board antenna tuners can be expensive, and if you have a good antenna are not needed. If you find you need one, get an outboard model. Look for dual VFO's or other means of working "split". This is pretty standard on most modern-era rigs, but bears mentioning if working DX is part of your plans. -- 73, de Hans K0HB --If you go flying back through time and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:07 1996 From: Bruce Willis Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: P110 to GP300 ? Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 22:44:21 -0500 Message-ID: <31746915.7306@nld.bravo.net> If you have or whant to trade info/programs to mod mot p110 or gp300 e-mail me.I have it. Bruce radiosys@nld.bravo.net From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:08 1996 From: Patrick Cook Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Packet-Internet, & Internet-Packet Gateways Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 22:48:08 -0600 Message-ID: References: <199604080015.RAA22383@bing.ncw.net> <8291033977405@omnisystem.com> Hey Jeff: On 9 Apr 1996, Jeff wrote: > I wouldn't recommend that ANY Ham interconnect Packet with the Internet! > The two systems can be quite incompatible with respect to potential > commercial > traffic as well as the likelihood of frequently colorful language.... > If you want to get on packet, go packet. If you want the 'Net, log-on. Gee. That sure is funny. If this is the case, then why are there groups of hams who are devoting - in some cases - ENTIRE STATIONS to the world of TCP/IP?!?!? If this is the case, then we *really* don't need the AMPRnet then. Now do we?!?!? What you just said above Jeff is a TOTAL slap in the face to those who are working HARD to make the AMPRnet a REALITY!!!! I speak as someone who has spent time on the AMPRnet, and have made some very interesting contacts via the CONVERS bridge. Somebody feel free to correct me if I'm mis-reading the above quoted message. 73's for now, my friends! DE KB0OXD pcook@interealm.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:09 1996 From: Jim Brown Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: PK-232 For Sale Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 17:32:51 -0500 Message-ID: <317C0913.59AB@conterra.com> Reply-To: starman@conterra.com 1 AEA PK 232 tnc with all but the latest updates ie: It has the mailbox but not Pactor etc. Works fine. Asking $185. phone is 803-874-2834. Name Clarence Lowe.....More??? From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:10 1996 From: philham@ix.netcom.com(Philip S. Schlesinger) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: prospective ham needs help Date: 22 Apr 1996 01:58:34 GMT Message-ID: <4lep4a$anq@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> A Sarasota, Florida adult needs help in finding club or ham group which helps teach prospective hams the material needed to secure a license. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:11 1996 From: bowman@montana.com (robert bowman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Radio Shack HT 202 Date: 21 Apr 1996 02:01:34 GMT Message-ID: <4lc4tu$rir@maw.montana.com> References: <4klrb9$7g4@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> <4kng86$6gl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <1996Apr13.153342.24685@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> In article <1996Apr13.153342.24685@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gar y Coffman) says: >There are plenty of 2m mobile rigs very close to >the price range for a good HT, and you'll be getting quite a lot >more radio for the money. the first 2m rig i purchased was a icom 281. i then bought a HT202 when they were on sale, as a dedicated packet machine. while the Icom has more memories, and a few other 'features', the '202 seems to have greater sensitivity and a better sound. i find i use the HT more. if i were doing it again, i'd go for the HT202 and a brick, if i really needed more power. the Icom claims to be 9600 baud ready - now if i can find someone around here doing 9600 baud packet..... From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:13 1996 From: wiza@3rdplanet.com (David Wiza) Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Radio Shack- You've got broken stuff? We cant fix it! Date: 17 Apr 1996 09:58:24 GMT Message-ID: <4l2fc0$kc1@ratty.wolfe.net> References: <4j1egi$enp@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> Blank stares? I got suckered in by the radio shack repair center. I was a Navy electronics tech, I now am an electronics tech with Intel. I have worked on consumer electronics for YEARS, and "moonlighted" at an electronics repair shop fixing all sorts of consumer electronics...cd players, stereo gear, amps, tuners, tape decks, VCR's, TV's...AND CAMCORDERS. I have 20 years of repair experience, taught electronics for over four years...in other words, I know which end of a scope probe to use. I just moved to Oregon, and I dont have a place set up in my house to work on things properly. So when my Sony CCD-FX520 8mm camcorder crapped, out, I opened it up for a quick look/see to see if I could fix it. Since I dont have access to circuit diagrams for camcorders anymore, and I no longer have access to factory parts like I used to, I took the camera to Radio Shack here in Beaverton, Oregon. I figured by the time I purchased the SAM's, paid for the parts, it would cost me just as much to fix it. The sales droid gave me an "estimate" of $119 for labor, and $39 for parts (or therabouts, I dont recall exactly) and told me they would send it to UTAH for repair, told me it would be back in about three weeks. Welp, in two weeks and two days a card arrived in the mail telling me my video camera was ready for pickup! JOY! HAPPINESS! When I go to pick it up, they say, "SORRY, OUR TECHNICIANS WERE NOT ABLE TO FIX IT." The paper that came with it says this: "BAD CHROMA BOARD, NOT ABLE TO FIX. UNIT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BUMPED." What in the hell does that mean? It means the tech does not know whats wrong, has no hope of figuring it out, and is dropping a bogus hint that the camera got trashed by physical damage. Remember, I have worked on these before. Also remember, I had it apart before it was shipped. No signs of damage anywhere. The unit turns on without the power being switched on, refuses to ff/rew/play/eject. And the rat shack tech thinks this is a CHROMA PROBLEM? Sheesh... Ill either buy the SAMS and fix it myself, take it to a local shop, or send it to Sony. Last time I take anything to rat shack for repair. Seems like their techs are as knowledgable as most of their salesmen... From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:14 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: ag001@lafn.org (Abraham Stavsky) Subject: Repeater list for VE3? Message-ID: <1996Apr20.145520.13053@lafn.org> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 14:55:20 GMT Anyone have/know where I can get one? Much obliged! KE6OCM -- From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:15 1996 From: davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (KB5ELV) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Repeaters in San Rafael, CA Area? Date: 21 Apr 1996 22:21:26 -0500 Message-ID: <4letvm$dth@piglet.cc.utexas.edu> Hi, At the end of May, I will be going out to San Rafael, CA for guide dog training and will be there for about a month. Can anyone send me some 2 meter/440MHZ repeaters I might get into while I'm there? I do plan to bring an HT with me. Thanks. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV | PC-MATTIC Voice: (512) 441-3246 | MAXIMUM Adaptive Technology Internet: davros@eden.com | Training, Integration, and Consulting davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu | Voice: (512) 441-3246 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:17 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: RFI: Eico 710 Dipper Coils? Message-ID: <1996Apr16.190229.11072@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4l05n3$3qg4@lamar.ColoState.EDU> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 19:02:29 GMT In article <4l05n3$3qg4@lamar.ColoState.EDU> galen@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Watts) writes: >Hello, I have obtained an Eico model 710 Grid Dip Meter, covering >0.4 to 250 MHz, but no coils. Internal inspection reveals three >terminals for the coils, and a small test with a coil of wire didn't >come out too nice. >Anybody have any information on how the various coils are wound or >where to get a copy of a manual? >Trying to dip, >galen, KF0YJ Straining the brain, I seem to recall that dipper uses the Hartley circuit. So the third wire connection is to a tap near one end of the coil for feedback excitation. Memory could be faulty, but I also recall that the highest frequency "coil" is just a loop of heavy wire formed from a piece of wire about 6 inches long and plugged into only the two outside pins of the socket. Feedback in that case must be by circuit strays. I had one of these many years ago, but sold it and bought a solid state version, a Heath, a long time ago. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:19 1996 From: wa1uar@eecorp.com (Michael McCarthy) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Rotor problem, please help :-( Date: 18 Apr 1996 04:26:19 GMT Message-ID: <4l4g9b$fnk@decius.ultra.net> References: <4kbqsp$drp@news2.cais.com> <4knbch$1dmk@mule1.mindspring.com> In article <4knbch$1dmk@mule1.mindspring.com>, thompson@atl.mindspring.com says... > >pablotwa@pacificnet.net (Pablo Lewin) wrote: > >>Hi, and thank you for reading this > >>I have a HAM III/CD44 (CDE) rotor and controller, the rotor works >>really well, however the heading indicator stopped working yesterday, >>it just won't "track" anymore and the needle is not physically stuck, >>I fear that I may have misplaced a wire and I don't have the >>schematic/owners manual. Does anybody out there know how to find out >>how the wires are connected ?, any troubleshooting techniques for the >>meter?, could anybody send me the text or the GIF of the Schematic (or >>both)?, where can I get an old owner's manual?/ book? > >Every CDE/Telex rotor book I have seen has a way to check if the 8 >wires to the rotor are properly connected on the tower. You use a VOM >or VTVM. > >Sounds like either a wire or perhaps the resistor in the rotor motor >is bad. > >You can get it repared for a flat $75 at HY-gain/Telex even if an >older CDE. > >Dave K4JRB > The sending resistors have a tendency to go bad quite often. If the connections check out, I would suspect it. I keep extra's on hand. -- ===================== Give every man his Dew =========================== Michael A. McCarthy Everest Engineering Corporation, Consultants 4 Barnes Circle, Marlborough, MA 01752 (508) 460-6737 E-mail to wa1uar@eecorp.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:20 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham ra Message-ID: <8BF0325.0029004CDB.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 96 13:25:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio G>As response to Bob, I think deletion of Morse testing for non-Morse >operation is clearly warranted today (and redundant for those doing >Morse operation). But in the same breath I would add that I don't think >current testing (even including a Morse test) is *sufficient* to adequately >address various legitimate government concerns. It's not that I want to >make the exams "tougher" per se, but rather that I want them to address >relevant issues adequately regardless of the level of "effort" that may >require on the part of an applicant. I do not operate packet, satellite, RTTY or fast/slow scan television. So, should they delete those questions from the exam? --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:22 1996 From: cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Christopher K. Greenhalgh) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Sienfield's Kramer & morse code Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 13:53:54 GMT Message-ID: Hi All. Any body watch Sienfield last night (4/18)? When Kramer and Elaine were arguing about about whether he desrved the bike at Jerry's place, he got the last word in by saying "dit dit dit!", then slamming the door. I doubt its really related to the code, but he said "s" none the less. :) Take care. Christopher K. Greenhalgh, N8WCT Computer/Electronic Tech. II at The Ohio State University E-Mail: ckg+@osu.edu (cgreenha@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) AX.25 : n8wct@w8cqk.#cmh.oh.usa.noam From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:23 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Starting with amateur radio? Message-ID: <1996Apr17.142702.14992@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <31745645.3C6@vms1.gmu.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 14:27:02 GMT In article <31745645.3C6@vms1.gmu.edu> unconfigured wr ites: >Can someone tell me how I can start getting involved in amateur radio? >I am interested a lot in the technical aspects of the hobby. >Once, a long time ago, I worked with AM and FM (504kHz-1500kHz, >88MhZ-108Mhz) equipment. I would like to start all over again but this >time get a license etc. Is there a book to guide me thriugh what's >available out there? Yes, drop by your local Radio Shack and get a copy of "Now You're Talking". Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:24 1996 Date: 21 Apr 1996 10:40:30 EDT Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: wcoyle@dccc.edu (William Coyle) Message-ID: <8300976316401@iss.dccc.edu> Subject: Still for sale: HTX202 I still have for sale Radio shack HTX 202 Radio shack HT Have all but manual. In good condition. Also includes a 5/8 wave Rubber duckie antenna along with standard rs antenna. Best offer. I got some offers before, but my server crashed and I lost all my e-mail. So if you made an offer before and I never responded to you, try again! Bill N3OGH WCOYLE@DCCC.EDU From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:26 1996 From: algollom@interlog.com (Alan Gollom) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Suggest Digital Requirement Instead Of CW Date: 21 Apr 1996 18:03:50 GMT Message-ID: <4ldta6$s99@steel.interlog.com> Morse Code IS a dying mode. I still operate on CW, but frankly find the digital modes much more satisfying. Digital is the wave of the future. That's where all the growth is now. Just look at the Internet. Since digital is the growing technology of the day, why not incorporate that into the ham radio theory tests for those who would rather not do CW. In order for us to maintain the frequency allocations we now have, the number of new hams must keep increasing. Rather than discourage them from the hobby by requiring knowledge of old technology, why not encourage them by learning the newest and fastest growing technology of the day. Help them realize that the Internet is not the only way to communicate with others around the world. Let them see the wonderful blend of computer technology and ham radio. I'm not saying dump CW. I'm just suggesting that for those who do not wish to learn it, we should require them to learn something else in its place - in this case, digital technology. This way we do not make the requirement any easier, but instead encourage aspiring hams to learn something with a little more relevance to today's technology. Things change and we have to keep up with the changes or the hobby will shrivel up and die. 73...Alan VE3XAG From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:26 1996 From: Jesse Royall Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ten-Tec 6 Meter transverter Date: 21 Apr 1996 21:39:51 GMT Message-ID: <4le9v7$39e@airnews.iadfw.net> From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:27 1996 From: Jesse Royall Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ten-Tec transverter Date: 21 Apr 1996 21:42:37 GMT Message-ID: <4lea4d$39e@airnews.iadfw.net> Anyone get in on that deal?? I have noticed that have stopped advertising it in the Mags from what I have seen.... Was just curious as to know if anyone has had any luck with it and its performance.... I have one matched to a TM-255a that seems to do about 8 watts. The only thing is I have no one around me to really test it... that and I don't have a outside antenna...(Which might help....maybe..hehe...) Jess From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:28 1996 From: Wayne Prather Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: TUBE GL 6942 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:29:25 -0700 Message-ID: <317BA5D5.27FB@fishnet.net> I RECENTLY ACQUIRED TWO TUBE MOUNTING SOCKETS, ONE OF WHICH HAS THE TUBE IN IT. THESE SOCKETS ARE COAXIAL STYLE SOCKETS ABOUT TWO FEET HIGH, WITH A FAN MOUNTING. WHAT IS THE GL 6942? HOW MUCH POWER ARE THEY GOOD FOR? WHAT ARE THEY WORTH? ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED. WAYNE From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:29 1996 From: russ.wuertz@spacecoast-bbs.com (RUSS WUERTZ) Newsgroups: 01aus.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: VK2WI Weekly News, 7th April, 1996 Message-ID: <8BF2218.0090003730.uuout@spacecoast-bbs.com> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 08:56:00 -0500 Distribution: world Reply-To: russ.wuertz@spacecoast-bbs.com (RUSS WUERTZ) References: <8BE42A4.00900036B4.uuout@spacecoast-bbs.com> There are some extreemly insane HAM radio people here in the U.S.A. They keep following other people (due to drug use) and broadcast voices. Voices that pop out of no where. In Bridgeport, CT. someone took some crack cocaine and then was followed by some crazy people who started broadcasting voices and told him to kill someone. HE DID! Since we could not stop these crazy people with HAM radio following victoms, politics went up on the penalty for selling cocaine (used to be the ingredient in Coke-a-cola) Even the police seem to broadcast voices! Daytona Beach, FL. and here in Brevard County. When I call the police I can see how absolutly insane they are! Please bring up this problem in your conference. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:30 1996 From: pgsperseng@aol.com (PGSPersEng) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: W3A QSL info? Date: 14 Apr 1996 23:25:17 -0400 Message-ID: <4ksfit$njr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: pgsperseng@aol.com (PGSPersEng) Over the weekend, I worked the special event station W3A and am looking for QSL info. Any help out there? Tnx, 73 Paul, AA1MI From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:30 1996 From: petronet@sovam.com (Petronet Networks) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: What is KPC-3 TNC ? Date: 21 Apr 1996 13:59:32 GMT Message-ID: <4ldf04$cqm@news.sovam.com> From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:31 1996 From: Dennis Jacobson Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: What is KPC-3 TNC ? Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 00:44:07 -0700 Message-ID: <3179E747.54D4@a.crl.com> References: <4ldf04$cqm@news.sovam.com> About $90.00 -- 73... Dennis Retired: INTERNET: N6NG@CRL.COM Just another road kill on AX25: N6NG@KJ6FY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM the Information Highway. From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:32 1996 From: wa1uar@eecorp.com (Michael McCarthy) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Which PREFIX to put before a RECIPROCAL Permit ? Date: 18 Apr 1996 04:32:10 GMT Message-ID: <4l4gka$fnk@decius.ultra.net> References: <4kc8qv$89g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> In article <4kc8qv$89g@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, pa3btl@aol.com says... > >Today I received from the FCC a reciprocal permit, so I can operate in the >USA. >Unfortunately, the FCC did not state on the permit what the prefix should >be. >I think it will be W4/PA3BTL, but I'm not sure. (PA3 prefix means full >license). > >Reactions will be appreciated, so I can follow the correct rule. > >Regards, > >PA3BTL, Henk van Asselt The numeral corresponds to the call area that you will be operating in. W1 or N1 or K1 can be used here in Massachusetts. W4 is southern US like Florida South Carolina, etc. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but contrary to other countries, here in the US, the prefix FOLLOWS your callsign. i.e PA3BTL/W1 -- ===================== Give every man his Dew =========================== Michael A. McCarthy Everest Engineering Corporation, Consultants 4 Barnes Circle, Marlborough, MA 01752 (508) 460-6737 E-mail to wa1uar@eecorp.com From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:33 1996 From: larry.jaffe@swcbbs.com (LARRY JAFFE) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTB HW-32 Message-ID: <8BEF457.0029007258.uuout@swcbbs.com> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 96 18:31:00 -500 Distribution: world Reply-To: larry.jaffe@swcbbs.com (LARRY JAFFE) WTB HEATH HW-32 IN OPERATION CONDITION W/MANUAL AND AC P.S. WANT TO GET BACK ON THE LOW BANDS WA1FIH * 1st 2.00 ~ "Bother", said Pooh as he fell into the nitric acid bath From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:34 1996 From: michael neidich Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.antiques.radio+phono,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTB: SCR-274N & ARC-5 Xmtrs/Rcvrs Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 00:01:33 -0700 Message-ID: <3179DD4D.2B40@hooked.net> Help with a B-17 radio shack restoration project. Need Clean, Unmodified, preferably NIB examples of types below: Navy Army Freq BC-453 190-550KHz BC-946B 520-1500KHz R26/ARC5 BC-454 3-6MHz R27/ARC5 BC-455 6-9MHz BC-457 4-5.3MHz BC-458 5.3-7MHz BC-459 7-9MHz BC-696 3-4MHz Thanks & 73, Mike, K2ENN From amsoft@epix.net Tue Apr 23 07:54:35 1996 From: l.mclaughlin@popmail.csuohio.edu (Bostonian) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTD: RCA WT-100A or Hickok 700 Tube Tester Date: 22 Apr 1996 02:00:27 GMT Message-ID: <4lep7r$m8r@csu-b.csuohio.edu> RCA WT-100A and/or Hickok 700 tube tester wanted. Seeking unit in good running condition, needing some repairs or for parts (if I later come across a working unit). Willing to swap for something or please state a fair price for the respective unit. I would prefer swapping something as cash is tight, but I would have to find out what you are looking for -- I may have it. Please indicate if you have manuals, schematics, charts and/or plug-in tube sockets for the respective tube tester. Kindly, email with details. Thank you. My correct email address is: l.mclaughlin@popmail.csuohio.edu From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:20 1996 From: berlin@mail.fwi.com (Berlin Slone) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 10-codes Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 21:52:04 GMT Message-ID: <3180d7b9.1035254@news.fwi.com> References: <4kre4b$bn4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4l5r5e$ojt@nntpa.cb.att.com> Reply-To: berlin@mail.fwi.com On 18 Apr 1996 16:38:06 GMT, ring@porky.cb.att.com (Warren Ring) wrote: >In article <4kre4b$bn4@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, >FORDTORINO wrote: >>I am looking for a copy of 10-codes that the police,fire,departments use. >>If someone could E-mail this to me I sure would appreciate it! > >Well, good buddy, you're not likely to find those on this newsgroup. >That's CB lingo. It used to be that police and fire departments each >had their own series of codes. That may still be true. > >Good luck. > > > *\|*/*/ *\|*/*/ *\*|*/* Warren Ring / AB6QE >*\*\/*/*/* \/_\/ *\*\/*/*/*\*|*/*/* Columbus, Ohio >*-\\|*/-*-* /\|/\ *-\\|*/-*-*\|*/-*-* ring@hercules.cb.att.com > *\|/*/-* m_______|__ *\|/*/-*\*|/*/-* > \||/ /__________/\______ \||/ \||/ Age and treachery always > || | = = = __| /_____/\ || || overcome youth and skill. > || |______|D_|_[]_[]|_| || || > Being a former Police Officer, I can tell you that each police department, may have different codes. Some what the same in the same state. If you have a friend that is a police officer, he should make you a copy or ask a dispatcher, in Indiana we in general would pass that on to the public, since anything transmitted is public knowledge. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:21 1996 From: fredrik.elversson@mailbox.swipnet.se (Fredrik, SM7UGE) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 144 Mhz EME-sceds wanted for clubstation SK7AX in JO77DS !!! Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 19:05:07 GMT Message-ID: <4lgl44$f1o@mn5.swip.net> Hi, This is SM7UGE and SM7FWZ who are looking for 144 Mhz EME-sceds for our local clubstation with callsign SK7AX (Name: SVARK). SK7AX are located in HUSKVARNA in SWEDEN in loc. JO77DS, rig is a FT-736, antenna is 4 x 15el QD, power is 800W, and we recently bought a DSP-filter. The only thing we dont have is QSO´s in our logbook....hi. (not so many - most of them are by satellite). There is a clubmeeting every tuesday between 17 and 22 UTC, so sced´s are very welcome in this time, but also saturday and sunday are fine to us. Please write a mail to one of the adresses below if you are interested, 73 de Fred SM7UGE and Ronny SM7FWZ Packet: SM7UGE @ SM7UGE.F.SWE.EU E-mail: fredrik.elversson@mailbox.swipnet.se Packet SM7FWZ @ SM7FEJ.F.SWE.EU No e-mail. -.-. ..- --- -. . -- . ..--. .-.-. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:23 1996 From: sgrgasov@jagor.srce.hr (Sasa Grgasovic) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: 220Mhz & 440Mhz Radiation? Date: 26 Apr 1996 16:31:55 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4lqtpr$lt8@bagan.srce.hr> I know this is pretty dumb question but life is no game :-). I have two antennas mounted on the window of the office where I work. One is 2 element yagi transmiting constantly on the ~220Mhz band with the power of about 2W. The other is ~440Mhz GP antenna used for the packet radio transmiting with the power of about 0.5-1W cca. let's say 15 sec in a minute. Is it safe to have two transmitting antennas just about 10 foot away from the place where I spent most of the day? There's only window between. One of my friends told me it's not dangerous but he has a 10Ghz microwave link right on his desk so I want to hear opinion from someone else. I just don't want to dye from cancer or something similar to that. Thanx a lot. (Sorry for my english). -- -- Sasa Grgasovic ContactInfo ---------------------------------- mail :sgrgasov@jagor.srce.hr URL: http://jagor.srce.hr/~sgrgasov phone:098/200-001 IRC:sysop radio:3.6666mhz USB, 27.025mhz AM 001/345-816 MANIAC 169.000mhz FM +4.5 CTCSS: 141.3 ----------------------------------- GENOCIDE technologies ------= From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:23 1996 From: jose.manuel.DE.lara@p98.ATlantis.encomix.COM (jose manuel de lara) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Date: 26 Apr 96 06:02:19 GMT Message-ID: <403131859@p98.f801.n345.z2.ftn> unsuscribe From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:24 1996 From: mjsilva@ix.netcom.com(michael silva) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: A real fun time (was Re: Selling out of ham radio) Date: 23 Apr 1996 01:42:23 GMT Message-ID: <4lhchv$88a@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <3176BFA2.5CCC@ccsnet.com> <4l7qlh$evb@theopolis.orl.mmc.com> <317848A4.155D@usit.net> <4l9tkm$j7h@odo.PEAK.ORG> <317B2109.57B2@usit.net> In <317B2109.57B2@usit.net> Danny Browning writes: > >Bill Nelson wrote: >> The repeaters are only a tiny portion of Amateur Radio. >> >> Want a challenge? Try working 5BWAS CW on a homebuilt one tube transmitter >> and two tube regenerative receiver. For more of a challenge, use only >> dipole antennas. >> >> Bill > > >WOW!!! sound like a real fun time (excuse me) I have better things to do I'm life than >CW! This is the 90's CW is long gone.....just like the phonograph. 