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From: root@jackatak.raider.NET (Jack GF Hill - Sysop [HOME])
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Extra Class Question Pools
Date: 21 Jan 93 13:22:55 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
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Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

<Date: 21 Jan 93 01:55:41 GMT Steve Padgett, KK4NM 
TSUSBP01@ASNTSU.ASN.NET writes>

> Somewhere out there in net-land is a copy of the question pool
> for the amateur extra exam at some FTP site.
> Please let me know where I can FTP a copy of the extra question pool.
Would you settle for an ASCII text file of the question pool available 
via e-mail?
Send your request formatted with no subject (the file server doesn't 
care anyway) and the following message text (with NOTHING preceeding 
this text):

info@arrl.org
send pool-extra-1
send pool-extra-2
send pool-extra-3
quit

That will get you the three parts of the Extra question pool, WITHOUT 
graphics (which are available for an SASE from:
ARRL VEC
225 Main Street
Newington, CT  06111

I'm not the League, just an OF Life member who thinks it's neato that HQ 
is on InterNet!
73 ES GUD LUCK
Jack
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: ee_hflo@uxmail.ust.hk (Michael Lo Ho Fung)
Subject: Re: TH78, DJ580, ICW2 ...
Organization: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 07:36:45 GMT

Damien Billon (dbillon@stein.u.washington.edu) wrote:

:   I am looking for a 2 meter/440 MHz handheld transceiver. Many of them seem
: to have problems because of the cellular phones (UHF band): intermod, desense..

:   Did someone try to compare them (in term of sensitiveness to these
: disturbances) ?

:   It is a well-known problem in France. I don't know if it is as important
: in the US ?

: 73, damien, FC1PLI.         Please answer to dbillon@u.washington.edu

	In Hong Kong, most of Ham choose "standard" handheld compare with
other brand.

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From: mikey@slic.cts.com (Mike Shirley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: WANTED: Cellular Industry Information; Newsgroups, E-Mail List, Etc
Keywords: cellular telephone common carrier mobile
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 23:46:07 PST
Reply-To: mikey@slic.cts.com
Followup-To: misc.wanted
Organization: Muth Valley Bell  (619/390-SLIC BBS; V32bis)

Anyone know if there is a newsgroup or E-mail list that deals
with the Cellular Telephone industry?  General or specific
aspects of the Technology, marketing, hardware, service systems,
user costs, benefits, etc.

If not a specific group, then any general or mixed conversations
would be of interest.  Have I overlooked a key newsgroup or is
there no seperate discussions on this industry?

--
  Mike, San Diego, CA USA     Public Key Available
  mikey@slic.cts.com    GEnie: SLIC    Ham: WB6WUI
From: tonyp@cnvxla.COM, , Conan - good!)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Ham Radio Causes Cancer!
Date: 26 Jan 93 23:19:03 GMT
Reply-To: tonyp@convex.COM
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In article <jkcsgfa@dixie.com> jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
}alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) writes:
}
}>     "... This large population-based study indicates that amateur radio
}>     operator licensees in Washington State and California have significant
}>     excess mortality due to acute myeloid leukemia, multiple myeloma,
}>     and perhaps certain types of malignant lymphoma.  Avocational and/or
}>     occupational exposures to electric and magnetic fields should be among
}>     the possible etiologies considered in explaining this excess mortality."
}
}>That's about as close as a scientist writing in a technical jourmal will
}>ever get to saying "ham radio causes cancer."  

Great! I love that kinda research.

 I have two ham friends down here. One of them is gay. 

 By my study, that means 33 1/3% of hams are gay.

 Next time you're talking with a couple of hams, ask 
 yourself: "Is John or Dave gay?". If not, then it 
 must be you!    :-)


--
Tony J. Podrasky |  What's this thing?
 San Diego , Ca   |  It's called a MODEM.
tonyp@convex.com |  And what's this button for? 
WA2EAA NNNN ZCZC  |  Whatever you do, don't touc{{{7bh6xx!{@%%hxbd&$#)$% NO CARRIER
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: "steve jones" <steve.jones@canrem.com>
Subject: help with x-500
Reply-To: "steve jones" <steve.jones@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:39:56 EST

Can anyone help with the parts of a Diamond X-500 antenna?  It suffered a
drop from 65 ft. and the 2 capacitors on the bottom are broken.  From what
I can read the designations are: 4C KCK and 1C KCK.
Thanks Steve Jones
steve.jones#canrem.com or
ve3sdj@amiga.ve3sdj.ampr.org

--
Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario
World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
From: sbaker@umassmed.UMMED.EDU (Stephen Baker )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: New Ham needs radio.
Date: 24 Jan 93 20:53:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: umassmed.9301242053.AA02399
Organization: ucsd usenet gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

I just came from RS where they have a close out on their 10m rigs, $179 and the
sales droid said they will take an additional 10% off from now until the end of
the month or $161 for the rig.  Not bad though 10m hasn't been to hot lately.
-- 


Stephen P. Baker                                phone:  (508) 856-2625
Lecturer in Biostatistics                               (508) 856-2440 fax
Department of Academic Computing                        (413) 253-3923 home
University of Massachusetts Medical School      e-mail: sbaker@umassmed.bitnet
55 Lake Avenue North                                    _. .____ __. _ __._
Worcester, MA 01655
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: steven@ulysses.atmos.colostate.edu (Steven London)
Subject: CQ EU de AH1A
Originator: steven@ulysses
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:05:48 GMT
Organization: Atmos. Science, Colorado State Univ.


The AH1A, Howland Island operation began on January 25, and will continue
until February 2.

One of the prime objectives of the AH1A operation is to satisfy the
demand for KH1 in Europe (#2 on the EU wanted list).

If you are in Europe, the AH1A operators need your help !

Are there bands and times that you are hearing AH1A that they are working
JA or USA, instead of EU ?  There are really trying to work EU whenever
there is propagation.

So far, the best EU propagation they have found is 7 MHz from 0630Z until
0730Z.  That's not much of a window !

Please pass on your reception reports of AH1A in Europe, and I will see
that they are promptly forwarded to the AH1A crew.

If you have worked them, congratulations - QSL via:

MHDXA
P.O. Box 1
Franktown, CO  USA 80116

Thanks,
Steve, N2IC/0
n2ic@drutx.att.com
From: pierson@empror.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: re: ANTENNA HANDBOOK
Date: 26 Jan 93 04:02:56 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <C1DCL7.C67@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>,
jahern@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (Jud Ahern) writes, in part:

>In article <1jr0e3INNnbn@shelley.u.washington.edu>
>dbillon@stein.u.washington.edu (Damien Billon) writes:
>>
>>  I am looking for a good antenna handbook describing how to build HF, VHF,
>>UHF... antennas. Any idea ?
...
>Sure: The ARRL Antenna Handbook. Also the ARRL Antenna Compendium,
>although I haven't actually seen and used the latter. You might
>also very well find what you need in the ARRL Handbook, which is
>probably one of the best investments a ham can make. 

	Second that.  With one hint:  I have found some antenna information
	in the ARRL Handbook that is NOT in the ARRL Antenna Handbook.  Curious.

thanks
dave pierson			|the facts, as accurately as i can manage,
Digital Equipment Corporation	|the opinions, my own.
40 Old Bolton Rd		|I am the NRA.
Stow, Mass, USA	
01775				pierson@msd26.enet.dec.com
"He has read everything, and, to his credit, written nothing."  A J Raffles
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.swap
From: ameyer@cbnews.cb.att.com (Andreas Meyer)
Subject: Re: KENWOOD TH-78
Reply-To: ahm@hoqas2.att.com (Andreas Meyer)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel NJ
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:41:56 GMT

