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From: LINSCOT@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (Stephen M. Linscott)
Subject: Re: Stupid questions
Organization: Rice University  
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:29:36 GMT

In article <22DEC199211580515@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>
stocker@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (ERICH FRANZ STOCKER) writes:
 
>
>In article <8RL7VB1w165w@tsoft.net>, bbs.sira@tsoft.net (Sira Vista) writes...
>>ok, no flames, just (if you could be so kind as to) answer these 'stupid'
>>questions:
>>
>>What does VOA stand for and/or mean?
>
>I guess it could stand for many things, context is really required. However,
>my exposure to that acronym is Voice of America (VOA).  In the shortwave
>context that would make sense as they do a lot of broadcasting to spread
>American information.
>
>>is it similar to VOR (or is that ROV (record on voice)?)?
>>What does HAM (as in HAM enthusiast) stand for?
>
>That is a long story and you will get all different versions of how HAM
>can to stand for a Radio Amateur operator.
>
>>What is "BFO to hear SSB voice and CW (code)"?
>
>BFO is the Beat Frequency Oscillator.  It is used to "adjust" tuning that
>enables "getting" the other part of the SSB and crisping up CW transmissions.
 
     The BFO supplies the missing carrier in Single Sideband Suppressed Carrier
transmissions.  The BFO beats with the interrupted carrier of CW to produce an
audible note.
 
>>Why are some frequencies called 'meter', as in 10meter band?
>>
>
>A matter of preference whether one uses the metric bandwidth determination
>or the cyclic definition for frequencies.  Generally when discussing
>band ranges one uses the metric bandwidth e.g. 10m 6m etc.
                                 ^^^^^^^^^
      Actually, this refers to the wavelength of the frequency, not its
bandwidth.
 
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Date:         Fri, 1 Jan 1993 19:10:00 GMT
Reply-To:     "Thomas R. Sundstrom" <0002446376@MCIMAIL.COM>
From:         "Thomas R. Sundstrom" <0002446376@MCIMAIL.COM>
Subject:      1993 WRTH Availability

1993 World Radio TV Handbook availability
-----------------------------------------
I've seen a number of messages on the email systems asking
"where is the 1993 WRTH?"  At least a few persons have suggested
that the WRTH is published in mid-December.  That is not
correct.

The final preparations to an edition of the WRTH are done
through the month of November.  The proofs, approved by Andy
Sennitt and Bart Kuperus, are delivered to the printers in early
December.  The WRTH is normally ships a few days before January
1.

(The 1992 edition was printed prior to January 1, but was
delayed in shipping to correct a printer's mistake of an ISBN
number.)

The 1993 WRTH did in fact ship from the printer's loading dock on
December 29, 1992.  Ask your local vendor to tell you when to
expect receipt; the vendor should know from past experience the
delivery time involved.

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From: pierson@empror.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Stupid questions
Date: 23 Dec 92 16:29:18 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <01060100.lp1rv6@fangio.wa.com>, raoul@fangio.wa.com (Jeffrey E. Benedict) writes...

>In article <8RL7VB1w165w@tsoft.net> (rec.radio.shortwave), bbs.sira@tsoft.net (Sira Vista) writes:
>> ok, no flames, just (if you could be so kind as to) answer these 'stupid'
>> questions:
	No such thing as a stupid question.  (I have been known to supply stupid
	answers, but not on the net, if i can help it...)

>> is it similar to VOR (or is that ROV (record on voice)?)?
> 
>Nope. I think VOR is "Vector Over Radio" for pilots

	_V_HF (Very High Frequency) _O_mnidirectional (Radio) _R_ange.  Its a
	a nav aid for pilots.

