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From: linnig@m2000.dseg.ti.com (Mike Linnig)
Subject: Radio Shack selling hamgear 
Organization: Texas Instruments, Defense, Systems and Electronics Group.
	<1992Sep8.190021.23222@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
	<1992Sep9.143822.25330@rti.rti.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:53:33 GMT

Just thought I'd relate my experience at a local radio shack..

A few days ago I went into a radio shack in the local mall (NorthPark, Dallas).
I found my way to their 2m HT and turned it on and fooled with the controls
(no, I didn't xmit).

As soon as their sales staff noticed what I was doing they quickly jumped up
and admonshed me that I had to have a "special licence" to use that thing and
that I shouldn't transmit (they had taken the rubber ducky off of it anyway).

When I looked at their 10 Meter transceiver I got the same lecture.

I told them I was very pleased at their attitude since I had one of those
"special licenses" in my wallet.   These folks did it right!

        N5QAW

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        -- Mike

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From: enge@almaden.ibm.com (Roy Engehausen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: RACES Bulletin #238
Date: 11 Sep 1992 09:18:36 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

MsgID:  $RACESBUL.238

TO:    ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
INFO:  ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
       ALL AMATEURS U.S.         (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM:  CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
       2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA  95832  (916)427-4281
RACESBUL.238                                 DATE: Sept. 7, 1992

SUBJECT: MGT - WILD FIRE VOLUNTEERS - PART 1/2

        The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CDF) has a Volunteers in Prevention (VIP) program to involve and
use individual citizens and public service groups to reduce
California's wildland fires.  We frequently receive inquiries
from other states about this worthwhile and growing program.
        In the past few years California has experienced a
tremendous increase in the number of wildland fires and fires
will continue to cause resource loss and financial drain on the
public.

Volunteers in Prevention receive training in the Department's fire
prevention policies and practices.  Volunteers, under the direction and
supervision of a CDF employee, may be used for the following activities:

1.  Conduct fire prevention education programs at preschool and
elementary schools.
2.  Assist CDF in major fire information centers.
3.  Assist in disseminating fire prevention education and
information materials to local citizen groups, business, and
schools.  Also assist in fairs and other fire prevention
displays.
4.  Patrol selected hazardous areas during fire emergencies or
periods of high fire hazard.  These are called "Red Flag"
patrols, as one goal of this program is to reduce fires caused by
equipment use, arson, debris burning, and children playing with
fire.

(To be contined in part 2/2)

EOM
From: FLEM%athena@leia.polaroid.COM (SKIP FLEM, NT1G, 14X17 NEWTON-1M 617-630-4482)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: W2A PLL synthesizer schematic missing?
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:07:58 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu


	Yes, the schematic is missing from the owner's manual. However, it
has been provided in the Service Manual. $20 from Icom. I do have it if
you really need it.
de Skip, NT1G  internet "flem%hydra@polaroid.com"  E&WE 508-872-8291
From: sam@wa4phy.ampr.org (Sam Drinkard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: New Topic
Keywords: Mule, Fritters, Meadow Muffins
Date: 11 Sep 92 11:37:48 GMT
Reply-To: sam@wa4phy.nscf.org (Sam Drinkard)
Organization: Diversified Computer Services, Augusta, GA.

Actually, a more suitable topic would be mule fritters, meadow muffins,
or even buffalo chips.. 

Wonder what voltage a buffalo chip would require to be an efficient RF
source? 

-- 
	Sam Drinkard		internet: sam@wa4phy.NSCF.Org
	WA4PHY			amprnet:  wa4phy@wa4phy.ampr.org
From: William=E.=Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv.Mlb@ns14.cca.CR.rockwell.COM
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Iso-Loop info?
Date: 9 Sep 92 12:54:26 GMT
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

>The Isoloop is not a miracle antenna.  It is roughtly equivalent
>to other omni antennas, such as dipoles.  It may have a little

the dipole is an omni antenna?  the things you learn here.....
From: d38987@proteus.pnl.GOV
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Toyota's and 2-meter rigs
Date: 8 Sep 1992 16:58:49 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

I have heard that there is information available from ARRL on
installing 2-meter and other transceivers in Toyotas.  Can anyone
tell me how to get the information.

Ron Melton - N7NIQ

rb_melton@pnl.gov
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Greetings From the Front Line
From: julian@bongo.UUCP (Julian Macassey)
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:38:27 GMT
Reply-To: julian@bongo.info.com (Julian Macassey)
Organization: The Hole in the Wall  Hollywood California U.S.A.

In article <1992Sep4.081240.14298@usl.edu> jab0684@usl.edu (Boudreaux Jean A) writes:
>Greetings from Hurricane Land, Lafayette Louisiana.
>Well we managed to survive quite well here, after the storm ravaged
>
Mucho stuff deleted
>
>Lessons Learned:
>
>On a positive note, hats off to
>Ma Bell, phone communications remained unaffected almost everywhere,
>even in demolished buildings and neighborhoods, the phone still worked.

	Please note: Yes, telco stayed in place. I also read in a "ham"
report on comp.dcom.telecom that in the Miami area 98% of the telco was
working post the storm. Does this tell anyone anything?

	Let's face it. Anyone can use telco. If you can get telco line,
you can talk to anyone anywhere in the world. With out ARRL
telegramese, without relays and BARF free. Yes, you can even call the
Pentagon and ask for more M.R.E.s - but why you would want to is beyond
me, local fauna has got to be tastier.

	What's my disaster kit? A butt set, a tool bag and 2,000 feet
of twisted pair. And of course, some fuel for the barbie for those
urban squirrels that have been fattening up on my avocados.

	If you think Andrew was bad, wait until Fergie blows through.

-- 
Julian Macassey, julian@bongo.info.com  N6ARE@K6VE.#SOCAL.CA.USA.NA
742 1/2 North Hayworth Avenue Hollywood CA 90046-7142 voice (213) 653-4495
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,misc.misc
From: adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com (Charles Adams)
Subject: Re: CW Speed Contests?
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:04:21 GMT

Gang,

thread is interesting.

i don't have the guys call, but for your information, the world record
for continental morse is 100 wpm.  this record was set by a W7 at the
ARRL Convention in CA (W6 land) last month.  from the email that i've
gotten from others, the 100wpm record may not last all that long either.

for handwritten code copied at swapfests, there is a YL in CA that did
69.5wpm at one contest given by the above W7.  from an observer at this
contest, this was the only time the guy was visibly shaken.  maybe that
he thought he was gonna get beat before he got the record.  :-)

surely somebody on this net was at the ARRL Convention and got all the
facts and can give 'em to us before the issue of QST arrives.

there used to be a high speed tape used at cw contests at swapfests
generated by W1NJM (no joking matter) for the Connecticut Wireless
Association.  i used to do 40wpm handwritten at swapfests in tests
under less than ideal conditions.  they discontinued the contest after
the same three guys took the same three positions for many years.  :-)

73 and bcnu,

-- 

   Chuck Adams, K5FO @ 82wpm cw 
   adams@sgi.com
From: grady@btr.BTR.COM (Grady Ward  grady@btr.com)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: hams helping with Iniki emergency
Date: 13 Sep 92 13:06:28 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. Contact: Customer Service cs@BTR.COM

What can individual hams do do help out in the communications emergency
resulting from Hurricane Iniki?  Plenty.   And _you_ get to set the time and
amount of aid to fit into your usual schedule.

One way of helping is simply to take outgoing "health & welfare" messages
that can be delivered via a collect call.  Get on your favorite HF band with the
likelihood of propagation to Hawaii from where you live.  For example, from
the Western United States, you might listen at a beam heading of 255 degrees,
and on, say, fifteen meters, call CQ as:  "CQ CQ CQ for Hawaii outgoing
health & welfare traffic.  Collect calls only.   This is KD6ETH calling CQ."

Repeat call as needed, whenever and wherever you think you might be heard
by a Hawaii ham.

After getting the name and phone number of the stateside recipient, the name of
the third party wishing to send the message, and the message itself (which you
may wish to restrict to the "I'm OK" type, depending on your time). Repeat as
needed.
After you accept whatever number that you have time to handle at that time
during that session, you sign and make a best attempt at delivery.  That's it.
You helped in the Iniki emergency.  Congratulations!

You can choose to take one message, or a hundred.  You don't have to listen to a 
"net frequency".  You don't have to wait for a tedious net roundtable to get to
your turn.  You can do it now, and you can be 100% responsible for the result.

73 de Grady KD6ETH

-- 
Grady Ward  grady@btr.com  Moby Lexicons
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: <tonyp@dryheat.COM> (good, Conan - good!)
Subject: Re: more about ham legends
Originator: tonyp@dryheat.convex.com
Reply-To: tonyp@convex.COM 
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 16:06:32 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In article <1992Sep9.024852.1915@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
}In article <i768140@pro-haven.cts.com> phantom@pro-haven.cts.com (Tiffany Keller) writes:
}>Ok.....
}>In <1992Sep7.113902.25280@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
}>% Concrete is not a good earth ground, whatever that means in this 
}>% context. That's why we have to run *separate* strap grounds to tower
}>% 
}>        All I know is that it does discharge the battery because I have
}>experienced this directly....As well as my co-workers.....Whatever the
}>reason...
}
}No it doesn't. The discharge path has to have physical existance as a
}sheet resistance phenomenon. Batteries don't radiate. Therefore, the
}case must have sufficient resistance to avoid self discharge directly
}from terminal to terminal. (see points A and B in diagram) To self
}discharge with the aid of a more conductive concrete, the resistance
}of the case A to C and D to B plus the concrete resistance must be
}less than the resistance from A to B. This is physically implausible.
}
}
}          A                  B
}       ___T__________________T__
}       |  +                  - |
}       |                       |
}       |      Battery          |
}       |                       |
}       |_______________________|
}_______C_______________________D____________
}           Concrete surface
}
}Gary KE4ZV

I dunno: I remember once on a StarTrek episode where they went thru
a concrete barrier at the end of the galaxy and it discharged all
their dilithium crystals...

-- 
Tony J. Podrasky |  What's this thing?
 San Diego , Ca   |  It's called a MODEM.
tonyp@convex.com |  And what's this button for? 
 NNNN NNNN ZCZC   |  Whatever you do, don't touc{{{7bh6xx!{@%%hxbd&$#)$% NO CARRIER
Xref: sparky rec.radio.amateur.misc:15483 sci.space:12924 sci.space.shuttle:2276
From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: STS-47 element set JSC-008, flight day 3, orbit 34
Date: 14 Sep 1992 20:58:31 GMT
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston


STS-47
1 22120U 92 61  A 92258.67230773  .00130000  00000-0  17400-3 0    86
2 22120  56.9974  98.0218 0008453 286.4077  73.6043 15.89326760   348
 
Satellite: STS-47
Catalog number: 22120
Epoch time:      92258.67230773 =====> (14 SEP 92   16:08:07.38 UTC)
Element set:     JSC-008
Inclination:       56.9974 deg
RA of node:        98.0218 deg          Space Shuttle Flight STS-47
Eccentricity:     .0008453                SGP4 Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee:   286.4077 deg         from NASA flight Day 3 vector
Mean anomaly:      73.6043 deg
Mean motion:   15.89326760 rev/day         W5RRR  -  G. L. Carman
Decay rate:    1.30000e-03 rev/day^2     NASA  Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev:              34
 
G.L.CARMAN
 
 

-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
 "Keep in mind that Amateur Radio As We Know It Today will cease to exist
            at midnight tonight." -- Dave Newkirk, WJ1Z
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jhenderson@pomona.claremont.edu
Subject: Re: Death to coaxial power connectors
Organization: Pomona College
Date: 9 Sep 92 12:05:55 PDT

In article <6256@transfer.stratus.com>, leadfoot@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Mark Curtis) writes:
> True, but if the collar of the BNC on the top of the HT touchs any bare
> grounded metal in the car ... ZAP!  If I use an outside antenna and the
> base of a mag mount/antenna grounds to anything, even for a split second,
> ZAP!  No thanks.  The chance of something happening is just to high.
> Now if was driving an old brit car with positive ground then it wouldn't
> be a problem.

That is not true. You are assuming that because the outside connector of the
plug must be positive, the rig has positive ground, which is not the case.

I used many rigs that have such power arrangement on my car without any
problems (these rigs were connected to amplifiers and antennas that were
connected to the ground as needed).

Rigs I'm talking about: FT23R, FT33R, FT709.

______________________________________________________________________________
Javier Henderson, N6VBG         | Beat the 55mph limit (legally):
jhenderson@pomona.claremont.edu | Learn to fly!
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: mab3474@zeus.tamu.edu (Myles Barkman-KG5AI Tx A&M Univ.)
Subject: Re: pro2006 birdies/images every odd MHz
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 06:20:00 GMT

In article <horak.716100363@convex.convex.com>, horak@convex.com (David Horak) writes...
> 
>It has been some time since I saved this file. Well, now I bought the 
>PRO-2006 and have the same problem mentioned here in this file I saved:
>  
>> Another problem is that a channel 21 TV station (we have one here) will
>> leak into the first IF, and form an image that appears every odd MHZ +
>> 750 KHz throughout the tuning range of the scanner. This has not turned out
>> to be a big problem, and just now testing it I didn't notice the problem.
> 
>We have a channel 21 but it is pretty far away. However, channel 23 is 
>only a few miles away and I suspect it. I receive dead carriers every
>odd frequency + 760 KHz.
>  
>> On my 2004 (at home) and 2005 (in my car), I put an FM broadcast trap
>> in line with the antenna. This restored the sensitivity and I am quite
>> happy with the scanners and do recommend them.
>  
>An FM trap? Don't you mean a UHF TV trap? Please clarify this for me. Do
>I need to get a UHF TV trap for channel 23 to rid my scanner of the problem?
> 
>> John Moore NJ7E, 7525 Clearwater Pkwy, Scottsdale, AZ 85253  (602-951-9326)
>> ncar!noao!asuvax!anasaz!john john@anasaz.UUCP anasaz!john@asuvax.eas.asu.edu
>> "It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth 
>> part..." B. Franklin   - Standard Disclaimer Applies -
>>  - - Support ALL of the bill of rights, INCLUDING the 2nd amendment! - -
> 
>Any help would be appreciated.
> 
>David Horak N5OFQ
I've had the same problem since I got my 2004 in '87.  I never suspected 
the local TV station.  I did notice that as I left the area on road trips
that the "birdie" would disappear as I got further from DFW.  I never had
the "birdies" in any other area either.  How exactly is this birdie created?
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* Hamnet    : KG5AI                                       College Station TX *
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: pascoe@rocky.gte.com (Dave Pascoe)
Subject: Sept. VHF Contest Rumors
Organization: GTE/MSED - Needham Heights, MA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:00:47 GMT

Relayed from K1TR:

Apparently some awesome tropo conditions this weekend!

Some numbers from 144.200 after the contest.
 
M/M:
 
Band    W2SZ/1    K1TR/1 
------------------------
50      423/63    135/25
144     872/111   338/45
222     178/58    61/25
432     358/76    107/29 
903     73/29     13/6 (blown front-end) 
1296    115/43    
2304    62/21    
3456    46/15   
5760    38/15  
10G     42/11 
24G     28/7 
LHT     0/0 
-----------------------
Tot  2235/449  654/130
Score 1.704M*    110k        * = new record
 
S/O scores: K1RZ  215k
            WA2TEO 230k (rough)
            WB1GQR 140.7k
 
L/M scores: W4IY 319k
 

--
Dave Pascoe KM3T
Internet: pascoe@rocky.gte.com
GTE/MSED - Needham Heights, MA
(617) 455-5704
From: hayssen@sceng.UB.COM (HAYSSEN_CARL)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: RE: batteries on concrete / brain tumors
Date: 11 Sep 1992 11:39:24 -0700
Organization: UCSD Usenet Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsd.edu

>
>       Craig Shergold is a seven year old boy dying from an incurable
>brain tumour.
..deleted...   
>Julian Macassey, julian@bongo.info.com  N6ARE@WA6FWI.#SOCAL.CA.USA.NA
>742 1/2 North Hayworth Avenue Hollywood CA 90046-7142 voice (213) 653-4495

>..Pretty tasteless, Macassey.
>..
>..Greg Lapin, KD9AZ
>..Assistant Professor of _Neurology_
>.._Brain Tumor_ Research Laboratory
>..Northwestern University

       My brother died of a brain tumor this summer and I didn't have any
       problem with Julian's comment.  Humor helps some of us get back to
       the world.

Carl N1MWY
From: dubner@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Joe Dubner)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:50:00 GMT
Subject: Yaesu FT-ONE Owners?
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

Are there any other Yaesu FT-ONE owners out there in netland?  I haven't
seen any mods (or fixes) for this too-expensive state-of-the-art HF rig
(in 1980 :-) and wonder is anyone has brought theirs up to date with
mods to make it possible to interface it to a computer, fix the
alignment drift problem (severe in mine) or whatever.

73,
Joe, K7JD
dubner@hpspkla.spk.hp.com
From: paul@n3eop.pgh.pa.us (paul)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: Re: Flagpole Antennas
Date: 11 Sep 92 00:56:14 GMT
Organization: CrossRoads in Elizabeth, PA

alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) writes:

> In rec.radio.amateur.misc, kipper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kip Ingram) writes:
> 
> >...  I'd like to conceal a commercial vertical like the DX88 inside
> >a flagpole; has anyone done this?  
> 
> It would have to be a non-metallic flagpole, of course.
> 
> Why not use a metal flag pole and gamma match it?  Use the gamma rod
> as a tie point for the flag-rope, and your neighbors will never
> know the difference.

My preference is to have the pole insulated from the ground, and feed it 
directly with something like the SGC Smartuner.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: uri@watson.ibm.com (Uri Blumenthal)
Subject: Re: Iso-Loop info?
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:23:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: uri@watson.ibm.com
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: Do you need to know?

In article <72226@apple.Apple.COM>, kchen@Apple.COM (Kok Chen) writes:
> >the dipole is an omni antenna?  the things you learn here.....
> 
> Eh?  I didn't see where the original poster said anything about
> *horizontal* dipoles.

Eh? I haven't heard of *vertical* dipoles on HF (where IsoLoop
can be used).

Regards,
Uri.
------------
<Disclaimer>
From: alanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:59:18 GMT
Subject: Re: Help! I've got RF in the shack
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

In rec.radio.amateur.misc, obrien@Aero.org (Michael O'Brien) writes:

>I've got a Kenwood MC-60 microphone and a Kenwood TS-440 transceiver -
>not an unlikely combination, I think.  Unfortunately when I try to
>use the microphone I get immediate reports of RF in the shack.  This
>doesn't happen with the hand-held microphone or with the Heil headset
>(which is what I use most of the time anyway - it's great).

Two possibilities:

I assume by "RF in the shack" you mean you beg "bit" with RF whenever
you touch the mic when transmitting.  

There are two possible causes:

The antenna is too close to the shack, so the wiring between equipment
is picking up RF. The solution is obvious.

The other possibility is that RF current is flowing on the outside
of the coax shield.  This could be due to an unbalanced antenna or
to direct pickup, due to the coax being in the RF field of the antenna.
A balun might fix the former problem.  Running the coax away from
the antenna at right angles to the radiating element might fix the
later.

One general-purpose solution is to connect a quarter-wave wire to
the chassis of the transmiter.  Use one wire for each band where
you have a problem.  This worked for me even when I was using an
end-fed longwire into a tuner.  (Talk about an unbalanced antenna!)

AL N1AL