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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 95 21:32:12 EST
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Subject: Info-Hams Digest V95 #128
Info-Hams Digest Thu, 16 Feb 95 Volume 95 : Issue 128
Today's Topics:
2M repeaters in France
AM vs. FM -> Aircraft?
ARLB015 ARRL President hospitalized
BNC what is stands for...HELP! (2 msgs)
Don't Let PRB-1 Die in New York State
For Sale:Pk-232
Ham License in US, the other side...
Hams & cops (2 msgs)
Japan Radio Corp.
Job Posting
Kenwood 830 question
Opinions about FT-ONE
QSL route for OA6PV ?
RF MODEM
T-Hunt info on Net?
What are these signals?
Your filth
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 09:32:33 +0000
From: Mi...@g4kfk.demon.co.uk (Mike Gathergood)
Subject: 2M repeaters in France
Hi Robert,
In article <8A353EA.00CB...@camel.com>
robert....@camel.com "ROBERT BRANDON" writes:
> Bernard, thanks for the info on 2M in France. I would very much appreciate
> any listings, maps, etc. of 2M repeaters there. Thanks and 73, Robert
> WD5AAT
Call Ch Locator Location Dept mASL Comments
------ -- ------- ------------------------ ---- ---- ----------------
FZ1THF 0 JN18CS CLAMART / PARIS 92 205
FZ3VHF 0 IN88HL PLOUGONVER/St BRIEUC 22 320
FZ5VIL 0 ....... VILLENEUVE sur LOT 47 RELAIS URBAIN
FZ0VHF 1 JN07WT LA SOURCE/ORLEANS 45 166
FZ3VHD 1 IN78VC IROISE/QUIMPER 29 300
FZ5VHC 1 JN03HN AUCH 32 250
FZ6THF 1 JN37NX Pt BALLON/COLMAR 68 1168
FZ8VHC 1 JN24BW Mt D'ALAMBRE 43 1691
FZ8GRB 2 JN25UD ECHIROLLES/GRENOBLE 38 218 RELAIS URBAIN
FZ1VHB 2 JN18PN PROVINS 77 153
FZ4VHF 2 JN05MP BUSSIERE GALAND/LIMOGES 87 517
FZ9VHB 2 JN24MD GIGONDAS/AVIGNON 84 315
FZ3VHC 3 IN98EC CESSON-SEVIGNE/RENNES 35 100
FZ6VHC 3 JN39AF MOYEUVRE/METZ 57 347
FZ9MCA 3 JN33RS Mt AGEL/MONACO/NICE 06 1025
FZ8VHB 3 JN25XQ Mt REVARD/CHAMBERY 73 1550
FZ2VBR 3x JN19IQ VERBERIE /SENLIS 60 114 Relais local
FZ3THF 4 IN98XK Mt DES AVALLOIRS/ALENCON 61 420
FZ4THF 4 IN92OX PIERRE St MARTIN/PAU 64 1765
FZ6VHD 4 JN28ME SEXFONTAINES/CHAUMONT 52 425 Entree UHF 431.375
FZ9VHC 4 JN24VC MONTAGNE DE LURE/DIGNE 04 1805
FZ2VHC 5 JN09CM LE HAVRE 76 95
FZ4VHB 5 IN94UR CAPIAN/BORDEAUX 33 137
FZ9VHD 5 JN23XE BORMES LES MIMOSAS 83 650
FZ2THF 6 JO10LA SAILLY SAILLISEL/PERONNE 80 210
FZ4VHC 6 IN95OX MORAGNE/ROCHEFORT 17 60
FZ5VHF 6 JN13FK PIC DE NORE/ALBI 81 1195
FZ7VHB 6 JN26FP MONCEAU 71 600
FZ9VHE 6 Col de Turini / NICE 06
FZ3VHB 7 IN96LV Mt DES ALOUETTES 85 265
FZ7THF 7 JN26WX Mt POUPET/SALINS 39 850
FZ9THF 7 ? L'ETOILE / MARSEILLE 13 800
FZ2VHB 8B IN98PX AUNAY SUR ODON / CAEN 14 327
FZ7VHF 8B JN17US LE RADAR/AUXERRE 89 358
FZ9VHF 8B JN12JK PIC DE FONFREDE/PERPIGN. 66 1100
FZ8VHD 8B JN25AC LE PUY 43 1020
TK1VHF 9B JN42QQ SERRA DI PIGNO/BASTIA 2B 960
FZ1VHF 9B JN09TD BUS St REMY/VERNON 27 210
FZ8VHF 9B JN25HR Mt BARMONT / LYON 69 888
FZ0THF 10 JN07JP MONTHODON/TOURS 37 170
FZ5VHB 10 JN14SP SIGNAL DE RANDON/MENDE 48 1550
FZ6VHB 10 JN38OI VALSBERG/STRASBOURG 67 700
FZ8LYN 10 ..... LYON (Ville) 69
TK2VHF 11 JN41IW LA PUNTA / AJACCIO 2A 700
FZ8THF 11 JN15JM CLERMONT-FERRAND 63 1820
FZ0VHB 12 JN06WS AIGURANDE/CHATEAUROUX 36 470
FZ5THF 12 JN02TW PRAT D'ALBI/FOIX 09 1205
FZ6VHF 12 JN18XX EPERNAY 51 243
FZ9VBR 12 JN34IV BRIANCON 5 2432
HB9G 5 JN36BK POELE-CHAUD / GENEVE 1628 FRANCO SUISSE
Channels:
Input Output
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R0 145.000 145.600
R1 145.025 145.625
R2 145.050 145.650
R3 145.075 145.675
R3x 145.0875 145.6875
R4 145.100 145.700
R5 145.125 145.725
R6 145.150 145.750
R7 145.175 145.775
R8b 144.725 145.325
R9b 144.750 145.350
R10 144.775 145.375
R11 144.800 145.400
R12 144.825 145.425
R0 to R7 are in use throughout Europe. R3x and R8b to R12 are unique
to France.
All repeaters in France are accessed with a short 1750Hz toneburst.
With a bit of practice a short whistle will work as well (try doing
that with CTCSS repeaters!) See '1750Hz Hospitality' PP105 QST Jan 95.
From personal experience, unless you speak French, don't bother taking
a rig with you - it'll be deadweight.
Mike Gathergood
The CQ Centre BBS
Node 1 - 01753 595468
Node 2 - 01753 593524
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Date: 16 Feb 95 21:32:20 GMT
From: haw...@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Chuck Hawley)
Subject: AM vs. FM -> Aircraft?
gbe...@rs6.tcs.tulane.edu (Gerald A Belton) writes:
>Steve Mitchell (ste...@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU) wrote:
>: Recently I've talked to a couple of pilots as to why the aircraft bands
>: are all AM. They said that it's just tradition. I thought that the AM
>: could be received over longer distances than FM, and that that was the
>: reason.
>: Can anybody here confirm or deny this?
>Pilots started putting radios in their planes before FM was invented, and
>nobody wanted to make all of the existing radios obsolete so they kept
>using AM.
>Transmitting distances depend more on frequency and power than on mode,
>at least when comparing AM and FM. (SSB or CW would go farther given the
>same power on the same frequency.) You are probably thinking of the
>differences between the AM Broadcast band (550 khz to 1600 khz) vs. the
>FM Broadcast band (88 Mhz to 108 Mhz). The range differences between
??????
I think that it might be as simple as you can break into an AM qso.
I think it's safer, all things considered.
Chuck Hawley, KE9UW in Urbana, Illinois
haw...@aries.scs.uiuc.edu
School of Chemical Sciences, Electronic Services
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 16:41:37 EST
From: w1...@arrl.org
Subject: ARLB015 ARRL President hospitalized
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB015
ARLB015 ARRL President hospitalized
ZCZC AG81
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 15 ARLB015
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT February 13, 1995
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB015
ARLB015 ARRL President hospitalized
ARRL President Hospitalized
ARRL President George Wilson, W4OYI, suffered a stroke February 11
while in Washington, DC, on League business. Doctors are still
evaluating his condition.
NNNN
/EX
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Date: 15 Feb 1995 20:30:09 -0500
From: ste...@eden.rutgers.edu (Team OS/2'er)
Subject: BNC what is stands for...HELP!
if I remember right, BNC stands for British Naval Connector, but if anyone has the file that describes this, if you could mail it to me I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
Rob
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 21:31:35 GMT
From: p...@syseng1.melpar.esys.com (Paul H. Bock)
Subject: BNC what is stands for...HELP!
ste...@eden.rutgers.edu (Team OS/2'er) writes:
>if I remember right, BNC stands for British Naval Connector, but if anyone has the file that describes this, if you could mail it to me I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
WRONG! BNC is named for the two engineers who developed it, Neill
and Concilman (sp?); the "B" stands for "bayonet." TNC is also named
for them, except that the "T" stands for "threaded. The Type N stands
for Neill, the Type C for Concilman.
So, the correct names are:
BNC: Bayonet Neill-Concilman connector
TNC: Threaded Neill-Concilman connector
C: Concilman connector
N: Neill connector
I've forgotten where they worked, but it was someplace that was
doing VHF and above work and a new family of low-loss connectors was
required.
73 DE K4MSG
* Paul H. Bock, Jr. * Principal Systems Engineer
(|_|) * E-Systems/Melpar Div. * Telephone: (703) 560-5000 x2062
| |) * 7700 Arlington Blvd. * Internet: pb...@melpar.esys.com
* Falls Church, VA 22046 * Mailstop: N203
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 12:34:36 GMT
From: b...@gdstech.grumman.com (Pat Masterson)
Subject: Don't Let PRB-1 Die in New York State
In article <3hg5gq$7...@i-2000.com> h...@i-2000.com writes:
> <<<<< We need your help to maintain our rights as amateur radio operators. >>>>>
>
> HELP SUPPORT
>
> R.A.D.I.O.
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> It could have a devestating effect throughout the U.S.
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Hey Mark. Hit the return key every 75 characters so this stuff is
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 95 14:54:10 EST
From: jradc...@sycom.mi.org (Jay Radcliffe)
Subject: For Sale:Pk-232
Hello,
I have for Sale One Pk-232mbx which has had a very well kept life.
It come with everything you need to get in on the air less a radio and PC
All the cables, Power Supply, Manuals, and Software.
two hundred or best.
Jay Radcliffe
n8...@hamgate.cc.wayne.edu
jradc...@sycom.mi.org
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 95 10:33:42 -0500
From: brune...@delphi.com
Subject: Ham License in US, the other side...
I recently had the opportunity to administer an extra class
code and written to a HAM of foreign extraction. He is an
accomplished DXer in his homeland and is in MANY stateside
logs. He has been to a few of our VE sessions and takes them
very seriously.
He passed his Code element easily (??!!??) and spent a very long
time on the written. Upon handing it in he told the team how he
was sorry and that he felt that he did not do well. As it ended up he
only missed 5 questions.
Whn he found ot that hepassed he said this:
Now when i see my friends from "the pold country" i can say to them
' i don't know how you got your license, but i know exactly how
i got mine'."
For those of you in the cheap seats..... He worked for it, was tested
on his knowledge, and received operating priveledges as a result.
Before your next posting about how the current licensing system
is too easy, not what it used to be, a "gimme", etc... Keep in mind
that it could be corrupt, closed to may citizens by class, under
military control, ILLEGAL....
No, you do not have to be the next Lee DeForest to get an Extra class
ticket, which is good for most of the amateur community. If you have a better
way to handle it you have to do the work like that done tomake the
changes we see now,. Novice enhancement, No-Code, VE testing, name it
and it was made possible through hard work, not by grousing in a
usenet news group.
73 and cul
pete brunelli
n1qdq
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 22:12:37 GMT
From: te...@col.hp.com (Terry Thero)
Subject: Hams & cops
Brendan Hoar (bre...@clark.net) wrote:
: S T U F F D E L E T E D
: Could it be Ham plates or just plain luck?