>> What does HAM (as in HAM enthusiast) stand for?
> 
>Legend has it that it is a slang from the Brits: "Allo! Didja 'ear
>that Colin got 'is 'amater ticket? Ya' 'e's an 'am now!" And from
>there came "ham" or amateur radio.
	There's as many variations on this one as one could, ask, and i doubt
	we will ever know the "real truth" (tm).  The version that seems
	plausible to me, traces it back to pre wireless days, when a sloppy
	wire line telegraper was said to be "ham fisted".  From there, it
	extended, unfairly perhaps, to any amateur, no matter how skilled.
	(Once upon a time...  There was an entire culture of telegraphists,
	moving all commercial traffic over the wire lines.  Much superseded
	by voice phone and TTY.)

>> Why are some frequencies called 'meter', as in 10meter band?
> 
>This is the distance between the "humps" in the wavelength.  10 meters=
>10 meters between "humps".  This is the "old" way of referring to
>frequency and is a holdover from the "old days". The 10 meter band
>is from 28.0 mHz to 29.9 mHz

	All frequencies have a wavelength equivalent, as noted.  for historical/
	traditional reasons, some are habitually referrred to by the "meter
	band", some by frequency.  Its really correct either way...

thanks
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: martin@datacomm.ucc.okstate.edu (Martin McCormick)
Subject: Re: Perferred "Look & Feel" o
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 11:51:26 GMT


Adding lead shot to the knob will give it more mass, but the bearings in the
shaft encoder might not last as long with the extra weight.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ   Stillwater, OK
O.S.U. Computer Center Data Communications Group
From: lingr1000@ucsvax.sdsu.edu (ZHANG Z)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: filter for 2010
Date: 28 Dec 92 20:38:00 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University - Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

I noticed somebody mentioned replacing the wide filter for 2010.
Where can I get a filter, for how much, and how to locate the
filter location on the circuit board are my questions.
From: tmrdpsrs@engvms.unl.edu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: VOA transmitter feed on 7651 kHz
Date: 28 Dec 92 21:57:36 CST
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
NNTP-Posting-Host: engvms.unl.edu

	I tuned across 7651 kHz at 0200 UTC and heard a Voice of America 
broadcast.  However, there were two different programs being broadcast, one on
Upper sideband, and another in a different language on Lower sideband.  Is this
a transmitter feed for VOA?  If yes, where is this feed from and where is it 
going to?  The reception here in Nebraska was quite good...strong signal.  I was
quite surprised.  I figured feed broadcasts would be low power and hard to hear.

RON SYNOWICKI
TMRDPSRS@ENGVMS.UNL.EDU
From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: How to get a FM sub-carrier radio?
Date: 31 Dec 1992 14:52:23 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
NNTP-Posting-Host: grissom.larc.nasa.gov

In article <Dec.30.16.31.25.1992.27040@joes.garage.com> shibumi@joes.garage.com writes:
>jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) writes:
>>  Is it still legal to listen to FM subcarrier signals?  I have another
>>recollection of having heard that legislation was passed to outlaw listening by
>>those who did not formally subscribe to the service.
>
>No, it is no longer legal.  ECPA changed the rules.

According to the ECPA, listening to any subcarriers of FM broadcast is
illegal.  This makes it illegal to listen to FM in stereo (since the multiplex
L-R signal is broadcast as a subcarrier at 19 KHz).  This is not an
intelligent law.
--scott
From: masticol@cadenza.rutgers.edu (Steve Masticola)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: RICV radio (for the blind) - need info
Date: 29 Dec 92 14:58:22 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Hi,

Does anyone have any information on a local-area broadcast service for
the blind, called (probably) RICV? My father asked me to find out.
Other than that it operates only around U.S. cities and has short
range, I have no other information.

Thanks for any help,
- Steve Masticola (masticol@cs.rutgers.edu)
  Formerly WA3RQH, now KF2IO
From: Nick.Gibbs@p1.f866.n800.z3.fidonet.org (Nick Gibbs)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sangean 803A:  tape out
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:05:00

In a message of <Thursday December 10 1992 04:24>, jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu wrote:

 jte> I got my son a Sangean 803A for Christmas.  It appears the tape out is a
 jte> DIN connector.  My Radio Shack catalog doesn't seem to have a DIN to
 jte> *anything* connector.  Does anyone know of a convenient source for a
 jte> connector that will let him plug this thing into a portable cassette
 jte> recorder?  We'll settle for a kluge (e.g. DIN to stereo phono, one phono
 jte> to 1/8 mini).

Here's the pin out for the DIN jack in case you want to construct your own
connector.

Pin 3 - Left Out
Pin 5 - Right Out
Pin 2 - Earth

You can bridge Pins 3 & 5 without any problems.

Nick.

 * Origin: Nick's Point - Stirling SA (3:800/866.1)
From: hgpeach@ms.uky.edu (Harold Peach)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: $70-$100 Portable SW Rx - Which one?
Date: 1 Jan 93 21:18:55 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

I have between $70 and $100 to spend on a shortwave receiver -- the
question is which one?

I want a small portable job with AM, FM, Shortwave.  3-30MHz general
coverage would be nice with SSB, but probably not avilable in this
price range.  The best compromise between sensitivity and selectivity.

What is the best one given these criteria that would be available in
the US?
-- 
Harold G. Peach, Jr.       ><>       N4FLZ       _%       hgpeach@s.ms.uky.edu
From: danr@ais.org (Daniel Romanchik)
Subject: What's Happening With Radio Czechoslovakia?
Organization: UMCC
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:22:48 GMT

Anyone know what's happening with R. Czechoslovakia?  It looks like
they've already ceased operating.  I was hoping to catch some of the
news of the impending split, but there have been no English broadcasts
to North America for the last couple of nights.

Dan
From: jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: How to get a FM sub-carrier radio?
Date: 30 Dec 92 18:26:58 GMT
Organization: USDA HNRC at Tufts University

In article <1992Dec30.140523.19084@ucc.su.OZ.AU>, dapeng@ee.su.oz.au writes:
> Can someone tell me where can I buy a FM sub-carrier radio,
> or how can I build one (modify a normal FM radio?
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Dapeng 


Bruce Elving (of FM Guide) used to sell these things.

Two questions:
  Is Elving still alive?  I don't even know why I'm asking this question except
that I have this hazy recollection of hearing that his wife was managing the
guide.
  Is it still legal to listen to FM subcarrier signals?  I have another
recollection of having heard that legislation was passed to outlaw listening by
those who did not formally subscribe to the service.

I apologize for posting notices that are more rumor than fact.  My only defense
is that (1) I admit from the start that I could be in error and (2) another
posting triggered me.
From: gene.eighmy@the-matrix.com (Gene Eighmy) 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SSB on the DX-440
Date: 27 Dec 92 23:10:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The MATRIX BBS - Birmingham, AL - 205-323-2016
Reply-To: gene.eighmy@the-matrix.com (Gene Eighmy) 

Does anyone have any trouble tuning SSB on a DX-440?  I can not tune in
a decent sounding SSB signal with the speaker but if I use headphones
and set the balance for only the left channel it works great.  The right
channel sounds like it has several odd audio harmonics.

If anyone has a fix for this problem or can tell me where to get a
schematic of the DX-440 I would really appreciate it.

73,

---
 . SLMR 2.1a . Gene Eighmy WD4MPS, Birmingham, AL
                                                           
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From: brewer@anarky.enet.dec.com (John Brewer)
Subject: Re: wfla mystery
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: rec
Date: 22 DEC 92 14:46:04    


In article <1992Dec22.4230.11524@dosgate>, "sander schimmelpenninck" <sander.schimmelpenninck@canrem.com> writes...
>I often hear a simulcast of Tampa, Florida broadcast station WFLA
>in the Toronto area on 25,870 KHz, using narrow-band FM. The
>frequency lies in the 11-metre broadcast band, but the modulation
>mode puzzles me. Does anyone know who is sending this signal and
>why? According to the World Radio Television Handbook, WFLA
>operates on 970 KHz with 5 KW.

