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From: rbn@Apple.COM (Robert B. Neville)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Famous or well known HAMS
Date: 16 Nov 92 07:46:34 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall) writes:

>I have a list of notable call-signs - I'll post it here when I get
>a chance.  I did suggest an award once - Worked All Notable Calls -
>for some reason, it didn't catch on...

Perhaps there's a reason...the award would be WANC, and the recipients would be
'WANC-ers'...not the sort of thing one generally likes to have said about
oneself. :-)

I once suggested the ultimate...Worked All Operators, or WAO!!! As you might
imagine, it didn't catch on either.

>-- 
>Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
>dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
>           Disclaimer: "Me, speak for us?"

rbn@apple.co
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: awoodhull@hamp.hampshire.edu
Subject: Need info on Motorola marine transceiver
Organization: Hampshire College
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:07:05 GMT

From:    Al Woodhull                            
To:      All
Subject: need info on Motorola marine radio

I obtained a Motorola Triton Nautilus 440 marine VHF transceiver
at a flea market, would like to know if it is possible to convert
this unit to ham use. I have no manual, don't even know what frequencies
the channel assignments correspond to. My guess from looking at the
components is that it works in the 150 Mhz. band.

Any info would be appreciated.
 
Al Woodhull
Internet: awoodhull@hamp.hampshire.edu
Fido: 1:321/109
Packet: N1AW @ K1MEA.MA
From: enge@almaden.ibm.com (Roy Engehausen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: RACES Bulletin #249
Date: 22 Nov 92 03:31:21 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

Bid : $RACESBUL.249

TO:    ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
INFO:  ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
       ALL AMATEURS U.S.         (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM:  AUXILIARY RADIO SERVICE
       CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
       2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832   (916)262-1603
       Landline BBS (FIDO) open to all: (916) 262-1657
RACESBUL.249                                 DATE: Nov. 23, 1992
SUBJECT: MGT - Why not multiple RACES membership?

     QUESTION:  Why can't I have multiple RACES membership?  In
other words, why shouldn't I belong to two or more different RACES?
     REPLY:  One of the most common complaints from emergency
management officials is that some volunteers are enrolled with a
county civil defense or emergency services agency and also enrolled
in a comparable city agency.  In an emergency callout the county
and the city government may find that the volunteers they each
thought they had are one and the same.  It understandably upsets
the government officials so affected to be told by these volunteers,
"Sorry, I have just been called out by someone else."  This may
cause governments to say, "Make up your mind.  It's one or the other.
Please return your ID card to all but the one you choose to serve and
be counted upon."  In other words it's like being a reserve deputy
sheriff or volunteer firefighter --- you can be one in only one
department.  We feel it's the same with deputy communicators --
be it called the RACES, the Auxiliary Radio Service, or whatever.
     Volunteers and paid responders in California work within a
highly developed mutual aid system.  This enables properly trained
and registered volunteers to serve wherever they are needed.  Please
understand this:  it does not reduce the opportunities to serve and
respond by being registered in just one government.  We realize that
many states and counties do not employ this mutual aid concept, so
these comments reflect the practices of and recommendations for
those that do.

EOF
From: clee@doc.bmd.trw.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Electricians Dream Antenna
Keywords: antenna
Date: 17 Nov 92 00:23:11 GMT
Expires: 30 Nov 92 17:26:22 MST
Distribution: na

Earlier this year, in either 73 or CQ, was an article on making an antenna
with some rods and an electrical box, I think it was called the Electricians
Dream.  I have misplaced my issue (I think it was June, but not sure) and
the local libraries don't carry those magazines.  Could some kind soul
please post or e-mail to me information on this antenna?  I greatly
appreciate it.

Thanks

Cory Lee  KB7MAC
          Clee@oz.bmd.trw.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Re: Mail order source for radios
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:18:56 GMT

Dark Hacker (sic) writes:

> ...where can I get [shortwave receivers] mailorder?

Try the Electronic Equipment Bank (EEB) in Vienna, VA.
800-368-3270.  They are one of the largest, if not
*the* largest, sellers of shortwave receivers in the US.
They have an illustrated catalog which they will send you
if you call and ask for it; I'm pretty sure it's free.

