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From: kayd@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Kayd)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Telnet Callsign server
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:30:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept.

Last year I had an address for a Telnet site that would give out information
on a person by callsign.  Howeever, I have misplaced the address and need
it again.  Please E-Mail me with the info...

Darrek Kay
Kayd@Prism.cs.orst.edu
(503)737-9410
From: susan_soric@upubs.uchicago.edu (Susan Soric)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: NEED HAM HELP to reach Sarajevo
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:36:17 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Chicago

I'm looking for someone to help me
locate a friend's missing parents in
Sarajevo.  The only way we can do this
may be through Ham radio connections.

Is there anyone out there willing to help?

If so, please respond to me by e-mail, and I
will get in touch with you to give you more
information about the missing people.

Thanks.

susan_soric@upubs.uchicago.edu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: mmt@RedBrick.COM (Maxime Taksar)
Subject: Re: Foothill hamfest?
Keywords: hamfest flea foothill swap
Organization: Red Brick Systems, Los Gatos, CA
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:14:07 GMT

In article <randall.718479167@seashore>, randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea) writes:
> Is there a flea market at Foothill College (Los Altos CA) this
> Saturday?  If not, is there another one this month in the SF
> area?

The Foothill ham flea market doesn't run through the winter.
However, the nearest one, which can serve as a suitable
substitute is the one in Livermore, which occurs on the
first Sunday of each month (you just missed it...sorry).

I don't have proper directions to it, since I've never
been the one driving or navigating to it, but I think
that the community college it's held at is called "Los
Positas CC".

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Maxime Taksar              KC6ZPS           mmt@RedBrick.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: tskelton@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Tom Skelton)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Slovenia S5 Prefix description
Date: 9 Oct 92 14:28:32 GMT
Reply-To: tskelton@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Tom Skelton)
Organization: NCR E&M CLEMSON Liberty, SC

In article <9210071634.AA00532@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> reisert@mast.enet.dec.com
("Jim Reisert, AD1C  07-Oct-1992 1235") writes:
>
>[relayed from packet by KA1NCN]
>
>New prefix for Slovenija is S5. Change of calls will be
>effective October 24th, 1992.
>(stuff deleted)
Here's the main point for the CQ WW contest; make sure you update
your contest logging program (CT, NA, etc) to reflect both the new
prefix and country:

>Plese note, that DXCC status of Slovenia is obvious, the
>only question still discussed in ARRL DXAC is starting date
>in 1991 ! So, if you worked any Slovenian station, you
>alredy have Slovenia worked. Also, Slovenia is separate WAE
>entity, thus valid as multiplier in CQ WW contest.
>
>Best regards de Iztok, YU3FK @ YT3A.SLO.EU

I don't know when the DXAC vote will be completed, but probably not in
time for the CQWW the last weekend of this month.  So, my plan is to
go ahead and count any S5's for a contest multiplier and let CQ take it
out if they don't approve.

GL! 73, Tom WB4IUX


--
From: 3003P@cc.nps.navy.mil (Richard E. Donat)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: help
Date: 15 Oct 1992 09:31:14 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

help
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.radio.scanner
From: whs70@dancer.uucp (22501-sohl)
Subject: Status of manufacturing ban for radios/scanners covering cellular?
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 15:10:06 GMT

According to today's newspaper, congress has adjourned for the year
(they could come back into session if needed).  Does anyone know
what ever happened to the proposed ban on the manufacture and sale
of scanners/receivers capable of receiving cellular frequencies?

The proposed legislation was (I believe) section 9 of a larger FCC
funding bill.

So, did the legislation become law?  Has it  (hopefully) died until
no earlier than the next congress might take another crack at it?

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From: ron@topaz.bds.com (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Filtering traffic is *NOT* censorship!
Date: 16 Oct 1992 18:11:36 GMT
Organization: BDS Systems
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: topaz.bds.com

> Censorship is when one person forbids another to express certain opinions.
> Filtering net-traffic doesn't forbid them any expression, rather it simply
> selects which material the station-owner is willing to foot the bill for!

