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From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: On the durability of ham HT's and commercial HT's
Date: 12 Apr 92 16:02:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: ke4zv.1992Apr12.160234.8074
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <VBREAULT.92Apr10104221@rinhp750.gmr.com> vbreault@rinhp750.gmr.com (Val Breault) writes:
>
>I believe that ruggedized versions of many popular radios would sell
>well, and that the top-o-the-line radios ought to showcase the best
>that that company has to offer.  
>
>What do YOU think?

My old IC2AT survived falls from towers, being submerged in water for
two days, many many falls from belt height onto concrete, had an 800
channel memory built in, made an honest 5 watts, and had controls big
enough for a full grown person to operate. It also cost a lot less than 
a W2A. But Icom's stopped making it because demand has disappeared since
the tiny wonder radios appeared. The wonder of these radios is mainly,
"I wonder where I put it" and "I wonder what all those tiny little 
buttons and symbols are for." If they were big enough to see and touch,
I might even try to use them.

Gary KE4ZV
From: ehare%arrlhq.UUCP@uhasun.hartford.edu (Ed Hare KA1CV)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Tempo FMH 2M HT Schematic
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:14:44 GMT
Organization: American Radio Relay League

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, GIDEN@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU (Robert Giden N7KCG) writes:
>A friend of mine has tried to order a schematic for the TEMPO FMH 2M HT he
>bought from Henry Radio in 1976.  They did not have one. Any leads would
>be appreciated.

From the HI manuals catalog:

HI Manuals 
POB 802
Council Bluffs IA 51502
no telephone

Henry Radio (Tempo) Model FMH - $11.75. Price includes shipping. Add 50 cents
if insurance is desired. 73, Ed Hare - KA1CV, ARRL Lab.
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From: tstader@attmail.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Kenwood TM741A Mods causing problems??
Date: 9 Apr 92 04:01:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucsd.9204091801.AA07254
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Recently I did the published mods from IS0XSE for this radio but ran into a
problem that may or may not be releated So I thought I would come here for
some thought from some the others who might have this radio.

1. What does the green wire that has been cut actually do? Is it part of the
PLL circuit by any chance?

The reason I ask this question is.... I have noticed that after the radio
warms up, it drifts high on both the 144MHz and the 440 MHz bands (the UT-50
unit hasn't come in yet via HRO). On the 440 band the tuning if off by a full
5KHz. On two meters... the offset doesn't seem to be too bad but it appears
high too.

2. How about the other 0(Zero) Ohm resistors found on the supplied schematic?
What do R56, R58 and R60 do in the Control Unit?.

Overall I like the radio... it annoying to have the freq. drift. And I cannot
seem to find out whay the shortage of 6 meter units. Anybody know any rumors
about 6.

Terry KA8SCP@WA1PHY.#EMA.MA.USA.NA or ka8scp@ka8scp.ampr.org [44.56.4.82] 
A Macintosh TCP/IP station
From: bruce@merlin.think.com (Bruce Walker)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ICOM obsolescence
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:10:45
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: merlin.think.com

My HF rig is an IC-745, circa 1985, which I bought used about a year ago.
I recently ran across a review of the rig, probably from an old QST.  I
learned something I didn't know: there's no NVM!  The software is loaded at
the factory and stored in SRAM powered by a battery.  When the battery
goes, so does your [not-so-]firmware: it must be sent back to the factory
for the software reload.  I just hope that when that happens, they'll still
know how to download it!
--
--Bruce Walker
  Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, MA
  bruce@think.com; +1 617 234 4810; WT1M
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Boycott Icom (fwd)
From: ham!emd@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 05:28:20 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Mid Island Ham Network

kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) writes:

> >Come on guys, be realistic. I think it's real nice if a company supplies 
> >parts for a radio made ten years ago, but dumping all your ICOM gear 
> >because they don't still have parts for one is silly. Try going down to 
> >the Chevy dealer and ask for a spare part for your Corvair. On the other 
> >hand, if enough dummies read his post and want to sell their perfectly 
> >good radios, we all oughta be able to buy 'em real cheap.....
> 
>    Strange, how I have a 1950's vintage receiver, and I don't seem to have
> any problem at all getting parts.  More than that, I have a 1940's vintage
> transmitter made by a company long gone, but because it uses standardized
> components, I can walk into my local electronics shop and get a replacement
> for just about everything in it.
> 


You may also have noticed that almost none of the manufacturers that made 
ham gear in the fifties are still in business. Hammarlund, 
Hallicrafters, Johnson, etc are all GONE. I certainly think it's fair to 
point out that you can't get these parts anymore, but to sell all your 
working radios because of it is just silly. 

