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Info-Hams Digest            Tue, 15 Dec 92       Volume 92 : Issue 1317

Today's Topics:
       - Hamfest - 1/16/93 - Florida Institute of Technology -
                      Broadcast FM over distance
                           catchy phonetics
                         Crystal Radio Kits?
                          DTMF Mic Questions
                            License delays
                   Need help troubleshooting C-Line
                   Postage for Russian QSLs: Help!
                     Returned mail: Host unknown
                              thanks...
                            TVI solution?:
            WANTED: Morse training software for Macintosh
                           Weak signal VHF

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Date: 15 Dec 92 21:34:03 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: - Hamfest - 1/16/93 - Florida Institute of Technology -
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

The Florida Insititute of Technology Amateur Radio Society is holding a 
hamfest on Saturday, January 16, 1993 at the main campus in Melbourne, 
Florida.

The event will take place from 9 AM to 1 PM.  The 'fest will be outdoors in 
the administration building parking lot.

Exams will also be held for all amateur license classes at an adjacent 
classroom.  Exam registration begins at 9:30 AM.

Tailgating area is first come, first served.  Admission will be $1.

For more information about the hamfest, contact Eric Nesbitt, KD4CRC, at (407)
768-8000 extension 8720 or write to FIT Amateur Radio Society, 150 W. 
University Blvd., Melbourne, FL  32901.

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Date: 15 Dec 92 19:59:11 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!rostb-mac.ads.orst.edu!olsenm@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Broadcast FM over distance
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out how I can pull in my wife's favorite broadcast
FM station about 100 miles away (KINK in Portland, OR). Does anyone know
of a good antenna design I can build or, perhaps, a signal amplifier or
even an antenna kit that might do the job? This is a powerful Portland
station I can recieve in mono with some hiss. I'd just like to boost the
signal to receive it in stereo and turn off the lousy bubble gum stuff we
get in Eugene.

Thanks for any suggestions,

Monte Olsen
olsenm@ucs.orst.edu

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Date: 15 Dec 92 20:11:26 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: catchy phonetics
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

It's kinda fun when someone gets inspired to conjure up really good
phonetics.
I like 'em.

But, it seems that on Field Day some people have to really REACH in
order to get creative.

I have spent a lot of time during FD requesting repeats 'cuz standard
phonetics weren't in use.  When operators are talking REAL fast,
antennas aren't optimum, signals are weak, generators are noisy, QRM
is overwhelming, and I'm sleepy, calls like "silly young club" and
"mom's old shawl" are hard to make out.

I'm for creative phonetics, but not when "the chips are down".

tnx es 73 de Jack, K9CUN (Can't Understand Nothin'!)

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Date: 15 Dec 92 17:59:47 GMT
From: usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!rdsunx.crd.ge.com!dssv01!kennykb@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Crystal Radio Kits?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

In article <1992Dec14.155918.24956@microware.com> you write:
|> Is it possible to receive something other than AM on a crystal radio?

I suppose that you could carefully design the filters on two crystal
sets to function as a slope detector for FSK or FM....  8-)

Generally, though, other modes require injecting the signal from a
local oscillator, and we're no longer dealing with a crystal set.

73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin          There isn't any .signature virus, is there?

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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:26:48 GMT
From: usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.unomaha.edu!cwis.unomaha.edu!rerickso@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: DTMF Mic Questions
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

On my radio, I have to depress the transmit button
in order to transmit DTMF tones.  

Ron
AK0N

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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:31:35 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!npirs!dheisler@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: License delays
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

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

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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:52:07 GMT
From: usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.unomaha.edu!cwis.unomaha.edu!rerickso@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Need help troubleshooting C-Line
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

It sounds to me like you need to calibrate your recieve
and transmitter oscillators to zero beat.  I do not have
my manuals here or I would tell you how to do it.  

When you tune up your transmitter, you want maximum
power out for the power level you are loading up to. 
Otherwise, heat will be dissipated in the transmitter.
If your RF tune on your receiver is not peaking your
transmitter output, it is no big deal unless you are
down a lot in output power.  The tuning is important
in your pi-network adjustments, however.

73,

Ron
AK0N

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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:21:40 GMT
From: pipex!bnr.co.uk!bnrgate!corpgate!brtph560!nrtpa038!harp@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Postage for Russian QSLs: Help!
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

In article <1992Dec14.172849.24490@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> lkay@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (leonard kay) writes:
>Can anyone who has sent direct QSLs lately to anywhere in the former
>USSR tell me what they used for return postage (if anything)?
>I haven't sent a direct QSL there in about a year and recently 
>worked a UF8 and a 4K2 both with UA9 managers.

>I've heard rumours from friends ranging from 'everything gets 
>opened up and pilfered' to 'direct works OK, just don't
>trust the buros'.

>Anyone wanna please give me some hard facts?

>Thanks & 73,

>Len 


>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Leonard Kay, KB2R               | "But we are not dealing with the
> Electrical and Computer Engineering |  normal world. We are chasing DX."
> Northeastern University, Boston     |    -- W9KNI, 'The Complete DXer'
> NU ARC: W1KBN 145.31(-)             |
> Packet: KB2R@K1EA                   | #include <disclaimer.h> 
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have had problems communicating by mail With UC2AAA.  He says that
Mail comes to Moscow.  Mail gets delivered within the Moscow area without
to many problems.  However if the mail gets on a train and is from a foreign
country it is likely to get pilfered.  Most mail from the USA has a few
dollars in it.  $5 is equal  to about a week's salary to the average 
russian.  Most mail never reaches it's destination.  They have a saying
that goes something like "All  thieves aren't postal employees but all
postal employees are thieves".  The people are defenseless from this problem.

People who receive mail from outside are getting it sent via messengers who
travel between countries.

Many amateurs in the CIS have QSL managers outside the country.  The best
path is via these managers.  The bureaus aren't working right now either.

This is a sad situation.  I don't expect it to change very soon either.

****************************************************************************
* Alan Harp K4PB     *     Bell-Northern Research      *   CW FOREVER      *
* mail: harp@bnr.ca  *   Research Triangle Park, NC    *                   *
****************************************************************************

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Subject: Info-Hams Digest V92 #1304


Info-Hams Digest            Sat, 12 Dec 92       Volume 92 : Issue 1304

Today's Topics:
     3rd party and reciprocal license agreements with Bangladesh?
               ARRL DX Bulletin 60 ARLD060 (Corrected)
                          Car Tape problem 
                    Clever Phonetics Needed--WK3C
        Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 11 December
                       Ky Scanner Law - Update
                  Purchasing decision. Alinco DJ580
                           The Grand Canyon
                Third Party agreement with Bangladesh?
                        Toyota r.f. problems?
                            Yaesu FT-890AT
                       YX0AI qsl cards anyone??

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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 05:31:03 GMT
From: cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!atlantis.psu.edu!holman@uunet.uu.net
Subject: 3rd party and reciprocal license agreements with Bangladesh?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

I am moving to Bangladesh later this month and I will live there for
about a year.  I am interested in information on any third party
agreement with the US and whether I could operate from there.
Unfortunately, graduate school has left me rather out of touch with
these issues and ham radio, in general.  

73, Darryl Holman, WB9TCY
    holman@darwin.psu.edu

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Date: 12 Dec 1992 00:54:18 GMT
From: usc!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!aq474@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: ARRL DX Bulletin 60 ARLD060 (Corrected)
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

SB ALL @ ARRL $ARLD060
ARLD060 DX news
 
ZCZC AE23
QST de W1AW  
DX Bulletin 60  ARLD060

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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 16:49:06 GMT
From: netcon!xenon!skyld!jangus@locus.ucla.edu
Subject: Car Tape problem 
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

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

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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 04:53:41 GMT
From: spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!lynx!nmsu.edu!opus!forozco@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Clever Phonetics Needed--WK3C
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

Phonetics for WK3C ??, how about "We Killed three Chickens"--No, don't
have that good of an imagination, my friend John, WK5C is "We Killed 5
Chickens"

