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From: boyd@afsp.b30.INgr.COM (stan boyd)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: MFJ HF Vertical Question
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:15:16 GMT
Organization: ucsd usenet gateway
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Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

If you're interested in the MFJ vertical or other MFJ equipment I recommend
talking to Randy and Judy Taylor of Taylor Electronics of Louisiana 
(1-800-285-8838).  They only sell MFJ equipment and their service to me
has always been OUTSTANDING!  When I last talked to them in Nov, they had
several orders for the vertical pending, with anticipated shipment this month.

Stan, KC4ZGF

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From: dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: What kind of license is required to transmit on the 10GHz freq.?
Date: 21 Jan 93 15:08:44 GMT
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA

bbernard@desire.wright.edu writes:

>I don't think hams can go that
>higher than the 1.2 GHz band, but don't hold me accountable for that.

(under part 97.301 - Authorized frequency bands)

...

3 cm         10.00-10.50   10.00-10.50   10.00-10.50   (b), (c), (i), (n)
1.2 cm       24.00-24.25   24.00-24.25   24.00-24.25   (a), (b), (i), (o)
 
EHF          GHz           GHz           GHz
6 mm         47.0-47.2     47.0-47.2     47.0-47.2
4 mm         75.5-81.0     75.5-81.0     75.5-81.0     (b), (c), (h)
2.5 mm       119.98-120.02 119.98-120.02 119.98-120.02 (k), (p)
2 mm         142-149       142-149       142-149       (b), (c), (h), (k)
1 mm         241-250       241-250       241-250       (b), (c), (h), (q)
---          above 300     above 300     above 300     (k)
 
Loads o' spectrum, wouldn't you agree??!!

73,
Dave, kz1o
-- 
Dave Bushong, Wang Laboratories, Inc.   Amateur Radio Callsign KZ1O
Project Leader, OCR products            kz1o@n0ary.#noca.ca.na
Internet: dbushong@wang.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: forozco@nmsu.edu (OROZCO)
Subject: Re: Ham Radio Causes Cancer!
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:37:20 GMT


Does ham radio cause cancer??....if you've spent the last 50 years of
your life leaning your head against your 2kW linear which goes to your
indoor antenna...of course it causes cancer!
--


                               	
Luis F. Orozco                 N  5  U  H  B     
forozco@dante.nmsu.edu               g  o  o  
forozco@freedom.nmsu.edu             l  m  y 
                                     y  e 
                                   







From: perry@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Perry Scott)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 22:31:23 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: writing out -- --- .-. ... . in order to pass your exam
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

miles@ms.uky.edu (Stephen D. Grant) writes:
> at a recent W5YI VEC testing, a female wrote down all .'s and -'s and
> was allowed to do so. she got her general (while 4 others struggled).
> i was going to use this "cheat" method myself. is it legal or not?

This is the first I've heard of anyone doing this at 13 wpm.  Just
watching her write that fast would have been impressive enough to award
her General.  :-)

The rules only require the examinee to demonstrate the ability to send
and receive text in Morse Code.  Intermediate forms are not of interest.
In the one VE session I worked, one examinee copied in Sanskrit.  It was
accepted by the rest of the team.  We only care about 7 of 10 questions
or one minute of copy.

Perry Scott
AA0ET
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones)
Subject: Re: Real Extras (was Real NoCodes)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:42:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.222236.28877@rwwa.COM> witr@rwwa.com writes:
>Since I have been assured that the Real NoCodes is ``just humor'' by
>the original poster, the I think we should have a little ``humor'' for
>the extras.  I'm sure they won't mind.
>
>			Real Extras
>
>1) Real Extras use foul language on 20.  They collect NALs like
>they are merit badges.
>
>2) Real Extras are band police.  They enjoy walking on other hams
>trasmissions with their own (unidentified) ones, to protect the
>purity of the hobby.  Combining this with #1 gives extra points.
>
>3) Real Extras don't know the regs.  But they are very positive about
>their knowedge.
>
>4) Real Extras cultivate exceptionally fine BO.  The truly accomplished
>ones have bad breath that would gag a yak.
>
>5) Real Extras generate harmonics when contesting on 10, and when a
>neighbor complains about the TVI, they tell them that they have a FCC
>license and to get lost and go buy a better TV.
>
>6) Real Extras use full legal limit (plus a little) to talk to their buddy
>across town.
>
>7) Real Extras chase ambulances so they can offer their ``communications''
>expertise.
>
>8) Real Extras tune up on top of existing QSOs.
>
>9) Real Extras join the pileup nomatter where the DX station is directing
>his calls.
>
>10) Real Extras have their repeaters ID at 30WPM.  So what if the FCC
>doesn't like it?

