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Subject: Propagation Forecast Bulletin 15  ARLP015
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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 22:00:22 GMT


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ZCZC AP23
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 15  ARLP015
>From Tad Cook, KT7H, Seattle, WA
April 11, 1992
Relayed by KB8NW/OBS & BARF-80 BBS
To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP015
ARLP015 Propagation de KT7H

Solar activity was low this past week.  The solar flux sagged from
below 160 to just under 140, and at the end of the week there were
only a few visible sunspots.  The geomagnetic field was active at
several points.  On April 3rd it was probably due to coronal holes,
and on April 6 and 7 from solar flares, driving the A index on each
occasion into the mid-twenties.  This caused some fluttery HF
signals in the northern latitudes and over polar paths.

Over the next week look for a very gradual rise in the flux, with
more stable geomagnetic conditions.  The increase in solar flux
could be about 15 or 20 points by the end of the week, and after
that it should continue toward a peak of apound 200 near the 26th
and 27th.

Sunspot numbers from April 3 through 9 were 100, 83, 87, 74, 84, 78
and 73, with a mean of 82.7.  10,7 cm solar flux for the same period
was 159.8, 153.9, 154.4, 142.7, 141.5, 145.4 and 139.7, with a mean
of 148. NNNN
From: tlc20700@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Thomas L. Carney)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Boycott Icom (fwd)
Date: 15 Apr 92 13:23:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr15.132336.23715
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I've worked for a large Japanese company for four years.  I worked in
repair, field support, and documentation.  The Japanese consider after-s
ales support to be a necessary evil, not an investment in the future.

Trying to get the custom made parts out of Japan was hard even for us
and WE WERE PART OF THE COMPANY!!!!

Wake up, American companies!!!!  This is your chance that you can show
that we can do something a lot better than the short guys across the 
pond.  A lot of customers base their next buy
(whether it be cars, 
microwave comm systems, SATCOM systems, computers, etc.,) on what
kind of support they got from their last purchase.


Tom  WB9RXJ
From: cs00jmc@unccvax.uncc.edu (John Covington WN4BBJ)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: funny calls
Keywords: Gs vs Ws
Date: 7 Apr 92 02:14:28 GMT
Reply-To: cs00jmc@unccvax.uncc.edu.UUCP (John Covington WN4BBJ)
Organization: University of North Carolina at Charlotte

There used to be K0TEX, no longer listed in the callbook.
-- 
John Covington WN4BBJ     Internet: cs00jmc@unccvax.uncc.edu
P.O. Box 217122           MCI Mail: JCOVINGTON 342-6957
Charlotte, NC 28221-7122  Packet Radio Mail: WN4BBJ @ N7IJI.#CLT1.NC.USA.NA
(704) 537-7653            "Kenneth, what's the frequency?" "I dunno, ask Dan"
From: mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus 283-4283)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Comment on youngest hams discussion
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:32:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: aio.1992Apr6.173243.23646
Organization: nasa-jsc


	Yeah, I was in a similar situation.  I've been doing
electronics for a very long time; my father is an electronics
tech, and he used to run a little TV repair business on the
side.  As a result I had access to everything from an
oscilloscope to a tube tester.  Even so, I didn't get my
license until late last year (at age 25), at the urging of
a friend who is a ham.  I could easily have passed the
tests given a minimal amount of study material that covered
the regs, but there was no one to urge me, no ready access
to people to help with the code, the stores didn't have
any code practice tapes, and I had no idea where to take
the test in any case!
	I finally found the local club by having a friend
send me a hamgram, then asking the guy who delivered the
message for information!  So, I think it is extremely
difficult to get started without help and encouragement.
Technical knowledge and assistance is *not* enough.

	-Keith Mancus <mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov>
	 N5WVR
From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Opening a dealership - what does it take?
Date: 10 Apr 92 13:05:22 GMT
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <ku6nobINN9nn@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> erc@pogo.Corp.Sun.COM (Ed Carp) writes:
>Recently, I was at a ham store in a nearby state - the only
>store in that city (state capitol).  The salesman was very
>inattentive and rude.  When I asked him if he carried
>anything other than the "big three", like Alinco, he said,
>"we don't carry junk like that."  Being an Alinco owner,
>I was rather put out by the implication, and by his "if
>I feel like it, I'll help you - I'm the only game in town, so
>if I want to treat you like sh*t, I will".