73's de luis

Luis F. Orozco
N5UHB
forozco@dante.nmsu.edu
--


Luis F. Orozco
N5UHB
forozco@dante.nmsu.edu
forozco@freedom.nmsu.edu

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Date: 12 Dec 92 11:03:01 GMT
From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 11 December
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 346, 12/11/92
10.7 FLUX=164.4  90-AVG=133        SSN=190      BKI=4122 2222  BAI=009
BGND-XRAY=B6.2     FLU1=9.1E+05  FLU10=1.0E+04  PKI=3111 2222  PAI=006
  BOU-DEV=040,007,011,012,013,015,013,015   DEV-AVG=015 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= C1.4   @ 1451UT    XRAY-MIN= B4.3   @ 0437UT   XRAY-AVG= B7.5
NEUTN-MAX= +003%  @ 2010UT   NEUTN-MIN= -002%  @ 2125UT  NEUTN-AVG= +0.1%
  PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2245UT     PCA-MIN= -0.3DB @ 1330UT    PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55431NT @ 0229UT   BOUTF-MIN=55398NT @ 1848UT  BOUTF-AVG=55416NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+107NT@ 1711UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+004NT@ 1047UT  G7-AVG=+081,+027,+011
GOES6-MAX=P:+124NT@ 1945UT   GOES6-MIN=E:-015NT@ 0234UT  G6-AVG=+097,-006,+032
 FLUXFCST=STD:170,175,175;SESC:170,175,175 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,010,005/010,010,010
    KFCST=2223 3322 2223 3322  27DAY-AP=008,013   27DAY-KP=2223 3222 3222 4433
 WARNINGS=*SWF
   ALERTS=
!!END-DATA!!

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Date: 12 Dec 92 05:36:24 GMT
From: ogicse!uwm.edu!psuvax1!ukma!miles@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Ky Scanner Law - Update
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (sorgatz) writes:

> Is that before or after one goes a round with a stupid jerk with a 
>badge-on that rips a radio out from under your dashboard? ;-)
> All of which is a symptom of the sad state of affairs that typifies
>backwoods law enforcement in general. Bunch of uninformed bozos with
>the right to harrass and confiscate...jeez! If the cops in Los Angeles
>tried anything like that the Courts would burn them at the stake! I'm

 you mean like they did in the Rodney King trial?
    
>glad I don't live in Kentucky, the temptation to provoke an incident
>with every ignorant hick cop that didn't read his mail from HQ would 
>be too much to resist.

 here in lexington kentucky, you better have a college degree if you want
 to be a cop. the state police go through a fairly decent training process.
 as well. there are assholes, but those are in every state... yours too.

>( "Los Angeles, CA. The NIGHT-CLUBBING Capitol of America!" -R. King )
>-Avatar-> (aka: Erik K. Sorgatz) KB6LUY           +-------------------------+

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Date: Wed, 09 Dec 92 23:51:09 PDT
From: van-bc!holly.wimsey.bc.ca!jerrys@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Purchasing decision. Alinco DJ580
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

I have been using the DJ580 for 2 months now, no major complaints. I like
the unit, good price, good quality, and a very nice aircraft receiver. 
Just cut the red wire, (alinco tells you how to do it in the manual).
All in all a Reasonable radio for a reasonable price.

jerrys@holly.wimsey.bc.ca

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Date: 11 Dec 92 01:52:33 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ennews!telesys!microm!bradf!brad@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: The Grand Canyon
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

bowen@acsu.buffalo.edu (Devon E Bowen) writes:
: I'm planning a trip to the Grand Canyon this January and I was planning
: on hiking into the canyon for a day (down a not so safe path). I was
: wondering if anyone knows whether the park police monitor any particular
: 2 meter frequency in case I run into trouble. Any help is appreciated.
: 
: Devon

The response I've gotten from the rangers there, and while visiting 
Mesa Verde, in Colorado was somewhat of a sneering "no" ... as though
I would be infringing on their duties in some way. It really quite 
surprised me ... the number of rangers actually out on the trail were 
quite few. Should anyone loose their footing, fall and require assistance,
they would have to wait while someone hiked out for help.

I have heard of rumors about a ham repeater being installed on the north
rim someday ... but I think it may just be that ... rumors.
-- 
-= Brad Fisher =-  (PPSEL)                 I'm just  | Micro Maintenance, Inc.
usenet: brad@microm.tnet.com                   a     | 2465 W. 12th St. #6
-or-...!asuvax!ennews!telesys!microm!brad   wanna be | Tempe, Arizona  85281
packet: N7XSS@KC7Y.AZ.USA.NA               UNIX guru!| 602/894-5526

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Date: 12 Dec 92 04:40:23 GMT
From: noao!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!atlantis.psu.edu!holman@arizona.edu
Subject: Third Party agreement with Bangladesh?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

Howdy,

I am moving to Bangladesh later this month and will live there for
about 1 year.  I would like to know whether the US has a 3rd party
agreement with Bangladesh and what the details may be.  I would like
to try operating from there.

	73,   Darryl Holman, WB9TCY
	      holman@darwin.psu.edu

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Date: 12 Dec 92 02:17:50 GMT
From: ogicse!uwm.edu!caen!nic.umass.edu!hamp.hampshire.edu!awoodhull@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Toyota r.f. problems?
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

Toyota engine computer r.f. problems?

A while ago there was some discussion on this newsgroup about problems
with mobile operation in late-model Toyotas. I didn't pay much attention
at the time, but suddenly it has become relevant. Can anyone out there
e-mail me a summary or point me to an archive.  If specificity helps, I
am about to purchase a 1989 Corolla All-Trac Wagon, and I would like 
to operate 2, 10, and 15 meter mobile.

73 de Al Woodhull   N1AW
Internet: awoodhull@hamp.hampshire.edu
packet:   N1AW @ K1MEA.#WMA.MA.USA.NA
Fido:     Al Woodhull, 1:321/109

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Date: Friday, 11 Dec 1992 18:25:38 PST
From: usc!sdd.hp.com!wupost!uwm.edu!linac!unixhub!slacvm!mgb@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Yaesu FT-890AT
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

I am considering purchasing the FT-890AT.  Does anyone have any recommendations
on that xceiver or any recommendations on the best place to purchase it.

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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 00:33:32 GMT
From: deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!dbased.nuo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!cimtwo::kendul.enet.dec.com!dul@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: YX0AI qsl cards anyone??
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

    Does anyone know if the YX0AI QSL cards are all out?
    
    I've received my cards for cw contacts but the phone contacts have
    not come in as yet.
    
    Ken K8ZR

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Date: (null)
From: (null)


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End of Info-Hams Digest V92 #1304
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:22:15 GMT
From: telesoft!hamid@uunet.uu.net
Subject: thanks...
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

In <1992Dec15.100350.5431@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c60c-3gi@web-3d.berkeley.edu (Masayuki Karahashi) writes:


[stuff deleted]

>	(2) get a Radio Shack TRC-479 (or equivalent from other place) and
>   	    put that in my car, connecting the power source to the cigarette
>	    adapter.  

When I try to power up my walkie talkie with the cigarette adapter, I
get lots of noise when the car is running.  I'd think you might run
into the same problem unless there is a way to filter out the noise.
Does anyone know of such filter?

>---Masayuki Karahashi
>c60c-3gi@web.berkeley.edu
>"I think its time to change major"

Hamid Radvar

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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:22:45 GMT
From: usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.unomaha.edu!cwis.unomaha.edu!rerickso@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: TVI solution?:
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

Has anyone who has had TVI problems obtained a TV and/or
radio translator license which would eliminate the neighbor's
complaint of poor TV or FM reception in a Grade B UHF coverage
area?

I have a neighboring family who I have bent over backwards
in giving them technical information to clear up their
TVI problems with my two meter operation.  They are using
a Radio Shack TV pre-amp on a VHF antenna so they can pick
up a UHF channel.  Telling them they need a UHF antenna with
their VHF antenna has fallen on deaf ears.  I do not need a
pre-amp to get good UHF signals with my TVs so I do not see
why they do.  I know if I obtained a translator license they
would need to clean house as I would have their UHF channel
being rebroadcast to them from next door.  If I do so, I wonder
how practical it is to get some 100-watts of AC off of the sun?
If I would keep the electricity to a minimum, it would not
be too expensive. 

Replys can be sent to:  rerickso@cwis.unomaha.edu  .

73,

Ron
AK0N

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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:42:04 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!think.com!linus!linus.mitre.org!mwvm.mitre.org!M16146@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: WANTED: Morse training software for Macintosh
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

In article <1992Dec14.075848.19553@klaava.Helsinki.FI>      stickler@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Patric M Stickler) writes:
 
>
>Does anyone know of a Morse Code training program for the
>Macintosh that can be used for increasing speed, etc.?
>
>I learned Morse using a program called SuperMorse for the PC,
>which is a fantastic program -- however I no longer have
>convenient access to a PC to use it, and would like to use
>some form of software to increase my speed.
>
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
I have "Morse" or "The Morse Trainer" which I can possibly mail to you, It may
also be available by FTP.  If you have CCMail or a similar file transfer availa
ble, I could e-mail it.
Vern Eubanks, AA7EI; eubanks@mwunix.mitre.org
>
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Date: 15 Dec 92 14:21:36 GMT
From: swrinde!gatech!gatech!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary@network.UCSD.EDU
Subject: Weak signal VHF
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

In article <14570559@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) writes:
>
>It's true that transverters are harder to come by than the multi-mode
>VHF/UHF rigs.  But most of my friends who are serious moonbounce /
>weak-signal types use transverters.  The reason is that you can get
>much better performance from a good HF radio than the available 
>SSB/CW VHF/UHF transceivers.

Well that *used* to be true, but with the advent of the FT736R and
the IC275/475 class multimodes, it's now a tossup as to which performs
better. The most lacking quality of early multimodes was receiver
selectivity. That's now much better with narrow filters available
and with IF shift/passband tuning and tunable notches on the newer
multimode rigs. They're the equal of a transverter and HF rig, and
a lot cheaper if you're buying everything new.

Gary KE4ZV

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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:28:41 GMT
From: swrinde!gatech!news.byu.edu!ux1!fcom.cc.utah.edu!park.uvcc.edu!ns.novell.com!jmessing.NSD.Provo.Novell.COM!JMESSING@network.UCSD.EDU
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu

References <1992Dec12.043158.15134@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu>, <1992Dec15.045850.2599@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, <1992Dec15.161720.24089@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>4
Subject : Re: Morse code upgrading

In article <1992Dec15.161720.24089@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones) writes:
>Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
>Path: ns.novell.com!newsun!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!jeffj
>From: jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones)
>Subject: Re: Morse code upgrading
>Organization: AT&T
>Distribution: usa
>Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:17:20 GMT
>Message-ID: <1992Dec15.161720.24089@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
>Keywords: SuperMorse
>References: <1992Dec10.050057.16749@panix.com> <1992Dec12.043158.15134@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu> <1992Dec15.045850.2599@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
>Lines: 15
>In article <1992Dec15.045850.2599@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> laborde@oak.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Gregory R. LaBorde) writes:
>>
>>Since so many peopler seem to like SuperMorse, is it available on any dialup
>>BBS(s) for download?
>
>Please try the bbs in my signature. After you get registered you can download
>it. Look for SM316.ZIP in the HAM RADIO directory.
>73!
>
>Jeff
>
>-- 
> Jeff Jones  AB6MB         |      
> jeffj@seeker.mystic.com   |     
> Infolinc BBS 415-778-5929 |    
Are there any ftp sites available that have a copy of this SuperMorse
available? If there are I would like to get it. 
THanks,
Jeff
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Jeff Messinger
Novell, Inc.
Internet: Jmessing@novell.com
Fax: 801-342-1085
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are solely mine.
            Besides who else would want to claim them.
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