10 more years and >hams will only talk about CW, and the old days. Hah, communicating with radio equipment you built yourself -- what a joke! We hams have better things to do with our time than poking around with those stupid resistors and things! Like the man said, this is the 90s -- we *buy* our radios these days... 73, Mike, KK6GM From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:26 1996 From: Les Butler Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ADMS-1B Webpage wanted Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 22:07:22 -0400 Message-ID: <317EDE5A.1EA4@cris.com> References: <8BF1039.016B005572.uuout@grinder.com> DARRYL LINKOW wrote: > > Hello all and thanks for reading this. A couple of weeks ago > someone posted the Web Page for downloading the patch files for the > latest version of the Yaesu ADMS-1B software. If you know that > Website, please Email me or leave message here. > 73, Darryl KE6IHA > > darryl.linkow@grinder.com > > --- > * OLX 2.2 * Darryl Linkow (818)346-5278 9 am - 5 pm PDT http://www.cris.com/~lsbutler page down to the Amateur links Les From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:27 1996 From: rmd@ka4ybr.netmha.com (Bob Duckworth) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Amateur Radio? I don't know anymore... Date: 23 Apr 1996 10:22:34 -0400 Message-ID: <4lip3a$6fa@ka4ybr.netmha.com> References: <4leqnk$1er@news.cencom.net> In article <4leqnk$1er@news.cencom.net> you write: ---clip--- >So, fellow amateurs, what's out there that ain't in here? And is it >really worth such a big chunk of my income? > 1) It is not expensive to talk to folks using Morse. One of it's more endearing characteristics. Another being that there is some thrill in talking to a guy camping in the mountains in ZL on 40m CW with less power than the average flashlight uses. 2) There are a lot of interesting folks out there who do not have access to the internet and will not for some time to come. 3) There is the initial comraderie that comes from using Morse to communicate. You find this among sailors (wind powered) too. I can walk into the radio club in Hong Kong, introduce myself, and meet some folks. Actually I can do this almost anywhere in the world and know I'll be welcome. Try walking into a computer center somewhere and sitting down for a chat. Now for a pro Morse tirade :-) It's pretty obvious from reading this group that Morse isn't for everyone. Just like Soccer, Rugby, Sailing, Flying, etc. It takes some interest and effort. However, it is one of the things that makes amateur radio special. I like to look at it this way. Having no particular interest in modulation other than Morse, why should someone have to learn about SSB to obtain an amateur license??? Linda can copy Morse at 20WPM + but has absolutely no aptitude for math and hence can't get through the written exam. Why not remove the written requirements for Ham radio. The equipment is virtually fool proof these days. She has no need to know how to tune a tube type final amp. So, why not special requirements tailored to each individuals own abilities and interests? Now for my opinion. If amateur radio does not require some extra effort giving rise to a sense of accomplishment when one has acquired a license, knows Morse, knows how radio works, understands the various digital modes and modulation schemes, then it's nothing. Anyone can buy a plane ticket or drive a motorboat or talk on a cell phone. Doing away with the Morse requirement (and I agree, it's an archaic mode) brings ham radio one step closer to being another consumer product. Like IRC. -bob WB4MNF -- Bob Duckworth Consulting, 960 Ralph McGill Blvd. Atlanta GA 30306-4447 bobs' address is rmd@ka4ybr.netmha.com 404-888-0389(V) 892-2301(FAX) Buy Sell Trade Surplus Computer Electronics Datacom Telecom since 1981. Fax or email your list for a fast cash offer. Watch for listserv catalog. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:29 1996 From: jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Amateur Radio? I don't know anymore... Date: Wed, 24 Apr 96 17:47:43 GMT Message-ID: <4lm14k$9vt@crash.microserve.net> References: <4leqnk$1er@news.cencom.net> ehoops@cencom.net (Emmett Hoops) wrote: >Besides, I have IRC, which is precisely what I wanted from Amateur >Radio to begin with. So tell me, why should I go to all that expense >just so I can do in code what I do with a keyboard? Where's the fun >in radio, now that so many people use computers to do the code >translation for them? First, not everyone uses a keyboard to copy code. You can verify this by sending poorly enough with a bug to keep a computer from copying. Personally, I find code to be a refreshing change from the Internet and the last thing I want is to use a keyboard. Second, there's a big difference between an on-air QSO with your own equipment and a conversation using someone else's transport system. The latter has been available for a long time in the form of telephones and mail. There's nothing quite like the challenge of communicating over long distances with nothing between yourself and the other person but air. That's partiuclarly true if you build the equipment yourself. >So, fellow amateurs, what's out there that ain't in here? And is it >really worth such a big chunk of my income? It's possible to set up an efficient amateur station for much less than the cost of the typical 486 or Pentuum computer system. I run a KW on all HF bands from 80 to 10M and the total investment was less than a thousand dollars, plus some time. I could easily cut that in half without the amplifier, and I could half it again with a combination of careful used equipment shopping and homebrew. 73, Jack WB3U From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:31 1996 From: cdlevin@shadow.net (Curtis D. Levin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Amateur Radio? I don't know anymore... Date: 26 Apr 1996 22:10:42 GMT Message-ID: References: <4leqnk$1er@news.cencom.net> <4lj23g$b7h@nntpa.cb.att.com> Reply-To: cdlevin@shadow.net On 23 Apr 1996 16:56:16 GMT, Warren Ring wrote: >>upgrade. Besides, I have IRC, which is precisely what I wanted from >>Amateur Radio to begin with. >>So tell me, why should I go to all that expense just so I can do in >>code what I do with a keyboard? Because IRC is a dependant system. I can't say to you, "Look, you wanted to be a ham, so do some radio stuff", but I can say that IRC doesn't talk to the Mir platform on packet, or the Space shuttle, or do moonbounce, or aurora. Inet doesn't do qrp cw work, or DX to countries and places where there is no internet. And ham radio does do Inet, with amprnet, and in alot of places, there's connections to people worldwide using radio to interface with the internet. I don't know, but i get a tinge of excitement about thinking that we put this thing together, and are interfacing with the world on it. It's not the what we did, but the how we did it that makes it worth our while. >Part of the enjoyment of the hobby is learning of new kinds of skills. >I would guess that the novelty of doing keyboard CW QSOs will wear off >for many of them soon, and they'll want to learn something new, like >maybe CW without the keyboard. Or ATV. Or antenna design. Or... > >>I long for the days of 15 meter nights and 80 meter days; when a >>Technician was unusual; when a faint signal might just mean Lithuania >>-- ahh, yes, but I was talking to someone in Lithuania last night on >>IRC. >>So, fellow amateurs, what's out there that ain't in here? And is it >>really worth such a big chunk of my income? What's in here that isn't out there is more like it. It's not the fact that you talked to someone in Lithuania. It's the fact that with Ham radio, you could be your own provider, your own router, and aren't dependant on any other equipment than your own. The guy on the other end is responsible for his rig, so you're covered there. With Ham radio, you're dependant on very little except a power source, and a tree from which to sling a dipole, plus the rig. Not to say that inet doesn't make everything easy, but what if something should happen, and the system should fail ? How do we talk to Europe, pass traffic, etc, when there are no sats, no phones, no inet ? Do we send msgs by mail ? irregardless of conditions, irregardless of situation, amateur radio is there, and serves a vital purpose. Not to mention the fact that it's fun, and educational. Most of the technology we have today wouldn't have been developed in the first place if there hadn't been some ham sitting out there saying what if we did this. Plus, what about mobile communications ? Name a mobile service that isn't cell dependant. When Andrew struck South Fla, we were left without comm to the whole south end of the city, and what did we have ? Ham radio, that's what. When the main radio on the shuttle experienced a failure, what was the backup ? Ham radio again. When pilots were locked up in North VietNam without a means to talk to each other, how did they communicate ? Morse code, that's how. When ships are observing radio silence on the high seas how do they communicate ? Morse code again. It all has a purpose, and the weird thing is, we never can appreciate the value of what we learn until we find oursleves in a situation when we really need it. Alot of times, it's life threatening, and the need to communicate far outweighs the value of a chat on irc. 73, ttyl. -- _______________________________________________________ | Curtis D. Levin kd4zkw | Team Os/2 Member | | cdlevin@shadow.net | Acft Elec Sys Spec | | http://www.shadow.net/~cdlevin | Amateur Radio OP. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ posted with slrn 0.8.7.1 beta From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:31 1996 From: Ronald C. Sears Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: American Hams in Japan Date: 24 Apr 1996 01:10:45 GMT Message-ID: <4ljv2l$3dcu@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> Looking for any information concerning American Hams in Japan, Tokyo or Yokohama areas preferred. Contact numbers or E-mail address would be very helpful. Thanks. rsears@ibm.net From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:33 1996 From: bowman@montana.com (robert bowman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Amplifying AM signal with Op Amp? Date: 22 Apr 1996 16:19:48 GMT Message-ID: <4lgbj4$c8q@maw.montana.com> References: In article , John Young Oh says: > >Hello, I am working on a simple radio circuit for an EE project and I have >most of the circuit working except for the amplification stages. What I am >doing is using a simple non-inverting amplifier with an 072 OpAmp to >amplify the amplitude-modulated signal. how much power are you looking for? you probably can use any of the garden variety small signal transistors such as the 2n2222 in a simple class A amp. for a little more punch, even the Rat Shack 2n3053 will work well at this low a frequency. >One other question deals with the filter. I am going to use a bandpass >filter to remove noise and have the bandpass center around 277 kHz. well, if you assume a bandwidth of 6 khz for double sideband AM, and design the filter Q accordingly, it should be no prob. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:33 1996 From: dhughes@efn.org (Dick Hughes) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Are telephone DTMF the same as our DTMF Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 15:02:29 GMT Message-ID: <318236bd.1248724@news.efn.org> References: <9604251402.AA01513@tix.timeplex.com> <4lp4pg$mo9@news.aros.net> mfp@aros.net (Marcus) wrote: >In article <9604251402.AA01513@tix.timeplex.com>, taylor@tix.timeplex.COM >says... >> >>Some mis-information has been given abt DTMF from several sources >>but this is my try at it: >> >>Basically, YES... >will a Telepohone DTMF pad rigged and at the right audio level...access your >clubs rptr autopatch...YES!!!!! >] > After all, surplus telephone TT pads were the only thing available to us years ago. They worked just fine. Dick Hughes - W7LVA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:34 1996 From: pgc@izzy.net (Peter G. Campbell) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: ARRL Repeater Directory on the web? Date: 25 Apr 1996 16:26:57 -0400 Message-ID: <4lon6h$8ub@izzy4.izzy.net> References: <4lol2l$10s@nw2.netwalk.com> Rick, AA8VQ (AA8VQ@NETWALK.COM) wrote: : Does anyone know if there is a website out there that has a database of repe aterr frequencies ? : This would be similar to the ARRL directory, or something like it. Seeing as how my local : provider can't update any of my HR NG's, please reply via E-Mail only, oothe rwise I'll never see : it. Check out http://home.earthlink.net/~artsci/repmain.html From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:36 1996 From: an343198@anon.penet.fi (an343198@anon.penet.fi) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.support.divorce Subject: Burt Fisher Preservation Society Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:22:37 GMT Message-ID: <317b9d15.10036113@nntp.ix.netcom.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3176BFA2.5CCC@ccsnet.com> Reply-To: - On Thu, 18 Apr 1996 18:18:10 -0400, Burt Fisher wrote: >> >I sold all my ham junk too! I am just plain SICK of ham radio! >> >> Then why are you still reading the ham newsgroups? > >To feel interesting. >When I see how dull your lives are, I feel like I am doing something. > Mrs. Fisher's little man seem to still be secure in all his insecurities. Burt hasn't been changing his ways, merely changing his locations. It seems the happily married Mr. Fisher has been hanging out for quite some time in the usenet newsgroup *alt.support.divorce* and as of late has been making numerous posts to that group. Some of Burt's topics in a.s.d. have been: Do ASDers Own A Gun How to Avoid Divorce By Treating Your Husband Right CHALLENGE: Compliment Burt, They Sure Do! You Determine If I am Fat or Ugly The Attack of the HIPPO The Unreal of ASDers Do these threads remind you of what we have seen here in r.r.a.m? The content of Burt's posts is almost identical, just make a few changes for the newgroup. ASDers are fat, ugly and boring, and some have called Burt's wife. >called called my wife and >pretended to be nice and the posted an insult about me here >AFTER the call. I relayed that to my wife (the exact insult) >and my wife wonders why I bother with you people of zero >class and credibility. There are people who value Burt's thoughts but just like in the rec.radio group they only E-mail Burt and never publicly make those posts. Not only that letters of support are amazingly similar! Besides being a teacher and net loon Burt has other interests. Here is a post found on usenet from Burt. >content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >mime-version: 1.0 >newsgroups: alt.disasters.aviation >x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) >There was a guy on here offering to make you all tape of air disaters >for slightly above his costs. But his costs turned out to be $18 PLUS. >He told me he buys video tape for $5 and rents VCRs. >Then he told me he was going to contact my employer because I complained. -cut- >/--Burt Fisher K1OIK--------/---\---/-\---/---\-----/-----\k1oik@ccsnet.com\ -cut- Wow such a well rounded (not FAT as we all know) individual is this man, the myth, the legend of usenet! And what are we doing to preserve Burt Fisher? We are in dire peril of losing Burt to a.s.d.! I ran a Burt-bot through usenet and found that since the first of this year Burt has made 360 posts and 183 of them were to a.s.d. Come on guys, we have to do something and do it quickly or else we are going to lose Burt Fisher permanently! Burt is selling his gear and has lost interest in ham radio and may never post in this newsgroup again! How boring will that make this already boring newsgroup? How long before we forget that all hams are old, lazy, stupid...? Without Burt the only exciting personal vendettas will be in the Code/NoCode threads and to read those we will have to weed through all the posts that contain rational thoughts and ideas. We must act now to save this valuable resource, make a commitment to preserve Burt Fisher. An Earth Day message cross-posted to alt.support.divorce and rec.radio.amateur.misc From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:37 1996 From: robin@zso.dec.com (Robin Alexander - GM4YED) Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Canadian Reciprocal License - How. Date: 25 Apr 1996 21:33:43 GMT Message-ID: <4lor3n$i1l@usenet.pa.dec.com> Hi, I`m currently in the US ( I have my US reciprocal permit) and was thinking of taking a holiday up to Canada. Can anyone tell me or give me a pointer on how to get a Canadian Reciprocal permit. Any other info on how long it takes would be useful. Thanks Robin From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:38 1996 From: Frank Erskine Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Canadian Reciprocal License - How. Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:54:29 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4lor3n$i1l@usenet.pa.dec.com> <4lpu85$s5d@tube.news.pipex.net> In article <4lr5cl$6e3@tube.news.pipex.net>, Walt Davidson writes >Sorry I spoke .... my information is obviously out of date! > > A typical G3... ;-) -- Frank Erskine G3WTE Sunderland From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:39 1996 From: linville@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca () Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Canadian Reciprocal License - How. Date: 26 Apr 1996 16:48:05 GMT Message-ID: <4lquo5$l63@news.sas.ab.ca> References: <4lor3n$i1l@usenet.pa.dec.com> <4lpu85$s5d@tube.news.pipex.net> The addresses are also in the phone books under Government of Canada- Industry Canada. Welcome to Canada, land of 9 months of winter and 3 months of tough skating... From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:40 1996 From: Jim Cummings Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Canadian Reciprocal License - How. Date: 26 Apr 1996 16:02:39 GMT Message-ID: <4lqs2v$bl5@crc-news.doc.ca> References: <4lor3n$i1l@usenet.pa.dec.com> <4lpu85$s5d@tube.news.pipex.net> To: walt@servelan.co.uk walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) wrote: >robin@zso.dec.com (Robin Alexander - GM4YED) wrote: > >>I`m currently in the US ( I have my US reciprocal permit) >>and was thinking of taking a holiday up to Canada. > >>Can anyone tell me or give me a pointer on how to >>get a Canadian Reciprocal permit. > >Hi Robin! > >If you had a full "US license" rather than a reciprocal permit, you >wouldn't need a Canadian reciprocal permit. However ... > Not quite true, I believe. If Robin is not a U.S. citizen, even if he did have a U.S. permit, he would not qualify to operate his station in Canada, in accordance with the provisions of the General Radio Regulations, Part II. >There is a main Department of Communications licensing office in each >Canadian Province. You get your permit from there on production of your >UK documents (current licence with validation document). There is no >charge and you can apply in person. The letter of authority will be >issued over the counter. If you tell me which Province you're going to, >I'll tell you the address of the nearest office. > Actually, the Department of Communications was broken up about three years ago and the radio frequency spectrum management port was incorporated into Industry Canada. >73 de G3NYY/VE7 (formerly) > >-- >Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk > 100523.1414@compuserve.com > If you wish, just simple send your request for a reciprocal permit, along with a copy of your license, and a return address to: Industry Canada Attention: DOS-PA 300 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0C8 I understand that your permit will be issued with minimal delay. 73 and live better digitally Jim, VE3XJ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:41 1996 From: walt@servelan.co.uk (Walt Davidson) Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Canadian Reciprocal License - How. Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 18:38:45 GMT Message-ID: <4lr5cl$6e3@tube.news.pipex.net> References: <4lor3n$i1l@usenet.pa.dec.com> <4lpu85$s5d@tube.news.pipex.net> <4lqs2v$bl5@crc-news.doc.ca> Sorry I spoke .... my information is obviously out of date! 73 de G3NYY -- Walt Davidson E-mail: walt@servelan.co.uk 100523.1414@compuserve.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:42 1996 From: kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Check out this article... Date: 27 Apr 1996 22:18:56 -0400 Message-ID: <4lukig$1bj@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <4ltu67$1dn0@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> In article <4ltu67$1dn0@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, Drew Durigan wrote: >It goes on to answer the question with >the true and correct answer: because YE OLDE FAHRTZ, So I pose the question for the Nth time: I support a code requirement, and I am younger than you are. If I'm an "Olde Farhtz", what does that make you? >which is where the >large majority of the ARRL's operating budget comes from, You wouldn't have any actual data to support this contention, would you? >The reason for this, of course, is >so they can keep their own little "private club" on the HF bands and keep >others from using the frequencies. Anything that keeps people like you off the radio can't be all that bad. >-Drew in Sunny Central Florida- Looks like too much sun is bleaching your synaptics. MD -- -- -- "I have more guns than I need, and less guns than I want." -- Phil Graam -- -- If you don't like my opinions, that's just too damn bad. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:43 1996 From: jim boyer Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CLIP ART FOR NEWSLETTER Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 22:19:49 -0600 Message-ID: <31804EE5.73A7@trib.com> Can anyone help me locate a source for clip art of the Ham Radio type? My DTP can use PCX, TIFF, BMP, WMF and a few others. Any help would be appreciated. Publisher of the W7VNJ Newsletter (Casper Amateur Radio Club INC.) 73's to all de N7VLM, Jim Dit Dit E-mail jboyer@trib.com Packet N7VLM@N7YVL.#EVAN.WY.USA.NOAM From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:44 1996 From: quake.xnet.COM@xnet.COM (Dave Yanke) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Codeless General? Date: 20 Apr 96 15:59:06 GMT Message-ID: <199604201557.KAA26600@flood.xnet.com> Reply-To: n9ssg@xnet.com > From: jlkolb@sd.cts.com (John Kolb) > : Unfortunatly, the message above is inccorect. There is not now, nor > : has there ever been a conditional ticket. You must pass the five. > > Not to nit-pick, but my first ham license was a conditional class license. > A conditional was the regular general class test, written and CW, > administered by another amateur, permitted when the licensee was > more thay 75 miles away from the nearest FCC testing location. > (Back before the VE system) This was in 1963, in Yokosuka Japan, > clearly more than 75 miles away from the FCC. > I apologize. I had meant since the inception of th VE program. But, also, the conditional was not intended to allow someone to cheat as has been suggested here. David A. Yanke EMail: n9ssg@xnet.com "I want to die like my grandfather, quietly, in my sleep. Not screaming in terror like his passengers." Messages shipped by weight, not content. Settling may occur during shipping. Any resemblence to original thought and/or wit, purely coincidental. Should only be used under adult supervision. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:45 1996 From: Cecil Moore Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Coil Formers Date: 21 Apr 1996 12:52:01 -0700 Message-ID: <4le3l1$qpt@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4lbcv8$da@falstaf.demon.co.uk> robin@falstaf.demon.co.uk (Robin Birch) wrote: >I am after a source for coil formers of up to 25 mm (1 inch). Hi Robin, for my bugcatcher coil, I used a Quaker oatmeal box as a coil former. :-) 73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:47 1996 From: kd1yvjim@aol.com (KD1YVJim) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Connecticut QSO Party Next Weekend Date: 27 Apr 1996 15:13:31 -0400 Message-ID: <4ltrkr$59e@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: kd1yvjim@aol.com (KD1YVJim) 1996 CONNECTICUT QSO PARTY - OPERATING RULES Connecticut QSO party, sponsored by the Candlewood ARA, 2000Z May 4 until 2000Z May 5, with a rest period 0400Z - 1200Z. Phone, RTTY and CW. Work stations once per band and mode, mobiles as they cross county lines. No repeater QSOs. Single operator, fixed/mobile, Novice, QRP(5W), Multi-single Multi-multi classes plus Connecticut club competition. Connecticut stations may contact other Connecticut stations for QSO/multiplier credit. Connecticut stations exchange report and county; others exchange report and state/province/DXCC country. CW - 40 KHz. up from lower band edges; Novices 25 KHz. up from low end; Phone - 1.860, 3.915, 7.280, 14.280, 21.380 28.380. VHF - 50.150, 144.200, 146.580. RTTY - Normal RTTY Bands (No WARC Bands) Score one point per phone, RTTY QSO and two points per CW QSO. QSOs with club station W1QI and ARRL HQ station W1AW count 5 points. CARA will be operating W1AW on Sunday, May 5 from 1400z to 2000z, on or near the above-mentioned frequencies. Connecticut stations multiply QSO points by states/ provinces/Connecticut counties worked (DX only one multiplier); others multiply by Connecticut counties worked. Plaques and certificates (100 point minimum). Special certificate for working all 8 Connecticut counties. Send entry and SASE for results by June 5 to CARA, P.O. Box 3441, Danbury CT 06813-3441. Good luck and 73 de Jim, KD1YV From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:48 1996 From: Cecil Moore Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Converting Computer to Amateur Bands? Date: 21 Apr 1996 12:58:00 -0700 Message-ID: <4le408$r4k@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4l6pqo$6kc@news.smart.net> <4lbft8$n6a@cnn.isc-br.com> <1996Apr21.062648.3652@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) wrote: >I believe he is asking about the DSP 100 from Comer Communications. Hi Gary, the PC is an *extremely* noisy environment. I personally wouldn't want my radio to be powered from the PC power supply or be close to a 200 MHz processor. How has the experience been so far with this product? One still needs an external box for an amp. I can control my ICOM equipment directly from a serial port on my PC. I really don't see the attraction. 73, Cecil, KG7BK, OOTC From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:49 1996 From: kq4lo@rbdc.rbdc.com (Hal Garrison) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: County Hunters - All 100 North Carolina Counties in 72 hours Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 03:53:36 GMT Message-ID: <31804750.1690084790@rbdc.rbdc.com> ALL 100 NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES IN 72 HOURS! (Winston-Salem, NC)- The Forsyth Amateur Radio Club, Inc., a non-profit organization made up of amateur radio operators from around the Piedmont, has announced a fund raising campaign geared towards replacing and upgrading its radio tower and antennas located at the Red Cross Chapter House on Coliseum Drive in Winston-Salem. Called the Great W4NC County Chase, the fund raiser will take place starting Friday, April 26, 1996 at 6pm and finish at 6pm on Monday, April 29. Six members of the W4NC Contest team, a group of amateur radio operators within the club who participate in several world wide radio contests each year, will board an RV at the Red Cross and attempt to drive through all 100 counties of the state of North Carolina in 72 hours. While on the road, they will contact amateur radio stations around the world with the radio gear which will be on board. The driving and the radio operation will be continuous throughout the 72 hour period, as "County Hunters" from around the world will seek a contact while the vehicle moves from county to county. Other members of the club will be manning the W4NC club station at the Red Cross to keep up with the vehicle's position. Members of the Forsyth Amateur Radio club will be soliciting pledges from friends, family and work colleagues in the amount of 1 cent per mile. Since the trip will be roughly 2200 miles in length, each 1 cent pledge will be considered a $22.00 donation to our tower replacement effort. (Because of our non-profit status, your pledge may be considered as a donation for tax purposes. Consult your financial advisor for more information.) The Forsyth Amateur Radio Club recently celebrated its 65th anniversary this past December. Our hobby, besides being a great way to learn about the art of radio and meet new people, exists to provide communication to the community in times of disaster and need. These times include Hurricanes Andrew and Hugo; The Great May 5th Storm of 1989; and as recently as the Blizzard of '96 and the following ice storm. Ham operators aid the Red Cross, local Emergency Management officials, and local community as a whole by providing communication during disasters, aid in staffing shelters, assist in transmitting messages to affected parties, and while in their vehicles, can pass condition reports to the necessary agencies. This fund raiser is to assure that our services can be carried out the most efficient way possible by keeping our equipment and antennas up-to-date while making necessary replacements and repairs to our existing facilities. Here is the schedule which we will be keeping with the tracking team: Top of every hour 7.260Mhz(and down)during daylight hours 3.860Mhz(and down)during night time hours 14.336 mobile net-As propogation allows Tarheel Emergency Net- 3.923Mhz 7:30pm(2330Z) Breakfast Club Net- 3.973Mhz 5:00am 3905 Century Club Net- 3.905Mhz, 10:00pm(0200Z) Other HF freqs. include "the sixties"... 