	Most likely a Studio-Transmitter Link (STL).
	/john

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From: bbs.sira@tsoft.net (Sira Vista)
Subject: What *IS* FM sub-carrier radio?
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:36:00 GMT

with all the flap about FM sub-carrier radio, my mind has be reeling on
what it is.  Could some kind soul fill us in on this?

--
Sira Vista (bbs.sira@tsoft.net)
From: ifap327@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Lower end Radio Shack SW radios any good?
Date: 22 Dec 92 19:33:33 GMT
Reply-To: ifap327@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu ()
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: ifap327@daisy.cc.utexas.edu

Hello netters,
there has been a fair amount of discussion concerning the relative
merits of the upper end (ie the digital tuning) RS shortwave radios.
Are there any opinions on the lower end radios (ie the analog scale
ones, I don't have their model nos. handy).  Just looking for a fairly
inexpensive and reliable radio to knock about with when I'm not at
home with my (large) tabletop radio.
Thanks in advance,
Joachim

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: joe@netcom.com (Joseph Jesson)
Subject: Re: How to get a FM sub-carrier radio?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:36:00 GMT

 Bruce is very active - talked to him last week.  In addition to FM Atlas,
 he publishes a newsletter on FM Broadcast news and continues to sell
 subcarrier goodies,,,

--joe
From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: How to get a FM sub-carrier radio?
Date: 31 Dec 92 13:58:28 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1992Dec30.132658.586@hnrc.tufts.edu> jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) writes:
>In article <1992Dec30.140523.19084@ucc.su.OZ.AU>, dapeng@ee.su.oz.au writes:
>
>Bruce Elving (of FM Guide) used to sell these things.
>
>Two questions:
>  Is Elving still alive?  I don't even know why I'm asking this question except
>that I have this hazy recollection of hearing that his wife was managing the
>guide.

I spoke to him late this spring.

>  Is it still legal to listen to FM subcarrier signals?  I have another
>recollection of having heard that legislation was passed to outlaw listening by
>those who did not formally subscribe to the service.

Technically it isn't.
Unless you subscribe to a service that uses SCA, and use a receiver for that
purpose.

-- 
_______________________________Mike Schuster________________________________
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The Portal (R) System: schuster@shell.portal.com | MCI Mail,GEnie: MSCHUSTER
From: Bill.Carney@altern8.mi.org (Bill Carney)
Sender: FredMail@altern8.mi.org
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WRTH
Date: 01 Jan 93  15:01:48 EST



 WLB>    Has anyone recieved a copy of WRTH for 1993 yet? I put in an order 
 WLB> at the bookstore well over a month ago, they said it's targeted release
 WLB> date was middle Dec. I went by the store a couple of times to inquire 
 WLB> and they always give the same story, something about it being on
 WLB> back-order. Has it been released yet? Does it even exist? One of the last
 WLB> few pages in my 1992 WRTH says the deadline for the 1993 WRTH was in
 WLB> October of 1992. Is this a publisher thing or should I look for another 
 WLB> bookstore? Has anyone who ordered from Grove gotten theirs yet?

According to Andy Sennitt, they don't get off the presses until 29 December, and
that's barring any problems with the printer.  I think you can expect it in a
few weeks.


From: keith@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (John Keith)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 17:33:56 GMT
Subject: Re: radios w/event timers like Sony 2010?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

> 
> Uhm . . . sure.  I think they're called clock radios.  :-)

No, a clock radio will ONLY turn-on at the specified time and will play the
station that was manually set.

I want something that will turn-on and turn-off at a preset time and select
the channel to monitor. And I would like to do this for several different
events. Gee, sort of like a VCR only for radio programs instead of video
programs!

BTW, I have a 2010 and it works reasonably well for this task but it has the
following problems:

	1) it is expensive (I can buy a VCR with a 14 event timer for less,
           too bad they won't tune AM/FM band or SW)
	2) it only has 4 events
	3) it has start time and duration of 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes, not
	   end time.


JK
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From: DPALIK@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Wanted:  NRD525
Date: 29 Dec 1992 15:45:29 -0700 (MST)
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If you have a JRC  NRD525 that you would consider selling, please send
me a message.   Thanks.  ---Don Palik      dpalik@ccit.arizona.edu
From: assaleh@yorktown.rutgers.edu (Khaled Assaleh)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Arabic transmission
Keywords: Arabic language
Date: 29 Dec 92 05:18:07 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I am looking for a list of (SW) wavelenghts on which I can receive 
transmission in Arabic language. I wonder if there exist any AM
station that transmits from anywhere that can be received clearly 
in the area of northwest New Jersey. 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Khaled Assaleh
CAIP CENTER
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: mab3474@zeus.tamu.edu (Myles Barkman-KG5AI Tx A&M Univ.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: VOLMET stations-need info
Date: 3 Jan 1993 01:32 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.tamu.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

Anyone have a list of all the worldwide HF VOLMET stations already typed up?
I have a list of a few I have heard.  Can anyone identify at least 10057/5499,
8861, 5690, 13285, and maybe a 10018 kHz?  

Also, does anyone know the correct HF CAP net frequencies and times of their
nets?
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From: jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: How to get a FM sub-carrier radio?
Date: 31 Dec 92 16:38:32 GMT
Organization: USDA HNRC at Tufts University

In article <1hv1f7INN4am@rave.larc.nasa.gov>, kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:

> According to the ECPA, listening to any subcarriers of FM broadcast is
> illegal.  This makes it illegal to listen to FM in stereo (since the multiplex
> L-R signal is broadcast as a subcarrier at 19 KHz).  This is not an
> intelligent law.
> --scott

Three things:
(1) What is ECPA?  Electronic Communications and Piracy Act?

(2) Does this mean we should all write to our favorite radio stations and,
citing the ECPA, aske for *permission* to listen in stereo?  :-)
(There's something strangely appealing about this.)

(3) I assume the same thing applies to stereo TV broadcasts.  No?
(There's something strangely appealing about asking for their permission, too.)

Dear <broadcaster>:

   I enjoy listening to your programming.  However, I have been informed that
according to the ECPA, I am unable to listen to your broadcast in stereo unless
I receive your explicit permission to do so.

   May I?  I would like to continue to listen to your station.  However, it is
obvious that I cannot, if doing so would put me in violation of federal law.

                                                         Sincerely,
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: SSB and other things (was
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 10:16:49 GMT

gene.eighmy@the-matrix.com (Gene Eighmy) writes:
: 
: AR> 1)  What's the best technique, with a simple receiver like the
: AR>     DX440 or its clones, for tuning in a SSB transmission?  I have
: AR>     great difficulty in resolving SSB - is there a trick, or do I need
: AR>     more sophistication than just a BFO control?
: 
: One way that I have found for tuning in SSB on the DX-440 is to use
: headphones and only use the left earpiece.  I don't know why this works
: but it makes tuning SSB on the DX-440 like tuning SSB on my TS-520S
: (almost :-).  If anyone knows of a long term fix for this please let me
: know.  My left needs a rest...

Occasionally turn the headset around so that the left earpiece is over
the right ear. :-).

Bill
From: jreece@sousa.intel.com (John Reece)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Stupid questions
Date: 26 Dec 92 20:48:40 GMT
Reply-To: jreece@sousa.intel.com
Organization: Intel - Information Technologies

In article <85828@ut-emx.uucp>, mouli@ut-emx.uucp (Chandramouli. V) writes:

> Amateur, or "ham," radio, a noncommercial system of
> communication, is as old as the medium of RADIO itself.  The
> origin of the term ham radio is unknown.  

I thought it was generally accepted that "ham" came from "ham-fisted",
which was pre-wireless Morse telegraphy slang for an inexpert operator.

-- 
John Reece			"This lifeboat is full"	
Not an Intel spokesman 			 
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