Standard Disclaimer: I have no connection with EEB, just a
Frequent Shopper.

Mike, N4PDY

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
************************
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: dearnshaw@worldbank.org (Darrell Earnshaw)
Subject: S21A QSL Received - is it Good??
Organization: The World Bank
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:11:00 GMT

Received my S21A qsl in record time. Now the question is, is it good
for DXCC?

73 Darrell NR3Y.
From: William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.CR.rockwell.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Non-jumping Arizona; was: Re: Phone number...
Date: 23 Nov 92 15:46:18 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

>As far as I know, Arizona is the only state that does _not_ jump time
>zones every spring and fall.

Indiana for sure (and i don't think Hawaii or Alaska changes either...but 
that's only a dim and probably wrong memory)
 
>What's so great about daylight saving time?  It's like trying to lengthen
>>an apron by adding a piece taken off the other end.

the theory is that you move the time such that you perform a good deal of the 
outside activities during daylight rather than having to use artificial light 
(believe it was Franklin that observed that the French were missing a good 
part of the sunlight and then burning candles late into the evening).

(LITE artificial light would be light w/o the magnetic field component.  this 
form of lighting should be used where the minimum daily requirement of 
magnetic field energy is supplied by overhead high tension lines.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Lightning Arrestors?
From: clmorgan@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu
Date: 16 Nov 92 11:20:00 EST
Distribution: usa

In article <1553@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM>, chuck@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Charles Rissmeyer) writes:
> In article <1992Nov12.043623.28191@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu> gcouger@olesun.okstate.edu (Gordon Couger) writes:
>>
>>The only draw back to a non conducting tower is that you can't use it for a lighting rod 
> 
> Speaking of lightning; do those in-line lightning arrestors really work?

	Yes, they do ... if you use a good one.  Coax is a pretty good
	suppressor as well ... it tends to arc through the dielectric
	and blow the cable apart at a bend.

  Does  anyone have experience with them.  Do they really protect your rig 
> from a direct hit?

	I don't believe there's anything that will protect in the event
	of a direct hit.  But ... in the case of induced spikes, both the
	coax and the arrester (I use the Alpha-Delta products) are likely
	to be successful suppressors.

> Due to the extremely high voltages (millions), I find it hard to believe
> that anything can stop the damage.

	Astute observation.
> 
> 
> Charles (Chuck) Rissmeyer    KE0VG
> (612) 638-7669  (VP 652-7669) -  charles.rissmeyer@StPaul.NCR.COM
> NCR - An AT&T Company             NCR  CCS-PM&S NPD St. Paul


	73 >< Carl
	   K8NHE
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: kb7uv@panix.com (Andy Funk)
Subject: Re: Famous or well known HAMS (K2ORS)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:00:45 GMT
Organization: Panix, NYC

I used to listen to Shep's WOR radio show (transister under the pillow --
it was after my bedtime when I first got hooked!)...  I had the pleasure
of working him a few years ago on a local repeater when he was visiting
NYC.  Unfortunately the QSO was disrupted by someone who had to work him
and prove that he knew who Shep was --- he drove K2ORS away before I could
really talk to him.  Oh, well!

BTW: He said his name was Jean (and spelled it), not Shep.

From what several friends have told me, he used to get on one of the NYC
repeaters on his way home from his show on WOR every night.  Now those must
have been great QSOs!

-Andy-
-- 
    Andrew Funk, KB7UV                     Internet: kb7uv@panix.com
    ENG Editor/Microwave                     Packet: kb7uv@kb7uv.#nli.ny.usa
    WCBS-TV Channel 2 News                      BBS: 718-956-7133
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: mbutts@mbutts.mentorg.com (Mike Butts)
Subject: Re: Famous or well known HAMS (K2ORS)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:27:24 GMT
Organization: mentor
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 

Jean Shepard K2ORS occasionally even told ham radio based stories on his great WOR show in
the sixties.  These stories were mostly about a semi-mythical childhood in the forties in
Hammond, Indiana.  The one I remember is when he was fooled into thinking he worked 
Siberia with his crude little one-tube rig, but it turned out to be his buddy Schwartz down
the street.  He also had a habit of using '6SN7GT' anytime he needed some random
designator.  He also did a series on PBS about ten years ago.  In one about auto racing 
he is speeding along on the beach at Daytona in his car with K2ORS ham plates.  
Good ol' Shep.
-- 
Mike Butts     KC7IT     Research Engineering Manager     mbutts@qcktrn.com
Quickturn Systems, Inc., Mentor Graphics Campus,        voice: 503-685-1302
8005 SW Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777     fax: 503-685-7987
My opinions are my own, and aren't necessarily shared by Quickturn Systems.
From: dube@cpdvax.CSc.ti.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Which band?
Date: 17 Nov 92 23:37:05 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

Harry Xu asked how to find out which band was best for certain states.
Used to be that you could simply tune around on one band and then another, listening for the call sign numbers for the general area you wanted.  Now that 
there's no discipline in the way the numbers are used (you can keep your old
call and number no matter which area you gravitate to), it's impossible to 
tell which state is rolling in using that method.  Or nearly impossible.  I
still perk up when I hear a "0" call 'cause I'm looking for the 
Dakotas for WAS.  

I've talked to "0" calls nearly all over the US, but still no Dakotas.  
It's still worth a try, though, Harry.   Just tune and switch, tune and
switch...    Good luck.

73,
Dube                     AB5AP              <dube@cpdvax.csc.ti.com>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: MFJ-564 Deluxe Iambic Paddle Review
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:45:10 GMT

I have a Bencher. I inspected an MFJ iambic keyer at the local hamfest
last weekend. The Bencher is definitely the better wrt workmanship.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
GE: Perhaps not Evil Incarnate, but certainly close enough for
    government work.
From: wright@morekypr.BITNET
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Ky's Revised Scanner Law/Amateurs
Date: 17 Nov 92 11:25:44 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

>                  Amateur Radio/Scanners Law in Ky.
>
>Date: 16 Nov 92 21:09:02 GMT
>From: cbmvax!sterling@RUTGERS.EDU
>Subject: Amateur Radio/Scanners Law in Ky.
>To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
>
>In article <9211131834.AA16557@ucsd.edu> WRIGHT@morekypr.UCSD.EDU writes:
>>The Kentucky Scanner Law Revised - section concerning Amateur Radio
>>
>>KRS:432.570
>>Possession or use of radio capable of sending or receiving police messages
>>restricted; penalty; enforcement
>>
> [deleted text]
>>
>>-->c) An individual who posses such a radio, provided it is capable of
>>      receiving radio transmissions only and is not capable of sending or
>>      transmitting radio messages, at his place of residence; licensed
>>      commercial auto towing trucks; newspaper reporters and photographers;
>>      disaster and emergency services personnel authorized in writing by
> [ deleted text]
>>
>>This is the new scanner law provision that includes us Amateurs.  I have
>>discussed this section with some local attorneys and they feel the way
>>I do about this new section:  The law lets us have a scanning radio in our
>>vehicles but that radio better not be able to transmit no matter what the
>>frequency is being used.  If you don't get this message try re-reading
>>the first 3 lines in section "C".  No matter if one is using the local
>>repeater, if that radio can scan it better not be able to transmit.
> [deleted text]
>>Tim Wright  KD4OVM
>>BITNET:  WRIGHT@morekypr.BITNET
>>PACKET:  KD4OVM@N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA
>
>
> Hmmm... I read it to say that in addition to A and C  there are those in in
> C that include...
>
>    individuals with recieve only in their homes  ;
>    tow truck operators ;
>    newspaper reporters and photographers ;
>    disaster and emergency service personel ;
>    etc.
>
> The semicolons are important.
>
> Note: I have not seen the original document and am only commenting on the
> text as posted.
>
> ;-)
>--
> __      __
>|__)    (__`
>|  \ick ,__)terling
>-----------------------------------------------
>Test Engineering
>Commodore Technology Group  (215)-431-9275
>UUCP ...{uunet,allegra,rutgers}!cbmvax!sterling
>
>------------------------------
First Off to Marty

E-Mail me direct if you would I would like a further comment from you

Rick,

What you saw in the post was word for word Semicolon for semicolon

If you would like a full copy of the KRS E-Mail me direct you S-Mail
Address and I'll send you a copy of it. <That is the KRS pertaining to this
discussion> the full KRS is about $500.00 in a book.

Tim Wright  KD4OVM


BITNET:  WRIGHT@morekypr.BITNET       <----the main E-Mail address for me
PACKET:  KD4OVM@N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA   <--Reliable only if all else fails
From: jreece@sousa.intel.com (John Reece)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Famous or well known HAMS
Date: 18 Nov 92 20:22:18 GMT
Reply-To: jreece@sousa.intel.com
Organization: Intel - Information Technologies

In article <2b0673b7.dodeca@dodeca.UUCP>, clyde@dodeca.UUCP writes:

> I did a dump of the Beverly Hills hams (sounds like a feature film)
> and found something interesting:

> Real Name: LOU LOU BEAULIEU         Birthday: MAY 24, 1945
> Real Name: EM GEE                   Birthday: MAY 10, 1955

Hmmm....  Isn't it a crime to get a federal license for anything by using a 
pseudonym or alias as a real name?

-- 
John Reece			"This lifeboat is full"	
Not an Intel spokesman 			 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: larson@loren.net.com (Alan Larson)
Subject: Phase 3-D satellites
Organization: wa6azp
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:40:42 GMT


  I have heard very little about the Phase 3-D satellite(s).  Last week
I heard mention of a ten-minute AMSAT video on the subject.

  If someone reading this has seen the video, how about a 'review'?
I was curious how worthwhile it was.

  I would be interested in other articles on these satellites as
well -- as I am curious to see if they will actually be good enough
to tempt me to put up antennas for them.

	Alan
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: paulf@umunhum.stanford.edu (Paul Flaherty)
Subject: Re: Usefulness of Morse Code (and MicroSats)
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.policy
Organization: The Three Packeteers
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:43:31 GMT

In article <VeV7TB3w165w@n3eop.pgh.pa.us> paul@n3eop.pgh.pa.us (paul) writes:
>And it's much, much easier to build a machine that decodes FSK reliably 
>than one for Morse.

While it's true that the variable codeword of Morse makes life difficult for
a demodulator, in practice you need to put a lot more power behind an FSK
signal in order to obtain equivalent error rates.   Now, perhaps you could
slow FSK down and trim the filter bandwidth, but then you should also allow
CW to be sent via FMing, but that's a paper exercise.

In any event, this is a red herring, since the important criteria (at least
for my argument) is minimal station equipment, and since most people can't
whistle FSK very well, CW wins out.

>I don't suppose that you've ever tried using a Morse decoder before, 
>because if you did, you'd know that they don't work worth a darn on 
>anything other than a clear channel on perfect (keyer-sent) code.

Well, let's see here. Over the past six years, I've used products by
Robot, MicroACT, AEA, and MFJ.  The Robot works markedly better than the
others.  In general, adaptive algorithms have been getting better and better
in recent years, especially with more and more processor horsepower.
The problem is remarkably similar to hand scanning barcode, and needless to
say, there's been an awful lot of work done in that area.  There are a number
of individuals who are working on CW decoding algorithms for DSP chips.

>Why the exclusion?  Because the PACSATS do that already?

Yes, but wouldn't it be nice for more of the Amateur community to have 
access to such a resource?


--
-=Paul Flaherty, N9FZX/5W1JX  | "Just name a hero, and I'll prove he's a bum."
->paulf@Stanford.EDU          |  -- Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMC (ret)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: gws
Subject: ARRL Bulletin 101  ARLB101
Organization: HAM BBS, 614-895-2553 
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 22:01:13 GMT


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ZCZC AG24
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 101  ARLB101
>From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT
November 11, 1992
Relayed by KB8NW/OBS & BARF-80 BBS
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB101
ARLB101 Exam changes aired

The ARRL has filed reply comments on an FCC notice of proposed
rulemaking (in PR Docket 92-154) that would have Novice class
license examinations be administered only by the Volunteer Examiner
Coordinator (VEC) program, which now administers all other license
class examinations.  The League sought to address concerns about the
availablilty of examination opportunities in sparsely populated
areas and to clarify that General class licensees would be eligible
to administer novice exams within the VE system.

At the time of the NPRM, the FCC noted its burden in dealing with an
application error rate of 9.4 percent for Novices as compared to
only 0.8 percent for VE-administered examinations, and said it
believed that bringing Novice exams under the VEC system would be in
the public interest, saying the VEC system ''has demonstrated both
its efficiency and its integrity.''

The League noted that its original proposal, with which the FCC's
NPRM is similar, was based on three conclusions:

1. Since the elimination of the Morse code requirement from the
Technician class license the number of Novice examinations
administered has decreased;

2. That the VEC program is capable of assimilating Novice
examinations;

3. That the large number of new Technician class licensees in 1992
in particular indicates that examinations are in general widely
available.

The League concluded that there is no longer justification for
having a different system for Novice examinations because the Novice
class is now one of two entry-level license classes (the Technician
class already is VEC-administered) and that the Novice class
includes many more operating privileges than it did when the subject
was last considered, in 1983.

More information is in September QST, page 116.
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From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: HF Loop Antenna
Keywords: How to build?
Date: 22 Nov 92 13:52:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: ke4zv.1992Nov22.135203.4519
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Gannett Technologies Group

In article <1992Nov20.210346.14965@cs.yale.edu> oswood@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Mark Oswood) writes:
>I am thinking about building a loop antenna similar to the AEA isoloop.  
>It seems like a great antenna design for limited space without losing too
>much efficiency.  However, I can't afford the $300 AEA charges, and it 
>doesn't seem impossible for me to build.  I have found an article in 
>June 1986 QST which is helpful, but I am wondering about what capacitor 
>to use.  For those unfamiliar with the design, this is a loop of 
>conductor approximately 1 meter in diameter with a variable capacitor in 
>series with the loop.  The loop is coupled to the feedline through a 
>gamma match or a smaller loop.  Apparently I need a variable in the 
>range of 5-200 pF which is able to withstand at least 10,000V 
>(assuming I will limit my transmissions to ~100W).
>
>1.  Can anyone suggest a source for such a capacitor?

Try Radiokit in NH. They carry Johnson transmitting variables. Also
Surplus Sales of Nebraska often has such items. And of course, hamfests
are another source. Finally, you can make your own, air variables aren't
that hard to build. The trickier part will be the tuning motor and indicator.
Check out your local slot car emporium for pieces.

>2.  Has anyone actually built such a loop, and do you have any suggestions?

I've built small tuned loops, but not this particular design. The major
recommendation I'd make is to make sure all joins are electrically sound.
Clamped tubing won't cut it. Weld everything.

>I hope this is the right group for technical questions--from reading one would
>think this was alt.cw.flame. :-} 

Just because on/off keying pre-dates spark....  :-)

Gary KE4ZV
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: gws
Subject: Propagation Forecast Bulletin 46  ARLP046
Organization: HAM BBS, 614-895-2553 
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 01:17:46 GMT


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ZCZC AP54
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 46  ARLP046
>From Tad Cook, KT7H, Seattle, WA
November 13, 1992
Relayed by KB8NW/OBS & BARF-80 BBS
To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP046
ARLP046 Propagation de KT7H

Solar activity was low this past week, with flux values staying
remarkably close to 135 every day.  The most disturbed day was
November 9, when the K index reached 5 over a couple of reporting
periods.

Over the next week the flux should increase gradually, heading
toward a peak of 160 between November 20 and 23.  It should then
drop to 125 around December 5.  Disturbed days may be November 24
and December 2, due to recurring coronal holes.

The band-by-band forecast for this week is from Chicago to South
Africa.  80 meters should be best from sunset to around 0330 UTC,
and 40 meters from 2100 to 0400 UTC.  30 meters should be optimum
from 2000 to 0300 UTC, and 20 meters from 1930 to 2330 UTC.  17
meters should be best from 1700 to 2200 UTC, 15 meters from 1300 to
2200 UTC, and 12 meters from 1330 to 2030 UTC.  10 meters should be
best around 1900 UTC, and usable from 1400 to 2000 UTC.

Sunspot numbers from November 5 through 11 were 121, 116, 120, 94,
117, 117 and 110, with a mean of 113.6.  10.7 cm solar flux for the
same period was 133.6, 132.9, 134.9, 135, 132.4, 136.4 and 134.8,
with a mean of 134.3.
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