I'm so embarrased, I'm a (sigh) Extra and I don't do any of those things.
I feel like such a failure. Maybe this will help;

11) Real Extras talk about their gallstone surgeries at length.

12) Real Extras strut around like they won the place due to their incredible
    expertise and wide ranging knowledge. All this was bestowed upon them
    the minute they passed the 20wpm code test.

I'm feel so much better. 8-)

Jeff 
-- 
 Jeff Jones  AB6MB         | Hooker        : I'll do anything for $50! 
 jeffj@seeker.mystic.com   | Henny Youngman: Will you paint my house?
 Infolinc BBS 415-778-5929 |
From: dadams@cray.com (David Adams)
Subject: FM broadcast station sidebands
Reply-To: dadams@cray.com
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 26 Jan 93 12:24:11 CST

Ok this may not be the best newsgroup for this, but then hams 
would know the answer to this better than any other group I can
think of.

 years ago I learned that broadcast stations in the FM comercial 
broadcast band (88-108 MHz) often do not need to use all of the 
spectrum alloted to them for broadcasting what they broadcast, and
hence they some times broadcast other things on sidebands like
elevator music etc.  You can't pick this up on normal recievers.  They
sell special recievers to businesses and other organizations so that
they can play this elevator music or background music.  I think that
it is usually mono (not sterio).  When I lived in the Chicago area
many years ago, we had this light and easy station (I don't remember
the name) that I believe is owned by Boneville International.  They
would broadcast proceeding of church conferences for the Mormon Church
on one of these sidebands.  My family bought this radio that would 
recieve these broadcasts.  This radio was fixed to recieve this one
side band only.  You couldn't tune it to receive any other sidebands or
stations.  (On occasion you could hear the main station bleeding over
I think.)

So my question is, what would one have to do to modify a reciever, or build
a reciever to tune in such broadcasts?  Would it be hard?  Why don't 
commercial manufactures supply such a function, at least for the more
pricy recievers?


---
--David C. Adams  Statistician  Cray Research Inc.  dadams@cray.com
___________________________________________________________________
       Old Sourdoughs never die.  They just ferment away.



Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: swirsky@adobe.com (Robert Swirsky)
Subject: Re: HTs at Disneyland 
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:29:17 GMT

In article <727569774snx@skyld.tele.com> jangus@skyld.tele.com (Jeffrey D. Angus) writes:
>
>  When did the "moron" start yelling? Immediatly or after you gave him a bunch
>  of shit about having an FCC license?
>                               
>
>   The whole secret to success with HT's in public places is not acting like
>   a dork with the damn things. Of course, if you wish to appear as an Ambulance  driver, that's your business.
>


You've hit the nail on the head! There have been a number of times where I've
seen hams flaunting their little HTs, in a pathetic effort to impress
others.

I was in line a few weeks ago at COMP-USA and in front of me was a man
who kept "kerchunking" the repeater, and hitting DTMF tones to make its
voice ID system go off (with time and temperature).

I guess he thought I was interested in what he was doing because he turned
to me and said, "I'm the control operator for an Amateur Radio Repeater."

I answered that I didn't think anyone played with "CBs" anymore, which 
started the expected lecture. I walked away as he was talking.
 