3.860Mhz 7.260Mhz 14.260Mhz AS PROPOGATION ALLOWS 21.360Mhz 28.360Mhz For more information, check out FARC's homepage at http://www.rbdc.com/~kq4lo/farc.htm 73 ...Hal... From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:50 1996 From: Ben Hastings Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DJ-G1T Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:02:38 -0700 Message-ID: <317D618E.28CE@concentric.net> I was wondering if any of you had any mods for the alinco DJ-G1T and if you had any good/bad points about the radio Thanks -- Ben Hastings KC8DBW benh@concentric.net From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:51 1996 From: Ben Hastings Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DJ-G1T Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:02:58 -0700 Message-ID: <317D61A2.47B2@concentric.net> I was wondering if any of you had any mods for the alinco DJ-G1T and if you had any good/bad points about the radio Thanks -- Ben Hastings KC8DBW benh@concentric.net From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:52 1996 From: Philips Telecom Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: DXBase Date: Fri, 26 Apr 96 14:09:33 GMT Message-ID: <830527773snz@ptpropn.demon.co.uk> References: <830520201snz@ptpropn.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: group@ptpropn.demon.co.uk I have the DXbase info now Thanks and 73 Fred From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:53 1996 From: Philips Telecom Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: DXBase Date: Fri, 26 Apr 96 12:03:21 GMT Message-ID: <830520201snz@ptpropn.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: group@ptpropn.demon.co.uk Can anyone help with the address of the DXbase web site please? TIA Fred G4BWP From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:54 1996 Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Message-ID: <1996Apr23.000744.6651@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4ldt11$g49@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:07:44 GMT In article <4ldt11$g49@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> bonds@ix.netcom.com writes: >Tech Support -- Camille Klein wrote: >>--Camille, loving the Triangle but at the same time missing Minnesota. > >Hey, as we say to our Yankee friends who think we are all just a bunch >of stupid rednecks....Delta can have yo butt back in Minnesota in >about 2.5 hours. Probably not. Delta has come to stand for Doesn't Ever Leave The Airport since they unwisely laid off too many of their staff. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:55 1996 From: goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: 23 Apr 1996 16:12:01 GMT Message-ID: <4livgh$bak@dg-rtp.dg.com> References: <4lgakj$icl@dg-rtp.dg.com> <4lgpfh$d86@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> James Warren Price (jwprice@unity.ncsu.edu) wrote: : Bob Goudreau (goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com) wrote: : : : : Tornadoes are "very rare beasts" here? Since when? : : Relatively speaking, yes. No. She said "very rare", not "rare relative to (say) Kansas". States where tornadoes can correctly be deemed "very rare" would probably include Vermont or Hawaii or Washington. But tornadoes are really not all that uncommon in eastern North Carolina during the spring and summer. : One bit of supporting evidence is how y'all respond to them. I'm not exactly sure what this means. If you mean that we can only come up with singular examples of tornadoes in NC, you're wrong. Check out the back issues of local papers like the N&O to see how often tornadoes strike their readership area. Of course, tornadoes that result in loss of human life (e.g., the one in the late 1980s that killed four people and destroyed a Raleigh Kmart) are far rarer than storms that destroy only property, but that's true anywhere. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Goudreau Data General Corporation goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com 62 Alexander Drive +1 919 248 6231 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:56 1996 From: tackett@nando.net (Jack Tackett) Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: 25 Apr 1996 14:58:36 GMT Message-ID: <4lo3us$7dv@castle.nando.net> References: <4l9p49$ih7@ralph.vnet.net> Gary Pearce (kn4aq.gary@mms.net) wrote: : Eyewitness Account of the Zebulon Tornadoes Gary, although many have , while not flamed you, have singed you and the other SKYWARN volunteers, all I have to say is thank you for your service to us, its not much I know, but Thanks. --Jack From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:57 1996 From: bhoyle@ac.net Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 06:27:27 GMT Message-ID: <4lmrhb$rok@primus.ac.net> References: <4l9p49$ih7@ralph.vnet.net> <317B9ACB.52F5@telerama.lm.com> Some people like to skydive, some like to climb mountians ( Everst, K2, etc.) , and alot of other dangerous things I would not do. But I leave it up to them to decide for themselves what is to dangerous. If someone wants to watch a tornado, do it. But the minimum you should know befor running out to watch one is that they are unpredictable, and you could be killed. If you understand this and still want to watch. Have fun and good luck! Brad Hoyle bhoyle@ac.net From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:40:58 1996 From: Daniel Finn Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RE: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: 27 Apr 1996 03:08:22 GMT Message-ID: <01bb33e6.f93ade20$681c3498@dfinn> References: <4lgakj$icl@dg-rtp.dg.com> <4lki8t$kll@blackice.winternet.com> On Wednesday, April 24, 1996, Camille Klein wrote... > Quoth Bob Goudreau: > > : Tornadoes are "very rare beasts" here? Since when? > > Excuse me--*relatively* rare beasts. "Relatively" rare? They seem to happen more frequently than hurricanes in S. Florida. Would "not uncommon" be an exageration? From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:00 1996 From: jwprice@unity.ncsu.edu (Jim Price N3QYE) Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Eyewitness SKYWARN account of Zebulon (NC) Tornadoes Date: 27 Apr 1996 23:08:11 GMT Message-ID: <4lu9cr$t98@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> References: <4lgakj$icl@dg-rtp.dg.com> <4lki8t$kll@blackice.winternet.com> <01bb33e6.f93ade20$681c3498@dfinn> Daniel Finn (dfinn@nando.net) wrote: : On Wednesday, April 24, 1996, Camille Klein wrote... : > Quoth Bob Goudreau: : > : Tornadoes are "very rare beasts" here? Since when? : > Excuse me--*relatively* rare beasts. : : "Relatively" rare? They seem to happen more frequently than hurricanes in : S. Florida. Would "not uncommon" be an exageration? Stupid comparison. Rare for tornadoes and rare for hurricanes doesn't imply the same frequency. I like my analogy better -- it does snow here in the Piedmont, but everybody freaks out and doesn't know how to handle it, and the same goes for tornadoes, because they aren't frequent enough that people know how to respond properly as do people in, for example, the midwest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jim, N3QYE@jbj.org From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:01 1996 From: rosch@stow3.ogo.dec.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Farnsworth vs Koch Date: 24 Apr 1996 18:24:10 GMT Message-ID: <4llrka$f8j@mrnews.mro.dec.com> I'm attempting to learn Morse code using SuperMorse - great program! However there's an opinion that the "Koch" method is better than the Farnsworth see - http://hawk.nmt.edu/~bateman/sara/finley.sm404.html I cannot seem to understand the difference between the two. Any advice would be very appreciated From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:02 1996 From: alf@kaiwan.com (Alfred Lee) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Farnsworth vs Koch Date: 25 Apr 1996 18:06:32 -0700 Message-ID: <8ozVnClg1mPS068yn@kaiwan.com> References: <4llrka$f8j@mrnews.mro.dec.com> In article <4llrka$f8j@mrnews.mro.dec.com>, rosch@stow3.ogo.dec.com wrote: > I'm attempting to learn Morse code using SuperMorse - great program! > However there's an opinion that the "Koch" method is better than the > Farnsworth see - http://hawk.nmt.edu/~bateman/sara/finley.sm404.html > I cannot seem to understand the difference between the two. > Any advice would be very appreciated > I have also read about the Koch's method. It sounds very appealing to me. I think if I am to learn Morse, Koch's method is the one for me. I think the basic difference between the two methods is that the Koch's method does not allow your brain to do the translation. The Farnsworth's method will send at say 22 WPM dit/dash rate but leaving a long pause between characters so you can mentally replay and recognize the characters. The Koch's method will play each characters at 22 WPM so there is no time for the translation. It also throws only two characters at you so there is a 50% chance you will guess it right. But the nice thing I think is that there are only two characters to learn and hopefully you will soon learn the two character at 22 WPM speed. After that, you will learn only one additional character while reinforcing the old ones. Farnsworth's method does not require this. 73, --- Alfred Lee alf@kaiwan.co m KE6KGV 'The answer is (e^iã + 1) ? "No" : "Yes"' Remembering: KE6LTH, KD6HNU, March 22, 1996 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:02 1996 From: Ken Kushnir Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: FS: 70's Heathkit Catalogs Date: 23 Apr 1996 15:33:23 GMT Message-ID: <4lit83$bhc@ultra.sonic.net> References: <4lfb40$dqe@tofu.alt.net> To: wally@tiffiny.com Send me three, one for each year. UPS COD or let me know will send check Ken 5610 Skylane Blvd Suite B Santa Rosa, Ca. 95403 707 545-8300 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:03 1996 From: Jiandong Liang Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: FS: RF Signal Generator Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 10:33:55 -0600 Message-ID: <317FA973.446B@arc.ab.ca> Vintage military RF signal generator for same. Details in rec.radio.swap. JD From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:04 1996 From: robertso@news.mc.edu (Chad Robertson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: FT-530 DTMF DECODE Trick? I forget. Date: 27 Apr 1996 00:26:16 -0500 Message-ID: <4lsb5o$cvl@csc.mc.edu> References: <4lmqnp$hg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <317f5ecd.3219696@199.86.32.8> Gilbert Baron (gbaron@deskmedia.com) wrote: > cobra295@aol.com (Cobra295) wrote: > >I have a Yaesu 530 and I know there is a way to decode the DTMF digits and > >see them across the LCD.... I forget how to do it and believe it isn't > >published in the manual. If you are talking about the DTMF memories, the instructions are found on page 46-47 of the manual. Basically, have the phone icon diplayed, hold "FM" for a 1/2 sec, and press any numbered key. Then turn the dial to select the DTMF memory number in the memory box at the upper left, and use the arrow keys to display each digit. Good luck. -- | Chad Robertson | http://www.mc.edu/ | | | | ~robertso | e-mail: robertso@mc.edu | From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:05 1996 From: bert@skypilot.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: g4jst-the future of amateur radio Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 14:44:05 GMT Message-ID: <830616255.27992.3@skypilot.demon.co.uk> New challenge for amateur radio. When was the last time that you read or heard something positive about amateur radio? I can't remember either. Everyone recalls and enjoys the Hancock sketch where the man himself played a pompous, petty and technically incompetent ham communicating with a world where everybody wanted to talk and nobody wanted to listen. We remember Tony Hancock's radio amateur because it encapsulates truth about the hobby more accurately than any words that we might write about it. Amateur radio desperately needs a new reason for its continued existence. Radio communications was the principal driving force behind electronics development from its beginnings until the end of the second World War. It was used to tie empires to their mother countries, and then as an instrument of war itself when empires disintegrated. Radio hams found themselves involved in research and development, especially in the early days of radio, and then as a source of specialised skills in the war years. There was a post-war surge of interest fuelled by the availability of surplus equipment, most of which required technical competence to adapt for amateur use. But when this was gone, radio amateurs became simple consumers and mostly bought their equipment off the shelf losing much of their technical independence and usefulness. Galton and Simpson were now able to document Hancock's radio ham. Somewhat paradoxically, the intellectual decline in amateur radio reached a trough when the numbers engaged in the hobby peaked in the early Eighties. Two factors combined and contributed in this. Firstly, the multiple choice entrance examination as an order of magnitude easier to pass than its written predecessor; secondly, radiocomms as a hobby was massively popularised by the CB boom. Most of the new influx could contribute nothing except self-conscious and inane chatter using equipment which owed more to credit card companies than the owners' technicalcompetence. We are now seeing a decline in the number of radio amateurs as the novelty wears off. Naturally, this jaundiced view does not tell the whole story. One only has to look to the work of Amateur satellite groups and the activities of Surrey University to appreciate that some aspects of the hobby remain challenging, educational and useful. A few enlightened souls still manage to push the bounds of RF design engineering, usually by combining the demands of their jobs with the pursuit of their hobby. But if amateur radio is to command any respect - and retain its frequency allocations and privileges - it must take up new challenges. The market requirement for cordless communications once again casts RF engineering as a driving technology. While it seems unlikely that amateur radio could contribute directly at chip level development it has a role to play in enthusing and educating the next generation of RF engineers. As editor of this magazine I hope to hear from radio amateurs prepared to experiment with direct digital synthesis, If band, DSP spread spectrum communications, high performance small signal and large signal RF systems, broad band design techniques and packet transmissions etc. If amateur radio finds itself incapable of of, or indifferent to accepting a new challenge, then it does not deserve to survive. Frank Ogden G4JST. Editor: Electronics World + Wireless World 1994 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:07 1996 From: Dave Hand Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Gainsville Fl Hamfest Info ??? Date: 25 Apr 1996 17:49:30 GMT Message-ID: <4lodva$4jh@jeefers.microdes.com> I was thinking of flying into Gainsville for the Hamfest. If anyone can give me a contact that I can call to get info on location ect. I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance.... Dave Hand WB4HYP Dhand@microdes.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:08 1996 From: ddixon@huntel.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: GPS Receiver For Sale Date: 21 Apr 1996 12:23:32 GMT Message-ID: <4ld9c4$7sa@bubba.NMSU.Edu> Reply-To: ddixon@vianet.net For Sale Magellan GPS NAV DLX-10 Due to expansion underway at the Internet Provider I use if you are interested in the following receiver you will have to contact me via. phone, E-mail is not working at this time! My apologies. Magellan GPS NAV DLX-10, Handheld 10 channel GPS receiver, includes receiver in like new condition, quad helix detachable antenna with 6 ft. extension cable and suction cup mount, Magellan active patch antenna with 30 ft. cable, PC RS232 data and power cable, NEMA/DC power and data cable, 110 AC power supply, extra battery clip, receiver mounting bracket. and manuals. $600+shipping 505-382-0596 DGPS is not readily available here in the Rocky Mountains of NM, and I am going to a code phase survey receiver to allow postprocessing for 2 to 5 Meter accuracy. David Dixon (ddixon@huntel.com) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:09 1996 From: Tom Medlin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Ham WWW Home Pages Date: 27 Apr 1996 20:37:59 GMT Message-ID: <4lu0j7$ft3@tribune.concentric.net> References: <3182577D.19CE@fgi.net> To: bmorgan@fgi.net I have just finished my first home page and it shows my ham shack and has links to amateur radio. I would like to ask anyone that wants to to pleawe link to my page. you can see it at http://www.cris.com/~tcmedlin thanks "Brian D. Morgan" wrote: >I am still collecting WWW Ham related Home Pages. Mine is listed in the >signature. Please e-mail me yours. I would appreciate a link to mine from >yours also. > >73, >-- > >Brian D. Morgan, CPBE >Internet Consultants of Springfield >http://www.fgi.net/~bmorgan/wa9iaf.htm >bmorgan@fgi.net 217-698-5970 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:10 1996 From: "Brian D. Morgan" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ham WWW Home Pages Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 10:21:01 -0700 Message-ID: <3182577D.19CE@fgi.net> I am still collecting WWW Ham related Home Pages. Mine is listed in the signature. Please e-mail me yours. I would appreciate a link to mine from yours also. 73, -- Brian D. Morgan, CPBE Internet Consultants of Springfield http://www.fgi.net/~bmorgan/wa9iaf.htm bmorgan@fgi.net 217-698-5970 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:10 1996 From: DON CHILDRESS Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ham-Fest Banners with changable letters Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 15:22:10 -0700 Message-ID: <317AB512.42DC@camalott.com> "TRADE SHOW" banners with changable letters. Unlimited usage compared to one-time custom printed banners. Indoor or outdoor, nine sizes from 2'X4' to 3 1/2'X19' ...NEW... Patent Pending concept by "Build-A-Banner". E-Mail your postal address for a brochure. Childcd@camalott.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:11 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: oddjob@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Stephen Walters") Subject: Re: HELP!! Mods for alinco 6 MTR Message-ID: References: <4lrkhp$6dh@news.pacifier.com> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 12:06:45 GMT how about getting the Alinco DX-70 on to 70MHz Tx/Rx. G7VFY. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:13 1996 From: narc@pacifier.com () Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HELP!! Mods for alinco 6 MTR Date: 26 Apr 1996 23:00:04 GMT Message-ID: <4lrkhp$6dh@news.pacifier.com> Help, I have recieved a couple mods for the 6 mtr rig but they are not specific enought to be sure what they are refering to as far as the location of the solder pads. There should be a reference part number or bottom left or some kind of aid.... thanks jeff narc@pacifier.com Here is an example........................... TX and RX MOD DR-M06T Alinco RX 32-87Mhz TX 42-70Mhz 1. Remove top and bottom covers. 2. Remove the main dial from the case 3. Remove the front plastic case. 4. Unscrew the 3 screws on the control unit and remove. 5. Locate jumper locations (see diagram) 6. Place solder on the left 2 locations. 7. Reassemble the radio. 8. Reset the Microprocessor ( press and hold [FUNC] and turn on) Control unit backside -------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------- ^ | \ | \ -------------------------- | | | [] [] [] [] | | || || | | [] [] [] [] | | ^--^ place jumpers here | ::::::::: | -------------------------- Expanded RX only Mod RX 40-60 TX 50-54 1. Press and hold the [CALL] key and turn radio on Thats it. Channel display MOD 1. Press and hold the [TOT] key and turn radio on. the radio will no display channel numbers. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:14 1996 From: Malcolm Appleby G3ZNU Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HELP: US trader info, Michigan Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:11:37 +0100 Distribution: world Message-ID: Hi - thanks for reading this. A (non-internet) ham at work is making a trip to Michigan in June and is looking for any information on amateur radio traders in the area - specifically Ann Arbor. Can anyone with access to QST or similar have a look for him please - I'm sure he'll be grateful. Replies by e-mail please to avoid cluttering up the newsgroup. -- Malcolm Appleby G3ZNU From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:15 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: HELP: Grounding Question? Message-ID: <1996Apr25.151542.5433@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <317E9D3A.40E7@shu.ac.uk> <8304340172801@iss.dccc.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 15:15:42 GMT In article <8304340172801@iss.dccc.edu> wcoyle@dccc.edu (William Coyle) writes : > >The sheild from RG8 works good for the copper braid if you have some >sitting around. Coax braid is Ok for DC and 60 Hz AC ground leads, but it makes a poor lightning (and RF) grounding conductor. Smooth, solid, flat copper strap is much better. This is because of skin effect. As each strand of the braid dives into the bundle, skin effect forces the current to try to stay on the surface, and it does that by jumping from strand to strand via the relatively loose (and relatively high resistance) mechanical connections in the weave. Incidentally, this is why flexible braided coax has higher losses than hard line, and why a twisted stranded inner conductor also has higher losses than a solid inner (for use as coax, dielectric losses are also a factor, though not of great importance below VHF, but when the braid is used as a grounding conductor, the dielectric inside the coax (if left in place) doesn't matter). The losses may seem insignificant at amateur power levels, but at the thousands of amperes of a lightning surge, the resistance is sufficient to elevate the far end of the conductor (tens of) thousands of volts above the local Earth potential. That in turn can lead to a potential for electrical shock, or for unintended arc paths to form. The latter can then allow currents to circulate through your equipment via unintended paths, causing damage, if very careful layout is not observed. 5 inch copper strap (also called roofing flashing) is what is commonly recomended for critical grounding conductors. Copper pipe can be used too, but it is a less economic use of copper since only the outside of the circumference will carry RF currents because the inside of the pipe forms a waveguide beyond cutoff for the RF. A flat strap allows both sides of the conductor to conduct, and so is equivalent to a pipe of twice the circumference of the strap's width, IE a 5 inch strap is equivalent to a 10 inch circumference copper pipe (3.18 inch diameter pipe). If you were to pound a 3.18 inch copper pipe flat, it would form a 5 inch strap with twice the thickness of flashing of the same gauge as the pipe material, so you'd be using twice as many pounds of copper for the same electrical effect. Since copper is expensive, using flat strap is more economic. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:16 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: greg@core.rose.hp.com (Greg Dolkas) Subject: Re: How do I run 50 ohm wire thru the wall? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 00:20:34 GMT Distribution: inet References: <4jt38t$c14@puzzle.palace.net> Walt Kornienko (k2wk@crystal.palace.net) wrote: : : I must remind one and all that to pass electrical inspection : (do I have to get it inspected? you bet?) all antenna leadin wires, : coaxial coables, and control wires entering and leaving your shack MUST : pass thru a bulk head that is grounded to the service entrance ground. Ok, so in my case since the service entrance is on one side of the house, and the shack/coax entrance and ground rods are on the other, do I just attach the 3rd wire of the house wiring (ground) to the bulkhead? | % | service shack | % coax feed | entrance |# @@ |---+ %%%%%%@@ lightning mains | | house wiring |# | arrestor ========| |========================_______# | | | safety gnd |#--+ +--+---+ | | | | | | # +----------------------------------+ | # # # service ground ground # rods # # # Doesn't this create a ground loop, or some other sort of safety problem? Also, since *ALL* radio wiring needs to go through the ground window, includin g the power cords for the radios, what sort of device do I use there, and how is it connected? Thanks, Greg KO6TH From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:17 1996 From: nmr1248@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (Nancy Rabel Hall (KC4IYD)) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: How/When did Field Day originate? Date: 23 Apr 1996 16:12 EST Distribution: world Message-ID: <23APR199616122630@mars.lerc.nasa.gov> A friend of mine will be getting some tv coverage for Field Day for the ham club she belongs to. For the coverage she has been asked to provide some backgound information about Field Day, such as when did it start, who started it and why, etc. I know why we have it but I have no idea as to who started Field Day or when the first Field Day occurred. If anyone has any info on this, I would be happy to hear it. My friend does not have email access so email me or post to the group and I'll make sure she gets the info. Thanks and 73 de kc4iyd, Nancy nmr1248@mars.lerc.nasa.gov Nancy Rabel Hall nmr1248@mars.lerc.nasa.gov Space Experiments Division --... ...-- -.. . KC4IYD NASA Lewis Research Center stamp collector, SF addict Cleveland, OH 44135 non-sports card collector From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:18 1996 From: albornoz@ing.ula.ve (Jose Manuel Albornoz Martos) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: HQ 180A Date: 24 Apr 1996 21:42:01 GMT Message-ID: <4lm779$kut@mozart.ing.ula.ve> Wanted : Manuals for Hammarlund HQ 180A receiver. WILLING TO PAY FOR COPIES> E-mail me please From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:19 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: wb6w@netcom.com (Glenn Thomas) Subject: Re: Impending HDTV.... Message-ID: References: Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 04:02:45 GMT HDTV may well be a technical marvel (though most SVGA monitors will provide the same resolution if not the aspect ratio) but what makes you think that the quality (or content) of the shows will be any better than it is now? (yecch!) -- ********************************************************************* * "Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." * * * * wb6w@netcom.com - Glenn Thomas * ********************************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:20 1996 From: jgarver@ichips.intel.com (Jim Garver) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment Subject: Re: intermod vs overload Date: 25 Apr 1996 17:10:37 GMT Message-ID: <4lobmd$fan@news.jf.intel.com> References: <4lg5h8$sm7@newsreader.wustl.edu> In article <4lg5h8$sm7@newsreader.wustl.edu>, Gary Ross Hoffman wrote: >Can someone explain the difference between "intermod" and >"front end overload"? >Thanks I'm surprised that no one has followed up on this simple yet pointed question. Many hams talk about intermod yet I suspect that few know what the term really means. Maybe its in the wrong newsgroup. *rec.radio.amateur.misc* seems to mostly contain followups to Burt, code debates, FM-25 testimonials, and attacks/defense of ham radio in general. I will crosspost this to *rec.radio.amateur.equipment* and route followups to that group which is closest to the technical segment of ham radio, apparently a declining vestage. Its been said that the best way to extract correct information from the Net is to first post incorrect information, so here goes: Front End Overload occurs when a nearby strong signal drives one or more of the active devices in the initial RF circuits of a receiver into their non-linear regions. This may create additional products due to the mixing action of the non-linear device. The result may be spurious signals all over the band. In other cases it may cause the receiver to become deaf to weak signals because the active device has been shifted out of the weak signal region. Intermod, or Intermodulation occurs when a strong signal that is not within the receiver's passband is amplified by successive stages anyway until it is strong enough to overload an active device and drive it into a non-linear condition. In this non-linear condition the device will mix signals with other weaker signals as well as the intended signal. Many more signals will be created by the sum and difference of the mixing action. Some of these product signals may fall within the Intermediate frequency passband and be further amplified by the receiver. This is similar to front end overload except that the offending signal was not strong enough or close enough to cause initial front end overload. It was instead amplified within the receiver's early stages until it did eventually cause an overload condition in a downstream stage. Both of these problems can be cured with tighter filter circuits on the front end of the receiver, preferably before any active devices. Cavity filters work good for VHF/UHF but are expensive and too narrow sometimes. Another cure is reducing the RF gain. If the spurious signals suddenly go away while turning down the RF gain, suspect that intermod was occuring within the RF stages. Vacuum tubes are not as susceptable to either of these problems, I don't how susceptible the various flavors of FET's are compared to bipolar transistors. A related subject not curable with any of these methods is the external mixing at dissimilar metalic joints which may create mixing products outside of the receiver. A local rusty rain gutter for instance. Let's not followup to this with statements like 'go read some ARRL book". Please. WA7LDV -- jgarver@ichips.intel.com WA7LDV I don't speak for Intel From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:23 1996 From: alf@kaiwan.com (Alfred Lee) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: intermod vs overload Date: 25 Apr 1996 18:06:22 -0700 Message-ID: References: <4lg5h8$sm7@newsreader.wustl.edu> In article <4lg5h8$sm7@newsreader.wustl.edu>, Gary Ross Hoffman wrote: > Can someone explain the difference between "intermod" and > "front end overload"? > Thanks I'll give my shot but will appreciate any correction. For this discussion each signal is a pure carrier sinewave. It should also extend to an AM or FM signals. Intermodulation is generated when two or more signals are amplified by an amplifier that has some non-linearity. The results are additional frequencies that do not contain in the original signals are generated. For example, Fa - Fb, 2*Fa - Fb, 2*Fb - Fa, etc. may be generated. When these intermodulation products fall in the passband of the radio IF, audible results may be heard. Frond end overload may cause two different effect. First is that a strong unintended signal gets in the frond end and interfer with the AGC and the resulting reduction in gain causes the desired signal to be lost. Second is that the high signal level may drive the frond end amplifier to enter a non-linear mode and cause intermodulation. 73, --- Alfred Lee alf@kaiwan.co m KE6KGV 'The answer is (e^iã + 1) ? "No" : "Yes"' Remembering: KE6LTH, KD6HNU, March 22, 1996 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:24 1996 From: rwc@ips.oz.au (Regional Warning Centre) Newsgroups: aus.radio.amateur.misc,ips.solar.activity,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Subject: IPS Daily Report - 17 April 96 Date: 17 Apr 1996 23:24:54 -0000 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4l3uk6$hir@flare.syd.ips.oz.au> SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED AT 17/2330Z APRIL 1996 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY. SUMMARY FOR 17 APRIL AND FORECAST FOR 18 APRIL - 20 APRIL ----------------------------------------------------------- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY Activity: Very low Flares: none. Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 69/3 GOES satellite data for 16 Apr Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV: 3.5E+06 Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV: 1.6E+04 Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.4E+09 (very high) X-ray background: A1.0 Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day. 1B. SOLAR FORECAST 18 Apr 19 Apr 20 Apr Activity Very low Very low Very low Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 18 Apr: 70/5 ----------------------------------------------------------- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: Unsettled to active Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 16 Apr Learmonth 22 4433 3533 Fredericksburg 20 11 Planetary 20 10 Observed Kp for 16 Apr: 2233 2323 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST Date Ap Conditions 18 Apr 12 Unsettled 19 Apr 15 Unsettled 20 Apr 15 Unsettled ----------------------------------------------------------- 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY Latitude Band Date Low Middle High 17 Apr Normal Normal Fair-Normal PCA Event : None 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST Latitude Band Date Low Middle High 18 Apr Normal Normal Fair 19 Apr Normal Normal Fair 20 Apr Normal Normal Fair ----------------------------------------------------------- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY Date T index 17 Apr 3 Observed Australian Regional MUFs: Darwin: Depressed up to 30% at times for the period 01-12 UT, otherwise near predicted monthly values. Townsville, Sydney, Canberra and Hobart : Near predicted monthly values. Spread F observed during local night at Darwin and Townsville. Predicted Monthly T index for April: 10 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST Date T index MUFs 18 Apr 5 near predicted monthly values 19 Apr 5 near predicted monthly values 20 Apr 10 near predicted monthly values -- IPS Radio and Space Services | email: rwc@ips.gov.au PO Box 5606 | WWW: http://www.ips.gov.au/rwc/ West Chatswood NSW 2057 AUSTRALIA | FTP: ftp://ftp.ips.gov.au/users/rwc/ tel: +61 2 4148300 | fax: +61 2 4148331 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:26 1996 From: rwc@ips.oz.au (Regional Warning Centre) Newsgroups: aus.radio.amateur.misc,ips.solar.activity,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.info Subject: IPS Daily Report - 26 April 96 Date: 26 Apr 1996 23:38:39 -0000 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4lrmpv$59v@flare.syd.ips.oz.au> SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT ISSUED AT 26/2330Z APRIL 1996 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY. SUMMARY FOR 26 APRIL AND FORECAST FOR 27 APRIL - 29 APRIL ----------------------------------------------------------- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY Activity: Very low Flares: none. Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 68/2 GOES satellite data for 25 Apr Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV: 8.1E+05 Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV: 1.8E+04 Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.4E+08 X-ray background: A1.0 Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day. 1B. SOLAR FORECAST 27 Apr 28 Apr 29 Apr Activity Very low Very low Very low Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 27 Apr: 68/2 ----------------------------------------------------------- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: Quiet Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 25 Apr Learmonth 4 1122 1211 Fredericksburg 6 6 Planetary 5 5 Observed Kp for 25 Apr: 2211 2122 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST Date Ap Conditions 27 Apr 5 Quiet 28 Apr 8 Quiet to unsettled 29 Apr 5 Quiet ----------------------------------------------------------- 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY Latitude Band Date Low Middle High 26 Apr Normal Normal Normal PCA Event : None 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST Latitude Band Date Low Middle High 27 Apr Normal Normal Normal 28 Apr Normal Normal Normal-fair 29 Apr Normal Normal Normal ----------------------------------------------------------- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY Date T index 26 Apr 3 Observed Australian Regional MUFs: Darwin: Depressed 15-30% 08-12UT,spread F observed during the period 13-20UT, otherwise near predicted monthly values. Townsville: Near predicted monthly values, apart from 15% depression observed during the period 07-10UT. Sydney: Near predicted monthly values,apart from 15% enhancement observed during local night. Canberra: Near predicted monthly values. Hobart: Depressed 15% for the period 01-07UT, with spread F observed during 08-12UT, otherwise near predicted monthly valus. Predicted Monthly T index for April: 10 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST Date T index MUFs 27 Apr 5 near predicted monthly values 28 Apr 5 near predicted monthly values 29 Apr 10 near predicted monthly values -- IPS Radio and Space Services | email: rwc@ips.gov.au PO Box 5606 | WWW: http://www.ips.gov.au/rwc/ West Chatswood NSW 2057 AUSTRALIA | FTP: ftp://ftp.ips.gov.au/users/rwc/ tel: +61 2 4148300 | fax: +61 2 4148331 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:27 1996 From: gathings@cetus1f.cs.utk.edu (Golando Gathings) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ka9q not dialing out...Help !!! Date: 27 Apr 1996 20:29:09 GMT Message-ID: <4lu02lINNn1s@CS.UTK.EDU> Keywords: ka9q,ppp I am trying to use ka9q to connect to a linux box via ppp. The .nos files and dialer script look like this .. .nos file : isat on attach asy 0x3F8 4 ppp pp0 1024 296 19200 r dialer pp0 adial.ppp ppp pp0 trace 2 ppp pp0 quick ppp pp0 lcp open ppp pp0 ipcp open route add default pp0 ip ttl 32 tcp mss 1460 tcp window 2920 attach packet 70 en0 8 1500 domain suffix tdic.com domain cache clean on start echo start discard start telnet domain addserver 38.8.82.2 host adhia.tdic.com start ttylink the dialer file : control down wait 3000 speed 19200 control up wait 2000 send "AT&F\r" wait 1000 send "ATE1Q0M1X7V1S7=60\r" wait 1000 ;send "AT &A3&K3&B1&C1&D2&H1&M4&N0&R2&W\r" ;wait 3000 "OK" send "ATDT *70,xxx-xxxx\r" wait 60000 "sername" send "useme\r" wait 3000 "assword" send "password\r" ;wait 3000 "oice" ;send "3\r" ;wait 3000 "PPP". From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:28 1996 From: jgarver@ichips.intel.com (Jim Garver) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Kenwood TM621A cross-band repeat? Date: 24 Apr 1996 15:56:55 GMT Message-ID: <4llj07$l49@news.jf.intel.com> References: <1000@safn8.UUCP> Summary: FUNC-ABC Keywords: 220/2m mobile In article <1000@safn8.UUCP>, Penn McClatchey wrote: >I heard from a former owner that the Knwd TM621A can function >as a cross-band repeater. The manual doesn't mention it. >Anyone know how (if?) it can be done? Press then I haven't tried it on either of my TM-621 radios in several years. is the Automatic Band Change feature, which I also never use. You might check the mod files at: oak.oakland.edu in the /pub3/hamradio/mods/kenwood directory. There are several mods there for the TM-721 which is the same radio except its a 144/440 dual band instead of the 144/220 bands. There seems to be room inside these radios for a THIRD BAND module. Does anybody know what the story on this extra space is? WA7LDV -- <<<<"Put the urban skyline in your rearview mirror and KEEP it there">>>> jgarver@ichips.intel.com WA7LDV I don't speak for Intel From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:29 1996 From: cj@hth.com (Christer Johansson) Newsgroups: comp.robotics.misc,comp.home.automation,sci.electronics.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: L.O.S.A Contribution Form Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 16:24:01 GMT Reply-To: cj@hth.com Message-ID: <317e64b5.0@news.buller.se> List Of Stamp Applications (L.O.S.A for short) ============================================== If you have done something with the BASIC Stamp (big or small) that you are willing to tell others please use the form below and write a short description, nothing fancy is needed just a simple explanation. If you have source code to share that's even better but it's not necessary. Then e-mail the form to: cj@hth.com With the following as the subject: L.O.S.A Contribution Or you could point your Web-browser to the following URL and fill in the L.O.S.A form on the Web-page... http://www.hth.com/losa.htm The latest version of L.O.S.A is going to be posted to the following mailing lists and news groups, I will update it approx. once a month. Mailing lists: BASIC Stamp Mailing List News groups: comp.robotics.misc comp.home.automation sci.electronics.misc rec.radio.amateur.homebrew rec.radio.amateur.misc FTP-site: ftp://ftp.parallaxinc.com/pub/text/losa.txt You can also find the latest version on the following URL... http://www.hth.com/losa.htm [--- cut ---] ====================================================================== - L.O.S.A Contribution Form - ====================================================================== New Contribution [ ] Update [ ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Title : Author: Date: E-mail: (optional) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stamp model : BASIC Stamp/BS1-IC/BS2-IC Code available: YES/NO Filename : (optional) URL : (optional) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Description : (5-50 rows describing your application) ====================================================================== [--- cut ---] If you think something are missing in the "L.O.S.A Contribution Form" please let me know and I will add it. Regards, /Christer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * High Tech Horizon - Christer Johansson - E-mail: cj@hth.com * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * Vi saljer Parallax, Inc. BASIC Stamp's produkter i Skandinavien * >> World Wide Web On-Line Catalog - http://www.hth.com << -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:30 1996 From: roberto@netwide.net (Roberto Franceschetti) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: LogSat for Windows (sat tracking) home page + Moon keps Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:46:47 GMT Message-ID: <317d3391.42271816@news.netwide.net> Anyone interested in satellite tracking might want to take a trip to: http://www.netwide.net/logsat It's the home page of LogSat Professional, a satellite tracking program under Windows. The commercial version of the software is advertised there, but you may download the demo version as well. The site also carries fresh keps (updated daily) for about 700-900 satellites, available both as a zip file or in uncompressed format, ready to be read by tracking programs. Also available are pseudo Keplerian elements for the Moon, which will allow you to track it just as if it was a normal artificial satellite. Of course there will also be a few links to other interesting pages related to ham radio. 73s, Roberto Franceschetti ik8sqi From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:31 1996 From: dara@physics.att.com (Shel Darack) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Macintosh software advice wanted Date: 23 Apr 1996 16:37:24 GMT Message-ID: <4lj104$auj@nntpa.cb.att.com> I am considering changing from an old pc XT to a Macintosh IIx for use in my station. This would mean changing my packet software (eg getting Kantronics Hostmaster for Mac) as well as logging and satellite tracking. I also have an interface to my Kenwood TS 440. I would like to use all of these and could use some advice about doing this with the Mac. Please respond to my new email (or post here) tnx Shel WA2UBK shel@fuwutai.att.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:33 1996 From: Jim Cummings Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Mental Block? (was: Selling out of ham radio) Date: 24 Apr 1996 16:11:18 GMT Message-ID: <4lljr6$s3t@crc-news.doc.ca> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F895.2E15@telerama.lm.com> <4l9csk$l0g@maw.montana.com> <4lajbq$d5t@irk.zetnet.co.uk> mattro@radware.net (Matt Roberts) wrote: >> > despite about 30 years experience in hardware and software, including >> > rf design, the code requirement kept me out of the hobby. i am currently >> > working at the 13 wpm test, so i can employ more efficient digital >> >> Good luck with the test. An old friend of mine was similarly experienced >> in radio and enjoyed the hobby but found a mental block when it came to >> Morse code. > >A lot of people on welfare today have a 'mental block' when it comes to worki ng, but as long >as we keep giving them what they want, they just keep taking it. Seems the s ame is holding >true for good ol' amateur radio. Welfare is, usually, granted to those in need, who for financial, medical or any other legitimate reason, is supplied by the state the resources that it feels are sufficient to keep body and soul together (whether it is sufficient, or is extravagant is another debate.) The funding for welfare comes from the pockets of each one of us throught our municipal, provincial (state), and federal taxes. If someone claims that welfare, it is taking that money, indirectly, from my pocket. If the claim is illigetimate, then that same pocket has been summarily emptied illegimately. But the code/no-code debate is not analaguous to me, the tax payer. In fact, if Morse code test were abolished, perhaps my tax dollars would decrease. No doubt, however, it would be incrementally small because it would be more of an administrative savings, than actual. Surely there is no doubt that if Morse code testing were abolished, there would be no measurable increase in interference from amateur stations. Therefore, the analogy that Morse code is a reflection of our supposedly give-away times doesn't stand up to scrutiny because the abolition of Morse code isn't "something for nothing", but the continuance of such testing is "nothing for something". >Doesn't really matter though, since all I have to do these >days is shout 'hearing problem' and I get a code free...what?...Advanced or E xtra? Why >work? > As I understand it, in the U.S., a candidate can produce a medical certificate attesting that the candidate is unable to take a Morse code test due to a disability. I understand that this was undertaken in accordance with equal access provisions of U.S. laws because it was felt that the incapacity to write a Morse code test should not be a barrier to one being able up-grade to the highest level of amateur certification. Regardless of the merits of such a provision, where it is viewed as amateur radio's contribution to affirmative action, it does seem to be a signal example of reverse discrimination, but not only that, but one could draw the conclusion that the U.S. government has determined that Morse code for higher certification is indeed superfluous. Those who have a disability have a means of upgrading their qualifications without Morse code testing beyond 5 words per minute, while those that are able=bodied must demonstrate their capabilities. If Morse code is not required by those that are handicapped, why is there the necessity for those who are not must take the test? An irony that is almost pervers. >By the way, I wonder if that guy ever sold his gear... Send him and e-mail to find out. >---- >Matt Roberts, KK5JY, >mattro@radware.net > > > 73 and live better digitally Jim, VE3XJ I see from ma From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:34 1996 From: khamer@axionet.com (Ken Hamer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Mental Block? (was: Selling out of ham radio) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 96 01:21:07 PST Message-ID: <4lncmf$k3e@blues.axionet.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F895.2E15@telerama.lm.com> <4l9 <4lmi6f$fen@crash.microserve.net> Two guys said: > >>If someone claims that welfare, it is taking that money, indirectly, >>from my pocket. If the claim is illigetimate, then that same pocket >>has been summarily emptied illegimately. > >The emptying of your pocket is illegitimate regardless of the use to >which the money is put. Neither you nor I have a contract with the >government that grants them permission to do this. > Uhhhh........WHAT?!?!?!????!?!??! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:35 1996 From: Jim Cummings Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Mental Block? (was: Selling out of ham radio) Date: 25 Apr 1996 12:25:52 GMT Message-ID: <4lnr0g$jsd@crc-news.doc.ca> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F895.2E15@telerama.lm.com> <4l9csk$l0g@maw.montana.com> <4lajbq$d5t@irk.zetnet.co.uk> <4lljr6$s3t@crc-news.doc.ca> <4lmi6f$fen@crash.microserve.net> jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) wrote: > Jim Cummings wrote: > >>If someone claims that welfare, it is taking that money, indirectly, >>from my pocket. If the claim is illigetimate, then that same pocket >>has been summarily emptied illegimately. > >The emptying of your pocket is illegitimate regardless of the use to >which the money is put. Neither you nor I have a contract with the >government that grants them permission to do this. > >73, >Jack WB3U No you are wrong Jack. You neo-conservative viewpoint is not only unacceptable, but impractical. Although you are entitled to your opinion, your attempt to drag me into a viewpoint that is unacceptable is uncalled for. Please desist. 73 and live better digitally Jim, VE3XJ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:37 1996 From: Jim Cummings Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Mental Block? (was: Selling out of ham radio) Date: 26 Apr 1996 12:43:11 GMT Message-ID: <4lqgcv$bl5@crc-news.doc.ca> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F895.2E15@telerama.lm.com> <4l9csk$l0g@maw.montana.com> <4lajbq$d5t@irk.zetnet.co.uk> <4lljr6$s3t@crc-news.doc.ca> <4lmi6f$fen@crash.microserve.net> <4lnr0g$jsd@crc-news.doc.ca> <4lpav5$8tf@crash.microserve.net> To: jackl@pinetree.microserve.com jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) wrote: > Jim Cummings wrote: >>jackl@pinetree.microserve.com (WB3U) wrote: > >>>The emptying of your pocket is illegitimate regardless of the use to >>>which the money is put. Neither you nor I have a contract with the >>>government that grants them permission to do this. > >>No you are wrong Jack. You neo-conservative viewpoint is not only >>unacceptable, but impractical. > >I merely stated a fact. It is no more unacceptable or impractical >than any other truth. > No you have not stated a fact, as I point out once again, you have mearly stated an opinion of which I do not share. >>Although you are entitled to your opinion, your attempt to drag me >>into a viewpoint that is unacceptable is uncalled for. > >Whether you like it or not Jim, what I said is directly related to >your previous post. It is, in fact, the basis for the "perverse" >nature of the U.S. rules that you so clearly pointed out. Even a >cursory inspection reveals that socialism extracts a higher toll from >those who are capable than from those who aren't. Oh really, based on what facts? A cursory examination of the rampant neo-conservative views and the application of which seem to be prevelant in your country would indicate otherwise. For example, examine the the mortality rate of births in the U.S. I understand that the infant mortality rate in the US is now higher than in certain Third World nations. Hardly an endorsement of aggresive free market principles. Unless, of course, it is your government's policy to have such a high infant mortality rate resulting in less welfare later on? I have my doubts. By the way, you may not indeed have a written contract, but there is a social contract between the government and its electorate. Part of that social contract is that the state undertakes to protect the individual from the those who do not wish to abide by the norms and standards for a decent life. The punishment for failure to follow these norms and standards, is the law. I understand that the U.S. has the highest incarcertation rate of any nation in the western world, so much so that I heard recently that your country is building one prison per week. Yet, when the backgrounds of most of these inmates are examined, you find that there are common threads of their lives... poverty, violence, drugs, crime. Now, I do not believe that welfare will solve all those problems, because no one answer is the cure, but it would seem to me that it would be more cost effective to have welfare to mitigate these vices, than to spend even more money to house these individuals in these universities of crime and depravity. If you don't wish to be taxed in order to help your fellow man, Jack, you have every right to campaign for that. But the social costs that you will pay down the road will be far greater. Pay me now, or pay even more, as the man once said. >You don't want to >accept the analogy, but it is absolutely appropriate and it explains >the mystery that you would prefer to leave undisclosed (and >undiscussed). > Pray, tell me which mystery is it that I do not wish to discuss? I would be most pleased to know what is that I fear not discuss for which I have no idea to what you refer. >>Please desist. > >This reminds me of an English couple I met a few years ago. First >they stated that Thatcher would be greatly offended by anyone who >called her a socialist. Then, in the same breath, they justified >their government's behaviour on the grounds that most people prefer >guardianship to freedom. > The point being?.... >It takes some pretty tall boots to wade in on that side of the fence. > .. and even taller boots to wade through the accompanying bovine scatology. >73, >Jack WB3U 73 and live better digitally Jim, VE3XJ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:38 1996 From: Mat Eshpeter Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Mobile crankup tower -- any manufacturers ? Date: 25 Apr 1996 13:49:47 GMT Message-ID: <4lnvtr$r1g@arl-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> My company has a requirement for a mobile crankup tower; that is, a crankup tower mounted on a trailer. Can anyone help me by providing me with manufacturers who may be able to build (or already have) such equipment ? Thanks for any help. Mat ve3yxt mat@clearnet.com (905) 837-3066 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:39 1996 From: flanagan@genie.