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From: cole@concert.net (Derrick C. Cole)
Subject: Re: Phonetics needed for N9LEA
Organization: MCNC Data Operations
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:42:53 GMT

In article <1gocfnINNfo@spool.mu.edu> jason@studsys.mscs.mu.edu (Jason Hanson) writes:
> I have thought of no good phonetics for N9LEA!  Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>And, don't tell me "November Nine Lima Echo Alpha".
>-- 
>Jason Hanson         |   915 W. Wisconsin Ave #1010   |     (414) 288-2179
>Marquette University |   Milwaukee, WI 53233-2373     |     Ham Radio: N9LEA/AA
>--  jason@studsys.mscs.mu.edu       ==+==       n9lea@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na  --


November Nine Lima Echo Alpha.

73 de Kilometer California Four Weather Extreme Jehosaphat,
Derrick

P.S. Without knowing your marital status, upgrade to Extra and you could be
     N9 Lonely Extra Amateur (but I forgot!  Code isn't worth dealing with
     anymore...)

-- 
"I got a dog and named him 'Stay'.  Now, I go 'Come here, Stay!'  After a
while the dog went insane and wouldn't move at all."
                       -- Steven Wright
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: ag821@yfn.ysu.edu (Jeff Gold)
Subject: Re: HF/SSB/CW rig for sale
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:31:50 GMT


Ten Tec now offers used gear for sale from the factory.
The price of the Omni D is $450 without power supply.
-- 
Jeff M. Gold, AC4HF
Manager, Academic Computing Support
Tennessee Technological University
From: taylor@tix.timeplex.COM (Seth Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: FCC woes, what can be done?
Date: 18 Dec 92 17:05:01 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

Wake up and smell the coffee!!! The FCC can't operate without proper
funding or personnel. Federal agencies (including DoD) have hiring 
freezes and aren't replacing people who retire or leave for other
reasons. The appropriations aren't there. Everyone wants less
government, but when the service or services grind to a halt
we want everthing done for nothing. The solution is to get the FCC
licensing funded and staffed by appropriations...or We must lobby for
legislation to permit private organizations and persons to issue
licenses. The ARRL should get involved at least to discuss this
issue with the heads of House and Senate committtees that can
form a compromise solution to to problem. 

Many have said that the license recording and issuance is a simple
computer task. I know it's frustrating, but they need new hardware,
software and people to do the entry etc.. Staff and  state of the
art computer systems cost bucks. There is no other way if the FCC
is going to be the sole issuing agency.
From: chandler@beagle.UUCP (Jim Chandler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: FCC license times
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 18:42:22 PST
Distribution: world
Organization: Total and Complete Disorganization

jason@studsys.mscs.mu.edu (Jason Hanson) writes:

> Well, I just called the FCC and they told me that they were running 90-120 da
> behind.  That sucks.  I took my General test on Oct. 31 and I cannot even hav
> my Advanced submitted until the new license arrives.  At that rate, it could 
> the end of April (at a minimum!!!) before my Advanced is issued.  :(
> 
> Jason
> Maybe I'll pass Extra soon so the app gets shoved in the queue.
> -- 
> Jason Hanson         |   915 W. Wisconsin Ave #1010   |     (414) 288-2179
> Marquette University |   Milwaukee, WI 53233-2373     |     Ham Radio: N9LEA/
> --  jason@studsys.mscs.mu.edu       ==+==       n9lea@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na 

Why not submit the Advanced with the General pending?  I seem to remember 
a box on the bottom of the 610 that asked if you have another application 
on file that has not been acted upon.  I think that it is line 10 of the 
form.
Good luck on the upgrade.

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Jim Chandler, KD6IRV
sactoh0!beagle!chandler
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: herman@chamber.in-berlin.de (Martin Gebert)
Subject: STANDARD C558 :search extended mods
Organization: Zombie's Burial Chamber, Berlin, West Germany.
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:07:53 GMT

Hello there......

I'm searching ANY information about the extended mods and functions
              ---
for the C 558 .

