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From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: CRT radiation into ham rcvrs
Date: 27 Jul 1992 18:29:40 GMT
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

[Oh goody. Computer wars on rec.radio.amateur.misc. What joy. Oh well...might
as well get my two cents in.]

In article <5825.2a73dfeb@hayes.com> bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman) writes:
>[Macs] are serious computers. Not toys. They are the type of computers
>that you don't have to be a computer guru to use. That is powerful. That
>does not make it a "toy". 

The problem is that all that power is wasted on making it so the user has to
learn nothing about computers in order to use it. My computer has better
things to do.

I spent several hours weekend before last driving a Mac-based logic analyzer.
Yuk. It was a royal pain to use. We did get the job done, but not without lots
of "Arrrrggggghh!"s from me...

Come back and talk to me when there's a command line user interface.

>Ugh, you'd think they'd want to get their money's worth.

They do. That's why they're buying PC clones...more bang for the buck than any
other system.

-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by a .sig virus.
"Right now, because of you, this city is being overrun by baboons." "Don't
 you think that's the responsibility of the voters?" -- _Naked Gun 2-1/2_
From: rpo@trsvax.tandy.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: PRO-43 Scanner Comments
Date: 21 Jul 92 22:21:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:trsvax:1787700013:000:770
Nf-From: trsvax.tandy.com!rpo    Jul 21 17:21:00 1992


Thanks to everyone (even the flamers) for all of the
comments about the PRO-43. I think that quite a few
people missed the significance of triple-conversion.
This has been real big on my personal want list for
a handheld. Now (or, at least, when I can afford to
buy one of these) I can actually listen to Arlington
Police and Fort Worth Fire Departments (and soon to
be Fort Worth Police, too) without having to wade
through cellular images.

Other comments have been passed to the merchandising
person...and many are also on his wish list. Just
have to get those price points low enough!

You folks might also check out Bob Parnass' review
of the scanner on CompuServe (and he might also be
posting it here).

73 and enjoy.

Paul Opitz...N5TPQ
Radio Shack Publications
Xref: sparky rec.radio.amateur.misc:12531 sci.electronics:13107
From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Whats a LEAD-CALCIUM battery?
Date: 22 Jul 92 15:26:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <1507@idacrd.UUCP> n4hy@idacrd.UUCP (Bob McGwier) writes:
>
>I don't want to be TOO picky but since when is calcium a metal? 

Er... did you take high school chemistry?



-- 
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Michael A. Covington, Ph.D. |  mcovingt@uga.cc.uga.edu  |  ham radio N4TMI
Artificial Intelligence Programs | U of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602  U.S.A.
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: kwmc@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ken.cochran)
Subject: Auto patch ... but without the phone ?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:55:16 GMT

I am interested in the the principles ( legal ) of autopatching.

It seems to me that if the use of an autopatch to connect to the
phone lines to talk to an unlicensed person is legal, then the use
of a similar device to talk to an unlicensed person co-located with that device
but not using phone lines would also be legal.

E.G. is it permissible for me to set up an autopatch at home, with which
I can talk to my (as yet unlicensed) wife at home, so long as I remain
the (remote ?) control operator. (No phone company involved)  ?

Are such devices available and legal ?

What was the consensus recently on reverse autopatch, where an unlicensed
person causes a signal (telemetry ?) to be sent to the licensed control op
who then initiates voice contact. ?

Thanks for any help/advice ....

Ken Cochran   N2RPN    kwmc@usl.com
From: cole%tomcat@tomcat.rd.ray.COM (Brad Cole)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Questions on Alinco Mods
Date: 23 Jul 92 14:46:09 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

I have recently purchased an Alinco DR-590T dual band
transciever. I am interested in modifying the radio to extend the
UHF receive band edge from 470MHz to 490MHz. Is there a simple
way of achieving this?

I have already clipped the infamous blue wire to allow the
receiver to display the aircraft band, the 300MHz band, and the
800MHz band. Is there now a way to make the rig actually receive
on those frequencies?

Finally, if the radio will receive the aircraft frequencies, is
there a simple AM detector I can use to demodulate the signals?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Brad Cole, K3XL

phone: (617) 860-3033   (work)
       (617) 860-3195   (fax)
       (508) 251-0301   (home)
email: cole@tomcat.rd.ray.com
packet: K3XL @ WA1PHY.#EMA.MA.USA.NA
From: clyde@dodeca.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Dj-580T users manual?
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:59:33 GMT
Reply-To: "Clyde R. Visser, KD6GWN" <cvisser@ucrmath.ucr.edu>
Organization: Ameritec Corporation
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


I saw someone mention a users manual for the Dj-580T was available
via ftp or e-mail but not where from.  Does anyone know where it is?

crv
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: elmore@virga.rap.ucar.edu (Kim Elmore)
Subject: ARRL (Re: ARRL Bulletin 68  ARLB068)
Reply-To: elmore@virga.rap.ucar.edu (Kim Elmore)
Organization: Research Applications Program/NCAR, Boulder, CO
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:18:44 GMT

	After due consideration of my latest post/flame I've
reconsidered; what I posted was harsh and petty.  I let my emotions
get the better of me.  Paul is obviously extremely bright, but it
seems he just can't resist throwing rocks whenever the opportunity
arises and it finally set me off a bit.

	Intellegence is no excuse for antagonism, though.  If he
doesn't like it, why not work to constructively change it?  If he
says "I can't change it so why try?" then he is, by default, correct.
A hollow victory.

	Yes, Newington's aristocracy often appears well within it's
dotage, but the only time an organization becomes hopeless is when
everyone decides that it *is* hopeless!  If Paul, one of the brightest
people who bothers with the net, won't take the time to work at making
the League better, then who do we have left?  The OFs!  And then he
gets to sit back while sipping his gin and tonic, throwing rocks and
saying "See? I told you so!  They'll never change!"

	I'm 36 and decided to make my contribution as a Technical
Coordinator for Colorado.  I didn't like what I had seen as a
Technical Specialist (one of the guys who actually does the field
work); there was no support from the technical "head" of our section's
field organization.  I decided that I could do better and so I
volunteered.  *Am* I doing better?  I'd like to think so, though I'm
no organizational wunderkind and I'm not a tehno-whiz.  I'm competant
but more than that, I believe organized technical field support is
important enough to throw some effort at it.  Am I better than Paul?
Of course not, but I'd like to think my response is more constructive.

	I should have posted this response instead of getting mad...
My apologies to Paul and the net.

  --

					Kim Elmore
					N5OP, PP ASEL/Glider 2232456
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: ham@wam.umd.edu (Scott Richard Rosenfeld)
Subject: Re: Soliciting Comments on Kenwood 520S XCVR
Keywords: Kenwood 520S XCRVR
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:43:51 GMT

As far as a radio goes, there are several pluses and minuses to the 520S:

Minuses first:

-  Broad receiver, unless you have the filters (optional = $$$), at least
   for CW.

-  No WARC-band capability.

-  Analog tuner, digital readout extra.

-  Very much designed for NON-PORTABLE use - truly made for 120/220 AC use.
   (Although 12V power cable can be had).  

-  Weighs in between 40-50 lbs.

-  No general coverage receiver (although will receive WWV on 15 MHz).

-  No AM or FM mode, either on receive or transmit.

-  Must be tuned on frequency whenever large frequency change is made.

-  Tube finals are about $15 a pop (2 6146-B's + 12BY7A driver).

-  No 2nd VFO internally.

-  No notch filter.

Seems like a lot, doesn't it, compared to a $750 Icom 735.  But wait:

Pluses:

-  Nearly entirely discrete components, can be serviced by nearly anyone.

-  No EPROMs to store program (and lose it when battery fails).

-  One of the best-sounding signals ANYWHERE (supposedly due to tube finals).

-  Tube finals (both + and -), because they can handle incredibly bad mis-
   matches that would quickly kill a set of transistor finals.

-  Pretty good noise blanker.

-  Simple to operate (except for tuning up).

-  Virtually INDESTRUCTIBLE!  This is not a joke!

Recap:

The Kenwood TS-520S is a 1975 design.  It lacks a general coverage RCVR,
sophisticated filtering, a second VFO, and many of the bells and whistles
that most rigs made after 1985 had as standard equipment.  It is very much
primitive compared to the stuff coming out today.

So why buy one, you may ask?  The thing is built like a brick s--thouse. 
Mostly metal, except for the knobs and dials, a solid steel chassis, excel-
lent reliability, and ease of repair.  It is a very solid radio, if you 
can do without all of the bells and whistles.  Excellent for STANDARD ham
communications (WARC would be nice, though).

You can get one at a hamfest for $350 including mike and speaker (no filters),
and you can get a tuner for about $75, give or take a few, depending on the
make and model.  Throw in a vertical for $50-75 and you're up to $475-500.
If the rig has filters, or an external VFO, add accordingly.  You will have
this rig for a long time, so be sure you can do without the bells & whistles
you would get for another $350.  


Good luck, 73

Scott NF3I




Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: little@nuts2u.enet.dec.com (Todd Little)
Subject: Meteor skeds wanted
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:25:45 GMT


I'd like to try my hand at meteor scatter and collect some new grids
on 2 and 6 meters during the perseids shower coming up next month. I'm
looking for hams interested in schedules with a meteor novice.  My
station has a Yaesu FT-726R, a Mirage B1060 amp, and a Cushcraft 215WB
antenna (6m antenna depends on weather but is probably 3 element quad,
not sure if that and 20W is enough).  If you're interested in
arranging schedules with me, please contact me at:

little@pecan.enet.dec.com

or

(708) 202-1030

73's
Todd
N9MWB
EN52
25 miles NW of Chicago
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein)
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Morris is a cat
Organization: Bit Herders International
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 04:26:09 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.113219.8010@spider.co.uk> jmorris@spider.co.uk (John Morris) writes:
+I've never posted to this group - so how come you are all talking about me?
+
+John Morris, GM4ANB

The trick to get you to finally post worked.  Welcome!

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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: elmore@virga.ucar.edu (Kim Elmore)
Subject: Re: ARRL Bulletin 68 ARLB068
Organization: Research Applications Program/NCAR, Boulder, CO
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:07:51 GMT

In article <paulf.711659442@w6yx> paulf@w6yx (Paul Flaherty) writes:
>
>One letter off from AARP...how appropriate.

	Some people just can't say anything good about anybody or any
organization, regardless of what the person or organization does.
Quite clearly, Paul is one of 'em.  Fortunately, it's as transparent
as his intellect. :-)

--
					Kim Elmore
					N5OP, PP ASEL/Glider 2232456
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: wpns@miki.pictel.com (Willie Smith)
Subject: Re: Amateurs on USENET List  Aug 1992  Part 3/3
Organization: PictureTel Corporation
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:03:30 GMT


The list maintainer might wish to email each of these folks to see if:

1) They want to be on the list (personally I don't mind, but it might
be courteous).  Yes it's freely available data, but someone could
misuse this by building the Mother Of All Mailing Lists....

2) The listed adress is anything reasonable.

Frinstance:

smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie P. N. Smith)          n1jbj   91-12-6

this has been obsolete since at least 91-09-something, and has been
reported to the maintainers.

wpns@pictel.com (Willie P. N. Smith)                    n1jbj   92-1-7

Ah, that's me!

There are minor errors in a couple of other entries with which I am
conversant [Hi Marco and Kim!] as well.  Basically any address more
than 6 months old is suspect, and any more than a year or two old is
probably marginal at best.

Willie
From: kurdzo@gdc.com (Jim Kurdzo)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: WANTED: Genave GTX-600 Schematics
Date: 20 Jul 92 18:59:42 GMT
Organization: General DataComm Ind. Inc., Middlebury, CT 06762
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4


    I'm looking for schematics for a Genave GTX-600 6 meter rig.
Any help would be appreciated.  Please respond via e-mail.

Thanks,

--

Jim Kurdzo   N1KKA
General DataComm
Middlebury, CT  06762-1299
(203) 758-1811 x7550
kurdzo@gdc.com
From: ron@pilot.njin.net (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Re: New Radio Shack Scanner (BOGUS!).  What we really want. . .!
Date: 28 Jul 92 12:53:39 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

> 108-118 is aircraft navigation stuff.  No voice.

It is the nav freqs, but it is untrue that there is no voice.  The
audio on these channels is used for communications between FSS's and
planes in some places and for the airport weather announcments (TWEB,
ATIS, AWOS) in others.

-Ron
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: ARRL Bulletin 68 ARLB068 / Name Change
Date: 28 Jul 92 18:36:57 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, trey@ut-emx.uucp (Trey Garlough) writes:

>In article <1992Jul22.211331.18117@news.acns.nwu.edu> lapin@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Gregory Lapin) writes:
>| I agree with this - the absurdity is that, at least concerning my 9 year
>| old, young people have no problem with CW - my daughter took one day to
>| memorize half the alphabet and still remembers it a year later with very
>| little practice in between.  The written exam is another issue. 

...
>When I hear people starting to get shrill about getting youngsters
>involved in ham radio, I often take note, especially when they start
>talking about CW being an obsticle.  I think this problem with the
>heavy [technical] language is much more of an issue than CW for kids.  

A good example is a father/son team (friends of mine) who recently got
their ham licenses.  Eli (the son) had no trouble with the 5 wpm, but
missed the Tech exam, so ended up as a Novice.  Bill (the father)
is an electrical engineer, so he had no trouble with the Tech exam,
but couldn't pass the code.  Now Bill and Eli are looking for
220 MHz radios so they can talk to each other on the air!

I expect this story is repeated many times across the country --
It's the "old farts" who have trouble with the code.  Young minds
are well-optimized for learning new languages (like Morse), but 
have more trouble with electronics theory.

AL N1AL
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: whiting@eucad.co.uk (Neil Whiting)
Subject: TWT data HELP PLEASE
Reply-To: whiting@eucad.co.uk
Organization: eucad
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 12:10:20 GMT

Hi all,

Can anybody help please - I am trying to identify a Travelling
Wave Tube amplifier which I think comes from the USA. The maker
is Keltek (Celtec? spelling?) and the type number is IJR620/1
It has SMA connectors.
I need to know if it's worth buying! eg power, frequency, etc.

Thanks,  Neil

---
Neil Whiting    G4BRK

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
Subject: Re: Comp.dcom.telecom Moderator attacks ham radio
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 18:53:00 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

cchapman@matd.gatech.edu (Charles H. Chapman) writes:

>Why does comp.dcom.telecom have to have a moderator anyway?  It's only
>purpose seems to be to give this Pat guy the opportunity to play god and
>control the discussion.  I think someone should start a new unmoderated
>dcom group so there can be free and open discussion on the subject.  I
>know there is an alt.dcom group but not everyone has access to the alt
>groups.


The comp.dcom.telecom newsgroup is really just a feed to Usenet of the
TELECOM DIGEST.  At the minimum the digest is formulated at one host and
sent by mail to many of the readers.  Because it is mail based, there is
even more reason to moderate it.  I find it has a much lower noise level
(I do not count articles I'm just not interested in as noise; I count
all those "yeah, I agree" and "no, you're wrong" posts as noise, which
Pat does filter out) than most of Usenet.
-- 
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: andyw@aspen32.cray.com (Andy Warner)
Subject: Re: tough life?
Originator: andyw@aspen32
Keywords: never
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:15:23 CDT


In article <blah>, oo7@ut-emx.uucp (Derek Wills) winges in a heavy Yorkshire accent..:
> tonyp@convex.com (honey bunny) complains:
> 
> >You say you've got it tough?
> 
> >When I was a novice, we didn't have telegraph keys;
> 
> >We ran A-0 emission, plugged our transmitters into the 
> >switched wall outlet, and stood by the doorway, toggling
> >the light switch.
> 
> >I tell yah - it was rough!
> 
> Light switches?  Looxury, lad, looxury!   We had to get up at 6 a.m. 
> and carve cats' whiskers out of blocks of galena.  Then our dad would
> make us grind lumps of graphite to make headphones.  Then we had to
> operate the treadmill to charge up the batteries.  We really had to
> shout to make ourselves heard in the next county with those rigs -
> I was glad when they invented the microphone, I can tell 'ee, lad.
> Tell that to the young people of today, they just won't believe you.

Eeeeeh, yoo wer lucky. We had to make batteries out of mouldy
bread, held together with newspaper. Then our mam would make us
fly 'kite in 'thunderstorm to charge 'em. Our dad made us use the 
fillings in out teeth as rectifiers.

You try telling the young of today that, they won't believe you.
-- 
andyw.	N0REN/G1XRL

andyw@aspen.cray.com	Andy Warner, Cray Research, Inc.	(612) 683-5835
From: jkearman@arrl.org (Jim Kearman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Nasty Hams
Date: 17 Jul 92 16:35:02 EDT
Organization: American Radio Relay League

Jim, N5IAL, writes:
 
>I've been thinking about some of the things you've said, and have a few
>more comments here.....  this whole bit really bugs me....  there is no
>excuse, period, for people behaving that way --- it is NOT what Amateur
>Radio is all about.

I agree. Unfortunately, this is not a new phenomenon. My General
call in 1963 was WB2EDW. I lived in the Buffalo, NY area. There
was a nearby ham (I think his call was W2OY), who would call CQ
on 75 AM, with these conditions: No kids, no lids, no space cadets,
no WB2s. I had a home-made 75-meter transmitter and tried calling
him, to no avail. Other locals told me my audio sounded fine, so
that wasn't the problem. He just didn't want to work me because
I was young and newly licensed.

On CW, I found that no one could tell much about me. My squeaky
voice wasn't noticeable there. Ever since, I've had a soft spot
for CW (and, puleeze let's not get THAT thread going again; I
made thousands of Qs on SSB last year, and I also operate the 
digital modes).

In any group as large as Amateur Radio, you gotta have some
baddies. We're probably better off than the "general population."
I feel sorry for these wackos; they must be lonely. The only
way to deal with 'em is to ignore 'em, though. Too bad for
them. 73,
Jim

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