In rec.radio.swap, brian@umbc.edu (Brian Cuthie) writes:

> Well, I have one, my girlfriend has one (I gave it to her for Christmas) and
> I know at least five other people with them.  It is a way cool rig.
[...]
> One problem I have had with both of the one's I've bought personally, is that
> it seems some of the radios are not tuned properly and appear to have PLL
> lock problems in the AM aircraft band.  The symptom is that when the radio is
> tuned to some freq in the aircraft band, the radio beeps pseudo randomly. I'm
> guessing that this otherwise undesirable behavior is a PLL lock alert
> (although, there's nothing in the docs that specifcally suggest that).  In 
> both cases, I've had to go to the place of purchase and try new radios out
> of the box until I found on that appeared to work.
> 
> What's totally inexplicable
> is that I recently got another one with the same problem.  When I asked the
> owner of the establishment that sold it to me what he had heard from Kenwood
> about the problem, he said "nothing".  So I asked what he had said to
> them about the problem, he said "nothing".  So, thinking this was strange,
> I asked what he said was wrong with them when he returned them to Kenwood,
> and he said that he still had them in the back !
                   ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^
> Wierd, since several months had passed since I found the first 
> "broken" batch.

What's weird? Instead of sending them back, he's probably going to 
sell them to some poor unsuspecting shmoe (who doesn't read netnews).

Who's the dealer, so we can avoid him?

Andy
-- 
    ==--
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  --==----    AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel NJ        ..!att!hoqas2!ahm
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: abelson@isaac.its.rpi.edu (Mike (KB2KYZ) Abelson)
Subject: Re: Kenwood tm-732 mod/functions
Reply-To: abelson@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:58:45 GMT

In article <C1C6BG.Izq@iat.holonet.net>, bwilkins@iat.holonet.net (Bob Wilkins n6fri) writes:
 
|> I saw an icom that had a 20 db pad on the receive. A good idea but the
|> circuit was only implemented when in crossband low power mode...oh well.
|> Why not be able to switch it in at any time. Dont install a pad on the
|> output of your radio as you dont want to transmit through a 20 db
|> attenuator...it must be on the receive side of the radio. 
|> 
|> bob   n6fri
|>  

Bob, the Icom IC-3230 (2m/440) mobile has a 20db attenuator for the receive
side, but its use is selectable by the user.  You can have it automatically
kick in when low power is selected, or just push a button on the display 
panel (at any power setting).  The attenuator does not enable itself 
by default when crossbanding with this particular model.  I'm not sure 
about other 2m/440 models.

mla 
-- 
............................................................................
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute                
Troy, New York 12180-3590           Amateur Packet:  KB2KYZ @ WA2UMX
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From: perry@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Perry Scott)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Using electrical outlet ground as earth ground?????
Date: 27 Jan 93 20:36:21 GMT
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO

>Does the ground socket of an electrical outlet provide a good (or at 
>least reasonable) path to earth ground? I.e. would I be able to hook
>up a three prong grounded plug with the two hot prongs removed in
>order to connect my rig to earth ground via the electrical outlet?
>
>  Patrick M. Stickler  OH2LUV, KC4YYY

The ground on an outlet goes through a very long wire (aka antenna) back
to the service entrance, where it then goes to earth ground.  The ground
wire must be close to a multiple of a quarter wavelength (N=0 is the
happiest).  If the ground wire is close to an odd multiple of a quarter
wavelength, it will function as an antenna, rather than as RF ground.

One other problem with using house wiring is that the ground wire will
radiate RF as current flows through it.  Since the ground wire is in
close proximity to the hot and neutral wires, your entire house will
have RF/TVI problems.

There have been numerous articles in this group on obtaining a Real
Ground (tm) - the Holy Grail of Hamdom.  I saved a few of the more
entertaining ones.

Perry Scott
AA0ET
perry@fc.hp.com
From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:43:24 GMT
Subject: Ham Radio Causes Cancer!
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

Some time ago, several people asked me for a copy of Dr Milham's
famous paper supposedly showing that amateur radio causes cancer.
I recently found my copy, so if anyone wants me to photocopy it for
them, send me an SASE (with a note about what it's for!)

I also wrote an article for our local ham club newsletter debunking
the article.  If there's interest, I'll see if I can find it and
post it.

AL N1AL

From: richw@hplsla.hp.com (Rich Wilson)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:34:16 GMT
Subject: Help! Voyager transmits at 146.52 MHz!
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

There must be a 990 KHz crystal somewhere in my new '92 Voyager,
because I see carriers spaced every 990 KHz over the 2M band.
In particular, 148 * 990 KHz = 146.52 MHz, a frequency I'd rather
be able to use...

The interference goes away only when the key is in the off position.
It's strong enough with my mag mount antenna on the roof that squelch
is broken even with the squelch control at maximum clockwise position.
It's significantly stronger inside the cab.  I haven't gone sniffing
under the hood yet.

Has anyone else run into this problem?  Any idea where it's coming from?
Any suggestions for getting rid of it?  Does anyone know of any good
contacts at Chrysler?

===========================================================================
Rich Wilson                                     Internet: richw@lsid.HP.COM
Hewlett Packard Company                                 Packet: N7WWU@N0ARY
Lake Stevens Instrument Division                        Phone: 206-335-2245

Hi! I am a .signature virus. Copy me into your .signature to join in!
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Using electrical outlet ground as earth ground?????
Date: 27 Jan 93 18:59:51 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1993Jan27.113234.5504@klaava.Helsinki.FI> stickler@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Patric M Stickler) writes:

>Does the ground socket of an electrical outlet provide a good (or at 
>least reasonable) path to earth ground? I.e. would I be able to hook
>up a three prong grounded plug with the two hot prongs removed in
>order to connect my rig to earth ground via the electrical outlet?


The problem with using the ground terminal of the electrical outlet
as a transmitter ground is that while an ohmmeter may show the ground
terminal to be identical to a pipe driven into the ground, at RF
frequencies the two are not identical.  The quarter mile of wire 
between your ground terminal and a "real" ground, such as a pipe, 
goes around corners and is not very thick.  It has portions that 
act like inductors, portions that act like capacitors, and portions
that act like antennas.

You can try it and see, of course.  If it works then who cares?
And if you are on the sixth floor of a building it 
may be your only choice.  But a wire as thick as a car-battery cable
running from your rig to a pipe in the ground is better.


-- 
Carl Oppedahl AA2KW  (intellectual property lawyer)
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10112-0228
voice 212-408-2578     fax 212-765-2519
From: jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Endurance
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:09:38 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

In article <1993Jan26.165452.8704@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
>In article <1k1j57INN3co@emx.cc.utexas.edu> oo7@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Q. Burpington-Smythe) writes:
>
>I thought the connection to amateur radio was thin. The writing was of 
>good quality, but I wondered as I read it if it's 4 pages couldn't have 
>been put to a better use carrying an article like N6NWP presented in the 
>same issue. That's the sort of thing I expected of _Ham Radio_ (sniff) 
>and want to see more of in QST. 

I have noticed that 73 magazine seems to want to become the next Ham Radio
magazine with all the construction articles they have been running lately.
Anyone noticed this?

73!

Jeff

A Wayne Green fan/hater at times. 
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 jeffj@seeker.mystic.com   | Henny Youngman: Will you paint my house?
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From: root@jackatak.raider.NET (Jack GF Hill - Sysop [HOME])
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: DX Bulletin -- Ohio spells Adis Abeba?
Date: 27 Jan 93 04:14:08 GMT
Organization: ucsd usenet gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

<In DX Bulletin #96 January 25, 1993...by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio>

This tidbit cauight my eye:
>ET, ETHIOPIA. ET3YU was reported on January 22nd at 1445z on 14025 kHz
>and that his signal was very strong long path in W4-land. The operator's
>name is "Dragan" and he uses a bug. QSL via direct to Box 60349, Addis
>Ababa (or as he spells it Adis Abeba).
                           ^^^^ ^^^^^

Don't mean to flame, but it strikes me that anyone from a State with a 
city named "Upper Sandusky" that is about 60 miles SouthWest of the city 
named "Sandusky" has no room to insinuate that a native Ethiopian 
doesn't know how to spell his own hometown! 'Course Dragan is probably 
right and some myopic cartographer from Rand McNally has led us 
'Mericans astray....can't blame the lads from Cleveland, can we? ;^)
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner
From: regmad@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Michael de Kraker)
Subject: Re: Finding PL Tones and McDonald's
Organization: Georgia State University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:23:35 GMT

wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew) writes:

>The the Ohio area, McDonalds all seem to use 154.570 MHz for
>output; no CTCSS apparent.  I suspect it might be a repeater or 1/2
>of a duplex pair becuase I can here both the drive-up and the
>order-taker when I tune to that.  I have a Motorola P-10 that
>happens to be on 154.570.  I've heard McDonalds there as well as a
>local cement compnay and cleaning crew in a nearby office.
>McDonalds must use very low power, as I can't hear them more than a
>block or two from the restaraunts; I copy the cement company
>workers several miles from my house.

Here in atlanta the frequency is the same and I have also heard that they
use a PL tone. As for range my scanner can rx them from 1 mile on a
groundplane.


 
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: wpns@miki.pictel.com (Willie Smith)
Subject: Re: Transmitting 50-178 & 300-512?
Organization: PictureTel Corporation
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:00:16 GMT

Kirk.Smith@launchpad.unc.edu (Kirk Smith) writes:
>dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong) writes:
>>johnr@f1.facts.uky.edu (john roberts) writes:
>>>I have this friend who has a radio modified to transmit from 50-178 and  

>So why is everybody flaming this guy for transmitting out of band, 
>instead of flaming him for claiming the radio has a Tx bandwidth
>of 50-178 and 300-512MHz?  Doesn't that seem a bit wide for everyone
>to believe?  It does to me...

Yeah, I was waiting for someone to call him on that.  He may think
it's transmitting on those frequencies if he tacks the 'lock
indicator' bit high into the CPU, but then he doesn't have a very
useful radio any more...  And the recieve sensitivity is probably
measured in hundreds of volts.  :+)

Can you even build a PLL that works over more than an octave without
resorting to esoteric tricks that are unlikely to be found in
commercially available radios?

Willie Smith
wpns@pictel.com

-- 
Willie Smith    wpns@pictel.com    N1JBJ@amsat.org     "I'll make
Beelyuns and Beelyuns from the book contract and the TV show with
government funding for looking for the nothing in the void where The
Bang caused the hole in the middle of it all" Frank Hayes - Cosmos.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: johnr@tvnews.tv.tek.com (John Reynolds)
Subject: Re: Marge Simpson's sister is a ham!
Keywords: Simpsons, YL
Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton, OR
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:05:50 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.180203.18690@adobe.com> swirsky@adobe.com (Robert Swirsky) writes:
>
>The only other Ham Radio reference I've ever seen on a television sitcom was
>an episode of Hazel. It went like this:

		    (sitcom plot deleted)

>Robert A. Swirsky AF2M
>"Another EXTRA for NO-CODE!"

My favorite Ham Radio references were on the "It's Gary Shandling's Show"
series.  There's a scene where he's on the roof of his condo next to a
*huge* tower talking to his (platonic) girlfriend, Nancy.  Gary says,

"You girls don't understand anything technical; you probably think an
SB-220 puts out 2KW".  

There was also a line in another episode where he looks into the camera
with a bored expression and says something like, "I could be home working
JA's on 10 meters."

John Reynolds  NZ7J
Tektronix TV Division
Beaverton, OR