Robert Smits  VE7EMD Nanaimo B.C. Ph (604) 753-4119          
e-mail: ham!emd@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca Fax (604) 753-4143            
PACKET VE7EMD@VE7KIT.#VANC.BC.CAN.NOAM
From: notes@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (ITO notes)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: 2 meter dipole?
Date: 14 Apr 92 04:03:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpcvlx.126640001
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA

Sounds like you should check out the "Copper catus" article that was in CQ or
73 within a month or so.  A friend build one that works just fine for around
$5.00.  There is a dipole version described in the article also.  This is
a 144/440 antenna also!


Regards..... rich lovin (N7VIY)
From: notjim@acidqueen.Corp.Sun.COM (Jim Lockwood)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re:  ICOM: Another View
Date: 17 Apr 92 18:51:44 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: acidqueen.corp.sun.com

In article <1992Apr17.134601.29271@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
>
>You'd better plan on buying new equipment on a five year cycle, or
>plan on becoming an electronic junkman to acquire the parts to keep
>them running. That *is* the genesis of the hamfest fleamarket.

This is a clear a summary of the situation as I've seen and it accurately
describes our options.  Essentially we get to vote with our wallets.  If
we like the support policy of ICOM/Kenwood/etc, then we buy their products.
If we don't like their policy or want radios that are serviceable over
the long haul, then don't buy their products.  There are, afterall, plenty
of radios "out there" that do contain user serviceable parts inside.

All of mine do and I like it that way.


73,

Jim Lockwood - KM6NK
notjim@acidqueen.corp.sun.com
From: rossi@gvlf8-m.gvl.unisys.com (Pete Rossi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Heathkit
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:58:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Unisys Defense Systems, Great Valley Labs, Paoli, Pa

In article <1992Apr06.202542.25425@eng.umd.edu> chuck@eng.umd.edu (Chuck Harris - WA3UQV) writes:
>A large part of the problem with the HA-201 is that it uses a weird solid
                                                               ^^^^^  !!!
>state switching scheme that uses a centertapped 1/2 wave piece of coax to
>connect the input of the amp to its output.  This scheme is used to provide


The key word here is  * WEIRD *.   I have built many Heathkits over
the years and the one thing I always found consistent about them is they
often did things in some of the most obscure and non-standard ways.

I never had any trouble with any of the kits.   They all worked first time.

=================================================================
Pete Rossi - WA3NNA                  rossi@gvlf8.gvl.unisys.com

Paramax Systems Corporation - a subsidiary of Unisys Corporation
Electronic Systems - Valley Forge Labs - Paoli, Pennsylvania
=================================================================
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: tlc20700@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Thomas L. Carney)
Subject: Re: Story on National Weather Service Problems on NBC
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:11:33 GMT

greg@sscvx1.ssc.gov (Greg Chartrand) writes:


>In article <pschleck.702709259@odin> pschleck@odin.unomaha.edu (Paul W 
>Schleck KD3FU) writes:
>> Some of the story was crassly sensationalistic (an interview with a
>> Other parts of it were embarrasingly true, such as NWS radar equipment
>involved in Skywarn and other programs. I am not at all amazed that the 
>individual held the NWS responsible. Their track record on predicting 
>severe in northern Illinois is deplorable. The forecasters generally don't give a damn anymore, partly due to the state of equipment, and mostly due to 
>poor management. Thats what happens when government management positions are politically driven.

>At least for northern Illinois, I think the story was sad but true.
I'll agree with Greg's comments 110% and then some.  The NWS went to great
lengths to cover their butts with that cock-and-bull story they put out
when the tornados hit the Joliet-Plainfield area just a few years ago. 
They said 20 minutes wasn't long enough to warn anybody when the damn 
button for the tornado whistles are right there.  I've lived in northern 
Illinois two thirds of my life and people don't take the weather watches
and warnings seriously because their track record is so bad.  

Tom  WB9RXJ
From: beyo@beyonet.UUCP (Steve Urich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: New BBS Information
Date: 8 Apr 92 06:06:52 GMT
Organization: Beyonet Network

jay@zen.CAc.stratus.COM (Jay Appell) writes:
>As previously announced, there is a new part-time BBS that offers
>a variety of amateur radio information, mods. Here are some of the
>categories available.

	I would say why would you want to call a BBS longdistance on
	a telephone if you have a packet TNC and connect to the 
	hundreds of MOD-servers that have recently popped up on packet.
	I mean, theres a packet bbs locally to me that has a few gigabytes
	of HD space (Hi Terry :-) and has a mirror image of what Howard
	WB3FFV packet MOD-server has. Its a little slow but it FREE and
	packet is fun to use and learn about x25 and smtp etc etc. 

	So why don't you make a FULLTIME packet BBS with a mod-server
	for you local area and online files that would help promote
	Ham Radio better instead of a landline bbs where every Non-Ham
	can connect and d/l and abuse all of the files on Ham Radio to
	CB conversion etc etc. I just threw that in because it already
	had happened.