I've seen this too. Usually the guy doesn't need the ham business
to keep bread on the table. Several small operations like this came
and went in Atlanta before HRO finally moved in.

>I was discussing it with a couple of ham friends and they said,
>"why don't you open your own store - or at least, start taking orders
>for radios or something."  What does it take to do this?  Aside from
>doing the store-front thing, what is required from a manufacturer
>to order radios?  I don't have the big $$$ it takes to keep one of
>everything in stock if I have to buy them up-front.  Any suggestions?
>
>I'd just like to see (1) an alternative to this store, and (2) an
>alternative to the "big three" and their very high prices for stuff.
>Alinco,for instance, sells hand-helds that go for $50-$100 less than
>their "big three" counterparts.

There's a reason the big three are the big three, it's called floor
plan. You get to stock the equipment for 90 days before you start
being charged interest. The smaller companies won't do this and get 
less space. To get a price break, you normally have to sign a deal 
with the manufacturer to purchase X number of radios a year. That 
number can be fairly large. Since hams are notoriously cheap and scan 
the 800 ads vigorously, you will find yourself acting as a demo location 
for some 800 mumber outfit that will actually get the sale.

The only way to survive in the ham business is to have an 800 number
and spend big bucks on advertising and floor plan a lot of the big
three radios. Or, you can specialize and handle some off the wall
accessories and not touch radio sales at all. Some of the small
companies that handle just wire, or just antennas and towers, or 
just batteries, do quite well. Other tiny companies that actually
build a product sometimes do ok too. Or, you can have another
business that just happens to handle ham gear on the side. A local
Lincoln-Mercury dealer does this. He sells Kenwood out of his auto
showroom. He doesn't make any money at it, but he has the latest
toys to play with.

Gary KE4ZV
From: beyo@beyonet.UUCP (Steve Urich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: JT1JA
Date: 14 Apr 92 04:27:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: beyonet.336
Organization: Beyonet Network


	Thats too bad :-(. Maybe some organization could collect enough
	money to get 1000 cards madeup to send to JT1JA so he can send
	them. Still people would need to send IRC's. Then you have to 
	be one of the lucky guys that make it thru the postal system
	there :-).

	Steve
-- 
 ############### Stephen Urich WB3FTP |"Starlightbeams project ###############
 ##|_|########## Bensalem, PA  USA    |me in Red Blue and Green##|_|##########
 ###############----------------------|Velvetdreams protect me ###############
 ####       #### snark!beyonet!beyo   |when I hit the Screen"  ####       ####
 ##    |_|    ## widener!beyonet!beyo |--Alan Parsons Project  ##    |_|    ##
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 ####       ####  Packet Radio: WB3FTP@WA3NWL.#SEPA.PA.USA.NA  ####       ####
_###############_______________________________________________###############_
From: ron@nsu.DNET.NASA.GOV (Ron Wright - NSU Computer Center)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: FAQ 1/6 and 6/6 needed
Date: 15 Apr 1992 09:32:38 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Today while reading through my mail I inadvertantly deleted the message
with Frequently Asked Questions #1 and #6 of the series.  If anyone could
mail these to me I would appreciate it.  I want to put these together to
distribute to local club members.

Thanks

Ron - KA5LUG

Ron%NSU.DNET@EAST.GSFC.NASA.GOV
From: midair@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (stephen.l.wilson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: IC-W2A Extend RX
Keywords: 1.25Meter RX possible?
Date: 17 Apr 92 19:29:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

Can the Icom W2A recieve 1.25M given the keyboard
entry to extend RX?

Thanks
Steve
N9OTT
From: rab@hal.cwru.edu (Roger Bielefeld)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: International Ham-related Chain Letters
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:07:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr6.200739.8189
Organization: CWRU Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Today I received a QSL from a JW station I worked
in January.  Enclosed was a chain letter asking
me to send $1 to each name on a list of four hams,
put my name & address on the end, and to send
20 copies to other hams.  The usual chain letter
thing, except that it involves hams.

