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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Sexist Statement
From: jangus@skyld.UUCP (Jeff Angus)
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 16:02:39 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Grendel's Lair

gals? Oh come on team, the "Politically Correct" term now is Vaginal American.

xenon!skyld!jangus   < This space left blank intentionally. >
J Angus, PO Box 4425, Carson CA 90749-4425 voice (310) 324-6080
From: mraz@FOZZY.AUD.ALCATEL.COM (Kris Mraz)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Emergency communications in South Florida...
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:43:54 GMT

In article <10545@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu (John Nall) writes:

>It is interesting (and distressing) to note that *none* of the
>news broadcasts I have seen, nor any of the newspapers that I
>have read, have made any mention whatsoever of hams being involved
>in emergency communications in the hurricane-hit area of Miami.

I was in S. Florida four days after Andrew went through. When I got there I
used my HT to scan the 2 meter and 440 Mhz repeaters. Most repeaters I found
were involved in hurricane related communications around the clock: RACES, 
ARES, Ad Hoc nets, individuals coordinating other efforts, etc. This level of 
activity persisted for the four days I spent there. 

Something else I wasn't aware of from media broadcasts before I got there:
The three local network affiliated TV stations had been on the air 24 hrs a
day with hurricane coverage since Andrew hit. By the time I left, one week
after Andrew, they were still providing 24 hr a day coverage. 

And as for amateur radio PR, one of the TV stations interviewed a ham (forgot
his call) in his shack for about 4-5 minutes. The news anchor gave his heartfelt
thanks for the amateur radio community afterward.

(On a negative note, I was watching one of the tabloid TV news shows, on FOX-TV
I think. The story was about the problems with the Charles/Diane royal family.
The scene was a herd of reporters/photographers clamoring at a ham's house in
England. Seems he could intercept Princess Diane's telephone conversations 
(they didn't say how). They were all trying to get the latest juicy tidbits. I'm
sure this left a poor image of hams in the public's mind. BTW, they didn't
show the "ham" or provide confirming evidence that he was, indeed, a ham. He
could have just been a scanner user.)


Kris, AA5UO                     '~ ~`
mraz@rockdal.aud.alcatel.com      L  
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From: vail@tegra.COM (Johnathan Vail)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Cellular Frequencies
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:34:53 GMT
Organization: Tegra, Inc., Billerica, MA
In-reply-to: rliles@heimdall.mlb.semi.harris.com's message of 24 Aug 92 19:12:20 GMT



In article <1992Aug24.191220.2499@mlb.semi.harris.com> rliles@heimdall.mlb.semi.harris.com (Ray Liles) writes:

   >...and Motorola is selling a cordless phone with the same encryption
   >technology that they're using in their commercial radios, for about $30 more

   The Motorola phones are availabe through Sears!  There are 2 models using 
   the same technology, which is *NOT* the same as Motorola's encryption DVP.
   However, the analog encryption will certainly give scanner jocks a problem :-)

   The series 300 is a basic remote unit with paging selling for $179.  The series
   500 is a remote with base features for $279. 

Some other company is selling a true digital cordless phone for about
$300.  I think it is sold in this area by Lechemere.

Someone (here?) did a small review of it and I recall this:

 * completely hides the signal on a scanner.

 * has kind of "tinny" audio quality.

 * range is very good and absoltely no static, just silence when it
   gets into fringe areas of coverage.


jv


"Like a clock, they sent, through, a washing machine:
 come around, make it soon, so alone." -- Syd Barrett
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: derry@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (John Derry)
Subject: using Velcro
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:09:45 GMT


Mounted my small (TM-2412A) 2-m rig in my Honda the other day.  Put velcro  
hook material on "hump" and fuzzy stuff on the rig.  Used 2 strips about
3 in long.  Works fb.

Did this once before and after removing the rig a few times the hook stuff
(adhesive backed) began to come unstuck from car.  The "hump" gets pretty
hot, you see.

Solution:  This time made the hook portion about one inch longer than
fuzzy part.  So far no problem.

Pretty gud way to bring rig indoors or transfer between vehicles.