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Mobile HF Nets Date: 28 Apr 1996 03:04:31 GMT Distribution: usa Message-ID: <4lun7v$7lv@rock101.genie.net> I haven't spent a great deal of time mobiling cross-country, but my wife and I are planning on a roundtrip from California to New York and back later this summer and will be taking an HF-equipped car. I understand that 40 meters is the common daytime mobile frequency and that there are nets whose sole purpose is to keep track of those mobiling around the country. Could someone give me the frequencies of these nets and perhaps some additional information on them? Thanks very much. -- Dick Flanagan, W6OLD - (flanagan@genie.com) - Minden, NV From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:40 1996 From: garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net (Gary Schwartz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: National Amateur Radio Week? Date: 25 Apr 1996 04:52:25 GMT Message-ID: <4ln0e9$pt1@hummin.sol.net> Does anyone know when National Amateur Radio Week is in the U.S. ?? Is there a QST reference? -- 73, Gary K9GS __________________ / K9GS |______________________________ / FP/K9GS, TO5M |Society of Midwest Contesters |____________________ ( | garyk9gs@solaria.sol.net |Secretary/Treasurer/ \ Gary Schwartz | K9GS@WA9KEC.WI.USA.NOAM | Greater Milwaukee/ \__________________| PacketCluster: NB9C | DX Association ( (________________________________| GMDXA \ (_____________________\ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:41 1996 From: Peter Coffee AC6EN <72631.113@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: National Amateur Radio Week? Date: 26 Apr 1996 15:31:06 GMT Message-ID: <4lqq7q$kc5$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> I forget the dates, but I just saw the announcement on the ARRL Web site. Last year, Ham Week ended with Field Day weekend, which makes sense and might well be the case again this year. ARRL has a publicity kit that's available for the asking -- again, the Web site (www.arrl.org) is an easy place to request this. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:42 1996 From: gerheim@sonalysts.com (Al Gerheim) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc Subject: Need only UT for RTTY WAS Date: 23 Apr 1996 16:09:38 GMT Message-ID: <4livc2$11n@hatch.sonalysts.com> If you can help, please email me at gerheim@sonalysts.com or al212@osfn.rhilinet.gov Thanks! -- *********************************************************************** Dr. Al Gerheim, N4QN | I cried because I had | Sonalysts Inc. POB 280 gerheim@sonalysts.com | no shoes till I met a | 215 Parkway North 1 (800) 526-8091 X218 | man who had no class. | Waterford CT 06385 ********************************************************************** From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:42 1996 From: John Mullan Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Need Telnet IP #'s Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 14:58:09 -0700 Message-ID: <317EA3F1.613E@sr.hp.com> References: Mike Kapitan wrote: > > Need the Telnet IP #'s for the F6CNB DX cluster, also the callsign server > at ualr (have their www address already but find telnetting to be > quicker). > > Thanks in advance, > > Mike, KM6WB callsign.ualr.edu 2000 works for me. Sorry I can't help with the DX cluster info 73 de KD2LQ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:43 1996 From: mikeka@earthlink.net (Mike Kapitan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Need Telnet IP #'s Date: 24 Apr 1996 19:08:23 GMT Message-ID: Need the Telnet IP #'s for the F6CNB DX cluster, also the callsign server at ualr (have their www address already but find telnetting to be quicker). Thanks in advance, Mike, KM6WB From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:44 1996 From: Will Flor Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Old Radio Clubs Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 11:16:05 -0500 Message-ID: <317D0245.5B6E@rrgroup.com> References: <4lavsb$dui@news.cais.com> Patrick Cook wrote: > > clubs like the DRC (Denver Radio Club), which has been around since World > War II, and is *one* of the oldest (if not *the* oldest) clubs in the nation , > and is the first club I ever joined. > The Milwaukee Radio Amateurs Club has been in continuous existence since 1917. 73 de Will KB9JTT MRAC member (the first club *I* joined) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:45 1996 From: rpeebles@ix.netcom.com(Rob Peebles) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: On Glass Antennas ? Date: 24 Apr 1996 22:00:21 GMT Message-ID: <4lm89l$3fk@dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> References: <00001fef+0000430c@msn.com> In <00001fef+0000430c@msn.com> datech@msn.com (David Armstrong) writes: > >Has anbody had experience with on glass mount antennas for 2 M and/or >70 cm ? Do they work ? >Ever heard of burning a hole through the window with too much power ? > I have a Larsen 2/440 antenna on my 94 Integra. I went with the glass mount because of the hatchback design of the car. It seems to work about as well as the Larsen NMO mount 2/440, and performance on 440 is a lot better than on 2 meters. It appears that they changed the design somewhere along the line. A friend has the new style on an Acura just like mine, the new antenna is shorter and from what I understand it doesn't have any adjustments that can be made to it on the assembly line. The current version doesn't seem to perform as well on 2 meters. If the outside coupler gets filled with water, the SWR goes through the roof and it radiates about as well as a Cantenna. Then you'll have to take the coupler apart, dry it out, and put it back together with RTV. It does ok around town for what it is, but I would only use it as a last resort. The next time I buy a car I'm going to think about antennas before I get off the lot. :-) -- Rob Peebles, WD8LXX Dublin, Ohio From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:46 1996 From: Alexander Parkinson Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: On Glass Antennas ? Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 16:43:13 -0500 Message-ID: References: <00001fef+0000430c@msn.com> David Glass mounted antennas work just fine around urban areas. I use a Midland 2M cellular look alike. The SWR across the band is less than 2:1 with noticable gain over a standard 1/4 wave MM. The only caveat I would add is don't mount antenna on tinted glass windows or rear windows with built in defogger wires. My antenna is mounted on the top edge of rear passenger side window. No need to drill holes for surface mounts. 73 Alexander VE4APN E-mail: alpark@freenet.mb.ca Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada N 49 deg., 53 min., W 97 deg.16 min. Time zone: CST = UTC-6, CDT = UTC-5 On 22 Apr 1996, David Armstrong wrote: > Has anbody had experience with on glass mount antennas for 2 M and/or 70 cm ? > Do they work ? > Ever heard of burning a hole through the window with too much power ? > > Much appreciated > > 73 de David - VK3KXJ > > From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:48 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Packet-Internet, & Internet-Packet Gateways Message-ID: <1996Apr23.000405.6562@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <199604080015.RAA22383@bing.ncw.net> <8291033977405@omnisystem.com> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:04:05 GMT In article Patri ck Cook writes: >On 9 Apr 1996, Jeff wrote: > >> I wouldn't recommend that ANY Ham interconnect Packet with the Internet! >> The two systems can be quite incompatible with respect to potential >> commercial >> traffic as well as the likelihood of frequently colorful language.... >> If you want to get on packet, go packet. If you want the 'Net, log-on. > >Gee. That sure is funny. If this is the case, then why are there groups >of hams who are devoting - in some cases - ENTIRE STATIONS to the world of >TCP/IP?!?!? Probably because TCP/IP is a useful protocol for packet radio. Its use does not require a connection to the public wired networks. We make extensive use of it in GRAPES as a purely amateur radio protocol, with each of our switches running TCP/IP and doing TCP/IP routing. Our user stations often use TCP/IP as a transport protocol for amateur radio Email and file transfers. No connection to the public wired network is implied. >If this is the case, then we *really* don't need the AMPRnet then. Now >do we?!?!? Do you know what the acronym AMPRNET stands for? It stands for AMateur Packet Radio NETwork. Imagine that, no mention of the public wired network at all, it's an *amateur radio* network. >Somebody feel free to correct me if I'm mis-reading the above quoted message. Consider it done. Note that interconnecting an amateur radio packet network with the public wired networks can and is being done by some amateurs. Like a phone patch connection, however, it is a specialized third party interconnect that must be done sparingly and with extreme care because of the different rules which apply to amateur radio compared to the rules (or lack of rules) which apply to the public switched networks. De minimus, a firewall must be erected at the interface of the two networks. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:49 1996 From: nicos@spidenet.COM.cy (NICOS HADJIMILTIS) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: PC--Modem-- Transciver Date: 24 Apr 96 17:41:07 GMT Message-ID: <199604241741.UAA20354@mail0.spidernet.net> Hello and thank you for reading my message. I would like to ask, if it is at all possible to use a telephone modem to send/recive data on a transciver instead of of using it on a telephone line. If you can help please drop me a line. Thank you 73 NICOS 5B4CV From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:50 1996 From: nicos@spidernet.COM.cy (NICOS HADJIMILTIS) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: PC--Modem-- Transciver Date: 24 Apr 96 17:41:09 GMT Message-ID: <199604241741.UAA20357@mail0.spidernet.net> Hello and thank you for reading my message. I would like to ask, if it is at all possible to use a telephone modem to send/recive data on a transciver instead of of using it on a telephone line. If you can help please drop me a line. Thank you 73 NICOS 5B4CV E-Mail: nicos@spidernet.com.cy @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:52 1996 From: delaney@j51.com (Matthew Delaney) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Public Service IDing? Date: 24 Apr 1996 22:12:28 GMT Message-ID: <4lm90c$20f@tzlink.j51.com> I've heard public service communications taking place, and they've IDed by saying such things as "check point 1", "finish line", etc... Is it legal to use this instead of their callsigns? Please email your response, I need to know ASAP (got a walk-a-thon this Sunday) Thanks de N2MDB -- Matthew Delaney N2MDB delaney@j51.com ax.25: n2mdb@k2sk.#eny.ny.usa.na Technical Engineer - @North. Head IMP - Quasar MUD (delaney.j51.com:4000) Personal - http://www.j51.com/~delaney @North Group - http://www.chsn.org From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:53 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc From: n1ist@netcom.com (Michael L. Ardai) Subject: Re: Public Service IDing? Message-ID: References: <4lm90c$20f@tzlink.j51.com> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 02:55:15 GMT In article <4lm90c$20f@tzlink.j51.com> delaney@j51.com (Matthew Delaney) write s: -I've heard public service communications taking place, and they've IDed -by saying such things as "check point 1", "finish line", etc... Is it -legal to use this instead of their callsigns? This comes up from time to time. Tactical callsigns (Checkpoint 1) can be used, BUT DO NOT constitute valid ID. You must also use your callsign. Tacticals make it much easier for everyone involved (no need to remember who is on duty at "finish line" right now), and are very commonly used in public service events. At the end of your exchange with net control (or after 10 mins, if you are taking that long...), just sign with "checkpoint 1, n1ist clear"; that satisfies the FCC requirements on ID'ing. (Actually, please use your call instead of mine :-) /mike -- \|/ Michael L. Ardai N1IST n1ist@netcom.com \|/ -*- --- Boston Amateur Radio Club: http://www.barc.org/barc --- -*- /|\ or send "info barc-list" to listserv@netcom.com /|\ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:54 1996 From: dpmoore@west.net (Dan Moore) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Ramsey FX-440 Date: Wed, 24 Apr 96 16:42:16 GMT Message-ID: <4lm07k$1h7@daffy.sb.west.net> I'm looking for information on the Ramsey FT-440. I recently read an article in QST on modifing the Ramsey 2 meter and 70 cm kit radios, adding PL, DTMF and uProcessor scanning etc. It looks like a fun project HOWEVER I've heard the FT-440 is dificult to build and align. I would appreciate a response from anyone who has built the FT-440. Please respond to my email address. dpmoore@west.net Thanks to anyone who can help 73 Dan Moore WD6CYI From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:55 1996 From: Dangerboy Newsgroups: triangle.general,triangle.radio,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Rednecks? (was: Eyewitness SKYWARN account...) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 11:04:46 EDT Message-ID: References: <4ldt11$g49@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> On Sun, 21 Apr 1996 bonds@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Hey, as we say to our Yankee friends who think we are all just a bunch > of stupid rednecks....Delta can have yo butt back in Minnesota in > about 2.5 hours. (But you do have to go through Atlanta first, therefore subjecting them to *EVEN MORE* rednecks!) I guess that's what Northwest is for. Babbling merrily along, Sam ---------------------------- Sam Meyer (aka Sage Dangerboy of the Temporal Sponge) smeyer1@ic3.ithaca.edu (also sammeyer@vivarin.pc.cc.cmu.edu) President, Ithaca College chapter, Militant Gardening Club ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - "Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking | "I'm not God...I was part that wonders what the part that isn't | just misquoted." thinking isn't thinking of." | --Dave Lister, --They Might Be Giants | RED DWARF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:56 1996 From: wlfuqu00@service1.UKy.EDU (William L. Fuqua III) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: ref: Suggest Digital Requirement Instead Of CW Date: 23 Apr 96 13:28:34 GMT Message-ID: <199604231328.JAA01226@service1.cc.uky.edu> Manual CW is the minimum digital requirement. William L. Fuqua III P.E. E-mail WLFUQU00@POP.UKY.EDU Phone (606) 257-415 5 Department of Physics and Astronomy CP-177 Chem. Phys. Bldg. University of Kentucky , Lexington, Ky 40506-0055 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:57 1996 From: jillngus@slip.net () Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Repeaters in San Rafael, CA Area? Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 05:42:36 GMT Message-ID: <4ln3if$9si@news1.slip.net> References: <4letvm$dth@piglet.cc.utexas.edu> davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (KB5ELV) wrote: >Hi, >At the end of May, I will be going out to San Rafael, CA for guide dog >training and will be there for about a month. Can anyone send me some 2 >meter/440MHZ repeaters I might get into while I'm there? I do plan to >bring an HT with me. >Thanks. >-- >Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV | PC-MATTIC >Voice: (512) 441-3246 | MAXIMUM Adaptive Technology >Internet: davros@eden.com | Training, Integration, and Consulting >davros@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu | Voice: (512) 441-3246 San Rafael is a close suburb of San Francisco. There will be repeaters on virtually every available repeater split on you ht. The ones closest to you will be the K6GWE repeater system at 146.70 -600, 147.33 +600 (both PL 179.9) and 443.250 + 5.0 (PL82.5). Virtually all Bay Area repeaters require PL. Enjoy you stay...73..gus wa6wbc From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:59 1996 From: Will Rogers Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Restrictive Tower Ordinances Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:01:47 -0700 Message-ID: <317D8B8B.2FE4@flinet.com> Hello! Things are hopping here in Palm Beach County, Florida. The county's citizen's task force is in the process of drafting a new tower ordinance. The request is for anyone who might have, or know where we can find, information and/or briefs of cases where PRB-1 has been used to combat overly restrictive ordinances. Please reply to this address: wa4lqo@flinet.com Thanks and 73 Will WA4LQO e-mail wa4lqo@flinet.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:41:59 1996 From: pacrimgolf@saba.kuentos.guam.net (Jim Kehler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Restrictive Tower Ordinances Date: 24 Apr 1996 12:49:47 GMT Message-ID: <4ll81b$2a8@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> References: <317D8B8B.2FE4@flinet.com> Will Rogers (wa4lqo@flinet.com) wrote: : Hello! : Things are hopping here in Palm Beach County, Florida. The county's : citizen's task force is in the process of drafting a new tower ordinance. : The request is for anyone who might have, or know where we can find, : information and/or briefs of cases where PRB-1 has been used to combat : overly restrictive ordinances. : Please reply to this address: : wa4lqo@flinet.com : Thanks and 73 : Will WA4LQO : e-mail wa4lqo@flinet.com Will, I suggest you contact the ARRL. They have a bunch of experience in that field. 73, Jim KH2D From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:00 1996 From: nj8x@ix.netcom.com (Dale Holloway) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Restrictive Tower Ordinances Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:35:28 GMT Message-ID: <317e9e64.2792661@nntp.ix.netcom.com> References: <317D8B8B.2FE4@flinet.com> On Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:01:47 -0700, Will Rogers wrote: >Hello! > >Things are hopping here in Palm Beach County, Florida. The county's >citizen's task force is in the process of drafting a new tower ordinance. > >The request is for anyone who might have, or know where we can find, >information and/or briefs of cases where PRB-1 has been used to combat >overly restrictive ordinances. Correction on the ARRL web site. It's . Sorry about that! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:01 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: Tom Skelton Subject: Re: Restrictive Tower Ordinances Message-ID: Reply-To: Tom.Skelton@ColumbiaSC.ATTGIS.COM (skeltt) References: <4ll81b$2a8@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 16:13:38 GMT >==========Jim Kehler, 4/24/96========== > >Will Rogers (wa4lqo@flinet.com) wrote: >: Hello! > >: Things are hopping here in Palm Beach County, Florida. The county's >: citizen's task force is in the process of drafting a new tower >ordinance. > >: The request is for anyone who might have, or know where we can find, >: information and/or briefs of cases where PRB-1 has been used to combat >: overly restrictive ordinances. > >: Please reply to this address: > >: wa4lqo@flinet.com > >: Thanks and 73 > >: Will WA4LQO > > >: e-mail wa4lqo@flinet.com > >Will, I suggest you contact the ARRL. They have a bunch of >experience in that field. > >73, Jim KH2D > Also write Jim Altman, N4UCK, in Atlanta. He won a sterling case and managed to get Fulton county (I think that's the right one) to re-write their zoning. It took a Federal level lawsuit, but he's a lawyer and he did it. Now N4NX gets to keep his 100 ft tower, KT34XA tribander and 40m yagi. Good luck! 73, tom WB4iUX Tom.Skelton@ColumbiaSC.ATTGIS.COM From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:03 1996 From: Joe Fitter BV/N0IAT Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RPTRLNK3 --- where is the URL? Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:58:16 -0700 Message-ID: <317D6E98.630A@magic.itg.ti.com> Hi, Just purchased a copy of Vocaltec's IPHONE, version 3.2 It works great, even at 14.4 baud. Now, I am searching for the RPTRLNK3 software to help me tie into the USA/EURO VHF and UHF from here in Taiwan. Anyone need BV on 144 MHz or 430? Ha. Could someone please post the URL for the RPTRLNK3 software? I tried a bunch of web searches and came up with zero info. I actually had previously downloaded version 3.66, but the floppy to which I downloaded was bad so I lost the entire 700K file. Thanks in advance, Joe ---------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio: BV/N0IAT Taipei TAIWAN Republic of China ex. 7J1AOF (Japan) YU3/N0IAT (Slovenia) KA0ZDH (Novice) Licensed Radio Amateur since 1986. Comments are mine only. ---------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:03 1996 From: John Morris Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: rsgb nearly 10,000 fall in membership Date: Sat, 27 Apr 96 21:28:36 GMT Message-ID: <830640516anb@kirsta.demon.co.uk> References: <830616287.27992.8@skypilot.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: John@kirsta.demon.co.uk In article <830616287.27992.8@skypilot.demon.co.uk> bert@skypilot.demon.co.uk writes: [snip] You are G3ZHI and I claim my ten pounds. -- John Morris In the time it takes you to read this sentence, John@kirsta.demon.co.uk eighty six letters could have been processed by GM4ANB@GB7EDN.#77.GBR.EU your brain. - Douglas R Hofstadter From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:05 1996 From: bert@skypilot.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: rsgb nearly 10,000 fall in membership Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 14:44:37 GMT Message-ID: <830616287.27992.8@skypilot.demon.co.uk> RSGB membership falls by nearly 10,000 in the last 9 years The highest membership of RSGB was 1987 with over 37,600 members now it is down to 30,600 a loss of nearly 10,000 members in 9 years. The loss is over 1,000 members per year for the last 9 years with a loss of revenue of around 330,000 pounds (10,000 X 33). June 1996 28,500 reported one packet June 1995 29,805 Latest figure in May 1996 radcom. June 1995 30,661 June 1994 30,916 June 1993 31,018 June 1992 32,416 June 1991 34,581 June 1990 35,225 June 1989 35,868 June 1988 36,809 June 1987 37,601 The latest membership figure was not given at the 1995 agm due to 'an oversight....' this has never happened before. 73 ian P.S. In the 1995 RSGB Annual Report Peter Kirby G0TWW RSGB General Manager states 'Membership has shown a modest increase....' thats news to me, I thought 30,661 was a decrease from 30,916! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:06 1996 From: darryl.linkow@grinder.com (DARRYL LINKOW) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Saturn 6 tuning - HELP!! Message-ID: <8BF5277.016B005658.uuout@grinder.com> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 96 10:31:00 -0800 Distribution: world Reply-To: darryl.linkow@grinder.com (DARRYL LINKOW) Hello all and thanks for reading this. I just acquired an old Saturn 6 antenna and am having a difficult time getting the SWR down below 2.5 to 1. I am using the MFJ-259 analyzer. I am just curious if perhaps part of the antenna is missing? There are two screws attached to a piece of phenolic board. I have attached the shield and center conductor of some RG-58 coax to these screws as the feedpoint. I am just curious if perhaps there is a tuning device (other than the capacitor plate adjustment) or a balun that should be connected to these screws on the phenolic board that might be missing? Also, might anyone have an instruction sheet or manual that came with the antenna that I might get a copy of? Any help would be appreciated. 73, Darryl KE6IHA --- * OLX 2.2 * Darryl Linkow (818)346-5278 9 am - 5 pm PDT From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:07 1996 From: wb6siv@cyberg8t.com (Raymond Sarrio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Search 100's of Ham Classified Ads @ http://www.sarrio.com Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 21:54:10 -0700 Message-ID: The Raymond Sarrio Company's Ham Radio WWW site is proud to announce a FREE Ham Radio classified advertising page at http://www.sarrio.com. This new classified section will allow Hams to search for equipement with the help of a search engine--no need to scroll through 100's of listing before you find that special piece of gear. Plus, when you find the gear your interested in, each listing comes with point-and-click e-mail access, direct to the Ham that listed the item. For those Hams with gear to sell, take note! It is absolutely FREE to list your equipment within Ham Classifieds, and there will be no posting time delays. Your posting will go on-line, in our classified search engine, immediately. All you need do is fill out a simple forms page, and upon its (point-and-click) submission, your "For Sale" advertisement is on-line within 1 hour. I will be purging the classified listing initially about once every month, but that timeline will shorten as our classified numbers go up. Give it a try, and let me know how you like it. 73's Ray -- The Raymond Sarrio Co. a full feature Ham Radio Storefront on tth WWW at http: //www.csz.com/sarrio in association with Brillar Enterprises http://win-win.co m/brillar an Extensive Discount CD-Rom Catalog! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:08 1996 From: Ted F Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham ra Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 01:56:03 -0400 Message-ID: <317C70F3.510A@telerama.lm.com> References: <8BF0325.0029004CDC.uuout@hobbs.com> ROLAND STINER wrote: > > To: jmaynard@k5zc.hsc.uth.tmc.edu > Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio > > J>You have the no-code tech. We were faithfully promised that it would bring > in >lots of technically inclined folks who would revoluntionize > communications, >not just ham radio, and Save Our Bands! > > J>Well? > > J>Where are they? > > J>All I hear is a hollow echo. > > I second that! > --- > OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- > > * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) > > .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono > > __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com > > |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 > > ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 Like I said before in a private post, I'm a computer Tech w/electronics backgr ound. Two of my friends currently learning(mostly band plan stuff) for the tech light ar e also in computers. Seems like we are tech. inclined! Of course, we don't know code s o I guess we are useless to the FUTURE of ham radio! N3SQY Ted F. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:10 1996 From: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham ra Message-ID: <8BF0325.0029004CDE.