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From: lockhart@mothra.nts.uci.edu (Jack C. Lockhart)
Subject: Re: WANTED GE MASTER II MANUAL
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Keywords: ORIGINAL MANUAL ANYONE HAVE AN EXTRA COPY?
Distribution: usa
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:45:49 GMT
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap

In article <1993Jan21.192208.1851@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> nk30@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (JEFF ZELL NK3O) writes:
>	My club is looking for a manual for the GE MASTER II commerical radio.
>If you have one or know where I can get one please e-mail me. thanks
>		Jeff Zell 	NK3O

Write to:

Ericsson GE Mobile Communications
Lynchburg, VA  24502

Ask for Maintenance Manual # LBI-30756.

~jack_

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From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:40:04 GMT
Subject: Re: DSP and The Future
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, regnad@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Paul Prescott) writes:


>Ah ha!  So other people *have* had the same idea I got about 7 or 8 years
>ago.  :)  That is, apply DSP to the IF of a standard receiver to witness
>the greatest advance in performance since the vacuum diode replaced the
>coherer.  :)  The best possible scenario I can think of would be a 455 KHz
>add on DSP box.  

It's not as easy as it sounds.  To avoid Nyquist, you would have to sample
and process at more than about 1 mega-sample per second.  Even the most
powerful modern DSP would be hard pressed to do more than fairly simple
narrowband IF filtering at that rate.

A more practical alternative would be to undersample and solve the aliasing
problem by using a crystal filter in front of the sampler.  But then this
reduces one of the advantages of DSP (eliminating the expensive
crystal filter.)

Another problem is dynamic range.  Even a 16-bit A/D (analog to digital
converter) only has about 95 dB dynamic range.  Assuming you want to
digitize a 1 microvolt signal with 5-bit resolution, then the strongest
signal you could handle would be 2 millivolts (-41 dBm).  In other words,
you need an AGC system with a gain-controlled stage in front of the
sampler.  This reduces another of the advantages of the DSP.

DSP does have its advantages, however.  One is precise control of 
IF filter frequency and phase response with minimum ringing.
(Although, contrary to popular belief, DSP does not completely
eliminate ringing.)  I bet you could do a truely awesome noise
blanker with DSP.  The IF crystal filter could be pretty broad,
because selectable USB/LSB single-signal filters could be done
in the DSP.  Also, all kinds of fancy "bells and whistles" would be
easy to program:  passband tuning, IF shift, continuously-variable
bandwidths, automatic multi-carrier notch filter and noise
reduction (a la W9GR), digital demodulation, etc.

AL N1AL

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: oh2lak@krksun.krk.fi (Erik Finskas)
Subject: Yaesu FT-530 Monophone!?!?
Organization: Radio Club of Kauniainen (OH2NRG)
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:44:08 GMT

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 is very usable accessory, now you can really work with your radio at
your waist. No need to look radio which freq are we operating or find radio
to change power.

Only that it costs a lot...


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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: bird@drvax3.msfc.nasa.gov (Joe Bird)
Subject: PL tone on KENWOOD 7730
Summary: How to set
Keywords: PL tone
Organization: NASA/MSFC
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:41:21 GMT

 A friend has a Kenwood 7730 radio and is wanting to know how
to set the PL tone. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Joe Bird
WB4ARV
MSFC Huntsville, Al
bird!drvax3.msfc.nasa.gov
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: sk7897@sarah.albany.edu (KRUMKE SVEN O)
Subject: Experience with MFJ 9020?
Keywords: MFJ9020, QRP, CW
Organization: State University of New York at Albany
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 15:53:19 GMT

Hi, my question is simple and short:

Is there anybody who has made experience with the MFJ9020 QRP rig?

Having thought about buying one, I would appreciate any comment
very much.

Thanks and 73 de Sven


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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: penneys@pecan.cns.udel.edu (robert penneys)
Subject: 160 ant help!
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:24:45 GMT

Need to put up simple 160 meter ant. Have about 30' up, 50 to 80' across.