: Maybe I don't speed as much as I'm afraid I do?
Hi Brendan,
I rather doubt that it is the ham plates :-) Money for the city
coffers could come from ham's just as eaisly as from other sources :-)
However, there are some communities where ham's work very closely with
the police, and many officers know the ham's, and MAY tend to cut them
some slack :-) Take care Brendan.
73's
twthero
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 16:05:07 GMT
From: bre...@clark.net (Brendan Hoar)
Subject: Hams & cops
I've come to the conclusion that police don't seem to want to pull me
over. Experience after experience of being paced (a warning?) when
speeding but never one ticket. I'm not crazy, but sometimes, just like
almost everyone, I go faster than they think I should.
For example, a Park Service police car paced me going 65 or so on the
George Washington Memorial parkway in VA a couple days ago. I believe
the limit there is 45 or so. Its a nice safe road, but its a parkway,
so the limit is lower. Unfortunately, I didn't notice him (or her)
there for quite a while. When I did, I immediately slowed to 50mph.
Then the cop passed me at 60-65 on my right and zoomed out of sight.
I've seen times where I've come into radar view, the officer has started
the car moving but then stopped as I approached (I slowed as soon as I
realized I was about to be nabbed) and continued about his or her business?
Could it be Ham plates or just plain luck?
Maybe I don't speed as much as I'm afraid I do?
-b
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->Lookin for DC area punk/DIY shows, radical events or protests? Email me!<-
http://www.clark.net/pub/brendan = updated -- [KD4YJS] -- "You've got to
pay for all your lies, and thats what America refuses to learn." - Phil Ochs
------------------------------
Date: 16 Feb 95 13:54:00 GMT
From: jesp...@sctcorp.COM (Joe Esposito)
Subject: Japan Radio Corp.
Has anyone one the reflector ever used or know someone who has used a
Japan Radio Corp. (JRC) transceiver or other equipment? I'm
considering the purchase of a JST-245 and would appreciate any
feedback - good or bad - about functionality, quality, service, etc.
Thanks.
73,
Joe, K2YJL/M
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 12:44:46 MST
From: ma...@primenet.com (Eric Nelson)
Subject: Job Posting
Field Engineer-
US West Cellular, a progressive leader in the cellular communications industry, an immediate
opening for a Field Engineer in the Tucson area.
The position will be responsible for RF system design, cellular system optimization and planning,
cell site equipment procurement and new site evaluation and support. On a regional basis, this
position will provide cellular systems design support to meet quality and cost objectives. Requires
a BSEE or equivalent education, 1-2 years RF system design experience, knowledge of general
telephony concepts and basic understanding of RF propagation characteristics, testing and
verification, directional/tilted antenna applications and the PSTN network. Excellent organization
and communication skills and the ability to work in a winning team environment essential.
Experience in the cellular industry desirable.
Please e-mail resumes to ma...@primenet.com
------------------------------
Date: 16 Feb 95 01:50:53 GMT
From: haw...@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Chuck Hawley)
Subject: Kenwood 830 question
g...@fermi.ualr.edu (Doug Mauldin) writes:
> Our ham club at school was given a Kenwood TS-830S transceiver.
>I haven't seen it, but apparently the tubes had been pulled and there
>is no documentation. As the resident old-timer, I was asked what
>kind of tubes they would have been, but I haven't the foggiest, having never
>seen inside one of these rigs (I was always a Drake man.)
>With the old Drake tube rigs, the brand of tube in the final stage
>was significant due to variation in interelectrode capacitance
>in 6JB6 sweep tubes among different manufacturers. Changing
>to a different brand required re-neutralizing the final.
>Is this a factor in 830s? About tube type numbers: I think
>they said the finals were 6146B's, but the driver type was unknown.
>Any help?
12BY7A driver and 6146B's......you should check neutralizing.
Chuck Hawley, KE9UW in Urbana, Illinois
haw...@aries.scs.uiuc.edu
School of Chemical Sciences, Electronic Services
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 09:19:42 GMT
From: uia...@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Iftkhar Ahmed)
Subject: Opinions about FT-ONE
I have recently bought a FT-ONE with all accessories and filters
installed. I will be mainly using it for DXing. I have never seen any
mods or discussion about this rig on this group. Need to know more about
this rig. Will be using it in my shack in AP-land. Appreicate any comments.
Khan ( N7OLJ / AP2CW )
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 14:23:06 -0600
From: Wayne...@csg.mot.com (Wayne_Estes)
Subject: QSL route for OA6PV ?
Does anyone know the QSL route for OA6PV ? I think it's KA8-something.
qsl-...@aug3.augsburg.edu doesn't have this callsign on its database.
73 de Wayne Estes WD5FFH wa...@csg.mot.com
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Date: 11 Feb 1995 07:07:07 GMT
From: Paul Newell <pne...@earthlight.co.nz>
Subject: RF MODEM
I am looking for a circuit for an RS232 to RF modem.
I want to transmit data in one direction only at about 600 baud.
Any ideas?
Paul Newell
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 07:14:16 -0800
From: teix...@ccnet.com (TEIXEIRA)
Subject: T-Hunt info on Net?
A freind who is not on inter net wants to know are there any listservs,
news groups, ect. on T-Hunting.
Don
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 10:07:56 GMT
From: rwl...@gate.net (Robert W. Lade)
Subject: What are these signals?
In article <792786...@microvst.demon.co.uk>, tg...@microvst.demon.co.uk ("Anthony R. Gold") says:
>
>In article <3hl0p6$e...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
> kris...@aol.com "Kris N3RQT" writes:
>
>> "VVV VVV VVV DE CTP CTP CTP QSX 46812 MHZ" on 3.782 Mhz
>>
>> The strings are sent repeatedly like a beacon.
>
>Sound like a Portuguese coastal marine station saying he is monitoring
>some frequency (I don't believe you got that 46812 MHZ right) for calls.
>
>I would guess that if you listen longer he will also periodically send
>the call signs of vessels he has traffic for.
>
>--
>
>Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM / tg...@microvst.demon.co.uk
The 46812 MHz, means that he is listening on 4, 6, 8, and 12 MHz. That's the
way the marine band people talk about bands instead of 80, 40, etc meters
Bob Lade, W9UCR
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 95 03:50:00 -0800
From: cbpa...@snoval.fidonet.org (Chuck Patten)
Subject: Your filth
>"1935 will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has
>full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient,
>and the world will follow our lead into the future." - Adolf Hitler
je> --
je> You'll think differently about this quote after you (or a family
je> member) have become a victim of street violence.
je> Jeff NH6IL
je> Jeffrey Herman
Having had a family member murdered, thank you very much, the
1935 quote above hits it RIGHT on the head! Self defense is our
duty and disarming everyone except the criminals and the police is
a sure way to lose what little freedom is left. I'd rather see you
dead than give up my means of personal protection. Follow Adolf's
lead and you will have his buddies running things once again!
chuck...
... "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty or safety : Benjamin Franklin
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Date: 15 Feb 1995 20:05:35 GMT
From: wjtu...@iastate.edu (William J Turner)
References<3hohkj$2...@mother.usf.edu> <1995Feb14.1...@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, <3htcaf$g...@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>
Subject: Re: What's wrong with the HTX-404?
In article <3htcaf$g...@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>,
Jay Maynard <jmay...@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu> wrote:
>In article <1995Feb14.1...@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>,
>Gary Coffman <ga...@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> wrote:
>>The bands aren't full until every repeater
>>is key down continously with user signals.
>By this standard, the bands will _never_ be full, no matter how many
>repeaters and how much interference at peak times we have. Usage patterns
>will never allow it.
>
>As with an interactive computer system, the total loading isn't of
>interest...it's peak loading that counts. Who cares how many systems are
>unkeyed at 3 AM? How many hams would there be to talk on it at 3 AM? Long
>before that point is reached, the band would be completely unusable during
>peak times because of all the heterodynes and other interference form the
>masses of users. ....Or were you planning on mandating only certain
>operating hours?
If you had read his entire post, you would have seen him talking about
peak hours. He states that (by his definition) the bands aren't full
even during peak hours. The definition is fine, you just need to
remember the peak hours thing...
>Your definition is so absurd as to be meaningless.
Anything less would not be "full."
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 16:29:48 GMT
From: jdeve...@lanl.gov (Jim Devenport)
References<markem.21...@primenet.com> <3gup31$j...@deathstar.cris.com>, <3hvop2$24...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>
Subject: Re: The Legacy of the No-Code Tech License
In article <3hvop2$24...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, ro...@ibm.net says:
<various VE and no-code gripes deleted>
Does no one recall the Conditional License as I do? Conditionals used to
have the onus of suspicion and rightly so in many cases that they had a
"friend" who "overlooked" various irregularities. In many parts of the
country years back there were HUGE pockets of Conditional licensees, many
husbands who administered tests to their wives, etc, etc... most of who
could not copy CW in any shape or form. I'm convinced the Conditional
license was in fact the first "no-code" and often "no-theory" license.
I know personally of several acquaintances who on one day knew no morse
code or electronics and the next day bragging that they just passed their
license test. One fanatical CB'er I knew had his son go to Albuquerque
and take the test for him. I took FCC tests 2 or 3 times in the "old days"
and don't recall ever being asked to show any form of ID such as is asked
now for VE exams.
Another fairly technical fellow I knew bootlegged a bogus call for quite
a while and when found out (several times) he said he just couldn't learn
Morse code.... then he met a friendly sympathetic ham who administered
the Conditional test to him and VIOLA... now he became legally licensed!
As I recall only ONE (1) ham was required to administer the Conditional
exam so the possibilities for fraudulence were quite high.
Thus, I believe the present VE system is much better in avoiding unqualified
licensees.... Extra Class licensees who don't know anything or little
about electronics notwithstanding. Try to figure out some reasonable way
of coming up with an easily administered test of any kind that actually
ensures only electronically advanced folks can pass. Most tests are
in effect tests of willpower of some sort, not real expertise.
Jim Devenport WB5AOX
".... The Christian Principle has not been tried and found wanting......
It has just not been TRIED."
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Info-Hams Digest Fri, 17 Feb 95 Volume 95 : Issue 129
Today's Topics:
Anybody try TH-79A MARS/CAP mod?
ARLB016 FCC call sign update
ARLB017 RFI changes proposed
NOAA VHF Weather Stations question...
Pat on the back for Gary KE4ZV
PRB-1 in So. Cal.
q (3 msgs)
School Roundup
True CW
VHF+ News Groups?
Yaesu FT 51R (5 Watt) HT 4 sale
Yippee! 4 days!...Ugh.
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 11:04:47 -0700
From: gcor...@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Greg Corteville)
Subject: Anybody try TH-79A MARS/CAP mod?
Has anybody tried the MARS/CAP mod for the TH-79A. I got a copy of the
instructions from oak.oakland.edu in /pub/hamradio/mods/kenwood/th79A. I
was wondering if this actually works before I try it. Kenwood tells me
that if its done correctly it won't void my warranty, but they cannot
confirm the directions I have for the mod are in fact correct unless I
have a MARS license. The reason I want to do this is to get full 70cm
coverage (which is what this mod is also supposed to do). Right now the
radio won't go below 438.000. That leaves out almost all of ATV.
Any help would be appreciated.
KB8WFV
--
Greg Corteville | "If privacy is outlawed, only
gcor...@nyx10.cs.du.edu | outlaws will have privacy."
gcor...@trident.lbs.msu.edu | - PGP Documentation
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 17:18:03 EST
From: w1...@arrl.org
Subject: ARLB016 FCC call sign update
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB016
ARLB016 FCC call sign update
ZCZC AG82
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 16 ARLB016
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT February 16, 1995
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB016
ARLB016 FCC call sign update
FCC ISSUED CALL SIGN UPDATE
The following is a list of the FCC's most recently issued call signs
as of February 1.