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 96 13:25:00 -0400 Distribution: world Reply-To: roland.stiner@hobbs.com (ROLAND STINER) To: doughall@parsifal.nando.net Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio >Hams actually stand to GAIN some HF >ground, but I sincerely doubt that we'll be able to hang on to all of >our space at VHF and above unless we start making better use of it. We don't use what we have. Even in NYC most of the repeaters are silent for days on end... >The "lack of interest" you speak of has nothing to do with CW. How >long do you think we can keep our microwave frequencies when less than >1% of the hams ever use them? Been on 10 GHz lately? What are you going to use it for? 144/220/440 is much better. D>For the record, I'm an Extra Class ham who operates mostly CW, but I >support dropping CW requirements for amateur licensing. If you don't >care for CW, why should you learn it in this day and age? Why should I learn the bandwidth of an RTTY signal if I am not going to use that mode? I don't but the answer is clear-you might and you need to know it to stay within the band you're operating. Same with CW, you might use it and you need to know it as one of the principal modes we use. --- OLX 1.53 --------------> 73, de NK2U <---------------- * Origin: CyberNet BBS Lyndhurst, NJ (1:2604/151) .....oooooOOOOOo http://www.intac.com/~cono __,-----. ---+_________#_ The Roy Hobbs BBS sysop@hobbs.com |________| |__|___________} Node 1: 201-641-7307 ooooo oo ~ ooO-O-O-O == oo\ Node 2: 201-641-3126 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:11 1996 From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham ra Date: 24 Apr 1996 14:48:59 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4llf0r$qn4@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <8bf0325.0029004cdd.uuout@hobbs.com> <4ljvf2$pr@jupiter.planet.net> >Is there a compromise in the CW debate? Nope. My guess is that the issue will ultimately be decided in the courts. -Drew in Sunny Central Florida- KF4DDM From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:12 1996 From: randolph@est.enet.dec.com (Tom Randolph) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham ra Date: 25 APR 96 09:29:24 Message-ID: <4lnvda$chs@mrnews.mro.dec.com> References: <8BF0325.0029004CDD.uuout@hobbs.com> <4ljvf2$pr@jupiter.planet.net> In article <4ljvf2$pr@jupiter.planet.net>, billsohl@planet.net (Bill Sohl) wri tes... >correct) fail requirement. But what if we offered test takers the >opportunity to take the test elements as they do today OR, as an >option, we let them take the 13 wpm or 20 wpm CW test as an integral >part of the respective General or Extra theory (i.e. written) test? Yep, that's almost exactly what I've had in mind for some time. In the long run, though, we need to get away from the simple-minded easily-memorized question pool format and come up with some sort of dynamic test that can be custom-generated on the spot. If we're gonna drag the amateur radio service into the 90s, why keep a 1950s test format? If it takes rule changes, so be it. ============================================================================== Tom Randolph N1OOQ NE-QRP 419 QRP-L 87 ARRL randolph@est.enet.dec.com ============================================================================== From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:13 1996 From: bowman@montana.com (robert bowman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: 22 Apr 1996 16:34:10 GMT Message-ID: <4lgce2$c8q@maw.montana.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F800.5E4B@telerama.lm.com> <4l3 In article , "c: * .*" says: > >Right now, a good listen th 3, 7, 21 Mhz will reveal a bunch of really >old men talking about their various physical ailments. thats why the HF crowd is so down of the HT equipped 2M geek: they are pissed because they can't see the teeny little lcd icons on those new Icoms. keep getting the repeater offset wrong 'cause they can't find the little '-' or '+'. trust me - i know this from personal experience. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:15 1996 From: 73700.12@compuserve.com (Jim Nuytens) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: 19 Apr 1996 11:22:57 GMT Message-ID: <4l7t2h$r1l@arl-news-svc-4.compuserve.com> References: <31702e9d.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49c3@ccsnet.com> <4l04it$g4u@falcon.eag.unisysgsg.com> <4l0glg$1dl8@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <3173EEF1.5232@telerama.lm.com> In message <4l3nro$7ai@cnn.isc-br.com> - braymon@llake-fs3.isc-br.com (Bob Ray m ond) writes: Stuff deleted for bandwidth :> :>As an aside, would any of you be in favor of a TOUGHER exam in lieu of :>the morse requirement, I mean something that proves you know what you :>are doing...like a test where the questions and answers cannot be :>memorized? :> :>Food for thought. :> :>Bob :> :>KG7WC :> :> I would. I get REAL tired of these 6-month Extras (and a few long-term Extras) telling me that because I'm not bothering with code, that there's something wrong with me. Some of these "blue-blood" fools don't know the first thing about fixing a radio. I'd like to call an end to "appliance operators" myself, but I fear that tests will only get easier, not harder. Another thing I'd like to add is that those out there who complain about the "lower standards" need to remember that the No-Code Tech license tests WERE THE SAME ONES that coded Techs had been taking for a few years. All the elimination of the code did to Ham Radio was point out where the REAL "lower standards" were all along. Jim Nuytens N3JJA/Delaware Email: V.P., Delaware Repeater Association 73700.12 @ compuserve.com Seitz Technical Products Jim @ Seitz.com Delaware Ham Shack BBS 302-798-2002 All opinions stated above are my own, which probably accounts for their unpopularity. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:16 1996 From: Ted F Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 15:35:42 -0400 Message-ID: <317D310E.1021@telerama.lm.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <31764346.1B9C@telerama.lm.com> <4l6p6n$fvf@osshe.edu> <4lj5et$r55@news.service.uci.edu> > Which only shows that the Catholic Church is the last thing we should look > to modeling amateur radio after. The first point was well taken however > - even an institution which is mired in it's own history, and too stubborn > to get out of it's own way, saw the need to modernize. It stopped too far > short though. This is what results when an organization is run by a > zealot dictator. > > I hope and believe that the ARRL will not behave in this way as it guides > amateur radio toward the future. > > 73 > Jim, KE6JPO > (previously Catholic) > My point exactly. We should all be careful that we do not choke ham radio out of exsistance because of old values and an unwillingness to change. Ted F. N3SQY From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:18 1996 From: kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: 23 Apr 1996 23:21:35 -0400 Message-ID: <4lk6nv$29r@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <31702e9d.6828@hooked.net> <4l0glg$1dl8@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <4l0kom$7f4@brtph500.bnr.ca> <4l3456$17n6@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> In article <4l3456$17n6@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, Drew Durigan wrote: >Then maybe those of us who are left can modernize the >service, eliminate the 19th century code requirements that keep many >would-be hams out of the hobby, I guess they must have missed that codeless license that gives access to 90+% of all amateur spectrum. MD -- -- -- "I have more guns than I need, and less guns than I want." -- Phil Graam -- -- If you don't like my opinions, that's just too damn bad. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:19 1996 From: cphillips@interpath.com (Curt Phillips) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 02:40:59 GMT Message-ID: <4lhfvr$ga8_004@news.interpath.net> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174F914.6893@telerama.lm.com> <31751B7D.5FA5@mail.rust.net> <31782FB1.2C06@ccsnet.com> In article <31782FB1.2C06@ccsnet.com>, Burt Fisher wrote: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >Bill Crocker wrote: >> That would be like telling your kids they have to learn how to start a Mode l-A Ford >> with a crank, before they can get their driver's license! :) >Then you say walking is outmoded? You do have to walk before you drive. Tell that to my friend goes to his van in his wheelchair, then drives the van away. (He's also a ham.) Wrong again, Burt. ========= Opinions expressed are solely those of the author ============ Curt Phillips, KD4YU (ex-WB4LHI) | "I think that marriage is a cphillips@interpath.com | great institution. But who Chairman, Tarheel Scanner/SWL Group | wants to be in an institution?" ARRL Life; QCWA; Raleigh Am Radio Soc | --- Groucho Marx From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:20 1996 From: Ted F Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:58:01 -0400 Message-ID: <317B9069.8C8@telerama.lm.com> References: <3176bfa2.5ccc@ccsnet.com> <4l7qlh$evb@theopolis.orl.mmc.com> <317848a4.155d@usit.net> <4lanut$124k@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> Drew Durigan wrote: > > >All they talk about around here is > > > >1. What kind of radio they have, want, dream of having > >2. What kind of radio they have had. > >3. What they are going to have in the future (dreams). > >4. How good they are getting into the repeater. > >5. Where is the repeater located. > >6. And last but not least THE WEATHER! > > Same here, with one addition: > > 7. YE OLDE FAHRTZ, speaking in great detail about their health troubles, > their recent doctor visits, and the present status of their colostomy > bags. > > Makes you want to run right out and get your ticket, doesn't it? > > -Drew in Sunny Central Florida- > KF4DDM Just get a bunch of your friends to get a ticket too. Then you all can ignore YE OLD FARHTZ. It works great for me! Ted F. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:21 1996 From: Ross Bodine Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: 20 Apr 1996 04:39:20 GMT Message-ID: <4l9ppo$2mm@tribune.concentric.net> References: <31702e9d.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49c3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174f895.2e15@telerama.lm.com> <4l4eb3$3j9@daffy.sb.west.net> <4l741j$1atc@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <31778F35.3B79@telerama.lm.com> To: Tfalkow@telerama.lm.com hey how's it going? From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:22 1996 From: ghconkli@parsifal.nando.net (Gconklin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.antiques.radio+phono,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: 25 Apr 1996 16:16:53 -0400 Message-ID: <4lomjl$sv8@parsifal.nando.net> References: <4l9csk$l0g@maw.montana.com> <4lajbq$d5t@irk.zetnet.co.uk> <4lold4$at0@irk.zetnet.co.uk> In article <4lold4$at0@irk.zetnet.co.uk> robert.dixon@zetnet.co.uk (Robert Dix on) writes: +In message <4lajbq$d5t@irk.zetnet.co.uk> + peter.morgan@zetnet.co.uk (Peter Morgan) writes: + +> The standard of Morse code (as someone who intended to be a Merchant +> Navy Radio Officer, and during our course had to maintain 20wpm UP) +> was so awful that I never wanted to be tarred with that brush, +> +Well I've enjoyed lots of wonderful morse on the amateur bands and +endured some terrible stuff on marine! + + +-- +* REGARDS & 73's - from Robert (Bob) DIXON * +* Amateur Radio Station - GM3ZDH * +* East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland * +* Internet - robert.dixon@zetnet.co.uk * + Please do not post ham radio comments to rec.antiques.radio+phono. Spamming turns you into a lid. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:24 1996 From: grhosler@mmm.com (Gary Hosler - KN0Z) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 13:12:48 GMT Message-ID: <4ll9h7$dps@dawn.mmm.com> References: <31702e9d.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49c3@ccsnet.com> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l2mcs$90n@bones.knx.tva.gov> <3174f800.5e4b@telerama.lm.com> <4l39cj$jgo@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> <31764346.1b9c@telerama.lm.com> <4lhcb4$qsc@goodnews.voicenet.com> <4lic4g$1v6@monet.icsi.net> <4lj24l$1f2u@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) wrote: >thall@icsi.net (Andrew Thall) wrote: >> >>There is a lot of emotional feelings on both sides of the argument >>concerning CW requirements for Ham radio operators wishing to use HF. >>As of now, International Treaties require that some proficiency in CW >>be demonstrated. The treaties leave that demonstration up to the >>individual countries to determine. >> >>It would not be unreasonable to assume that when the international >>communication treaties are revisited, that the CW requirements may >>well be dropped. That would allow the signatories to do as they >>please with CW requirements. >While we're waiting, why not drop the requirement to 5WPM across the >board? This would be a good first step, and would not violate the ITU, >since no particular code speeds are specified in the International >Treaties. >-Drew in Sunny Central Florida- > KF4DDM Perhaps you are not aware of it Drew, but the CW requirements to get on HF IS just 5 WPM. This entry level will allow access to most of the HF bands on CW, and 10 Meter SSB. Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employe r. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:26 1996 From: kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Michael P. Deignan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: 24 Apr 1996 16:39:58 -0400 Message-ID: <4lm3iu$3tp@anomaly.ideamation.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <4l0o2u$2mm@uwm.edu> <4l0oim$nqd@crl2.crl.com> In article , Jeffrey Herman wrote: >If the entire conversation consists of an antenna discussion, then you can >bet those guys built the antennas themselves - maybe even designed them. >You could fill a library with books whose sole topic is antenna theory. >Heck, we even have an entire newsgroup devoted to antennas (rec.radio.ama- >teur.antenna). Antennas are magic! As you know, Jeff, the problem isn't the discussion of antenna theory. Our "new breed" of amateur radio operator is more likely to run down to the local radio shack or call HRO to "order" their antenna. Their thinking is "gee, with all these commercially available antennas, why would ANYONE want to BUILD one?" Yet another fine addition to amateur radio thanks to the no-code tech class. >Why in the world would you copyright your senseless post? Considering all posts are automatically copyrighted in accordance with the Berne Convention, of which is US is a signatory. MD -- -- -- "I have more guns than I need, and less guns than I want." -- Phil Graam -- -- If you don't like my opinions, that's just too damn bad. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:27 1996 From: cdlevin@shadow.net (Curtis D. Levin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.antiques.radio+phono,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: 26 Apr 1996 22:35:31 GMT Message-ID: References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <31723191.49C3@ccsnet.com> <4lb2no$c5k@entrenet.entrenet.com> <4ldh4p$mpc@entrenet.entrenet.com> Reply-To: cdlevin@shadow.net On 21 Apr 1996 14:36:09 GMT, Barry Millman wrote: > This is relevant. Suppose anyone who wanted to could become a ham. >The frequency bands are a LIMITED resource. Lots of people become hams, >since there is no talent required (as the illogical extension of the >argument). Terrible crowding. Then you will have something else to >complain about. But there will be no solace for ths, as there is simply >no more room to fit hams on the bands. Not the reason for the code restriction. The code is necessary for Ham Radio operators to know because of Beacon Identifiers on HF, I believe. Don't quote me on this, but most commercial stations do still use morse beacons as identifiers. As well as for wx reports, etc, and this fact caused the ITU to make a morse requirement for HF the world round, at least where ITU members are concerned. So it's not an FCC decision, but an ITU decision to keep the code requirement. Amatuer status is a way to learn to actually provide a useful skill to people desiring to be professionals as well. What good would amateur radio do if the people training were to leave out some of the HF reqs to get on radio and just talk ? In the Ham world, you're not only supposed to know how to turn on the radio, and use the kewl lingo, but how to repair it if it goes down, how to fix or reconstruct an antenna, and what to do in an emergency situation. If you don't want to learn code, then stay on 30 and up, where you can still do all the things that radio will let you do, without having your signal leave the borders of your own country and encircle the globe. Because believe it or not, there's still some intrinsic dangers with the use of high powered radiators, and there's alot more to this hobby then just making idle chit chat. BTW, I am a tech plus operator, even though I know the code at 10+ WPM, and not because I am too lazy, but vhf-uhf, packet, sat work, simplex, amprnet tcpip, and alot of other things keep me busy enough to enjoy what I'm doing enough not to want to upgrade just yet. I have a 10 Meter rig, and have 40+ world band contacts on it, some with a mag mount and 25 watts, and yes, some CW. I figure I'll get my general round about the time HF really starts to open up again, and yes, I do believe I'll have no problems passing the code test when it does. 73. -- _______________________________________________________ | Curtis D. Levin kd4zkw | Team Os/2 Member | | cdlevin@shadow.net | Acft Elec Sys Spec | | http://www.shadow.net/~cdlevin | Amateur Radio OP. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ posted with slrn 0.8.7.1 beta From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:29 1996 From: jmccarty@sun1307.spd.dsccc.com (Mike McCarty) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.antiques.radio+phono,sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Selling out of ham radio Date: 26 Apr 1996 21:21:48 GMT Message-ID: <4lrepc$hil@sun001.spd.dsccc.com> References: <31702E9D.6828@hooked.net> <4l0oim$nqd@crl2.crl.com> <3173FB58.446B9B3D@rockdal.aud.alcatel.com> <4l5p8h$101@shiva.usa.net> In article <4l5p8h$101@shiva.usa.net>, Jay Huldeen wrote: [stuff cut] )I have noticed that the people who complain the most about how )this or that aspect of ham radio (or our society generally) has declined )are also the *least* likely to actually do something to change it. [rest gone] Which is worse, ignorance or apathy? I don't know, and I don't care. Mike -- ---- char *p="char *p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} I don't speak for DSC. <- They make me say that. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:30 1996 From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Selling out thread. Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 06:16:07 -0400 Message-ID: <317B5C67.45BC@ccsnet.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------360712324 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I started the selling out thread but you hams can really beat a dead horse. Try this test to see if you are man or ham: --------------360712324 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Test" This test is for ham radio operators: 1. Do you say QSL on voice?_________ 2. Do you say "For ID" after your call?________ 3. Is it rare for you to have a contact longer than 20 minutes?_______ 4. Do you check into traffic nets to up the "body count?"_________ 5. Do you check into traffic nets for any reason?__________ 6. Do you participate in contests and like it?________ 7. Are you overweight and hold an Extra Class license?________ 8. Have your worked more countries than the number of sexual encounters with your spouse?____________ 9. Are you a regular on a two meter repeater?___________ 10. Do you dislike children in general?______________ 11. Do you ask for help and when received from a number of hams send out a general thank you to everyone in the world?___________ 12. Do you think it is wrong to talk about politics or other interesting topics on ham radio?_______________ How to Score: Number of Yes answers: 2 or less- are you sure you are a ham? 4 to 6- you are on the edge of being human or ham. 6 to 8-you are a typical ham-very boring. 8 to 1O-check your pulse, if you find one re-take test. 1O or more. Call the funeral home, send your name into QST as a Silent Key.  --------------360712324-- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:31 1996 From: rileytrix@aol.com (Riley trix) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Skywarn Products - Identify Yourself or Your Group Date: 23 Apr 1996 16:35:35 -0400 Message-ID: <4ljeun$lhv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: rileytrix@aol.com (Riley trix) Tornado Spotters! Let people know who you are and what you're doing. Custom-made T-shirts, caps, and patches with your name and call sign can be customized with your group's logo or name. Bumper magnets also available with the words "tornado spotter" in bold, red letters along with Skywarn logo. For info call Jim Riley KB9CYL at 1-800-474-5397 or E-mail rileytrix@aol.com 73, Jim From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:32 1996 From: klimasewski@fccvde.enet.dec.com (My name is...) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: SSC SLOW SCAN TV Date: 25 APR 96 11:42:50 Message-ID: <4lo6m7$k4o@mrnews.mro.dec.com> Ever since I upgraded my PC from a 386 to a 486DX/120MHz I can no longer get my SOFTWARE SYSTEMS CONSULTING, PC SLOW SCAN TV to work. I was wondering if there are some setup changes I have to make? thanks, Ken From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:35 1996 From: adell@planet.net ( Steve - KF2TI) Landing, NJ Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Standing Your Ground Date: 25 Apr 1996 03:16:09 GMT Message-ID: <4lmqpp$3l8@jupiter.planet.net> The following was reprinted with permission of the author and KB2AMH "So your a ham and you think you've made the correct decision where you will l ive..... THINK AGAIN!!!!" That exactly what Kurt, KB@AMH thought when he and his wife decided they would sell their home in West Caldwell, NJ and purchase another in the SAME to wn. You see Kurt has been a ham for 9 years and always wanted to put a tower. But knowing he needed a larger home for his growing family, put the tower project on hold. Kurt wasn' t about to make an investment in a tower and then leave to move inot a newer home. It would have to wait until they could move. Kurt did his homework, or so he thought. There were plenty of hams in his tow n, 52 to be exact. And quite a few had towers already. In fact, 9 years prior, Kurt was present at h is town's board of adjustment meeting regarding a variance application made by Mike, WA2JUN. Mik e put up his 110 foot tower prior to any approval by the town of West Caldwell, but evetual ly the board required and approved a variance for Mike. It was obvious to Kurt that there was a precedence in town when he and his wife made the decision to stay in West Caldwell. A little over a year after they moved, Kurt made an application to the town to erect a 72 ft carnk up tower with a 20 ft mast. The townm denied the application citing a 13 ft height req uirement and a previous interpretation by the board of having to meet accessory structure requirements . A variance application was suggested by the town and subsequently applied for. In fact, it was suggested by the town, that 2 types of variances be applied fo r. Originally a "C2" variance, then a "D" variance. Citing that the "D" type may be necessary as t he board may decide that the tower was a primary structure and not an accessory structure. (This was the beginning of the run around the town would give him). For those of you who don't know, onl y a primary structure, like th house you live in, can be considered a ratable, where the town can add additional taxes on your property. Kurt could see the handwriting on the wall and hired an attorney, KB2BX, to gu ide him through this process. In the meantime, Kurt prepared the application papers, wrote a check to the town for $315 and notified neighbors within 200 feet of his property as required by the town . After 3 informal meetings and 1 formal meeting, and various letters from the t owm demanding all kinds of things..this is how it boils down. The town demands: 1. Height of the house 2. Exact dimensions of proposed antenna in all directions including a picture of the same 3. Approval from the FAA (Kurt's home is located near a local airport) 4. An initial escrow payment of $2000 which had been reduced from $3500 The height of the house is of no consequence and has been furnished to the tow n. Although approval from the FAA has taken months to aquire because of the gover nmental shutdown, the interest of aeonautical safety was always foremost and never was an issue. This approval has been obtained and was furnished to the town. The town does not have an ordinance regarding antennas, but is trying to regul ate it. It is clear that the FCC has sole jurisdiction over antennas and that the town can only re gulate the height of antennas. But yet the town 10 years earlier had approved a taller installa tion By virtue of demanding $2000 be held in escrow, the town is attempting to plac e every obstacle in the path of the variance application. The town plans to use this money to obtain people who would testify againbst Kurt's position. This is discriminatory. No money has ever been asked of any tower appliacnt in the past. This flys in the face of equality under t he law. Kurt is filing suit in Federal district court against the West Caldwell board of adjustment. But this should be a battle he alone should not shoulder. It is every to hams bene fit when faced with oppostion like Kurt, that hams "STAND THEIR GROUND" and don't let local govern ments run roughshod over them. This becomes an emotional, spiritual and finacial battle hard to conquer. Kurt can be reached KurtKB2AMH@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:36 1996 From: Will Flor Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Standing Your Ground Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 23:36:33 -0500 Message-ID: <317F0151.3F14@rrgroup.com> References: <4lmqpp$3l8@jupiter.planet.net> Steve - KF2TI, NJ wrote: > "So your a ham and you think you've made the correct decision where you will live..... > > THINK AGAIN!!!!" > No thanks; I already did - when I moved to an area *without* antenna restricti ons. :-) > > It is clear > that the FCC has sole jurisdiction over antennas and that the town can only regulate the height > of antennas. I hope you didn't pay a lawyer to tell you that - it's dead wrong. Antennas a nd their support structures are *most certainly* regulable by local ordinance, as long as the r egulations are not based on certain criteria, like RFI, that *are* the FCC's sole jurisdiction. Cities ca n regulate structures, whether antennas or not, for a great many reasons, not just height. Although recent F CC rulings and court decisions have reduced local authorities say to a degree, they can still regulate based on appearance, for example. 73 de Will KB9JTT From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:37 1996 From: "S. Sampson" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Still need HW 2036 HELP!!! Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 06:10:16 -0500 Message-ID: <317F5D98.1E0E@telepath.com> References: <4lk1vv$pr1@www.rpa.net> Vince Roberts wrote: > > I'm still looking for HELP!!!: > > I have an HW 2036 with the annoying problem of a full-scale, > pin-the-meter birdie on several frequencies, most noticable on 146.00, > 147.00, ect. It's also so strong that 146.52 is useless. Do you have a scope? Do you have a sweeper? Do you have a schematic? This radio is so old, it can be junked without blinking an eye. The performance was marginal when it was new. But if you are serious, you need to rent some good equipment and align the L.O. and Synthesiser. Then go in and align the IF. Even then you may have birdies... -- Steve Sampson mailto:ssampson@telepath.com http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x63BA9AF9 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:38 1996 From: jcraig@kean.ucs.mun.ca Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Suggest Digital Requirement Instead Of CW Date: 22 Apr 96 21:50:54 -0230 Message-ID: <1996Apr22.215054.1@leif> References: <4ldta6$s99@steel.interlog.com> <4lg24c$fmb@crc-news.doc.ca> > algollom@interlog.com (Alan Gollom) wrote: >>Morse Code IS a dying mode. I still operate on CW, but frankly find the >>digital modes much more satisfying. That's funny. I thought it was actually getting harder to find a clear frequency for CW on the amateur HF bands compared with, say a few years ago. I find the internet much faster and more dependable for digital communication. >>Things change and we have to keep up with the changes or the hobby >>will shrivel up and die. I agree. Why not promote our VHF and microwaves allocations? They're the ones in danger of being taken from us. That's where the future will be. There's not much room on HF anymore. . >>73...Alan VE3XAG >> Joe VO1NA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:39 1996 From: grhosler@mmm.com (Gary Hosler - KN0Z) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Suggest Digital Requirement Instead Of CW Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 17:23:46 GMT Message-ID: <4lgffd$ofl@dawn.mmm.com> References: <4ldta6$s99@steel.interlog.com> <4lg24c$fmb@crc-news.doc.ca> >algollom@interlog.com (Alan Gollom) wrote: >Morse Code IS a dying mode. I still operate on CW, but frankly find the >digital modes much more satisfying. >Digital is the wave of the future. That's where all the growth is now. Just >look at the Internet. Since digital is the growing technology of the day, >why not incorporate that into the ham radio theory tests for those who >would rather not do CW. > Can't say that I agree with you regarding CW is a dying mode, but you raise a valid point that perhaps we should test on one of the new digital modes vs. CW. Lets see, how bout you sit down with a piece of paper and pencil and I'll send you five minutes of RTTY, or one of the "TOR" modes of your choice. Should the Pass/Fail criteria be one minute of solid copy or the present "mutliple guess" method? Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employe r. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:40 1996 From: Dan Murphy Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Tech/Tech+ question Date: 25 Apr 1996 14:20:51 GMT Message-ID: <4lo1o3$666@gate2.gdc.com> References: <3178072F.1F57@po.cwru.edu> > I am currently a Tech and am trying to learn code with the short term > goal of upgrading to a Tech+. If and when I do this will I have the > option of going from my current 6 character call to a 5 character > call? > > Thanks, > > Mike > KB8VYT Mike In 8 Land you will have to upgrade to Advanced or better to change your call. - recent vanity rulings withstanding. Your 2X3 call is a Group D call originally set up for the Novice group. The Group C calls (N8xxx) were set up for General/Tech/Tech+. These Group C calls in 8 land (and most other regions) are exhausted. Soooo the FCC issues the next lower Group. Bottom line..In your region 8, all call sign issues or changes for General and below will be KC8Cxx. Unwanted Advise: Go for thirteen. I am a Tech+, but have not broken the 13 WPM barrier (probably my own lack of consistant effort laziness) GL es 73 Dan KA1SZP From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:41 1996 From: Stephan M. Anderman Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: This Week in Amateur Radio #161 (for air through 5/3/96) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 96 02:28:33 -0500 Message-ID: <5DLuYIB.sanderman@delphi.com> Here is a summary of news items covered on edition #161 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's most up-to-the-minute audio bulletin service, for the week ending 3-May: - 1. FCC Shifts Gears on Handling RFI in Consumer Devices 2. Atlanta Olympics Does an About-face on Hand-held Ham Gear 3. Commission On-target for Launch of Vanity Call Sign Program 4. May Eclipse to Affect Operation of AO-13 5. Dove-OSCAR 17 is Still Dead, but Some Progress Reported 6. SAREX to Fly Aboard Shuttle Missions in June and August 7. Spartan Inflatable Antenna to be Tested on STS-77 8. "Gateway 160 Meter Net Report" with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR 9. Weekly Propagation Forecast with George Bowen, N2LQS 10. Broadcasters Ask for Digital Copy Protection Legislation 11. IC Approves New Motorola Cell Phone Encrytion Technology 12. "The RAIN Dial-up" from Chicago 13. Amateur Radio to Fly Aboard Sheboygan Rocket Launch 14. Special Event Station Calendar 15. "Amateur Radio Newsline" - Edition #976 from Los Angeles 16. Willie Steuder, Noted Recording Engineer, Dies at 84 - "This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur voice bulletin service, produced by Community Video Associates, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation based in Albany, NY. The program is heard each Saturday at 8:00 PM (EDT) and carried on VHF/UHF repeaters throughout North America and 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. - NOTICE: Due to the dissolution of the "Tech Talk Network", the service WILL NOT be carried on satellite. Negotiations for the donation or lease of satellite space continue in earnest. When a new agreement is reached, "This Week in Amateur Radio" will return to satellite air. Details will be posted as conditions warrant. All affiliates are requested to contact the producers for further information. - Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by donations from repeater operators, amateur radio clubs, and individuals. Further information is available from George Bowen, N2LQS, at 518/283-3665 (e-mail kxkvi@delphi.com) or Stephan Anderman, WA3RKB, at 518/664-6809 (e-mail sanderman@delphi.com). You may also reach them @ WA2UMX.FN32AW.ENY.NY.USA.NA via amateur packet. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:42 1996 From: Robert Barron Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Tracking down an old callsign Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:33:52 -0500 Message-ID: <317E9030.37ED@liant.com> I'm trying to find out some information on a callsign that the Univ. of Texas Amateur Radio Club may have held in the early 1950's. Some information suggests that the club once held W5NLH. Does anyone know a good source for FCC information on callsigns from the 1950's? Please reply via Email. Thanks! 73, Robert Barron, KA5WSS barron@liant.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:43 1996 From: nj8x@ix.netcom.com (Dale Holloway) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Tracking down an old callsign Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 14:37:44 GMT Message-ID: <317f8e09.11918779@nntp.ix.netcom.com> References: <317E9030.37ED@liant.com> You might contact the QCWA. They have all the old call books. 73. Dale, NJ8X From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:44 1996 From: GlennConnelly@unn.unisys.com (StratoStar) Newsgroups: rec.music.christian,rec.music.classical,rec.music.industrial,rec.music.progressive,rec.org.sca,rec.pets,rec.pets.cats,rec.pets.herp,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.skydiving,rec.sport.golf,rec.sport.pro-wrestling,rec.sport.skating.ice.figure,rec.sport.tennis,rec.travel.air,rec.woodworking,sci.astro,sci.med,sci.physics,sci.stat.math Subject: Re: Turn $5 into $5,000! Read and see how! Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:41:47 GMT Message-ID: <4l534h$sac@mail.pl.unisys.com> References: <4k6nog$btj@credit.erin> <4k7cdv$sa3@cloner3.netcom.com> <3169AB1D.1589@interramp.com> <4kchv7$iaf@reader2.ix.netcom.com> <1c0bmed60.alamito@young.wn.planet.gen.nz> <4l4or6$vf0@ophelia.waterloo.net> Reply-To: GlennConnelly@unn.unisys.com pspacek@ophelia.waterloo.net (Pat Spacek) wrote: >Hugh Young (hugh@young.wn.planet.gen.nz) wrote: >: >(They have a very erudite 300 lb transvestite on call. >: > Perhaps you can catch its attention.) >: Sexist, weightist, heterosexist - why didn't you make "it" black and be >: done with it? > "Weightist"? > God, it sucks to be living in the '90s. Wassamatter! you got somfink against the nineties huh? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skydiver: "Dear God, If you get me out of this one alive I promise I'll never skydive again!" God: "Yeah right!" GlennConnelly@unn.unisys.com The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:45 1996 From: roslewskirb96.cs26@usafa.af.mil (Russ Roslewski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: TV freq's Date: Fri, 26 Apr 96 01:12:53 GMT Message-ID: <4lp87i$nga@usafa2.usafa.af.mil> Does anybody have (or know where I can get) a list of the TV frequencies, both video and audio? I used to have one, but have no idea what happened to it. Thanks, Russ KI7FL roslewskirb96.cs26@usafa.af.mil __|__ PP-ASEL (AOPA #01215297) KI7FL (DM79na) CAP _______(*)_______ "Pick me up so high...where eagles fly!" - Sammy Hagar o/ \o "This content in no way reflects the opinions, standards, or policy of the United States Air Force Academy or the United States government." From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:47 1996 From: bert@skypilot.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: unitedkingdom radio society-background part3 Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 14:44:35 GMT Message-ID: <830616285.27992.7@skypilot.demon.co.uk> To : UKRS @GBR From : G0MAM Date/Time : 09-Mar 12:20 Message # : 80010 Subject : on "Steering Panels" Path: !GB7CYM!GB7EYM!GB7HUL!GB7GBY!GB7OTH!GB7IDE!GB7OPC!GB7OIP!GB7ZPU!LW BBBS! !GB7COV!GB7COV!GB7WAR!GB7PZT!GB7MAX!GB7SAM!GB7PMB! From: G0MAM@GB7PMB.#28.GBR.EU To : UKRS@GBR 08 March 1996 On "Steering Panels": ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I read with some concern an early suggestion that we should set up a "Steering Panel" which, I noted, would meet and discuss the way forward. All I have done, to date, is to suggest that I would like an alternative to the RSGB and, so that fellow amateurs might help me decide the viability of forming one, I added an outline of how I thought we might begin. I undertook to play a pivotal role if the idea found favour with enough of you, provided only that some essential safeguards were built-in in order to prevent the new society "going off the rails" as time passsed. Having outlined a proposed way forward, it seems to me that if potential members have aligned themselves with those proposals and offered their support, there is nothing to "steer". It behoves those who take the idea forward to set in place that which has been agreed, not to meet in committee, discuss options and present something different, no matter how well intended. If we go ahead it would be my intention, therefore, to form the society along the lines I described, leaving it to the members themselves to determine directly what changes and refinements, if any, they wished to see. In the meantime, we have on obvious and urgent need of volunteers to accept responsibility as the fore-runners of "Elected Members", preferably one for each county and Scottish region. Once those members have helped set in place a competent framework, and the new society is on its feet, we can then look to organising elections which will either confirm them in post or replace them. Between now and then, of course, we would also need to spread the news as far and wide as we can, so that as many colleagues as possible would have an option of joining us if they wished. This is something which we can all be doing, even now. Following the bulletin which mentioned "Steering Panels", I have received only two messages which referred it and one of those was strongly against the idea. If it is inappropriate of me to take such a view of panels and committees at this stage, please let me know. In the absence of any such comment, I shall continue with the arrangements I have made with regard to taking professional advice about the best way forward and report further when I have done so. Best wishes, Greg G0MAM From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:48 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: dgarvin@nswc.navy.mil (David Garvin) Subject: US Frequency allocations Message-ID: <1996Apr25.180648.17079@relay.nswc.navy.mil> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 18:06:48 GMT Does anyone know where I can get a chart of the US Frequency allocations. I need one that shows all allocations, not just amateur. Thanks. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:49 1996 From: subbustr@whidbey.net (DAVE M . SCHERTZER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: US Frequency allocations Date: 26 Apr 1996 02:58:18 GMT Message-ID: <4lpe4a$7ej@whidbey.whidbey.com> References: <1996Apr25.180648.17079@relay.nswc.navy.mil> Try 1-800-TC-OMAGA I have a limited edition copy 4'x4'.... Not sure they are still around...? Scan the browser.... subbustr@whidbey.net From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:49 1996 From: sscherme@capecod.net (Skid Schermerhorn, W1TTY) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: US Frequency allocations Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 12:32:52 GMT Message-ID: <4lqfvo$119@alpha.pcix.com> References: <1996Apr25.180648.17079@relay.nswc.navy.mil> Reply-To: sscherme@capecod.net dgarvin@nswc.navy.mil (David Garvin) wrote: >Does anyone know where I can get a chart of the US Frequency allocations. >I need one that shows all allocations, not just amateur. >Thanks. http://www.planet.net/fccindex/#FCC_rule FCC Document Locator ftp.fcc.gov But that's hard to find a lot of stuff. s Skid Schermerhorn - W1TTY http://www.control.com/~skid/skid East Sandwich http://www.control.com/~skid/church Massachusetts 02537 http://www.control.com/~skid/bookmark From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:50 1996 From: larrys73@txdirect.net (Larry S) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Want: Cushcraft DX-120 2 Meter Antenna All or Parts Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 15:52:52 GMT Message-ID: <3180f143.2423582@news> I am in need of parts and pieces of the CushCraft DX-120 2 meter antenna. Would like to find some complete antennas still in the box, but can use parts and pieces, let me know what you have. Thanks! Larry WA5NTF From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:51 1996 From: William Becks Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Wanted: Alpha 77 Schematic Date: 23 Apr 1996 02:12:06 GMT Message-ID: <4lhe9m$c5l@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> Wanted: Alpha 77 Schematic... I am rebuilding an old Alpha 77 linear amplifier, SN 2006. I need the correct schematic drawing for this unit. It was built around 1972 in Florida.... Key production points are point to point wiring of the grid over current and antenna input relays in the bottom of the PA compartment. Later version had a circuit board in the bottom of the PA compartment with the relays as described above along with the cathode circuit zener diode. Please call collect at 906-484-2088 evenings, or e-mail to me at the following address: wbecks@sun.lssu.edu I will pay for reproduction costs and mailing plus you time! Tnx, William G. Becks, KE8KB From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:52 1996 From: GEORGE LIEPINS Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Wanted: Alpha 77 Schematic Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:45:46 -0400 Message-ID: <317E84EA.7D08@mail.apcnet.com> References: <4lhe9m$c5l@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> William Becks wrote: > > Wanted: Alpha 77 Schematic... I am rebuilding an old Alpha 77 linear > amplifier, SN 2006. I need the correct schematic drawing for this unit. > > It was built around 1972 in Florida.... Key production points are > point to point wiring of the grid over current and antenna input relays > in the bottom of the PA compartment. Later version had a circuit board > in the bottom of the PA compartment with the relays as described above > along with the cathode circuit zener diode. > > Please call collect at 906-484-2088 evenings, or e-mail to me at the > following address: wbecks@sun.lssu.edu > > I will pay for reproduction costs and mailing plus you time! > > Tnx, > > William G. Becks, KE8KB Try to contact ETO. Their address is Ehrhorn Technological Operations, Inc., 4975 N. 30th Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80919. Their phone number should be in the QST magazine. They may even have a www home page by now. 73, George, KE4HW From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:53 1996 From: Saad Mahaini <5606939@MCImail.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTB / Finals Unit Board for TS930SAT Date: 24 Apr 1996 18:33:11 GMT Message-ID: <4lls57$eji@news.internetmci.com> Please send me direct email with condition and asking price, if you have a surplus operational Finals board for the Knwd TS930 radio. Tnx, Saad From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:54 1996 From: kovar@zeus.ia.net (Jack Kovar KE0AX) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: WTB:Dual band FM amp for HT. Date: 26 Apr 1996 04:30:05 GMT Message-ID: <4lpjgd$8ln@hera.ia.net> I would like to find a amp for $150 or less thanks. Jack kovar@ia.net From amsoft@epix.net Sun Apr 28 13:42:55 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: oddjob@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Stephen Walters") Subject: Yaesu FT101z mk2 radio for sale. Message-ID: Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 06:27:41 GMT HF 100watt Base station SSB/CW transceiver for sale. This is a bargain, an ideal first or second HF TX/RX. 100watt, CW/SSB (None of this FM twaddle, 160m-10m, in/output for transverter, Rugged and reliable Valve 100watt PA, which is adjustable for output down to QRP), User Manual. Excellent condition. This radio has had only one mod, a switch to turn off the two 6146 PA valves for QRP operation. Runs off 240v mains via integral PSU. 250ukp for this lovely Yaesu Ft101z Mark2. Enquiries to Steve Walters G7VFY 0956-544202 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:44:53 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: lui@netcom.com (Stephen Lui) Subject: Re: "CB radio" repeater, with dirty words, why not off the air? Message-ID: References: Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 04:04:16 GMT In article , wa2ise@netcom.com (Robert Casey) wrote: > Stumbled across a repeater in LA on 147.435 MHz, sounds worse than CB > (if that is possible). Routine use of the "F" word, "S" word, the > "A--hole" word, and such similar stuff I would think think wouldn't > pass "community standards" (as the FCC says). Also, noone ever > seems to do any legal callsign IDs > (not quite, the few people IDing, only a few but there are some, seem to > not use the dirty words). People jamming each other every > so often. > > If I was the trustee, I'd just shut this machine down, or use the repeater f or > a packet BBS machine or something. > > I use dirty words off the air as much as anyone else does, but not > ON THE AIR. Guess I don't like to see radio equipment to be abused. Yeah, I was really surprised when I listened to this repeater too. I programmed just about all of the repeaters in a card I picked up at Jun's Electronics. Took me about a month to abandon 2m and join a closed 70cm system. I wonder why this repeater is still going. Perhaps it's a place for these hams to hang out and not bother anyone else. Maybe one of the people involved is the repeater trustee! On 2m, I tried the local repeaters and was jammed repeatly. I guess my KF... callsign indicates I'm a new Ham and probably a no-code Tech (which I am) and the old timers immediately don't like me. I've had better experiences using my CB when I was back in Elementary School! On our 70cm closed system, there a control operator monitoring the repeater most of the day who doesn't hesitate shutting down the repeater if any unidentified stations transmit or anyone messes around. Stephen KF6BTE From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:44:54 1996 From: bowman@montana.com (robert bowman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: 2 Meter & Motorcycling Date: 29 Apr 1996 02:25:08 GMT Message-ID: <4m19a4$ljm@maw.montana.com> References: <00001fef+00004328@msn.com> In article <00001fef+00004328@msn.com>, Vulcan750@msn.com (Randy Zabarsky) say s: > >I am wondering if anyone uses 2 meters while motorcyling? the subject gets coverage every now and then. if you can find April 94's 73, its on the front cover. maybe out of date, but the contact for the MARC, the Motorcycle Amateur Radio Club, is Ray Davis, 3 Lindberg, Irvine, CA (714) 551-1036. the article mentions the Comet ML-7 speaker/mike, the Radio Shack suction cup rubber duck mount. i've run with a j-pole and ht on my bicycle, but frankly, i've got other things to do on my motorcycle. i've seen some two wheel winnebagos with 2-meter, hf, and probably a tv. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:44:55 1996 From: Kevin Bednar Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Alinco Mods Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 15:38:43 -0400 Message-ID: <3183C943.3BC3@garden.net> Could anyone point me to where I could find mods for an Alinco DJ-G5 dual-band ht? Thanks in advance. Kevin Bednar KB2YPU From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:44:56 1996 From: Dave Maciorowski Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Allignment for a GE Mastr II Date: 27 Apr 1996 13:56:15 GMT Message-ID: <4lt91v$i84@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> References: <31810AEB.683@snds.com> Ray Matthews wrote: >Does anybody have the instructions for realligning a Mastr II >for the ham bands that only requires simple test gear? Any of >the allignment procedures that I have seen so far have required >specific GE test sets just for this purpose. Actually not. The GE Master II alignment sheets specifically say that you can use a 20,000 ohms-per-Volt multimeter in place of the test set. That's what I use. ----- Dave Maciorowski, WA1JHK Colorado Repeater Association, Inc. Serving Colorado with Voice and Data, 6-Meters to 1.2 Gig Internet: wa1jhk@ix.netcom.com or wa1jhk@amsat.org CRA: http://www.rmsd.com/hamradio/cra/ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:44:57 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Amateur Radio? I don't know anymore... Message-ID: <1996Apr26.141153.10313@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4leqnk$1er@news.cencom.net> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 14:11:53 GMT In article <4leqnk$1er@news.cencom.net> ehoops@cencom.net (Emmett Hoops) write s: >I used to have a license back in the early '70s when I was a teenager. >I stayed up late banging out ten wpm to anyone who would listen. Back >then I was WN2RRM, and I thought it was the neatest thing in the >world. What I really wanted from radio was the ability to chat with >people from all over the world -- just because. The world was an >interesting place then, and it still is. >A few years ago, I got my novice license again. I'm now KB2NWJ, but >I've never used my privileges. I still have my Yaesu FT-DX 560, and >it still works. I know my code, up to 20 wpm (I still think code is >cool.) Trouble is, I've discovered that the equipment is so >incredibly expensive now, that I'd have to sell a daughter or two to >upgrade. Besides, I have IRC, which is precisely what I wanted from >Amateur Radio to begin with. >So tell me, why should I go to all that expense just so I can do in >code what I do with a keyboard? >Where's the fun in radio, now that so many people use computers to do >the code translation for them? >I long for the days of 15 meter nights and 80 meter days; when a >Technician was unusual; when a faint signal might just mean Lithuania >-- ahh, yes, but I was talking to someone in Lithuania last night on >IRC. >So, fellow amateurs, what's out there that ain't in here? And is it >really worth such a big chunk of my income? Emmett, new radios are cheaper today than they ever have been (factoring in inflation), and offer more features than ever before. However, you don't need a new radio to do amateur radio. Your old one still works, and if you no longer like it, other older radios are available at very low cost to replace it. Or you can still build your own, you know. There's no reason you can't get on the air for less money than a web cruising PC costs. Cost is a red herring when comparing amateur radio and the internet. The thing that makes amateur radio interesting is that you are in control of the signal transport, not some faceless corporate provider of network services. You can explore that transport at levels which would get you thrown in jail as a hacker if you tried it on the provider corporation's network. Amateur radio is an experimental service, and what you're experimenting with is the raw fabric of Nature, probing it with electromagnetic waves in order to spoof it into giving you a "free" call. It's better than anything a blue boxer can do. You get to choose the protocol, you get to choose the path, you get to hack the interfaces, and all with the blessing of the government, rather than being pursued by the phone police for your phreaking. If you're just a *user*, then IRC, or CB, or the telephone is what you need. But if you're more interested in the why and how, with tinkering with the guts rather than just in using the service, then amateur radio is where you belong. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:44:58 1996 From: cc wynn Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Canadian Callsign Server? Date: 28 Apr 1996 21:05:49 GMT Message-ID: <4m0mjd$4a@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> Is there a Canadian Callsign Server accessible through the internet with search facilities like those in the US? 73, Clay N4AOX From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:44:59 1996 From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Check out this article Date: 28 Apr 1996 04:10:14 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4lur36$1sac@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4luhkr$426@arl-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> >The problem turns >out to be a legal one: once that barn door is open towards easing of >a requirement, any attempt to return to former standards generally >will attract a cry of "discrimination," "elitism," and eventually, >a lawsuit. That's one major pitfall to restoring theory exams in this >country. My guess is that it will soon be a legal issue if the code requirements are NOT eased. The current policy is most definitely discriminatory, as there is no convincing legal reason to continue requiring Morse code knowledge as a condition of obtaining an amateur radio license with full privileges in this day and age. If the code requirements aren't eased, and ultimately removed, the issue will eventually be decided in the courts. -Drew in Sunny Central Florida- KF4DDM From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:00 1996 From: <103520.355@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Check out this article Date: 28 Apr 1996 14:02:46 GMT Message-ID: <4lvtq6$7vq@arl-news-svc-4.compuserve.com> In response to Drew Durigan, who writes: >My guess is that it will soon be a legal issue if the code requirements >are not eased. If that is the best reply you can come up with, knowing that not even ORACLE would agree to a slow code license, and that ARRL's First VP doesn't even believe amateur radio need be a technical hobby, then both you and amateur radio are in trouble. For we will not be speaking of amateur radio any longer. That's because your argument regarding requirements can logically extend well beyond Morse Code: The same argument you advanced can be extended from technical theory requirements, to courses in high school and college that one takes but never uses again. (The fact that there are those at Extra Class who don't know basic electronics quite conclusively shows that knowledge of how things work is not necessary for an Amateur License). What you suggest, Drew, is Anarchy, not Amateur Radio . >The current policy is most definitely discriminatory, as there is no convinci ng >reason to continue Morse.... As Jack Palance said in the movie Shane, "Prove it." One can argue all the way down the line, from Amateur to Zoology, that exam standards of any kind are, in the limit, discriminatory. But proving it will ultimately be very difficult, because the opinion is based on nothing more than opinion, not fact. In addition, getting in the door by the back door, as you suggest, will have no other effect than to ultimately open the flood gates to most every other licensing process in all other endeavors, besides Amateur Radio. I well note that this "discriminatory" tactic is already in full force in the country's educational system. One not need be a genius to recognize that exercise has been devastating to the country. Which may explain why, legal considerations aside, the mayors of big cities (the most recent one being New York) has called for a no-holds-barred return to standards. Students don't pass tests don't graduate. That's an extreme case of mayoral backlash, and it will be interesting to see how it turns out. In the last reckoning, what your statement simply says, in total, is that amateur radio is a constitutional right. A few others are saying the same. But should amateur radio become such, we will no longer have amateur radio. We will have a personal radio service, which many already argue (and with good reason) is already here. That's all fine and good, assuming ARRL and FCC officially declare the new purposes and goals of the Amateur Service. But de-facto deregulation, as I've said before, is what is creating Amateur backlash now, the kind of excitement that apparently frightens you. Regards, Vince, WB2EZG From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:02 1996 From: <103520.355@compuserve.com> Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Check out this article Date: 28 Apr 1996 01:28:59 GMT Message-ID: <4luhkr$426@arl-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> In response to Drew Durigan: Far from being a great article, the CQ VHF piece represents nothing more than an extention of Dick Ross' belief that we should have a slow code license, with editor Rich Moseson naturally supporting that view. I'm also attempting to confirm the report that ARRL First VP Steve Mendelsohn has truly chimed in. That's well to be expected, but it must also be remembered th at VP Mendelsohn does not even believe amateur radio need be a technical hobby! (see previously posted quote of his Ham Expo speech in Long Island, New York on 10 Nov 1990). Which also brings the interesting question of how his personal views would impact on the special committee ARRL President Stafford has convened to discuss the no-code issue in a seemingly impartial atmosphere. It should also be well noted that ORACLE, the 6-man team that first placed thoughts of an international HF no-code license in the minds of some amateurs, would be against the CQ "editorial," as they stated in Westlink Report, 27 October 1994, page 6: "We (ORACLE) are firmly against the lowering of standards, and would not support the "slow code" lobby as that is tantamount to a LOWERING OF STANDARDS. We want to hold standards, and also want new tests or examinations that are equally as challenging as the existing code tests..." "USA amateurs should be aware that the technical examinations in other countries...have not been lowered in standard...Examination questions are not part of a published pool...But if any amateur examination system could be said to have been 'dumbed down,' then the current USA methodology is a candidate. But presumably it could be 'undumbed' if there was a need." The last sentence, by the way, also exposes the flaw in ORACLE's argument for a no-code license in this country. Exams can be 'undumbed,' at least not in the US. Once a deregulatory policy is established, returning to t he former policy, i.e., restoring standards, is virtually impossible, and no majo r decision-making policy concerning the Amateur Radio Service has EVER been made along those lines in this country. The problem turns out to be a legal one: once that barn door is open towards easing of a requirement, any attempt to return to former standards generally will attract a cry of "discrimination," "elitism," and eventually, a lawsuit. That's one major pitfall to restoring theory exams in this country. And since theory exams won't be restored, we can't 'undumb' the exams in the U.S. Before the shortsighted proposal for a slow code license takes hold, amateurs would do well to understand what benefits will be lost if the Morse requirements are eased. The issue, again, has absolutely nothing to do with the Morse Code as a mode, and ORACLE obviously understands that which amateurs here do not understand! Here, in the U.S., the issue has to do with easing of requirements, and economic factors. But as we have eased requirements, we have lost precious spectrum (see Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act initiated by ARRL, 1989). Indeed, amateurs would do well to understand the history of the entire issue before being duped into taking a step in any direction. Or allowing any committee to lead them down the garden path. Regards, Vince, WB2EZG (Life Member, ARRL) P.S. If the results of a recent poll in an ARRL Division are to be believed, t wo out of every three amateurs believe Morse Code requirements should be either RETAINED or made tougher! Thus, amateurs again would do well not to believe ANYTHING un til some official documentation arrives to support it. Ultimately, a binding refer endum would be the idea way to settle this issue. The ARRL, however, does not appear too anxi ous to conduct such a poll. Failure to do that, however, is at odds with their sta tement that WE are the ARRL. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:03 1996 From: VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Check out this article... Date: 28 Apr 1996 04:04:21 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <4luqo5$akq@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4ltu67$1dn0@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <4lukig$1bj@anomaly.ideamation.com> >>The reason for this, of course, is >>so they can keep their own little "private club" on the HF bands and keep >>others from using the frequencies. > >Anything that keeps people like you off the radio can't be all that >bad. To quote your own phrase..."for the N-th time", I passed a code test. It doesn't keep me off the radio, much to your dismay. It does, however, keep several qualified would-be amateurs from getting their licenses since they cannot see any possible reason for investing the time and energy in learning an obsolete mode of communication like Morse code. Just doesn't make any sense in the digital age. -Drew in Sunny Central Florida- KF4DDM From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:04 1996 From: bowman@montana.com (robert bowman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Check out this article... Date: 28 Apr 1996 16:56:50 GMT Message-ID: <4m080i$har@maw.montana.com> References: <4ltu67$1dn0@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> In article <4ltu67$1dn0@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, VUBS79A@prodigy.com (Drew Durigan) says: >This article tells it like it is, and asks the hard questions...like why, >in this day and age, are 13-20 WPM code speeds still required for >obtaining Amateur radio licenses? It goes on to answer the question with >the true and correct answer: because YE OLDE FAHRTZ, which is where the >large majority of the ARRL's operating budget comes from, has convinced >them to maintain a pro-code stance. i bought a stack of 1988 and 1989 QSTs at a hamfest yesterday. its interesting, in retrospect, to read the hemming and hawing, and finally the grudging admission that a no-code might be a *good thing*. also, imho, is the 'dumbing down' that QST has underwent since the no-code revolution. do no-code techs really need instruction to turn their HTs on, or does the ARRL underestimate the intelligence of anyone who doesn't want to clutter their brain cells with didahs? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:05 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Message-ID: <87@pplace.win.net> References: <4ltu67$1dn0@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <4lukig$1bj@anomaly.ideamation.com><4luqo5$akq@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> Reply-To: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) From: pw@pplace.win.net (Patrick Wilson) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 09:33:17 GMT Subject: Re: Check out this article... Most people consider the code test you passed to be practically "no code". Nevertheless, code does not keep those you were speaking about from getting their license. The simply do not want it badly enough to endure learning the code or perhaps memorizing the answers to the questions for Tech. I still think, getting your license and working from within the Amateur Service to eliminate the requirement(s) you don't agree with, is far more impressive than not. >To quote your own phrase..."for the N-th time", I passed a code test. It >doesn't keep me off the radio, much to your dismay. It does, however, >keep several qualified would-be amateurs from getting their licenses >since they cannot see any possible reason for investing the time and >energy in learning an obsolete mode of communication like Morse code. >Just doesn't make any sense in the digital age. > >-Drew in Sunny Central Florida- > KF4DDM > From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:06 1996 From: Denise Lynn Moquin Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: CLIP ART FOR NEWSLETTER Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 00:07:04 -0400 Message-ID: References: <31804EE5.73A7@trib.com> <31816CFD.5ABC@shu.ac.uk> On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Mark Pettigrew wrote: > jim boyer wrote: > > > > Can anyone help me locate a source for clip art of the Ham Radio type? My > > DTP can use PCX, TIFF, BMP, WMF and a few others. Any help would be > > appreciated. > > The only one I know of is at > > http://www.eolas.co.uk/ag/hamclip.htm > > Best wishes > > Mark > G0WLR This site really helped me. I was writing an article on ham radio for one of my classes at college and was looking for some clip art dealing with amateur radio to put in it. 73, Denise Lynn N1JBR From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:08 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Code requirement relaxed WAS: Selling out of ham radio Message-ID: <1996Apr26.134427.10172@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <31702e9d.6828@hooked.net> <4l65ii$c4i@news.interpath.net> <4l8ejs$18c0@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <4l8muf$14lc@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <4lcjt7$4ve@anomaly.ideamation.com> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 13:44:27 GMT In article <4lcjt7$4ve@anomaly.ideamation.com> kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (M ichael P. Deignan) writes: >In article <4l8muf$14lc@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, > Drew Durigan wrote: >>But why bother? What significance does Morse Code have to furthering >>communications technology in 1996? > >What significance does single side-band have to furthering communications >technology in 1996? Or FM for that matter? Well, single sideband technique is ideal for M-ary encodings, and FM is just another word for FSK, which still has some things to offer that are superior to OOK. Neither does much in itself to further communications technology, but they're still useful to enable such technological advances. And of course, neither requires passing a separate pass/fail speed test in order to utilize other methods of communications which *are* at the SOTA. Note too that while OOK is primitive compared to other modulation techniques, it can be improved by using encodings other than Morse. Convolution encoders, Viterbi decoding, Reed-Solomon FEC, etc, can all be applied to OOK, and offer substantial improvements over Morse. They work even better, of course, if a modulation superior to OOK is utilized. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:09 1996 From: Burt Fisher Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CQ DX, ham superiority Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 07:43:12 -0400 Message-ID: <318359D0.65BE@ccsnet.com> Who the hell am I to call CQDX. I have been a ham for over 34 years and in 28 of those I could only afford crummy rigs and antennas. There were so many stations I could have worked (and called) if they were not calling CQDX. I have NEVER called CQDX, although today I am much better equiped. Many times when I call CQ I would prefer DX, who am I to EXCLUDE anyone. If someone wants to talk to me who am I to be selective? When my beam is headed towards DX and I get a domestic call it is usually from a station using a dipole, remember all hams are not "Big guns." And in reality to be a "real man" is not predicated on how much money you have. When you call CQDX, think about what you are really saying (calling anyone but no Americans need answer).  From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:10 1996 From: bowman@montana.com (robert bowman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dumb and dumber Date: 29 Apr 1996 02:30:41 GMT Message-ID: <4m19kh$ljm@maw.montana.com> References: <31835993.798A@ccsnet.com> In article <31835993.798A@ccsnet.com>, Burt Fisher says: >Clear means you are leaving the air, listening means you are staying. i believe they mean they are auditors in the church of scientology. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:10 1996 From: teacherjh@aol.com (Teacherjh) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Dumb and dumber Date: 28 Apr 1996 10:34:35 -0400 Message-ID: <4lvvlr$n3j@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <31835993.798A@ccsnet.com> Reply-To: teacherjh@aol.com (Teacherjh) >> I hear hams say "clear and listening." Why would anybody say that? Clear means you are leaving the air, listening means you are staying. Which is it? << Yeah.. it does sound dumb... but it could be that the operator changed his mind... and decided to stick around. Even more likely, "clear" is short for "clear WITH xxx" (i.e. done with the QSO he was having) and "listening" means "sticking around for another conversation. "clear" doesn't always mean leaving the air. Jose KD1SB From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:11 1996 From: nick@lansley.demon.co.uk (Nick Lansley G1KZI) Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Subject: Re: famous hams Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:03:23 GMT Message-ID: <830772237.15326.0@lansley.demon.co.uk> References: <830616248.27992.0@skypilot.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: nick@lansley.demon.co.uk bert@skypilot.demon.co.uk wrote: >List of 'famous' hams Please can I apply to be famous. My callsign is G1KZI. Thanks. <<< Nick Lansley G1KZI >>> ----------------------------------------------------- Home: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/nicholas_lansley E-mail: nick@lansley.demon.co.uk or G1KZI@lansley.demon.co.uk From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:12 1996 From: mauricea@glo.be (Maurice Andries) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Force12 info please!! Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 17:04:13 GMT Message-ID: <4m2smm$gge@rhea.glo.be> Hi all, A non-connected friend of mine would like info about the Force 12 antennas type: 5BA and 4BA. If you have this info or have such an antenna, I would like to know what you think of it. How does it perform?? Thanks a lot for answering (pefer e-mail). Just my 2 cents, Your mileage may vary Opinions are my own (most of the time). 73 de Maurice, mauricea@glo.be (internet) ON4BAM@ON6AR.#AN.BEL.EU http://user.glo.be/~mauricea (Ham links and station info) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:13 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: davew@cruzio.com (David Wells) Subject: Re: HF Digital BBS/Networks ? Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 16:23:12 GMT Message-ID: <4m061g$d8o_001@pine222.cruzio.com> References: <4lt747$f3v@castle.nando.net> In article <4lt747$f3v@castle.nando.net>, K5ESW@nando.net (Paul Ferguson) wrote: >A ham friend of mine will be sailing in the Carribbean for a few >years. She is a new General class and has an HF transceiver. She is >thinking about getting a TNC and wants to be able to send and receive >messages to an HF digital node. > >The objective is to have the equivalent of e-mail contact with ham >friends while sailng. > >I have heard about stations that operate on HF and operate like a >bulletin-board-system. They are on most of the time and will store and >forward messages. Does anyone have any references to this such as >frequencies, callsigns, and protocols used? > >73, >Paul Ferguson >K5ESW@nando.net > Paul, Checkout http://www.teleport.com/~moana. Dave KD6TO From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:14 1996 From: davidtork@aol.com (Davidtork) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: HTX-202 Date: 28 Apr 1996 23:14:15 -0400 Message-ID: <4m1c67$9un@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: davidtork@aol.com (Davidtork) I'm a recently got my Tech. licence. I also couldn't afford much of a "rig". So I went out and bought the Radio Shack HTX-202. Can someone tell me how long a battery should last? I haven't been doing much more then listening and it seems the battery light goes on after about 30 min.'s or less. It takes ten hours to charge. I think you should be able to use the battery longer. Is this normal with all HT's, is it beacuse it's a Radio Shack, or do I have a bad battery? Thank you for any help. David KF6DGN From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:15 1996 From: Asmartuser Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Hy-gain DX88 questions Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 16:48:15 -0700 Message-ID: <317EBDBF.6486@snefru.comm2000.it> Anyone can tell me experiencies with this kind of antenna? What about the expansion kit for 160 m.? Any suggestion will be appreciated. 73, IZ2ADI, Maurizio From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:16 1996 From: kc5egg@ix.netcom.com(Gerald Schmitt ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: I want out of boredom, buy me out. Date: 28 Apr 1996 14:01:49 GMT Message-ID: <4lvtod$gjs@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <31835A07.1C7@ccsnet.com> In <31835A07.1C7@ccsnet.com> Burt Fisher writes: > > C O M P L E T E S T A T I O N > >I am selling my entire station as one package. See it, test it, buy it. > >Icom 751 with CW filters, RC-10 keypad, > >Icom 2KL Solid state 5OO watt amplifier > >Icom AT-500 automatic tuner > >Cushcraft A3 Beam > >Alliance Ham rotor > >40 foot crank up tower > >$3000 cash and I do mean cash. It all works and it is all connected. > >I am bored with the hobby. > > Burt, If you offered all your packet gear and your computer tied to irrevokable contract to never post again on any media I suspect we could generate a bunch of cash quite quickly. Most of us are rather bored by the same lame stupid insults repeated over and over and over. Gosh Burt does this mean you're, shudder, boring. Jerry From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:17 1996 From: Ben Hastings Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: icom mod Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 12:14:37 -0700 Message-ID: <3183C39D.6955@concentric.net> I am looking for a mod for an Icom-Z1A or an Icom-W31A (Which I believe has the same circuit as the Z1A). If anyone has a keypad (such as a crossband repeater), TX, or Sensetivity(for ext. RX) mod please send it to me via E-mail. Thanks, -- Ben Hastings KC8DBW benh@concentric.net From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:18 1996 From: "S. Sampson" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Lambda Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 07:38:44 -0500 Message-ID: <318366D4.4B07@telepath.com> References: <4lr9oh$oe5@arl-news-svc-4.compuserve.com> > Sexual preference is not a "Club" I would be happy to QSO with any >amateur including one from LAMBDA. I do however ask, that if you want >to be gay, be gay and SHUT UP about it. I am a hetero sexual with wife >and three boys. Should I join a heterosexual amateur radio club? Should >I wear a pin thats says "Straight and proud of it!" Should I march in >the straight parade? I don't think so. Your sexual preference is a >private matter and unless I ask you about it, trust me, I don't want to >know. That reminds me of the Black Caucus in Congress. How about a White Caucus, or in the USAF we had the Black-American of the year, yet there was never a White-American of the year. Later they changed it to African-American of the year, and I guess you don't have to be Black anymore, as there are a lot of White South Aficans who after coming to America, refer to themselves as African-American... -- Steve Sampson mailto:ssampson@telepath.com http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x63BA9AF9 "I ain't no stinking hyphenated-American..." 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For skeds, pse mail hannu.forsstrom@valmet.com rgs, Hannu/OH6MAZ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:21 1996 From: hamkb8uum@aol.com (HAMKB8UUM) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Packet Satellites Date: 28 Apr 1996 14:10:18 -0400 Message-ID: <4m0caa$rbo@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: hamkb8uum@aol.com (HAMKB8UUM) Is there anyone out there who has a list or knows where I could obtain a list of Packet satellites that are used to forward packet mail over long distances. Thank you very much for your help I really appreciate it, 73 and good DXing!!!! Geoff KB8UUM E-mail me pse at: HAMKB8UUM@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:22 1996 From: Jim Sollows Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: RE: Repeater list for VE3? Date: 28 Apr 1996 03:08:06 GMT Message-ID: <01bb34af.ece6f220$caaf0cce@SmarttNet.smartt.com> References: <1996Apr20.145520.13053@lafn.org> On Saturday, April 20, 1996, Abraham Stavsky wrote... > > Anyone have/know where I can get one? > Much obliged! > KE6OCM > -- How about the ARRL Repeater Book? Look in the section for Ontario they are all there. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:23 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: SATELLIT Message-ID: <1996Apr26.142710.10422@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <317C1019.2E26@concentric.net> <317C7886.7D15@sunrise.it> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 14:27:10 GMT In article <317C7886.7D15@sunrise.it> Walter Girardi writes : >Hi All >i just have the license and i would likw to work with satelits. >Can you help me? >Thanks in advance. >IW3HNS WALTER You'll likely get more response over on the rec.radio.amateur.space newsgroup, but first tell us which satellites you want to work. Tell us whether you want to do digital or analog, voice or data, and then we can help you more efficiently. There are LEO and high orbit satellites, digital and analog satellites, FM, SSB, CW, FSK, and PSK operating modes, and different setups are needed to operate different ones. The easiest satellite is MIR, and you only need a 2m FM rig to talk to the cosmonauts, and an ordinary TNC to access their BBS. Other easysats are AO-27 which requires a FM dualbander, or the Russian Mode A birds which require a 2m transmitter and a HF receiver. Or there are the pacsats, which require 2m and 70cm radios and modems. All of these can be worked with simple antennas and relatively low power. Then there are the high orbit satellites which require tracking antennas and a touch more power to work efficiently. With them you can use SSB voice, CW, SSTV, or one of the more efficient digital modes. The advantage of the high orbit satellites is a much larger footprint, meaning you can have realtime QSOs with people over nearly a hemisphere. The LEOs limit realtime QSOs to a much smaller area due to their reduced footprint, though store and forward techniques on the pacsats still give you global messaging in non-realtime. So what is it you want to do? Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:25 1996 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Suggest Digital Requirement Instead Of CW Message-ID: <1996Apr26.144403.10650@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) References: <4ldta6$s99@steel.interlog.com> <4ligdb$kq@anomaly.ideamation.com> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 14:44:03 GMT In article <4ligdb$kq@anomaly.ideamation.com> kd1hz@anomaly.ideamation.com (Mi chael P. Deignan) writes: >In article <4ldta6$s99@steel.interlog.com>, > Alan Gollom wrote: > >>Digital is the wave of the future. That's where all the growth is now. Jus t >>look at the Internet. Since digital is the growing technology of the day, >>why not incorporate that into the ham radio theory tests for those who >>would rather not do CW. >> >>In order for us to maintain the frequency allocations we now have, the >>number of new hams must keep increasing. Rather than discourage them >>from the hobby by requiring knowledge of old technology, why not >>encourage them by learning the newest and fastest growing technology >>of the day. Help them realize that the Internet is not the only way to >>communicate with others around the world. Let them see the wonderful >>blend of computer technology and ham radio. > >To be usable, digital modes require more bandwidth for higher transfer >speeds. Surprisingly little more, and considering the throughput improvement, effectively less. For example, Clover gives you 750 bps in a 500 Hz channel. That's equivalent to a 1125 WPM Morse signal, and *that* would occupy 4.6875 kHz (Bn=WPM*K/1.2). >How much high-speed digital traffic can HF support? Obviously quite a bit more than can be passed on CW in the same bandwidth. >VHF and above is better suited for digital-oriented traffic. Not necessarily. While higher baud can be supported at VHF+, the line of sight limitations mean that to span the same distance many additional relay nodes are required. And each relay node effectively halves the baud and doubles the latency. So it doesn't take very many relay hops before using HF is more efficient. For the *local area*, VHF+ is superior. But once the message must leave the local area, HF is still the better choice. (Of course there's the satellite option too, and it is often a viable alternative to HF.) If all you need is to cruise the local MAN, then VHF+ serves fine, but if you want range comparable to the global internet, you need HF. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | Due to provider problems Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | with previous uucp address es 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | Email to ke4zv@radio.org Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:26 1996 From: "Anthony R. Gold" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Trivia #1 Date: Sun, 28 Apr 96 18:31:20 GMT Message-ID: <830716280snz@microvst.demon.co.uk> References: <830563392.AA06163@hamlink.mn.org> Reply-To: tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk In article <830563392.AA06163@hamlink.mn.org> k0hb@hamlink.mn.org "Hans Brakob" writes: > There is, however, at least one situation in which you must > keep a log of your operation. What is this situation? Is it when your expedition has promised 10,000 QSL cards or just when using spread spectrum? Regards, -- Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:26 1996 From: uncle@iap.net.au (uncle@iap.net.au) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: Trivia #1 Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 20:49:14 GMT Message-ID: <4m0llt$pd5@orange.iap.net.au> References: <830563392.AA06163@hamlink.mn.org> Reply-To: uncle@iap.net.au k0hb@hamlink.mn.org (Hans Brakob) wrote: > >Most of you know that the FCC relaxed the rules regarding >logs in the Amateur Service several years ago. > >There is, however, at least one situation in which you must >keep a log of your operation. What is this situation? > >73, de Hans, K0HB When your station is ,operated by another amateur. Uncle Brian VK6BQN From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:27 1996 From: Phil Manning Newsgroups: uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Re: unitedkingdom radio society-background part 1 Date: 29 Apr 1996 17:31:14 GMT Message-ID: <4m2ud2$pq6@info-server.surrey.ac.uk> References: <830616272.27992.5@skypilot.demon.co.uk> <3184757B.63ED@rcru.rl.ac.uk> Hear Hear Mike.....what a load of old rubbish, and thats before part 2 and 3. Who is Bert at SkyPilot? Very anonymous is'nt it, to shy to use a recognised name, I wonder why? Phil G1LKJ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Apr 29 16:45:28 1996 From: thompson@atl.mindspring.com (David L. Thompson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: What is a vendolyzer??? Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 03:31:06 GMT Message-ID: <4m1g5d$22qa@mule2.mindspring.com> Reply-To: thompson@atl.mindspring.com In a recent visit to a SK's basement I ran across an old piece of test equipment called a "Vendolyzer". Does anybody know what this is? The test piece is very old and was probably used in the broadcast industry. 73, Dave Thompson K4JRB thompson@mindspring.com