Want to bring it into shack with coax, so as not to radiate into computers,
etc.

Tnx   Bob WN3K   FRC
From: gtaylor@tamu.edu ("Gregory S. Taylor")
Subject: Re: Carolina Windom
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:40:35 GMT


>I have heard reference to an antenna called the Carolina Windom. I have not
>been able to find any details/description of this antenna. Can someone out
>there provide a short summary/diagram?

In a recent issue of CQ (I think it was January), Bill Orr had a good run
down off-center fed antennas.

Greg KD4HZ // g-taylor4@tamu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: klimasewski@fccvde.enet.dec.com (My name is...)
Subject: Software Systems Consulting,FAX
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 23 JAN 93 13:00:57    


I am looking for a AM decoder circuit that might work with SSC "WEGOES"
software. 

                 thanks,
                  Ken
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

   
    Has anyone heard that people with the no code license can, and often
do, go into Mexicali, Mexico and get a Mexican license. This would allow
you to transmit legally in Mexico and, not have to meet the general code
requirements of the US. I would appreciate any info on this "touchy" issue.
From: hdavies@rx.xerox.com (Hugh J.E. Davies)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: USCG cw changes
Date: 21 Jan 93 14:12:45 GMT
Reply-To: hdavies@rx.xerox.com
Organization: Rank Xerox Ltd.

In article 1086@ll.mit.edu, tcs@ll.mit.edu (Tom Sefranek) writes:
>In article <86PDXB1w165w@tosspot.sv.com>, lee@tosspot.sv.com (Lee Reynolds) writes:
>|> ....Just an FYI for those of us that like to monitor such things....
>|> 

[snip]

>Tom
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From: awpaeth@watpix.uwaterloo.ca (Alan Wm Paeth)
Subject: Three Minute Morse (Re: writing out -- --- .-. ... . in order to pass)
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:25:41 GMT

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?

perry@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Perry Scott) writes:
>This is the first I've heard of anyone doing this at 13 wpm.
>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...

This is not hard to do at 5wpm. Here is the crib I devised a few years back...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              Three Minute Morse
                         by Alan W Paeth KD3XG/VE3AWP

This is a Morse Code crib sheet for technically inclined hams. Memorize it
and you too can copy text at 5wpm or decypher fast repeater IDs. To use:

(1) Copy down the dits and dahs on a scrap of paper for subsequent decoding.
(2) Remember this mnemonic and write its acronym to reconstruct a binary tree:

        E. T.
        Is A Nice Movie
        Some Unkind Reviewer Wrote: Dumb Kid Goes Odd
        Home Video Fun, (Smiles), Laughs (Alien);
        Put Just Behind X Characters Y, Z. Quit. (Over + Out).

                   E                                        T
        I                    A                    N                   M
   S         U          R         W          D         K         G         O
 H   V     F  :-)     L   Ae    P   J      B   X     C   Y     Z   Q     Oe   -
5 4                                  1    6 --/                              9 0

(3) To decode a letter having from one to four symbols, start on line one,
    choose "left" for dit and "right" for dah and move downwards. For instance,
    my Canadian call begins VE which is ". . . -    .". The V has four symbols
    and decodes as "left (down) left (down) left (down) right", reaching the
    bottom row's second letter. The "E" is just one dit or "left" at the top.

Notes: The (Smiles), (Alien) and (Over) are the umlauted vowels ue, ae and oe.
They are seldom heard. The four dah sequence is undefined (Out). Digits occupy
a fifth row and are partially listed: five ". . . . ." falls along the leftmost
path, visiting a similar "S" en route, similarly for "O" and "0". The fifth
row contains to other common symbols: the slant-bar "/" and the double-dash.
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    73 de VE3AWP
    /Alan Paeth
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: gregs@slcsrv.slac.stanford.edu
Subject: HT power supplies - call for preferences
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:42:30 GMT

Being a new HT owner, I have a general question to ask regarding personal
preferences for HT power supplies.  I have an Alinco DJ-580 with the
standard 7.2V NiCad rechargable pack which allows me up to 2W output.
However, I've noticed that even without transmitting my battery only lasted
a few hours (maybe 5).  That seemed unreasonably short for not even
transmitting, as I was expecting something along the lines of twice that
*with* intermittent transmit.  Of course then, I am new to the HT world.

So my question is this - to the experienced HT users out there, what are
your preferences for power supplies?  Of course a great solution is to
get a link to my cigraette lighter for 12V and full output power (5W) and a
great supply.  Also, there are AA dry-cell (6) packs for AA NiCad
rechargables or alkalines - which I am definitely getting as soon as it
comes back in stock at my local ham shop, though they still provide only
7-9V and hence little if no improvement over my 7.2V NiCad pack
(rechargeability-in-the-field issues aside).

There also is the 12V NiCad rechargable pack offered by Alinco, which is
bulkier and costs $65, but would power my HT up to 5W and provide me with a
longer supply of power than my 7.2V pack.  Furthermore, I have heard good
things from some hams about the Quantum 12V ham power supply - the same
company that makes them for camera equipment.  The Quantum pack may be a lot
of dead weight, and at $145 isn't the cheapest available, but I hear it is
by far the strongest and most reliable battery supply available - however
there are tradeoffs and practicality issues (eg. - when is an HT loaded
down to where it is hardly a portable HT anymore?, etc...)

Please post or e-mail me your responses to: gregs@slc.slac.stanford.edu.

Thanks and 73 -

greg, KD6QPY
gregs@slc.slac.stanford.edu
From: vbreault@rinhp750.gmr.com (Val Breault)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: illegals (was: Re: Radio Shack Business Band Radio)
Date: 25 Jan 93 20:50:54 GMT
	<1993Jan21.183435.1083@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
	<FOROZCO.93Jan22173548@dante.nmsu.edu>
Organization: General Motors Research Labs
In-reply-to: forozco@nmsu.edu's message of 23 Jan 93 00:35:48 GMT

In article <FOROZCO.93Jan22173548@dante.nmsu.edu> forozco@nmsu.edu (OROZCO) writes:

   Here is my story about Radio Shack and their 2m rig:

   One day i went to get a serial port adapter for my computer, and when
   i was waiting for the guy to go get it from the back of the store, I
   asked the other employee to let me see the 2 meter rig.  He quickly
   took it out of the counter and handed it to me, without an antenna.
   Then, I said something like "Can I have the Antenna for the radio, I
   would like to see how the transmitter works".  I was really suprised
   when the guy gave me the antenna and got the radio all set for me to
   transmit!!  I did make one or two qso's on the local repeater (yes, I
   *do* have a license) and after the other guy came back with my
   adaptor, i returned the rig and told the guy something like "By the
   way, here is a copy of my ham radio license".  Again, I was really
   surprised when the guy said "OK, but I don't really need to see that"!
   I don't think it's right to let anyone who comes into the store use a
   2m rig (or any ham radio transmitter) just because he asks for it.  I
   think that if someone wants to try out a rig, the Radio Shack people
   should at least request a copy of the ham radio license. 

Don't fret too much Luis.  The most harm you could have done, even if
you were intentionally inclined to do so, would be to disrupt one QSO
and/or annoy some listeners.  Your reign of disruption would be short
lived and short ranged.  Remember: the RS employees are not FCC officials,
nor are they OOs.  They are MERCHANTS.  They make their money by showing 
products to customers and answering their questions in a plesant manner.  

While I agree that it would be NICE for them to mention the license
requirement, I don't think that RS ought to REQUIRE that their sales
people do so.  After all, the FCC doesn't require it, why should RS?

Oh by the way... RS is the only vendor that I know of that mentions the
requirement in all it's printed ads, in the instruction manual and even
on the outside of the product box.

... so says the opinion of the only licensed amateur at RS #01-6358
 
--
-val-

Val Breault - GM Research - vbreault@gmr.com - N8OEF            \      /|
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: swirsky@adobe.com (Robert Swirsky)
Subject: Re: Burglars are brighter than you might think!
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:57:29 GMT

>In article <1993Jan27.184350.5273@linus.mitre.org> m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White) writes:
>>Fred Lloyd  writes:
>>>>  Beware of the Eavesdroppers...
>>>  I make it a personal practice NEVER to discuss vacation plans over the air
>>>  I don't even like to mention the fact that my wife is in the car with me >
>>>  (meaning that the house is empty
>>
>>This is all good advice, but very, very scary.  What does it say
>>about the society  we've created?  Think I'll go get me a big gun!
>>No, no, that's not right; George is gone, Bill C. is in the White House.  Let's see; I'll go get me a sensitive, self-actualized, empowered house cat to guard my rig at home. ;-)


I think you guys are being silly! There are many ways a person can determine
if a house is occupied, without listening for hams on the radio.

While it's probably not a good idea to discuss your vacation plans on the
radio, there is absolutely no evidence to link the information 
revealed in the QSO with the break-in.

[ By the way, Mike, my cat was an effective deterrent. If someone came
to the door, it would run though the house, turning all the motion-sensor
activated lights on. I used to have a motion-sensor at cat height near my
inside front entranceway. When I pulled in the driveway, the light always 
went on.] 
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: pas@jupitercmc.ca (Peter Stokes)
Subject: Re: Stop the bickering, please...
Reply-To: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
Organization: Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:22:00 GMT

In article <125.staggsd@walker-pcgw.army.mil>, staggsd@walker-pcgw.army.mil (1LT David Staggs) writes:
|> 
|>  After reading all the messages about No Codes, I think it is interesting that
|>  people would waste others time by writing such messages.  The best thing to do
|>  is to stop writing these messages.  Who cares what type of license a fellow
|>  ham has?  You cannot please everyone all the time.  And this discussion (or
|>  bitterness) does no good.  If some people think No Codes are scum of the
|>  Earth, then fine.  Life goes on.  But please don't waste others time by
|>  feeding the fire.  It is talk like this that may convince others not to become
|>  a ham.  So, please.  Enough is enough.  I think others will thank you for it.
|>  Regards,
|>  Dave
|>  KD6QKF/HL9ST (Korea)

Better yet, take it to rec.radio.amateur.policy where it belongs.

Peter
From: jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones)
Subject: I love/hate Wayne Green!
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:21:14 GMT

As soon as I get my new issue of 73 magazine I sit down and open it
up to Wayne Green's editorial! I always enjoy reading what he has to
say and even if I don't agree with him it makes for a good read. Wayne
and I are on different ends of the political spectrum but he still makes
a lot of sense at times. He always gives you the impression that if he
was in charge the world would be a perfect place and that K1MAN and the
mess on 14.313 would be in a deep dark hole somewhere. He always me think.
By the way 73 magazine seems to be getting really focused on construction
articles which I really like! He also just wrote that he had his circulation
audited by ABC while none of the other mag's would do that and that those
others might be fudging a abit on their circulation numbers. Interesting...
Anyone have any comments on all this? 73!

Jeff

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From: newman@alantec.com (Dave Newman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Coaxial Dipole Construction (HELP!)
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:41:31 GMT

mgustof@hfglobe.intel.com (Mark Gustoff) writes:

>Some years ago I cut and article out of one
>of the Ham magazines on Coaxial Dipole 
>construction. I don't remember what magazine,
>and I don't even know what year, but I wish
>to build one of these antennas for 28.4 mHz,
>and I have no idea what dimensions the 
>coaxial section should be as opposed to the
>wire ends. The antenna looked something like
>this when completed:

I seem to recall that this design provides for 
increased bandwidth (ie. greater range of frequicencies
where the swr will be acceptable) but provide no
increase in gain. So unless wide bandwidth is
what you're looking for (ie. you want to cover
ALL of 10meters!) then just go with a "regular"
dipole.  Some have argued that the increased BW
must, of nessesity, come at the expense of gain.

Dave
KN6BX