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From: kdj@iinus1.ibm.com (Ken Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: DR570 MODS
Date: 12 Oct 1992 19:16:49 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

Paul;  et al;   Here's how to get to the 850 band on a modified 570:

1.  make sure the 2M side of the radio is in VFO mode...
2.  push <BAND> to make 2M the sub-band (440 side is the main band)
3.  push <FUNC> <BAND>...  "SUB" indicator should come on...
4.  push <BAND>...  should see some 350.xxx freq. in the sub-band.
5.  push <BAND>...  should see some 850.xxx freq. in the sub-band.
6.  push <FUNC> <BAND>...  back to "normal" radio mode...
7.  push <BAND> to switch the 850.xxx band to the main band where
    you can play with it..

Ken.    KC4YOZ
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: wpns@miki.pictel.com (Willie Smith)
Subject: Re: W5YI report..
Organization: PictureTel Corporation
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:53:20 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.195445.5829@ttinews.tti.com> sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (sorgatz) writes:
> ..sez that there is a move afoot to petition the FCC for a change in
>Amateur license structure such that:
>
> There would be only Novice, No-code Tech, and General!  The request has
>not yet been given a docket number, but it seeks to eliminate the 13 & 20
>WPM CW requirements

Oh goody!  Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the
r.r.a.m, someone fires up the nocode debate again.  Hmm, maybe someone
with an archive can dump the entire text of the last nocode flamefest
in here to get us started.

C'mon people, either you want the code and you are not going to change
your mind, or you don't want the code and aren't going to change your
mind, or you've heard it all before and don't want to hear it again!
No-one is going to come up with a single new factoid, proposal, point
of view, or comment, can't we just leave it along and save the
bandwith?

Sigh,

Willie Smith
[Nocode tech with all the bandwidth he needs, thanks]
From: rc@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (Robert Carpenter)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Sony GPS Receiver ??
Date: 12 Oct 92 00:01:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: cmr.9210121403.AA01228
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
	formerly National Bureau of Standards
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

A recent message asked for comment on the Sony Pixis GPS receiver. I cannot
claim personal experience, but press reports have been very negative. 
"Practical Sailor", a no-advertising product-review newsletter, has been so
negative that they don't print a detailed review in their latest GPS listings.
They lioke the Magellan best, but don't find much wrong with Trimble, Garmin,
and many others. $995 is a rather high "street" price these days. For example
the Garmin was going for $689 at the Annapolis Sailboat Show this weekend, and
doubtless be the same at the Powerboat Show  next weekend. Even the all-American
Timble Ensign goes for less that $1000.

No endorsements given; no personal experience in GPS; your kilometrage will vary.
73, Bob  <w3otc@amsat.org>
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Barry Electronics in NYC et al...
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:22:01 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

I, too, feel strongly about not having to suffer through clouds of 
cigarette smoke when visiting a store, whether it is a store for ham gear
or not.

 .
Carl Oppedahl AA2KW  (intellectual property lawyer)
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10112-0228
voice 212-408-2578     fax 212-765-2519
From: jfs@seismo.CSS.GOV (Jim Scheimer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: kerchunking repeaters
Date: 16 Oct 92 03:46:44 GMT
Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA


	Jim Scheimer, AC4SV
From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Plans to build transceivers.
Date: 10 Oct 92 14:09:28 GMT
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <uuVDsB2w164w@pillock.moron.vware.mn.org> stevej@pillock.moron.vware.mn.org (Steven Jarosh, KA0VYB) writes:
>gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
>
>> In article <91913@netnews.upenn.edu> yee@mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu (Conway Yee) 
>> >
>> >I would like to build a rig which good to great RF performance.  I
>> >have very little interest in memories and all the latest bells and
>> >whistles.
>> 
>> Well first you find a pair of 6146s.......
>
>...then you build a matching network....

....and a 6CL6 driver stage....

Gary KE4ZV
From: BOBPRIEZ@selu.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Help?: Weak Alinco DJ-F1
Date: 16 Oct 92 14:42:16 GMT
Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


 >We have tried new and recharged batteries.  Swapping antennae did
 >not change it.
Don't know what kind of antenna connector the DJ-F1 has, but my DJ-560 has
BNC with a poorly designed center receptacle that is "Y" shaped rather than
cylindrical.  With use it spreads and makes poor contact with the center pin
of any mating BNC connector.  I've had to continually try to 'tighten' the 
center receptacle....will probably have to replace the BNC connector on the
HT.  Maybe that is similar to your problem......
   73,
  Bob Priez, WB5FBS
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.electronics,alt.radio.scanner
From: Phil.Longworth@f404.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Phil Longworth)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: GOON Show
Date: 9 Oct 92 00:09:04 GMT

JKP>Whoops!  I just learned the GOON show was on RADIO, not TV.....duh!

JKP>So please modify my earlier post (requesting info on obtaining copies)
JKP>accordingly.....(and please pardon me whilst I adjust my dunce cap...:-)

I don't know if you've got the info already, but the B.B.C. (and if you
dont know who they are, your in trouble) in LONDON are the best bet,
I work for a community radio station over here in OZ, and we got a
complete set of GOON SHOWS on disk (vinyl audio type)  few years ago.
(BBC Own the copyright of course, it was one of their productions)

OR...
     you may be able to obtain through record stores locally (order in
job I'm afraid).

good luck,
Phil.

___
 X SLMR 2.1a X On a clear disk you can seek forever

 * Origin: WICEN Victoria Telephone BBS. (3:632/404)
From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Alinco 599 comments
Date: 10 Oct 92 14:07:17 GMT
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <9210091357.aa00850@crdec7.apgea.army.mil> wejones@crdec7.apgea.army.mil (Bill Jones) writes:
>4.  The unit seems very sensitive to low power.  I commonly
>operate off a cigarette lighter power cord "Y", and the extra
>resistance will not let me transmit (can hit repeaters, but audio
>is too garbled for people to understand me) at high power if I
>turn off the engine of the car.  Working off a 12 volt
>battery with a solid connection works fine, as does dropping 
>back to low or mid power (I had accidently bumped the unit into high
>power when I discovered this problem).  Apparently there is
>a voltage threshold near 12 volts below which the unit doesn't
>work well, and the extra voltage from the alternator keeps me
>above this threshold even with the poor connections.

The rig is specified at 10 amps draw at 13.8 volts during transmit.
I would suggest that it's poor practice to try to draw that much
current through a cigarette lighter adapter. The lighter only
draws about 2.5 amps after the initial surge, and the wiring is
sized to accomodate that level of steady current draw. My Alinco
590 gets squirrelly at a supply voltage of 10.5 volts, which is
fairly normal for 12 volt equipment since it equals the fully
*discharged* terminal voltage of a 12 volt lead acid battery.
I suspect your 599 behaves the same way, and that the terminal
voltage out of the cigarette lighter drops to that value under
heavy load. This isn't a radio fault, it's an installation 
fault.

Gary KE4ZV
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: little@nuts2u.enet.dec.com (nuts2u::little)
Subject: re: MFJ 2 meter J pole
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 10:10:46 GMT
X-Posted-Via: NEWS-NOTES gateway (a hack!)

    If you mean that flexible J pole that they advertise in QST, build one
    yourself and save a few bucks.  Here are plans for what should
    essentially be that antenna and the total cost should be under $5 (less
    if you can scrounge the connector and wire, i.e. free)
    
    73,
    Todd
    N9MWB
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2M Jpole with 300 ohm twin lead 
>From: kinsman@ektools.UUCP (Andrew A. Kinsman)
Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio
Organization: Eastman Kodak, Dept. 47, Rochester NY

The following is a description of a J-Pole antenna made from 300 ohm
TV twin-lead.  Quite a few of the hams in the area have successfully
built one or more of these antennas. They have quite a few advantages
which include improved performance for 2-meter HTs, portability, and
last, but never least, they are inexpensive.

                    |   | do not short this end.
                    |   |
                    |   |
                    |   |
                    |   |
                    |   |
                54" |   |
                    |   |
                    |   |
                    |   |
                    |     1/4" gap
                    |   |
                    |   |
                    |   | 16 3/4"
coax ctr conductor=>*   *<= coax shield
                    |   |
             1 1/4" |   |
                     -*-
           solder the twin leads together at bottom

1. Start with 54 1/2" of TV twin lead (foam core does not work as well)
2. Strip 1/2" of insulation at bottom and solder wires together.
3. Measure 1 1/4" from soldered wires and strip insulation on both
   sides. This is the solder point for a coax feedline.
4. Measure 16 3/4" from bottom and cut out 1/4" notch on one side.
5. Feed with a length of RG58U coax.  Tape coax at feedpoint to the
   twin lead for strength and weather protection.

I have also attached an alligator clip to the plastic on the top of
the antenna in order to conveniently hang it.  I am successfully using
one in my attic to avoid any CCNR problems.  I have another that I can
take with me camping, sailing, etc.

This design has appeared on many BBSs and in club newsletters; the 
earliest reference that I know of is a Jan. 1984 D.A.R.C. antenna
article by James Burks, KA5QYV.

Enjoy,
N6UBM
From: ag807@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve Wolf)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: ARRL RPTR Directory Stinks :-(
Date: 11 Oct 1992 22:05:19 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


Ohio packet IS listed!

We made a list.  We sent it to our Section Manager, Dave, N8AUH,
our Division Director, Al, AB8P, to the editors at the ARRL, to
our repeater coordinators (with whom we were unsucessful with in
the past).  Each copy was sent with a cover letter expressing our
needs and the fact that they have not been met.  We talked to our
representatives, we talked to Newington and we got in.

However, you will have to put in the time to get and update a list,
contact your representatives and follow up on it.  Your job, NOT the
job of the ARRL.

73,
Steve
NO8M@NO8M.OH.USA.NA

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From: jdelancy@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: [ANS] Need GLB400 frequency synthesize help
Date: 15 Oct 1992 05:53:23 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

>available for it.  Does anyone have information on that option
>(circuit diagram, parts, modifications, etc.) that they could
>send/loan me so that I can update my unit?

I have a complete manual for a GLB400 that was built from kit form
back in the early 70's.  Send a mailing address, I'll make you a
copy.  Also have the mod for making it work out of band (140-150)
for MARS and CAP.

jd
From: fms@sw.stratus.com (Faith Senie)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Barry Electronics in NYC et al...
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:48:11 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Oct9.145626.4685@miki.pictel.com>, wpns@miki.pictel.com (Willie
Smith) writes:
> [... in response to a posting on the arrogant attitude of some radio stores'
>       sales droids... ]
> 
> The late great totally unlamented Tel-Com in Littleton Mass used to be
> that way, but for some strange reason they went out of business. :+) I
> lived less than 10 minutes away, but would happily drive to HRO in New
> Hampshire to buy the latest repeater directory rather than be abused
> at Tel-Com.  Seems they just couldn't compete. :+)
> 

I don't think I would have minded the attitudes of the folks at Tel-Com
quite so much if the place hadn't absolutely REEKED of cigarette smoke!
Being ignored is bad enough; being ignored when you want DESPARATELY
to get out the door before you GAG from the stench is quite another
matter.  It got to a point where, if we decided to go up there for 
something, I'd send Dan in; when he came out, we'd leave the windows
open all the way home to air him out, because he (and everything he bought) 
generally stank of stale cigarettes after spending 5 minutes in their shop.

When Tel-Com went out of business, HRO in Salem, NH bought out some of
their small parts and put them on display up in their shop.  I could 
always tell which were the Tel-Com parts, just by smelling the packaging.
Gack!

I'm starting to be rather wishy-washy about going into Rivendell Electronics
in Derry, NH lately, too, because Noel and/or Pete seem to smoke on the job.
It's a major-league turnoff for me... (and yes, I'm responsible for
the no-smoking rule at one of the local club's meetings; I'm pretty close
to doing the same for the other club we belong to, too).  Noel is not the
arrogant type, and is generally pretty helpful, but as far as I'm concerned
he'd probably do lots better business if he'd outlaw smoking in the shop.

The guys at HRO in Salem, bless their souls, do not smoke on the job (or if 
they do, they do it where it doesn't pollute the air of the shop), and have
never been anything less than very helpful to us, even back when we weren't
on a first-name basis with them all! :-)  (hi Gene!)


de Faith N1JIT

-- 
Faith M. Senie            InterNet: fms@vos.stratus.com
Stratus Computer, Inc.    InterNet: fms@hoop.sw.stratus.com
55 Fairbanks Blvd.       Pkt Radio: n1jit@ka1srd.ma.usa.na
Marlboro, MA 01752           Phone: (508)460-2632

"I'm afraid I don't know very much about Romulan Disruptor settings" --Spock
From: stevej@pillock.moron.vware.mn.org (Steven Jarosh, KA0VYB)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Barry elctronics...
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 14:08:43 CDT
Organization: 11th Hour Contest Group (North American Chapter)

FDBBC@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Fred Bogin) writes:

> So where IS a good place to buy ham equipment in the NYC area????
> 
> Fred Bogin
> WA6WUP

 California!!  :-) ;-) |-)

I couldn't resist!!

Steve KA0VYB
From: George_Lin@mindlink.bc.ca (George Lin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Kenwood TH28A Mods (here they are)
Date: 8 Oct 92 08:08:36 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> UNB Amateur Radio writes:
>
> If this is all you want, don't cut anything.. I shudder at the thought at
> clipping out surface mount diodes...
>
> Derek
>


Don't clip the diodes.  Desolder them instead; it's much safer.


--

 -------------------------------------------
| George Lin                  | 145.270 MHz |
| George_Lin@mindlink.bc.ca   |   VE7FKU    |
 -------------------------------------------
From: frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Frank Ball)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 00:35:34 GMT
Subject: Re: Several questions
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, mann@eskimo.celestial.com (Tom Mann) writes:

>   2. I need to fabricate a couple of 'quick and dirty' PC boards.
>   Anyone have suggestions for a cheap and available etch resist?
>   What would be perfect is something that can be sprayed on.
>   The boards are pretty simple but I'd prefer to do something a little
>   neater than cut the foil with a dremel tool.

Fingernail polish works well, but you have to paint on all the traces.
For ICs you just paint a stripe that connects all the leads on one side,
then when it is semi-dry you cut between the lead with an X-acto.
Works pretty well for low density boards.  Cleans up real fast with
fingernail polish remover (acetone).

Frank Ball   1UR-M          frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com
Hewlett Packard   	    (707) 794-4168 work  (707) 538-3693 home
1212 Valley House Drive     
Rohnert Park CA 94928-4999  KC6WUG Seca 750 XT350 IT175 DoD#7566 I'm the NRA.
From: rolfe@w3vh.UUCP (Rolfe Tessem)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Do ARRL Read Thier Email ?
Distribution: world
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 01:14:29 GMT
Organization: Lucky Duck Productions

ron@topaz.bds.com writes in article <1aidqiINN9b2@topaz.bds.com>:
> 
> > Common courtesy aside, surely, it would be good PR for the League to at least
> > issue an acknowledgment to anybody who mails in an inquiry.
> 
> I've noticed it two.  While three or four leaguers seem to monitor netnews
> and respond occasionally, I've never gotten answers to the personal correspondence I've tried to send these people through e-mail.
> 
> -Ron

It seems from the comments in this thread that Internet mail is being answered
reasonably well, probably because it is addressed to an individual.

I have *never* had a reply from the MCI address on the occasions that I've
emailed substantive comments pertaining to an ongoing League matter.
--- 
Rolfe Tessem               Lucky Duck Productions
rolfe@w3vh.UUCP            96 Morton Street, NYC, NY 10014
rolfe@ldp.com              212-463-0029
From: bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Stolen Equipment Alert
Date: 16 Oct 92 14:27:11 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing Sciences

The advice I received from the Annapolis, MD and MD State Police when I had
my ICOM 6 meter rig (the great big one) stolen from my car in a hotel parking
lot in Annapolis, MD:
    File a claim with your insurance company.  99% of radios stolen from cars
are never recovered.  Amateur radio equipment has no value for resale and is
unusable on the underground radio market (drug dealers etc.) and usually ends 
out in a dumpster somewhere by morning.

   And for the curious, my car was one of many hit that night.  They went thru
the parking lots of three major hotels and took anything that had a microphone
on it (Cell-phones, CB's, Business Radios and, yes, my 6 meter rig.)  They 
caught one of perpetrators that same morning in a van with a pile of radios
in the back.  No, mine wasn't there and no, I never saw it again.

    Maintaining a database would be a lot more work than it would be worth.

bill  KB3YV

-- 

     Bill Gunshannon          |        If this statement wasn't here,
     bill@cs.uofs.edu         |  This space would be left intentionally blank
                              |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>
From: randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Foothill hamfest?
Keywords: hamfest flea foothill swap
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:32:47 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

Is there a flea market at Foothill College (Los Altos CA) this
Saturday?  If not, is there another one this month in the SF
area?

73 DE KK6MY

-- 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Randall Rhea                                        Informix Software, Inc. 
Project Manager, MIS Sales/Marketing Systems    uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall
From: vail@tegra.com (Johnathan Vail)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: kerchunking repeaters
Date: 16 Oct 92 15:44:29 GMT
Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA



In article <9210151714.aa02817@crdec7.apgea.army.mil> wejones@crdec7.apgea.army.mil (Bill Jones) writes:

       Nothing seems to annoy old timers more than hearing the frequent
   kerchunking of people keying up to see if the repeater is working, and I 
   don't know how many times I have heard it stated that this is illegal, such
   as in one of the novice exam questions.  In fact about 2-3 weeks ago
   someone made the statement in this forum to the effect that such 
   unidentified transmissions are illegal.  
      Well I get annoyed as the next guy at listening to all the
   kerchunking, but is it really illegal?  Part 97 specifically
   states that "Test" emissions, ie " Emissions containing no information...."
   are permitted on 2-meter and above, provided that they are "for brief
   periods for experimental purposes", and these are by definition not
   identified.  The passages where Part 97 requires identification all
   refer to "communications or signals", both of which infer emissions
   containing information.  The way I read the regulations, kerchunking
   should be perfectly proper, yet I have yet to meet a ham who thought so.


I am sure everyone who hates kerchunking has, if honest, probably done
it before.  Why? Because it is a useful test.  Like a ping.

The way most controllers try to deal with the problem is with VOX
and/or longer timers required to "open" up (Ali Baba circuits).  A
much better way I have seen is for the repeater simply to ping back. A
quick squeeze of the mic and you get a signal back just as quick.
That way you can easily check your propogation and no one else is
annoyed by the bee-boops or "THIS IS KA1XYZ GOD OF THE MOUNTAIN
REPEATER... YADDAYDDAYADDA..." voice ID.

Nothing like turning a problem into a feature.


jv


"There's no problem so large it can't be solved by killing the user
 off, deleting their files, closing their account and reporting their
 REAL earnings to the IRS" -- BASTARD OPERATOR SCHOOL (Simon Travaglia)
 _____
|     | Johnathan Vail     vail@tegra.com     (508) 663-7435
|Tegra| jv@n1dxg.ampr.org    N1DXG@448.625-(WorldNet)
 -----  MEMBER: League for Programming Freedom (league@prep.ai.mit.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Subject: Re: 9D0RR - Is it Good for DXCC?
Reply-To: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation -- Maynard, MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:01:43 GMT


In article <1992Oct8.140840.22753@worldbank.org>, dearnshaw@worldbank.org (Darrell Earnshaw) writes:

> The 9D0RR cards are now arriving in the mail. The question now remains, is it
> valid for DXCC? (This may have already been answered in the newsheets, if so
> I've forgotten what the response was.)

I have seen *no* word from the ARRL yet on the validity of this
operation.

73 - Jim AD1C

--
James J. Reisert                Internet:  reisert@sttng.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corp.         UUCP:      ...decwrl!sttng.enet!reisert
146 Main Street	- MLO5-2/18B	Voice:     508-493-5747
Maynard, MA  01754		FAX:       508-493-1890
From: stevej@pillock.moron.vware.mn.org (Steven Jarosh, KA0VYB)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: FT-470 Mod. wanted
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 02:02:35 CDT
Organization: 11th Hour Contest Group (North American Chapter)

I am looking for an extended tx/rx mod. for the uhf section of my FT-470.  I 
have managed to get the synthesizer to do just about everything except 
extened rx/tx in the 440  section.

THanks,

Steve KA0VYB