Autocancelling is not filtering.  A cancel message is broadcast to all
sites and will likely cause each site to discard the message.  None of
your other arguements therefore apply.

> IT IS   * N E V E R *   YOUR "RIGHT" TO SPEND *OTHER* PEOPLE'S MONEY!!!

It's not your right, to abuse the lack of security of the USENET to delete
messages on my machine.  If you don't like them, remove them from your own
machine, not mine.

-Ron
From: 6500hage@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William F. Hagen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: 6 meter HT would be nice
Keywords: 6m
Date: 16 Oct 92 14:42:44 GMT


I think a problem with 10m/6m ht's is the antenna size.
If you have ever used the RS cb ht's, the whip is rather long.
From: brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: kerchunking repeaters
Date: 15 Oct 92 22:41:15 GMT
Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd.
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Actually, kerchunking is the one behaviour that absolutely sets the
professionals apart from the amateurs - the professionals KNOW that
their radio is going to work, that the repeater is going to work,
and that they can simply pick up the microphone and make a call.

It's the amateur whose equipment has proven so unreliable that it has to
be tested every time it needs to be used.

Which are you?

Ahem.
	- Brian
From: jbloom@arrl.org (Jon Bloom)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Smoking and equipment (was Barry Electronics...)
Date: 14 Oct 92 12:22:22 EDT
Organization: American Radio Relay League

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes:
>Have
>you ever looked inside a two-way radio used by dispatchers for a
>few years where smoking is allowed?  I've seen chassies that
>looked like they were plated in copper, just from the smoke
>residue.

Years ago, when I worked for a 2-way radio shop, I got a service call
for a taxicab.  This cab used a GE TPL radio which had progressively
been losing its receive sensitivity.  (If memory serves, TPL stands
for Transistorized Progress Line, although we universally called it
"Trash-Pile Line.")  The radio was a hybrid tube/transistor unit
that mounted on the transmission hump--right underneath the ashtray.
To make a long story short, the receiver came back to life as soon
as I blew out the one-inch layer of cigarette ash that had filtered
through the vents atop the radio!
-------
Jon Bloom, KE3Z              |  jbloom@arrl.org
American Radio Relay League  |     Justice is being allowed to do whatever
225 Main St.                 |     I like.  Injustice is whatever prevents
Newington, CT 06111          |     my doing so. -- Samuel Johnson
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy
From: paulf@umunhum.stanford.edu (Paul Flaherty)
Subject: Re: ARRL DIGITAL COMMITTE REVISED REPORT 9/26/92
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.policy
Organization: The Three Packeteers
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 21:02:38 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.115103.1@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com> estey@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com writes:
>     The committee is revising its previous recommendation to include 
>fully-automatic, unattended operation on the IARU "packet priority" sub-
>bands and semiautomatic operation in all digital sub-bands.

A welcome change of heart.  Doubtless there will be vocal opposition from
those who currently inhabit those subbands -- CW and RTTY hounds -- but
operations should adapt to the WARC bands quite nicely.

--
-=Paul Flaherty, N9FZX/5W1JX  | "Just name a hero, and I'll prove he's a bum."
->paulf@Stanford.EDU          |  -- Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMC (ret)
From: tskelton@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Tom Skelton)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Feedback to Operating Practices
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:35:51 GMT
Organization: NCR E&M CLEMSON Liberty, SC

<81156@ut-emx.uucp>
Reply-To: tskelton@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Tom Skelton)
Followup-To: 
Distribution: 
Organization: NCR E&M CLEMSON Liberty, SC
Keywords: 
Just a few words about newcomes getting their feet wet making contacts:
listen, observe, think and try, try, try.  The *old guys* like me all
started on 80, 40 or 15 meter CW (I don't know how you did it more than
25 years ago -- I'm just speaking for the late '60's) so you just plugged
in your rock and CQed.  If you were lucky, somebody came back (besides
your mom telling you your radios were messing up the TV) and you tried
to exchange RST, name and QTH.  If you were real lucky, you actually
finished the QSO and signed 73.  After this traumatic experience was
over, you'd go get a glass of tea and wonder what you had gotten into.
Then, you upgraded to general and got an SSB radio and had to overcome
mike fright!!!  That was terrible.  Now, move to 1992:  you can get on
the air on *voice* first without overcoming some FUD (fear, uncertainty
and doubt) on CW and people will actually hear your voice.  People ma;y
(may) actually speak to you!  I have to say that the new amateurs of
today have to really be brave to start off with a qso on 2m FM!  If
you succeed, congratulations.  Whatever your preference (2m FM, packet,
CW, etc), just do it and discover your own fun part.  Mine has been
DX'ing, and it keeps me going.  73, Tom WB4IUX


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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: paulf@umunhum.stanford.edu (Paul Flaherty)
Subject: Re: Should we cancel these users?
Organization: The Three Packeteers
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:27:13 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.144433.1890@ll.mit.edu> tcs@ll.mit.edu (Tom Sefranek) writes:
>I've always wanted a listing of the Net Police....
>
>Tom

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!

--
-=Paul Flaherty, N9FZX/5W1JX  | "Just name a hero, and I'll prove he's a bum."
->paulf@Stanford.EDU          |  -- Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMC (ret)
From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:35:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Connector names
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, stuart@ee.fit.edu (William Stuart) writes:


>	Well, the net.wisdom on BNC connectors and the like has been amusing
>and interesting, but what I REALLY want to know is who the heck designed that 
>ridiculously expensive and difficult General Radio sexless connector!!!

>(Please, no celibate connector jokes ;-)

The first time I heard the term "hermaphroditic connector" I thought
it WAS a joke!

AL N1AL

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: pas@jupitercmc.ca (Peter Stokes)
Subject: Re: ICOM-2SRA: 2m and Scanner: How is it?
Reply-To: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
Organization: Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 13:45:59 GMT

In article <1992Oct04.000518.122964@watson.ibm.com>, uri@watson.ibm.com (Uri Blumenthal,35-016,8621267,) writes:
|> From article <RFINCH.92Oct2211812@venice.water.ca.gov>, by rfinch@water.ca.gov (Ralph Finch):
|> > I've had one for several months; I think it's great.  One great thing
|> > about the scanner side, which many dedicated scanners don't have (esp.
|> > those from the Shack), is that it's completely linear from 25 MHz to
|> > the top, 950 MHz, no cutouts!  Many scanners deliberately drop freqs
|> > so you can't receive, for instance, cellular phone calls.  I prefer to
|> > decide for myself what to listen to, rather than some burearocrat or
|> > company official.
|> 
|> That was exactly why I chose that scanner, and not any of the
|> competitive branches. Well, it's also very nice to be able to
|> have your 2m transceiver within the same unit too (:-).
|> Anyway, I own one, and I'm satisfied with it.

As a followup on the ICOM-2SRA, I have a question about
the RX capability:   can it be set to not open squelch 
AND continue scanning if a signal is received that does
not contain a desired CTCSS/PL tone?    For my purposes,
it is important that it continues scanning in this situation.

Peter

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Peter A. Stokes ~~~~~~~~ pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca ~~~~~~~ (613) 545-2923 ~~~~~
Canadian Microelectronics Corporation ~~~~~~~~~~~ Kingston, Ontario, Canada
              1982: Burger Flipper   1992:  Bit Flipper
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: rdewan@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Rajiv Dewan)
Subject: Re: Digital Committee report: Letter to ARRL director.
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:38:07 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.143356.3908@news.acns.nwu.edu> I wrote: 

> ....
>    We are concerned about the subbands for unattended automatic HF Packet in
>the Digital Committee's proposal, Appendix B, dated October 1992. The
                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This should be September 26, 1992.  By mistake, I posted an earlier draft
rather than the one in which we had the correct date.

Rajiv
aa9ch
r-dewan@nwu.edu
From: William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.CR.rockwell.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Original License or is Copy OK ?
Date: 8 Oct 1992 08:31:47 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

>I thought a copy was ok for upgrading too.
 
You have to present a copy (that will go with the application) and your
original license (to be returned to you after inspection) when you are at an
exam.
 
We've had 1 case of attempted fraud locally where the perpetrator attempted to
remove the class info from his license, make copies, and then type over the
blank space with the new improved class.  This is would be something like
printing counterfeit US money using red and yellow ink instead of green.
 
Fortunately our friendly perp. was also in hot water with the FCC (started out
attempting to renew his license with modified copies...the FCC was going to
great lengths to get the perp. to come clean and then we turned up with
this other attempt to fake an upgrade..
 
I don't believe the perpetrator is among the living today, but he did lose his
license back when (wanted to go from Novice to General w/o taking the written
test for it).
 
73, bill wb9ivr
From: rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (Robert Carpenter)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: GPS Receivers / Grid Squares
Date: 13 Oct 1992 15:54:34 -0700
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
	formerly National Bureau of Standards
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Simon, "pa.dec.com!rdg.dec.com!forsan.enet.dec.com!frenchs@decwrl.dec.com",
comments:
> Regarding GPS,
> The Ensign Trimble has the added function of giving your location in
> Ordanance Survey Grid Reference (in British Isles)

I met Art Lange, W6RXQ, at W6JKV's recent barbeque. Art is a/the marketing
man for Trimble's more expensive GPS receivers, not the Ensign. Because of
Art's VHF interests, he has been able to get ham Grid Squares in the Trimble
units he markets, but has been unable to convince the powers-that-be at
Trimble that it is worth their while to put ham Grid Squares (Maidenhead
for you Europeans) in the Ensign. He strongly urges everyone who cares to
write Trimble management asking for ham Grid Squares in the Ensign.

With the great precision of GPS, Art has extended the Maidenhead Grid Squares
to many more than the 4 (or 6) characters in common use by hams. He calls
them Trimble Grid Squares, but they are the same as we hams use for at least
the first 6 characters.

Regarding "Selective Availability" (SA = intentional accuracy reduction), I
gather that the GPS manufacturers aren't about to rock the boat, since their
big-money contracts come from the military. Apparently the automobile
manufacturers are getting interested in GPS. Perhaps they will also get
interested in elimination of "SA".

73, Bob <W3OTC@amsat.org>
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: FT-470 & ICOM HS-10 Headset problem
Date: 16 Oct 92 00:14:17 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

I experimented with using my w2a as a packet radio by connecting it to
a Baycom tnc interfaced to my 386. The w2a would not even start
transmitting with a 3300 ohm resister leak. Things worked better when
I added a second 3300 ohm resister in parallel with the first.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
[.sig on vacation]
From: grady@public.BTR.COM ( )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Stolen Equipment Alert
Date: 11 Oct 92 14:58:35 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. For info contact: info@BTR.COM

I have found that the vast majority of
hams are completely honest with other
hams; with one exception the only crooks
are the non-licensed people who seel
equipment to hams, etc.


A packet server serial database would
make it easy to use at hamfests, but
might be too close to the "antibusiness"
rule to be ok.

Grady KD6ETH@K6LY.#NOCAL

-- 
Grady Ward  grady@btr.com  Moby Lexicons
From: paul@n3eop.pgh.pa.us (paul)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: IC-901A
Date: 9 Oct 92 03:40:05 GMT
Organization: CrossRoads in Elizabeth, PA

stevej@pillock.moron.vware.mn.org (Steven Jarosh, KA0VYB) writes:

> paul@n3eop.pgh.pa.us (paul) writes:
> 
> > Does anyone know the extended range of the various IC-901A modules?  I'm 
> > particularly interested in the 10m and 6m modules...  and how they relate 
> > to the VHF-Lo band.
> > 
> > Any other undocumented tricks with the '901?
> 
> 
> Also, does anybody know if there really exists a 432ssb module for the 
> IC-901A?  I see it advertised but ICOM seems to know nothing about it.

One of the techs at Icom told me about some of the prototype modules they 
have around there; SSB on 10, 6, 220, and 430.  Of course, just because 
they've been prototyped doesn't mean they'll ever be produced.

I could get into a 10 SSB module, and a 430 SSB opens up some interesting 
possibilities for mobile OSCAR...
From: randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: CC&Rs and radio antennas
Date: 16 Oct 92 22:40:01 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

dale@sequent.com (Dale Mosby) writes:

>I have recently put up 50 feet of Rohn 25 tower and a Cushcraft tri-bander
>(A3S) with the 40 meter dipole addition to the driven element....[...] 
>You can guess the bad news -- some of the neighbors are not happy about
>this.  At the board meeting last night I found that a two page letter
>had been given to the president of the homeowners association complaining
>about the antenna.  The letter states that there are at least 6 homeowners
>that are upset with this.  The two issues seem to be concerns with
>interference (RFI) and devaluation of property values as well as the
>looks of the antenna and tower. [...]
>The question is really one of deciding if the 50 feet of Rhon 25 and beam
>is "just another antenna".  The CC&Rs state that "no building, fence, wall
>or other structure shall be erected or maintained..., nor shall any exterior
>addition to or change or alteration be made..., without board approval".

I would talk to a lawyer.  The CC&Rs I am familiar with specifically
mention antennas.   My guess is that an antenna tower is indeed
a "structure", so you will probably be forced to take it down.
There is a possiblily that the poor wording of the clause will
enable your lawyer to help you get away with it.  

I don't feel that getting a realtor to say "antennas don't 
lower property values" will do you any good.  Some homeowners get
psycho when it comes to anything that might in any way lower
property values.  The current economic environment of deflation
in real estate values makes people even more psycho.

If people in your neighborhood are unhappy with it, I would
take it down anyway.  You have to live with these people,
and making enemies next door is really not a good idea.  I would
put the vertical back up, or try a wire beam instead of the
tribander.  I know it's not as good, but I would rather live
in harmony with my neighbors than get more QSO points in the
next contest.  I would also write to each of your unhappy 
neighbors and express your willingness to help with any problem you
have caused.  When it comes to RFI, ask your neighbors to call
you when they have a problem.   When I did this, most of the
time I was not on the air, and I told them this.  A lot of
RFI on their cable TV was not caused by me.  People tend to
blame hams for all RFI problems.

73 DE KK6MY

-- 

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Randall Rhea                                        Informix Software, Inc. 
Project Manager, MIS Sales/Marketing Systems    uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: srm@world.std.com (Stevens R Miller)
Subject: Low audio prob on IC-2SRA Tx
Summary: How do I increase transmit audio on IC-2SRA?
Keywords: Icom, deviation, audio
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:50:34 GMT

I have a brand new IC-2SRA.  Receive seems okay, but all my
contacts report I have low transmit audio.  Some have said this
is a common problem with Icom units.  Can I reasonably increase the
deviation myself?  What have others done?
-- 
Stevens R. Miller, J.D.		Electronic Frontier Foundation Member 932
				Republican National Committee Member 90050367
				Amateur Radio Station WA4LDA
From: akcs.plato@vpnet.chi.il.us (Daniel Lindahl)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Beginner
Date: 11 Oct 92 20:55:01 CDT
Keywords: getting started


I'm an absolute beginner to the Amateur Radio world, and I 
know very little about the best ways to go about setting 
myself up with equiptment and finding local support in the
Chicago area (western suburbs).  I'm about ready to test for
Novice and Technician with the CW test and all, but I don't 
know where to test or if there are local organizations for
Amateur operators.  Actually, I'm sure there are, but I
wouldn't know where to start.  Can any of you veterans help?

                                  DRL

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc