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INFO-HAMS Digest Wed, 18 Oct 89 Volume 89 : Issue 775
Today's Topics:
Heath SB101 enhancements
NASA Prediction Bulletins: Space Shuttle
Phonepatches to San Fransisco (3 msgs)
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 89 13:18:50 EDT
From: es!Tim_McNamara_office@harvard.harvard.edu
Subject: Heath SB101 enhancements
Does anyone have a list of Heathkit SB-101 updates, enhancements,
modifications, or just plain 'ol good info on this radio ?
I'd be greatful for life.
Thanks & 73,
Tim McNamara (508) 490-6455
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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 89 19:39:05 EDT
From: tkelso@afit-ab.arpa (TS Kelso)
Subject: NASA Prediction Bulletins: Space Shuttle
The most current orbital elements from the NASA Prediction Bulletins are
carried on the Celestial RCP/M, (513) 427-0674, and are updated several times
weekly. Documentation and tracking software are also available on this
system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current
elements for the current shuttle mission are provided below. The Celestial
RCP/M may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, or 2400 baud using 8 data
bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.
STS-34
1 20297U 89 84 A 89291.73333059 .00085300 00000-0 25599-3 0 14
2 20297 34.3150 148.5416 0006349 265.2700 302.1406 15.90963529 06
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Dr TS Kelso Asst Professor of Space Operations
tkelso@blackbird.afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology
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Date: 18 Oct 89 06:07:11 GMT
From: tenspeed@tc.fluke.COM (Jim Ehrmin)
Subject: Phonepatches to San Fransisco
As I write this note it has been approximately 5 1/2 hours since the
tragic earthquake in San Fransisco. I have been monitoring the news
on my television all evening and have heard repeated requests on the
3 major networks requesting that people should NOT try to call the San
Fransisco area.
However, as I listen to my shortware radio I have heard several hams
collecting phone numbers from other hams around the country who were
trying to get in touch with relatives and loved ones.
We certainly all understand how anxious we would be to try and confirm
the safety of relatives and loved ones but isn't this taking advantage
of the situation? Somehow this struck me as being inappropriate. Am I
missing something here? Is this part of normal emergency operations?
Please don't regard my question as a flame. I am very greatful for the
service that ham radio can and does provide during emergency situations.
How nice it would be if the American public would understand the importance
of ham radio.
Jim Ehrmin
aka tenspeed
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Date: 18 Oct 89 19:55:56 GMT
From: katzmann@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov
Subject: Phonepatches to San Fransisco
I was one of those concerned about family members in the bay area. In
particular my 81 year old grandfather in Concord, Ca. So about an hour
after the quake I asked a ham in the area to give him a call to see if
he was alright. Everything was fine luckily. This was not a phone
patch, it was a simple one-way message transfered with the aid of ham
radio.
The main reason for posting here is just to say how upset I was to hear
some of the emergency ham nets getting jammed last night. These jammers
are very sick individuals!! I felt that if they could be caught that their
necks should be ringed and their equipment destroyed. These are probably
feeble little insecure twirps with nothing better to do!
Anyway, I was curious if this kind of activity accompanied the emergency
ham activities of Hurricane Hugo on the east coast, or are all the fruits
and nuts out here in California?
steve - WA6MUO
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Date: 18 Oct 89 20:20:00 GMT
From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Subject: Phonepatches to San Fransisco
One of the problems in a situation like this is that the long distance
phone lines of all the carriers become totally clogged with telephone
calls. News reports I've heard indicate at least one company has
controlled their call routing so that no calls except placed by an
operator will go through so that the phone lines remain open for the
important calls.
Because phone service IN THE AFFECTED AREA is spotty, it is more prudent
to allow those who do have working phone service to call OUT to inform
friends and relatives that they are ok, than it is to allow outsiders to
call IN to find out, when a large portion of these calls will be wasted
to dead service areas.
Ham radio traffic can be of great value to the general public by
forwarding messages of this ("we are all ok") type. Even so, outbound
messages should have higher priority than inbound ones.
I personally would like to hear about what INTRA Bay Area ham radio
activity is taking place. I suspect that we will hear about this, but
not immediately.
--Phil howard-- <phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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End of INFO-HAMS Digest V89 Issue #775
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