Something similary exists for C 528. (From OM to OM)
Is it possible to create something like this for the C 558.

Thank's in advance                herman  ( DD6MF )

-- 
| Martin Gebert | DD6MF | German Amateur Radio Station |
| herman@chamber.in-berlin.de | QRV in Berlin on       |
| herman@obh.in-berlin.de     |          70 cm and 2 m |
From: lewis@mpd.tandem.com (Charles Lewis)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Phonetics
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:52:43 GMT
Reply-To: lewis@binky.UUCP (Charles Lewis)
Organization: Tandem Computers, Austin, TX

In article <6027025@FORUM.VA.GOV> BRITTINGHAM.RICHARD_A@FORUM.VA.GOV writes:
>
> 
>Could anyone help with phonetics for WD4AEF. Thanks.


Dear WD4AEF:


How about--

OTHER:  QRZ?

WD4AEF:  de WD4AEF.  That's W as in haWaii, D as in baDger, 4 as in 747,
         A as in frAnce, E as in amErican, and F as in inFection.


:)


Charles Lewis          lewis@devnull.mpd.tandem.com
N5TLO & WAR4266

From: brunob@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Bruno Bienenfeld)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:46:11 GMT
Subject: Re: Military method for CW proficiency and learning???
Organization: HP Scientific Instruments Division - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

I can't speak for current methotology, since I was trained 50m yrs ago, but
at that time in 3 weeks of 12 hrs/day I went from 7 wpm to 40 wpm.
The secret was, complete destruction of personification. After thr fourth
day I didn't remember my name, after 6th could not recall my ID No. and after
the 10th day I was spaced out walking like a zomby. However my speed went up
invers proportionaly to the state of my mind. The less I was able to rationalized
the better was my ability to copy high speed code.
As a matter of fact I almost flank the entry exam since they found out that
my IQ is higher than 27.
From: brosen@BBN.COM (Bruce L. Rosen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: WEFAX format == News Photo format ?
Date: 18 Dec 1992 22:05:52 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: brosen@BBN.COM (Bruce L. Rosen)
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

Does anyone know if the format used by AP, Reuters, et. al., to send news
photos is the same FAX format used for WEFAX transmissions.  In other
words, can I copy news photos with my AEA FAX package?  If the answer is
"yes" ... any info. out there for likely frequencies and transmission
times for news photos?

Thanks in advance.

Bruce (brosen@bbn.com)
K1FFX
From: jim@n5ial.mythical.com (Jim Graham)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Clever phonetics wanted WN3K 
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 17:25:49 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Me? Organized? Hah! :-)

In article <BzBq4s.7zv@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
jahern@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu writes:

> In article <1992Dec15.150912.8809@udel.edu> penneys@pecan.cns.udel.edu
> (robert penneys) writes:
>>
>> I've tried all manner of phonetics. Got any ideas?
>> Tnx   Bob WN3K  FRC
> 
> Walk North 3 Kilometers

very dangerous....  I mean, think about it --- how does one write out
kilometer (abbreviated form, that is)?  km, of course.  that's as bad as
using kilowatt for k, where kilowatt is kW....  I once worked someone
who claimed to be kwb5[something].  I've also heard people having to
constantly correct folks saying something like, ``no, it's not kw5, it's
k5, as in kilowatt five ....''

in other words, don't pick cute phonetics that happen to have commonly
known abbreviations of more than one letter...it often leads to errors
on the other end.

of course, we all know that whenever someone uses alternate phonetics
with someone who doesn't already know their call, they always use
standard ITU phonetics at the same time, right?  :-)

later....
   --jim

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From: brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: PL... ham vs. commercial rigs
Date: 11 Dec 1992 19:09:18 GMT
Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd.
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

steve@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Steve Schallehn) writes:
>Hu? If you run full-duplex on a repeater, how do you overcome feedback
>problems?  Does the correct phasing minimize the possibility of
>feedback?

No, phasing doesn't eliminate feedback.  What we do is get the users to
turn their microphone gain down.

Of course, if people are afraid to open their radios and adjust the
mic gain, there's no hope.
	- Brian
From: johni@ee.ubc.ca (john ip)
Subject: Highest frequency modem chips
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:52:47 GMT

Hi, I am a control guy but I like to built some neat communication gadgets. 
Would anyone tell a fellow techie (albeit from the other side of the
engineering world) this vital piece of info?

  What are the highest frequency (either carrier or bit) modem chips that 
  you know of?

Please send replies to me.  I will summarize to the net if there are enough 
responses.  Thanks in advance.

John Ip
From: leec@ncatfyv.uark.EDU (Lee Clanton)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: LONGINDEX
Date: 17 Dec 92 15:11:33 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

LONGINDEX
From: a-kevinp@microsoft.COM (Kevin Purcell, Rho)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: License delays
Date: 20 Dec 92 00:34:37 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu
Originator: daemon@ucsd.edu

Mary Lewis (one of the ARRL directors) mentioned today at a local club 
meeting that she had received a "confidential" document in her email 
stating that the FCC now was running a 3 month backlog (12 weeks). I 
beleive this information originated with someone at the FCC.  Add an 
extra couple of weeks for VE to VEC and VEC to FCC delays, and 3 1/2 
months will be the norm.

Another thing to remeber at the moment is that the FCC leadership will 
porbably change under the Clinton administration. I wonder if Al Gore's 
high tech leaning will have any effects of the future of the amateur 
service. But i think this means we won't see many big changes in rules 
in the next 6 months. (This paragraph is my opinion not Mary Lewis's).

73 de Kevin Purcell N7WIM/G8UDP (Seattle, WA)          a-kevinp@microsoft.com
Do your interests match mine? If so call me. I'd like to hear from you.
QRP, Packet, TCP/IP, Digital voice, Macintosh, Spread Spectrum, Homebrew,
Satellites, Antenna design, Propagation, VHF/UHF weak signal, Microwave, QEX
From: jangus@skyld.sr.com (Jeffrey D. Angus)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Car Tape problem 
Distribution: world
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 16:49:06 GMT
Organization: Grendel's Lair


In article <9DEC199210563424@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> lwwald@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov writes:

  > 
  > Please excuse the somewhat mundane post to this august group, but I felt 
  > that the netters would give me some good advice on this subject.  My car
  > stereo tape player eats the tape as soon as I put it in and it starts 
  > playing.  Any ideas would be appreciated; thanks!

        Stop storing those cassette tapes on concrete. Use a red wagon with
  rubber wheels on oil soaked cardboard.

        Oh, and send all those defective tapes to Craig Shergold care of the
   Madman Muntz 4-track Tape Memorial Foundation.

          xenon!skyld!jangus   < .sig on vaction until winter solstice>
          US Mail: PO Box 4425 Carson, CA 90749-4425   1 (310) 324-6080
From: fcr@ll.mit.edu (Frank Robey)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Hail the TS820! (was: Re: Yaesu/Kenwood/Ten Tec/MFJ)
Date: 11 Dec 92 18:18:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: ll.1992Dec11.181828.6059
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

In article <1992Dec7.230614.19375@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> little@nuts2u.enet.dec.com (nuts2u::little) writes:
I too purchased a used TS820, and am pleased with it for the most part.
>
>Oh yeah, one other thing although not really a complaint, just a note to
>other 820S owners.  When mine arrived, the digital display was acting very
>weird.  Wrong frequency displayed, missing parts of digits, one digit
>completely missing, etc.  This apparently is pretty common with this rig. 
>Fortunately the fix is trivial.  Simply open up the radio and clean and/or
>re-seat the connectors going to the board that controls the digital display
>unit.  The display works perfectly now. :-)
>

I had this same problem, but it was not so simple to fix.  Reseating the 
connectors did not do it.  The digital display boards and all of the other
boards that are in the rig were not properly cleaned when the rig was first
built.  There was solder flux left on the boards that had turned gummy
in some spots, and chalky in others.  I ended up cleaning the display boards
to get rid of the flux and then they worked with the exception of one
digit where the problem was traced to a bad driver transistor.  Replaced
that, and the display was back.  

The flux really messed up the noise figure of the receiver though.  I have
got the lower frequency bands working fairly well, but still have not
got to 10-20 meters.  The audio on these bands is just below the noise
level, so I get a headache trying to listen.  This was a radio that was
sold to me in "perfect" condition.  I only paid $400 for the TS-820S and
the VFO-820 though, so I am not complaining too much.

Frank Robey
fcr@ll.mit.edu
KA1YLB
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: sekell@bb1t.monsanto.com
Subject: Re: Alinco 600 or remotable mobles..
Organization: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:14:05 GMT

In article <33757@goofy.apple.COM>, collier@gallant.apple.com (Will Collier) writes:
> In article <1992Dec3.150522.26484@news.clarkson.edu> Rob Logan,
> rob@phoenix.erc.clarkson.edu writes:
>>
>>The Alinco 590 also lets one change the other freq remotly like the
>>th735, and it even cross-bands, but you have to enter the freqs
>>directly rather than using mem channels.. Even on the DTMF mike in the
>>car one must type three keys to go up a mem channel and there is no
>>direct mem channel entry.

The last part about having to use a three key sequence to go up or down memory
channels isn't absolutely true. The DR-590T (at least the early ones...) as
shipped have 'up' and 'down' buttons on the mike that 'tune' the memory channel
instead of incrementing it up or down. Very annoying. However, there is a 
CPU upgrade that fixes this, and a few other bugs. My 590 was upgraded by
Alinco for no charge. Without this mod, the controls would be an absolute
nightmare to operate. Especially mobile. Before learning of the mod from
Alinco, I was considering returning it and looking at another manufacturer.
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  Scott Keller	+1 314 537 6317	    The Agricultural Group of Monsanto Company 
  sekell@bb1t.monsanto.com  	KA0WCH		packet: ka0wch@k0pfx.mo.usa.na
From: dheisler@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Dave Heisler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: License delays
Date: 15 Dec 92 18:31:35 GMT
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University

I called W5YI at lunch time today and they said that for
test results submitted in Oct. that the FCC turn
around time was 16 weeks, yes that's 4 months.

They told me to hang tight until the end of Feb.

A person fron the arrl said 8 weeks.

Has anyone tested in Oct. have their tickets?

Does anyone actually know what's going on?

dave
From: sltmw@cc.usu.edu (BeoPunk CyberWulf)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: RE: DTMF help
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:25:09 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

The DTMF pads are available in a single chip package, all you have to do is
grab an old TT phone, and viola! there is the keypad...Then, run down to the 
Local House 'O Goodies, and grab one of these chips...I can't remember the part
numebr off the top of my head, but it is an easy and cheap way to make a DTMF
dialer for yourself.

I made one to use with my mobile, I built a headset mike, and no place to put
the DTMF pad, so I put it in the sunvisor....looks inconspicous, or can look
ver conspicuos, depending on the side of the visor you put it on...

Good Luck, and 73..

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From: maessm@rs6211.ecs.rpi.edu (Mathieu J. Maessen)
Subject: Re: Car Antenna - Mag or glass?
Reply-To: maessm@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:06:07 GMT

In article <Bz7wyK.7Mu@news.iastate.edu>, bryanw@iastate.edu (Bryan J Welch) writes:
|> Which is better: A glass mount with no rear ground plane (since there's 
|> nothing behind my back window on my hatchback) or
|> 		 a mag mount antenna, with about 6 feet of extra cable?

First, on the comment about cable loss, 6 feet of cable (I believe Larsen 
uses RG-58) is not going to produce that much loss (<1 dB).  The mag mount
antenna has the advantage that it uses the body of the car as a ground plane.
A glass mount antenna, unless it is a 1/2 wave antenna, will almost always be
less efficient than an equivalent antenna with a good ground plane (like the
roof of a car).  

I use a Larsen 5/8-wave mag mount on my '81 Citation hatchback (have to be 
careful when pulling into garages), and it works great.  It is very easy to
remove the antenna when I put the car into a garage.  The only problem with mag
mounts is that they do scratch up the roof of the car if you take them off and 
put them on repeatedly.
-- 
Mat Maessen   N2NJZ		| maessm@rpi.edu
------------------------------- |-----------------------------------
W2SZ/1 - #1 in the ARRL June VHF QSO Party - again!
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The opinions expressed in this message definitely do NOT reflect the
views of RPI, Roland Schmitt, or BAPP
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey)
Subject: Re: Help with Cable ID
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:10:23 GMT

One thing that I've done to figure out what impedance is to compare,
by eyeball, the unknown cable with samples of known cable.  Assuming 
that you can see the center conductor (maybe you don't want to cut
off the connectors, in which case this won't work :-(  ), if the 
center conductor is fairly thick as compaired to the insulation
thickness, this make for lower impedance than a thinner center conductor.
RG58, RG59 (TV coax), and RG62 are 50, 75, and 90 ohms impedance
respectively.  I once figured out that the yellow or orange Ethernet
coax was really 50 Ohm coax because it looked a lot like RG8U.
Sometimes you can guess just by outside diameter (RG58 being thinner
than RG59).  I seem to remember having seen dual coax cable like
you describe, and think it was like RG59, 75 ohm.  You probably
hoped for 50 ohm, but if you got miles of it, and no 50 ohm, you
could probably match it with a short section of RG58 (Don't know
the method to calculate how long for a given freq, someone probably
knows on this net!).  Or just use it direct, and not worry about
the 1:1.5 SWR.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: ham@wam.umd.edu (Scott Richard Rosenfeld)
Subject: Re: 2meter purchase - HELP NEEDED!!!
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:45:11 GMT

In article <thweatt.724443565@guppie12> thweatt@rtsg.mot.com (John A. Thweatt) writes:
>I am interested in purchasing a Kenwood Model TR-2400 2m FM Synthesized
>Radio and would like to ask the users of this net's advise.  This radio
>will be purchased for $125 which includes a battery, recharger, base platform,

Honestly, I think (and I think many on the net will concur) that this is 
a rather archaic, LARGE (for an HT) radio.  The thing is about 12 years
old, and I am led to believe that the display is shot to some degree.
It has only ONE battery, and it is probably fairly old at that - NiCads
don't last that long...

Yes, the scan features are nice - but you can get a used Icom 02-AT with
accessories for probably around $175-200, or a later model Kenwood or
Yaesu HT with a wide receive range (138-174 MHz, incl weather band) with
extra batteries, etc. for around $200-250.  And if this is TRULY an 
emergency radio, don't rely on being near an autopatch - just be happy 
to be able to get on ANY repeater where you can find someone to help
you out.  I think that you'll be using the radio for more than
personal emergencies (unless you already have an HT).  You must either
have more than one battery, or be able to hook up to the cig. lighter,
which won't be of much help with a dead car battery.

Some radios out there have 5W power levels, as well.  A 1/4 or 5/8 wave
antenna is a big help, as an HT from inside a car has VERY little range 
due to the shielding effects of the car.  Expect to pay $20 for a cheap
mag mount to upwards of $50 for a Larsen mag mount antenna.

My advice:  save your $125, go to a hamfest (or check rec.radio.swap)
and look for a newer HT with accessories.  They're MUCH smaller, too...

73, 

Scott  NF3I

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: abelson@isaac.its.rpi.edu (Mike (KB2KYZ) Abelson)
Subject: Kenwood TS820 Digital Display option.
Reply-To: abelson@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 13:49:08 GMT

I too am a satified TS820 user :-)   Can anyone suggest where I might be
able to find one of those 'add-on' digital display kits for the 820?
It would be a nice upgrade for what has been a great 'first rig.'

mla 
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Mike Abelson - Information Technology Services abelson@rpi.edu/gzn0@rpitsmts
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute               Amateur Radio: KB2KYZ 
Troy, New York 12180-3590
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