73 de Jack, K9CUN
From: nick@sunpix.East.Sun.COM (Nick England - Sun NC Development Center)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Aircraft Mike Plugs
Date: 28 Aug 1992 20:00:49 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Research Triangle Park, NC
NNTP-Posting-Host: trancjne.east.sun.com

>Andy Jackson recently asked...
>
> >Does anyone know where I can find a supplier for jack plugs and
> >sockets for the microphone/push-to-talk of "standard" aircraft headsets?
> >(By "standard", this includes David Clark headsets, at least!)
> >As far as I can determine, the plug is 3/16" (about 4.8mm) diameter,
> >[and 28 or 29 mm long - sorry to mix units!]  - it is NOT 1/4" diameter as
> >is the headphone plug..
>
As someone else pointed out, these sound like the same units used for
the mike connector on Drake T-4XC and I think Collins 32S-1 rigs of fond
memory. Switchcraft still makes them:

(0.21"/5.33mm dia)
2 circuit jack	S-11
2 circuit plug	S-250
3 circuit jack	S-12B
3 circuit plug	480

priced around $2.00 each in the latest Allied Electronics catalog
1-800-433-5700. Sorry, don't know about a European source.


Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: Hugh_E._Wells.El_Segundo@xerox.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ICOM CI-V INSTRUCTIONS
Date: 27 Aug 1992 08:00:23 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


In article < 26-Aug-92 , J Angus writes:

> It is and it doesn't convert that easily. The MAJOR problem is the screen
 > cursor placement commands. NEC has reversed the X,Y coordinates at the
 > command level. (Makes sense in a way when you realise how chicken >scratch
is
 > organized) Also, the syntax on several of the commands are just different
 > enough to cause non-operation.

I suspected the problems that you have indicated by reading through the R7000
BASIC program, and my approach was to determine what the radio interface wants
to see, what the screen is supposed to look like and then write programming
code to obtain the desired features.  However, not being a trained programmer,
I would have to follow the general flow diagram and subroutines to get
something to work -- for me, that will be a big task and I hope the results
will be worth the effort.  After using the R9000, I suspect the code for the
R9000 differs from the R7000 because of the feature differences.

Another reason that I had planned on writing the code for my R9000 using the
above technique is because I'll be writing the code in 8-bit Atari BASIC which
is uniquely different from NEC BASIC, but supportive of all the desired
commands and interface protocol.

73,  Hugh Wells    W6WTU
From: bacat@gtephx.UUCP (Tony Baca)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: WANTED: ROM code for Sep/92 QST article
Summary: Could you Email this to me as well?
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:26:12 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona

In article <1992Aug26.190925.2645@worldbank.org>, dearnsha@wizard.worldbank.org writes:
> John, the source code was posted on this (or the .packet) newsgroup
> a couple of days ago. I managed to save a copy, if you still need it.
> Send me an em, and I'll send the code.
> 
> 
> -- Darrell NR3Y
> 
> 
Darrell, Could you please EMAIL this to me also?
thanks.


______
  /ony Baca, AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona
UUCP: ...!{ncar!noao!enuucp | uunet!samsung!romed!enuucp | att}!gtephx!bacat 
Internet: gtephx!bacat@enuucp.eas.asu.edu   Fido Net: 1:114/52 
Packet: WV7I @ KB7TV.AZ.USA.NA  
Work: 602-581-4681        FAX: 602-581-4282
From: johnm@jetsun.weitek.COM (John Mcleod)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Rotors for OSCAR setup
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:23:26 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: WEITEK Corporation


  I am setting up an OSCAR station. There seem to be a wide choice of
azimuth rotors, but not a lot of elevation rotors. Some books and articles
mention the Alliance U110, but I cannot find a supplier for this. The
Yaesu (I assume previously Kenpro) rotors az/el combination are over $400
which is a bit steep....

  Any recommendations for any reasonably priced az/el rotors, suppliers ??

- John N6RCD.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: gws
Subject: ARRL Bulletin 79  ARLB079
Organization: HAM BBS, 614-895-2553 
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 02:35:56 GMT


============================================================== 
| 	Automatic relayed from packet radio via              | 
| N8EMR's Ham BBS, 614-895-2553                              |
==============================================================

ZCZC AG02
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 79  ARLB079
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 24, 1992
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB079
ARLB079 Andrew update no. 3

Hurricane Andrew (25.8N, 83.9W at 2100Z, August 24; maximum
sustained winds to 140 mph) passed over the southern tip of the
Florida peninsula early Monday morning and is expected to threaten
the north/central Gulf Coast Tuesday evening.  Amateurs are advised
to monitor storm nets:  Hurricane Watch Net (14.325 MHz),
4U1UN-sponsored net (14.268 MHz), International Assistance and
Traffic Net (14.303 MHz), Intercontinental Net (14.300 MHz), Florida
emergency nets (3940, 3950, and 7247 kHz), Waterway Net (7268 kHz)
and others.  Nets are handling situation reports and
health-and-welfare traffic.  Please do not transmit on these
frequencies except in response to instructions from net control
stations.  Please do not interrupt nets with requests for storm
coordinates or other general information which is available on local
NOAA weather broadcasts.  Priority must be given to immediate
disaster relief communications.  Control of the communication
situation belongs with amateurs and authorities in the affected
areas.

An ARRL official in Miami reports that reliable telephone
service exists in the region with only a few exceptions.
NNNN

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: prm@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (paul.r.mount)
Subject: Re: WBAZ?
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:06:34 GMT

In article <9208251557.AA09886@ucsd.edu>, FLEM%athena@leia.polaroid.COM (SKIP FLEM, NT1G, 14X17 NEWTON-1M 617-630-4482) writes:
> Last night (8-24-92 @ 2350 utc) a local Boston radio station /* WFNX 101.7 */
> was completely knock off the air by 'WBAZ, music of the bay'. I think
> the event may be related to Andrew..  Where is WBAZ?

WBAZ is licensed to Southold, New York, which is on the North Fork of
Long Island.

Conditions have been interesting since about FRiday night.
Last night from my  home in East Central NJ, I was able to hear most
of the Cape Cod FM stations, including WFAL-101.1 Falmouth and
WNTX-96.3 Nantucket, each coming thru local (at 26 miles) New York
City stations.

See rec.radio.shortwave and rec.radio.broadcasting 
for other pertinent discussions.

Paul
member,WTFDA
and other radio related hobbyist groups
From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Kenwood TH-77a TX.Stop
Date: 26 Aug 92 21:02:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Aug26.210214.2070
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

Yes. TX STOP simply blocks transmitting.  Useful if you are lending the
HT to a non-ham for use as a receiver, or if you're in a situation where
you want it turned on for reception but want to make sure the transmitter
doesn't get keyed (e.g., antenna experiments).

-- 
+ Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA 
+ Unless otherwise noted, these are private opinions, not official statements.
+ VOTE NO GEORGIA LOTTERY - don't tie education to an unpredictable income.
From: paul@n3eop.pgh.pa.us (paul)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: ICOM service is GREAT
Date: 2 Sep 92 03:04:32 GMT
Organization: CrossRoads in Elizabeth, PA

> >Sent my IC-751 to ICOM on Monday, got it back on Thursday of same week.
> >They fixed my problem, and automatically realigned xmit/rec, checked
> >all functions and returned posthaste.  It was in and out same day.
> 
> Let me second the motion.   ICOM fixed my 726 in just a few days.
> Icom all the way!

I had to send my IC-901A back; I was getting milliwatt level out on 2m.  
This was not a warranty repair (in fact, the serial # plate was missing). 
However, they replaced the main unit (not repair... replace!); all at NO 
CHARGE!

Can't argue with service like that...
From: Mahan_Stephen@lanmail.ncsc.navy.MIL
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Most fitting commercial callsigns
Date: 1 Sep 1992 11:13:14 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


I recall long ago reading about the only commercial station west of the 
Mississippi using a W prefix callsign--station WACO in (you guessed it) 
Waco, Texas.


steve
KD4NGU
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.folklore.urban
From: thompson@cuug.ab.ca (Bruce Thompson 272-1800(w) or 229-3370(h))
Subject: Re: Cellular Frequencies
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Summary: Canadian law on listening in on cellular
Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:25:47 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.063615.19447@tigger.jvnc.net> keithd@bigguy.timeplex.com (Keith Dickinson) writes:
>In article <3571@atlas.tegra.COM> vail@tegra.COM (Johnathan Vail) writes:
>
>>Reasonable people may argue this way but still the law makes it
>>illegal.  Bad spelling aside you are either wrong or missing some
>>facts of the case.  Are you sure it was cellular?
>
>Posative.  Of course this was several years ago so it _could_ have been 
>before the law was passed... But at that time I remember what a big fuss
>was made over the fact.
>
>L8r G8r
> Keith

Under Canadian Telecommunications law, it is legal to listen in on
_any_ frequency provided that copyrights are not infringed. I.e. you
are permitted only to use the information for your own private,
personal use. This applies to cellular, satellite, scrambled cable
channels, etc. So long as you do not extract the signals from a
transmission medium that has not been either provided to you (like
cable), or from the _public_ airwaves, you are free to listen to
whatever you want.

Various cable companies attempted to prosecute people for
de-scrambling pay-tv channels. The cases were thrown out due to the
fact that the cable companies were providing the signals to the
subscribers, so the subscribers were free to do with them what they
please (within the bounds set for normal television, i.e. no
re-transmission or re-broadcast without express permission).

Satellite dishes went through the same deal, and again the courts
ruled essentially that broadcast signals were freely available for
reception. A cellular telephone is nothing more than a fancy
_broadcast_ radio. Caveat Emptor. (sp?)

	    Cheers,
	    Bruce.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: 10 GHZ, Amateur band?
From: ua_arc@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Date: 2 Sep 92 02:42:28 MST
Reply-To: ua_arc@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Distribution: usa,local
Organization: University of Arizona, College of Engineering and Mines, Tucson

The 10 GHz band goes from 10.0 to 10.5 with 10.368 being the narrow band
calling frequency.  We here at the University of Arizona Amateur Radio
Club have been using Gunnplexers to get onto 10 GHz.  Anybody else out
there doing neat new things on 10GHz?

Henry Knoepfle
KB7NIE
From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Antenna Grounding ??'s
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:04:48 GMT
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <714872356.F00001@tdkt.kksys.com> Vern.Suter@f100.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Vern Suter) writes:
>I have a discone (that my scanner uses) mounted up on the roof
>and the mast is grounded to an 8-foot ground rod via some solid
>copper grounding wire. I want to put a J-pole antenna up there
>also (to transmit on 2m). Here's my question: Can I run the
>copper grounding wire from the J-pole mast and attach to the
>grounding wire running from the discone, or would it be
>better to run the ground wire from the J-pole all the way to the
>ground rod instead of shortcutting to the discone ground wire (or
>have I confused everyone including myself with my wording of this
>question)? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

The National Electrical Code requires that ground runs for lightning
protection be unspliced and run directly to a ground point. So
for the sake of not voiding your homeowner's insurance, if nothing
else, run a separate conductor. The ground loops you prevent may
also save your equipment one day if lightning cones to visit.

Gary KE4ZV
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jhays@boi.hp.com (John D. Hays)
Subject: Re: range
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:42:26 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise Printer Division (LAFS)

In article <1802dvINN1ns@sam.ksu.ksu.edu> electro@sam.ksu.ksu.edu (Eric L Patterson) writes:
>how far might 30 watts @224 MHz travel (optimum conditions) 
>how about poor conditions?
>thanks
>-- 
>				 Eric L. Patterson
>Mr. Postman,          /\         Electro@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
>Send me a letter.    /\/\        1517 Oxford RD.  Appt. 17
>                     \/\/        Manhattan KS  66506 

Oh, many thousands of miles directly into space, perhaps more. :)

Or did you mean along the curvature of the earth? 

John [I couldn't help myself] Hays

-- 
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Firmware Engineer              |       [INTERNET]              jhays@boi.hp.com
Boise Printer Division         |       [GEnie]                             HAYS
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.folklore.urban
From: mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett)
Subject: Re: Cellular Frequencies
Organization: MV Communications, Inc.
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 19:43:04 GMT

In article <1992Aug29.015531.15683@engage.pko.dec.com> moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com writes:
>In article <1992Aug28.214645.4889@mv.mv.com>, mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett) writes...
>>Which has the best TV callsign I know of:  WLVI.
>>(LVI == 56 in roman numerals.)
>
>Second best I know of.
>#1 is WTEN which is channel (guess) in Albany, NY.

Sorry, but an impartial poll taken at my house while nobody else was
here (accuracy: 99.8% ) reveals that the use of roman numerals is much
cleverer than spelling the channel number in English.  Now if it was a
foreign language, e.g., WDIX, it might be closer -- but still no
winner.

-mm-
-- 
Mark E. Mallett  MV Communications, Inc./ PO Box 4963/ Manchester NH/ 03108
Bus. Phone: 603 429 2223    Home: 603 424 8129     BIX: mmallett
Internet: mem@mv.MV.COM  ( uucp: ...{decvax|harvard}!mv!mem )
Looking for news and mail in southern NH / northern MA?  Try MV!
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,alt.folklore.urban
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Cellular Frequencies
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:55:47 GMT

carolo@cse.ucsc.edu (Carol Osterbrock) writes:
>My parents' TV goes up to 83.  It is about 20 years old.  It doesn't
>seem to receive cellular phone conversations though, not that I would
>try, since it's illegal.

Just a question on why that should matter.  It's obviously not fear of
getting caught, nor is it a particularly good law - it's only function
seems to be letting cellular providers claim that conversations are
"secure" without having to provide any form of encryption.

As Will Rogers said, "With congress, every time they make a joke it's
a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke."
-- 
Girl, bathing on Bikini, eying boy, finds boy eying bikini on bathing girl.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,cmh.general,osu.general
From: gyu@sunfish.cis.ohio-state.edu (george yu)
Subject: Help needed: Starting Amateur Radio hobby
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: cmh
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:51:30 GMT

I got a used YAESU FT-101Z Transceiver without manual recently and am 
interested in Amateur Radios. But I need some help to get start. For example
how to work on transceiver, select band, and eventually obtain the license.

If you don't mind, I would like to see how you operate your station. I have
never seen it before.

Thanks in advance.

George Yu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: CSMSCST@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Chris Thomas)
Subject: HAL ST-8000?
Date: 27 Aug 92 08:51:15 PDT

Has anyone used a HAL ST-8000 TU?  I'd be interested in your
impressions.  I may have an opportunity to acquire a used one
at a favorable price (at least relative the the list price,
which is astromonical.)  Tnx any feedback.

  -- 73 de Chris Thomas, AA6SQ (ex-WA6HTJ) (CSMSCST@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU)
From: derry@milton.u.washington.edu (Derry Lyons)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Kenwood TH-77a TX.Stop
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:17:38 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

I love my Kenwood TH-77a's manual (yeah, right...) but I haven't
figured this one out.  A friend of mine asked what the TX.Stop
function is supposed to do.  He inadvertently turned it on, and
couldn't transmit (obviously...tx stop!)  Is that what it's
for...just to provide a lockout?  The manual just says "pressing
this key will turn this function on or off."  Yeah, ok, but what
IS the function?  (Or do I need another cup of coffee...)

					:-)  Thanks!  Derry

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From: ees1mw@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK (Mike Willis)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Speaking Of Q-Codes...
Date: 28 Aug 92 08:48:45 GMT
Organization: University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

In article <15217@ksr.com> jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods) writes:
>jon@Turing.ORG (Jon Gefaell (KD4CQY)) writes:
>
>Q-signals don't cause (much) obfuscation on amateur voice, because most hams
>knew them at one point, and can easily pick up the common ones if they didn't
>learn them or if they forgot.  However, they are rarely shorter than the
>actual words they replace when *spoken*, so there's little point to using
>them (and as I've pointed out, if your listener can't hear the difference
>between QRM and QRN if either one is present, why not just use "interference"
>or "noise"?).
>
Yes, but if I am in contact with a station who does not speak English very
well, QRA, QTH QSL and QSY spoken in standard phonetics, are much better.
Also if the conditions are bad in a contest I often ask 'What is your QRA'
spelling out QRA (or Locator).

Q Codes give the opertunity to use a minimum set of words for a QSO.
Therefore a non-english speaker only needs to know

Your Callsign,
RST
QTH
QSY....UP.....Down
QSL....Bureau
ROGER
73

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0

to make the contact.

This is where (and only where) Q codes should be spoken. Maybe in Europe
we have more non-english speakers on VHF within communication range.

Mike