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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: 800MHz Trunked Radio System Signals
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 06:29:20 GMT

mikebo@timesink.chi.il.us (Michael Borowiec) writes:
: >
: >And, why should you be able to outlaw drugs and "dangerous weapons"? Just
: >because many people don't like them? How about just outlawing the dangerous
: >use of these items? We already have plenty of laws for that - we don't need
: >any more.
: >
: No, I wouldn't want anyone in my neighborhood building even a small
: nuclear device. Nor would I feed too comfortable with a junior chemist
: playing with mustard gas or nerve agents. Should it be legal to own
: handheld missle launchers like the "stinger". Whattaya think now?

I think that it would be easy to prove that large quantities of radioactive
materials would be hazardous to your neighbors. I see no reason, however,
for very small quantities of the alpha-particle emitters being prohibited
to those who wished to experiment.

As for nerve gases - there are currently no laws, that I know of, against
making them. It is actually fairly easy to do so. However, these agents are
hazardous (even when just being stored), due to the high potential for
leakage.

Why shouldn't a person be able to own a "Stinger" missile launcher, with or
without the missile? It would be a rather expensive way to plink at beer  
cans - but, why not.

: Besides, I was making a general statement of fact, not expressing my
: personal opinion. Drugs I don't have a problem with. They should be
: legalized... those that kill themselves with drugs are just as stupid
: as the guy who puts a loaded gun to his head.

Well, it is debatable whether the statement is "fact" or not. Firearms
and drugs, by themselves are not dangerous. Many radioactive isotopes
and nerve gasses are - do to the problem of storing them safely.

It is unfortunate that the WOD/WOT is indirectly causing many of the
drug deaths that are occurring. The high price of the illegal drugs
is directly the cause of many more.

Bill
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: mjohnson@mjohnson.mentorg.com (Mark Johnson)
Subject: Freq's for I5 in OR, CA, SF Bay Area
Originator: mjohnson@mjohnson
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:23:39 GMT
Distribution: ca or
Organization: Mentor Graphics 
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 


I'm going on a trip soon down I5 from Portland OR to the San Fransisco
bay area, and then on down to the San Luis Obispo area (via US 101). 

Does anyone have frequencies for the CHP, OSP, other agencies that might
be interesting to listen to while I'm driving?  In addition to the state
police agencies, are there other agencies it can be useful to follow such
has highway maintenance?

What about in the SF bay area?  Are there frequencies used by the traffic
reporters that might be interesting?

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Since I don't get much time to read news anymore, please respond by e-mail.

Thanks!

Regards, Mark.

                Mark A. Johnson    --    Mentor Graphics Corp.
       mark_johnson@mentorg.com          8005 S.W. Boeckman Road
                  (503)685-1321          Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777
                                         
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       mark_johnson@mentorg.com          8005 S.W. Boeckman Road
                  (503)685-1321          Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777
From: lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Amusing QRM story
Date: 31 Dec 92 05:25:45 GMT
Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb

walsh@optilink.COM (Mark Walsh) writes:

> Cops in Lancaster, PA got to listen to jingle bells
> this Christmas season.  At first, they were amused
> 
> A similar story happened some time back, but it
> involved a mast mounted TV pre-amp that had been
> struck by lightning, and it was wiping out a ham
> repeater.  Any other good QRM stories out there?

I had a friend who discovered his neighbor's house was 'bugged'. After 
a couple of days he decided that there was something strange about it 
so he asked me for help. It wasn't one used by any agencies I knew 
about so we told the neighbor and got permission to search (naturally 
he wanted to know too :-). It was one of those radio alarm devices. 
Mounted on a window, it signals the main box if the window is opened. 
This one had apparently gone astray as we could find no deliberate 
tampering. It wasn't doing it's job so it went in the trash. :-)


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From: walsh@optilink.COM (Mark Walsh)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Amusing QRM story
Date: 30 Dec 92 19:13:22 GMT
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA

Cops in Lancaster, PA got to listen to jingle bells
this Christmas season.  At first, they were amused
as it only was heard on the output of their repeater
when a weaker station was coming in, but it did not
go away.  The FCC quickly tracked it to the home of
a little old lady who had a musical Christmas
ornament that had malfunctioned in a most bizarre
way, and she lives only two blocks from the police
department repeater.  The FCC confiscated the
device, and told her that they would either fix it
or would pay her for it.

A similar story happened some time back, but it
involved a mast mounted TV pre-amp that had been
struck by lightning, and it was wiping out a ham
repeater.  Any other good QRM stories out there?
-- 
Mark Walsh (walsh@optilink) -- UUCP: uunet!optilink!walsh
AOL: BigCookie -- Amateur Radio: KM6XU@WX3K -- USCF: L10861
"What, me worry?" - William M. Gaines, 1922-1992
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: mikebo@timesink.chi.il.us (Michael Borowiec)
Subject: Re: FCC Required to give out Freq. list?
Organization: HAM Radio Station N9EUZ, Naperville, IL
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 07:03:24 GMT

In article <BzotoF.7u8@mtholyoke.edu> wvogel@MtHolyoke.edu (keeper of the tone) writes:
>that is entirely possible under the new freedom of information act
>                ----------
>but im not saying you can or can't
>wayne
>

The FCC Land Mobile licensee database is available on either microfiche
or 9-track GCR tape from the US Department of Commerce, Washington, DC.
The fiche is pretty reasonable but you need a reader of course. The tape
is another story... it is very expensive and requires you have access to
a rather expensive open reel tape drive and quite a big chunk of disk
space to load it onto. Hope this helps...
- Mike

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From: betz@gozer.idbsu.edu (Andrew Betz)
Subject: a couple of questions
Organization: SigSauer Fan Club 
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:40:26 GMT

howdy folks;

i just read that our beloved congresscum just outlawed the manufacture
of scanners capable of receiving cellular frequencies...so, what
i'd like to know is: (a) does this mean that radios that can be
*modified* to receive cellular must be redesigned (e.g., for example,
i've been told that the pro-2006 can be modified to receive
cellular)?  put differently, can new pro-2006's be modified to
recieve cellular?

i recently moved to boise, idaho.  while dialing around on my
2 meter ht (capable of out-of-band reception) it appears that
i've stumbled onto a series of cellular frequencies at 152.09,
152.150, 152.180, and others.  the calls (which i never listen
to, of course) appear to be monoplex!  are there cellular allocations
in this part of the spectrum???  i thought this was all paging
stuff.  it does seem like the 800MHz stuff would be kind of
unreliable given all the mountains around here.

cheers,

drew
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From: skipsand@crash.cts.com (Skip Sanders)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: a couple of questions
Date: 31 Dec 92 04:44:26 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA

"Cellular" refers to a very specific system design, currently used (in the
US, anyway) only for "Cellular Phones - 869 MHz to 896 MHz" and some Military
comm systems.

Mobile Phone (ALSO prohibited listening due to ECPA - it didn't just outlaw
CELLULAR listening!) is a different system entirely.

Mobile Phone is found around 152 and 454 MHz.  (Perhaps elsewhere, too...
haven't looked at the charts, actually, for this message)

There are also "Phone Patches" which ARE legal to monitor (so far - but wait,
they'll get to them eventually!) which are found on Ham frequencies, business
channels, and police and fire systems, mainly.

In short, Phone calls on the radio are NOT all "Cellular".
From: rrw@sunset.cse.nau.edu (Bob Wier)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Amusing QRM story
Date: 31 Dec 92 07:12:05 GMT
Originator: rrw@sunset.cse.nau.edu

> A similar story happened some time back, but it
> involved a mast mounted TV pre-amp that had been
> struck by lightning, and it was wiping out a ham
> repeater.  Any other good QRM stories out there?
> -- 
> Mark Walsh (walsh@optilink) -- UUCP: uunet!optilink!walsh
> AOL: BigCookie -- Amateur Radio: KM6XU@WX3K -- USCF: L10861
> "What, me worry?" - William M. Gaines, 1922-1992

  When I was an undergrad at Boulder in 1968 (VERY turbulant
  times! Anyone remember the SDS?) cable had not made it over
  to the Eastern side of town.  So we ended up watching over the air
  tv from Lookout mountain west of Denver, about 20 miles south.

  One day I tuned to some channel, and it was wiped - all I got
  was a blank raster.  I tuned up two channels - the same.  The
  upper vhf channels came in, but with lots of interference.

  I suffered along with this for a couple of weeks before I 
  decided it wasn't going away.  I had a 120 v ac power converter
  in the car, so I lugged the tv set out to the car and plugged
  it in (this WASN'T a portable!) I then drove around to see if 
  I could pinpoint where the interfering signal was coming from
  (this is back in the tube days, remember).  I found that it
  was strongest about 3 blocks north of my apartment, and 
  disappeared completely when I went .5 miles south.  So it was
  something not particularly stong, but very wideband.

  I finally called the FCC in Denver (when they would actually do
  something about these kinds of problem).  Didn't hear from 
  'em for a week, but one day the problem had cleared up.
  I called 'em back and talked to the engineer in charge, and 
  he said it had been a television antenna distribution amp
  gone beserk at an apartment complex 3 blocks north of me.
  I asked him if that was unusual, and he said no, it happened
  all the time....

- Bob Wier

  ---------- insert favorite standard disclaimers here ----------
                   College of Engineering
      Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona
  Internet: rrw@naucse.cse.nau.edu | WB5KXH | fax:602 523 2300
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: pzl@remulak.unx.dec.com (Pete Lega)
Subject: Pro-38 questions
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:59:32 GMT


	1) Can a Pro-38 be modified for cellular coverage?
	2) What other models is it similar to in terms of
	mods (pro-41 looks real similar)
thanks...

Pete
From: gregs@hotcity.COM (Greg Stramback)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Trunking
Date: 30 Dec 92 19:16:32 GMT
Organization: BBS

Okay, I might as well let everyone know.  I work for GE, but I work with
nothing like the radio systems.  As far as I do know though, the tones do serve
a purpose.  The tones being used to discourage scanner listeners is strictly a
marketing technique.  

greg
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: dgoldst@peterpan.unm.edu (Dave Goldstein)
Subject: Re: Scanner sex?
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 93 01:39:31 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM

I think this article is true, it's too wild to be anything but true.       


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From: riyadth@boi.hp.com (Riyadth Al-Kazily)
Subject: Re: PRO-30 Info
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:59:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company / Boise, Idaho

In article <1515@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes:
> In article <1h7vfgINNo17@life.ai.mit.edu> moisan@silver.lcs.mit.edu (David Moisan) writes:
> <I own a PRO-30, bought used for $50.  The frequency coverage is 30-54,
> <118-136 (AM), 138-174, and 380-512, typical for most RS scanners.  No
> <800 Mhz.  Sensitivity is average for scanners of that era (mid-80's).
> 
> Is it possible to adapt this radio to receive 800Mhz?

This has been asked many, many times, about many, many scanners.  I
would like to know, is it possible to modify ANY scanner that does not
originally cover 800MHz frequencies so that it does cover them?  If so,
can it work well (I would think that the analog circuitry would have to
be tweaked (to say the least) to allow reception so far above the
designed range of the receiver).

If any such mod exists, I would like to see it.

			-Riyadth Al-Kazily
			 riyadth@hpbs1904.boi.hp.com

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Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: brenckle@scsuc.ctstateu.edu (BRENCKLE,NICHOLAS)
Subject: Catching pirates
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Southern Connecticut State University - Computer Center
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 15:24:00 GMT

I haven't been very lucky recently either but then most of the holdiays it 
seems that I'm far away from my radio.

I don't have the address on me but try subscribing to either A*C*E or (and)
PiPa. They list past activity and some tips on where on the dial to catch teh
pirates. The most active area seems to be 7415 and around.

Recently I've been getting alot of fuzz on 7415 from other stations. (I'm sure
there is a better term but I don't know what it is.) Does anyone have some
simple plans for a pre-tuner or similar and will this help any? I'm using
an RS DX440 and a 41m di-pole from Pirate Radio Handbook.

Thanks
From: brewer
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
Subject: Re: So where are these Pirates???
Date: 3 Jan 93 03:57:56 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Marlboro, MA


In article <1993Jan1.225155.62388@cc.usu.edu>, scott@cc.usu.edu writes...
>	So far I haven't been able to tune up any pirate stations....Where are
>they and when can I tune them in??????
> 


	So far this holiday weekend, I've logged

	V. of Stench
	WSKY
	RUSA impersonator idiot.
	WKIK (tent)
	WEFJ
	and several other less notable/unidentified.

	All on 41m. This is way out in the southwest, with a TS140
	transceiver (not the best rx!) and a 41M dipole at only 30'.

	[I do have the advantage of having SWL'd for 20 yrs and]
	[ know the equipment well!			       ]
	
	All were logged between 0000 and 0400 UTC.
	They're out there!

	/john
From: mycal@netronix.com (Mycal)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
Subject: FM radio hacking 
Distribution: world
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 00:36:24 GMT
Organization: Netronix, Inc.


Hello ppl,

just a note to everyone that sent me a buck for the info packet,  I will
be sending them out Jan 4th if not sooner.  I just recieved the
BA1404 spec sheet (thanx Nick) in the mail and I've got a few other
items that I want to lay out, look for 20+ pages, whew.

I may also enclose the freq synth plans if they are done by then.

Happy Holidays,

I'm gone till next year :)

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Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: ccksb@trentu.ca (Ken Brown)
Subject: Radio Newyork International
Organization: Trent University, Ontario
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 18:04:44 GMT

So, I just read the November 1987 Popular Communications article on RNI.
Impressive.  Can some one fill me in or point me to sources telling the
story after the article (I mean...what happened next, and next, etc).

Thanks...
-- 
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Trent University Computing & Telecommunications  tel: (705)748-1540
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 7B8           fax: (705)748-1246
From: scott@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
Subject: So where are these Pirates???
Date: 1 Jan 93 22:51:55 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

	So far I haven't been able to tune up any pirate stations....Where are
they and when can I tune them in??????

From: tonyz@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Tony Zugates)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:34:10 GMT
Subject: Re: AM filters
Organization: the HP Mtn.View Resp. Cntr.
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate

Update: Steve could use a used low pass filter if anyone has one to give..
I gave mine away already.  I think at the power levels he is using, he
could get away with either a Chebychev 3 to 5 element L-C filter using
torroids so that he doesnt have to work with the sheet metal to create
shielding if he decides to build one.  He should be able to find 
parts.  Apparently the college station has no budget (sound familiar?).

I am not sure if he even needs to filter if his signal is clean but
I have not seen any documentation on the transmitter.  Apparently, 
he and his partners haven't any technical types involved in the 
station and it would be nice if someone could help them, no?

Thanks yous guys.


Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: ccksb@trentu.ca (Ken Brown)
Subject: Radio New York Intn'l/Becker Satelite
Organization: Trent University, Ontario
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 01:15:55 GMT


Hello folks,

A pirate I know (or don't know) has an inquiry about Radio New York
International and the Becker Satelite Network.  These are:

What's the right name?
Frequency?
Time of transmission?
Contact info (ie: where to send snail mail - tapes)?

Also, any info on accessing PRBS bbs?

Alright, thanks in advance...I'd appreciate if you'd mail me at the
below address...

Bye fer now...

-- 
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Trent University Computing & Telecommunications  tel: (705)748-1540
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 7B8           fax: (705)748-1246
From: rpfaff@umiacs.umd.edu (Ray Pfaff)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
Subject: Re: So where are these Pirates???
Date: 3 Jan 93 16:58:56 GMT
Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

I've caught quite a few over the weekend, this has been almost as 
good as Christmas weekend.  My favorite so far has been Radio Blandex
on 7.415 on Saturday night.
Does anyone know what station was on at 0500 UTC to about 0515 UTC?
They gave out the Wellsville drop as the address to write to, but 
I never heard an ID.
Also, does anyone have an address for Wire Line Radio?  I heard
their test transmission on Friday, but I could not completely copy
the address.
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: brewer@anarky.enet.dec.com
Subject: SW christmas eve logs
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Marlboro, MA
Date: 25 DEC 92 07:13:09    


	Last night had WEED in AM at 0400 (the AM is a first from them!)
	and Radio Airplane  with periodic mobile santa report.
	(An armed santa?!) Good 41m  signals from them both.
From: John
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
Subject: ACE and PiPa addresses
Date: 4 Jan 93 01:47:38 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Marlboro, MA



	As mentioned in an earlier note, The ACE and Pirate Pages
	are big helps in ID'in , hearing, and qsling shortwave pirates.
	
	Here's the poop:
	
	ACE
	Association of Clandestine Radio Enthusiasts
	PO Box 11201, Shawnee Mission, KS 66207-0201
	(Samples $2, 12 issue sub $18)

	Pirate Pages
	PO Box 109
	Blue Ridge Summit PA 17214
	(Send a buck for a sample sheet. I forget how much this is)

	73!
	/john
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate
From: meyer@server.cs.jhu.edu (Me)
Subject: Re: Radio New York Intn'l/Becker Satelite
Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:20:53 GMT

I'm looking for a small, low-power, cheap transmitter.  Preferably, FM.
I'd like it to have a range of at least a few hundred feet to a mile.
Emphasizing small and cheap...  Can some one suggest a good transmitter
for this purpose, and where I could get one...
From: barr@stein.u.washington.edu (David Barr)
Subject: midi input?
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 18:09:44 GMT

Is there any documentation or sample source code available for using
the midi input capabilities of the SB Pro?

David

Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
From: empath@ais.org (Tim Triemstra)
Subject: SBDAC asm module
Organization: UMCC
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:55:47 GMT

I've been trying to get the SBDAC program to compile under Zortech C++
32bit model.  Unfortunately I can't get the ASM module to link 'cause
it has to be converted to the Xmodel calling convention and MASM mode.

Has any got experience doing something like this?  Or, has any gotten
SBDAC to compile into a 32bit .EXE?  If so, how?  I'm really interested
in doing this.  Thanks.

Tim.
From: dv1@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
Subject: .WAV FORMAT ???
Date: 22 Dec 92 14:48:06 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Does anyone know where I can get information on the multimedia .WAV format??
Am doing quality tests on pitch shifting code, and this would alow me to use a
16 bit card.


Thanks muchly.

Dwane van der Sluis
From: lotter@cc.und.ac.za (Eddie Lotter)
Newsgroups: alt.sb.programmer
Subject: Re: SBPro+CW4.0
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 11:19:07 GMT
Organization: University Of Natal (Durban)
Distribution: alt
NNTP-Posting-Host: pc17.cc.und.ac.za

bouillin@ntc.nokia.com (Claude Bouillin) writes:
>Does anybody know if SoundBlaster Pro is compatible with Cakewalk 4.0
>(MS/DOS version)? Would CW need an extra driver to run with SB?

Yes, you'll need a driver. Where you would get it I don't know.
I'm sure the Cakewalk for Windows has it. Maybe you should give
Twelve Tones a call.

Cheers
Eddie                                              lotter@cc.und.ac.za
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