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From: pmcdonou@jade.tufts.edu (Paul McDonough)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: KCBI on 9815 kHz
Date: 20 Nov 92 19:12:16 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA


 I heard KCBI from Dallas, Texas tansmitting last night on 9815 kHz.
This was around 0427 UTC until past 0600 when I checked again on 
20 November.  Seems that Dr. Gene Scott has purchased the transmitter and
he was talking about how he wanted to "saturate the whole earth with
his signal". This was in parallel with 5935 kHz (WWCR) and 9785 kHz
(?- very weak here in Boston). I called the 1-800 number that they kept
repeating for listeners to call in. I wanted to see if I could get a
QSL over the phone but the woman said they weren't doing that.
Oh well. :-)

paul

pmcdonou@jade.tufts.edu
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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:43:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Bob Stratton <strat@INTERCON.COM>
From:         Bob Stratton <strat@INTERCON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clean photocell light switch

> Message-Id: <9211191828.AA07243@intercon.com>
> Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:29:02 GMT
> From: Mike Johnston <mjohnsto%JENNY.SHEARSON.COM@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIOSTATE.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: Clean photocell light switch
>
> In article <BxxB7H.JpD@hpbs654.boi.hp.com> kmarko@hpbs654.boi.hp.com
> (Kurt Marko) writes:
>    >I have the same problem with a halogen living room lamp. The only >
>    way I can do any DX'ing in these bands is to the light completely >
>    off. Even if I'm in another room or on the other side of the house
>
>    Yes, please post any solutions you come up with.  These Halogen lamps
>    that use pots for variable intensity are very noisy.  I've found that
>    I have to use the light, I must turn it all the way on, because with
>    an intermediate setting, the RFI is unbearable.
>
>
> The only simple solutions are, as you say, to turn it fully on or
> completely off. Lacking any suitable electronics experience, I'll
> have to wait until someone more knowledgeable can offer an answer.
>

Some of you may have experienced this, but the BSR/Leviton/X-10 carrier
current modules are the spawn of the devil when it comes to RFI. The
appliance modules aren't bad, but the lamp modules (with SCRs?) are heinous,
no matter what the setting, and the control panels are pretty bad as well...

Bob Stratton     Engineer, InterCon Systems Corp.     strat@intercon.com
+1 703 709 5525
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: dold@unislc.uucp (Clarence Dold)
Subject: Re: Radio New Zealand's frequencies requested.
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:56:12 GMT

From article <1992Nov23.142202.1@cs2.lamar.edu>, by cs_sic@cs2.lamar.edu:
> Radio New Zealand's frequencies for North-America , South-Pacific service's
> timing requested.

From Passport to World Band Radio, 1993:
Radio New Zealand Intl. (Pacific)
0700-1210	9700
1205-1655	9510
1655-1850	Su-F 9675
1750-2200	Su-F 15120
1850-2140	Su-F 11735
2200-0800	17770
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: kb2glo@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (thomas.kenny)
Subject: Radio Luxembourg
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:57:31 GMT


I got a real nice surprise in my mail box this morning!

A couple of weeks ago a sent a reception report for Radio
Luxembourg's 15.350 MHz short wave frequency. I wanted to
get a QSL card before the English service went off the air
at the end of the year. So it was no surprise to get a card
but they also sent me a T-shirt! Either they always do this,
are doing this since they are closing down and want to
say thank you, or maybe I write great reception reports :-)

I didn't think my report was any thing special so I'm
wondering if any body else got a T-shirt from them.

I certainly hope I'm not opening a can of worms for them.

73, Tom KB2GLO.

-- 
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: dold@unislc.uucp (Clarence Dold)
Subject: Re: RHCuba frequency request
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:28:54 GMT

From article <1992Nov18.205202.18666@midway.uchicago.edu>, by dunl@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Dude Man):
> Could someone out there send me some current Radio Havana frequencies/times 
> for broadcasts in English. What's a good frequency to listen on in Chicago?

I don't have my book handy, but I find that 6060, which isn't listed, seems
to be a 24hour broadcast.  (San Jose, CA)

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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: jmayson@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Mayson)
Subject: Re: Who says the cold war is over!?!?
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 23:18:56 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.205658.12547@pixar.com> Bruce@Pixar.com (Bruce Perens) writes:
>In article <1dqa3qINN66q@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim  
>Haynes) writes:
>> 
>> Which reminds me - I saw an ad in IEEE Spectrum where Radio Free
>> Europe/Radio Liberty is trying to hire an engineer.  Haven't they
>> heard the cold war is over?
>
>Over for now. There are still 10 million people living under communisim
>in China.

Last I heard all 1,000,000,000+ Chinese were living under communism.

John KC4VJO

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Full-Name: Haff
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 09:21:51 PST
Reply-To:     Haff <alanh@WRQ.COM>
From:         Haff <alanh@WRQ.COM>
Subject:      Re: RHCuba frequency request

> Could someone out there send me some current Radio Havana frequencies/times
> for broadcasts in English. What's a good frequency to listen on in Chicago?
> Thanks.
> --
> ========================
> dunl@midway.uchicago.edu    D U D E   M A N
> ========================
>

On 11/11@0448utc, I picked up RHC on 6180. As I recall, they closed the freq.
 at0500utc. I don't know when 6180 opens, but English starts at 0000utc on 6060.
   Here in Seattle, 6060 is almost unlistenable. (At least by the time I start
   listening around 0230utc.) Maybe you'll have better luck in the midwest.

Alan Haff
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: st891054@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Rand)
Subject: Another Callsign...
Reply-To: st891054@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:47:44 GMT

The Brandeis University radio station (100.1 FM-if you're in the area)
is WBRS (WBRandeiS).  It's commonly known as "Bris," which leads
to some good promos like "Bris.  The station that circumcises
the globe."

-David Kaufman
ST891054@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
From: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: where to buy swr meter ?
Date: 17 Nov 1992 15:39:22 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


what is the price range of swr meters ?
where can I buy one that will work decently ? is it something one
can construct from parts from a Radio Shark store ?

is there a way to fine tune an antenna without using an swr meter ?
any tricks from cb experts in the net ?

thanks in advance.

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From: maika@bnr.ca (Jan Maika)
Subject: RFI Problem
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ontario, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:17:56 GMT

>I recently installed a 5/8 ground plane on the side of my house. It
>is and older style with 3 ground radials. It is only about about 13 feet
>from the ground to the bottom of the radials. Last night my neighbour
>came over and complained that I could be heard talking on his telephone lines,
>radio and believe it or not his computer keyboard. I am about 15 feet from his
>phone lines and hydro lines. The ground radials measure about 5-6 feet below 
>these two lines. I am using a mobile set rated at 4 watts out which I have 
>measured. No work has ever been done on the finals so the filters are 
>all intack and unmodified.
>
>My questions are,
>
>1. Will raising the height of my antenna cut down on the RFI etc.?
>  If so how high should I be about the lines?
>
>2. I believe my signal is clean with no harmonics but will installing
>   a 27MHz bandpass filter help any?
>
>Any help is appreciated as I am off the air until I can resolve this 
>problem.
>


I would like to thank all of the people that responded to my posting and sent
me Email on my RFI problem. I tried several of the ideas with regards to
installing a better grade of coax on the radio and placing ferrite cores on 
phone lines. One thing I did notice is that one of the phones in my house 
also had an RFI problem. I placed ferrite cores on the line next to the phone
and was able to suppress most but not all of the RFI. If I can perfect the filter
I will try it on my neighbours phone line. He can be a bit of a "red-neck" so
I don't want to ask permission to play with his phones until I'm completely
sure a filter will work. The next best solution I have heard is to either raise/or
move the antenna. Unfortunately we are entering winter in Canada so I don't
feel like installing a tower to raise the antenna until the spring. 
I can move the antenna to the other side of the house but I fear I will have 
the exact same problem with the neighbour on the other side of me.
My wife`s solution is to move out of the town where I can have any
kind of antenna farm I wish. 
I`ll keep working at it and then maybe I can get my toys back on the air.

P.S. To the several people who asked if I am using a linear the answer is 
     no. I really am using only 4 watts.

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Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
From: ah301@yfn.ysu.edu (Jerry Sy)
Subject: Re: where to buy swr meter ?
Reply-To: ah301@yfn.ysu.edu (Jerry Sy)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:32:39 GMT


In a previous article, billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) says:

>
>Just buy one at Rat Shack. It will be sufficient for your purposes. 
>
I checked this afternoon, and they have a $20 version (SWR and fld strength
meter)) and a $30 version (SWR and power meter).

>: > is there a way to fine tune an antenna without using an swr meter ?
>
BTW, I forgot to mention, the antenna I am working on is a magnet mount
on my car,

>Yes - at least two. You could use a field strength meter or a grid-dip
>meter (although a modern gdm would not have a grid to dip).
>
what is the procedure using a fsm ?

>: > any tricks from cb experts in the net ?
>
>Yes. Mount the SWR meter AT THE ANTENNA.  Mounting it at the tranceiver
>may produce misleading results. 
>
>Once the antenna is tuned - you can mount the SWR meter near the
>tranceiver. You will get a relative indication of SWR. It will
>allow you to determine if something goes drastically wrong in
>the future (without having to climb up to the antenna again).
>
>Bill
>

the swr meter at radio shack has a female connector input saying Tx
and another female connector saying Antenna.  Do I need anything else
(say an extra cable ? since the antenna line has male and the cb has
female)

thanks again.
jerry

Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
From: mzank@shell.portal.com (matthew c zank)
Subject: class c
Organization: Portal Communications Company
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:13:24 GMT

Does anyonw know what is class C cb service?
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: Basic Advice
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 10:37:38 GMT

gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
: >: >
: >: >Nope. It may be a half-wave vertical, but it is not a half wave dipole.
: >: >It is end fed, not fed in the middle. Look at the sensitivity of end
: >: >fed antennas, you will see that it is high for all lengths.
: >: [deleted]
: >: >
: >: >You don't need radials with a dipole antenna. It would only hurt the
: >: >performance.
: >: 
: >: Bill, a halfwave antenna, no matter whether it's fed on an end or in
: >: the middle, needs no radials to act as a current mirror to make up a
: >: "missing" half of the antenna. That's the purpose of radials on a 1/4
: >
: >Isn't that what I said?
: 
: Nope. You were saying that it wasn't a dipole, as if that made a difference
: as to whether it needed radials. It doesn't. You also said that the feed
: impedance would vary from a few ohms to a few hundred ohms. That's not
: the behavior of a half wave end fed antenna. The impedance will be much
: higher than that.

Hm, I have never seen a half-wave antenna with ground radials. On the other
hand, most of the 1/4 wave antennas I have seen employ them, or are mounted
at ground level.

I do not recall if my impedance comment was in regards to a half-wave or
quarter wave antenna. 

Can you even use an end-fed half-wave antenna. I cannot find my old
Radio Amateur Handbooks - the newer ones have precious little on antenna
theory, so I have to trust my memory. 

Bill
From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Re: RFI Problem
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:43:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: ke4zv.1992Nov18.164312.10881
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <103400054@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> wells@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (John Wells) writes:
[re: RFI]
>Maybe, but your best bet might be to move the antenna to the other side of 
>the house.  Height may make a diff. but usually it is the strong RF feild
>associated with the antnenna and it's mast.  If the antenna is old, make sure
>that the SWR is very low and that the connections at all the  joints are 
>clean and very tight.  Every so often (every 2 to 3 years depending on how the
>SWR is doing or if there is any unusal RFI things happening) I will disassemble
>my antenna joints and lightly sand the tubing with #600 sandpaper and 
>reassemble.  To keep the tubing tight I use automotive hose clamps.

There's a product available from your local electrical supply house 
called NoAlox that you can apply to all metal joints in your antenna
after cleaning with sandpaper as noted by John. This compound is designed
for aluminum house wiring to prevent oxidized joints from creating hot
spots and burning your house down. If you apply a small amount to the
antenna joints, most of your corrosion concerns will be licked permanently.
Some antenna manufacturers include a small amount of this with their
antennas. Good stuff. A bottle will last you a lifetime.

Gary KE4ZV
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
From: johnw@bluemoon.use.com (John L. Wilkerson Jr.)
Subject: Re: class c
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 17:54:27 EST

mzank@shell.portal.com (matthew c zank) writes:

> Does anyonw know what is class C cb service?
 
     Class C CB is used for such devices as Remote Controlled cars, some 
car alarm pagers etc.
 
       Frequencies are located between some class D CB (normal CB) 
frequencies.
 
26.995, 27.045, 27.095, 27.145, 27.195   are the class C freqs.
 
They are between (respectively) channels 3&4, 7&8, 11&12, 15&16, and 
19&20.  Voice is not authorized (unless some pagers use it).
 
     Out-of-band operators sometime refer to them as "A-channels", or 
incorrectly "Half-channels"   "4A" would be the first Class C freq.
 

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From: randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Re: RFI Problem
Date: 18 Nov 92 01:33:02 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

maika@bnr.ca (Jan Maika) writes:

>I recently installed a 5/8 ground plane on the side of my house. [...]
>is and older style with 3 ground radials. It is only about about 13 feet
>from the ground to the bottom of the radials. Last night my neighbour
>came over and complained that I could be heard talking on his telephone lines,
[...]
> 
>My questions are,

>1. Will raising the height of my antenna cut down on the RFI etc.?
>   If so how high should I be about the lines?

It will probably help, but I would not start there.

>2. I beleive my signals is clean with no harmonics but will installing
>   a 27MHz bandpass filter help any?

You should definately install a high-quality low-pass filter,
the kind you would get at a ham radio store.  That is a very
easy thing to do.  After you install it, call your neighbor
and arrange a time when you both can test if the RFI is still
a problem.  The important thing is to work with your neighbor
on the problem, and let him/her know that you are serious
about solving the problem.

Make sure that your coax cable is good and installed properly.
You should be using high-quality RG-8 (thick stuff) cable.
The stuff at Radio Shack is NOT adequate.

You should also have a good ground system.  Your CB
should be grounded to an 8-foot copper rod driven
into the ground.  The CB should be connected to the
rod via a thick copper wire. (braid from the RG-8 works
fine)  

Have you checked the SWR on your antenna?   If it's an older
antenna, there may be something wrong with the antenna.  Next
I would raise the height of the antenna if possible.

Just between you and me ... are you using a linear?  The cheap
CB linears are a sure ticket to RFI and a few other problems.
Disconnect it.

As a last resort, you can get ferrite RF attenuators at Radio Shack.  
They have the kind that snap on to wires.  You can put one on the
telephone cord, the keyboard cord, etc.  Don't spend the money
on this until you try the other things above.






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From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Re: Basic Advice
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:07:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: ke4zv.1992Nov18.160711.10187
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <1992Nov17.221521.20881@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
>gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
>: >: >If it has no ground radials, then it is sensitive to mounting height.
>: >: >The radiation impedance changes drastically, from a few ohms to several
>: >: >hundred ohms. 
>: >: 
>: >: Sounds like it might be a vertical half-wave dipole.  Disclaimer:  I have
>: >: never owned one of these, but I do own a vertical quarter-wave monopole.
>: >: :-)
>: >
>: >Nope. It may be a half-wave vertical, but it is not a half wave dipole.
>: >It is end fed, not fed in the middle. Look at the sensitivity of end
>: >fed antennas, you will see that it is high for all lengths.
>: [deleted]
>: >
>: >You don't need radials with a dipole antenna. It would only hurt the
>: >performance.
>: 
>: Bill, a halfwave antenna, no matter whether it's fed on an end or in
>: the middle, needs no radials to act as a current mirror to make up a
>: "missing" half of the antenna. That's the purpose of radials on a 1/4
>
>Isn't that what I said?

Nope. You were saying that it wasn't a dipole, as if that made a difference
as to whether it needed radials. It doesn't. You also said that the feed
impedance would vary from a few ohms to a few hundred ohms. That's not
the behavior of a half wave end fed antenna. The impedance will be much
higher than that.

Gary KE4ZV
From: system@gravebbs.UUCP (SYSTEM 0PERATOR)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: RE: COBRA HT
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 21:12:29 PST
Organization: Graveyard Systems  --  Morgan Hill, CA

> john.denison@yob.sccsi.com (John Denison)  writes:
> 
> > OK, It amazes me that my HT can outperform my mobile, even when the HT
> > has the rubber-ducky mounted. Oh I forgot to ask, can you order more
> > battery cases for the TRC-226 and is there a rubber-ducky offered for
> > it? I thought if I bought one, I'd have to use a BNC to TNC adapter to
> > use my rubber-ducky antenna.
> >                                                                            
What I did was bought a rubber ducky that used a PL-259 adapter (got it 
at a local Amateur Radio Shop) and then I bought the TNC to PL-259 
adapter.  The rubber ducky is pretty big, but it does the job nicely (I 
hate dealing with the oscillating antennas!).  Also, I bought a small 
microphone that was BIGGER than the two holes that the CB had...  So I 
hope Radio Shack doesn't make their own little microphone they will sell 
for $50!!

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From: 6500hage@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William F. Hagen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Re: RFI Problem
Date: 18 Nov 92 22:33:55 GMT
Distribution: na


The problem is with your neighbor, not you, it is the responsibility i of the manufacturers of his equipment to see that the stuff is shielded from rf interference.
You are completely legal, and there is really nothing you can do except check with your neighbor to see if he is not using any of his stuff when you use your cb in order to maintain good relations.