District Group A Group B Group C Group D
Extra Advanced Tech/Gen Novice
0 AA0VS KG0TJ ++ KB0QVG
1 AA1MB KD1ZH N1UFI KB1BNN
2 AA2VU KG2AP ++ KB2TLZ
3 AA3KC KE3RA N3UIZ KB3BGK
4 AE4CX KS4MX ++ KE4VDD
5 AC5AH KK5JD ++ KC5MKA
6 AC6JX KO6PF ++ KE6QOX
7 AB7HT KJ7JB ++ KC7IQZ
8 AA8SA KG8OO ++ KB8WQX
9 AA9NS KG9AJ N9ZZZ KB9JCR
N. Mariana KH0Q ++ KH0DQ ++
Guam WH2K AH2CZ KH2NB ++
Midway ++ AH4AA KH4AG WH4AAH
Hawaii ++ AH6NU ++ WH6CSL
Amer. Samoa AH8M AH8AH KH8CF WH8ABB
Alaska ++ AL7PW ++ WL7CKG
Virgin WP2Q KP2CD NP2HY WP2AHV
Puerto Rico ++ KP4YM ++ WP4MWC
++All call signs in this group have been issued in this area.
NNNN
/EX
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 17:20:59 EST
From: w1...@arrl.org
Subject: ARLB017 RFI changes proposed
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB017
ARLB017 RFI changes proposed
ZCZC AG83
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 17 ARLB017
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT February 16, 1995
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB017
ARLB017 RFI changes proposed
RFI changes proposed
The FCC has proposed to permit manufacturers and suppliers of
computers and computer peripherals to market their equipment without
having to apply for equipment certification and await FCC approval,
in ET Docket 95-19.
These devices now must be FCC-certified to ensure that they do not
cause interference to radio services, including amateur.
Certification requires that all measurement data and a detailed
description of the product be submitted to the Commission's
laboratory for review and approval.
The certification process can take 35 days or more, the FCC said,
and eliminating the wait could save the computer industry some 250
million dollars a year, the industry has said. The FCC called the
current regulations ''particularly burdensome for small
manufacturers'' and said its proposed new authorization procedure
would ''align'' FCC requirements for personal computers with those
''used successfully in other parts of the world.''
Under the proposed new procedure, FCC authorization would be
replaced by a process based on a manufacturer's or supplier's
Declaration of Conformity (DoC). The Commission also has proposed
the option of permitting personal computer compliance to be based on
tests and DoCs of individual components, without further testing of
completed assemblies.
NNNN
/EX
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 05:17:40 GMT
From: daf1...@Rosie.UH.EDU
Subject: NOAA VHF Weather Stations question...
In article <3i0ega$1...@michp1.redstone.army.mil>,
hell...@losat.redstone.army.mil (Doc Elliott) writes:
>Hello;
>
>The NWS operates continuous broadcast stations on three frequencies at
>162.4, 162.55, and 162.475 MHz (I may be slightly off on the freqs). My
>question is this - one can buy a little receiver for these broadcasts at
>Radio Shack and elsewhere, and they have some kind of alerting
>capability. Apparently, the little buggers respond to some kind of a
>DTSS code or CTCSS subaudible transmitted by the NWS station whenever
>they issue a weather bulletin. Does anybody know how this alerting
>operates? I have my 2m receiver set to pick up the local NWS freq, but I
>would like to know if I can set up the CTCSS or DTSS so that it would
>break squelch only when the NWS issues a bulletin. Is this possible?
>Anybody know what the codes/tones are?
>
>
>Thanks,
>Doc Elliott
>KE4KUZ
>Internet: hell...@losat.redstone.army.mil
>packet: ke4kuz@k4ry.#cenal.al.usa.noam
>The opinions expressed herein are mine, and do not
>reflect those of my employer or anyone else unless
>specifically stated as such.
>
It's a 1050Hz tone burst transmitted for 20 seconds before the
severe weather bulletin.
73 de kb5pgy
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 19:24:41 GMT
From: da...@acme.csusb.edu (Dan Brown)
Subject: Pat on the back for Gary KE4ZV
Val Breault (vbre...@rinhp750.gmr.com) wrote:
: This is a pat-on-the-back for
:
: Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, |
gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Agreed!
--
Dan Brown, KE6MKS
da...@acme.csusb.edu -- finger for PGP 2.6.1 public key
Don't Tread on Me
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 14:43:57 GMT
From: ro...@ibm.net
Subject: PRB-1 in So. Cal.
Anyone know of any pending PRB-1 actions in Southern California?
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 02:52:02 GMT
From: gcl...@well.sf.ca.us (George Clyde)
Subject: q
I am a licensed ham and also have a marine VHF license for my boat. I am
interested in a hand-held 2m unit which I can modify for marine VHF use.
Any suggestions? I gather that the Radio Shack model cannot be so modified,
but the Yaesu, ICOM, etc. can.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 95 06:31:17 GMT
From: jan...@skyld.grendel.com (Jeffrey D. Angus)
Subject: q
In article <3hueki$f...@nkosi.well.com> gcl...@well.sf.ca.us writes:
> I am a licensed ham and also have a marine VHF license for my boat. I am
> interested in a hand-held 2m unit which I can modify for marine VHF use.
> Any suggestions? I gather that the Radio Shack model cannot be so modified,
> but the Yaesu, ICOM, etc. can.
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
> Thanks
Most of the newer HT's are modifiable. However, NONE of them are TYPE
ACCEPTED and as such, aren't legal for use on the marine band.
--
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have
guns, why should we let them have ideas." -- Joseph Stalin
Amateur: WA6FWI@WA6FWI.#SOCA.CA.USA.NOAM Internet: jan...@skyld.grendel.com
US Mail: PO Box 4425 Carson, CA 90749 Phone: 1 (310) 324-6080
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 14:25:30 GMT
From: ga...@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman)
Subject: q
In article <3hueki$f...@nkosi.well.com> gcl...@well.sf.ca.us (George Clyde)
writes:
>
>I am a licensed ham and also have a marine VHF license for my boat. I am
>interested in a hand-held 2m unit which I can modify for marine VHF use.
>Any suggestions? I gather that the Radio Shack model cannot be so modified,
>but the Yaesu, ICOM, etc. can.
>Any ideas would be appreciated.
None of the current crop of *amateur* radios can be legally modified
to marine because none of them are Type Accepted for marine use.
However, you can get a Type Accepted *marine* radio and have some
of its channels programmed into the 2 meter ham band. That's perfectly
legal and workable. Icom makes a nice marine radio that could be
so programmed.
Gary
--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | ga...@ke4zv.atl.ga.us
Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | |
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Date: 13 Feb 1995 23:00:44 GMT
From: pl...@comp.uark.edu (Peter Laws)
Subject: School Roundup
Also listen for W5YM, the Amateur Radio Club of the University of
Arkansas ...
73,
Peter Laws, N5UWY - V31WY
Public Information Officer,
Club Historian,
Past President,
Amateur Radio Club,
University of Arkansas / W5YM
WWW: http://www.uark.edu/w5ym/ <--- Check us out!
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 95 17:05:15 EST
From: rich...@commspec.com
Subject: True CW
IL>I sligltly disagree with you..CW is a skill, but a personnal one..
IL>If you really want to talk to someone in HONG KONG just call them on the
IL>telephone..No real skill in doing this is it..But to communicate with
IL>someone who speaks a different language (but the same CW language) is a
IL>skill..To copy someone sending CW when its about five other stations on
Lenny,
This is very interesting! How do you send Chinese in CW?
CW is NOT a language. If I send the Morse character "A" the person
receiving it will receive an "A." There is no "A" in Chinese, so,
unless the person in Hong Kong reads English he won't have the foggiest
idea what you're sending.
If I send "voila" to someone who doesn't read French, it means
nothing to him. There's a great difference between sending a series of
characters and whether or not the receiver understands the resulting
words.
CW is a mode of operation. There is no such thing as a "CW
language." CW simply communicates Morse characters which must be
understood in the language sent.
Rich
KF2JO
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 08:44:43 -0600
From: fedp...@omnifest.uwm.edu (Rick Kissell)
Subject: VHF+ News Groups?
73,
Rick WB9GYT
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 13:36:12 -0500
From: patr...@aol.com (PatrickMY)
Subject: Yaesu FT 51R (5 Watt) HT 4 sale
Top of the line Yaesu FT 51R dual bander with 5 Watt battery for sale.
Used once, battery has only been charged once. Owned 2 weeks. Received
as a gift, but I decided I like my old ICOM better. $490 + insurance (I
pay for UPS ground). If interested, please E-mail me (patr...@aol.com).
73,
Patrick KB2STB
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 14:41:23 GMT
From: Greg Smith <greg.n...@daytonoh.attgis.com>
Subject: Yippee! 4 days!...Ugh.
Yippee! I just got my FCC callsign. In only four days!
Ugh! My new callsign is what?!
KB8WUS?!
What the hell did I do in a previous life to derserve a lame callsign like
KB8WUS?
Any suggestions? I really am not looking forward to the comments I'll get
after ID. Can I have my call changed? How long does it take? What forms do
I need?
Greg Smith
AT&T Global Information Solutions
greg.n...@daytonoh.attgis.com
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 19:47:21 GMT
From: R0...@info.onet.edu
References<3h44ce$e...@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>
<1995Feb7.1...@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, <3hu0b2$9...@news.ualr.edu>
Subject: Re: current flow
In article <3hu0b2$9...@news.ualr.edu>
g...@fermi.ualr.edu (Doug Mauldin) writes:
>
>Gary Coffman (ga...@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote:
>
>: Back in the days before the electron was discovered, people decided,
>: arbitrarily, that current flowed from positive to negative. They didn't
>
> Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this convention due to one
>person in particular, who went by the name of Benjamin Franklin?
>
>
Yes, I think so. A EE student told me that B. Franklin "guessed
wrong." I guess he had to make an arbitrary decision, and could
at that time think of go good grounds for either choice.
-- Phil Emerson, AA8JO.
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 03:28:26 GMT
From: lit...@iamu.chi.dec.com (Todd Little)
References<3ho2dl$l...@news.iastate.edu> <3ho9vd$h...@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>,
<3hoauf$q...@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>
Reply-To: lit...@iamu.chi.dec.com (Todd Little)
Subject: Re: The Legacy of the No-Code Tech License
In article <3hoauf$q...@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>, m...@maxcy2.pstc.brown.edu (Michael P.
Deignan) writes:
|>In article <3ho9vd$h...@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>,
|> mjs...@ix.netcom.com (michael silva) writes:
|>
|>|> I disagree. I think it would matter a great deal. Much (most?) of what
|>|> is taken as anti-no-code feeling is, I believe, anti-no-theory
|>|> annoyance. In my case, I have only a weak attachment to CW as a test
|>|> element, but strongly believe that any ham with "full Extra privileges
|>|> above 30 MHz", as someone oddly put it recently, should have some idea
|>|> what's going on inside their Yaecomwood.
|>
|>Well said. Too bad any effort required to get a license in amateur radio
|>today is considered "unfair". "It's my RIGHT! Hey, I mean, I'm BREATHING,
|>aren't I?"
Ah yes, the old "back in the good old days..." argument. Can't you come
up with something new Michael D? Your old inflamables just aren't what
they used to be.
And to Michael S, what does that have to do with the no code technician
license? That argument is a condemnation of all the written tests
and has absolutely nothing to do with one class or another. Or are you
suggesting that elements 2 and 3a have some how become coorespondingly
easier than elements 3b, 4a, and 4b?
73,
Todd
N9MWB
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 19:14:37 GMT
From: wjtu...@iastate.edu (William J Turner)
References<3htcaf$g...@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu> <3htmqf$r...@news.iastate.edu>,
<3hvqbu$3...@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>
Subject: Re: What's wrong with the HTX-404?
In article <3hvqbu$3...@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>,
Jay Maynard <jmay...@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu> wrote:
>What I was
>criticizing was his ludicrous assertion that the bands would not be full
>until every frequency was constantly in use, 24 hours a day.
I guess maybe I was the one who didn't read it all. It looks like there
was more to what he said than my newsreader let me see.
From what I read, there was absolutely no mention of "24 hours a day."
Only that every frequency had to be in use at the same time. YOu can
read peak hours or 24 hours a day into it as you want...
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 04:55:14 GMT
From: b...@texas.net (Bob Scott)
References<D43sw...@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU> <3i0ds6$h...@rs10.tcs.tulane.edu>,
<hawley.792970340@aries>
Subject: Re: AM vs. FM -> Aircraft?
>Steve Mitchell (ste...@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU) wrote:
>
> Recently I've talked to a couple of pilots as to why the aircraft bands
> are all AM. They said that it's just tradition. I thought that the AM
> could be received over longer distances than FM, and that that was the
> reason.
>
> Can anybody here confirm or deny this?
>
Because FM receivers exhibit "capture effect" (the strongest signal will
nearly fully quiet all weaker signals) an emergency/distress call by an
aircraft more distant than another transmitting aircraft would not be
heard, and controllers would not be able to detect doubling (when more
than one station transmits at the same time). It would be pretty
chaotic in a place like the LA basin trying to get through to ARTCC
with FM sigs!!
___
Bob Scott WY7O | Roses are red, Violets are blue
b...@texas.net | I'm schizophrenic, And so am I
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Subject: Info-Hams Digest V95 #133
Info-Hams Digest Sat, 18 Feb 95 Volume 95 : Issue 133
Today's Topics:
ARLP008 Propagation de KT7H
Chat from pc to Ham radio via code?
Ham Web Pages?
Help with IC4AT Band modification - PLS
How long to get first license and callsign?
NOAA VHF Weather Stations question...
PRB-1 in So. Cal.
Queens University Belfast Radio Club is on WWW
Request: list of active nets
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The Legacy of the No-Code Tech License
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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 18:11:33 EST
From: w1...@arrl.org
Subject: ARLP008 Propagation de KT7H
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP008
ARLP008 Propagation de KT7H
ZCZC AP76
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 8 ARLP008
From Tad Cook, KT7H
Seattle, WA February 17, 1995
To all radio amateurs
SB PROP ARL ARLP008
ARLP008 Propagation de KT7H
Recent 160 meter conditions top the news this week. K7SS reports
that on January 29 during the CQ WW 160 meter contest, W7XR worked
OH7MS on long path at 1428z. This was 80 minutes before local
sunrise at W7XR, and signals were strongest on a beverage antenna to
the west. K7SS thought that this was the first 160 meter long path
contact to Europe from North America, but it now appears that N6SS
beat this record by 20 minutes, when he worked OH7MS at 1408z. With
W7XR and K7SS in Washington State, and N6SS in Arizona, N6SS worked
OH7MS 6 minutes before local sunrise and W7XR worked him 80 minutes
before his local sunrise. Congratulations to all.
Comments to the author of this bulletin can be sent via packet to
KT7H N7DUO.WA.US or via internet to tadssc.com.
Solar flux last week was unchanged from the week prior. Conditions
were unstable on the 11th through the 14th, with many periods of K
indices at 5 or 6. The A index peaked at 33 on the 13th.
Solar flux should peak around 96 on the 19th, then head back to the
mid eighties region. Active geomagnetic conditions due to recurring
coronal holes are expected to begin again around February 26, and
gradually increase through mid-March.
Sunspot Numbers for February 9 through 15 were 24, 38, 23, 24, 26,
36 and 36, with a mean of 29.6. 10.7 cm flux was 83.7, 81.5, 81.1,
81.1, 85.7, 82.4 and 84.9, with a mean of 82.9.
The path projection for this week is from Hawaii and Anchorage,
Alaska to Macao.
From Anchorage, 80 meters looks good from 1045 to 1900z, and 40
meters from 0930 to 2030. 30 meters should be good around 1900 to
2000 and again from 2200 to 2300 and around 0800. Check 20 meters
from 2230 to 0230, and 17 meters from 2300 to 0300. 15 meters may
be open on some days from 2300 to 0230.
From Hawaii, 80 meters looks like a good bet from 1030 to 1730z, and
40 meters from 0900 to 1830. 30 meters looks good from 0800 to
1930, and 20 meters from 2230 to 2330 and 0400 to 1430. Strongest
20 meter signals should be between 0900 and 1300. 17 meters should
be open from 2230 to 0700, and 15 meters from 2300 to 0630. 10 and
12 meters look quite good over this path, with 10 meters open from
2330 to 0500, and 12 meters opening 30 minutes earlier and closing
about an hour later.
NNNN
/EX
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 21:59:42 -0500
From: danie...@aol.com (DanielM949)
Subject: Chat from pc to Ham radio via code?
My friend is an amatuer radio operator, I am a pc person. We were
wondering if there is a frequency for ham operators that they can
transmitt morse code on to a certain repeater. At the repeater it would
then decode the morse code into a text format and be able to send it back
out to a receiver on the Internet?
------------------------------
Date: 17 Feb 1995 23:26:28 GMT
From: sco...@ccs.neu.edu (Scott Ehrlich)
Subject: Ham Web Pages?
In article <3hoocd$p...@nexus.polaris.net>,
Jeffrey M. Valley <val...@polaris.net> wrote:
>Good day to all. I'm in the process of making my own web page and I
>wonder if anyone has or can point me to some good WWW pages dealing with
>or containing topics on Amateur Radio? Mail would be great but, I'll
>check the group also. Thanks, in advance, for your time!
>
>
>73 de KE4AUT
>Jeffrey
>--
>Jeffrey M. Valley
>val...@romulus.housing.fsu.edu
>val...@polaris.net
>
Please check out:
http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc.html Boston Amateur Radio Club
http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc/arrl.html American Radio Relay League
73,
--
Scott Ehrlich Amateur Radio Callsign: wy1z E-mail: wy...@neu.edu
Boston ARC ftp archives: ftp oak.oakland.edu /pub/hamradio
Boston ARC Web page: http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc.html
ARRL Web page: http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc/arrl.html
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 22:40:42 GMT
From: ce...@w3eax.umd.edu (Maurice De Vidts NE3S)
Subject: Help with IC4AT Band modification - PLS
Hi
I am looking for information and schematics on modifying
an ICOM 4AT that is in the upper UHF segment of the Band
(440.0 up) to the lower segment (436.0 ? - 439.99) There
were a few different chasis built for these bands,
and I would like to change the parts required and retune it
to cover 436 - 439.
I will pay for shipment and reasonable copy expenses.
If someone performes this types of modifications
for a living, I would also appreciate their
info, as I might consider paying someone to do this.
Thanks
Maurice
ce...@w3eax.umd.edu
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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 13:57:15 GMT
From: bja...@arrl.org (Bart Jahnke (KB9NM))
Subject: How long to get first license and callsign?
David Drumheller (drum...@claudette.nrl.navy.mil) wrote:
: This past weekend my brother passed the exam for the no-code technician
: class license. So my question is...how long will it take for him to get
: his callsign? (I presume it will be an N3U?? callsign.)
: One of the examiners said some people are getting them in about a week.
: (I assume they're calling the FCC to confirm receipt of the 610.) Is this
: true? If so, then can I assume the ARRL VEC is using electronic filing?
: -Dave
: --
: David Drumheller, KA3QBQ phone: (202) 767-3524
: Acoustics Division, Code 7140 fax: (202) 404-7732
: Naval Research Laboratory
: Washington, DC 20375-5350 e-mail: drum...@claudette.nrl.navy.mil
Dave:
Although you didn't mention where your brother tested or what the date was,
I took a stab at it and found that he tested at the ARRL/VEC examination in
Frederick MD on 2/11/95.
Michael's Form 610 application was received here at the ARRL/VEC on 2/15, it
was processed and the data was forwarded to the FCC yesterday, 2/16.
According to FCC this morning (800-322-1117), Michael's Technician license
was granted today (2/17) with a call sign of N3UMY.
Please convey our congratulations to him!
73,
--Bart J. Jahnke, KB9NM
Manager
ARRL/VEC
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Date: 17 Feb 95 19:57:12 -0600
From: conkl...@cobra.uni.edu (CHRIS CONKLIN (N0PAV))
Subject: NOAA VHF Weather Stations question...
In article <3i2hmu$g...@rs10.tcs.tulane.edu>, gbe...@rs5.tcs.tulane.edu (Gerald A Belton) writes:
> Doc Elliott (hell...@losat.redstone.army.mil) wrote:
> : The NWS operates continuous broadcast stations on three frequencies at
> : 162.4, 162.55, and 162.475 MHz (I may be slightly off on the freqs). My
> : question is this - one can buy a little receiver for these broadcasts at
> : Radio Shack and elsewhere, and they have some kind of alerting
> : capability. Apparently, the little buggers respond to some kind of a
> : DTSS code or CTCSS subaudible transmitted by the NWS station whenever
> : they issue a weather bulletin. Does anybody know how this alerting
> : operates? I have my 2m receiver set to pick up the local NWS freq, but I
The standard is 1020 or 1050hz (what's the difference!) for about 8 seconds. I
know people have built decoders for this- proably 73, Ham Radio Magazine, or
QST has had articles on construction- but I forget when/where.
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 15:32:44 -0800
From: tur...@safety.ics.uci.edu (Clark Savage Turner)
Subject: PRB-1 in So. Cal.
In <3hvobd$24...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> ro...@ibm.net writes:
>Anyone know of any pending PRB-1 actions in Southern California?
PRB-1 means very little here.
In my best recollection, the local Appellate Court made PRB-1 actions
very weak here in our Circuit....it was a case of maybe 5 years
ago and the Court seemed to say that Federal law (PRB-1) didn't
really require a municipality to allow a tower of any type. That
was the tone of the decision. The actual rule of the case did
not seem to completely dictate a local Federal Court taking that stance
though. (My optimism showing through.)
I can get the name of the case and give a synopsis if you like.
Clark
.....................
Clark Savage Turner, Graduate Student Researcher
Software Engineering Testing
Department of Info. and Computer Science 1514 Verano Place
Irvine, CA. 92717 Irvine, CA. 92715
(714) 824 4049 (714) 856 2131
WA3JPG, QRP #3526, active on HF, VHF and UHF.
Admitted to practice law in California, Massachusetts, and New York.
ARRL Volunteer Counsel
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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 08:29:34 GMT
From: jma...@bfsec.bt.co.uk (Jonathan Magee)
Subject: Queens University Belfast Radio Club is on WWW
This is just a message to tell you that the Queen's University of Belfast
Radio Club (GI3LLQ/GI8FQB) has now got a WWW page. Its address is
http://www.qub.ac.uk/radio/
It still has a lot of work to be done to it,but feel free to have a look.
73 de Jonathan Gi7KMC
u922...@qub.ac.uk
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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 01:02:34 GMT
From: dave...@metronet.com (David de Schweinitz)
Subject: Request: list of active nets
I tried to post this a week or so ago, but I don't think that it made it
(sorry if it did and this is a repeat).
I'm looking for a list of active HF nets by subject matter. Is there a
list that is updated periodically?
TNX! Dave
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Subject: Info-Hams Digest V95 #132
Info-Hams Digest Sat, 18 Feb 95 Volume 95 : Issue 132
Today's Topics:
GB2RS News 19th February 1995
Where can I find latest version of Geoclock??
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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 19:17:53 +0000
From: da...@llondel.demon.co.uk (David Hough)
Subject: GB2RS News 19th February 1995
Good morning. It's Sunday the 19th of February and here is the GB2RS
news broadcast, prepared by the RSGB and intended for all radio amateurs
and short-wave listeners.
This week marks an important anniversary in the world of radio. It was
on the 23rd of February 1895 that Guglielmo Marconi in Italy
successfully transmitted for the first time. A new beacon marking the
centenary of his tests and using the callsign I1M is now transmitting on
21.151 MHz. After moving to England, Marconi used a site at Alum Bay on
the Isle of Wight for the first transmissions to a ship at sea. The West
Wight Radio Society has recently obtained a permanent special event
callsign, GB2GMM, for a station located at this site.
Thinking Day on the Air, when Guides throughout the world are able to
communicate using amateur radio, started yesterday, Saturday the 18th
and continues today. Well over two hundred UK stations are operational
using the GB prefix, as well as many using the special club prefixes.
The RSGB Repeater Management Group is looking for an editor for their
occasional newsletter, Repeater Report, which is sent to all UK repeater
groups. Applications should be sent to the Repeater Management Group
Chairman, Geoff Dover, G4AFJ, whose address is correct in the latest
RSGB Callbook.
A GB2CW RSGB Morse practice transmission is available each week in the
Huntingdon area. The sender is G4LHI who will operate at 7.00 pm local
time each Tuesday on 145.225 MHz using FM.
The RSGB Liaison Officer for the Shetlands is Robert Miles, GM4CAQ,
whose address is correct in the current RSGB Call Book. RLOs hold a wide
range of information and are available to advise RSGB members.
The Kuwait National and Liberation Days are on the 25th and 26th
February, and Kuwaiti stations may add the suffix stroke NLD after
their callsigns from 0001 UTC on 25th February until the end of the
month. The Kuwait Amateur Radio Society is offering an award to amateurs
who contact three Kuwaiti stations during this period. The K.A.R.S. club
station, 9K2RA/NLD, will be active and counts as two contacts. The award
is also available on a heard basis for SWLs.
Now some other items of HF DX news from the weekly RSGB DX News Sheet
which is edited by Brendan McCartney, G4DYO.
From Antigua, Ratko, YU1NR will sign V29NR from Thursday the 23rd of
February until the 3rd of March. Activity will be on all bands, SSB
only. Check these frequencies:- 1.845, 3.795, 7.095, 14.193, 21.295 and
28.595MHz. There may also be activity on the WARC bands.
From Namibia, DL7UTR and DL7UUO will sign V5/own calls from around
Friday the 24th February until the 19th of March. Activity will be on
all bands using high power to vertical and wire antennas.
And from the Comoros - D68 - Marcel, ON4QM, will be active from around
the 20th February for two months on all bands 40 to 10 metres, SSB only.
Next the Rally News:
The RSGB VHF Convention takes place today, Sunday the 19th, at the usual
venue, Sandown Exhibition Centre, near Esher in Surrey. Featured are
trade stands, a full lecture programme on VHF, UHF and Microwave
subjects, specialist groups, Morse tests, trophy presentations and an
RSGB book and information stand. Doors open at 10.30 am. Refreshments
are available and there is ample car parking. Talk-in is by GB2VHF on
channels S22 and SU22. Full details of the lecture programme and a map
can be found in the February edition of Radio Communication.
Next Saturday, the 25th of February, the Tyneside Amateur Radio Society
rally will take place at the Temple Park Centre, John Reid Road, South
Shields. The doors open at 11.00 am, with disabled visitors being
admitted from 10.30 am. All the usual traders will be there, as will an
RSGB book stand. Morse tests will be held on request, but don't forget
to take two passport-size photographs along if you wish to take your
test at the rally. There will be a talk-in station on S22 from 8.00 am
and there is ample car parking, with special arrangements for disabled
drivers. Further information is available from Stuart, G0BSV, on 0191
281 0999.
Also on Saturday the 25th February, the Rainham Radio Rally will be held
at Rainham School for Girls, Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, in Kent.
Doors open at 10.00 am, or 9.30 am for disabled visitors. Further
information from Martin, G7JBO, on 01634 365980.
On Sunday the 26th February, the Barry Mobile Rally will take place at
the Barry Leisure Centre, off Holton Road, Barry. Doors open at 10.30
am. Enquiries to Margaret, GW4GSH, on 01446 738756.
Also on Sunday the 26th, the Taw and Torridge Rally will take place at
Bideford Hall, The Pill, adjacent to Victoria Park, Bideford, North
Devon. Doors open at 10.30 am. For further details, please contact Mike,
G3PGA, on 01271 860930.
On Saturday the 4th of March, the Aberystwyth and District Amateur Radio
Society will be holding their rally at Aberaeron School, Aberaeron, in
Dyfed. Details may be obtained from Katy, GW0SFO on 01545 580675.
Finally, the Mid Cheshire Amateur Radio Society has informed us that
they have had to cancel their rally, which was planned for Bank Holiday
Monday, the 8th of May.
Now for the HF contest news:
The ARRL DX CW Contest is taking place until 2359 UTC tonight on all HF
bands, excluding the WARC bands. Contact only USA and Canadian stations
and send RST followed by your power.
Next weekend, Saturday the 25th of February and Sunday the 26th, the
RSGB 7MHz CW contest takes place. The contest starts at 1500 UTC on the
Saturday and ends at 0900 on the Sunday morning. Send RST, a serial
number, and your County Code. The full rules were published in the
November 1994 RadCom and the county codes are in the January edition.
Other contests taking place next weekend include the CQ World Wide
160-metre SSB contest, which starts at 2200 UTC on the Friday evening,
24th of February, and the REF French SSB and Belgian UBA CW contest,
both of which take place on Saturday and Sunday. Brief rules for all
these contests have been published in recent issues of RadCom.
Next some VHF contest news:
Next Sunday, the 26th, sees another event in the 70MHz Cumulative
Contest which takes place between 1000 and 1200 UTC. The rules can be
found in the January RadCom.
Also on the 26th is another event in the Winter Microwaves Cumulative
contest, between 0900 and 2100 UTC on all bands from 2.3 GHz up. The
rules are in the November 1994 RadCom.
The RSGB VHF Contests Committee has received several requests for the
inclusion of a 6 metre section in VHF National Field Day. The committee
is willing to consider this, but only as an alternative to 4 metres, not
as an addition. Changes could be made in time for the 1995 event if RSGB
members express their views in writing before the end of February. Write
to the Chairman, David Johnson G4DHF, at the address in the RSGB Call
Book. Members' opinions will also be sought today at the RSGB VHF
Convention.
And now the solar factual data:
The period from the 6th to the 12th of February saw solar activity at
very low levels. There was a slight decline in sunspots and solar flux
levels; geomagnetic levels were mostly quiet but did increase to active
levels on the 8th. Sunspot numbers declined from 55 on the 6th to 24 on
the 12th, and mean for the period was 39. Solar flux levels also
declined slightly from 84 units on the 6th to 81 units by the 12th. The
average for the period was 83 units. Only one weak solar flare took
place during the period, that was a B1.1/SF on the 11th. The electron
fluence declined every day and by the end of the period returned to
moderate levels. The X-Ray flux increased slightly at the start of the
period to peak at B1.5 units on the 9th and then declined to end the
period at A4.3 units. The average for the period was A8.1 units. The 90
day solar flux average on the 12th was 83 units.
Geomagnetic activity was mostly quiet with levels as low as Ap 3 units
on the 10th. The most disturbed day was the 8th with an Ap index of 29
units, the average for the period was Ap 13 units. The state has been
'nil, nothing to report' for the period, except for the 8th when it was
'mag alert'.
The aa indices as reported by the British Geological Survey for the
period from the 31st of January to the 6th of February declined from
unsettled levels of 44.5 nanoTeslas on the 31st to quiet levels with
only 8.2 nanoTeslas on the 5th. The average for the period was 31.4
nanoTeslas, about K3. The monthly RI sunspot number for January was
23.8, with a maximum of 55 on the 21st and a minimum of 7 on the 7th.
The smoothed monthly sunspot number for July 1994 was RI 28.5, +/-5.
I'll repeat the figures: Spots --39; Flux-- 83; Ap index - 13; X-Ray
flux - -A8.1; January RI spots - 23.8.
Now the ionospheric data for Central France.
Following the problems reported last week we are glad to announce that
the ionospheric data is available again. The F2 daytime critical
frequencies, as reported by Meudon for the period from the 3rd to the
9th of February, averaged 7.1MHz with the 6th being by far the best day
at 9.0MHz. The darkness hour lows increased from 1.9 MHz on the 3rd to
2.6 MHz by the 7th, with the average for the period at 2.2 MHz. Spread F
was reported most early mornings and lasted 10 hours on the 6th. The
daytime highs are taking place between 10.00 and 14.00 hours, with the
darkness hour lows between 22.00 hours and 06.00 hours.
And lastly the solar forecast.
This week the more active side of the sun is expected to be rotating
away, so solar activity could be at low levels. Solar flux is expected
to decline throughout the period. Geomagnetic levels are expected to be
mostly quiet for most of the week, but may increase to active levels
next weekend due to a recurring coronal hole. Ionospheric MUFs in the
south are expected to be about 20 MHz during daylight hours. The
darkness hour lows may show a slight improvement as the nights start to
shorten in the northern hemisphere and be up to 8 MHz.
And that's the end of the solar information.
Finally in the main news, SSL has informed the Society that as of last
Wednesday morning, the latest callsigns allocated were in the G0 Victor
Sierra and G7 Uniform November series, and Novice calls in the 2 0 Alfa
Juliet and 2 1 Delta Tango series.
--
GB2RS is prepared by the Radio Society of Great Britain
and is broadcast in the 80m, 40m, 6m and 2m bands.
Tel +44 1707 659015 Fax +44 1707 645105
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Date: 16 Feb 1995 23:24:19 -0500
From: jimn...@aol.com (JimN2ETE)
Subject: Where can I find latest version of Geoclock??
Call the GROVE BBS (the dudes that put out MONITORING TIMES) @
704-837-9200, set up your account with Bill and the file is in there. I
think he also has the new maps that go with it. That program makes great
wallpaper!!
Jim N2ETE
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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 14:08:08 GMT
From: p...@syseng1.melpar.esys.com (Paul H. Bock)
Subject: The Legacy of the No-Code Tech License
drum...@claudette.nrl.navy.mil (David Drumheller) writes:
>In article <3hvuhs$a...@newshost.lanl.gov> jdeve...@lanl.gov (Jim
>Devenport) writes:
>>
>> [some stuff deleted]
>>
>> As I recall only ONE (1) ham was required to administer the
>> Conditional exam so the possibilities for fraudulence were
>> quite high. Thus, I believe the present VE system is much better
>> in avoiding unqualified licensees.... Extra Class licensees who don't
I posted on this subject the other day, but here it is again right
from the 1956 License Manual (well, not word for word, of course; that
takes too much space):
In 1956-57, when I got my Novice and later my Conditional, the rules
were that:
1) Only the General & Extra Class exams were given by the FCC.
2) Anyone wanting a Novice or Technician class *had* to take it
by mail.
3) Those wishing to have General Class privileges who lived more than
75 miles airline from the nearest FCC examining point could
apply for a Conditional Class license and take it by mail.
4) The code test for a Novice, Technician, or Conditional had to
be administered by someone holding a General, Advanced (many
oldtimers still held them even though new ones were not being
issued then), or Extra Class license. Only *one* code examiner
was required, and there was no age limit; i.e., a 12-year old
with a General Class could give the code test.
5) The written exam had to be proctored by *one* person over 21
years of age. That person *did not* have to hold a valid ham
license of any kind.
EXAMPLE: W4BXI, age 16, gave me my Novice code test (I was 15); my
high school principal proctored the Novice written exam.
When I took my Conditional exam, W4FJ gave both the code
and written since he held an Advanced and was *way* over 21!
Obviously, the VE system is *far* superior since it requires extensive
collusion among several individuals to cheat the system - not that it
hasn't happened, mind you, but the odds are much higher against it then in
the old days. If the truth were ever known, I'll bet that there was a lot
more "coaching" during written tests given by mail, not to mention code
tests that were sent by hand on an oscillator and were closer to 10 wpm than
13, than a lot of hams in my generation would care to admit.
In fact, to be frank, I see little difference between a VE-administered
exam and an FCC-administered one. You're in a controlled environment,
you're not allowed to cheat, and the results are cut-and-dried: you either
pass or you fail. Having taken exams at the FCC office in years gone by
(Generl, Advanced, 1st Class Radiotelephone) it seems to be that the only
thing missing is the "intimidation" factor of being in the FCC office,
although I always found the examiners to be courteous but businesslike,
and certainly not nasty, intimidating ogres.
73 DE K4MSG
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| |) Principal Systems Engineer Telephone: (703) 560-5000 x2062
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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 14:20:27 GMT
From: eh...@arrl.org (Ed Hare (KA1CV))
References<1995Feb7.1...@arrl.org> <1995Feb1...@merlin.ecid.cig.mot.com>, <Tony_Pellicci...@tonto-slip15.cis.brown.edu>
Subject: Re: The Legacy of the No-Code Tech License
Tony Pelliccio (Tony_Pe...@brown.edu) wrote:
> In article <1995Feb7.1...@arrl.org>, eh...@arrl.org
> (Ed Hare (KA1CV)) writes:
> I would enjoy USENET even more than I do if all of the inflammatory comments
> about different classes of people were lost in the bit bucket. If this is
> an opportunity to vote, I vote in the affirmative!!!
: So in essence what Ed is saying is that he doesn't mind discussion, so long
: as there are no dissenting opinions?
I looked and looked and just didn't see that anywhere in my choice of words.
To recast and expand on my statement a bit, I don't mind discussion and I
welcome dissenting opinions; the most valuable things I have learned in my
life were usually prefaced by "I disagree with you, Ed..."
I just don't like the insults heaped on entire groups of people, for any
reason. They do little to help foster belief in the "dissenting opinion" one
is offering for discussion, they do little to help sway opinion and they
usually sidetrack meaningful discussion into a bout of counter insults and
name calling that most people avoid with their kill file.
73, Ed
--
Ed Hare, KA1CV, ARRL Laboratory, 225 Main, Newington, CT 06111
203-666-1541 eh...@arrl.org
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Subject: Info-Hams Digest V95 #134
Info-Hams Digest Sat, 18 Feb 95 Volume 95 : Issue 134
Today's Topics:
AM vs. FM -> Aircraft?
Anti-Ham bias in News
ARRL E-MAIL ADDRESS 1/2
ARRL E-MAIL ADDRESS 2/2
BAYCOM - current version???
CW and Web Site ?'s
HELP... RTTY and filters... PLEASE..
How long to get first license and callsign?
IOTA
IOTA EU-006 INISHMAN
Mods for the HTX-404?
NOAA VHF Weather Stations question...
No Code Rules!
Your filth
Your Filth and Elmer's List
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 17:36:27 GMT
From: ste...@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU (Steve Mitchell)
Subject: AM vs. FM -> Aircraft?
Recently I've talked to a couple of pilots as to why the aircraft bands
are all AM. They said that it's just tradition. I thought that the AM
could be received over longer distances than FM, and that that was the
reason.
Can anybody here confirm or deny this?
Thanks.
--steve
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"There's a fine line between participation and mockery" -- Dilbert
http://warpig.cati.csufresno.edu/steve.html
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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 95 07:52:23 EST
From: fis...@ccsnet.com
Subject: Anti-Ham bias in News
DT>In the California quake (most recent one) the Internet lines were generally
DT>still up. Perhaps hams should look upon this as an opportunity, and use the
DT>net, where still up, as a medium for Heath and Welfare traffic. VHF and UHF
DT>radio for tactical use in the affected area is quite helpful. Long haul
Hams are irrevelent to disasters. Technology has left the fat ham behind
(all puns intended).
De K1OIK at KQ1K.MA...Burt...Cape Cod...Home of the Conscience of the
Ham Conference. QRZ God Bless? HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI
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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 95 07:52:24 EST
From: fis...@ccsnet.com
Subject: ARRL E-MAIL ADDRESS 1/2
S9>Can anyone tell me if the ARRL has an e-mail address, and if they do, what i
S9>is? Please respond directly, as my nnr reader is unreliable and I'm not alwa
S9>able to read this group every day. Thanks.
S9>Bill Johnson
S9><s96...@umslvma.umsl.edu>
From: jbl...@arrl.org (Jon Bloom)
Newsgroups rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ARRL HQ email list
Summary: How to contact ARRL HQ (repost with fixed news feed)
Date: 18 Jan 93 09:59:37
Organization: American Radio Relay League
The following ARRL HQ staffers AND ONLY THESE STAFFERS can be
contacted directly via the net at the addresses shown. I've also
included a brief mention, where appropriate, of some of the specific
duties of the staff member so that you'll know who to contact.
Staff member, call, title address
------------------------------------------- ---------------
Al Brogdon, K3KMO, QST Managing Editor abro...@arrl.org
Brian Battles, WS1O, Features Editor bbat...@arrl.org
(Strays, New Products, Feature articles)
Jon Bloom, KE3Z, Senior Engineer (arrl.org jbl...@arrl.org
postmaster, QEX editor)
Bob Boucher, Purchasing Manager rbou...@arrl.org
Pete Budnik, KB1HY, Educational Assistant pbu...@arrl.org
James Cain, K1TN, QST Senior Editor jc...@arrl.org
Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, Outgoing QSL Bureau jca...@arrl.org
Mary Carcia, N7IAL, Administrative mca...@arrl.org
Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer
(ARRL Foundation;scholarships;
endowments, bequests and donations)
Lisa Delude, Administrative Assistant to lde...@arrl.org
the Executive Vice President
Bridget DiCosimo, Technical Department bdic...@arrl.org
Secretary (article reprints; orbitcalendars; PCB templates etc.)
Kathy Fay, Deputy Circulation Manager kf...@arrl.org
Steve Ford, WB8IMY, Assistant Technical sf...@arrl.org
Editor (OperatingManual; packet and
satellite books; QST satellite and "Lab
Notes" columns)
Mike Gruber, WA1SVF, Laboratory Engineer mgr...@arrl.org
(product testing)
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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 19:40:57 GMT
From: t...@netcom.com (T.J. Alessi)
Subject: BAYCOM - current version???
Tom Alldread (tom.al...@kbsbbs.com) wrote:
-> Greetings All:
-> 1) What is the current MS-DOS version? it is 1.50
-> 2) An Internet FTP address it can be obtained from?
I have it in my FTP area...
URL=ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tj/tja/baycom15.zip
Tom
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 22:16:19 GMT
From: Red...@ix.netcom.com (Eric)
Subject: CW and Web Site ?'s
In <3i2l8q$1...@deathstar.cris.com> lgre...@cris.com (Lewis Gregory)
writes:
>
>2. Since I've gotten Mosaic up and running, are there any World Wide
Web
>pages out there devoted to Amateur Radio?
Try one of my pages of links at:
http://www.cybernetics.net/users/phrantic/f6b.htm
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Date: 17 Feb 95 17:16:17 EDT
From: des...@muvms6.wvnet.edu (Dinakar)
Subject: HELP... RTTY and filters... PLEASE..
Hello All:
I enjoy RTTY mode. I have kenwood TS450S radio, home brew interface and
486 computer. Sometimes I get lots of static. Sometimes interference
from other stations. I would like to know what is best way to get
better signal and avoid the static and interference. Which one is
better, SSb filter to radio or cw filter to radio or DSP like Timewave
DSP9, DSP9+ or DSP59+.
I would like to have your suggestions before I invest my money
in these things.
Thank you very much for your time and suggestions.
73s
Dinakar KG8OE
des...@marshall.edu
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Date: 18 Feb 1995 00:07:10 GMT
From: jyel...@sc.hp.com (jey yelland)
Subject: How long to get first license and callsign?
Bart Jahnke (KB9NM) (bja...@arrl.org) wrote:
: David Drumheller (drum...@claudette.nrl.navy.mil) wrote:
: : This past weekend my brother passed the exam for the no-code technician
: : class license. So my question is...how long will it take for him to get
: : his callsign? (I presume it will be an N3U?? callsign.)
: : One of the examiners said some people are getting them in about a week.
: : (I assume they're calling the FCC to confirm receipt of the 610.) Is this
: : true? If so, then can I assume the ARRL VEC is using electronic filing?
: : -Dave
My wife took her test on Superbowl Sunday '95 and had her license, in hand, the
following Saturday. I was very impressed! It had taken nearly 10 weeks for
my license to arrive only two years before. 73's Jey
--
Jey Yelland, Santa Clara CA (jyel...@hpamtyy.sc.hp.com)
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 22:26:11 GMT
From: STEVE LOWE <10041...@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: IOTA
SUBJECT:- IOTA EU-006, INISHMAN.
Following Our Successful Trip Last May To The Isle Of Skye (GB0SKY),
We Are Pleased To Announce Our Next Trip For IOTA.
From 13th MAY - 19th MAY 1995 We Will Be Active From The Island Of INISHMAN,
Part Of The ARAN IS. Off The West Coast Of Ireland.
The IOTA Reference Number Is EU-006.
We Will Be Signing EJ/Home Call.
We Will Be Active On All H.F. Band's , On The Usual IOTA Frequencies.
The QSL Information Is Via The Buro Or Direct To :-
CHB ARG. PO BOX 803, HULL, HU7 4BY, ENGLAND.
If You Require Any More Information I Can Be Contacted At The Following:-
PKT:- G0OYQ @GB7HUL.#15.GBR.EU.
Or Via GB7YDX DX-CLUSTER NETWORK
CIS:- 100416, 2344
INTERNET:- 100416,23...@COMPUSERVE.COM
STEVE G0OYQ
--
Steve Lowe G0OYQ
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 22:16:00 GMT
From: STEVE LOWE <10041...@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: IOTA EU-006 INISHMAN
SUBJECT:- IOTA EU-006, INISHMAN.
Following Our Successful Trip Last May To The Isle Of Skye (GB0SKY),
We Are Pleased To Announce Our Next Trip For IOTA.
From 13th MAY - 19th MAY 1995 We Will Be Active From The Island Of INISHMAN,
Part Of The ARAN IS. Off The West Coast Of Ireland.
The IOTA Reference Number Is EU-006.
We Will Be Signing EJ/Home Call.
We Will Be Active On All H.F. Band's , On The Usual IOTA Frequencies.
The QSL Information Is Via The Buro Or Direct To :-
CHB ARG. PO BOX 803, HULL, HU7 4BY, ENGLAND.
If You Require Any More Information I Can Be Contacted At The Following:-
PKT:- G0OYQ @GB7HUL.#15.GBR.EU.
Or Via GB7YDX DX-CLUSTER NETWORK
CIS:- 100416, 2344
INTERNET:- 100416,23...@COMPUSERVE.COM
STEVE G0OYQ
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Steve Lowe G0OYQ
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 20:34:28 GMT
From: hel...@mesa.k12.az.us (Doug Heller)
Subject: Mods for the HTX-404?
In article <9502160...@digcir.cts.com>, ej.jo...@digcir.cts.com (Ej Johnson) says:
>
>LE>When the HTX-404 first came on the market a couple of years ago, I
> >remember reading somewhere that either a mod or key sequence was
> >available to make it transmit below 440 mHz, probably to work the few
> >satelites that have a 430-band FM input.
>
>LE>Is this true? Or does it come with with 430 capabilty?
>
>LE>--Leigh/KM6JE.
> Yes this is true... a keyboard mod ,which is in the manual.
> 73'2 de N6oid
> EJ!
>
> * OLX 2.1 TD * listen to N6oid Radio 145.180 san Diego, Ca.
The mode for the HTX-404 is well described in the operating
manual that comes with the radio. If you ned another manual
You can order one through Radio Shack Comsumer Parts. I dont
know the exact price, but would guess about 10 bux!
73's Doug KE7NF
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Date: 17 Feb 1995 13:56:17 GMT
From: c21...@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Roger Grady)
Subject: NOAA VHF Weather Stations question...
In article <3i0ega$1...@michp1.redstone.army.mil>, hell...@losat.redstone.army.mil (Doc Elliott) writes:
> Hello;
>
> The NWS operates continuous broadcast stations on three frequencies at
> 162.4, 162.55, and 162.475 MHz (I may be slightly off on the freqs). My
> question is this - one can buy a little receiver for these broadcasts at
> Radio Shack and elsewhere, and they have some kind of alerting
> capability. Apparently, the little buggers respond to some kind of a
> DTSS code or CTCSS subaudible transmitted by the NWS station whenever
> they issue a weather bulletin. Does anybody know how this alerting
> operates? I have my 2m receiver set to pick up the local NWS freq, but I
> would like to know if I can set up the CTCSS or DTSS so that it would
> break squelch only when the NWS issues a bulletin. Is this possible?
> Anybody know what the codes/tones are?
>
The alert tone is a single frequency of (going on somewhat flaky
memory here) 1050 hz. It's definitely not sub-audible! My scanner
apparently just mutes the audio when it's on Alert setting, as I can
still hear the audio faintly if I'm right next to it. When it
senses the tone, it unmutes and stays unmuted until reset, so that if
it goes off while no one's home you know that it happened.
I believe NWS uses all the 25khz channels from 162.4 to 162.55.
Roger Grady K9OPO c21...@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com
Delco Electronics Corp. Kokomo, IN
"All information and opinions are strictly personal."
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Date: 18 Feb 1995 19:40:38 GMT
From: dia...@ibm.net
Subject: No Code Rules!
In <gene.47....@mcs.com>, ge...@mcs.com (Gene Maletta) writes:
>Im so glad their is No Code Hams... I hope this will live for ever...
> Just my opinion.
How about a new, "no test" license. How about anyone who has the money just
buy a rig and cause mayhem on all of the bands.
In fact, the heck with rules of anykind, lets have a free for all.
Give me a break, really. Go back to CB where you belong.
Just MY opinion.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 95 07:52:23 EST
From: fis...@ccsnet.com
Subject: Your filth
JA>"1935 will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has
JA>full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient,
JA>and the world will follow our lead into the future." - Adolf Hitler
JA> Amateur: WA6FWI@WA6FWI.#SOCA.CA.USA.NOAM Internet: jan...@skyld.grendel.com
JA> US Mail: PO Box 4425 Carson, CA 90749 Phone: 1 (310) 324-6080
The real filth is comparing Hitler's world to the world where gun
control is really needed.
_________________________________________________________
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( Teacher of Video, Broadcasting and Electronics at )
( Cape Cod Regional Vocational High School )
( (Home of WCCT-FM 9O.3 MHZ) )
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Date: 18 Feb 95 16:50:28 GMT
From: da...@atkc.COM (Dave van De Kerk)
Subject: Your Filth and Elmer's List
I normally don't post, but having just seen these two messages
following one another, I felt I had to speak.
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 95 17:28:18 EST
> From: fis...@ccsnet.com
> Subject: Your filth
> Date: 17 Feb 95 18:18:29 GMT
> From: psch...@gonix.com (Paul W Schleck KD3FU)
> Subject: Elmers list to hemorrhage 60 Elmers?!?!
The first message was yet another personal attack against Jeff Angus,
jan...@skyld.grendel.com. The second message detailed that half of the
Elmer's list no longer wants to be active.
You have seen Jeff's angry postings against certain parties who constantly
bait with attacks on the no code techs. While I find Jeff's momentary
lapse into obscene language as unacceptable as anybody else, I know something
about Mr. Angus that you don't. You see, Jeff is *MY* Elmer. Jeff is the one
who answered my 10:00 at night questions about antenna grounds. He gave
me my power supply. Etc. Etc. Etc.
The number of Elmers is dropping. That is because some are being shot
down by the flames of people who don't care enough to help, only to
attack. Jeff really cares about amateur radio and helping other people,
and I am sick of seeing the attacks against him.
The Star Trek columns are familiar with IDIC, infinite Diversity in Infinite
Combinations. Why isn't amateur radio? I am now a general, and I
exclusively work CW. Many amateur radio purists would feel at home in
my station, with low power, improvised equipment. Yet, that does not
give me, or any other operator, the right to look their nose down at
someone else who participates in amateur radio only on other modes.
In addition to being a service, which should mean Esprit De Corps,
amateur radio is a game which we all should be playing by the same
rules. The rules are Part 97 of the FCC code. If someone violates
those rules by ignorance, correct them with love and kindness. If
they follow the rules, accept them as a full fledged member of the
family and the service.
If you want high standards to be maintained, if you want amateur
radio to be changed, please do so by EXAMPLE. Instead of deriding
the neophyte who bubbles with pride at being able to use an HTX-202
to talk through a repeater 20 miles away, spend the TIME to teach
them corect procedure and courtesy within their license class and
interests. And, while you are at it, you can transmit your enthusiasm
as you show them new horizons to travel to.
I challenge all of you who have been flaming Jeff Angus to join
the Elmer's list. Put up or shut up, please. As for me, I will
merely quietly teach a class through my religious denomination on
how to pass the no code tech license for members who want to start
an earthquake emergency net.
===============================================
This message does not constitute any official or unofficial statement or
policy of American Turnkey or any other organization, corporation or
institution.
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American Turnkey Santa Ana, CA USA
714-557-9050 x-207 voice 714-557-9056 FAX da...@atkc.com
KE6GXD
------------------------------
Date: 17 Feb 1995 14:34:21 -0600
From: lan...@dbsun.vitek.com (Rod Landers)
References<3gqv7s$5...@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <cjs9.215...@cornell.edu>, <D446L...@ridgecrest.ca.us>
Subject: Re: The Legacy of the No-Code Tech License
>In article <cjs9.215...@cornell.edu>, cj...@cornell.edu (Carl Steckler) says:
>Yoe egotistical elitist anal-retentave moron. (read asshole) How dare you
>disparage those of us who for reasons being none of your business select to
>become no-code tech Hams? I will match my radio and electronic skills
>against yours any day. I choose to be a no-code tech because a hearing
>problem prevents me being able to sort out code. Does that mean in your
>world I shouldn't have a license? Being an idiot like the person you posted
>about has nothing to do with the class of his license if he even had one.
>What is your excuse?
>Carl KB2SGX (ex-jarhead) Semper Fi
C'mon, Don't hold anything back now.......
Rod WI0T (pro no-code)
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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 18:02:01 UNDEFINED
From: w...@cellware.de (Stefan Wimmer)
References<3h64u2$i...@overload.lbl.gov> <3h8rrh$j...@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com>, <linleyD3...@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: frequency definition for lf/hf/vhf/uhf
In article <linleyD3...@netcom.com> lin...@netcom.com (Bruce James Robert Linley) writes:
>........ <deleted>
>Actually, there are other names for it like: heat, red, orange, yellow,
>green, blue, purple (I never say 'violet', that's a flower), UV, X-ray,
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^
So shouldn't it be UP instead of UV in your terminology??? :))
just kidding...
Stefan
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 16:54:30 GMT
From: zl...@arrl.org (Zack Lau (KH6CP))
References<D2v84...@swcp.com> <3hk8fi$s...@nic.iii.net>, <3hle8t$g...@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Anti-Ham bias in News Media
John KA3DBN (Jro...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: Anti-ham bias in media? No, I don't think so. I'm a newspaper editor and
: it has been my observation over the years that far too many editors
: simply don't have a clue as to what ham radio actually is. There's
: confusion with, ahem, CB radio and myriad other radio-oriented outlets.
I recently had an interview published in the local paper--seems my
activities caught the eye of a resident (even though we were both
100 miles from home!) and he sent in some photos.
The young reporter who interviewed me did a surprisingly good job--I
think it helped that I provided a short *written* summary of what
I do with all that microwave gear on a distant mountaintop. I also
took the time to patiently answer the reporter's questions, and
carefully explained why some didn't make sense.
Thus, I agree with John--if you want better amateur radio press,
help them do a better job.
--
Zack Lau KH6CP/1 2 way QRP WAS
8 States on 10 GHz
Internet: zl...@arrl.org 10 grids on 2304 MHz
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 08:19:08 GMT
From: ter...@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Terry Dawson)
References<3hbk2d$f...@eram.esi.com.au> <3hfig2$3...@peachy.apana.org.au>, <3hjdg8$7...@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
Subject: Re: VK2WI Weekly News, 5th February, 1995
rich...@zeta.org.au (Richard Murnane) writes:
>Not worth spending the price of a stamp you reckon? To borrow a line from
>a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald this week, if 4,000 woodchip
>workers can change Paul Keating's policy on woodchipping, why can't
>18,000 Amateurs have a similar effect?
>(Answer: because so many can't be bothered to get up off their backsides
>and write a letter of protest)
(Alternate Answer: Some amateurs AGREE with the new fee schedule)
>>Everything once possible over AR has now been replaced by the Internet.
>Send me email from a cave, from a hot-air baloon, or while in freefall from
>10,000 feet, and I'll maybe I'll give up AR too.
Not heard of wireless lan technology? Cellular mobile phone? Satellite Phone?
>I hope not every Amateur is so apathetic.
It isn't necessarily apathy, I know Graham to be not what I would consider
apathetic.
There comes a time where you have to judge the relative value of maintaining
and existing arrangement that doesn't work in exchange for the risk
associated with a completely new arrangement.
Amateur Radio adds very little value. For people that have a real desire
to experiment it is too difficult to rally the support needed to gather
the resources necessary to get decent experiments off the ground. The
commmercial companies are far far advanced on what the amateur communities
are doing, we aren't ahead of the race, we're falling behind, and further
and further every year.
Terry
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Info-Hams Digest Sun, 19 Feb 95 Volume 95 : Issue 136
Today's Topics:
Amatuer Radio Slow Scan TV
BNC what is stands for...HELP!
Cost of Call License Plates?
CW and Web Site ?'s (2 msgs)
Need Rural Phone Help
Old Radio's
RFI: Kenwood TK handhelds
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Date: 18 Feb 1995 19:01:08 GMT
From: rle...@gate.net (Rick Lehman)
Subject: Amatuer Radio Slow Scan TV
Announcing homepage for WB4EJC specializing in Slow Scan TV and other
images. the URL is:
Email with comments and questions to rle...@gate.net
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Date: 18 Feb 1995 18:47:18 GMT
From: terr...@cadvision.com
Subject: BNC what is stands for...HELP!
> ste...@eden.rutgers.edu (Team OS/2'er) writes:
> if I remember right, BNC stands for British Naval Connector, but if anyone
has the file that describes
>this, if you could mail it to me I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
I thought it stood for Bayonet Connector!
73, Dave W
______________________________________________
"If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you,
you have schizophrenia." - Thomas Szasz
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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 18:36:59 GMT
From: ad...@rgfn.epcc.edu (David J Greiner)
Subject: Cost of Call License Plates?
Does anyone know how much more plates with your call number are in Texas?
Thanks,
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David Greiner * It's My Life, And I'll Do What I want. *
ad...@rgfn.epcc.edu * It's My Mind, And I'll Think What I want. *
* *
*________It's My Life -The Animals-_________*
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Date: 19 Feb 1995 05:39:43 GMT
From: gbr...@unlinfo.unl.edu (gregory brown)
Subject: CW and Web Site ?'s
Lewis Gregory (lgre...@cris.com) wrote:
: 1. I'm currently studying for my 1B 13wpm code test, and seem to be "hitting
: the wall" at about 8-9 wpm. Do any of you CW gods out there have any
: strategies that you found effective for increasing code speed? (Besides
: copying till your ears bleed, which I'm already doing.) :)
That's not an unusual speed for "the wall". Copying code is quite
different from one side of the wall to the other. Up to about ten
wpm, you can copy just fine by consciously *translating* what you hear
into the corresponding letter. Above that speed, you really have to
eliminate the translation step. The sound *is* the letter. It's
similar to the difference between "hunt-and-peck" and touch-typing.
I got past the "wall" just by operating a lot, and mostly CW. It was
my mode of choice (and the FCC's back then!) so I wasn't approaching
it the way many people do today and it was fun. One day, the wall was
just gone. I seem to remember it the same way I remember finally
learning to ride a bike...all of a sudden, the balance was just
*there*, and then it seemed so easy.
Bottom line: Operate CW a lot, don't just listen to tapes or computer
programs (that's work). Listen to faster code than you can copy and
pick out what you can. Don't work at it too hard, just let it flow
and relax.
I know that's pretty fuzzy advice...but if I could give you a better
answer than that, I'd be rich!
Good luck!
Greg WB0RTK
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Date: 19 Feb 1995 07:01:25 GMT
From: bat...@cyclops.iucf.indiana.edu (Laurence Gene Battin)
Subject: CW and Web Site ?'s
In article <3i2l8q$1...@deathstar.cris.com>, Lewis Gregory (lgre...@cris.com)
wrote:
> Two quick questions for the group:
> 1. I'm currently studying for my 1B 13wpm code test, and seem to be "hitting
> the wall" at about 8-9 wpm. Do any of you CW gods out there have any
> strategies that you found effective for increasing code speed? (Besides
> copying till your ears bleed, which I'm already doing.) :)
I'm working on getting to 20, after passing the exam at 13 just a
month ago. Let me give you some advice that I found helpful:
The goal of passing the test is different than the goal of complete
mastery. Don't confuse the two by putting off trying the test until
you think you have 13 wpm down solid. At one time people were required
to show a solid minute of copy to pass, but the change to 70% on the
questions (particularly if the VEC offers multiple-choice answers) has
really changed the skill required. If you can copy 4 or 5 letters in a
row at 13 wpm, them miss a couple, and then catch the next 4 or 5, and
so on for the whole 5 minute exam, you will almost certainly be able
to figure out most of the missed material and manage to pass a
multiple-choice exam. After all, any real language has a lot of
redundancy, and we use our knowledge of the redundant features of
languages to communicate all the time. As a practical instance of
this, note that there are usually two questions on call signs in the
exam, but you get two chances to catch them during the test.
The only special skill needed to do what I suggest above is the
ability to _ignore_ missed letters rather than worrying them over in
your head. If you are like me, you will be strongly tempted to
hesitate when you miss a letter and try to work it out before listening
to the next letter. This is a bad habit that can be conquered by
practicing the proper method of missing letters. As others have said,
copy code at a higher speed than you are comfortable with, and make
the effort when you miss a character to just let it go, and pick up
immediately on the next letter you hear. After only a couple of
practice sessions at this one skill, I went in and passed the 13 wpm
exam in spite of being _sure_ I wasn't really ready yet! The other
advantage to this technique is that it helps you objectively measure
just which letters are your "problem" letters. A drill that I used to
help conquer y, q, z, and x was to listen to very rapid code while
specifically attempting to identify my problem letters (rather than
copying any of the easy letters). After a while, these letters became
as familiar as old friends.
And, above all else, have fun doing code. Don't treat it as a chore
but as a game.
Good luck!
--
Gene Battin, N9XAM
bat...@iucf.indiana.edu
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Date: 18 Feb 1995 23:04:52 -0800
From: dp...@crl.com (Donald Pirl)
Subject: Need Rural Phone Help
This is my first message to this newsgroup. I'm not a ham, but am posting
this message in an attempt to help my brother who is living in the
mountains of southern Mexico and attempting to get telephone service via a
long range version of a cordless phone advertised to work over a 60 mile
range.
My brother and his family live 15 miles from the base station transmitter,
and their dwelling happens to lie in the shadow of a hill 1.5 km away. The
phone will work if they drive to the top of the hill and set up the antenna
there, but since my brother's wife is pregnant, and they have another small
child, they really need to have the phone in their residence.
The vendor, Megatronics International, has explained that a directional
antenna could solve their problem. They offered to sell them their rugged
terrain system which is $10,000 and includes repeaters and remote power
supplies, but they are missionaries, and this is way beyond their budget.
The system they purchased cost about $2000.
I wonder if there is anyone here who is able to give technical advice so
that my brother, Ed, could get a local technician to build him an antenna.
(He is unable to find anyone locally who is able to solve the problem.)
Ed tells me that the frequencies are 71-74 MHz to send and 45-47 MHz to
receive. He says that he has a 100 watt power booster at the base station
and a 12 volt, 50 watt booster at the remote unit.
Some one passed on some information to my brother that any low-band VHF
antenna, like one from Radio Shack would do the job. Is this true? Are the
frequencies I've listed above VHF? Would Ed need an antenna at both the
base station _and_ the remote, or only at the remote station? Would this
type of antenna enable him to receive signals at his residence in the shadow
of the hill?
Much thanks for any assistance.
--Don
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Date: 18 Feb 1995 17:10:12 GMT
From: wws...@ibm.net
Subject: Old Radio's
There is a mailing list available for a discussion relating to old radios..
Send a message to list...@ar-net.woodybbs.com
In the text put
SUB OLDRADIO <user-name>
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Date: 19 Feb 1995 00:09:53 -0600
From: kri...@bga.com (Kris Schludermann)
Subject: RFI: Kenwood TK handhelds
have a kenwood TK-320.
would appreciate any info on frequency reassignments and charger
bases thanxs
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 00:47:48 GMT
From: jef...@math.hawaii.edu
Subject: Your Filth and Elmer's List
da...@atkc.COM (Dave van De Kerk) writes:
>The first message was yet another personal attack against Jeff Angus,
>jan...@skyld.grendel.com. The second message detailed that half of the
>Elmer's list no longer wants to be active.
Hi Dave,
If Jeff Angus would limit his personal attacks then there would be
no reason for anyone to attack back. His one-line insults continually
plague the various radio groups.
>You have seen Jeff's angry postings against certain parties who constantly
>bait with attacks on the no code techs. While I find Jeff's momentary
>lapse into obscene language as unacceptable as anybody else, I know something
>about Mr. Angus that you don't. You see, Jeff is *MY* Elmer. Jeff is the one
>who answered my 10:00 at night questions about antenna grounds. He gave
>me my power supply. Etc. Etc. Etc.
A common occurrence: Someone can be very nice and very helpful in person
but when they get behind the anonymity of a mic or keyboard they can
get real nasty. It's easy to do (speaking from experience).
>The number of Elmers is dropping. That is because some are being shot
>down by the flames of people who don't care enough to help, only to
>attack.
What other Elmers are `being shot down' by flames? Maybe they're just
tired of 10pm phone calls. ;)
73 from hot and humid Hawaii (humidity: 99.9% - blah),
Jeff NH6IL
Jeffrey Herman
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MDS>Subject: Info-Hams Digest V95 #133
MDS>Info-Hams Digest Sat, 18 Feb 95 Volume 95 : Issue 133
MDS>Today's Topics:
MDS> ARLP008 Propagation de KT7H
MDS> Chat from pc to Ham radio via code?
MDS> Ham Web Pages?
MDS> Help with IC4AT Band modification - PLS
MDS> How long to get first license and callsign?
MDS> NOAA VHF Weather Stations question...
MDS> PRB-1 in So. Cal.
MDS> Queens University Belfast Radio Club is on WWW
MDS> Request: list of active nets
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MDS> The Legacy of the No-Code Tech License
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MDS>Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 18:11:33 EST
MDS>From: w1...@arrl.org
MDS>Subject: ARLP008 Propagation de KT7H
MDS>SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP008
MDS>ARLP008 Propagation de KT7H
MDS>ZCZC AP76
MDS>QST de W1AW
MDS>Propagation Forecast Bulletin 8 ARLP008
MDS> From Tad Cook, KT7H
MDS>Seattle, WA February 17, 1995
MDS>To all radio amateurs
MDS>SB PROP ARL ARLP008
MDS>ARLP008 Propagation de KT7H
MDS>Recent 160 meter conditions top the news this week. K7SS reports
MDS>that on January 29 during the CQ WW 160 meter contest, W7XR worked
MDS>OH7MS on long path at 1428z. This was 80 minutes before local
MDS>sunrise at W7XR, and signals were strongest on a beverage antenna to
MDS>the west. K7SS thought that this was the first 160 meter long path
MDS>contact to Europe from North America, but it now appears that N6SS
MDS>beat this record by 20 minutes, when he worked OH7MS at 1408z. With
MDS>W7XR and K7SS in Washington State, and N6SS in Arizona, N6SS worked
MDS>OH7MS 6 minutes before local sunrise and W7XR worked him 80 minutes
MDS>before his local sunrise. Congratulations to all.
MDS>Comments to the author of this bulletin can be sent via packet to
MDS>KT7H N7DUO.WA.US or via internet to tadssc.com.
MDS>Solar flux last week was unchanged from the week prior. Conditions
MDS>were unstable on the 11th through the 14th, with many periods of K
MDS>indices at 5 or 6. The A index peaked at 33 on the 13th.
MDS>Solar flux should peak around 96 on the 19th, then head back to the
MDS>mid eighties region. Active geomagnetic conditions due to recurring
MDS>coronal holes are expected to begin again around February 26, and
MDS>gradually increase through mid-March.
MDS>Sunspot Numbers for February 9 through 15 were 24, 38, 23, 24, 26,
MDS>36 and 36, with a mean of 29.6. 10.7 cm flux was 83.7, 81.5, 81.1,
MDS>81.1, 85.7, 82.4 and 84.9, with a mean of 82.9.
MDS>The path projection for this week is from Hawaii and Anchorage,
MDS>Alaska to Macao.
MDS> From Anchorage, 80 meters looks good from 1045 to 1900z, and 40
MDS>meters from 0930 to 2030. 30 meters should be good around 1900 to
MDS>2000 and again from 2200 to 2300 and around 0800. Check 20 meters
MDS>from 2230 to 0230, and 17 meters from 2300 to 0300. 15 meters may
MDS>be open on some days from 2300 to 0230.
MDS> From Hawaii, 80 meters looks like a good bet from 1030 to 1730z, and
MDS>40 meters from 0900 to 1830. 30 meters looks good from 0800 to
MDS>1930, and 20 meters from 2230 to 2330 and 0400 to 1430. Strongest
MDS>20 meter signals should be between 0900 and 1300. 17 meters should
MDS>be open from 2230 to 0700, and 15 meters from 2300 to 0630. 10 and
MDS>12 meters look quite good over this path, with 10 meters open from
MDS>2330 to 0500, and 12 meters opening 30 minutes earlier and closing
MDS>about an hour later.
MDS>NNNN
MDS>/EX
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MDS>Date: 17 Feb 1995 21:59:42 -0500
MDS>From: danie...@aol.com (DanielM949)
MDS>Subject: Chat from pc to Ham radio via code?
MDS>My friend is an amatuer radio operator, I am a pc person. We were
MDS>wondering if there is a frequency for ham operators that they can
MDS>transmitt morse code on to a certain repeater. At the repeater it would
MDS>then decode the morse code into a text format and be able to send it back
MDS>out to a receiver on the Internet?
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MDS>Date: 17 Feb 1995 23:26:28 GMT
MDS>From: sco...@ccs.neu.edu (Scott Ehrlich)
MDS>Subject: Ham Web Pages?
MDS>In article <3hoocd$p...@nexus.polaris.net>,
MDS>Jeffrey M. Valley <val...@polaris.net> wrote:
MDS>>Good day to all. I'm in the process of making my own web page and I