Does this occur often?  Curiously, all four names
on the list had addresses in the CIS: three in
Russia and one in Tadjikistan.  BTW, the op for
the JW expedition was a Russian.

73, Roger AA8DV

--
Roger Bielefeld     Case Western Reserve University
rab@hal.cwru.edu    Cleveland, Ohio  USA
From: dlp@zule.EBay.Sun.COM (Dan Pritchett)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: On the durability of ham HT's and commercial HT's
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:57:23 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Federal, Milpitas, CA.
NNTP-Posting-Host: zule.ebay.sun.com

In article <1992Apr13.161217.20104@eng.umd.edu>, chuck@eng.umd.edu (Chuck Harris - WA3UQV) writes:
|> >...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.
|> 
|> I have a whole bunch of observations about Hams and their obsession with
|> "bells and whistles", power and size on their radios, but every way I
|> can think of to relate them comes out too snotty even for me, so I will 
|> keep my observations to myself...
|> 
I don't mind that the radios are small as much as the fact that to get a
small radio, you HAVE to get all of the features. I think the ICOM O2AT
represents the perfect radio for 90% of needs on 2 meters. The only thing
I would add is more memories (maybe 20 with seperate scan limits) and
direct frequency entry for all the digits. I know how to use every
feature on the O2AT, except tone encode (another change, make the
tone frequencies direct entry instead of coded in a table).

I find my friend's 2SAT almost impossible to use and completely
non-intuitive. I can't program a memory with frequency and offset
no matter how hard I try, unless I go back to the manual. The only
time I look at the O2AT manual is when I need to set a PL tone.

My wife's Alinco DJF1T is considerably easier to use, but it still
has lots of features that I can't figure out unless I have the manual.
It also has some features that are annoying because they are modal
and can be entered by brushing the wrong key. Getting out of the mode
requires using function shift keys, and the mode is pretty subtle
but will keep the radio from receiving anything.

I would like to see a small version of the O2AT with the 3 changes
I noted above. Keep all of the ruggedness and simplicity of the O2AT
but make it the size of the 2SAT or DJF1T. If I could find one of
those I would buy it immediately. Until then I'm drawn between the
convienent size of the Alinco, and the simplicity of my O2AT.


Dan Pritchett               | ARPA/Internet: dlp@zule.EBay.Sun.COM
Sun Federal System Engineer | GEnie: D.PRITCHET3
                            | Packet: KM6PR@N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
It ain't what you don't know, it's what you do know that ain't so.
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                      or at least he said it alot:-)
From: brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Administrivia
Date: 6 Apr 1992 08:49:58 -0700
Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd.
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

My apologies for the continual pollution of this newsgroup and mailing
list by the mailer at UB.COM.  A couple of weeks ago I deleted one of
their users from the INFO-HAMS mailing list (which is the Internet side
of this group) when mail to him started bouncing.  It appears that
they're going to continue to bounce nearly a month's worth of old digests.

Letters to their postmaster have elicited no response.

I'm cancelling the incoming ub-crap as fast as I see it.

I'll see what else I can do.  Probably I'll have to write a filter.
	- Brian
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: gws@n8emr.uucp (Gary Sanders)
Subject: Propagation Forecast Bulletin 15  ARLP015
Organization: HAM BBS, 614-895-2553 (1200/2400/v.32/pep)
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 10:38:52 GMT


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SB PROP @ ARRL $ARLP015
ARLP015 Propagation DE KT7H
QST DE W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 15  ARLP015
>From Tad Cook, KT7H
Seattle, WA  April 11, 1992
To All Radio Amateurs
 
Solar activity was low this past week.  The solar flux sagged from
below 160 to just under 140, and at the end of the week there were
only a few visible sunspots.  The geomagnetic field was active at
several points.  On April 3rd it was probably due to coronal holes,
and on April 6 and 7 from solar flares, driving the A index on each
occasion into the mid-twenties.  This caused some fluttery HF
signals in the northern latitudes and over polar paths.
 
Over the next week look for a very gradual rise in the flux, with
more stable geomagnetic conditions.  The increase in solar flux
could be about 15 or 20 points by the end of the week, and after
that it should continue toward a peak of around 200 near the 26th
and 27th.
 
Sunspot Numbers from April 3 through 9 were 100, 83, 87, 74, 84, 78
and 73, with a mean of 82.7.  10.7 cm solar flux for the same period
was 159.8, 153.9, 154.4, 142.7, 141.5, 145.4 and 139.7, with a mean
of 148.2.
/EX


-- 
Gary W. Sanders n8emr!gws@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, 72277,1325
N8EMR @ N8JVY (ip addr) 44.70.0.1 [Ohio AMPR address coordinator]
HAM BBS 614-895-2553 (1200/2400/V.32/PEP) Voice: 614-895-2552 (eves/weekends)
From: Bruce_Fingerhood@qmee.mail.cornell.EDU (Bruce Fingerhood)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Yaesu CPU-2500 Mods Wanted
Date: 8 Apr 1992 07:19:44 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

                       Subject:                               Time:9:09 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Yaesu CPU-2500 Mods Wanted             Date:4/8/92
I just picked up an old Yaesu CPU2500 at a hamfest.  Anybody know if any mods
are available for this rig?  Thanks.

Bruce Fingerhood
KA7I



From: drn@col.hp.com (Dave Novotny)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 15:38:36 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: FCC Call letters
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

Some other 3 letter call signs:

     KOA -  Denver
     KFI -  Los Angeles

Dave Novotny, WA6IFI
From: 1843eip@hickam-emh.af.mil (1843rd EI Group)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: FCC Call letters
Date: 13 Apr 1992 01:19:35 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

One more three-letter call for your records:
 
KGU, AM 760, Honolulu, HI   "Home of the Rainbows"
 
(If I recall correctly, one of the 2 stations on the air 7 Dec 41, the
other being KGMB)
 
73,
 
Jeff Miller    NH6ZW  AFA8JM
1843eip@hickam-emh.af.mil / nh6zw@uhm.ampr.org
 
And where are all these KH6's that are supposedly on the net, you ask?  I 
dunno, they never post anything...but let *me* make a post like this one,
you should hear them talk about me on the repeaters (right, Norm???)
 
Only 23 days left in paradise...then on to Dayton!
From: abeals@catnip.berkeley.ca.us (Andrew Scott Beals)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: The Dwindling Newcomers
Date: 15 Apr 92 05:14:51 GMT
Organization: The People's Number Four Cat Farm, Berkeley CA, USA

Dear Sir:

	I have read with interest your Zero Bias in the March issue of
CQ, especially the part regarding the influx of newcomers into
our ranks.  ARRL has also taken note of this fact.  

	The answer is very simple.  As long as little, or not attempt is
made to enforce the CB Regulations this condition will continue, and may
even get worse.  The experience with recent code and theory classes is,
most of those who start out find that they cannot learn the code in ten
minutes, so they drop out and get CB sets.  The CB'ers exchange QSL
cards, have nets in operation, run linears, ignore the silent
regulation, and in general operate as though there were no regulations
other than their own personal desires.

	I am not against CB'ers if they operate according to
regulations, neither am I criticizing GCC for their lack of enforcement
of the regulations.  CB has a place and use if handled according to
regulations, and FCC has neither the funds or personnel for the proper
enforcement of the regulations.

	There is also another side of the picture which needs looking
at.  It is long past time when we amateurs should wake up and put our
house in order.  What impression are we making on those foreign
officials who are eyeing our bands for their own use, when so often our
bands sound like a bunch of CB'er kids?  If we continue on our present
course, what of the future?  What may very well happen is that we will
lose most of our bands and what ones are left to us will be taken over
by the CB'ers.

	It is up to each and every amateur to see he stays strictly
within our regulations and that he makes proper use of his privileges as
an Amateur.

		Harley D. Harriss, W8DCT
		111 Pine Street
		Manistee, Michigan

		[June 1966 CQ]
-- 
Andrew Scott Beals (415) 905-6590 any time                             KC6SSS
abeals@catnip.berkeley.ca.us           ...!apple!catnip.berkeley.ca.us!abeals
From: ssohn@kaerigw.kaeri.re.KR (Surgwon Sohn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re:V63JC QSL
Date: 14 Apr 1992 19:50:09 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

KC6 is old prefix of V63, so V63JC and KC6JC is the same person.
J.A. Cavanagh
PATS P.O.Box 39,
Ponape, Federated States of Micronesia
-Surgwon,HL3ANF@HL3ADI.KOR.AS
From: mlau@pollux.svale.hp.com (Mel Lau)
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1992 21:30:18 GMT
Subject: Re: JUST PASSED MY EXTRA!!!!
Organization: Hewlett Packard CPCD, Sunnyvale CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

Congradulations!


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From: mebly@eng.umd.edu (Mark E. Bailey)
Subject: Repair for Heathkit SB-300/SB-400?
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 22:35:40 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Originator: mebly@tea.eng.umd.edu

I am the proud owner of a SB-300/SB-400 from Heathkit.  The transmitter
won't put out any RF.  Both units need to be re-aligned and checked out.

I have neither the inclination, time nor equipment to do this myself.

Can anyone recommend a radio shop willing to fix this equipment and capable
of doing it without causing me a lot of grief?  Any shops I should avoid?
My local dealer/factory repair place won't touch Heathkits (:-( ),  so I
think I'll have to ship it off somewhere (sigh...).

Please respond via e-mail.  Thanks a bunch in advance.

73.

-- 
Mark Bailey     KD4D          Motto:  Life's too short to drink cheap beer.
mebly@eng.umd.edu             Disclaimer:  I didn't really say this.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: wtr@mitre.org (Bill Ralston)
Subject: Re: How many green stamps with some QSLs?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:29:05 GMT

jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones) writes:

>I was listening to the Indexa net last night on 14.256 and they mentioned
>that it took more then 1 green stamp for return postage from Germany. I know
>that it takes more then one from Brazil now but that's the first I've heard
>of that. What other countries does it take more then a dollar for return
>postage. I guess I could use the the new IRC's  but green stamps are much 
>easier for me to use. Thanks for any info here! 

I've heard that $1 or $2 is sufficient.  I've generally sent IRC's because 
I felt I was being arrogant to assume that the DX station had any use for 
US currency (I don't know what I would do if I received a British pound 
note with a QSL card!).  Unfortunately, IRCs are not accepted by all 
countries, and are a pretty bad deal - we pay 95 cents, and it only nets 
the foreign station a surface mail stamp - probably worth a lot less than 
95 cents US.  I am still hesitant, however, since I recall reading several 
years ago that it was illegal in many countries for an individual to be in 
posseision of foreign currency.  I sure don't want to thank a DX station 
for working me by putting him/her at risk of being jailed!  Any thoughts 
on this folks?

Bill   AI6E
wtr@mitre.org
** Opinions are mine only, and not my employer's **
From: rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (Robert Carpenter)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Radio Stations' call letters
Date: 12 Apr 1992 08:12:49 -0700
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
	formerly National Bureau of Standards
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


I see that the recurring theme of "do other stations have 3-letter calls",
"are there other stations in the East with "K" calls?", etc., etc., etc.,
is back with us. While all the chatter may be satisfying, why not look in
Real Authoritative Sources? Examples are:
	"The M Street Radio Directory" (yearly editions) ISBN 0-240-80137-7
		M Street Corp., PO Box 3568, Alexandria, VA 22302
	"The Broadcasting Yearbook" (includes TV)
		1705 DeSales Street, Washington, DC 20036
		(Starting in 1992 has been taken over by someone else)
These both have listings by location, frequency, and alphabetical call letter
listing. M-Street has about 665 pages, Broadcasting has many more; they cost
in the $30 to 130 range ---- so look in a library.

I have no financial interest in either - except as a customer.
Reply directly, since my only contact with the Group is to look at the
archives once in a while.
73, Bob W3OTC		rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
From: bruno@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Bruno Bienenfeild)
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1992 19:10:29 GMT
Subject: Re: Where to start ?
Organization: HP Scientific Instruments Division - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

Halifax has numerous local clubs and your best bet is to locate one of   
the near by ham stations who will be more than glad to give you info.
Just look around and you will find some strange antenna sticking out,
and 9 out 0f 10 it is a ham.
Any info from other places may not reflect situation localy.

Good luck

from the log of AA6AD (ex-VE3DAG - Toronto)

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc