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From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Of PL259 on 9913 and other sins.
Date: 3 Sep 92 20:11:57 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, jangus@skyld.UUCP (Jeff Angus) writes:

>In article <1992Sep1.192708.22577@news.acns.nwu.edu> rdewan@casbah.acns.nwu.edu writes:
...
>  About time somebody pointed out the obvious. HAM's can be such 
>  anal-retentives about technology they only half understand.
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...
>   A couple of non-technical issues just for balance:

>        1. EVERYONE knows the secret local repeater frequency and PL.
>        2. Profanity and "59 Los Angeles" spreads international goodwill.
>        3. A belt-clipped HT is equivalent to a year in the police academy.

>   And my favorite:

>        My chosen mode of communication is the only one true mode.

>        (Hint: CW, AM, SSB, FM, RTTY, AMTOR, SSTV, FSTV, PACKET etc.)

And my favorite:

	 Anyone who doesn't agree with me is an anal-retentive.

AL N1AL
From: ron@pilot.njin.net (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Help!  Noise on a KDK 2030
Date: 29 Aug 92 18:22:33 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

My KDK-2030 has the same problem.   The synth is losing phase lock.
If you open the rig and tap around on the components on the PLL
you'll find that something there is intermittant.  Many of the solder
joints on mine had a heathy amount of hot melt glue in them.

-Ron
From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Excellent customer service story
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:50:43 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <1992Aug25.163335.11400@convex.com> tonyp@convex.COM writes:

> Right - that goofy kid picking up that old 535 might one day lead an
> Engineering Team, and just might be the one responsible for ordering
> test equipment.

Yes!  I was treated well by Kodak and by RCA when I was a "junior scientist."
Ended up writing a popular astrophotography handbook full of recommendations
for Kodak products, and innovative uses for them.

I'd like to do the same for RCA, but they've sort of _disappeared_ ...
Oh well.  Willingness to answer inquiries is not the _only_ thing it
takes to succeed.

-- 
+ Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA 
+ Unless otherwise noted, these are private opinions, not official statements.
+ VOTE NO GEORGIA LOTTERY - don't tie education to an unpredictable income.
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From: reisert@mast.enet.dec.com ("Jim Reisert, AD1C  25-Aug-1992 2005")
Subject: ARLB079 Andrew update no. 3
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 17:04:07 PDT
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ZCZC AG02
QST de W1AW  
ARRL Bulletin 79  ARLB079
From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  August 24, 1992
To all radio amateurs 
 
SB QST ARL ARLB079
ARLB079 Andrew update no. 3
 
Hurricane Andrew (25.8N, 83.9W at 2100Z, August 24; maximum
sustained winds to 140 mph) passed over the southern tip of the
Florida peninsula early Monday morning and is expected to threaten
the north/central Gulf Coast Tuesday evening.  Amateurs are advised
to monitor storm nets:  Hurricane Watch Net (14.325 MHz),
4U1UN-sponsored net (14.268 MHz), International Assistance and
Traffic Net (14.303 MHz), Intercontinental Net (14.300 MHz), Florida
emergency nets (3940, 3950, and 7247 kHz), Waterway Net (7268 kHz)
and others.  Nets are handling situation reports and
health-and-welfare traffic.  Please do not transmit on these
frequencies except in response to instructions from net control
stations.  Please do not interrupt nets with requests for storm
coordinates or other general information which is available on local
NOAA weather broadcasts.  Priority must be given to immediate
disaster relief communications.  Control of the communication
situation belongs with amateurs and authorities in the affected
areas.
 
An ARRL official in Miami reports that reliable telephone 
service exists in the region with only a few exceptions. 
NNNN

From: michaeln@hpcvnb.CV.HP.COM (Mike_Nason)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 01:14:11 PDT
Subject: wanted manual Wilson T 1405
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

   I'm looking for an owners manual and a maintance manual for a Wilson 
handheld model no T-1405SM  "Radio Telephone" . I have it and a Wilson 
amplifier/charger that it mounts in. 
   I would be happy to pay for photo copying and mailing. thanks
               Mike Nason KA7HBB
               10880 Doll Rd
               Monmouth, Or 97361
        e-mail to:
            mike-nason@hp6400.desk.hp.com
From: benjy@benjy.cc.vt.edu (Ben E. Cline)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: It's back!!!!   Wideband noise on 17m
Date: 28 Aug 92 13:17:02 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech

I periodically heard some loud (S5+) wideband noise on 17m that covers
18.120 up to about 18.140.  It was there again yesterday for the first 
time in awhile.  I talked to a ham in Texas who heard it with his beam 
pointed east.  A ham in Bulgaria heard it with his beam pointed south.

Several months ago, a ham in England said that the noise was a harmonic of
a broadcast station 6WW.

Can anyone shead some light on this?  When the noise is there, it wipes
out a big chuck of a small band.

Benjy KD4FOI
Virginia Tech
------------------------------------------------------------------------
It's easier to acquire a house cat than to develop a personality.
From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for a _really_ feature-packed handheld dual bander
Date: 31 Aug 92 22:48:20 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <29AUG199217153384@spades.aces.com>, gavron@spades.aces.com (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546) writes...
> 
>	I just returned the IC W2A back because it doesn't do what
>	I want and the sales clerk tells me there isn't anything like
>	what I want in a handy (although it is in a mobile).  Someone
>	care to prove him wrong and let me know what is out there?
> 
>	I need:
>	- 2m/70cm dual bander
>splits
>	- Odd splits on at least 20 memories, with the offset between
>	  TX and RX varying from a multiple of 5KHz to 10KHz (the W2A
>	  does not allow a 5KHz offset from RX/TX)


	Mine does. I've done the expanded freq mods (those tiny diodes) and
don't know if it is related, but it does work. You need to set the tuning speed
to the appropriate step first. Then you can change the offset appropriately.

>	- At least 40 memories total, hopefully not forced to be 20/20
>	  VHF/UHF.
>expanded rx
>	- Ability to receive 800MHz band FM
>	- Ability to receive 118-136MHz AM
>	- Ability to RX two frequencies in the same band at the same

	This one admittedly isn't possible, on the W2A.


>	  time.  In other words, I want to be able to listen to, say
>	  146.0MHz and 147.0MHz on both VFOs at the same time (although
>	  of course I'll only be able to transmit on the VHF VFO). 
>oob tx
> 	- Ability to TX out of band on both VHF and UHF (this can be
>	   a mod, I don't care...) specifically the ability to TX in
>	   the PSB and commercial bands ajacent to the amateur bands
> 
>scanning
>	- Bitmapped scanning.  I.E. if I have put a memory on `skip'
>	  then I expect it to take 0 time to scan past that memory.
>	  For example, if I have 50 memories of which 48 are skip-set
>	  then I expect this thing to scan those 2 frequencies 25 times
>	  in the same amount of time it would normally scan all 50 once.
> 
>general
>	- Direct frequency entry would be nice but not required
>	- CTCSS encode required, decode would be nice
>	- DTMF encode required, decode would be nice

	As a sort a paging function only. I don't use it and really don't
understand it.


>	- DTMF memories would be nice
> 
>	Someone know of such a Handy-Talkie?
> 
>	Ehud Gavron, N5NEQ
> 
>--
>Ehud Gavron        (EG76)     
>gavron@aces.com



	I didn't comment on the rest as they are all possible/normal on the
W2A. Note that it is often possible to set the freq to read like you can do
something when it actaully won't work with that vfo.

	
	/s/	Bob Gettys  N1BRM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jon@Turing.ORG (Jon Gefaell (KD4CQY))
Subject: Re: Speaking Of Q-Codes...
Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:24:20 GMT

In article <22360088@hpldsla.sid.hp.com> bruno@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Bruno Bienenfeild) writes:
>Q- codes have been with "humanity" since Big-Bang. What do you think are
>"smoke signals", or taping on the pipes when you are on vacation in Sing-
>Sing.

Smoke signals are not Q codes, neither is tapping on pipes (unless Q
codes are encoded in your signal)

>Operators of the high seas, military and public communication are using
>Q-codes for last 100 years.

Given your faulty definition of 'Q-codes' I'm afraid this doesn't really
shed any light on the matter. I'd like to know, Specificaly what service
'Q-codes' developed the set of pro-signs known as Q-codes.

>Hams adopted them later on so and you may
>find tham in day per day lingo. As a matter of fact how many times have
>you receved an memo with TNX or TKS or PSE in your office from person
>who has never heard of radio amateur or CW.

TNX and PSE, etc are not Q-codes either. They are, however, abbreviations.
From: petebutt@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Request for AA4RE assistance
Date: 2 Sep 1992 13:23:42 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

     I have been using the AA4RE BBS software for the last 8 months
on our local packet BBS in a local mode (no forwarding/reverse forwarding).
We have just begun forwarding to several other BBS's within the last
three weeks and now I've learned just what frustration is!

     I have read and re-read the documentation numerous times but am
still having a problem routing traffic (outgoing).  I believe I have
my ROUTE.BB and PATH.BB files set up correctly but the DISTRIBUTION
files have been giving me a fit!  I know this probably seems simple
but I haven't been able to locate any SYSOPS using AA4RE anywhere near
me who have a few minutes to discuss proper setup configurations.  I
am currently using version 2.12 of the software which, otherwise, works
very well.

      If you are a packet BBS sysop running AA4RE who wouldn't mind
spending a few minutes on the phone with me reviewing what I've done
in setting up the files, please send me a private EMail with your
telephone number and best time(s) to call.  I, and all the local users,
will be very appreciative!

Pete Butt (WA3UMY)
Internet: petebutt@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
Packet:   WA3UMY@K3HKI.#SOMD.MD.USA.NOAM
From: lhurder@arrl.org (Luck Hurder KY1T)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ARRL Freebies
Date: 1 Sep 92 00:17:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: arrl.495
Organization: American Radio Relay League

A reminder to all that the American Radio Relay League 
continues to make available to Amateur Radio Operators and 
non-amateurs alike a wide variety of free materials and 
services.  Of particular interest to the not-yet-licensed 
individual would be the ARRL Prospective Ham Package.  In 
the PHP, one would find:
.-
1.  Printouts of Volunteer Examination session 
opportunities  in his/her area.
.-
2.  Listings of Amateur Radio clubs in his location.
.-
3.  Helpful promotional material about the Amateur Radio 
Service.
.-
The already-licensed individual might well be interested 
in  another free ARRL publication, the ARRL Public Service 
Communications Manual. The PSCM represents the "bible" of 
public service communications, and clearly/concisely 
points  out how the ARRL National Traffic System and the 
ARRL  Amateur Radio Emergency Service function as a 
cohesive unit to provide the maximum support to the public 
both in times  of disaster as well as "normal" times.
.-
To obtain either of these free ARRL services, please 
provide  me with:
.-
A.  Your name
B.  Your mailing address
C.  A Specific request for either of the two services 
above.
.-
Best 73!
.-
Luck Hurder, KY1T
225 Main St.
Newington CT. 06111
203 666 1541


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| uck   |   |urder    National Traffic System, The Amateur Auxiliary to
------  |   |         the FCC's Field Operations Bureau, the ARRL
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: hideg@spsd4360a.erim.org (Steve Hideg)
Subject: Re: Empire of the Air
Organization: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
	<ki67PB1w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:45:45 GMT

I programmed one of the CW IDs on my repeater to send:

N8HSC/R  BASEBALL NEXT

I think only my buddy and I know the significance. Well, nobody asked me
about it yet.

73

_________________________
Steve Hideg  N8HSC

hideg@amadeus.erim.org
From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:05:15 GMT
Subject: Re: Most fitting commercial callsigns
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

KFTY - TV-50 in Santa Rosa, CA

AL N1AL

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,news.answers
From: reisert@mast.enet.dec.com ("Jim Reisert, AD1C  25-Aug-1992 2006")
Subject: ARLB081 ANDERW UPDATE 5
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 17:04:37 PDT
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ZCZC AG04
QST de W1AW  
ARRL Bulletin 81  ARLB081
From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  August 25, 1992
To all radio amateurs 
 
SB QST ARL ARLB081
ARLB081 ANDREW UPDATE 5
 
Hurricane Andrew (27.5N, 89.2W, 175 miles SSE of New Orleans at
1500z, August 25; maximum sustained winds to 140 mph) is expected to
hit the north/central gulf coast tonight.
 
Amateurs are advised to monitor:
 
     Hurricane Watch Net (14.325 MHz)
     Gulf Coast Hurricane Net (3935, 7235 kHz)
     Florida Emergency Nets (3940, 3950, and 7247 kHz)
     Waterway Net (7268 kHz)
     Louisiana Traffic Net (3910 kHz)
     Alabama Nets (3965, 7243 kHz)
     Texas ARES Net (7273, 3873 kHz)
     and Texas Traffic Nets (3925, 7230 and 7290 kHz)
     
Nets are handling emergency, situation report and health-
and-welfare traffic.  Please do not transmit on these frequencies
except in response to instructions from net control stations.
Please do not interrupt nets with requests for storm coordinates or
other general information which is available on local NOAA weather
broadcasts.  Priority must be given to immediate disaster relief
communications.  Control of the communication situation belongs with
amateurs and public safety officials in the affected areas.
 
To provide and/or receive more information, contact the Field
Services Department at ARRL Hq.  
NNNN
AD1C de NO1A   25-Aug 2343Z >
From: chowe@bbn.com (Carl Howe)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Excellent customer service story
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:01:04 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com


Just to continue the thread, I'd like to acknowledge a company that appears
to have made a quantum leap in customer service over the past few years:
Yeasu.  I bought an FT-1000 in January from them, and botched a somewhat
difficult filter installation after I got it.  I called them, they said,
"send it to us", I did, and it arrived back 7 days later.  No charge.

Just this past month, I got a note in the mail from Yeasu USA saying that
their customers have been requesting adding functionality to the computer
control interface to make the system work in a timely manner with CT version
8.  Previously, to get any status from the radio, you had to do a status
inquiry, which dumped about 1700 bytes of data at you at 9600 baud (about
3 seconds worth).  Needless to say, that doesn't encourage rapid logging.
Well, Yeasu acknowledged these requests, came up with a new modification
of the ROMs, beta tested them with the makers of CT, and then wrote all
the FT-1000 owners offering them the ROMs for self-installation.  Cost?
No charge if you do it yourself; they supply the ROMs for free, not even
parts cost.

Just one other note:  whenever they get a FT-1000 back for repair, they
apply all outstanding ECOs to bring it up to spec.  When I bought mine,
there were 43 outstanding ECOs.  Cost to the customer?  no charge over
and above the repair cost.  Of course, mine was up to rev when I got it,
but one of my friends' wasn't.  He's called them about the ECOs, and they
are happy to take care of it.

No matter what Yeasu's history may have been, they are certainly trying
hard with this product.  A lot of people warned me away from Yeasu when
I got my rig, but I think they've changed.  By the way, they didn't have
a phone mail system when I called them; they have real people 
on the line in California.

Just more data for the mill,
Carl
WG1V
From: gross@ifsws1.sozialforschung.uni-stuttgart.de (Frank Grossmann [DL1SBR])
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ifsws1 ftp server IP addr. change
Date: 31 Aug 92 12:38:24 GMT
Organization: Stuttgart University, Institute for social research

Hi netters,

the IP number of the ifsws1 ftp server has changed,
the new number is: 141.58.162.1 (old one was 129.69.162.1).
This server carries mainly information utilities for the 
PacketCluster software.

I`ve put a new version of the qsl database in the
/pub/packclus/db - try it out, you'll be surprised how many
entries it has!

the G8BPQ stuff is still in /pub/g8bpq.

To contact other PacketCluster sysops, send a message to
listserv@ifsws1.sozialforschung.uni-stuttgart.de with a message body
of "help".

73 Frank

-- 
Frank Grossmann (DL1SBR)
Internet: gross@ifsws1.sozialforschung.uni-stuttgart.de
Packet Radio: DL1SBR@DB0SDX.DEU.EU
Stuttgart University, institute for social research
From: tom@aro-emh1.army.mil (T-DOLIGALSKI)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Kenwood TH-28A ? or Standard C168A ?
Date: 3 Sep 1992 05:12:48 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Recently Dave Cook wrote:

> I would like opinions/experiences on/with either the Kenwood TH-28A or 
> Standard C168A. If you own one of these radios (or know of someone's 
> experience who does) I would welcome your inputs on any problems that
> have been encountered, any particular likes/dislikes, or if it has
> been a great radio so far and you would purchase it again.

I own the Standard C168A, and have been VERY pleased with it. When I 
purchased it I compared it against the Kenwood TH-28A. 

Specific likes/dislikes follow:

Likes:

- VERY small. With the 300 ma NiCD battery it is the smallest HT I've
  seen yet. The 700 ma battery is relatively small too. Ruggedly 
  constructed (much more so than the Kenwood appeared to be). I've 
  inadvertantly dropped mine a couple of times, with no ill effects. The
  front-panel LCD seems impervious to scratches despite heavy use.
- Beautiful receive audio from the tiny internal speaker. Most small HT's
  I have seen suffer from crummy receive audio - this gem really sounds
  great! Transmit audio is nice too.
- Easy to use controls (you don't need to carry a cheat sheet!).
  Frequencies are stored in an EPROM, which is easily changable. I have
  the 200 memory unit. These memories are arranged in two 100 memory banks,
  so it is convenient if you would like to store two sets of operating
  parameters and switch between them.
- Full featured. Doesn't have a couple of the Kenwood features (e.g., 440 
  mhz receive), but has the usual - DTMF memories, DTMF paging/squelch, 
  CTCSS encode/decode, APO, LOTS of scanning options, etc.

Dislikes:

- The rubberized knobs feel and look great. However, after a few weeks of
  use, the volume control knob continues to turn when you go to turn the
  unit off. Minor problem, but should not happen!

All in all I would certainly buy another unit - in fact, I plan to buy 
another for the XYL!

73, Tom N9CGD
From: doug@kronos.nisd.cam.unisys.com (Doug Hardie)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Common Enemy of Amateur Radio
Date: 27 Aug 1992 12:05:42 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

> We had no local club, but the word got around on 75 meters.
> Three of us addressed the town board meeting, where the
> subject of banning us was to be discussed. I was about 16,
> then, and I remember the board members smiling as I made 
> my spiel. They were paying attention! I doubt it was
> my oratory skills. 
> 
I had a similar experience back in the 63-64 timeframe.  I was in high
school and the city of Cupertino, CA decided to ban all amateur radio
antennas.  They held a public meeting on it and I went.  I was unable to
get a seat in the room since I didn't live in the city proper (It went around
us, but our tract was not a part of any city).  I did get to stand in the back.
A number of hams made good presentations on what amateur radio was and its
value to the community, but the argument of looks seemed to cary the day.
Then they started to argue just what good looks was and someone put up
a picture of a particularly bad looking antenna.  After a few seconds, I
realized it was my antenna - 50 foot mast with enough guys to keep it up
in any storm with all kinds of junk hanging off.  It really did look bad -
didn't work much better either but thats another story.  Anyway I managed
to get to a microphone and told the council that it was my antenna and it
didn't matter what they did with their ordinance, the antenna would not
come down since it was not in their city.  After a lot of quite confering
in front, they quietly moved on to another topic.  My antenna stayed up
another 2 or so years until my parents moved.  I think we took it down, but
am not sure anymore.

-- Doug  WA6VVV

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