	Then again I hardly ever call BBSs anymore so my opinion is
	severely biased, sorry :-).

Steve
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From: eeicmy@eeiud.ericsson.SE ( Cyril Moriarty)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: YAESU FT207R and FT230R mods wanted
Date: 9 Apr 1992 01:54:54 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Can anybody please tell me where I could access mods. for the YAESU FT207R and
FT230R transcievers via Internet.
I am particularly interested in any mods. that extend the frequency range for 
receive.

E-mail to eeicmy@eeiud.ericsson.se would be appreciated.

         73s de,
         Cyril Moriarty,
         EI4AGB.

************************************************
* Cyril Moriarty                               *
* Ericsson Systems Expertise, Athlone, Ireland.*
* eeicmy@eeiud.ericsson.se                     *
************************************************
From: 10u6579@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Help wanted on valves.
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:41:11 +1000
Organization: University of New South Wales

Hi,
   I have some valves that I cannot find any information on.  They are 6DJ8
and 6AU4.  What sort of tubes are these?  What would be a typical application?

Best Wishes From Downunder,
Joe,
University of NSW,
Sydney Australia.



Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: mikep@tc.fluke.COM (Mike Pickard)
Subject: NEEDED: CQ WW WPX SAMPLE LOG AND SUMMARY SHEETS!
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 21:08:36 GMT


I need a copy of the sample log sheet and summary sheet for the CQ WW WPX
contest. I have sent request to CQ magazine but I'm afraid I'm going to
miss the May 10th deadline. 

Thanks in advance, 73

K7NPN,
Mike Pickard

P.S. My address is not good in the 1992 Call Book, so please respond by 
email and I will provide address and FAX number.
From: Mike_Whalen@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Mike Whalen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Boycott Icom (fwd)
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:23:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: agwbbs.Mike_Whalen.0c0o
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

In a message dated Tue 14 Apr 92 22:40, Interpol@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (inter
wrote:

 I> Are you still living in the late 80's?  There's BEEN an international
 I> standard
 I> for 9600 baud modems for over 2 years now (CCITT v.32).  To top it
 I> off, the   
 I> NEW standard is for CCITT v.32bis - 14.4 kbaud - and you can get a
 I> good       
 I> external model for $290 - $300, NOT $500.

 I> You might consider finding out a little more about what's happening
 I> today
 I> before making assumptions like the one you made.


   Well.. I will be the first to admit that I don't know the entire story
when it comes to the 9600+ modem scene, but I do know a little bit. I will
respond to your message as kind as I can considering your message was a
little bile-ridden than it should have been. Try being NICE once in your
life, why don't you.

  Anyway, there is no one standard in the 9600+ mart. This is the main
reason why USR sells a DUAL standard modem for around $800 or so. There are
two standards currently. I don't remember how they work but they are
something to do with v.32, v.32BIS, and v.42.

  The main thing to look at hear is the modems that support their own kind.
For instance, the CompuCom modems are very inexpensive for the 9600 buck,
but for at least a couple of them, you can only call CompuCom modems. If
you don't buy the DUAL STANDARD USR one, then you are only limiting
yourself to being able to call certain modems.

  Like I said, I know a little... but I could be confusing this with
something else. I think it may work that modems with one standard can only
go 9600 while the other standard can go to the ever-impressive 14.4k. I
don't remember exactly.

  And if I AM wrong in this, would you be so kind as to point me to the
right source materials so I can read up and understand it a little more. I
am not doubting your word (as you did mine), I would like to better
understand the 9600+ world.

  And anyway.. wasn't this thread about ICOM throwing out old parts?


-- Via DLG Pro v0.991

Yet another fine quality message from.. Mike Whalen Brand Message Prod.
If you like it.. you like it.. if not... FNORD!
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From: MROWEN%STLAWU.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Mike Owen W9IP)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: TAPR computer-rotator interface
Date: 16 Apr 1992 05:07:47 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

In a recent posting,
Willie Smith
wpns@pictel.com writes:

>TAPR (Call information in Tucson, AZ and ask for Tucson Amateur Packet
>Radio) has a new kit out that talks serial to your computer.  You feed
>it elements and it drives your rotors for you.  I don't remember if it
>tunes radios, but I suspect it does.

Does anyone on the net have any specific information about this interface?
I have written a satellite/EME tracking program (RealTrak) that already
supports the Kansas City Tracker, IBM DAC, RTD AD200, etc., and I'm anxious
to support other interfaces as well.  I'd like to know what the TAPR
board does, and whether it does it well.

Post here or directly to me at
MROWEN@STLAWU

Mike Owen W9IP
From: bert@unirsvl.RSVL.UNISYS.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Use surface mail, not the bureau
Date: 13 Apr 1992 07:29:02 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


Much of the discussion about getting QSLs from DX stations seems to imply that
there are only to options: Air Mail or the Bureau. 

Over the past year since I've become active again I've received several cards
(from Europe, Russians particularly) via surface mail. The average transit 
time of those cards with readable postmarks was one month. 

One month may SEEM like a long time, but since I haven't received a SINGLE
card from the bureau in the past year, if Air Mail is too pricey, go surface.

On a related subject, someone recently posted a message lamenting getting 
QSLs out of Mongolia. I received a card from JT1BS last summer and it came
to ME by registered mail! The mail carrier said it caused quite a stir at
the post office.

73,
Bert Hyman W0RSB
bert@rsvl.unisys.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.folklore.urban
From: wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales)
Subject: CBS, California, and FCC call letters
Reply-To: wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales)
Organization: UCLA CS Department, Los Angeles
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 18:31:39 GMT

There's an interesting situation here in California with the major CBS
radio and TV stations.

Up until a few years ago, the following CBS stations used the following
call letters:

			    AM              FM              TV

    San Francisco       KCBS (740)      (?)             KPIX (ch. 5)

    Los Angeles         KNX (1070)      KNX-FM (93.1)   KNXT (ch. 2)

The San Francisco stations still use the above calls, to the best of my
knowledge.

Here in L.A., though, the TV station changed its call a few years ago
and became KCBS-TV.  And after a couple of changes in format (and, for
all I know, possibly ownership), the FM station has been reborn with a
call of KCBS-FM (though most of the time they identify themselves on
the air via the nickname "CBS-FM").

So now we have a situation where KCBS is in one city, while KCBS-FM and
KCBS-TV are in another.  Are there any other arrangements like this in
the US?

Incidentally, the NBC and ABC TV stations in Los Angeles are KNBC (no
radio stations sharing the call, as far as I'm aware) and KABC-TV (there
is an AM station called KABC as well).

--
Rich Wales <wales@CS.UCLA.EDU> // UCLA Computer Science Department
3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (310) 825-5683
From: steve@wattres.San-Jose.CA.US (Steve Watt -- KD6GGD)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Repeater Mapping Project (was: Repeater guide...)
Date: 6 Apr 92 06:26:38 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Steven Watt, Consultant   San Jose, CA, USA

In article <66FO02AobdDW00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> ikluft@uts.amdahl.com (Ian Kluft) writes:
>While people are suggesting contents for a repeater mapping project...

[ he saw a trim of my initial interest post, and didn't spot the main call for
  entries, I guess... ]

>The ARRL repeater guide lists if a repeater is linked, but never gives an idea
>what it is linked to.  (Obviously, they don't have room so I don't fault them
>for it.)  Every time I've found out where a link goes to, it was by word of
>mouth.  It would be a real service if you could request that your contributors
>also send information about links.

The #LINK field is for the callsign(s) of the repeaters linked to by this
entry.  I mentioned CONDOR as one possible way of describing a larger net,
but it occured to me that CONDOR may not be well-known outside of 6land.

Basically, CONDOR is a network of linked repeaters up and down the entire
state of CA.  (Don't know what it's short for, but I'll bet it starts with
"California".)  I don't know if there are other similar statewide nets, but
if so, those should DEFINITELY be listed in the repeater entry.

Once again, that address is repeaters@wattres.sj.ca.us!!!

The count is up to 7 now.
-- 
Steve Watt  KD6GGD     steve@wattres.SJ.CA.US
 ...!apple!wattres!steve  ...!mips!wattres!steve  ...!decwrl!gigo!wattres!steve
Left to his own devices, he'd be /dev/null.
From: djb@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (David Brightbill)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: GE Mastr HT's
Date: 15 Apr 92 19:36:05 GMT
Organization: Florida State University

I just purchased a box of misc. junque at a government auction.  Included in the
box were two GE Mastr HT's.  Does anyone have a clue on how to find out what 
frequency these things were built for?  The units have a 4 line data plate.     
The first line on one reads 65KGWG?X.  The second line is 816163524.  The third
line is R(or K)T105-A.  The last line reads ER60-D.  The unit has a "mother" 
board and several "daughter" boards.  One of the daughter boards has nine   
"modules" on it that look like long Xtal packages.  These modules have 5 pins
soldered onto the board.  There is nothing that looks like a standard xtal.  They
THey do have TT pads installed.  The TT pads are mounted to the case with double
stick tape, and lead into the case via a ribbon cable.  The ribon cable leads to
a long package encapsulated in heat shrink and which has three wires leading out
of it.  A red, black and green.  I assume that red is B+, black in gnd, and     
green is signal.

Anyhow...any hints or ideas on this would be more than welcome.
Dave - KD4BTC
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