---
73s 
Robert A. Swirsky
AF2M   "Another EXTRA for NO CODE!"
From: baw2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Bruce A Weisberg)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: What if....
Date: 26 Jan 93 18:45:49 GMT
Reply-To: baw2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Bruce A Weisberg)
Organization: Columbia University


	Theoretical posting:


	"Hi, my name is ----.  I have always been interested in radio, and 
my dad was a ham.  He always told me how special it was to be a ham, and how much he enjoyed it.  
	"Since I had some trouble learning the code, I decided to go for the
no-code Technician license.  I susbscribed to rec.radio.amateur.misc, too.
But I can see that the no-code techs are looked down upon by the ham community.
I also had some questions about theory and regs, but when I asked them on the
net, I got several nasty replies telling me to 'read the license manual', etc.
	"Since I have limited finances, I guess I will give up the idea of
becoming a ham altogether.  Why spend money on equipment just to be treated 
like a fool because I have trouble learning the code or theory?  My dad said
that the best thing about hamming was the sense of community among operators, 
and that newcomers were helped by the old-timers.  If my dad were alive today,
he would be very hurt knowing all this.  I wonder what has happened to amateur
radio...."



	Food for thought, gang.


	Bruce
	KA2TYX/AG   (I was a coded novice, BTW)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner
From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew)
Subject: Re: Finding PL Tones and McDonald's
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:54:33 GMT

The the Ohio area, McDonalds all seem to use 154.570 MHz for
output; no CTCSS apparent.  I suspect it might be a repeater or 1/2
of a duplex pair becuase I can here both the drive-up and the
order-taker when I tune to that.  I have a Motorola P-10 that
happens to be on 154.570.  I've heard McDonalds there as well as a
local cement compnay and cleaning crew in a nearby office.
McDonalds must use very low power, as I can't hear them more than a
block or two from the restaraunts; I copy the cement company
workers several miles from my house.


-- 
Bill Mayhew      NEOUCOM Computer Services Department
Rootstown, OH  44272-9995  USA    phone: 216-325-2511
wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (140.220.1.1)    146.580: N8WED
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: adam@wam.umd.edu (Adam L. Greenberg)
Subject: Re: Real NoCodes
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:33:47 GMT

Following the flames I received for the last posting, this one is a little
better for the newsreaders (sorry, Roy!)...

In article <C1E2H5.G3G@anomaly.sbs.com> kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes:
>
>Yup, the typical CB-transplant response.

I am surely not a CB-transplant.  Never owned one, idiot.

>Nah, we stay on our private UHF repeater. 

Good, and I think the operative word is STAY.

Maybe it's me, but perhaps a social life or a sex life would be good for him.
I'm sorry but this one has just got to go.  BTW, I'm in the process of 
studying the code and should have it down very soon.

By the way, Mr. 
Call-Sign: KD1HZ                    Class: ADVANCED
Previously: N1LMB                   Class: TECHNICIAN
Real Name: MICHAEL P DEIGNAN        Birthday: DEC 31, 1964

Was that a code or a no-code you started with?

>--  Michael P. Deignan, KD1HZ              
> ------------------------
> -  I'm not a bigot,    -
> -  I hate everyone...  -
> ------------------------

Thank you for your input, Mr. Popularity.  Lock yourself back in your room.

--N3NKI
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Radios at Disneyworld
From: steve@vulture.ksc.nasa.gov (Steve Schindler)
Date: 22 Jan 93 10:04:32 EST
Organization: Voice Systems Branch, NASA - Kennedy Space Center

As an aside, next time you are at Disneyworld, look carefully at the metal
structures on top of the Space Mountain building. You will realize that
they are VHF and UHF antennas! Hidden in plain sight!

Steve

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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internet: steve@vulture.ksc.nasa.gov
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: mitch@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Mitch Veenstra)
Subject: Re: Real Hams...  ALL!
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:38:53 GMT
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

I have been watching the no-code tech bs for several months now.  Back in 84
I got my novice ticket while still in high school.  I had let it lapse and
lost the ticket.  Due to a friend here at my office, I went ahead and filed
a form 610 to get a new copy of it.  I have also just recently went to a
meeting of a local ham club.  The no-code liscense is really good for the
hobby!  It's generating new interest in amateur radio in alot of kids that
would have never taken the time initially to learn morse code!  I don't know
if its the same nationally, but in our area, it is more likely than not for
a no-code tech to go ahead and upgrade to general after learning morse for 
the HF privlidges(sp).  a no-code tech is still an amateur radio operator!
And most of them get tired of just local 2 meter work and upgrade.  That is,
those of them who can get through the snobbery of morseified hams.
 
 By continually harping on no-coders we will run them away.  Some may say
 that this is a good thing, that they aren't really hams anyway.  Does the
 fact that I started out a novice make me not really a ham?  I had to pass
 less theory then a no-coder has to now.  The only difference between the tech
 liscense and me is a 5 wpm code test, and the tech part of the test.

 Let's lighten up on them.  This is after all, only a hobby! One ment to
 be fun, to be enjoyed.
  
  Chat with ya later!
  Mitcheal
  KA5SOI
  (novice soon to upgrade to tech and beyond!)
From: jbs@ee.egr.duke.edu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Advertising funnies... and not-so-funnies
Keywords: Yuk yuk
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:11:53 GMT
Organization: Joe's Bar and Grill
Originator: jbs@ee.egr.duke.edu

A few ads from The Trading Post, a used-stuff rag that has pretty good
circulation in central North Carolina (all these are [sic]):


{Funny:}

"FT757GX YAZOO, general coverage, continuous dialing, all mode. $..."

"FT301D YAZOO, from 30KHz to 1.5 KHz, 100 watts output, am SSB NCW, FP301
              power supply, $..."

"SWAN CYGNET 260 amature transceiver..."


{Not-so-funny:}

"C.B. BASE station, tower, lazer 450 beams, HAM IV, rotor & controller,
          2 big linears, and Black Cat Linear, $..."

"ROOSTER CB AMP, can be modified for ham, 4, 3CX 250 B's, expandable to 6,
                3500 watts plus, $..."


{Other funny: (all at a premium, too)}

{And it comes with this free bottle of snake oil:}
"COMPAQ PORTABLE PC - first model available, 2 floppy drives, great for word
                     processing.  Will give away $200 worth of software.
                     $350"

{nice of this guy to offer it again:}
"COMPUTER ATARI, attaches to any TV. Last chance. $300"

{ever seen software that "needs minor repair?"}
"APPLE IIE Payroll Program software, cost $300. Like new. $150"

{Grab the checkbook Marge, these two are a steal!!!}
"IBM PS/2 55SX 4MB ram, 60MB disk, monitor, mouse, DOS. $2000"
{#define New Old:}
"IBM MDL 25 w/640K ram, 20MB drive, 2 floppies. New. $1100"

{The unique equipment award:}
"PC/XT compatible, 512K memory, 30MB hard drive, 4 1/4 floppy drive. $650"


-- 
                You spend the night
            Like you were spending a dime

                   - Lyle Lovett
From: marcbg@feenix.metronet.com (Marc Grant)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Yaesu FT-530 Monophone!?!?
Date: 26 Jan 93 23:50:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: feenix.C1HJJn.I3v
Organization: Tx Metronet Communications Services, Dallas Tx

In article <1993Jan25.164408.15956@krk.fi> oh2lak@krksun.krk.fi (Erik Finskas) writes:
>I saw the FT-530 brochure and I must say that
>Wow! I'm estonished! (commercial presentation)...
>The new Yaesu monophone is very intelligent feature, you can control
>most used things at radio from it. It has also a little freq readout,
>and up/dn controls. (Most used means vfo/mr, dup, tone beep and power
>high/low)
>How is all required data transferred from and to monophohe??
>Does it have a Yaesu standard 99 pin connector to radio or does it go
>with audio at monophone plugs?

It's transferred over the standard speaker mic connector.  I just received
one for my 530 and I'm very impressed.  Only down side might be the
increased battery drain, but I doubt the display draws much since it's LCD.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Marc Grant                                                 Amateur Call: N5MEI
Phone# 214/530-9488                       Internet: marcbg@feenix.metronet.com
From: rjgrocho@rockdal.AUd.alcatel.COM (bob grochowski)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Ham Grafix on CDROM
Date: 23 Jan 93 16:41:26 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

QUICKIE:
I publish the club newsletter (The Paper Repeater).
I'm not an artist.
I saw an ad somewhere for Ham Radio Clipart on CDROM.
Now I can't find the ad.
Help?
Tnx
Bob Grochowski -- N5UPF
Alcatel Amateur Radio Association
-----------------------------
Alcatel Network Systems Inc
AARA M/S 401-212
1225 North Alma Road
Richardson TX  75081
-----------------------------
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: j_otterson@otters.enet.dec.com (Jeff Otterson/N1KDO)
Subject: Re: I love/hate Wayne Green!
Reply-To: j_otterson@star.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua, NH, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:47:09 GMT


I think Wayne Green should have been Ross Perot's running mate.  B-)

But seriously, I *do* like 73 mag...





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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Re: Help! Voyager transmits at 146.52 MHz!
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:33:32 GMT

Rich Wilson writes:
> There must be a 990 KHz crystal somewhere in my new '92 Voyager,
> because I see carriers spaced every 990 KHz over the 2M band.

This is a common problem, not just with your Voyager, but with
all sorts of cars.  My Chrysler New Yorker has very strong spurs
all up and down the band, and of course one falls right on my 
favorite repeater frequency. I guess it's some hash from the computer
that runs the fuel injection or something.  I just sort of live with it.
Someone on the net is compiling a list of cars with this problem so
hams can buy cars whose spurious emissions are compatible with 
their operating practices.

Mike, N4PDY

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
************************
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: adam@wam.umd.edu (Adam L. Greenberg)
Subject: Re: Real NoCodes
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 04:52:27 GMT

In article <47p37z@rpi.edu> maessm@rpi.edu writes:
>    
>    * real no-codes singlehandedly track down repeater jammers

And Real No-Codes track down repeater phone-patch hackers like I did
just this week.

N3NKI
From: musrjb00@ccmail.boeing.COM (Rick Muszynski)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Please unsubscribe me
Date: 26 Jan 93 18:02:43 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

          To whom it may concern,

          I have not been able to unsubscribe myself from the
          Info-Hams mailing list.  I have tried to send mail to
          brian@ucsd.edu to try and correct this but my mail is
          returned "undeliverable".  Any assistance anyone can provide
          would be extremely helpful.  From the time I subscribed to
          now, it appears that my address has changed.  When I try to
          unsubscribe, I recieve a message:

                " '@ada3.ca.boeing.com:musrjb00@ccmail.boeing.com' was
                 NOT FOUND"

          but my address appears to be:

                "musrjb00@ccmail.ca.boeing.com"

          Thanks for any help!

          Rick Muszynski musrjb00@ccmail.ca.boeing.com
From: wdh@oversteer.Eng.Sun.COM (Dennis Henderson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: HTs at Disneyland
Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:16:09 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: wdh@oversteer.Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: oversteer

I carried and used my HT at Disneyland last year.  Of course I carried it 
in my daypack and didn't use the geek-clip..oops...belt clip.  

The Disneyland repeater was open and useful.  

...Dennis Henderson, N6TTW


Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: Kirk.Smith@launchpad.unc.edu (Kirk Smith)
Subject: Re: Real NoCodes
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:37:37 GMT

So, let me get this straight.  Anyone who has ever operated a CB radio
and as since gotten a no-code license is a worthless horrible ham, right?
This is pretty incredible logic.

-ks
KD6RCT

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From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:57:55 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Real NoCodes_, Now CW and reality
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA